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for IA number of years. A few hundred
pounds were manufactured as far back
as 1880, but up to 1868, the production was
wholly Insignificant. From 1868 TO 1873,
an average OF about go tons a ;, ar was
produced. For the next ten years the out
put varied from 200 10 200 tons. The
next fvc years shows a iluctuating oltput
In 1889. the Industry gained a distinct
foot hold and . 600 tons came on the mar
ket. This has shown gradual increase.
until in 1901. the crop is estimated at
100. 900 tons with some activity in the
erection of new PLANES for further ex-
tension.
There is now no question that certain
sections of the United States can produce
sugar in successful competition with any
that may come into the market This is
notably the case in regions of general
sunshine. where systems of irrigation en-
able the planter to regulate his supply
OF moisture. while tho genial sun and the
fertile soil lend their cooperation in the
production Of a large crop and high
percentage of the desired sweetness
There are districts in Colorado. for in
stance. where this combination of human
intelligence and natures bounty results
in the production CT bects which carry
nearly oce-third Of their weight in sugar
making proper ties. Under such conditions
sugar making offers every probability of
being a vc-y profitable business. How
large a quantity. of sugar can be Iro-
duced under such circumstances remains
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purposes, for confectionery, jams. jellies
and preserves. and for condensed milk.
The development of European beet
sugar production makes an interesting
story Lord Nelson's historic naval
victory at Trafalgar, in 1905.
turned a chemical experiment into
an enormous business enterprise.
In 1T45, a German chemist by the
name OF Marggraf. discovered that the
substance which gives sweetness TO sugar
cane is also found in our common garden
carrots and beet roots. The English
blockade of the ports Of Europe, which
followed the battle of Trafalgar. cut off
the importation OF sugar from the West
Indies as 1t cut off all other impOrtations.
The price of sugar on the continent rose
in proportion to the Limitation of the
supply. Sugar became great luxury
even to the most wealthy. 1t is said to
have reached price of 81 per pound. The
cultivation of beets and the manufacture
Of beet sugar was begun for the purpose
of supplying the deficiency, and it soon
became an established industry.
by Leaps and Bounds.
The blockade was broken within a few
years. but the sugar business continued.
By the year 1915 GOO small factories we're in
successful operation in different parts If
Europe. By the year lSiO the yearly pro-
duction OF European beet sugar had
reached $4,000 tons. At that time Cuba
produced about zoe 900 tons OF cane sugar.
In 1850 Europe produced 20O. coo tons OF
beet sugar, as against about 300. 600 tons
of Cuban cane. In 1894. the European
product had leaped up to nearly 1000 900
tons. while Cuba's cane sugar had reached
but little more than !, 900 900 tons. The
European crop OF 1901 is estimated at
some 6.5OO,OO0 tons.
But this enormous and rapid increase in
the European product is wholly due to
artificial conditions. During the years
1882, 1888, and 1884. Austria. Germany,
France, Russia, Belgium, Italy, and Spain,
all imposed prohibitive duties On the i'm
pcrtation of sugar. This was found to
result in a decrease Of national revenues,
and tax. ranging from cents per pound
in Austria TO 5A cents per pound In
sumed in those countries. This limited
the home demand. and Europe sought
foreign market. To secure this and to en-
courage production to supply 1t. these
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" ELIZABETH In WASHINGTON
Continued from Az .th Page.)

the English portrait painter. or any of
the clever people at present in Washing
ton. to put the Presidents daughter on
canvas just as she is today. should be
quite happy. She was in pale blue the
other night, and had pink rose in her
brown hair.
1 thought Mrs. Leslie Cotton quite ono
of the prettiest women present, in a white
gown with a suggestion Of blue: but the
fact was there were so many pretty
women. all wearing their very best, that
the East Room and the long corridor were
like one continuous tableau. want OF the
very fair and the extra smart"
Mrs. Ward Thoron. in black. ard her
sisters, the Misses Warder. were cases in
point; and such an array of secretaries.
including the Charge d'Afaires of Spain.
Mr.. Riano. who looks and speaks like an
Englishman, and Mr.. Zelenoy. the Russian
Secretary. in a glittering uniform.
What the Faces Told.
