Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1869-05-14
's4AR SUGAR Ut5fTUBH'

consumption Of sugar In Great Britain,
the United States and France, each
amounts to between nns thousand and
eleven hundred millions Of pounds;
Of which Great Britain imports ali
that she consumes, the United States
about two-thirds, and France will
soon manufacture all that she uses.
is only sixty years since Franco
tattembted tho manufacture of beet,
root sugar, and with its present rate
of increase Of twelve per cent. pcr
annum; the production will soon OK,
ceed tho consumption. Tho success
of tho French has stimulated the
English to sttampt the manufacture
themselves, and they are now taking
stops to that end. But it is doubtful
whether their soil will suit the
culture; and there is this further
drawback, that whilst in France tho
whole net profit is derived from the
manufacture of alcohol from tho
molasses and impure juices of the
oeetroot, alcohol is so heavily taxed
in England that tho manufacture
would yield nothing there.
Our leading journals, wo see, arc
urging the feasibility Of the bcet-root
sugar culture in this country; and the
success which has attended the under
taking in Indiana, Illinois and Cali
fornia afford encouraging prospects of
success in those States, and elsewhere
where the climate and sol! are favora.
ble. If the same good results follow
the culture here as in France, we
may anticipate that the production
from this source added to that from.
the cane and maple, will make US
self-supplying and independent, with
out relying upon the annexation of
Cuba to naturalize the home supply.
Whilst our Southern lands will not
produce tho sugar cane and maple in
sufficient abundance to justify the
erection OF suitable machinery for the
manufacture of sugar, and whilst the
manufacture of beet-root sugar with
us is still doubtful experiment, the
facts which have been recently dis
closed in regard to the production of
sorg hum sugar and syrup, by what
has been called the "Great Southern
Process" and which is in general use
in Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and Ken.
lucky, seem to remove all doubts as
TO the feasibility and ultimate success
OF the enterprise at the South. The
beneficial results which would follow
the development Of q new branch of
industry, such as this promises to be,
would be incalculable. 1t would save
to US tue 100000 which we pay
annually for foreign sugars, at the
same time that diversifying our ill.,
dustry and stimulating production We
would call into existence formidable
rival, in the race Of successful compe-
uton, to our leading staple.
Ihe Louisville Sorgho Company
are manufacturing ut a cost of
i've to eight cents per pound, sugar
which readily sells in tho market from
Y to 25 cents, and syrup from rs to
80 cents a gallon, which sells at 80
cents. According to the estimate
made, an acre Of land which yields
QUO pounds of sugar will pay the
owner as follows 500 pounds of
sugar at 20 cents-$1oO; SO gallons
syrup, 80 cents-$4O; rs bushels of
seed-ss IS; making s14s 75;. and
deducting $40 to pay expenses, leaves
the handsome sum of s11s IS, to the
acre. Even divide this sum by two
and the profits exceed those from
cotton planting.
We are pleased to 500 that com
mittoe was appointed by the late
State Agricultural Convention to re-
port upon the process for manufactur-
ing sugar and syrup from sorghum
cane, at. the works of tho. louisville
Sorgho Company, located at Green
vile, s. c.; and. we trust that the re-
searches of the committee and expert:
enee of many of our citizens who arc
investing capital will demonstrate
not only the feasibility Of the enter
prise, but it's incalculable importano.
in enlarging the field of Southern in.
dustry, e and giving 2 new impetus to
The development of it's capabilities,