The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-02-18
The Beet Sugar Industry.

y IuoSl important article XIV ms
Mcssrs Oxnmd's anu Cuttings views
on the beet sugar industry in this
country appeared on tine editorial page
of the New York Evening Post OF DC
ccmbcr - last aud as every house
hold in the land is interested in sugar
the article viii be of universal interest.
THE BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY.
The Evening Post bids the hearucst
welcome to every American industry
that can stand on its own bottom and
make its way without leaning on the
poor rates. Among these sclfsupport-
ing industries we are glad to know, is
Che production OF beet sugar. At all
events, il was such two years ago. We
publish elsewhere a letter written in
1899, and signed hy Mr.. Oxnard and
Mr.. Cutting, the chiefs of this indus
try on the eastern side OF the Rocky
Mountains. showing that this was the
happy condition Of the trade at that
time. If parties incorporating az beet
sugar producers are besieging the
President and Congress at this mo
ment and pretending that they will be
ruined if Cuban sugar is admitted for
six months at half tho present rates OF
duty their false pretences ought to he
exposed
The letter OF Messrs Oxnard aud
Cutting was probably written for the
purpose Of inducing the farmers OF the
Mississippi Valley to so more largely
into the cultivation Of beets for the
sugar factories This was a laudable
motive for telling the truth and show
ing the large profits which awaited
both the beet grower and the manufac
turer if the industry were persever-
ingly and intelligently prosecuted. To
this end il was pointed out that farm
erS could clear 500 per acre by cult
waiting beets, and might even make
500. But in order to assure the cult
vator that he would not he exposed TO
reverSes by possible changes in the
tarih. they proceeded to show that the
industry stood in no need OF protection.
The beet sugar industry, these gen
tlemen say stands on as firm a basis
as any business i'm the country" They
point out the fact-a very important
onc-that their product comes out as
finished article refined and granulated.
1t is not like cane sugar grown i'm the
West India Islands black and often
Sive paste, which must be carried in
wagons to The seaboard and thence by
ships to the United States, where. af-
ter another handling it is put through
costly refinery. and then shipped 81
rail TO the consumer. who may possi-
bly, he in Nebraska. alongside beet
sugar factory, which turns out the re-
fined and graduated article at one fell
swoop. Indeed. The advantages of the
producer Of beet sugar for supplying
the domestic consumption are very
great. We have no doubt that Messrs
ONnard and Cutting arc within bounds
when they say that sugar can he pro-
duccd here cheaper than it can he in
Europe The reasons for this are
that
The sugar industry is, after All.
merely an agricultural one We can
undcrSeil Europe in al other crops.
and sugar Us no exception
I, follows as naturally as The making
or flour from wheat. n we can pro
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