The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1888-07-19
SUGAR ~ THEI'NITEp sTATKs.

the valOr 81 our fathers won for US
and the wisdom Of our fathers pre-
served for Us.
SUGAR n THETNITEp STATES.
Chira-o lnier-u-t.an.
The platform on which Harrison
and Morton stand makes specific
mention Of wool, but not Of sugar.
10 would seem from the proceedings
Of the House ON Friday and yester-
day thar the party is not united in
regard 10 q. Some favor heavy re-
ductiOn In the duties thereon, Mr..
Cannon, Of this State, being Of that
number. Others resist IL stOutly,
the strongest opposition coming
from Kansas.
II b. not strange that diversity Of
opinion should exist i'm the Republic
can party on this subject. Nearly
all the sugar raised in this country,
except maple, which is used only
for special purposes and has no in
terest in the sugar tariff, Is produce
cd in Louisiana, state which has
done aud j. doing all itcan political
ly toalIenate Republican sympathy.
u b. not that the State II solidly
Democratic, but that d was made
and l. kept 80 by fraud aud outrage.
The free trade policy Of the Demo-
cratic party ought to make q clear
majority Of the whites of that
state stauuch Republicans. Their
persistent Democracy L. a. incOn-
Si-teut a. the TriJUHc'x pretended
Republication. They want prOtec-
ton aud rould not raise sugar with
out d.. yet resort To violence and
81 l.. q
Democratic party. Naturally this
sort Of thing H. eXasperating. The
tariff, amounting Ia 500 Ter cent
nj r0i0r'Bf, was originally levied ia
the Interest Of cane sugar, principal
ly ia Louisiana, aud il u only
human nature 10 say that IL the
planters nf that state insist upon
afliliaiiug planters with the free
traders let them take the cOnse-
quences. But the truth il that caue
sugar j. mo longer the only sugar in
interest. The indications are, Ou
the contrary, that IL the protective
pulicy H. maintained this country
will in a few years raise ali
the sugar ~ consumes, and that
would be a very great National
economy. 10 IL the Teasonahleness
of that expectation that justifies and
demands the continuance Of the
sugar tariff, and not the interest OF
e few planters in the delta Of the
Mississippi.
During the year lss6 the United
states used lbs, 466 tons of sugar
and - ,HS6, 35S gallons of mOlasses,
the imported sugar being ,O6O, JN
tons to l35, l5S domestic; the mo-
lasses, 81. AZ $50 gallons imported to
u ,'aiS, 732 domestic. These figures
afford "A fair idea of tine relative
amount to the imported and dOmes
tie sugar aud mUlasses annually
consumed i'm this country. so long
a. we raise only cane sugar there
can be no substantial change for the
better, and il il were not for pro-
lection the domestic article could
not be- produced ut all To advantage,
especially ia competition with the
beet sugar industry Of Europe. Last
year the country paid, first cost
price, with duties added, something
over Sl:il, Un.OO0 for sugar alone, not
counting mOlasses, or about s. per
head almost One-siXth of all we paid
out for imports of every kind. II IL
the heaviest of all our foreign i'm
pOrtatiOns. Our great export il
wheat, hut add thtrto all the corn
we export, and together they would
not pay our imported sugar hill. II
Is not worth our while "a a people
To develop, If possible, domestic
sugar interest adequate To the home
supply" The experiments made In
sorghum, especially i'm Kansas, war
rant the expectation of ultimate
sucress in solving the problem of
granulation. SOghum juice does
not, q is true, take naturally to
equalization into sugar grains, but
American ingenuity h. In a fair way
to overcome every obstacle. Tine
government has made some highly
satisfactory experiments already.
The State of Kansas il no more
adapted To the raising of sorghum
than Illinois, and the experiments
now being made I'm that state are of
common interest to the entire corn
belt.
The beet sugar experiments thus
far made were unsatisfactory, but IL
is hardly possible that branch of
production which can be successful
Is conducted in France, Germany,
and Russia, can find no suitable
conditions for itself in the United
states. Almost every variety of
soil and climate are To be found on
this continent. 4 few failures
ought not To prove discOuraging.
And the hest of il is that once de-
munstrate the practicability Of
raising sugar in this country
from either sorghum or beets, and
i'm very few years it would spread
aud become so general that the do
nestle competition would greatly re-
duce the price. There is a great deal
Of saccharine i'm sorghum, il il can
only Ice reduced To sugar and we can
raise enormous crops Of beets II we
eau only raise the right kind. In 9TH
er words il either were success at all
Il would bring the price so low that
sugar would really Toe the cheapest
Of food products.
But important n Il H. to cheaper
the cost ni sugar to consumers, the
great arguement for the encourage
ment of this anticipated revolution
in saccharine production Is the hem
eft 10 would be to our farmers, es-
pecially i'm the cOrn-pTOducing
region. IL would add immensely to
their revenue aud the value of their
land. On the whole, then, 10 would
he a stupendOus piece Of folly TO
abandon the policy Of sugar prOtec-
ton Just when on the eve, apparent
ly, of new development which,
upon a low estimate, would add to
Ia the wealth of the nation some
$3.50, O00,0 00 annually.
Ife ~ Hen Harrison. by the Author nf