But. after all. it was the faces 1 thought
of most as we drove away from the White
House to a musicale at which we met
some Of the same people. The Presidents
face. very grave and subdued, with his
lips tightly closed; "the sweetness and
light" in the face of his happy wife: the
face OF the Russian Ambassador so in
scrutabie and suggestive Of the past: the
faces Of the beauties. both women and
men. and, by the way, the face of Admiral
Schiey. which would make a study for Q
physiognomist-the poor, tortured man
looked so pleased as people came UP to
shake his hand.
My first White House reception made
me regret that poor papa had neglected
to go in for politics.: at the same time,
falling member of my own immediate
family circle. l should be no true daugh-
ter Of New York II 1 were not glad that
the President Is Theodore Roosevelt. our
old friend and neighbor. 1t makes the
stranger feel at home. and ths best OF
all Is that I hear that every body sx-
periences the same sensation, even though
they hail from Arizona Oregon, or "Our
Teddy" alone knows where.
ELIZABETH NJ H.
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between American beet sugar and Cuban
cane sugar in the American market. As
matter of fact there is no real compe-
tition. For many years to come, our mar
kets can easily absorb the entire product
of both industries. For a number Of
years. both of them together will be
wholly unable to fill the American sugar
bowl, and We shall still be Obliged to go
to the uttermost parts OF the earth for
our supply of sweetness.
At present Cuba is heavily handicapped
by an American tariff, which. SO far as
her sugar is concerned. is little short Of
prohibitive. American beet sugar is fight
ing any shadow of concession to Cuban
cane sugar. One of the strongest lobbies
ever organized is now at work to prevent
any Congressional action in favor of the
Cuban product. 1t has quite failed to
show that it is In any real need OF the
protection which it now receives, and
there is every reason to believe that if
the two were to be given a free access to
our markets each would still find wholly
reasonable profit in its business and the
price of sugar be greatly reduced to the
manifest benefit of American household
ers and American manufacturers.
A BugnbOo.
One of our favorite bugaboos in all Of
our sugar questions is that institution
known as the Sugar Trust 1t is ac-
cused of robbing the American people by
manipulating the market price to its own
advantage. Inasmuch as even the Ameri-
can price is fixed in Europe by the Euro
pean producers, it is not easy to see just
how the Americn Sugar Refining Company
exercises any very baneful influence upon
the American sugar bowl. Yet great
many Americans believe that 1t does So
Beet sugar is produced in a refined state.
ready for the market. The Cuban product
comes in raw state, and the business Of
the refining company is its conversion into
the marketable article. II beet sugar can
crowd 1t out its business is gone. But We
should then. quite certainly, have in it's
place very similar institution in the
shape of beet sugar trust. which would
be quite as avaricious as the present or
ganization.
To fill our sugar bowl for the next ten
years We shall need 10000. 900 tons of
sugar The present duty is s36 per ton on
the imported article. and that sum Is also
added to the market price of the domestic
product. That means that the price which
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golf, of course. Miss Patten and Miss
Todd are winners of several trophies. and
among the ladies' who thoroughly enjoy
the game one will find the Misses Paunce-
fote. Miss Merriam. Miss Root, Miss Wet
more. the Misses Hay, Miss Marion Jones,
the Misses McKenna, Miss Root, Miss
kitzmiIler, of Pittsburg, a niece of Rep
resentative Dalzell; Mrs. De Koven. Mrs.
Ellis. the Misses Patten. Mrs. Simpkins.
Mrs. Legare, Miss Boardman, Miss Hoy,
Miss Jackson. and many others.
New Instructors.
This progressive club has just secured
Mr.. James Douglas, of Bar Harbor, as
instructor. Mr.. Douglas is considered
one of the best professionals in the East,
and should find his work with the Chevy
Chase Club unusually pleasant, as the
course is nearly perfect and all the con-
ditions and surroundings quite ideal. He
will take in hand the numerous new en-
thusiasts, and by early spring a new class
OF golfers will be ready to make the old
and tried members look to their laureis.
The Columbia Club has also secured .
new instructor in the person of Mr.. Ar
thur Smith, OF P1ttsburg, who has already
made some remarkable scores over the
unusually difficult course Of this rapidly
growing club. He will improve several Of
the green's between now and spring and
make the outlook little less discourag-
ing for the beginner. Everybody knows
that DR.. Lee Harlan belongs to this club,
and also Of his numerous triumphs In
the Southern golf tournament of last
winter.
