Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-31

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the work of Pioneer Cunningham. The
question affects them so vitality that they
naturally take every precaution to in
form themselves upon all of its bearings.
Since the beginning of the experiment at
'Sugarland they have been kept as
nearly rs possible informed of its pro-
| greSS. The New Orleans Item, the or
gan of this industry, has had skilled
inspectors upon the grounds, and even
| the Houston Post sent man over the
twenty-five miles of railway to take it all
in. Which he did.
Many of the planters have personally
| inspected it. The list of visitors up to
date includes Ex-Governor WarmOth Mr..
Gilmer, of the Sugar Bowl; Mr.. Soniat,
| Don Santiago bod, the Cuban expert;
Don j n. Casanova of Cuba, Shattuck
and Hoffman of New Orleans, who inter-
viewed everybody from the boys who ride
| the mules to the proprietor; Wilbrey
| Thompson, of the Teche country; Mama
| ger Billings, of Shattuck & Hoffman;
| Captain Pharr, of Berwick, who chewed
the bagasse, said his mouth was an as
founding sacrOmeter, and went off to buy
diffusion battery right away; Mr..
Clarke, of the Teche; Foost Il Barrett,
| of "Shadysde' plantation, on the
| Teche; Chemist Won TreScOe, Govern
| Chemist Edison and n batch of eleven who
arrived on Thursday last. They com
| prised Mr.. Haubtman of Edwards i
| Haubtman, New Orleans; E Iegendre,
owner of "Terre Haute'' plantation,
Louisiana; Leon Godschaux, a clOthier of
| New Orleans, who owns some eight or
| ten places; Henry and Harry NJ Nc
| Caull of ''Evan Hall'' plantation on the
Mississippi; james P. Kock of ''Belle
Alliance,'' the original diffuser and
"champion of the mill; H. Dugas of
''ArmeliSe, ''whO uses the old open-kettle
system and tops the New Orleans market
on sugars and molasses; Count Deishach,
of Paris, France; Professor Becnel,
chemist at "Evan Hail." Harry Lewis,
sugar maker ut "Evan Hail., - and B.
Thoens, of Leeds & Co., fOundrymen.
Some of these gentlemen were enthusi-
aStic, notably Mr.. GodschauX, who left
on Thursday evening filled up to his neck
with ensllage cutters, diffuSes and all the
rest of it. Some were nOn-cOmmittal
Some expressed Il desire to have it proven
that the exhausted chips could be
burned. Some were disappointed that
the cane was not weighed before it struck
the cutter, so as to give an exact idea
Of what it was turning out per ton
of gross weight. All were satisfied
with the simple and paramount fact
that diffusion diffused, which after all
was the main thing. Ex-Governor War
moth knows more about it, probably,
than any other Louisianian and his opin-
ion is therefore worth something. Here
it is:
''I have never seen n sugar house any
where better than Colonel Cunningham IS.
Neither the building nor machinery can
be surpassed i'll Louisiana. He has
spared no expense i'll his efforts to de-
velOp the sugar industry, and L am glad
TO see that he is meeting with4such
splendid success. The diffusIopssysorlsaI
is excellent. The cutters arg sq,y far
superior to mine that I @atSTsonce !
ordered cutters and mas4eratOgsI
from Professor SwensOn, and 2fhev waf1
reach Magnolia in a few days. / intend
to have hydraulic movement similar to /,
that at 'Sugarland' attached to my
battery. Professor Swenson will be down
at Magnolia to erect the cutters. He is a
most skilful and competent expert and is |
as modest as he is able and skillful. He |
has had an extensive experience in |
Kansas with sorghum and is delighted |
with the way our cane yields to the sys- |
TEN of diffusion. He has every confidence |
i'll our success, and believes that by this |
pi'N'90 We N'lI az" Pl"C tl''HJ All
the sugar out of the cane |
The splendid result at 'Sugarland' this |
season shows what an enterprising man
can accomplish. Colonel Cunningham S. |
example in throwing aside the old pro-
cess ane adopting modern and scientific
methods Will doubtless be followed |
another year by other planters inf
Louisiana and Texas, SOthing can eX-
coed the exuberance of Colonel Cunning
hams hospitality, ana my visit vas ufasss
enjoyable. He requested mesf9 1nRit8
any and all of our friends out to see his !
work. He has good thing, and is Per I
fectly willing that all the worlds ssisnld |
share in the knowledge that he gTesned at
SO much cost. - 81 (