Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1876-01-13
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THIS s0oem0us growth ainos 1881 In cur In
Professionalism hundred per osnk-is
startling, and equally % u the growth OF our
consumption Of sugar, psr capita. In 1881,
he Aaass.csa psopls ess sach an average Of IS
% pounds In 1850. 30 pounds In 1870, IS
pounds In 1875, A3 pounds
There u small export Of refined sugar 10 b
deducted from these sums, but Il amounts to
but little compared with these. The total cost Of
osi.s q; IL porl n .Aipms.s for is7f, ess'jSo.
Co., 1874 $50 00O. 900 1878, :es4, QUO, 0oO 1874,
4S30 00, 200 1875, e85, 900 Old totol Tor years,
~. 000O0U. The two last years the value vas
esse, but the pounds wp more This one item
n about one-hfth In vaIhs Of our total import
drained tie resources OF the country, A IL
seeuns Impossible 60 lessen thus, materially the
question that presents itself for solution, e how
20 augment our home production. Tho dssa that
shall present will indicate the ultimate solusion
to b. 70 follow the example Of other NATIONS Of
the Temperate Zone and produce u from The
Beet
NJ. Pussythsu traced the early uss Of cane and
beet sugars. remarking the fact that during the
wars OF Napoleon, that astuts ruler fading
France cut on from supplies Of cane sugar fro%
the West Indies offered premium Of million
Of frAhcs for satisfactory Aubstitute. The re-
suit was tho Introduction Of the sugar beet, and
though the manufacture Of bees sugar declined
ano atu!ost coAeeus III cf1ocos Aatof NepOl00nb
downfall, yet IL has now grown 70 enormous 70
suits. aimee the establishment, In 1870 and 1872,
Of high protective duties on imported sugar,
Germany, Austria, and other countries have
followed suit, and now the European product Of
beet sugar u immense, and tAs Continental
factories are sanding their refined best sugar TO
England, TO the dls@ay Of Aer sugar rsansrs-s
striking instance Of the wisdom Of Protection 70
Home Industries and the folly Of Free Trade
A leading Frsnci nan said thas tvios 10 nftsen
Year,, the sugar 0sst had saved Franes from
famine. The fast V that crop Of bssts almost
doubles the succeeding crops Of wheat, oaas,
barley. DO. while the best pup left after the
juice " expressed and also ihs bsss tops are e.
osllsnt food for cattle.
NJ. Pusey then gave statistics showing the
pounds, In 1888. to 40. 600 0OO in 1867. and he
00vernnont tax has been Increased until II than
QSsD reached lis per cent In France, The
productton, which In 1853, Wa 1855, OO6, 600,
pounds, was in 1870, 5s7, OO0, 900, the az bsiur
go per ton. The whole beet sussr product Of
Europe. In 1878, was estimated at ~. 900 tons
and In that year tie total sugar product OF
tho commercial sugar producing nations Of the
world wAs estimated " 3, 900 tons OF which
l,2OO. 900 tons ware from the best Il 10 believed
BY soms that ultimately the bset will monopolise
the market, and that In this country it viii pro-
duce sugar more cheaply than cane, which, In
Louisiana b . somewhat uncertain crop, the cli-
mate being, rome ysass. too severe.
The soil Of the Peninsula IL probably vol
sandy loan, frss from saline substances. Al.
most any climate, within tho Temperate Zone,
will serve. Old lands long under culuyasion.
seem 70 answer bsttsr than new.
NJ. PusAv's present plan 10 to secure seed Of
ths best var ety frum Europe, 10 distribute IL In
snall parUsis al over the Psn,Asula, and in New
Jersey, to persons who may apply for 1t, and Who
viii undertake 10 plant it carefully, and send
some Of the besss, next Fall, 70 this aty. With
report Of the circumstances Of their culture. the
character Of tie soil. DC. The bsess can BE-
tested, here In order TO ascertain their sacnha-
rins par csntags. HUM jenkins, Of Philsdsl-
phia. 70 one Of those who have already shown Q
psrimsnts made on his farms 10 Kont ceunty,
and NJ. Pussy h&s received many lstten frUm
other parties On the subject
The present sugar consumption Of Delaware,
alone, n As pounds per capita, would b $780,.
900 pounds year. worth. a 9x cents per pound
.Ss5 o, ever. penny Of .neh !, a, So.s away
The city Of Wilmington issslf. must pay away On
this account, every year, mos less that el6O,OOO
NJ. Pussy estimates that II ons-half The sum
Delaware annually pays away for sugar Zone
half Of 96S9, OOO, namely 90, 600. vsre ,nvss-
I'd IN the bsst. i would plant sAy 1000 acres,
doubling the cost in kurope.) sho1ld cost Ok
csnta psr pound. Il would sell, say. q 8 cents,
itAl Of e266, 900.
At the close Of the reading. vote Of thanks
@ Ar. Pussy vas pAsssd, on motion Of 1hoa.
II. Ssvssy and an informal discussion OF tho
subject took place. In which Q numbsr Of gen.
tsmsn joined a. Y. jenkins especially urged
the value that suoh . especial crop" would have
TO our Peninsula, II Il should b found adapted
to cultivation here.