North Park union., 1902-01-10
THE BEET SUGAR .sou.,...

Ihs .oeeI SUGAR lNbl,s,,
A most important art,.,.
Asssrs. oxnard's and cutt,s: ruk
on the Beet Sugar Industry :, -
country. appeared on the ed,,,.a =
Of the New York Evening pos a
csmber 18th. 1901, and a. .,sah
hold in the land Is lntere.tss = !, ~
the article will be Of univer,., =. .e
The Evening Post bids II. s
welcome to every American
that can stand on its own 49,. aaas
make its way without lean,.s =
poor rates. Among these ssl,.1 =
ing industries, we are glad tn t
the production Of beet sun, t
events. 1t was such two year, AZ
publish elsewhere a letter vr,s Y
1899, and signed by Mr.. orn.s
Mr. Cutting. the chiefs Of IN,
try on the eastern side OF N. -.
Mountains. showing that thi, ~. !
happy condition of the tad. :. y
time. II parties masquerade, ~.
sugar producers are besieginx n. =
ident and Congress at this mon.s.
and pretending that they will n. n,s
II Cuban sugar is admitted -.
months at half the present ~.
duty. their false pretences ouxb, s.
exposed.
"The letter Of Messrs. Omar,
Cutting was probably written ~, !,
purpose of inducing the farmer ~
Mississippi valley to go mora ,,,,.s
into the cultivation of beets n. y
sugar factories. This was ,,r..u
motive for telling the truth and ,s."
ing the large profits which ,,,,,.,
both the beet-grower and the manrs.
turer If the industry were perseve1,.
ly and intelligently prosecuted Tn M.
end 1t was pointed out that farm
could clear $65 per acre by cutIv,,,,'
beets. and might even make sl0D n.
in order to assure the cultivate, ,,,,
he would not be exposed to rev.,,..
by possible changes in the tariff m,
proceeded to show that the lndu,r
stood in no need of protection,
"The beet sugar industry, these NJ,
tlemen say, Stands on as firm h,,.
as any business In the country" Thr
point out the fact-a very import,s
one-that their product comes out u,
finished article. refined and grapu,,.
ed. 1t is not, like cane-sugar sn,,
in the West India Islands, a black and
offensive paste, which must be carried
in wagons to the seaboard and tbenr
by ships to the United States, wb.,
after another handling, 1t is uu
through costly refinery. and ,he,
shipped by rail to the consumer WIN
may possibly be In Nebraska alongs,i,
a beet sugar factory which turns oQ,
the refined and granulated article 1,
one fell swoop. Indeed, the adaa.
tages of the producer OF beet sugar 10,
supplying the domestic consump,io,
are very great. We have no doub, th,
Messrs. Oxnard and Cutting are With,
bounds when they say that sugar ca.
be produced here cheaper than It ca,
be in Europe The reasons for IL.
are that
1.-The sugar industry is, after ali
merely an agricultural one. We a.
undersell Europe in all other crop,
and sugar is no exception
ut follows as naturally as the max
Ing OF flour from wheat. II we C,
produce wheat cheaper than Europ
then naturally we can produce fou
cheaper. as we do.
But the writers of the letter do nc
depend upon a-priori reasoning to prov
that they can make sugar at prot
without tariff protection. They point
the fact that under the Mckinley tari
of 1890, when sugar was free Of dut,
the price Of the article was cents pt
pound. Yet a net profit of 50 per to
was made by the beetsugar factorit
under those conditions, not countin
any bounty on the home production
sugar. They boast that they made th
profit while working under absolul
free trade, and they have right to
proud Of this result Of their skill AZ
industry. Many beet-sugar factor!'
had been started in bygone years. bac
in the sixties and seventies OF the MIN
teenth century, and had failed becaul
the projectors did not understand t
business. Since then great progress HI
been made. both here and abroad,
the cultivation and manipulation Of Il
beet. What was impossible thirty yea
ago Is now entirely feasible. The II
dustry is already on solid and endu
ing basis. There are factories in I!
United States, these gentlemen tell
in their letter, capable OF using 35O,e
tons of beets per annum at pFont
So per ton, and this would make
profit OF s1.050,0OO as the income
be earned under absolute free trade
at must be plain to readers OF u
letter, signed by the captains OF u
beet-sugar industry. that the people
Washington who are declalmii
against the temporary measure Nni'
the President of the United sta'
urges for the relief Of the Cuban pc
pie, are either grossly ignorant OF
subject, or are practising gross oeee
ton. The tenable ground for them
to say: Other people are having pl
lection that they do not need a.
therefore we ought to have more .n'
we need.' This would be consis'e
with the letter Of Messrs. O1nalo al
Cutting, but nothing else is SO.
CLEVELAND EISTEDDFoO'