The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-05-09


that the result figures about like this,
81 $50, 900, and this as money brought
into our farmers over and above their
other field crops. These $4,000 acres
also represent about 5000 acres less of
other staple crops planted, therefore
giving corn, wheat oat and bean spec
ialists at least 25 per cent better mar
gin on their products than they enjoyed
before sugar beets We're raised so ex-
tensively. Besides we have not taken
into consideration the thousand upon
thousand of dollars paid out in different
ways to laborers, etc, employed by these
factories and also as help in building
said factories, etc. II the friends of the
sugar reduction tariff scheme were
really right in that the Cuban farmers
and laborers were suffering for want
of this 20 or 20 per cent tariff reduction
it would alter the case somewhat, but
such is not the case as the majority of
those sugar plantations in Cuba are and
have been owned for years by the
weather. class of her citizens as we'll as
foreign capitalists and unlike our farm
ers in this and other sugar states. Cuba's
farmers as rule cannot and do not put
in and raise five or ten or whatever
amount of acreage this and that farm
er desires to sugar cane as do our farm
ers on sugar beets. Sugar beets are a
crop, like oats or corn, put in and har-
vest ed the same season, whereas, sugar
cane requires years to get fully rooted
Sd that it will furnish its normal amount
of cane per year. Some plantations it is
said are even 30 and 40 years old, but it is
desirable to renew more often to secure
best results. 1t is surprise for some
to learn that beet sugar at the present
time is more largely consumed than is
the old standard cane sugar" the world
over but such is fact 1t will be of
interest to note few figures from the
Treasury Bureau of Statistics of Wash
ington, in regard to this point In 1910
the worlds supply of cane sugar
amounted to 100000 TONS. of beet
sugar 3d. tons; per cent supplied by
beets, 4. 35 per cent; in 1850, cane sugar
whole amount 100000 tons, beets
200 900 tons, per cent of beets, 14.29;
in 1860, cane sugar, 100000 tons;
beets, 1890 per cent of beets,
90 43 per cent in 1870, cane sugar 1885,
600 tons; beets, S31, 600; per cent of
beets, 81. 40 per cent; in 1880 cane sugar
1,S52, 600 tons; beets, /, 402, 900 tons; per
cent of beets 43.0S per cent; in 1890,
cane sugar 1909, COG tons; beets. $685.
600 tons; per cent of beets. So. 20 per
cent in 1900 cane sugar, 1850, 000 tons;
beets $3.50. 600 tons; per cent Of beets,
61.71 per cent. Thus it will be seen
that sugar beets now supply more sugar
for the worlds consumption by almost |
double the amount than does sugar
cane. Sugar beets has made it possible |
for us here alone in the United States to |
enjoy an increase per capita from % |
pounds in 1850 to over 6S pounds in 1901, J
Ind still we desire more sugar and have
to import largely, Whereas IL euF own |
home sugar industries Would De still
favored for term of years, we would
ioon eclipse Germany in this product |
md along this line as we do on a score |
u more of others lead the world in its
supply of sugar.
This is one of the gravest matters that |
sver affected the people of Michigan,
md while this has been put to the test |
by the House, the majority of the voters |
If this district and of Michigan live in |
hopes that staunch men Of the Senate |
may vote the tariff scheme down in a |
majority as tried Joseph w. Fordney
and his friends of beet sugar who so
fought but lost recently. All
praises be to the men always, who
favor their own homes and firesides to
foreign citizens. Wehave fought Cuba's
battles; we have fixed her and been
mostly instrumental in her present in
dustrial condition; condition that it
took us years and unaided to acquire,
and while our policy is always broad and
charity commences at
home" and like Fordney, we believe that
Michigan and her citizens are just
little bit better than Cuba and hers
Yours for home and her industries
G.. A. RANDALL.