Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-01-30


this House, before aud since said examination, he re-
terred to the Committee on Internal Improvement.
CULTIVATION OF THE SUGAR CANE, sc.
The House proceeded TO the consider alton OF the re-
solutions reported by Mr. Spencer, of New York ON
the Committee on Ag' icuure, on the 18th inst. and
the said resolutions were read, as follows
Resolced. That the President OF the United States
be requested TO cause TO be procur.d through the
nanaers OF the public armed vessels and our Minister.
and Consui' ABROAD such variee OF The .usr cane,
snd oher cultivated vege ALL, grsins ses9s and
'hrubs az nay be best adapted the so and climate
Oi the United States.
Resolved Tina, The Secretary &C the Treasury cause
70 oe prepared well digcsed manual containing the
best practical information the guilty ct .uga,
cane and the fabrication aud refinement OF sugar in.
riuding the most molern improvements; and 10 repo [
the same 10 the next session OF Congress.
Mr.. Spencer, OF New York. briefly explained the
views oil the Committee Oh Agriculture IL reporting
this solutions the increasing Importance of th. cuI
ure; and ths advantage OF having the best species Of
cane, &c.
Mr. Chiffon OF Kentucky, without doubling that the
proposed measure would advance the interest of thu.
cviuvators OF sugar sai that he could for tn. life
OF him discover why this article should be thus siny,od
out Tor the special favor of Congress II was we'll
known 10 every gentleman that great n ,r, of the ueo
pie oil this country live. not by the cuitiv alton of Su
gar hut OF corn and various other products Of the soil
why then draw on the Treasury TO purchase a book
IN relation TO Sugar particularly. the expense of which
could not be known to any gentleman on this floor. /.
The practical agFiculuist-the honest farmer of the
country, Mr.. c. asked, thus favored! Nov.ir he is
bs walk in life il humber and n. dos M, ,sla
so conspicuous figure this n ,or Had the gentle
man proposed 10 search the beat seed Of corn or
any OF Hose fruits OF The earth which enter so largely
into the comor's of lite, there would have been more
reason in his propositions but when only small por.
ton of the agriculture of the country was proposrd 10
be encouraged at the Of the rest he felt bound
TO protest against H. in behalf Of the common
me people who are The stay OF the i'm
and strong pillar of defence in w.r WHY select
single staple to spend the pubic money upo II gen.
einen engaged in the cultivation Of sugar wished this
Information, Mr. C. suggested that they had better he
'et TO purchase for themselves, and pay il out OF
the rich revenues oil their large estates and TO, drain
the Treasury to advance one nter,st tie expence
OF the rest
Mr.. White of Florida, rose and sad-As had the
honor to introduce the Resolution upon which the Com
nittee agriculture instructed to inquire into the
expectancy OF the measure proposed, and now under
consideration, 1t may be considered ncutabent on mo TO
say word or two, in its support The article TO which
this resolution refers daily use and almost uni
versal consumption among all classes of the civilized
world From having been employed forin rly as a me-
dcine 1t has now become Of the principal objects of
consumption and commerce, combining value i'm use
with value in exchange. 1t is no longer considc red
Injury even TO the poor hut OF indispensable neces-
siy and gen"ralus use The proposed TO increase
the product either for Home consumption or for FOREIGN
expectation, must be viewed Of small inpor-
lance.
The derres ed state ofthe cotton market, and s great.
iy diminished value, has give increased interest to all
suggestion. 'r the promotion Of other articles hi-h
promise advantage 10 the 'sgrculruris anil an accu-
ma l'tion of the national wealth The subject itseifi.
not interesting aon" TO that gcogrephica section of ,
country, in which the cane Ina. becn or may he
cultivated il connects i'-elf with II. want. and com
ort Of every consumer in the United State. TIE col
lrc'n Of dfre varieties of tho cane foun in more
mortimer la'udes, the discovery II processe. in fab
ricaon AMI 'nufacture, and the ration of he
facts by experiment ae,tsd bv comp- persons wi
double The value OF twenty millions Of land he
longing 10 the United States, within the latitude in
which there can be no question the will flourish
The expenses Attending the cultivation Of he cane 20
exceed hat OF any ether plant, orc geab'e thai
those who embark in it properly must understand the
g'cunds on which they proceed. Thcs- who with
to extend IT farther North cannot confne themselves 20
me very ile Information SEED in Louisiana and The
West Indies. IL is known that most valuable acouis
lions 10 the stock of knowledge possessed by them have
ne'n male by the recent exp rimens in France and
spain, on thc beet root and late the can. in Qua.
dalonPe This subject has only occupied Ia. a,ten
ton OF the most profound chemists of the presented
hn OF the most ca political OF Europe
he various works Tn ough which the scattered
OF good System, or w'-digcsted manual mig hit he
iormed, are not accessible, any ore inter and ever
II obtained by he has the means of ar-ang-
ing, 'ranslainS and disseminating i, TO tn eeneral
benefit.
The lsbor' Ct De Caseaux and ,trone on the
cane. AMI OF Achard and Chapal the beet have
not heen seen by perhaps bilf dozen planters in this
country, perhaps TO: single one The plan PROMISED
'or col Getting IN on convenient and accessible form h
valuable inflammation is simple aud iarxp .nsive and
"Nhln the acknowledged powers Of the government
IL has been the practice heretofore by resolution
similar to this Tor the collection Of fact the cuI,iva
v"uon OF SILK and stil more important instance in
which Congress granted township land TO French
emigran's Tor the cultivation of the olive AMI vine.
Ii ia not the planter and consumer alone that i in
terestrd in extending the cultivation Of cane and nan
utacture OF sugar The western States have a new
ina rket opened for their provisions and the mort hen
ana eastern Tor engine kettles, mill and ma chinerv
from Their iron fOunbries There no portion of our
Union and no class Of our popula1n who are no, deem
" concerned IN the promotion Of i great aud CROWN
article OF domes c industry. The French t;overnus,
nave deemed an object Of sufficient ma snitude 10
vote TO il a great deal Of tim and money
lh' resolution proposes tn collection and dis emma
ton o the improvements made in The fabrca m and re-
hnement oil sugar, and another reportrd by the same nro
vdes Tor the collection If all the varieties of the cane
be effected in an easy and inc xpenve manner through
our con'u!s anc commanders of foreign armed vessels
from abroad.
There ara now three kinds in the Uoitcd Sates The
creole brought from MAdsr., the Otahsite from the
ISLANDS OF the Pacific Ocean, aud the Ribbon from b.
lava III II be true that vegetables like animals be
come acciinaied and put thicker covering as they
are gradually cultivated further North the same ne
cics planted for centuries in more rigorous climate
may have changed liz properties most materially and
might now be transpancl in the same Latitude on tis
continent, when II would require otherwise the same
time here to climatic itself We are said TO I've iodrb
ed 10 India Tor Tie cane from whence il was carried
to Persia and China, and from heuce obtained by the
Greeks and Romans, who from want Of knowledge of
granu4t only used the juice as medoine The
Sariccns carried IL TO Cyprus, Sicily Spain aJeira
and the Cape de Verd Islands Their. can ne no Joubt
but that most valuable acquisition may be made TO
onr natural agriculture by the adoption OF these reso
uiiont. saw only few days since in the work nj
recent traveller in Peru the return OF an Intendspt T.,
The government, in which i, stated That the sugar
cane IN ono oil The Provinces grew eleven mon.ts in
the y'ar' and rpened hve feet high, and from their g
norancc Of the processes of sugar making /, was d6
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