The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-09-17

planters for the year 1894, Is evidence of
the good work that that organization
is capable Of doing, and it has now In
hand, as we understand 1t, the present
situation and is formulating plans which
we trust will be adequate to prevent the
adoption of any such destructive views
as have been suggested by Mr. Have
meyer, or any OF those interested in
the various proposed reciprocity treaties.
The sugar Industry of Louisiana is just
, now beginning to be enlarged by the
proper working OF the central factory
system. The inferior cane crops of 1898
and the unprecedented freeze of 1899 are
disastrous effects which will be felt per-
haps during years to come, and from
which we are only now recovering. The
situation at present. however, Is compar-
, atively satisfactory. and It is thought
that Louisiana this year will regain her
normal status as sugar producer, pro-
ducing over d0.01O long tons of sugar
and If adverse legislation does not come
upon us, the following year will prob
ably show an increase upon this years
crop of % or 80 per cent. 4
The beet sugar industry Of the coun-
try is advancing in q remarkable man
ner and there is no reason why II should
, not be one of the great and dominating
agricultural interests Of the country. 1t
Is now proven fact that millions Of
acres of land in our country are adapted
to the production of better sugar beets
than are produced in Central Europe
We have all of the mechanical devices
and scientific knowledge necessary for
tn. production Of sugar from beets, and
only need the development of the agri-
cultural side of the industry. which Is
necessarily slow. The farming commu-
nifty do not take readily to the produc-
tion "f any new crops, and especially not
10 the production OF crops that require
garden work, which is the case with the
sugar beet. The profits promised by the
culture of this plant WILL however result
in the production Of hundreds of mple-
ments that will lessen the present labor
ious character OF sugar beet culture, and
We believe that within 10 years there will
be as much meet sugar produced In the
United States as there viii be cane sugar.
and perhaps the beet interest may catch
up with the cane interests at n much
earlier date than that
These two great interests are now
threatened with great injury, IL not with
absolute destruction, by the proposed
reciprocity treaty with Cuba, and by the
proposed reciprocity treaties with several
European countries. When we remem-
her that six million tons of sugar are
now made in Europe from ,beets, as
against about three million tons from
sugar cane in the tropics, we can readily
see that the great beet producing coun-
, tries of the world are very anxious to
find markets for their product. Even
, Russia, which now produces, three times
as much of beet sugar as Louisiana does
of cane sugar. is led to put very large
indirect bounty on the sugar that It ex-
ports, In order to prevent the quitting of
the home market and the reducing of
prices there. which are now held up arti-
! iiciallly.
| With such evident legislative care be-
slowed upon the beet sugar industry in
Europe, We can hardly conceive II pos
sible that our national legislature will
pass such laws as will injuriously affect,
or entirely destroy our own domestic su-
gar industry. At the present time. We are
threatened with such Legislation, and the
problem that now confronts us is how
best to resist this, Every cane grower
and every beet grower, and every cane
sugar producer and every beet sugar
producer in the United States, is now
seriously Interested in this problem, and
1t becomes each and every one of them
TO lend his aid to it's solution by resist
ing by every fair means such proposed
injurious legislation. The American Cane
Growers Association will doubtless ask
aid from those interested in. carrying on
this work, and its call should be met
promptly, and We believe that its efforts
"an be mas" successfut.-La.; Planter
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