Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1851-10-09

which excel other portions Of the world; and III
question may also whether qualities Of tobacc
may improved as to equal those now importe
from the principal West India Islands! AT all events
the action Of government invoked sacken in il
endeavors to induce the governments Of France Begi
um and Austria, TO abandon their present tobacco mo
nopoes and 10 open their ports the reception of this
as well other agricultural staples of country
am aware that these endeavors up to this moment, hav
met with but little success bat this constitutes va
reason why they shond be abandoned. The age Of mo
nopoes passed, and the check which every monopo
imposes other branches Of commerce. through it
indirectly, the revenne added government
al remonsrances, In the end hardly fail 10 open the
eyes of those nations and to effect the desired object
would now invite your attention to the expectation
of Bread Stuffs. AT time, in the history Of ou
country, general impression prevailed that shoult
never be able to export wheat and -four to Europe The
distance from European markets. the cost of ransporta
ton, interest capital Insurance. all figured M
against us to show that competicn with the whea
growers oil Europe, was entirely out of the question
ard that confne export of bread-stufs tc
the British North American Colonies, the West Indies
and South America This error, however, has been
rected by experience. Without including our large
ports daring the famine year, when We're almost the
only sellers in the markets oil Europe our exports show
a respectable increase in ordinary years o
transportation have improved producton has become
cheaper distances have been shortened by the saving Of
time, and in spite of all the lugubrious prophecies o
our croakers, we find farmers competing with the
principal wheat growers Of Europe IN their own mar.
kets! American bread stufs have gained permanent
ioothod in the principal markets of the world aad
wheat Hour is quite great ayorle in Mark Lane,
any other species of the article imported into
England. Occasional fluctuations in prce-in pssticu
lar years OF large crops-must OF course, be submitted
to in the trade Of all agricultural staples bat these will
be met and their influences guarded against by frugal
industrious people.
But while in the trade of wheat and -four we meet
with powerful rivals in the north and south of Europe
among the people the Baltic and those bordering
the Black Seattle trade in Indian corn and corn meal
and in provisions, great extent, left almost with
out competition that which proceeds from the offer
OF cheaper and inferior substitutes We can furnish
good provisions at lower rates than any other country
the globe; and Indian has longer any other
real competitor in British markets. than the uncer
tain crop OF potatoes With this view of the subject,
you will pardon if proceed TO the consider
alton OF that important American staple.
Indian is, doubt, digenous plant OF North
and South America having been cultivated by the Indi-
ans many centuries before the discovery oil this continent
Antiquarian researches and architectural ruins show,
that Indian have been grown and held in high
esteem the chief article of food by the Aztecs and
this upposton becomes the probable the prin
cpal other grains cultivated in America have been
since introduced from Europe. 1t constitutes
chief article Of food for and the animals subject to
has dominion this continent and an important article
OF export to Europe although many parts of Southern
Europe have been found well adapted its growth Ii
recommends itself the great body OF consumers by
its nutritious qualities far exceeding those of other sub
sues for wheat and rye, now IN use among the labor
ing classes OF Europe and by the great variety Oh omS
in which may be prepared for food French chemists
that cents worth of Indian will go fur
ther in sustaining animal life, than ten cents worth Of
wheat, rye or barley There IS no doubt that its con
sumption is increasing everywhere and that its produc
ton IN this country, the largest scale, will abundant
ly reward .he farmer Indian will in due time
not only partially suppant the potato (Which is
uncertain crop Europe but also compete successfully
with the more valuable grains and breadstufs.
Among the agricultural products entering into the ge
neral consumption Of all civilized nations, Sugar deser
vedly occupies very high rank 1t is disputed ques
tion whether the Sugar-cane is indigenous America
IL has been known and cultivated from the earliest pc
rods in ASIA and especially in China and is by some
supposed have been introduced into America by the
Spanlards and Portuguese Others maintain that the
cane is plant indigenous to the New World. incline
the latter opnion but leave the subject To those who
have the time and the inclination to investigate il.
Sugar from is produced to great extent in the
United States but larger portion is yet imported from
foreign countries. Whether the United States will
be able produce the quantity required for their
consumption, remains to be seen and will, IN all ke
hood depend the probable annexation of more sugar
growing States TO the Union. Some portions Of Lous
ana Texas and Florida, produce cane sugar to the ex
Of rewarding the cutvators while IN many OF the
Northern States large amounts OF sugar are manuac
tured rsm the mapletree. The whole quantity, how
ever does not meet the demand for home consumption
and the question has often been asked, whether
other plant easily raised and cultivated, may not in
part at least, supply the deficiency!
The cultivation OF the beetroot for the manufacture
of sugar introduced into France during the opera
ton of the continental system. That prohibtory sys
tenn, long it continued, constituted in itself the
ampest projection against all foreign competition; but
when upon the fall of Napoleon, OF the French
colonies which had been seized upon by Great Britain
during the restored to France and the CONT
mental system itself abandoned protection in the shape
of high duties upon colonial sugar, deemed neces
sary sustain the cultivation Of the beetroot Under
Louis Philippe the growth OF beet-root and the manu-
actue of beeoot sugar. received the utmost attention
and fostering care of the Government Both were en-
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