Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-11-22
EXTENDING sttT SUGAR CULTURE.

tNttNUiNO ottI SO0AN CulIUNt.
The American Agriculturist wlll help
to establish the beet sugar industry on
= permanent basis In the United States.
The foundations are being well laid for
this tremendous enterprise. The FEEDER
nj and state governments have Q vast
amount of experimenting To determine
where beets can be grown Ia advantage.
Their results have been confirmed by
hundreds Of farmers VIM have grown
beets on . practical scale. slx beet
sugar fsctorie. are already In successful
operation. The sugar trade and capital
are Interested. The experimental stage
is passed. Now the American Agri-
culturist will aid farmers In every po.si-
BILE manner To secure the establishment
of numerous beet sugar factories. let
the Columbian year mark the grandest
epoch yet In America agriculture-the
careful foundation of q system tn In
crease the production of our sugar.
The most inviting opening Tor agri-
cultar- aud capital that now exists In
the United states IL the production Of
sugar from be~t.. The bounty of two
cent. Per pound, offered by the Federal
government for all domestic sugar pro-
duccd until July I, lgni, guarantee. such
r,turns to the beet grower and to the
money Invested In sugar factories, ss to
make bret. the most profitable crop for
the Western farmer aud the investment
q most attractive one.
The market IL practically unlimited.
The United States consumes about
2.U0,o tons of sugar annually. or one
third of the worlds production. Yet
this country produces hardly more than
$4,000 tons, or only ten per cent Of the
sugar Ne consume. Our use of sugar i.
constantly Increasing. The average
American family spends more for sugar
than Tor four. The United states pays
over slD,0S,0o year to foreign coun-
trie. for sugar. II could all be pro-
ducni In the United States, thus keeping
At home thl. vast sum. II We produc.d
all the sugar ~e consumed, the bounty
Ia those Engaged In the busipe-. would
he over s50,Onp,OcO bc.ide. which would
b. kept at home the l0o,co,0S nov
paid for foreign sugar. Thu. 10000
cco would BE- distributed among our
own people yearly.
rh. bsnett. ~ the Industry snd of
this enormoa. sum would 90, primarily,
to the farmer. aud laborcrs Who pro-
ducci the b.ct., aud Ia the capital In
,e.ici Ia the sugar factories and the
labor employed la them, thus supplying
th. Western farmer. demand Tor "morc
money" Thence this volume of none,
would find it, way into every branch ~
trade, stimulating all business, rclleS-
Ing agricultural depression, aud promol-
Ing the interest of all farmers by rduc-
ing the ARA of other crops. Bet cult
ure would slso promote higher type II
farming generally, thu. enhancing all
farmers prOfits.
Onc- firmly established, the domestic
production of sugar would make th.
United state. independent of foreign
countrlcs. Dependence on foreign
sugar has often proven costly; only ~
Gently the cholera oatbr-ak curtalled
sugar Imports, and price. advanced one
ccui per pound. Every sentiment oi
patriotism and profit thus calls Tor the
domestic production oi our sugar supply.
How the American AgriCulturist pro-
pose. To help on this stuIendous work J.
stated mor fully In the ne~ department
established In this nambcr--'Our sugar
Industry Let every farmer or would.
b.~in,c.ior read that department care
fully, aud grasp thi. golden opportunl-
ty. let IA. enterprise be made q great
national undertaking. LIT the capital
h- farnl.he,i by our town citizens, the
bets grown by our farmers aud the
mans cement In the hands of our own
busine.. men. let u be an American
industry throughout, so that the full
h~nsut of the sloo,oco,coo paid Tor
forclgu-grown sugar may ultimately be
enjoyed by the citizen. of the United
Agricultunst.