1t is said to be more than likely that
a match between the professionals OF the
Chevy Chase. Columbia. Washington. and
Dumbarton clubs will be arranged for the
early spring. This should be contest
far above the ordinary. and tho united
brotherhood and sisterhood of golfers st
any season and at any place will undoubt-
edly be there when the event takes place.
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TIME world produces 100000 tons
of sugar per year, and the United
Sta.-s consumes about onequar-
ter of it. Our annual consump-
tion is now nearly 5000, 900, 600 pounds.
For this we pay about $3.50. 900, 900. If
this sum were saved for only four years
it would pay the whole of our interest
bearing national debt.
The American sugar bowl is filled from
many sources. Some of the sugar is
grown at home, and we circle the globe
to find the rest Of it. Some is made from
the juice of the sugar cane and some il
extracted from beet root. For thirty years
Louisiana has averaged an annual supply
OF little less than $4,000 tons; Hawaii
sends us about 800, 600; Porto Rico sends
I20, 900. In 1896. the year before their last
resurrection. the Philippine Islands sent
nearly "a, 900 tons. In 1901 domestic beet
root gave us about 10000 tons. These
Eve sources are now regarded as domes-
tic, with the possible exception of the
Philippines, which do not seem to be
quite either foreign or domestic. The total
contribution which these five sources
made last year to the American sugar
bowl filled something less than 40 per
cent of it. For the other co per cent we
went TO Europe, TO Mexico, Central Amer
ica. Santo Domingo the Danish West In
dies, and the Dutch West Indies; to Brit
ish Guiana and Dutch Guiana, to Colom-
bia, Brazil, Peru, the Dutch East Indies,
China. British Africa, Turkey in Africa,
ard to the Island of Cuba.
Europe Furnishes sThree-fOurths
OF the worlds 10. 900, 600 tons production
OF sugar, about quarters comes from
the cultivation Of sugar beets in Europe
Germany produces about 1000 600 tons
Austria, France, and Russia produce about
1,060, 600 tons each. England produces lit
tie or none and buys her supply from the
Continent. Yet with all this vast produc-
tion Of sugar by the European countries,
the consumption per capita OF any one of
them is less than half that OF either the
United States or England. England uses
less In quantity but more per capita than
does the United States This difference
in consumption is accounted for by two
facts. One is that American and English
households use more sugar than do the
European households, and the other that
both countries use more in manufacturing
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Justices Of the Supreme Court, Generals and AdmraS,
and Men and Women Well Known in Society Are
Among the HabitueS Of the Links Y - ~ -

f, frequent the Chevy Chase links in sum
mer with the mercury making a century
run, or at any time in winter. except when
there is snow fall. 1t would not be sur
prisng to hear of some of the enthu-
siasts trying match at such time just
to see what the score would be, but so far
there are no records OF such an attempt.
Great Men on the Links.
AS a matter Of fact. there are very few
weeks in the year when golfing is not an
enjoyable pastime in this climate. And
these big men-how they do enjoy it, It's
not only "a touch of pity" that makes
the whole world akin" but a touch of
common enjoyment as we'll, for when one
sees these justices and generals and
diplomats who in their own proper sta
tions have awcd us greatly, riding home
in the democratic street cars, their faces
shining with enthusiasm over the sport
they have had, one finds himself pleased
at their pleasure and likes them infinitely
better for their unofficial but very human
enthusiasm.
There is Justice Harlan, a physical az
well as an lutelltcludl grant, WHO UelousS
in a way.to all the people of the coun
try. who may we'll be classed az a giant
golfer, too. No hour is too early and no
morning too frosty to cool his enthusiasm
for the noble game of golf. His brothers
on the bench may clash with him on
points of law but not one is brave enough
TO dispute his vast and varied knowledge
-,,I ba f-I Iafa 70 ~ al
of them as the golf expert of the
bench" The Justice has made some re-
markable records, and plays in such fine
form that he is the envy of many of the
players not half his age.
Other Legal Luminaries.
Justice McKenna is often on the links,
and plays a very good game. but his en-
thusiasm is not yet as great as that of
his brother Justice. He likes golf, but
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Even if You Don't Play the Game, It's Worth While
to Journey to the Hills and Note the Celebrities
Who Handle the Clubs. ~ ~ X * *

adopted so many nephews and nieces In
number of the members of the legal fra
ternity who are among the most brilliant
of the players.
