The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-01-02
The BEET suGaa INDusTRy

"a the Beet Sugar Industry in this
country. appeared On the editorial page
u the New York Evening POST OF De-
IN Ger 18th. 1901 and as every house
load IN the land Is interested in sugar
ne article viii be OF universal interest
The Evening Post bids the heart5est
eAcome TO every American industry
That can stand On its rxn bottom AID
make ITS way without leaning on the
poof rates Among these seTf-s1pport-
ING Industries. we are glad to know. Is
me production OF beet sugar At all
events IT was such two years ago We
poollsh elsewhere letter written IN
1893 and signed by Efr Oxnard and
MI Cutting, the chiefs or this indus
lry On the eastern side Of the Rocky
mountains, showing that this was the
happy condition OF the trade at that
uIne- II parties incorporating as beet
sugar producers are besiegIng the Pres
ldent and Congress at this moment
and pretending that they viii be ruined
II Cuban sugar is admitted for six
months at half the present rates of
duty their false pretences ought to be
exposed.
The letter OF Mezsrz oxnard and
Eutting was probably written for the
purpose of inducing the farmers of the
Mississippi valley to 60 more largely
into the cultivation OF beets for the
sugar factories This was IaudabIe
motive for telling the truth and show
Ing the large profits which awaited
ooth the neet-grower and the uaaacfac-
turer If the industry were Eerseverinz-
~ and intelIigentIy prosecuted To this
end II was pointed out that farmers
could clear s65 per acre by cuItivatinz
bsets- and might even make 800 But
IN order &c assure the cuIt5vator that
he would not be exposed TO rcTerses
by possible changes IN the tariff. they
proceeded to show that the industry
stood in no need OF protection
The beet sugar Industry. these gen
tleTnen say. stands on as firm a basis
as any business in the country Thex
point out the faet-a very Important
one-that their product comes os-t as
nnisned article. refined and granIIIat-
ed II is not. like cane-sugar grown
IN the West India Islands a black and
offensive paste. which must be carried
In wagons to the seal board and thence
by ships to the United States. where.
after another handling, IT is put
through q costly refinery and then
shipped by rail to the consumer. who
may possibly be in Nebraska ALONGSIDE
q beet sugar factory which turns out
the refined and graduated article at
one fell swOop- Indeed the advan-
tages OF the producer OF beet sugar for
supplying the domestic consumptiora
are very great We have no doubt that
Messrs- Oxnard and Cutting are within
bounds when they say that SUGAR can
be produced here cheaper than it can
be in Europe The reasons for this
are that
The sugar industry is, after all.
merely an agricultural one We can
underseII Europe in all other crops.
and sugar is no exception
1T follows as naturally as the max
ng OF Hour from wheat If we can
produce wheat cheaper than Europe,
then naturally we can produce flour
cheaper. do
-,
depend upon a-priorI reasoning to prove
that they can make sugar at q profit
without tariff protection They. point to
the fact that under the Mckinley tariff
OF 1850, when sugar was free OF duty
the price OF the article was 4 cents per
pound Yet a net profit or So per ton |
was made by the beet-sugar factories
under those conditions, not counting
any bounty On the home production of |
sugar They boast that they made this |
proft while working under absolute |
free trade, and they have a right to be
proud Of this result of their skin and |
industry Many beet-sugar factories
had been started in bygone years, back
IN the sixties and seventies of the nine
tenth century, and had failed because
the projectors did not understand the L
business Since then great progress has
been made. both here and abroad in
the cultivation and manipulation OF the
beet What was impossible thirty years
ago is now entirely feasible The in
austry is already on a solid and endur-
nE basis There are factories in the
United States. these gentlemen tell us |
n their letter. capable OF using 700 |
-ons of beets per annum at a profit of |
= per ton. and this would make |
profit OF S1-o5O.O00 as the income TO |
be earned under absolute free trade
1T must be plain to readers of this
otter signed by the captains of the
1eet-sugar Industry. that the people IL
Washington who are decIairning
.ga1nst the temporary measure which. |
ne President OF the United States
1rres for the relief Of the Cuban peo-
,ie are either grossly ignorant of the
ubject- or are practising gross decep-
ion TIE tenable ground for them is
o say Other people are having pro
ectson that they do not med and |
Eerefore We ought TO have more than
re need This would be consistent |
With the letter Of Messrs- Oxnard and