The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-04-11
AN ADDRESS.
The Louisiana Sugar Planters Asso-
citation Urge United Action.

citation Urge United Action.
The Louisiana Sugar Planters Association
has issued the following address. which will be
found Of interest and importance to all con-
nected with the sugar industry:
The production of sugar In the State of Louis.
lana, Will In the year preceding the civil war
had reached 459 900 hogsheads la now only from
17B 900 to 900 600 hogsheads; while that Of sister
industry. cotton. go far from diminishing Is
this year, 1t Ia believed. 5.500ooO bales against
s,sla, 46s produced previous to the war.
What The causes are which Ia the case OF
sugar, have brought about decline of nearly
80 per cent, and In that of cotton marked in-
CREASE 1t is not necessary nor our purpose
here to consider. The fact ts only get forth that
the sugar planters may see that the industry In
which they are engaged has fallen behind most
lamentably, Notwithstanding strenuous efforts
on the part of many, aud as q justification for
an earnest appeal to their intelligence and
the eud that they may resolve that nothii g shall
be wanting on their. part to Improve. their
methods Of culture and manufacture. 1t is also
further offered tn lead them to combine by
themselves, or through tue Association of sugar
Planters, already existing, to Insure watchful
guardianship Of their interests
IN RELATION TO THE SUGAR TARIFF.
to obtain information that may be valuable In
cure the handling and sale of their products In
New Orleans untrammeed by municipal mo.
nopoly, or by abuses that seem. by long usage,
to have crystalliSad into customs"
- At this point few words "a to the Sugar
Planters Association m not be amlss,
city Of New WI oreans BY few swg and ao
tore who saw the depressed and serious oondi-
tion to which the sugar industry wss tending.
neton to proect s the % Interests Of the plapers
ia, the North and West. seeking to
t"ra 70 do this money was needed M e No s@sH oa
however, was made on the planters at large.
The case was urgent. and in twenty four hours
funds sufficient were raised by private sub
soription. An able committee was sent to the
seat of government who succeeded. after pro-
racted labors. In staving off any Injurious &C
tion or renommenda ions on the unrt of the
subcommittee of Congress having the subject
In charge. b. our adversares we're not CON
tent With t. result second time during the
month of January last. the question OF the Gu
gar tariff again became threatening. Again
the association came to the rescue. Again
A COMMITTEE WAS DISPATCHED,
to Washington, whose expenses were again de-
frayed by the generosity of n few parties, and
again we have abundant reason to believe that
your interests have been efficiently safe. guard
ed by the diseretiu lon and energy display i'd
rhis Ia but part of the work that the assoola.
tion has striven to accomplish. During the
two years OF tts existence 1t has scanned the
field and the, euear house: 1t has discussed
and examined the various modes of cultiva-
tion. the question of names, the diverse meth
ods of manufael ure-embracinR the relative
merits of crushing saturatinR and diffusing
the cane: the power of single and double mills
and their comparative results. One and all of
these have received at the hands of the associ-
tion more or less consideration 80 that grad
ually a series of details and facts are being
collected on these subjects which In the end
will be OF great value
Bu, :, me ASSOCIATION stlli hnds otner work be-
importance eand the difficulties 1t presents, de-
mands ts determined. yet judiclous action.
This work is the proper
SALE AND HANDLING OF THE SUGAR
and molasses Oh the levee In New Orleans 1t
has long been an open secret that abuses In
weighing and gaugtug the goods at the time of
sale were hagrant on the levee. Loose weigh
The levee Itself is often rather O bog than a
commercial mart 1t ie, as now hemmed in.
IN space mobh'd by warrants. and
Illegal monopoly. the Sugar hhed Company,
which at tue same time deprives the seller of
TO conten Mt himself with lower figure than his
goods are really worth.
Briefly. then, to destroy these abuses. to re-
Of the Sugar Shed Company, but. If not, to
bring suit against TT and, In that event (tt may
be confidently predieteedl, destroy i. Is the
hand. L is an effort that must be made; 1t IL |
Just and proper: 1t is step long de- |
and too long delayed,
now comes to you fol, your sympathy. your
active cooperation and your substantial aid, |
The association now numbers one hundred and |
ffty members. One hundred and Afty only. |
when there are from nine hundred to a thou. |
sand sugar planters In the State and when the |
question OF the permnnence, nay of the very ex- |
stenoe OF your industry may depend upon |
your wRkeful energy and a prompt assistance |
Of those who are work Ing for you who have |
worked for you and who are still willing TO |
work to the end II you will encourage them by |
oining them In their efforts. Every year you |
send to mar ket the outcome Of. It may be said |
$50 900 900 Of capital invested In sugar planting
industry go Mt haphazHrd. to care for Itself |
which ia liable at any moment to receive stab |
1t the hands of Its watohful domestic enemies |
,r to be overshadowed and uuderbd by its
'ivals In foreign countries. the beet sugar |
of Europe and the cane sugar |
If the West Iodies.
And after you have made your sugars. truly |
by the sweat of your brows," and after you |
lave forwarded them to mark at. can you any |
more afford that they shall be
SACRIFICED TO THE GREED OF A MONOPOLY,
,r be underso'd by reason of the many eriev- |
lnces Of which we complain.
No. planters you cannot afford this. The |
truRgle Ia already too sharp an d too keen. You |
annot afford to give a point away to your ad- |
'ersaries. II, then, your business and your dis |
aoce 4 ON the city prevent you from often COM |
ng hereto watch In person over your interests
elegate that guardianship to the association |
.ready formed. which so far. has done such |
.ood work. Become fellow members with ua |
70 do This demands but $40 the first an $40 the |
psuing years: the price Of one barrel of mo- |
asses-only one-and you secure a faith al sem
DIN us. then join US In our discussions Join |
Ia In our fixed purpose to put the sugar indus
~ on a secure basis, and we shall not fail to |
ring our present eff 1rts to successful iesue