, 1880-05-05

requires ouly very)simpl9 appliances, such
as can be procured at a moderate cost by
any large grower and managed by intel
ligent overseers, after n little experience.
This would indeed seem on overwhelm.
ing array of advantages on the side OF the
sugaf-caue {; and yet the beet has its Oft
sets even 30 these, 10 the present case
The sugar cane harvest falls within o
short period, of from eightitoI ten weeks.
during which the planter is overwhelm-
ingIy busy, and has to pay high prices for
labour for his cane, if left standing in
the field, rapidly deteriorates. lie Is
therefore under the necessity OF providing
much more ample appliances for boiling
than corresponds to the amount, OF sugar
produced and, in the rush, it is difficult
for him to avail himself of all the advan-
tages offered by the superiority OF his law
material. At least, this has been the case
heretofore, not only in the " colonies" but
also in a great measure in Louisiana. The
Juice is but very imperfectly extracted
from the cane; and the actual sugar per
cen.age obtained from the cane is partly
on that account, and partly bee suse of
hasty boiling in imperfect appar atus often
times no greater than that obtained from
we'll managed beets. It is true that this
can be managed differently, but as a matter
of fact, from various causes, it is done but
rarely. Perhaps the most perfect appli-
ances on the large scale are those 10 use
on the large sugar cane estates III the
Sandwich Islands i; but here there Is tho
exceptional circumstance, that 10 that
balmy cline, the cane natures OF all
seasons of the year, according 20 the time
at which it has been planted. This
removes the whole disadvantage OF the
rush and enables the planter to use his
sugar-house all the year round. Hence he
can afford to invest q larger amount OF
capital in perfecting appliances, just as is
the case with the beet-sugar manufacturer
who can work on dried material all the year,
instead of letting his capital invested In
machinery lie idle during six months, as
in most Of the beet-sugar growing coun,
tries at the present time. In most OF
these, the beet-sugar industry has required
some protection by tariff regulations; and
when the Hawaiian treaty admitting
the sugars of that kingdom free OF duty to
the United States, was first proposed,
it was predicted that it would be the
death of the beetsugar industry in America.
Yet since that time, pew factories have
come into successful operation, while
others that had laid dormant have been
revived by business men credited with at
least an ordinary amount OF clearheade d
ness. - 1.J Thf
The question is certainly q complex one.
and it will require some years OF actual
trial to determine which of the several
sugar-yielding crops will yield the highest
profits in California. 1t can certainly not
be solved by acrimonious discussion, nor
is there any justification. in the conditions
of the question, for i%mpugning the motives
of any of those holding adverse opinions.
AS in all similar cases, the conflict OF
opinions will be of advantage in deter
mining as soon as possible, by experiment,
the fundamental facts /; and whatever ind
viduals may gain or lose. the ultimate
result can hardly be doubtful, ylzs that
from an importer of Sugar. California, Will
before very hong become an exporter OF
this important article OF food.-Sdn Fran
cisco Journal of Commerce.. - 2IiIE12e