General Miles a Good Player.
Secretary Root, also a noted lawyer. is
fine player who finds all too little
time for outdoor amusements, or, in
fact, amusement of any kind. He and his
daughter play together when opportunity
offers.
General Miles, the head of the Army
and the hero of dozens of battles, asks
only the opportunity to play-the weather
matters not. He lays aside the resplend-
ent uniforms in which the public is ac-
customed to seeing him, and in his ex-
tremely plain and business-like costume
carries on campaign against the diff
culties OF the game as full Of strategy as
those he used to execute against the
dusky savages of the plains years ago.
He is a successful and popular player.
Admiral Dewey is an occasional player,
and as he has gone South for the winter
it may be that he will acquire sufficient
experience and skill on the Florida links
to come back and treat his many friends
and admirers among the golfers to a
Manila Bay style Of game next spring.
Enthusiasts Among the Ladies'.
Admiral Selfridge loves a game winter
or summer. and so does Paymaster Cen
eral Bates. of the Army. Just now the
diplomats have little time to spend at
the club, but Count Cassini, the Russian
Duke D'Arcos, the Spanish
Minister. the genial WI Ting-fang. and
many others are OCCASIONAL winter players.
The ladies'. too, are SO occupied with
social affairs just now that they have lit
tie leisure, but they play often enough to
keep in practice until the Lenten days
bring them time for meditation, including
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the American people pay for their sugar
during the next ten years will be in
creased beyond Its actual commercial cost
of production and distribution by the enor-
nous sum of si,oS0, 600, 900. The present
fight in Congress is over the question of
the division of this snug little fortune.
The Treasury will get a part of it, and
the question is. who gets the rest OF IT,"
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w 7 ASHINGTON winters do not
N/ daunt the golfers. They sill
play golf.

w 7 ASHINGToN winters do not
NM daunt the golfers. They sill
v v play golf.
The mention OF Chevy Chase
at this season of the year brings visions
that quicken the pulse and stir the slug
gish blood
Visions of prancing hunters and eager
hounds and the pink -colored youth and
beauty Of the city prepared TO do or
die" when brush or mask is to be
gained.
It's sight worth seeing. this gather
ing of the lovers of the chase, and if any
there be in Washington who have not
journeyed out over the hills to see it, let
them reform with the new year and wit
ness this stirring sight
When this little pageant is over and
the last salloping hoofbeats are lost in
The distance, one will find at the ether
side of the club house a far quieter
scene. 1t lacks the swing and dash Of
the hunters, but so enthralling do its
deyotees find it that it holds them day
after day. and yet again other days.
Impcrvious to Cold.
The seasoned golfer minds not the bit
ing blasts that nip his neighbor and make
him long fer freside delights. He may
miss the large gallery )f the milder
months and the breathless interest in
his every stroke; he may miss the ex-
quisitely gowned women in white who fire.
quent the grounds OF this famous club in
summer and add so much 10 its attract
iveness-but he golfs eveg.heless. His
nose may be red and his cheeks may be
blue, but his only thought of the, weather
will be that it's too bad to have it quite
so cool. because 1t puts the course out
of condition, don't you know
Until one has reached this stage of in
difference to atmospheric conditions and
externals generally, he is not fit TO be
numbered among the great golfers who
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he would not care to get frost-bitten
playing it. so to speak.
Justice White is often an interested
spectator. and no one can foretell what
time and the example of his brother JUS
tices may do for him.
Attorney General Knox does not mind
anything Washington can do in the cold
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afraid Of the weather and enjoys a game
whenever the opportunity occurs. He en-
joys the game himself and is as happy in
seeing his friends acquire the habit as he
is in conducting to a successful termina-
ticn some of the puZzling legal compli-
cations which have come to his depart
mont in such numbers since Uncle Sam
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weather line and is often at the links.
His famous horses are his special pride
and delight. and if he is not at the club
it is safe 10 say that he is skimming over
some of the quieter country roads getting
such true enjoyment as only the lover of
a good horse knows.
Solicitor General Richards. too, is not
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-09-05
Answered In Parable.

As an instance Of President Had.
ley's aptness in meeting every situa.
ton or replying to every pertinent or
impertinent question. the following
story is told.
At a reception given for him by an
old friend some 600 miles from New
Haven, one individual with better
memory than tact asked him what he
thought OF the recent baseball game.
