The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1901-12-26


hsssss. dssarS'r SAD eassins-s views
On che sabjecs-
TAs following editorial 'appsafrsi ia
me New fvrk Ksenihv post of Dccem:
Der II last; and a. every household. Id
Ssct. ststs nah, woman aud child ID
insefsatsd In sugar, IL being one Of the
mos. s;apc-sar; articles of daily food.
our readers will thank Us FOR reproduce
Ing this highly-inisrestin9 editorials
Ths fssehlhs Posi- hidh the hrHrsiest
#cledms 10 esers AsBericah Intsustry
that can ssana 6n itA own bottom and
make la why without leaning on the
feer fnstA. Among these sslfssapport4
Tx lhsiustrica. WE are glsa 10 know, 10
the production Of hest-siigAr. Al MI
events, u was such Two years as.. Wa
publish elsewhere a letter written In
1879. and signed by Mr.. oxnard and
Mr.. Cutting, the chiefs of this indus
try on the eastern eide OF the Rocky
mountains. showing that this was the
happy condition of the trnde q, that
time. II PARTIES Incorporating as beet
sugar producers ARE henieging the
president and congress % this mo-
menf- and pretending that Then ulli
he ruined II Cuban sugar 10 admitted
for ak months az half the present
rates OF duty, their false pretenses
ought TO be exposed.
The letter Of MeSsrs. Oxnard and
Cutting was probably written for the
purpose Of Inducing the farmers OF the
Mississippi valley 10 go more largely
into the cultivation Of beets for the
sugar factories. This was lnudnbie
motive for telling the truth and show
ing the large profits which awaited
both the hect-Grower and the manu-
facturer il the industry were persever.
ingly aud intell;sently prosecuted. TO
this end Il was pointed out that farm
ers eoulsl clear Sos per acre by eultiynt-
ing beets, aud might even make sioo.
But in order 10 assure the cUifiyRtor
that he would not be- exposed to re.
verses by possible changes IN the tar.
iff, they proceeded to show that the In
dustry atood IN no need Of protection,
The beet-sugHr industry, these gen.
tlemen say, Stands on as firm basis
as any business in the country" They
point out the fnct--a very important
one--that their product comes out as
finished article, refined and grauulat
ed II IN not. like cane-sugnr grown in
the West India islands, "A black and of.
fcpsive paste, which must be carried In
wagons to the seAboard and thence by
ships To- the United States, where,
after another handling, II IL put
through costly refinery. aud then
shipped by rail to the consumer. who
may possibly be In Nebraska. along
side n beet.sugar factory which turns
out the refined md graduated article
Of one fell swoop. indeed. the adysn.
taHes OF the producer Of beet-sugnr
for supplying the domestic consump.
tion are very great. We have no doubt
that Mcssrs. OxpRrd and Cutting are
within bounds whom they say that
sugar can be produced here cheaper
than IL can be In Europe" The rea.
sons for this ARE that
The sugar industry IL. after an. merely
an agricultural one We can undsrseil Eu.
rope IN al other crops. and sugar IL no *
ctption"
II follows ~ naturally Ms the max.
ing Of -four from wheat. II WE can
produce wheat cheaper than Europe,
then naturally We eau produce -four
cheaper. ns we do.
But the writers of the letter do not
depend upon a.pr'Jri reasoning 20
prove that they can make sugar nj a
profit without tariff protection. They
point to the fact that under the McKin-
ley tariff OF 1890, when sugnr was free
OF duty, the price of the article was
4 cents per pound. Yet a net profit
Of 81 per ton was raade by the
beet.sugar factories under those
conditions, not counting any bounty
on the home production Of sugar.
They boast hat they made this profit
while working under absolute free
trade. and they have right 10 he
proud of this result of their skill and
industry. MANY bSet.sugar factories
had been started in byRone years. back
IN the sixties and seventies of the nine
teenih century, aud had failed. because
the projectors did not understand the
business. Since then great progress
has been made, both here and ahroud.
IN the cultivation aud manipulation Of
the beet. What was impossible thirty
years ago is now entirely feasible.
The industry Is already ON solid and
enduring basis. There are factories In
the United States, these gentlemen
tell us in their letter. capable Of using
$4,000 tons of beeis per annum at a
profit Of 81 per ton. and this would
make . profit OF st.0s0.O0O a. an In
rome to be earned under absolute free
trade.
II must b. plain to readers of this
letter. signed by the captains ef the
bert-sngar industry. that the people
In Washington who are deciaiming
against the temporary measure which
the president OF the United States
urges for the relief Of the Cuban peo-
pie are either grossly ignorant Of the
subject. or are practising gross dccep-
tion. The ienablc ground for them Is
TO say; Other people are having pro-
tecticn that they do not need, and
therefore we ought TO have more than
we need" This would be consistent
with the letters Of Messrs. oxnard and
Cutting. but nothing else is NJ
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