The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-08-24
ABOUT SUGAR.

leave the empire at a certain fixed date.
These Poles are really Galicians which
we have here in a very small number,
and over whom such a great deal of
heat was developed, though there was
no necessity for it. The Galician cam
paign was waged by set of men who
cared nothing for the Galicians per Sc,
and who would, in some parts of the
Union have shot them down ruthlessly
as interfering with the rights of labor.
A recent report from Pomerania says:
Another matter which is considered
very important in Germany is that
Polish laborers who enter that country
every spring should not be compelled
to leave the country before a fixed date,
which should be the same in all parts
of the Empire. Farm hands are so
scarce that difficulty. is experienced in
raising enough sugar beets to- supply
the demands of the factories. AS i'm
ported Polish laborers are now COM
PEELED to leave Prussia by December
!, the three hundred and eleven Prus-
sian sugar factories are nut at dis
advantage as compared with the nine
ty-one factories in the other German
states where there is no such require
ment. The Government has according
ly been asked to establish a general
rule permitting such useful aliens to
remain in the country each year until
the end of December"
This is interesting to us, as showing
that our competitors in the sugar mar
ket, even where labor is but few cents
day, instead of being as with us from
SIS to 500 a month and many perquisites,
find difficulty in carrying on their In
dustry.
sThe beet sugar people are beginning
to get afraid of their own crop, also.
Not only do they have troubles with
their laborers, but people are beginning
to find that saccharine matter can be
extracted from a good many things
besides beets, and if commercial sue
cess follows the theory, the beet indus
try will be knocked on the head. AS
far as cane is concerned no matter
what the apparent success of saccharine
extracted from other sources may be,
true cane sugar Will HOlu IT'S Wv ~ W
cause of it's own intrinsic value.
Germany fears Cuba for her sugar
industry as DIR. Paasche's report recent
~ published shows. DR.. Paasche was
sent to the United States recently by
the German Government to study the
sugar question.
| Dr. Paasche thinks that if Cuba were
annexed to the United States, and the
Cuban sugar industry enjoyed the ad-
vantages of the American customs
tariff, thereby securing increased
prices, American capital might be at
tracted by the Increased profits of the
business. THE only thing for the Ger
man sugar industry to do" he adds,
lis to face these dangers with united
forces, continuing it's present policy.
Thus, in spite of whatever may hap
pen, Germany wiz be able to maintain
the foremost place which it has now
gained"
This sounds very much like whistling
for the wind He acknowledges that
the sugar prospects of the United
States are wonderfully good, indeed
that they cannot be countered, and then
he talks about Germany being liable to
maintain the foremost place which it
has now gained" The fact is there is
a very serious rift in the lutte of the
beet sugar industry and it is just as
we'll that our people should take some
stock in it.
Some further remarks from this valu-
able report upon the beet sugar indus
try, which The Star has been quoting
from seem to be of value. The in
fiuence of chemistry is as great upon
the deane sugar industry as it is
upon the beet sugar industry, and the
utilization of waste material in the
manufacture of by products is of equal
value. 10 We have recently received a
lesson from. Professor Stubs upon our
wasteful methods, though we thought
we We're ahead of the world in economy.
The report of Vice Consul Murphy of
Magdeburg has this to say upon the
subjects mentioned:
THE influence which chemistry has
eXerted upon the production OF beet
sugar has been very great and has
rendered possible the victory of the beet
over sugar cane, the production of beet
sugar in the world being now twice as
large as that of cane sugar. No other
existing industry is subjected to such
thorough and scientific control as is
the German beet-sugar industry. In
German sugar factories there are now
employed about one thousand chemists
who give their undivided attention to
furthering the interests of the indus
try This trained personnel is of the
greatest Importance.
THE production of sugar from mo-
lasses has been of great importance to
the industry and it first led to THE en-
ployment of chemists. The utilization
of waste materials in the manufacture
of by-products has also had a bene-
fetal effect, BY cooking molasses
dregs, after the removal Of the sugar,
a potash is won which is preferred to
all other sorts in the soap industry.
From the parts Of the same material
which contain nitrogen, cyanide of
potassium is also produced This sub
stance is much used in modern gold
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