The herald., 1897-05-27
QUE ssnE sUoAn 1NDusraY

The Germans established the sugar
industry when the beets grown in that
country contained not more than 6
or per cent Of saccharine. BY
care in the selection Of seed and
improved methods of cultivation, the
saccharine has been nearly. or quite
doubled.
At the start in this section the per-
centage Of saccharine in the beet was
equal to what 1t has been developed in
Germany through years Of experiment
To what extent the saccharine can be
developed here remains to be seen. II
is certain that by Intelligent and care
full methods 1t can be appreciably in
creased.
1t should be borne In mind that more
labor is required in Germany to raise
beets than here, for the reason that tha.
is rainy country. and 1t takes a good
deal Of work to keep down the grass
and weeds. Here grass and weeds do
not very much bother the cultivator
In the summer rain belts of this coun-
try the same or similar labor is re-
quired as in Germany.
The Germans have an advantage in
the matter Of wages, but it is more than
counterbalance by our advantages
over them. There is every reason to
expect that the sugar industry in South
ern California will be conspicuously
profitable. even without very much
encouragement from tariff legislation.
What is most needed is intelligent and
thorough cultivation. Experiment and
observation will afford the requisite
knowledge of the best development Of
quantity and quality Of the fields. TO
that end our people should devote their
thought and energies. 1t costs but a
triae more to produce good than poor
beets.
Our sugar producers will not be
obliged to seek a market abroad. That
at home will be sufficient for all time
to come. 1t is estimated that the people
of the United States consume about one
fifth Of the sugar produced in the world.
Statistics show that Americans con-
sumo, on the average, fifty pounds Of
sugar per annum; and il our popula-
tion is 100000 the consumption is
$500, ,000, 900 pounds. At any rate, it will
be safe to develop the beet sugar in
dustry for good while, so far as the
market is concerned.
Another man has been made the vic
tim Of misplaced confidence in the Re
publican party. Job Hitchcock of Ty-
ler county, West Virginia, convicted Of
stealing a sheep, made a novel plea for
clemency. He said that during the last
campaign Republican orators went
about the country claiming that sheep
were worth only 81 head, so that when
he took the sheep in question he thought
he was only committing petit larceny.
The owner Of the animal, however. de-
clared that it was worth $40, and Job
got penitentiary sentence. 1t served
him right for being such a fool as to
believe what the Republican orators
told him.
The excellence Of the Long Beach Eye
as an advertising medium is shown by
the following, extracted from the edi-
tion of Monday Lost, strayed or sto-
ien-On Sunday, May 23d, two brown
water spaniel pups. with white feet. A
liberal reward will be paid for their re.
turn to Seaside inn, Long Beach, Cal.
,Mr. Bolter will find his pups al the res
ldence of S. .Townsend.)"
1t is to be hoped that the advertiser
did ~ - l-;-l- he
delivered with the paper
"The tariff is not properly sectional
issue" says the Times. But it actually
Is a sectional issue. The difference be-
tween the fact and the theory is going
to cost this country millions Of dollars
within the next twelve months. If the
Republicans don't know what they want
and, having the power, are unable to get
what they want, they should step down
and out and leave the making of the
laws and the administration of the gov
ernment to more capable hands.
The New York Times says: "Platt is
trying to keep Bryanism alive among
the Democrats of New York and tel
make it the controlling force" 1t is
only necessary to say Bryan" to gold
bug to make him hide under the bed
Bryanism and Boss Platt have nothing
IL common, nor can the free silver prin-
ciple be used by its enemies to further
their own purposes. Silver does no.
need the selfish aid of political Weylers
to keep it alive.
Don't swear at the weather. It nigh:
snow" pleads the Buffalo Times of May
18th. What punishment it is to be
forced to live in barbaric country
where the people dare not grumble
about the weather for fear of being
punished with a worse dose. The South
ern Californians never know the full ex-
tent Of their climatic blessings until
they are brought to attention by the
eastern atmospheric fetish worshipers.
An epidemic Of jail-breaking seems to
have developed, but We manage these
things better in Los Angeles than in
Fresno. Two desperate criminals con-
trived yesterday to escape from the
Fresno county jail, but the versatile
Mccarthy, who apparently has as many
ways of getting out of Jail as into it, was
again disappointed.
Henry Watterson views with alarm
tho CcyIIo of Rrvo ', cn,o nj, the Ch ryb