Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-03-13
CANE GROWERS IN COUNCIL.
Interesting Statistics OF the Sugar In
duatry In tho Weat.

Manufacturing and Cane Growing as
sociation commenced its third annual
session here this afternoon. Among
the visitors present from abroad were
Professor II. w. Wiley, chief chemist
of the agricultural department at Wash
ington, ID. c.; A. j. Decker, president
of the Wisconsin associations; Henry
Studnicker of New Orleans, j. N. viii.
son OF Washington, Ia, and ID. Smouse
of Mt. Pleasant, la. The attendance
from different points of this state Is
double that of any former year, which
shows that the industry is rapidly in
creasing. The afternoon session only
lasted few moments and was devoted
to talk, the appointments of commit
tees on resolutions, legislation and
publication of the proceedings. This
evening Professor Wiley lcctured be-
fore good audience in the senate
manufacture it.
SECOND DAY.
The convention convened at 9 o'clock
a. m, T., and at first listened to paper
on the machinery, machnists and how
to get the best results, by Professor Nj.
S. Kimball of Nickerson, Kan. Among
other things, Mr.. Kimball said that
with the machinery we have to-day,
placed in the hands of a good, energetic
man, he can plant and raise success
fully a crop of sorghum, bat with the
sorghum mills Of to-day it is hard to
find n man who can run ono. But the
sorghum mill OF to-day bears about the
same relation to the mill of twenty five
years bence as the first McCormic reap
ing machine does to the perfect har-
vester of these times.
Mill men make q great mistake in
not having tirst-class engineers, good
practical man, and not one of these
book men, who can stand and talk for
hours and give you full history of the
business, but can't display themselves
practically. Then, again, most all mill
men think they can get along with
cheap help, until they break down a
few times, and then break themselves
up. 1t is more essential to have a good
machinist and engineer IN a mill than
almost any other industry. When the
machinery is put into a mill it should
be done in such way IS to require the
smallest amount of fuel and labor to
run it. Then the speaker followed with
discussion of bis ideas of how to build
sugar mill, and closed. After him
came Professor M. Evenson of Sterling,
followed with lengthy and well writ
ten essay on the "Nothern Cane Sugar
Industry" which was listened TO with
great interest by the large number OF
cane growers present. The professor
began by making the thought, of weth-
or our government is justified in en-
couageing the sugar, and especially the
sorgum sugar industry; - question OF
vital importance, and particularly al
the present time, when congress is con
sidering measures, which, if developed
will tend greatly to check the progress
of the work now SO we'll begun. In con
sidering it, we must determine wha
the future of this industry will be. Go
ing back to the history of beet root SUI
gar in France and Germany, we learl
shat its production was for many years
impractcable, until the government o
those countries took the matter in hand
so now they are supplying Great Brit
ain at much lower rate than our col
onies can do. III 1853 the total product
ion of beet sugar in Europe was onl,
100000 tons, while this year it wa
2,240, 900 tons. Their prosperity nov
is due 10 the great progress which ha
been made with government assistance
From Oegnining to end the processe
of handling the crop are susceptible o
great improvement. BY improved
methods of harvesting we would b
saved much annoyance and expense
and if the diffusion process was use
instead OF our present wastcful plan 10
getting the juice we would be able {
nroduca Our Sugar as cheaDlV as il ca