A Yale had met with a disastrous de.
feat, the subject might be called nm.
pleasant without hesitation Presi.
dent Hadley said:
There was boy living in a village
whose uncle died, The next day a
man driving along the road was sur.
prised 20 fud the boy working in a
field. Thinking this did not show
proper respect to the dead uncle. he
called the lad to him and said:
Johnny, didn't you know your uncle
was deadG
Johnny slowly approached and
dTawled out:
:" Yes. know it, have cried"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-09-05
sAsY CRIES OVEN TELEPHONE
Doting grandmother for First Time
Hears Infants Voice.

Doting Grandmother for First Time
Hears Infants Voice.
A Staten Island boy baby now holds
the record for long distance crying.
says the New York Sun. He is some
thing less than year old and his
father says that he seldom cries.
The baby's grandmother lives In AZ.
lanta, Ca, and she has never seen the
baby. One evening last week the
fatAer had occasion to call up his
mother in Atlanta ON the long dis
lance telephone 10 give her some i'm
portant news. including the fact that
baby had cut n tooth.
She expressed a desire TO hear the
baby's voice. Any one who knows
anything about young babies knows
that they exercise their voices chiefly
in crying This particular baby was
brought to the telephone and by liz.
tie proper manipulation was induced
TO cry for his grandmother in Atlanta.
THE dear little thing" replied the
grandmother TO her son, 81 could hear
him plainly. What an awfully nice
cry he has"
Yes" said the son. enthusiastic.
ally. tits a great cry and Il don't get
on your nerves as other babies cries
do. He is the finest baby in this
town. Well. goodby. mother. III
call you up next time baby cuts a
tooth" and he rang OF.
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A prominent minister OF st. LOUIS
was asked yesterday II he had ever
been tempted to laugh during services
and what would be the effect II the
teacher Of a large congregation should
burst In upon the full solemnities OF
regular service with n genuine hearty
laugh. Interruptions to services were
under discussion, and all the talk mao
been about Observation-Disclosures In the
pews The question suggested the
awful possibilities OF similar
break in the pulpit, says the ST
Louis Globe.Democrat
well. can answer that question
very nicely. because | did that very
thing one time myself" he replied.
1T was one Sunday when my church
was unusually crowded. | had pre-
pared sermon that | considered de-
cidodly above the ordinary, and when
| had got well into II ! realized that
my audience was thoroughly impress
cd. was deeply In earnest and they
were fully sympathetic. In the midst
OF the discourse happened TO glance
toward the choir loft In the other end
Of the church. A young girl singer
was sitting with her arms crossed on
a railing and her body rigid, seeming
~. with the intentness OF attention.
She was such good listener That
unconsciously talked at her as any
speaker will under such clrcumstan'
ces. As | talked | tried TO catch her
eye and was puzzled to note that they
were not turned In my direction at all,
| followed her gaze and I saw some
thing comical In the extreme. A mac
in the back pew was sound asleep
His head was thrown completely oyef
the back of the pew anu his mouth
was open to it's widest extremity
''The girl was intent. true, but IN
tent on the open.mouthed sleeper ind
medlately below the edge of the ehoF
loft. Slowly she lifted her hand .
her mouth. and fully realized thu
she extracted a large wad OF gun.
/ Her eyes never moved from the man,
and to save my life my eyes could bot
leave her. ! did not know her pr
pose. but she slowly. very Slowly,
aimed that gum at the mouth babw.
Her hand went up and down as she
fixed her aim and my eye roso ind(
fell with that hand as surely as a BSt
sways before the fascination OF rep
tile. My words went on in a meohani.
cal monotone. but my mind had left
my subject and my people. Body,
soul and sight were strained In 'ratch-
ing that girl. Up and dowr.Vfgt tho
hand. In motions that grew VORTEX,
aud then. as tho snake would mike
the dart. she flashed that gum I It's
target. II fell like a shot and II
disappeared into the cavernous nmth
below broke my flow of meaninpas
words with a shrek OF laughter vt
fell on the audience like n bombshi.
II seemed that ! laughed for %
minutes and that swayed and shoG
With emotion. ! suppose Il was reali
less than Ave seconds. The sermo
was ruined and II is a surprise tina
| was not. | managed TO call for tn
singing OF hymn and under cover o
this retreated from the pulpit. NJ.
assistant dismissed the congregation.