The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-08-12

DEMAND OF HE UNITED STATES
Dr. John /. Glow writes ss follows il last
weeks HoE.s JOarna! on Ehe sll important
sebiec. of Louisiana's sugar interests;
Some time last winter or spring, L 81"
IL stated IN some periodical, that thefe @s
a meeting of the wholesale sroceTs ana
oebers, held in Philadelphia, TO deEL,e
a.7rpe plau of supplying the deficiency OF
the snrar crop in this county, and it WAS
rfSere stated that il required the export OF
one hundred millions OF dollars IN specie,
to meet the demsrd 10 she Northern States
And have no doubt that the amount e1
cseds that cum by several million dollsrs,
"A the quantity imported amounted IN leIb
"a sisI .z22 tons Of sugsr, aud 10, AIS ,5cl
1nuons of mo.AsSes. The result OF Ene
meeting was that IL was TO the interest oil
the North to encourage the growth Oh tne
Sicilian beet, in order 10 ita conversion
into sugar, ignoring the fact that Io1Isi
ana has land enough, Advantageously sst-
aated, and of unsurpassed fertility, to sop-
oIy cot merely rbe United Ssates but any
dsiciency in the beet crop Of Europe-
When il ia remembered that the popalA-
ton of France, Germany, aud the other
Kingdoms of Europe, where the beet-foos
sugsr is made, is very dense and labor
cheap and abundant, and that by q high
state of cultivation few acres OF Land on
each Place will yield more than nye times
the same number Of acres in the North or
wes. wouid produce, aud IN the manufAc-
xure they have the advantage OF central
factories conducted by skiiled seientihc
labor, which IN this country would De dit-
ficuls to procure, the difference will be seen
at orcs, Listen to what . respected chem
fcal authority, and ty the way, strong
advocate of It's production IN Europe, say
in regard 10 1t: "If,H says he, - piece Of
znrhT cane AID . beet root, be subjected tC
the moe. simple chemical eIanInaton' 1
uIIl be found that the juice extracted from
the former contains from - 20 ID Per cent
of Aacchzr!ue matter, while that obtained
frouo the la..er contains not more than iron
= to ~ per cent AID II comparison o
the purity of the two juices, that OF IN
cane is IS u we're pure solution OF sugA
IN va.sr while the JaIce OF the beet con
taiusa variety of impurities, the p-opor
ton of Euumy and EItroge1ous matter
SseiaE as ooe in the cane TO three II 10
,ress- while the saltA of soda aud potash ar
far more Ab1u6a1t- And in che smell 50
taste. "che one Is a. superior to the oshe
a. the pineapple Of the Antilles is to II
~ider ample of Normandy. A delicate tAst
IA sepsib!e of q peculiar faint taste In u
beet ssear, and the Tefner always preie
kf1e cane sugar, - the beet sngAr Ioses
rer cent 10 working up
Bat eneuga on that s1bject- 1t Ia slnP
,,z,rnosterSas 90 talk of il IN eompesIEit
rfEing at RATIONAL conclusions on the 81
fect Of Supplying the deficiency OF 6
Northern market, Ies as take retroePe
of the supply of sagAr before the T1E.
In 1851. :be lerop Of sugar in Louis slA
amounted TO 4Jo.4lO hogsheads, and
naolasses to z, lbs ,OOO gallons, which cat
ed 40 great 3 El1t of the market, that !
beat eaality of brown sugar sold ior 81
SvF,fle uolasses WAS sach drug 10 !
market, that IL would NOT pay the e1per
CyF hArrels, freight aad chargss- In Il
chs Was the case "a early as 1858 A.
This ouaciIty VISA prcdGesd on
pIantasiors, which wAs an average of ao'
$50 hogAhe2cs 10 the psant2ioI'
nov from Abou. I 245 places, ittEie AZ a :
reported II ooe Of the reports OF 1879
fbere was ouly about los, 900 hogshed
r.ade on al average OF lS2 hogsheAds
-rbe place But many Of thoae reported
served all their cane for seed, ana ON
planted OF = small SCALE and LAC u
crops Eroaud On q neighoorlng mhI,
sone On horse uIIla and eTAporators +;
that If ali those we're deducted, the 91nl
of old mills that were b1ilt before Ghe
low in operation, woGlo be founo 70
<,ocsEderAbly leaE than 30.
Many Of tbe large mills were destEo.
during the EAx by fire and many more
<reTAases or the AisslAAlPpls ana otL
were forfeited under mortgages to the
fv@r.- gDd otber banks; Others have 8
70 ruin by the deeeASe OF the Original
prIetcrs AID fell TO heirs some Minors
Others liTirg il remote States, etc
Taking It all together the s1gAr indui
Il in . dilsPidEted eoudItion, bat AL tni
r,seded is the use Of Northern eApitA4
energy to rssaIcitAte u, and maze y
vigorous and ~ capable Of sapPlyln
demand Of the whole cJuntry ss II Wa
1881