, 1865-08-10
LETTERS FROM. TIE PEOPLE,
he Sugar Qus Fenee&-..
E0ncAtt0D uf WOKusns..9r2 9r2Hhhm q au
tho Nar..-FFeua Wpvn Travellers.
TIE SUGAR QUESTION.

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Editors Of The Tribune:
In Ell article that appeared In your paper
Of the 2fst uf'., 10y New Orleans CORES,
pondent II L. stated that although the sugar
cane there looks we'll, yet but very small
crop bad been planted, oTing to tho bad
eoEdiuou OF tho 1eyees, want Of seed cane,
and decentralization Of labor. In all proba-
biity they should not'produce In Louisiana
1o0oo hogshcads, where they sllsed 35o, 900
and upWards before the war, etc. Hence
We shall &c almost entirely dependant on
Cuba md otbtr flreigu counties for our suo-
| PIT, While We have the soil and all the facili-
! Ties necessary to prodace tho susar-psrhaps
as much as Is consumed in the whole
| ceuntsy-rfght here In the State Of Illinois,
The Hay this can bs accouplished Is to IN.
tzoduce the culture Of tho sugar beet and the
manufacture Of the article there(rom On IN
Europe.
No one at al acquainted with the history
~ Eu1oPean commercial agriculture and its
PROGRESS, but fnoTs that the manufacture OF
sugar from the beet root Is no nav or pre-
ltndea discovery, but the same has been In
4uccessfm operation In Franco and GERMANY
lot period Of over two score years. and has
become we'll established branch OF indus.
~ o1 me highest Importance, 2attining By
no other product or article Of msnufacture
@ can compare With 1t as having had anything
ilke Inc Beneficial and important l1dueuce
on general commerce.
In tho season Of 1868 to 1864, there wers
manuiaciuted by 1ess than four hundred iac-
tories IN Germany about GOO ,000, QUO pounds |
Of sugar, which, at is cents Der pound.
amounts to ninety millions Of dollars,
ineFe = an internal tax on the nv ma. |
ter1al, Which has been gradually increased I
iIom one cent TO twenty-five cents on 9 hun /
greg pounds Of beeta. Notwithstanding this
high rate of taxation in Germany the bust
ness min Fsry Houriahilg condition, and
ehineIg and scientific management. It pays
sun better at The p1 eseat tine than forme IL,
f'z ttom ~ to TO Per cent per anuum.
~ mas been proved, beyond doubt, By
scientific and praetlcal Investigations and ex-
Pefimcnts, that great deal Of the fertile
lands !al q Illinois is well adapted to the cul.
lure Of The beet loot-equal to the best Of
any IN the sugar districts Of Europe-both
the soil and climate being highly hYorable
to It's succe sstul cultivation.
beets grown here, having been anhlyzed,
, mefe @ loaaa tofontaia from eleven to twelve
able result. The beet crop is tho most cer-
tam OF any. In seasons Of extreme drought
they Will be Of smaller Eize, bnt yfeldia
greater percentage Of sugar. The average
OF one aud half PTnssfAQ NOR
to about one American acre-ts.
according 70 the quality Of the soil, from
!. $40 to S,6oo pounds Of good, meschantable
sugar.
Beets require no housing in order to keen
them from being injured by frost, nor viii
hey turn sour II not worked up within a
'm,tcd period of abont two months bnt
hey are simply buried in the ground, where
hey remain till wanted, and thus the sugar
naL LntacturtDg season is extended from i've
o SIX months or longer.
The Wiiter has In years passed often dis |
used the matter with intelligent and pfac-
scal Americans, who expressed geeat iaith {
. the feaAbillty Of Introducing this branch ! !
t business here, the difference Ii wages be-
Is the only obstacle and plenot easilY oyhr.
one. But this idea Is erroneous, "a far. 1t |
,ast, AZ It would effect the proHtableness Of /
be manufacture. On the contrary, It viii
~ better here than in Europe, becausa the q
nee Of labor here would be more than
by the high price Of land
!ere, 3 Ptuss'an morgen {about two-thirds
AZ American acrel being worth from $500
$eo In currency. Here are ths figures:
II Germany the rent Of Pruseian morren
~ tha'efr, or $S3 equivalent to !
u an Amattcsn xSn m
ace u LABOR fhete per aefe, s.J.......... 16.0O