New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-04

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gd '81 Te YEARS and fS@ for S0
an average OF about $33OOOO per year. ana more than
Should be retained at home In view of the
OF the in Europe the psCRfe 1TS %
aud persistent effort for its establishment here see no
reason 10 despair OF its complete accomplishment"
French periodicals. with evident satisfaction,
says:
zone OF the most remarkable and interesting facts OF
4he pas year the export Of considerable quantities OF
many years ago tried ste the BeetSugar industry IN
its cradle"
Its not the aim of these essays to commend
new branches OF industry to favor, nor to insist
4nat these may be pursued to greater pront than
Others Our close proximity to the tropical isles IN
which the Cane grows with greatest luxuriance sell
dom needing to be replanted, ard the strong proba-
Ility that some if not ALL Of those islands may soon
choose TO unite their destinies with our own, may
.eem 10 render questionable the wisdom Of invgor-
ating the prosecution of Beet culture on our soil
with an eye to the production thercfrOm of Sugar.
NV end il attained if have shown that one impor-
faut product has been through the aid Of Protection
natural zed on a continent to which IT was supposed
,,tterIv unsuited and in climate under which its
prosecution was deemed wholly impractlcable, and
4bat the results are signay conducive to the adVan
4age not merely of those engaged III that industry,
bnt of the great body also of their countrymen and
20 the SuDSldutldl POI IhoANAA0 WIN DN-'S -
Kind.
Having thus traced, by the aid of official docu-
,nents the history and fortunes of the Beet Sugar
,ndustry of France from its origin down to our own
day propose to place in contrast with the facts
Free Trade travesty of their substance and moral.
Io,,ot. in full the version of the matter given in
9Te Iyee Trader of July 1S6S-vz.:
The origin OF the Beet culture In France was this
1ug The NapOleOnic wars, the ports OF ffdnce were
Icorosy Oockaded and foreign traae Almost annihi'
lated 50 that Sugar went up 70 ~ Po O P OuN u
~ reci, neople were thus compelled 70 raise sugar or
90 yif,out H. and hence resOrted 10 the lSeeI culture
o. lie esoratiOn Of peace IN 1914, sugar zen 10 "a cents
ao1ud The protection gone, ana the cons liners
~ CT for Ia cents what had cost them u ~; Inc
TeefslIgar manufacturers began OF course 70 @
icnd FOR Governmental assistance France hSu ousaI
Colonies OF her own-Martinique GuaoaIoupe,
80 Iv Ious XVIII OF $50 tun on colOhsI anu f%oo
80 TIM on foreign Sugar. Under thls heaNy
1 Cultivation OF the Beet was immensely e1'enua1 ~
,,a,gcrf,i oDpOgton raised 10 TINS pOlcy anu IN
1ic,no tegislatiOn took place but the cui
coInued 10 the present tne ana thS TieSon ~ at
nave paid 40 much the extra cost OF theiI ous go
the sum Sta y %Ses ny when would supply gratis
with all the Sugar they viii consume W .n1 S the
Such il the example OF France as we ~
matter, which PrOtectOnlsts Wouu ~ snnt onerons
dotbs the Government must increase the peseh az %
duties vastly beyond what they BOW tae, nt ~,
found sufficient 20 protect such an unnatural "a
industry, they must be increased nntl hey az h ~
the only conditions which the culture can NC
A. In the case OF the Cotton manufacture ~
protect which laid at first duties OF 20 per ced =.
increased them every four years llll they H.
700 per cont, must be with sugar Vhlg ~ ~
degree as the business Is more abnormal bu'' 'H'
Bss,Root Sugar caluvston Of the Beet d. = - Sfa
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