The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-30
1exas Sugar.

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..s OIL the gulf coast country preparca n,
captain William Christian q, ltor.ton.
sui''Vation OF sugar cnne. ana tn,
oa-s.re Oh sugar, is at this time NOR,
aI.s STUDIED, ana is being conducted
"s 'ne iine Of systematic methods tnat
oeiore The Keen eye Of capita, nnc
se'prisc, ever alert for profitable invest
el. 70 focused on this Industry and /.
sAins technical Information in regard u
ihe history OF the sugar industry :.
,o.,., sins IN narrative and rich In ma
~. - interest, because II relates to an mr.
mat enters largely into our domest,,
ssVnumy and comfort. ana g. =, As.a,,,.
i = 'nuuci'e to health at the snme time
nons. Soinmodity Of great commercial inn
unlfed Inc consumption of sugar In the
pounds oth'es mas increased from thirty
ponndss per capitn In 1915 to sixty.cigiil
nan a., per capita In 1yU1 The coiIsninp
hets "a me latter year was, in round NV,
OC, DO Y'"is.VoV,ooo pounds, OF which ~
o oN 32o,oOu0oO was produced from s,, o.,
,Se. The remainder was from bects IN,
'ne maple tree ose'' anu
toroys,a re paying annually s12o,ooo,OoO FOL
consysntr sugars, and the Increase in domestic
assumption far outstrips the homa n,o,,nc.
non, Ihese are significant facts md ann.
ra,s ~ q, tue need OF expansion, and the uf.
ss"s uthand that the sugar Industry should
tto, tV ., ana stimulated both by legisra.
rto,, III, S"pItai, until the domestic produc
rsta, snuH equal the consumption, thereby
r,S.ainliiE az Home 6lils enormous sum NE
III III nI,nuaiiy for imported sugar. to be cir.
thatIeu among the people and to add Il
that tbn na ,ttla, prosperity 1t is eviden,
aar removed that the next three generation.
a. nave no fear of its attainment, ana
~ Is logical to conclude. judging from the
past tnat the consumption will ever keer
step with the production
90 much by way of preface
VIII now take up the subject IA IL sne
tt.utintE relates to the gulf coast country
mat region of the State known as me ugay
t set' wing along the gulf of Mexico, from
cxien SGphe 10 me Rio Grande rivers an,i
SAtehdlhs inland loo miles, embracing l,1
urea OF about $1,000 square miles
ne section lying west of the Colorado
liver can not successfully be cultivated
MHHout lrFigIrlon al the annual rainfall is
t Az. 70 ptoduce sugar cane; but, un.
w thorough system OF irrigation. this
ana wound produce enormous crops of cane
WIN PRINTABLE results. This is forcihiy IL.
iuspated BY Mr., George Brulay of Browns.
,,5i IeNas who makes by IRRIGATION
oVV 10 $500 pounds of sugar TO the acre
The region east OF the Guadalupe river,
una extending o the Sabine. is traverscd
onItudinally by the following streams
me Colorado, Old Caney, San Bernard
brazos rivers, Oyster creek, and the san
Jachto ana Trinity rivers, whose soil is OF
a Ilch alluviAl deposit with a deptn OF
I'VE 70 twenty feet. and very loaniy and
eaSlit cultivated. aud Is pre-eminently
adapted 10 the growth of sugar cane botn
ny neteorolosical conditions and properties
OK the SOL. These lands can &c purcnas ed
from $40 to SIS per acre. governed by their
proximity to or distance from railroad or
WAtef transportation, or whether they are
open or Wild lands. Where transportation
facilities are convenient, the timber cut
from these lands will fully pay FOR the
cost OF clearing, which is from So to $40
per acre In Illustrating the cost of cult
waiting and manufacturing cane into sugar,
| VIII take the acre as unit. rhis, as a
basis, Will enable you TO determine the
profit on any number OF acres.
To plant and cultivate an acre OF land in
tropical sugar cane Will cost ABOUT $50;
cost OF cutting and hauling to factory OF
railroad Will he about ST. per acre, making
S42.
On these lands the production pei acre
VIII be for the first year twenty-five TONS
for the second twenty-five, Tor tle THRU
eighteen. ana Tor the fourth fiiteen. making
an average for the four years OK about
twenty tons per acre. You will observe
that Teplanting has TO be doiie every rourtn
year
we see from what has been previously
stated that the cost of raising ana harvest.
ing an acre OF cane for the iirst year will be
about S42, The. price Of cane is regulated
pound sugar--testlng SO degrees--is ORTIZ
The planter gets SUc per ton Tor hIs cane.
For example. IL sugar iG worth, say &c per
pound cane VIII be worth $50 per ton.
This. at twenty tons per acre, would be
SOL Deduct the S42 cost OF production and
it viii leave So profit for The first yenr;
but the subsequent years Will be more prof
liable. as the cost OF seed ana planting,
to $3.50. is saved. THIS, added
to the 81, Is equal to net pront OF S3o.51
per acre, Now, II we take this cane to the
factory there can be extracted from each
ton 1870 pounds of first \, c. sugar. worth
about 4Mc. equal to S5.5219. ana tnlrty.hve
pounds of second sugar, worth 3Ac, equal
making SOC, thus maRIng a total OF STl5A
per ton. from which deduct the cost OF
manufacturing-which is lie per pound and
would he S1,65 to a ton OF cane. would leave
TO the factory SODA OH every ton of cane
handled.
i beg to say, by way of parenthesis, that
the discovery OF m!nera: OH IN the gulf
cheap fuel, and reduced the cost of manu-
featuring materially. / know of one sugar
factory that saved $1,000 on. fuel acne tnis
year by use of oil Instead Of coal, ana also
saved the labor OF six men.
Now, to Accommodate plantation OF 1000
acres 1t Will require 4 sugar factory worth
about S12jtLp, and there would be produced
OH these 100 acres, FOR an average Of The
tour years, twenty tons per acre, making
2O,OC0 tons per annuln. As before stated,
the profit to the factory Il SDsolH per ION
This multiplied by twenty makes SHOES
profit per acre. Now. deduct cost OF pro-
ductlon of the cahe-s42 per acre for FIRST
wear and 20 per centor $2205 for wear
and tear, renewals, Insurance, interest.
taxes. etc, which. added. IS $G4.O5, and
YOU have S46.20 net profit per acre-or
$4,000 on the. 1000 acres, qnd, by adding
1880 saved the second, third ana fourth
wears you have Se37U profit for these years.
il Is questionable whether any other In
dustry viii pay more sure or greater re-
turn for the Investment Of money than this.
The hy-products are paper, Vinegar. alco-
hol and rum. Paper Is made from inc
baaasse left from the diffusion process,
which for this purpose is woItI SIS per ton
and for fuel Is worth 81 per ron. 1 now
her 10 exhibit to you samples of paper
made from this fiber by Messrs T.. H. Gun
bingham & Co. of Sugnrlgnd, which you
viii see is OF a very superior quality.
The vinegar. alcohol and rum are made
from the molasses and refuse of the fac
tory and the profit from their fabrication
should be added 10 the net gain.
THE land OF the coast country Is equal to
tho for.famed delta Of the Nile, and, from
ANALYSIS. has been pronounced equal to any
n ne world. and 1t Is capable of produc.
Inc cane Of the highest degree Of sacchnr. NJ
III condrm this assertion ! beg TO offer In
evidence an analysis made In 1881 BIS Prof
alhrccht nssayer at tho United Stat n
Mini nj New orleans. and in. his letter &C,
"S,5nnnyne same he inakcs this statement;
,la all ~ ntt