New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-02
SOUTH WESTERN TEXAS.
Production of Wine and Sugar-Peonage on the
Border
Correspondence OF The Tribune


The valley of the Bravo Is favorable to two
great staples OF production, 70 IN extent yet IN
dreamed OF IN the calculation, oi fountains OF
wealth sugar and wine will be the peculiar
and abundant offering of this vast region The
soil am climate CORE ponds with the best VINE
districts Of SPAN. and Will not return less llb
eral harvest Of grapes and gold. Our nelghborS
at the hOurshlng German settlement of taStDo-
vile are planting vineyards. ana thence thrE
VIII radlate the grape culture all over Ncs-
tern TcXss and grle'e that none 81 their choice
products vii speak for the Lone Star State at
The Worlds Convention The vintage of some
other States will be there however. aud II can
did allowance Is made for the want Of age IN ia
VINE. and the lmperiectlOn OF first experiments.
il will be conceded that the children Of the mon
can drink her health III the generous growth OF
her own vines
But look ~ vain for a display Of sugars. md
orr infant sugar interest is no contemplate iea-
ture m our domestic trade ana home consump-
ton There are several varieties of sugar beside
that extracted from the cane. " hcn can be proi'
ably manufactured In The tnlted states II from
war or any other cause Il Is desirable 10 De M
dependeut of other nations for that article OF daily
abundant and universal Use anongihe Americans.
Ofthese ranks first the delicious sugar Of the
mamie. whose healthy and delicate sweets are
almost unknown III Europe
Then comes pumpkin sugar. - SIMPLE and
economical. or rather more 50, than the beet su-
oar which France l. finding 50 available IN her
domestic industry Then We have beet sugar,
and corn-stalk sugar. Ike the TWO last, only 10
he made profitable on a large scale and with ade-
oua,e machinery There are localities IN the
Northern states III which the soil. amplitude OF
irtelhcence and corps Of IN laDorers would make
the culture Of the pumpkin sugar desirable. The
North American PhalanX-tO whom all prosper
lty-haye the soil and the men 20 make 1t a
profitable branch Of their system. | trust wnen
The next Worlds Far Is mustered under nlted
states auspices land 70 30 Il well, he American
JnSt,tute mas but % take n III hand, and make
NJ Barnum one OF their Managers that we
shall have fine collection 81 specimen sugars
Three kinds have named, beside the luscious
maple and a.. known care sugars. our there i i
siyih kind sleeping IN darkness, that only waits
a kindly introduction 10 become OF great lmpor-
rance 10 Us on this border riyer, anu tOthe mon
ana that l. meiou sugar. There = no UNIT 10 the
Quantities the Rio Grante country Is capable Of
producing aui al acre 0i melons VIII yleiu -
many gallons OF syrup. and OF course We may
presume sugar also. - the average Elelu oI inc
cane fields OF Louisiana. The apparatus ior
crushing melons Is simpler and cheaper than Tor
the cane mills. As a common cider press pro,
peled bv mule or horse power. VIII mat -"
barrels Of the melon ulce. which VIII yIeiu 1'oOV
pounds OF sugar IN i month Inc sugar =
sweet. finer IN flavor and color than the Mexican
cane sugar. and Will command here ten cents
Mound to the producer 10 not know (lt re-
mains to be tried) how many hands would ~
necessary to boil AMI finish of the sugar Win
the necessary apparatus, but It may BE oosel'eI
that Mexican laborers can be hired ana ratioAeu
at less cost than plantation slaves can ne man
tanned # 70 the interest on the purchase gii'e
Of the slaves We add the cost OF theh fe9uidI
food and clothing on the Mexican siue oi .iie
rlyer I'VE dollars month AMI an allowance "
peck and half OF corn wees lot 1904 - j Iii'
rate We have always pad more ihdh VIZ
that for our permanent servants. out Of ih'' W
have repeated profers Of good shepherds anu
field hands for SIX and seven dollars MONTH
wiki the addition Of meat and conee ralloAS'
which the Americans have made the custom
and therefore a social law at Eagle Pass.
Our whole-hearled border nan Baptiste mas
made the trial Of the watermelon syru? IL com
parlson with the cane uIce. anu me result Salls-
lies NE that melon sugar can be uace regular
and profitable item OF American agriculture IA
all tina: wide belt Of Southern states IN Mnlo"
cane sugar Is OF doubtful Or Impossible cuI.ule'
the more hardy melon can take It's place H m
are immense districts IN Virginia and Norm "a. r
DINA II which no 1,her crop csl De r,i'ei -