The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1895-09-14
OUR AMERICAN SUGAR
It Should Be Used in Prefer.
ence to China's Product.
ENCOURAGE HOME INDUSTRIES

HNNVOh Aun uV1H ANUOSA hlES
Every American should Demand the
Native Product aud Sec That
he Gets 1t.
1t is u singular thing that. while the
inhabitants of the United States are n
most prosperous people and consume
more Of both tho necessities and lux.
uries OF life. generally speaking. they
are behind the English in the con-
sumption Of sugar.
In lS90-9l the sugar used in the
United Kingdom was an amount equal
to ISL l.a pounds per capita. while the
figures show an average consumption
in the United States Of only SOL i.2
pounds per capita.
What the reasons are for this great
difference have puzzled many per-
sons. and We must look carefully for
them il we are to find the causes.
American workmen receive more pay
than the laborers Of any other country,
and rs u rule have the money to obtain
for their table everything wanted. 1t
seems fair to assume that the older the
country and civilization tho more care
fully are the questions Of household
economy and hygiene studied. and il
this is true why can We not argue from
the premise stated that We have failed
to great degree in discovering the
wholesomeness and the economy Of
using large amounts Of sugar!
Looking at this question from the
national side We see some reasons why
We should be heavy consumers OF
sweets and again We see that we are
obliged to buy most Of the sugar we
use from other countries, and we owe
it to ourselves to carefully consider
what we as individuals can do to slim.
ulate the sugar producing and sugar
manufacturing and sugar consuming
industries Of our country.
The United States sent out of the
country in 1898 the enormous SUN of
: 10. 900, 900 for sugar, and this amount
il it could only have been retained at
home would have done much to make
this country prosperous and would
have been a great help during the
awful panic of the last two years.
The policy Of the United States has
been very clearly determined to be- Of
protection to home industry and home
manufactures. and wherher we con-
slider the recent tariff laws as wise or
unwise the fact remains that they are
unpopular and do not fill the bill.
The question Of protection is popular
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voice Of wisdom We may all be pardon
ed for the maintenance of those opin-
ions which will help to shape the do
nestle and foreign policies OF the
United States for the ensuing genera .
tion.
IL il were necessary that we should
buy a staple like sugar abroad in order
that we might sell oar surplus Of other
products We might perhaps as we'll buy
sugar as anything else, but this Is not
the case. We can sell our products at
the worlds price. and that Is what we
do always when we export; II we can
take back coin instead VI other prod.
ucts that under the right conditions
we can raise at home we are SO muc h
/ the better oH and the imports OF
money will assist us in maintaining
/ such prices for our credit as we have
recently Paid.
Again we come to the question OF
practical Importance: How can you
as citizen do anything to promote the
objects the country desires to obtain;
! In tho first place. what kind Of sugar
do you consume yourself?
/ Charity and wisdom begin. or should
begin. at home.
II you buy sugar. do You ever in
quire as to whether you are getting
that Of domestic production or manu-
facture? II you do not you have neg
lected your duty as an American citi'
zen and you should remove the beam
Of carelessness from your own eye be-.
fore you censure your representa- tive,
and senator's for overlooking sons
things that might promote the welfar.
OF your country.
It is true that we not only import
immense quantities Of raw sugar bu,
on the Pacific coast a pernicious trads
has recently sprung mp in the manu-
featured sugar Of China. many retail
grocers handling it surreptitiously.
Think Of it, in section Of tn,
United States as sparsely capitalized
m the West coast, actually sending il
money to notoriousiy cheap labo
country for an article Of household con
sumption which is refined and prod uce'
at home