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tening qualities being considered. to be
The Contention adjourned until Thursday
SECOND DAY..
ST. LOUIS, Mo, ,Decernh Der IS

SECOND DAY.
ST. LoKIs, Mo, December IS.
Business commenced with the readlngof
|. number Of letters: xAffrong them was an i'm
|. portant communication. from -Hrof.sH:SW.
Wiley, Chief Chemist at Washington. = 1t was
+ dated Fresno, California, December 9Th. In
it Prot Wiley, after expressing his. regret:at
not being able to attend the Convention,
| said: "The sugar interest is now s.passing
| through adangerous crisis, and only the most
l-carefnl delfberatioh can safe it from fatal
|. result. The danesrsswhich thre thc;saIesr
industry Of this country are two. fold sElz:
From within and without The tdhdyhcy t6
enter Into reciprocity treaties with sugar
producing Countries. - hfch ROW Wss6elhsv be
In the ascendant, is anefprtAt suicide. .The1e.
ds=sno other aghcn1tnraf pursuit that has
the need. Of protection which the sugar in.
dustry has: Now, when it feels the want of
1t more than it ever-dId, it is proposed to.
take 1t away. Already-for enearly seven
years the sugafsofstffe sandwich Islands has
During this time the total importation
has amounted tonearlY33 $40 600 4ons:s..4ftthis
sugar had paid duty at the same rate as that
tqo SaSes s0uTsss u Jim hS8s1sT has
not been saved to the sugar consnmers NJ
the Pacific coast. As result of this treaty.
Ias Rs5de at e. m iusas z PsSe
| United States have presented to the people
enghged Il The 80 sugaE Sa sos
has lately been made with Mexico,
and only awaits Legislative action to
Bys Bsso it, eeef gSs1 Sx wS'cS s1as sss
Cuban sugars are to be received free ofsaasy.
1t thus appears that the United States is de-
teTmned t9 give aims e sI tss r. e
every sugar grower in this country iaeres.
duced to abject poverty. 1t is time now for
the sorghum growers, the best sugar men,
| and the Louisiapa planfer ers'+o sffee And Call
a.halt 70 such a DISASTROUS policy, The. price
OF sugar Is neaW - sfow.<s- -'#H5 >'ft>asonap1e
men could ask. -
make Es ngm sas sesef gss Of Es 5ssplap p
J. ers of Cuba are crying eEaa e-Si ui.usS
( not because they W ant Us to pay less for su
it, nus In AZ SA a Cents fs
Soend a thai a the bs auty wena nnkst
%p' fne .,a IaDsss es Ne fsss ssssSsSs sSgaS :s%
eries rGm of Rsiense the friends Of snHn Es
danger from without comes from Europe
Under .:Yises and .,tsdic4ous pis1t eesioh the
| to gigantic proportions. The'peopFe- OF the
t-old world have not yet learned to eat sugar:
Mta 5ns snsfpa2n q ns tas bs4 %
do. The result is that they-the Germans, ~.
| pecially-make large quantities of sugar Tor
expectation. This has gone largely to I'm;
| gland. ASA consequence. .Engl glahdIfas taken
less and less Of tropical sugar, and the sur
plus thus prodt, ed has dound ats way to
America Thus markets have been over
stocked with foreign sugaE producing giat
and Sending prices down to an unprecedent-
| edly low figure. II:
the manufacturer of sorghum sugar has net
I been able to successfully struggle Never
| before since sugar was made fF2m .sofgQlm
| has itsr1rospeptS cbeenA so gloomy as now
You are its friends. IF nov. you. are disaoftyrs
aged and give afp'f4ft- fight, many years Will
elapse before it gets on it's feet. again ;lIfthe
viii Wis seek i out the cause of the dsfficnites and
the means of: their Jefnoyaki fherefore, az
this great distance, would say TO YOU there
is yethope and a.great fufare ire tor nsn sotgnpi41
| desire to express the hope that your meetlnS
may be pleasant and profitable, and that an
other season may see:nur -favorite-- lndastEy
removed from the troubles that now sur
round it," - ....: f-.,s, =. : -
best varieties of seed,t and ass stneir m,ar
outcome was the appointment OF Ferma-
.nent COInmittee; on cane seed noInenciatufe.
| During the discussion it was stated tnat
/ there were. ROW known.t to growers .slxty-hve
/ different varieties of cane seed. The Presi-
/ defit named Messrs. G. NJ. Schawarz, of 20.
wardsville, III; W.T.icfement, OF Sterling,
Kan, and f. Deemng, Of Lafayette, as .of
| the Committee.
| MARKETING OF SYRUP. - - T.
The marketing of syrup was next discussed
! The large manufacturers stated t1at they
| had had considerable difficulty in findlng
profitable market for large cOnslgnments
On the other hand, theSfarmers who manu-
facture the syrup agreed that there was no
trouble in, fin!ltng- local retnii-fnarket ior
this product, and at good prices, TOO, When
the quality of the syrup, BECAME known. .<
Mr.. Belcher proposed that the Chairman,
Treasurer and Secretary be- apPolnted as y
committee to superintend the publication OF
the Conventions proceedings. The motion
was seconded by Mr.. Baldwin ;@of Illinois, and
agreed to by the Convention. ..r:.
Mr. f. M: peemng, of Indiana, proposed
resolution setting forth the interest Of the
Sugar growers association and all other>
AGRICULTURAL associations in the appointments:
OF Commissioner of Agriculture, and further
setting forth that the Association took pleas
ure in presenting the naUre of Governor or,
man J. Corrnan, for several years its Presi-
dent, not only on account Of the, deep inter-
est he had manifested III the National sugar
industry, but likewise because..he llad ever
manifested the same interest in the develop
ment of every branch of agriculture, horti-
culture, and the Importation, breeding ana
rearing of domestic animals.
other speakers strongly supported the
resolution, and urged that 3 man from tne
West ought to be appoiutedto the ONCE.
The President had withdrawn from the
chair during, the discussion: Me- gillespie
put the motion, which was adopted with:en,
thusiasm. 1t was carried, and it was decfued
that the Secretary of the association pc IN
structed to present a copy of the resolution
to Grover Clev veland, President elect OF the
United States, and to ask from MIN IaVor-~
able consideration.
The President thanked the Convention for
the resolution they had ~passed. If he had
the good fortune to be appointed to the Of
fee of Commissioner of Agriculture, ne
hoped the confidence they had shown IN him
would not be forfeited.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
The Convention then proceeded to- the
election of officers: Colonel Norman j. Col
man was again unanimously. elected cPresf-
dent of the Association. Mr.. 4. Il. Giles
pie of EdwardsNille, was re elected as Sec
retary and Mr.. f. W. Deeming, OF Ipdtana.
as Treasurer. Messrs.- u. O. w. Belcher, 7of
St.Louis: Edward J,. Gay,-of louisiana "A
j. Decker, of Iowa; George w. Gere, OF
| Champaign. H. and w Clement, OF .Ster-
+ ling. Kan. were named by the President as
the ExecutiveCommittee. ~
The President annouHced that he mad re-
ceived Communication from the Louisiana
| Sugar -Planters:, Association, inviting the
members of the Sugar. growers, AssAclarion
who visited the New Orleans Exposition to
make themselves "at home" at their head
quarters, and intimating that committee
had been deputed to receive them on then
arrival in the Crescent City.
VINEGAR.
In their report the Committee on Samples
called attention to the vinegar made from the
skimmings taken in the process of syrup
making and insisted that the vinegar so pro-
duced was equal, and by maay persons con-
to- cid lar viz al rim