The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1901-12-27
: REEr-sUGAR INDUSTRY.
o.nard,s and Cuttings Views
|e'' on the subject.

Nav York Evening Post OF Decem
n ~ 10 ct and as every household, II
I. :. .very man, woman and child is
~ ..ted in sugar, it being one OF the
'elt imnortant articles of daily food
y saaders will thank us for reproduc'
tbis notwithstanding editorial;
~. Evening Post bids the heartiest
, ~ to every American industry
|. oan stand on it's own bottom and
~ It's way without leaning on the
n ~ rates. Among these self-support-
;ndnstries, we are glad to know, is
nroduction of beet-sugar. At all
IN Il was such two years ago. We
hlisb elsewhere letter written in
ID SIr and signed by Mr.. oxnard and
y Cutting, the chiefs of this indus
N the eastern side of the Rocky
'nutaips, showing that this was the
cpv condition of the trade at that
p x # parties masquerading as beet
rsr PRODUCERS are besieging the
ssidept and congress at this mo-
= and pretending that they will
mined if Cuban sugar is admitted
six months at half the present
i of duty, their false pretenses
kht to be exposed.
No letter of Messrs. OXnard and
t,inu was probably written for the
ruose Of inducing the farmers OF the
ksissippi valley TO go more largely
the cultivation of beets for the
ar factories. This was a laudable
live for telling the truth and show
The large profits which awaited
the beet-grower and the manu-
turer If the industry were persever-
" and intelligently prosecuted. To
end it was pointed out that farm
could clear $65 per acre by cultivat-
beets, and might even make $500.
in order to assure the cultivator
he would not be exposed to re-
ses by possible changes in the tar
tbey proceeded to show that the in
try stood in no need of protection.
he beet-sugar industry, these gem
hen say, Stands on as firm basis
Inv business in the country" They
bt out the fact-a very important
that their product comes out as a
khed article, refined and granulat-
It is not, like cane-sugar grown in
West India islands. black and of
sive paste, which must be carried in
IONS to the seaboard and thence by
S to the United States, where,
i another handling, it is put
hugh costly refinery, and then
Pped by rail to the consumer, who |
possibly be in Nebraska, along
beet-sugar factory which turns |
the refined and granulated article |
ne fell swoop. Indeed, the advan-
IS Of the producer of beet-sugar
supplying the domestic consump-
are very great. We have no doubt
Messrs. Oxnard and Cutting are
lin bounds when they say that
Jar can be produced here cheaper
it can be in Europe" The rea-
for this are that
be sugar industry is, after all, merely
grHutural one. We can undersell Eu-
IN all other crops, and sugar is no ex-
on."
pillows as naturally as the MAX
q Hour from wheat. If we can
pce wheat cheaper than Europe,
naturally we can produce flour
per, as we do.
the writer's of the letter do not
nd upon a,priori reasoning to
mat they can make sugar at
without tariff protection. They
70 the fact that under the McKin-
arm OF 1890, when sugar was free
NY the price of the article was
Is per pound. Yet net profit
per ton was made by the
sugar factories under those
aons' not counting any bounty
u nome production of sugar.
BOAST that they made this profit
working under absolute free
ana they have a right to be
VI inns result of their skill and
IVY Many beet-sugar factories
s.n started in bygone years, back
sn'les and seventies of the nine
century, and had failed, because
tOlectors did not understand the
ss ss' oince then great progress
maue' both here and abroad,
!. vu' W., and manipulation of
"nat was impossible thirty ,
Ds sso is now entirely feasible.
uuslry is already on a solid anu
a.s basis. There are factories in
IL states, these gentlemen
y 'neir letter, capable of using !
=, ,O az OF beets per annum at a
: - per ton, and this would
4 t.Ont OF $1,o5O,oOO as an in :
Oe earned under absolute free I
lust be plain - 7