The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1878-11-13
A FEW FACTS ABOUT SUGAR

II is evident that the importation
IF so important an agricultural pro-
luct, is a great dram upon the coun-
Try, and a heavy loss if the same pro-l
luct can be produced at home. The
payment of the heavy duties on this
has little bearing ON the matter, from
the fact that the duties 90 to pay the
expenses of the government, and il
not raised by import duties must be
raised in some other way. Still the
burden of this duty falls heavily upon
a necessary which is contrary TO the
spirit OF enlightened taxation.
But there is a vast loss both in
frcights, in diminished employment
which the sugar industry would pro-
ducc at home, in short there is al
ways a loss in bringing from others
nations, what can be raised at home,
Can the United States produce this
SOC, 677, 1863 worth of sugar profitably
instead of importing it from the
West Indies The main supply of
tho ro,.t;vc,v small amount of do
nestle sugar, has heretofore been de-
rived from tbe ribbon cane of the
Southo,p states Int This industry
itself seems to have been declining
since tbe abolition Of slavery. so that
xve arc ov;deptlv dr;f,;po ran;dIv tn
tho stains Of n suear importing coun-
try The had nolicy of this condi-
t;on has long bccn recocn;zed and
renoated exner;ments made in tho
direction of n nav source Of suoar
sunn,v 10 mate the cron n success
fni one II ia evident that n plaut
must be fopnd that has q wider ronoe
than that of tho r;bbon cane which
ia in n Great measure limited IN the
alluviai lands 81 tbe coast country
For even this while Tins l-n;ted IN
area bos also another great draw
hoct II Ia not ;nd;oenous 10 th;s
country and be;no n trop;cal nlant
doos not orr,vo a, GOOD mo,ur;tv 40
,ho, :, mnst ho nro,oootod from,
800. r,on,;nro ,rh;oh Is an onoro
,;on 40 ,od;ors and oxnors;ve "a "a
nroo,ndo ;,s rso Cor a aro,t rational
s,nn,,.
Can n,on, ho f,,nd Of s,o,, vida
RANGE ,ha, n c,n ho crown from Tho
soo5 n do tomnoro,e climate Of mn.
no;s as vol, a. ,ho som;-tron;co, 70.
,,;ons oeInn;s;.no search for sncb
q nl.rt hos neon oo;no an f,f,ecn or
,,an,,, ro.r. Tho, ,o,,, r,,,o ,ho
sorchn,, o. Ch;,oso snoar conc WAS
;nt roduood and nrodneod IN Tho
N..,ho.n c,.,os an ;,,,n,roo and
IL snroad oxo;tonon, IA rron,
,',,,;anI,. Do ,,;o,d 90 s,r,n ,,,s
800, ,I,o ,,oroon,.mo az saoohor;no
na,,o. ,yos I,,,,o ic any Ioss ,hon ,ho,
~ ,ho ro.I s,oor.ono rat !, nrov.
Cd cor s,,ror . ,,,.ool r,;,nro II mo
dnood mo,asses IN oreat on,n,i,ics
and In tho, rosncct was and IL an
;n,,no,,so s,oooos :, so,,no In t,,;s or
lola m;,l;ons 10 ,ho consumer voor
~ nut mo o,tomn,s and n;ll;ons q,
,ho,, h.,yhoon ,.do h,ro hoo, en-,
oossc,, a. ~ ,a,,,,c,a,,.o :, -.
o,aIlo o,,,or c.,,r, ~ sor,,,,,,u oano
The chief constituents Of SORGHUM
;nice Il o,neoso ~ ,,,sa,m,os sugar
Iii, o.ae,,aos ..,,s, .1;,a,;on -
VIM" p'o'e' " s''""''o' "'o'
sorghum, so iir as sugar was con-
cerned was great failure.
Bnt efforts have by no means ceas-
al 30 Ara snaor nrod,o;no n,ont
go pne Pa
adapted 10 all iatitndes, experiments
are being made on various species Of
the tropical grasses TO which sor-
,hnm r;hhon cane aud co,mon corn
m 49,. 's. ,'', :. :, 80 - -, No. ~.
ai oeions anu IL 10 saic " sd! 'ii''