The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-02-08
History OF ths Sugar Cane In Louisiana.

h rom the New Orleans Crescent, jan. IS
IL Is Just bundled years since the hrst cane was
planted ia Louisiana. A vessel, laden with French
recruits tor the colony, touched al Hispanoa.
The Jesuits sent their brethren few bundles of
cane, that they might try the experiment. These
were planted IN what is now the heart of the Sc
cond MUNICIPALITY. and were cultivated by negroes
who came in the fleet which brought the precious
seed. IL succeeded, but the culture was not pro-
secuted with any vigor, and II was only IN 1859
that Dubreul put up the FIRST mill In 1903 the
culture was abandoned untl 1894. That year,
Etenne Bore, native of Illinois, whose indigo
crop had JAILED for several successive years, IN
despair abandoned that and ate mpled the cane.
The second year he made a crsp worth SO, 0)).
His success induced his neighbors o initiate his
example. Stoddard, in his history of Louisiana,
says that IN lcO3 at The transfer CT The Territory,
the delta contained eighty-one plant atoms " Some
OF these planters sfiuen and possess from thur
ty TO sky slaves. The most wealthy Of this class
reside above the city, and before the cesson
raj had made crops valued al from ten to sixteen
thousand dollars since that period the number
Of slaves has incre ased; sugar estates are culd-
waited on a more extensive scale, and the number
of them greatly multiplied. so that the annual crops
ct some are now worth from SIS 900 10 So, 900.
The sugar cane IL n IL raised above the island of
Orleans, nor ~ II believed that the climate will
admit Of IL. No sugar estates are found more than
| one hundred mites above the CITY," Sucn was it,
condition IN 1872. The cane 10 now cultivated in
the southern porto ms Of Natchochss and Tensas
parishes, three hundred and fifty miles above New
Orleans
10 1880 the Secretary Of the Treasury adore ssed
circulars 10 gentlemen IN different parts of the
country, seeking information in regard 10 the
various products of industry. Josiah ;. Johnston,
al that time Senator from Louisiana, replied very
deliberately on the subject oil sugat lie said that,
at the time Of the transfer, the duty sugar was
"a cents per pound, which, Ia 1916, was increased
to cents. II was more than twenty years from
the cesson, before 10000 hogsheads were pro-
d d. oS a. .hs, Tune nS = was estimated estimated h hsi
plantations. about 100 steam engines capital
valued al s500Q0C00. The slaves consume 5000
barrels pork. They produce about $1,000 bushels
Of corn. The machinery will cost, on each plan.
tstion, 5000. They WORK 22CC0 horses, valued
L 81 81 zoo, 900, which are renewed every seven
years. say al annual cost Of 200O 00 more than
three fths Of the revenues 20 TO the other States
As TO prceF he show they were, in Isis, from ~
cents 10 ID cents; in 1879 they had fallen TO Z }
cents. The general average Of Havana sugars for
xix years was cent?; that Of LOUISIANA 81. The
present prices ClS3Q) range from 81 to ~ cents. la
New Orleans Il sells for 81, but IN the Atlantic
isSO.
In 1910, the number Of slaves was li3, so. the
product was 1897 khds. Of 900 lbs, and Co.,
GOO gaors Of molasses. Ia 1880, the crop was
go, 1t9 hhds In 1-J0-5l the crop will not exceed
10000 hbds, and will bring sl0,000,o00. The
census returns for 1850 are sent from the Western
district direct to Washington, so that il ia imnossi
bic TO ascertain AZ present the exact number Of
slaves and capital employed. The great increase
within the lest i've years has been In that secon Of
The STATE TX may be safely estimated that the
capital now employed is az least $4,000 900. IL
seems TO be well ssceriaiaed tact, that a fair
yield will reduce the price below 4 cenis, the mini
mum Of Mr.. Forstall. Whenever the crop short,
the price ls paying one. But what capitalist
would continue business which required half IDLE
time and full pay TO keepup the price 70 remunera-
tive rates
II the sugar planters alone were interested the
capital invested and persons dependent on the busl
ness should lead 10 its protection-thst is IT any bu
sDess Is to be beaeied by ang revenue tariff Bat,
~ was shown by Mr.. Johnston, the North and
West actually derive large revenue from this bu-
siness. The Louisiana planters viii always be
compelled TO buy their pork, and stock, and ma
cbinery. One heavy item ~ expense escaped Mr..
Johnstons no,ice-thai for fuel, either as wood or
coal At that period, perhaps. the wood in the rear
OF the plantations had not been cut of Nov
meny planters either buy the RATS which float OFT
Of the tributary rivers, or burn coal, at heavy
pense.
The cotton crop creates but little dema nj FOR
other than plantation labor. TIE sugar culture,
which uDites farming and manufacturing, requires
the products of great deal Of white labor. In
this respect II should meet with the pe cuar favor
Of those political economists who think diversity
Of labor one Of the chief causes Ct national pros
reriiy and independence.
The Senate Of Wisconsin has passed Lac aboishing
repital pruiehmept ne Ia probsbl- tina Law yiti bs