The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1897-05-28

ey there is in the sugar beet business is
being demonstrated all ahe time. w. A.
Clark. of Butte. Mont. Is now building
81, 0O0. COO factory in California. A recent
dispatch from New Carlisle. Ind. says
that Nelson Norris. the big packer OF
Chicago. has associated himself with
an INDIANA syndicate. which has fur
nished a large tract of land 10 The KAN
l0akee region for the development Of the
beet sugar industry Il Is proposed to
build an immense plant and reclaim
thousands of acres of land In the vi
cint;y 10 open a vast area for this in
dustry.
Dispatches from Denver state that
John L. searles, secretary and treas
urer of the American Sugar Refining
Company, is in that city, and that Il
is understood that in association with
David H. Modat. the Denver banker
and mine owner. the sugar trust is
about TO .naugurate a gigantic project
for manufacturing beet sugar in Colo
RADIO. Il carried TO successful issue It
viii involve an outlay OF from s., 0C0. 90
10 S5.ooo,o00.
The sugar beet Industry is receiving
much attention in California. Wiscon-
sin, Kansas ard Nebraska.
CANE CROP.
So much intercs, IS conferred on the
levees a. present vhat the condition of
the cane crop seems 20 be considered
almost unwor,h ny of attention by most
of our correspondents. especially those
in sections Immediately adjacent to abe
Mississippi 1t is very evident, however.
from reports 10 hand. that the cane,
both plant and stubble, is doing excel
lently in nearly all localities.
THE PRESENT AND FUTURE.
Although the sugar planter in COM
mon with those engaged in all other
businesses mas during the past few
years suffered much from low prices.
there is a bright outlook ahead. Wfth
another protective tariff and the pros
poets OF fast returning good times. SUI
gar in the South Will take boom. the
like of which has not been Witnessed
within recent years.
The sugar industry is growing rapidly
in the South ana at New Orleans es-
peeiaily. New mills and rahnerics are
being put up every year. More Eastern
capital is being invested in the South
ern sugar mills than ever before. Il
has become Il recognized fact tha5 SUI
gar can be produced much cheaper and
more profitable by having the mills To-
Gated in Ghat section OF the country
where the most cane for the manufac-
lure of sugar is grown. The sugar beet
growing business is assuming large pro-
portions in the West and Northwestern
States. but it can fever successfully
compete with cane sugar growing
either as TO price or quality.
sugar growers doubtless depends upon
the amount OF tariff that the present
Congress places upon sugar However,
sugar importation has been enormous
ever since the November election. and
If continued at It's present volume for
two months, the time liked for final
passage Of d tariff law. there viii not
be less than a ears consumptive sup
ply on hand. This will affect materially
the price of American grown sugar. and
portends another twelve months OF any
thing but good times for the sugar
planter of Louisiana. This IS the only
drawback now in the way OF pros
perity for the 9lanter of sugar in the
immediate future-for his very next
crop. But even should the sugar import
ers food the country with sugar before
the tariff goes into effect. Ths supply
is bound 10 be exhausted some time ana
then will the sugar planter Of Louis
ana and of the other sugar producing
States rejoice and be glad.