The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-12-28
The Beet Sugar Irl1,i,'

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A most important artleI, 1. /
Messrs. oznard's and Outline. y
on on. the lr.I beet :. sugar .lndp,t,, /
country appeared on tie edjts,,.,
of the New w York K. Evening ,' ps.t !, !
eemOeF Z last and a as ever, 81 /
hold in the land is interested i 8,
the article will be of univsrs.l Ia,.' s
THE BEET SUGAR IsDps~ -
The Evening Post bids tbs ~.
welcome to every American ~ 'es
that can stand on its own ho,s sasas
make Its way without leanlss a "
| poor rates. Among these sails y b
ing industries we are glad 4 Ivy sspla
the production Of beet SUGAR. Auss
events, it was such tive years usl 5. = Y
publish elsewhere a letter v ~
1892 and signed BY Mr.. o,s,,s !.
Mr.. Cutting, the chiefs Of M, .'a I.
try on the eastern side ., IS ! nag
Mountains, showing that tAIs 4, a'. \
happy condition Of the traSs s. : y
time. II parties masQueradjn. !. Y, "a
sugar producers are besles,s I " \
President and Congress It ii, 9
.ment, and pretending that t6ey s,,' q
ruined If Cuban sugar, is aanItt y
six months at half the present ,ss.a =
duty their false pretenCes oush, ~
exposed. ,sE
The letter Of Messrs. oxps,s 4.
Cutting was probably wrlttep !. y
purpose of inducing the farne,s ~
Mississippi Valley to 20 n,ors ~, y
Into the cultivation, Of beatE - s'' &
sugar factories. This Was ,s !, u
motive for telling the truth ana -
ing the large profits which ss ~
both the beet grower and tba ms ii $,
turer If the industry were ns,,. s,.s
ingly and intelligently prosecntss !,
this end it was pointed out that s.
ers could clear $65 per acre i, IN m
waiting beets, and might e,ss ~ ~
500. But in order to assure IT, n
vator that he would not Be eyps.,,
reverses by possible changes i !,
tariff, they proceeded to show ina.
industry stood In no need Of prols,ss
The beet sugar industry, thee y.
tlemen say, Stands on as finn / Nj
as any business in the countryg TN m,
point out the fact-a yefy inp,lls
one-that their product comes ost Il,
finished article, refined and grahul,ia
1t is not, like cane sugar grown il d
West India Islands, d black and ofsl
sive paste, which must becarfhd il.
wagons to the seaboard and thep,s !,
ships to the United States, WhsEe i.
ter another handling. 1t Is put tAfsvsB
a costly refinery, and then Shipped,
rail to the consumer, whonsy bod.
bly, be in Nebraska, alongside ID bed
sugar factory, which turns out thele
fined and graduated article at chsf.s
swoop. Indeed, the advantages oi d
producer Of beet sugar for suppISh.
the domestic consumption are Yen
great. We have no doubt that Mesn
Oxnard and Cutting are within bound
when they say that sugar can he le
duced here cheaper than Il can Be Ii
Europe" The reasons for this Ill
that
"The sugar industry Is, aftaf H.
| merely @n agricultural one. NE
undersell Europe In all other eTaN
and sugar is no exception
1t follows as naturally as.the Hikas
of -four from wheat. II we can pls
duce wheat cheaper than Enrope, lhs
naturally we can produce -four cRip
er, as we do.
But the writers Of the letter d ls
depend upon a-priori reasoning toplstl
that they can make sugar al q psGii
without tariff protection. They paH
to the fact that under the MeKlalel
tariff Of 1890, when sugar was free 9
| duty, the price of the article vas flal
cents per pound. Yet ainet pfaasaIH
per ton was made by the beet sags'
factories under those conditions ~
counting any bounty on the hone Tte
duction Of sugar. They beast '1S
they made this profit while NorSlR
| under absolute free trade, ana lAs
have a right to be proud Of this re'al
Of their skill and industry. asal
beet sugar factories had been slafls
in bygone years, back in tle alls
| and seventies of the nineteenth eR
| fury, and had failed, because me "
jectors did not understand zoe Vh
ness. Since then great progress v
been made, both here and aDfoaa
the cultivation and manipulation q q
beet. What was impossible 'a Y
years ago is now entirely feasible Y
industry is already on a Solo ana Z !,
during basis. There are faclOFla
| the United States. these genuslg
tell us in their letter, capable q aA /.
| $50, 900 tons of beets per afnlm y \,
profit of So per ton, and this Wy, '
make a profit of Sl050M as y 5 :
come to be earned under abs0lpse Y
trade. q
1t must be plain to readers 2, y Il
letter, signed by the captains q !. Z |.
beet sugar industry, that the peap vs.. Z
Washington who are aeal. GA
against the temporary measure W. W.
the President of the Unltea se.