The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1859-11-26
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SORGHUM.

This article is fast growing to be staple
product at tho North, much, of course, to
the detrimcnt of Southern interests. The
Sugar and MolasSes crops have done more
towards draining our country Of money than
almost all other Southern products. But
we are glad to be able to say, better day
has dawned upon us-we are about to de-
clare ourselves Independent of tho southern
cane crop, and regulate our own sweetening
institutions in our own way, subject only to
the disposition Of Providence to make our
crops grow. We Lave not the data from
which to make an accurate estimate of the
extent of the Sorghum crop Of 1889, though
many estimate the amount Of mOlasses man
ufactured in Page County rs quite sufficient
for home consumption. We are less eZtray-
agant in our calculations, and fix the
amount at two-thlrds Of that required for
home use: still we cannot bat think that some
reasons exist for the the calculations of the
more sanguinc. There are many men in
our County who have made from one to two
hundred gallons each, ana one man Mr..
Baker-in the northern part of the County,
between four and FIVE hundred gallons. We
estimate the yield Of mO.asses, in the couD
ty, at 6 1000 gallons, which takes the place
as many gallons of southern product. The
cost of 5000 gallons of imported molasscs
could not fall short of 81 800, which amount
would necessarily have to be taken from
circulation in our county, anu sent South TO
help enrich Southern Planters, greatly to
the detriment of our own interests.
Bat, this is but one phase of the Sorghum
question and the benefcont results already
expert, n ;ed from tn manufacture of mo-
lasscs are but the foretaste of the benefits to
result from the culture of Sorghum in the
North. Sugar has already been success
fully manufactured in many places from the
Sorgham, and we confidently expect our
farmers, in 1860, to manufacture q liberal
amount of sugar in addition to the molasses;
and in 1861, we expect as much manufac
tared in Page County as will be required
for home uses. When We reach that era in
Agriculture, we can safely count upon a
marked improvement in our monetary af
fairs. We xpect then to realize a saving
to our County of $4,000, annually or if
ty dollars to each family. And when we
get this stupendous leakhole opped-whch
will certainly be within two years-we will
have taken one long step towards agricul-
tural Independence, which if followed up
will be the means Of enriching our
country in a degree almost Incredible. Let
every farmer but plant one acre Of Sorghum
each year, and if successfully manufactured
into sugar and molasses, will prevent the
necessity Of our sending thirty thousand
dollars south, to purchase our needed sup
plies, and keep that amount within the Inn
its of our county, going about from house
to house on its general and legitimate mis-
sion of good to men.-Page County Her.
aid
TEXAS OvERRUN BY MEXICAN OUTLAWS
Just at this time the Mexican outlaws
along the Rio Grande are kicking up con-
siderable dust, and if they are not checked
pretty soon the American settlers will be
obliged to abandon all that part of the
country. These brigands are headed by a
Mexican bandit named Cortinas, and few
weeks ago they had complete possession Of
Brownsville, aud it was only by the aid of
Mexican troops that they were driven away.
Some days after this the citizens of Browns
vile sent out company of 1870 men, with
cannon and howitzer, who drove Carte
mas and his men from their stronghold, but
they were afterwards entrapped by an am
buscade and lost their arms, and were COM
PEELED to retreat with four OF their men
badly wounded. This created general
panic at Brownsville, and the city was bar
ricaded, the people hour y expecting an at
tack from the outlaws. The Mayor of
Brownsville has appealed to the citizens Of
New Orleans for 100 men, and they are now
on their way to the besieged city.
What ia our Government at Washington
doing that they don't send United States
troops to protect our citizens on this
spar>eiy settled and exposed frontier? 1t
can't be possible that it takes our whole
army to watch Old Brown and his compan-
ions at Harper's Ferry.
CO Every time the clock ticks, Jas. Bu-
chanan, the Democratic President, spends
of the peoples money, three dollars and
ten cents. This amounts to nearly one
hundred millions Of dollars o year.