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Show Interesting Items. The future of the sugar industry depends de-pends somewhat tipon the legislation to be enacted within the next few years. At least this was the alseoat uaanimoas opiaiou of the delegates at the recent Nebraska conveation. Two years ago a law was passed in Nebraska which required re-quired the factory to pay the farmer 5 per ton for beets delivered at the factory, fac-tory, amounting in effect to a bounty on sugar beets of z a pound to the larmer paid by the state. It is feared that the incoming legislature will repeal re-peal this law, which would not otherwise other-wise expire for a year -. Its coastltuv tionality has also been queBtiened'.'-'Ajl" these matters tend to mako capitalists cautious about embarking in the man-ufacturing man-ufacturing of sugar. A great many of them aro fully convinced that there is money in the 'enterprise, but hesitate on investing heavily until they are satisfied sat-isfied that tho people of tho elato are acting in good faith and aro entirely friendly. Secrotury Nasun and some of the members stated that sovoral propositions propo-sitions had been discussed concerning establishment of new foe tori ea . Moneyed Mon-eyed men wore ready to take them uu as eoo.u as reasonable security could be given by the various localities. The conditions as to securities aro such that they can be mot by almostany community. An exlmu8tivo review of the foreign sugar beet industry was presented to the convention by Editor llosewater ot tho Omaha Bee. He has been studying this matter for 25 years, and finds from investigation that tho farmers of Nebraska Neb-raska are in better condition to produce sugar prolitabely than any country of Europe, although these people havo made a great success of growing beets, and farmnrs aro much bettor off than before boet growing was attempted. In Germany., 'Belgium, Austria, France, Holland etc. aro great fields of beets .taking tho placo of tho great corn fields of America. Nearly every town has beet factories and, rollnories. Tjie industry has boon carefully fostered by tho government, and it is tho opinion or Mr. Rose vh tor that legislation of this sort is needed in Aiuerico to make the best success possjblo A strong movement is on foot at Santa San-ta Rosa, Gal. for the establishment of a beet sugar factory. Manyoxp; rimental patches of beets have been grown in the county during tho put season and the ropts havo boon tested at tho Alvorado factory with very flattering results, giving giv-ing a very high percontago of sugar. Many farmers lire anxious to cngogo in boet gio viug as a business and tho pro-babiliMoa pro-babiliMoa aro that Bantu ItoBa will havo ii factory in a short timo, ai some behW capitalists havo taken hold of it. American Am-erican Agriculturist. |