New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-01
1888 and 1862 is included in the two

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In the IA, 1881 hhds for 1901 there were
1861 hhds brown, made by the old pro-
cess, and 1924 refined and clarified The
motive power and machinery embraced 1877
steam engines, 268 horsepower, 70 portable
mills, 6Sopen kettles, 95 open pans, and So
vacuum pans. There were HOS sugarhouses
In operation, of which 104 were brick, rooted
with slate, 349 brick, rooted with shingles,
and 652 entirely of wood. This shows, COM
pared with last year, an increase of 173
steam engines, lis horse power, "a portable
mills, lS5 open kettles, IA open pans, 2Ss
sugarhouses of all kinds, Is of brick and
slate, 6S of brick and shingles and 205 en-
tirely OF wood. The weight of the crop is
set down at 168, 500 lbs against SO, 452, 946
lbs last year. The production of molasses
was l0,2Sl ,419 gallons, against 1924, 256
last year, showing an increase of 69, 425, 646
lbs sugar, and 4.557 ,16S gallons molasses.
The figures in the above statement indi-
cafe that much greater amount of addl-
tlonal capital has been invested in the
sugar culture than is generally supposed.
a large sum must have been required for
these additional steam engines, sugar APP
paratus and other machinery and imple-
ments, animals, etc, and the increase in
the crops is probably as much owing to
| these augmented means for cultivating and
sugar making as to suspicious weather.
More cane has been planted for the enlarged
means offered for sugar making. 1t is well
understood that very considerable part OF
this years yield has been produced by
white labor. Mr. Bonchereau, in travelling
through the sugar parishes while gatherin g
the material for his sugar statement, had
his attention specially directed TO this mat
ter, and says: THE Louisiana sugar re
gion possesses advantages in connection
with the great question of Southern labor
that is not enjoyed by any other portion of
the old slave or plantation States, from the
fact that, unlike cotton or rice, sugar can
be cultivated by white labor to an extent
that gets over this difficulty. With cotton
or rice, especially as rice is cultivated in
South Carolina, the negro, or some such
tropical labor, is absolutely necessary to
carry it on in the lands best adapted to it,
the great stress of cultivation and harvest
ing falling at the most trying season of the
year TO the constitution of the white man
With cane 1t Is different; the planting ex-
tends from October to April, the digging
out stubble from March to the first OF May,
and the browning work of taking off the
crop not beginning until say October 90
See the ditference-Julv, August and
September have absolutely no field work
to do, If the planter is well up with his
crop. Getting wood is his work, which
does not expose the hands to the heat of
tie sun at ALL" Other arguments are urged
in favor of white immigration, which many
may regard DIS even more cOgent than the
above, and certainly present an array of
testimony III favor of sugar planting which
is nearly conclusive, and well deserves the
attention of white immigrants, especially
those from the border States. Another
cause for preferring sugar to cotton is that
there is no danger in the former of the
supply exceeding the demand, which is
mainly supplied by the West Indies: while
in cotton, it was only by renting cult
walton, and dev0ting more attention 10
corn, that an excessive supply was pre-
vented from keeping down prices below
the cost of production.
Last year our receipts were hardly suffi-
cient to meet the demand for Louisiana
sugar, and the shipments to the Northern
Atlantic ports were confined to 1900 hhds
and 1904 bbls This year, with larger
crop, the exports ran up 20,5Q6 hhds aud
547 bbls. including 10, l39 hhds to New York,
against 237 last year; 336o to Boston and
Philadelphia. against %; 4S49 to Baltimore,
against l75; 1895 to Texas, against 945, and
707 TO Florida, Mobile and other ports,
against 27S.
The shipments up the river are estimated
at $1,000 hhds, against 81, 900 last year.
The general movement monthly is shown
by the following table, which gives COM
parison with last year and the year before :
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