Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-01-28
Henry County Sugar Growers
Society.

A temporary organization under
the above name has been organ.
lied in Henry county, o., and
as soon as we get sufficient number
of farmers and other business men in
this county interested, we propose
to organize permantly.
We want first, that every intelli-
gent citizen of Henry county should,
with unbiased Judgment and from a
non-partisan standpoint, carefully
study this matter of securing for the
American people the best sugar in
dustry, and what it means to the
farmers, laborers and business men
of Henry county to have a beet
sugar plant at Napoleon. o. Our
facilities and location for raising OF
beets and the manufacturing of su-
gar, should be an inducement for
capitalists to invest and locate here.
All we want is to be assured that we
can depend upon a home market for
our sugar. This can be assured by
properly protecting the industry by
proper and appropriate tariff legisla-
ton, to Offset foreign export boun-
ties and to afford reasonable protec-
ton against foreign competition.
We want every energetic, intelli-
gent and business citizen in this
county to study this matter, because
the upbuilding of such an industry
in our midst would benefit everybody.
1t would be especially a benefit to
American agriculture, and when ag-
riculture is in a healthy and prosper
nAn6itiAn ofhnr inI,,e
try prospers. We think the estab-
fishing of the sugar industry is this
country a necessity, and worthyiof
the greatest possible effort, and it Is
only through some associated and
organized plan of work to infiu-
ence congress favorable can be
made irresistible.
We should work for justice to do
mestic sugar producers IN the new
tariff that is to be perfected in
March. Hence the Importance of
organization, by having the Ameri-
can market supplied with home
grown sugar it will put into the pock-
cts of the American people 800, ,0OO,-
600 annually.
The agricultural classes are look
ing for something to turn their at
tention to, that which will take the
place of the production of corn,
wheat, oats, hay, horses, cattle, hogs,
sheep and many other branches of
business that are connected with the
industry of agriculture, which seems
to be overdone; which is demonstra-
ted by the low prices in the markets,
caused by being overstocked, and
still there is surplus among the
farmers. By turning their attention
to the culture of sugar beets under
proper protection the farming ele-
ment will better their conditions
they will find it more profitable. OF
course, there is only a certain strip or
belt of the United States that is
adapted to the growing of sugar
beets, but the thousands OF acres
that will be cultivated to beets would
lessen the acreage of other crops,
thereby cutting off the competition.
There is little fear of having the su-
gar industry overdone from the fact
that olly a small portion of the coun-
try will cultivate beets, and also that
the people are more careful in these
times than heretofore, Capital will
not be invested unless there is some
assurance that the farmers will pro-
duce the beets, and farmers will not
raise the beets unless there is more
money in it than there is in the rails
ing of corn, wheat, potatoes, etc.
Ali this will be taken into considera-
ton and the new industry will be en-
tered into with moderation. But it
is coming; the times demand it.
We must have at least ten or
twelve names of the leading farmers
and business men in this county to
join in an application for a charter
for a permanent organization.
For any desired information re-
garding organization call on A. Brad
ley or address
j. G. DAVIS, Sec, Napoleon, 0.