The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-01-22


A cane rover writes thus 70 Cole.
msn's Rural World; The Northern cane
business Il = fair example Of Tho effort
snd The time which are required 10 e>tah-
lish . new Industry. n seems ~ IL hr-t
iFosis are always ignorant efforts. with
frequent hnI,> aud slow advances. Atter
s~fiic succsss comes and q new Industry
Is established which employs thousands
aud henetts millions. We know that
halt or the sugar uf the world il now
produced from the sugar beet, hut we
forget the long lapse 81 Years which
brought the present perfection Of beet.
sugar manufacture. We realize the
vAlue Of southern cane. but We forget
the cssly difficulties Of that Industry.
The history OF the industrial arts 10 full
~ such examples OF gradual success. IL
seems that science is right In concluding
lthas countless ages formed The earth and
then countless sgcs fitted the earth for
man. aud then countless axes grnduall,
developed man II seems that man car
RIGS this fact Of slow development into
the industrial arts. II requires years OF
toll and trouble 10 perfect a new indus
TRY. and then the world Is = better and q
richer world. The Northern cane in
'dnstry Is not an exception % this general
rule. It's advance has been difficult and
slow, but not more so than others. al
has been rightly said that all human pro-
gross has been marked by toll and
marred by mistakes. Those who en-
gage In any new industry must expect
the pity Of those who value only imme-
|diate success. Failures are sometimes
essential 10 flnal success. The manager
OF the Ottawa Sugar Company wisely
remarked: The depression in prices oil
sugar and syrup vas necessary and will
benefit the business. for il completes the
reformation OF zane manufacture
At the close Of the year IL j. well to
review brieflv the business, aud congrai-
ulate ourselves that important advances
have been made in the methods OF ex-
;rsctIrg The sugar from the cane ami
purifying the csre juice. Ii the report
was that lowing 70 = very favorable
season very large quantities OF sugar
hsd been made. aud owing 10 = general
scarcity Of sugar very high prices had
been obtained" such a report. though
would not be - convincing
70 e Of discriminating minds a. the
following report BY the Government
Chemist whose cautious and consefva-
tive tendencies are well known. h,
used this reason Tor the fir=i
time Ia manufacturing Northern cane
rs per cent. Of the sugar in The cane
Was extracted. the yield Wa FULLY double
that obtained in the ordinary way. full,
80 per cent. of the sugar in the cane viii
be placed on the market either " drv su
gar or moIssses, the juice j. limpid. with
= minimum Of waste and maximum or
the difficulties are wholly me-
chanicai aud easily remedied." Such =
is not based upon an unusual sea
son or accidental prices.
In the report or the Chief Of the Blu
OF Statistics We find that in the yea,
1854 nearly 3.O00,0OO.u00 pounds Of sugar
were consumed ia the country /; less thar
10 per cent OF this sugar was Produced
the country ; the average specific rats
Of duty per pound OF imported
was about two cents per pound. This J.
the feid which Northern zane will pos
-ess aud occupy. said theG Government,
Chemist: III the Government could a.
the production OF home sugar 70 ~.
extent Of supplying the demands Of thu
country by an expenditure OF 81 900. %,
or five times that SUN. IL would be the
best investment yer made 2
Northern cane IL easily produced II
practically iimitless quantities in large
areas OF the country IL one-half the cost
Of Southern cane or OF sugar-beeis per
ton. IL costs no more per ton to manu-
iacture Northern cane than Southern
cane or sugar-beets. The difficulties
been in the adapting apparatus and
10 suit the new industry.
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