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Show jets here who own their own land make? ' J he supeliiittrlidaut ol the Alvatado factory .s.i.d their plant stands t.itm 1 about J Juj.uuu. Tnty get a yield of 1 1 per cent sug.u ftom tneir beets, while ; we have only estimated to gel 10 per i cent, ol 2oo pounds per ton cl beets, j "The California beet crop," suiJ .Mr I Grunt, "is looking veiy fine, the largest i being now aboji the size ol my wnst. jlheioiniei proprietor of tins plant uas (Air E 11 Dyer, who is the head of the linn i tuat is pumn tlie iilactliuei V imo the j tl in wuiks. He claims that the machinery machin-ery otdered tor the home wuiks is ako-ietht-i betier.and that there is no reason " liy the iioiue company caiiuot make a better s.lov, mi;." "Are the California farmers satisfied with tt.e lesulis ol beet laimi.li;?'' "the lact tiiat tile fanners liave raised beets lr twenty yeais tells plinlv enviijjli that itiey are pretty wcl!.SatislUd w.tli tue lesuhs, or tiic-y V.oukl quiL and i put in some other kmU ol crp. "'1 o i;:ve you some idea ol ine magnitude magni-tude oi tue Ut.ni plant it is i.ecesiaiy to s.iy mat we nave 2,juu acres ol beets planted, all el ttnicu are Jookiuy; line and should yield 3o,ooo tons of beets, or euoiiiiii to make 600,000 pounds ol mi- j " U UotilJ re (pin.; 1,500 standard iau.;e cars ul l.'.cuty tons eacil to ler.love tins Clop. "il sumu eastern capitalist Ind come lieie to eicci such a plant as we aie now pulling li.lij opeialion, tlicy would Wdill loo.yioo ul 5'. ,oou ijuiius. ... ".A i;reat 111a.1V peisuns c.ie afraid they c ni.oi l.use the beets ami uu Ue nioi.r.y am. 1 am pcsi.ive thai it the laim. rs Mr. lleber J Grant has returued from California, wheie he went to investigate the sug.11-b.eet industry, greatly impiess ed witn it as i lie money maker ol all the prodi.cts of ti e lann. Mr Giant was especially es-pecially siiii ten with the beauties ot production, pro-duction, the government paying 1 bounty of two cents per pound on all the sugar tiia Je out ol tlie domestic beet, which is illustrated in this way, If tne Uuah sugar sug-ar company manufacture6oo.ooo pounO. of sugar winch is about the part ex peeled and they sell the product wuhoui a cent ol proli.,they uill secuiefi20.ooo oouiity Irom the government or 24 per cent interest on their investment. The beet is the oulv product if tlie farm that secures any direct protection in t ie shape ol a bounty, while there is scarcely a manufactured product that does not draw a bounty, in the way ol protection. Mi Giant's visit to California was to inspect the workir gs of the Alvarat'o plant' which Cost aoout $100,01 o. Tl e larmers supplying the beet for the.lacioiy raise twtuty toi s ol beets to the acre yeai alter year, which yields them a proiit i f f 10 an acre alter paying $25 an acre for the land. Some of the land ruiiau avei-aye- of fifleen tons to the acre, the bett users paying the owners of the land one-tnird of the beets, which is equal to $25 an acre. If they can make a prolil of Jto an acre alter paying $25 an acie foi the u?e of the Uttd.what ought our larm |