Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-04-20
Mr.. RICHARDSON
Experimenting With Beet Sugar
On us Mississippi Plantation.

Tho croakers Who have for Ions
time bees rr0gnOsticstinR the an
utilization OF the sugar iDdaatry IL
this section OF the country, should
certain Natl nal legislative ron
ditions be brought Shout, wOnlsI
not appear to have their fo'rl'od.
ings authenticated by cold hard
fsc,s. The erueroue prophecies "i
the 81 told you sos" cannot hui
receive y pos-rfai at hack in the
information that it is the pleasure
Of the tstes to communicate to its
readers to day.
The Information In simply the
tact that the erection "f y mxIuiti.
Gently equipped sugar refinery il
seriously contemplated 10 the ad
joining State Of Missisairpi, The
exact location of the bnilh,ng has
not breH defrnitrly 6xrsl, nor the
precise dgares that 1t vill c0st, hut
the States il able to approximate
both matters upon the most reliable
in OrmafiOn. The site will nr In
tho n~iehtsorhoctl at GreensiIle, and
the @oney that will he expended IN
the erection of the factory will "
h-tweeu e750.OW aud . round
milII0o.
The eentlemen immediately 10.
terrsted are tho Arssrs. OxDsri
Brothers.. Mr. James 8. RichArdsOn
and Mr.. j. s. Wallis, the latte,
gentlemsn hring we'll known ~ u
former president Of the American
Sugar k-fiuery In this city.
1t II tue Intention Of tue gentle.
men shomli their preliminary -x.
P-smeuts pr"vs sncoessfni land "n
this point there dDea not auywAr Il.
be any reasDnxbIe siOubt) to ut Our~
procred Ia the work Of planting
immense tracts of Land 10 sugar
beets. ThOse Immediately interest
ed 10 the proposed new indu.tI.
snd others thoroughly qua!ia-.I tn
speak With sccarAcy, declare tha'
the soil and climate OF th- Missi ssipI"
delta are pecaiisrIy adapted to th.
saccessfsl cultivAtion nf beeta.
A representative of the States on
yesterday being in thu terri'or,
mentioned vas informed by reliable
authority that there var no qu-st.n
bot that the Messrs. OxuArj Au',
their colleagues would I've th,,ongn
" veriAet. Naturally the people
In the vicinity Of the prol"sr,!
factory sre jubitant aad anxinns',
await farther developments.
To-day y reporter Of the States
call,.i on Mr.. Richardson ut h,s
efics on Per,lido street, and sas
asked 40 to the correctn-ss at ih'
repo:t concerning the prop, ,s..ei
tstet ssGar factory to be rrert-d d"
XIssisSippi. Mr.. Richardson salt
that the report vas correct.
ri am now eRssged in planting"
said Mr. kichsr,lsOn. "fracii"ps of
aores on ny property in tbr 6nr.t
Gerusn sugar bset se~,i, th-
Oxnar.ls supplying t.f"r the pu'I~s
Of trying whether or not the AMI
sad climste of that sec,i"n 1T IN.
conntry sre favorable Q" the crop
The secd 10 bring planted in n
variety Of iocst,ous, and ~ Wait
reaults With seue aus,etv. ahi
sthers beliese thar II IL just tho
pIsoe for the Purlsosea. bot wr can-
not rush matters i,~fose berO,ning
absolutely pOaitive. II our hovr~
Gre verified ws will y, our~ e" {,
work and put M = bis factory.
faily equipped ~ith tho latest I'm.
proved machinery sad this will h~
followed by farther tautori-s. for
there are capitalists Of New York
waiting To sec reeuits vho will at
ones invest in additional r-aneries.
Personally | an confident that tn-
sxperiment will be crosn-d with
saccess. aud an sure that tn.
estsbtishncat OF these rranerien
will he II snormoss b~usat, not
snlv to MIssissipp'. hot to the City