Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-09-25

1rs0 the Daily Psnnsyivsaiaa.
Sugar.

sugar.
The journals Of the interior give the laos
| favorable accounts IN reference TO the cultur,
u the lmphee. or Chinese sugar cane IL
the South the trial has proved decidedly
successful. In Arkansas every five gallonl
Of the juice yielded one gallon Of syrup
valued ON the spot at one dollar The plant
grows luxuriously there, ~ well as in Lou
isiana, and other States Of the far South
reaching IA height Of l5 feet and more. In
Arkansas every acre is reported 10 yield
500 gallons Of fnolasses. In Louisiana three
barrels were obtained from an equal area
while the labor bestowed upon the prepa-
ration Of the soil and the culture Of the
plant amounted to only one-fifth Of whit
the ordinary cane requires Two crops
| can be cut per year, which doubles the
| above stated yield per acre. As this infor-
nation is derived from experienced sugar
planters. there can he no doubt as to its
reliability The African Imphee has also
been subjected TO u series OF experiments
with pronnissing results These are most
cheerful news They encourage the hope
that next year the guilty alton Of the Chin
ese cane will be extensive enough TO inhu-
ence materially the price Of sugar. The
point once definitely settled. that the plant
can be grown profitably in the Middle
states, It Is by no means unreasonable to
look forward to the time when We shall not
he only wholly independent Of foreign SUI
gar, but able to export the article. For il
is an established fact, that the sugar culture
IN the West Indies cannot, on account of
insuperable obstacles, considerably enlarge
its present capacity. The lands fit for the
purpose are limited in extent; fuel Is be-
coming scarcer and scarcer in the vicinity
Of the old plantations, aud it is apprehended
that ultimately planters will be obliged to
import all Of it. which. Of course, would
greatly enhance the cost Of sugar.
II was felt, more than half century ago,
that both the Fast and West Indies would
soon be unable to supply Europe alone
I nder Napoleon the First, France com
menced the manufacture Of beet root sugar
IA substitute for the tropical article,
which, until 1880. was looked upon as de-
cided failure The rigid measures adopted,
at that time, in reference to the slave trade,
and the ABOLITION Of slavery in 1884, in the
British West Indies however, reacted
upon the sugar market, and gave new
impetus to the production Of indigenous SUI
gar IN Europe
he NnanuIactuTe IN france amounted, IN
1880, to only 6,OO0, OOOlbs
la 1880 it reached 1876 .OOO. 900
Ia 1886 il was not less than 1874 900 900
which is two-thirds Of the total annual con
sumption Of the empire. The experiments
made in France last year, with Chinese cane,
turned out fayorably, which fact caused its
culture on very large scale this year. the
result Of which will soon be reported. The
Chinese plant contains much larger quan-
tity Of sacharine matter than the beet root
Yet France was successful even with so in
ferior raw material rs the beet-root, and
under the disadvantages Of scarcity of fuel,
and very high price Of lands. With album
lance of excellent and cheap fuel, ind i'm
measurable tracts of cheap lands, and the
superior Chinese Cane there can be little
doubt but that in some four or five years
We shall achieve our independence from the
foreign sugar market. The present state of
the market. and the constantly increasing
demand for sugar il the United States, war
rant to those who engage in the new enter
prise, lucrative returns. The consumption
Of sugar has made Of late years enormous
progress here and elsewhere In the short
space of years, the imports Of sugar into
the United States treble:
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