The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-28
GREAT FUTURE
IN CANE CULTURE
PROVED BY EXPERIMENT
or MAKING BAGAssE INTO PAPER
OF SEVERAL GRADES.

Samples of This Paper Received.
Was Made at Cumberland Mills
Under Supervision of National
GOVernment-QuoIIt Ranges from
That Suitable for Cigarette Wrap
pers to Heavy Wrapping Paper.
MoIasses sold in Competition with
Georgia syrup.
Samples of the paper made from the
bagasse Of sugar cane, turned out I'M
der government supervision at the
Cumberland Mills, Portland, Me-, were
received in Savannah yesterday by
Capt. D. G. Purse, president of the
Interstate Sugar Cane Growers AS
ISOLATION. The paper is made in sew
eral grades and is Of a quality that
will make its use possible for almost
everything for which any kind OF pa
per is demanded.
The samples range in grade from
paper thin enough to be used for cigar
cite wrappers to that of a thickness
and a toughness sufficient for the heav-
lest wrapping paper AS the paper can
NC AhdHC pNAANNllS WIFE, anu 10 zap
able of receiving a fine finish, 1t can
be used for making the finest Of sta
tionery as we'll as for commoner uses
AS has already been stated another
recent product of bagasse is a sort of
tough cardboard that closely resem-
bles leather and which, it is believed,
will prove a cheap but valuable sub
stitute for that material in a number
of industries.
value of Bagasse.
What the success of the experiments
in paper making means will become APP
parent when it is known that bagasSe
has hitherto been an absolutely waste
product, cane grinders burning as much
OF it as they could and carrying the re-
mainder anywhere to get it out of the
way.
1t is believed that the possibilities of
the material as a basis for numerous
articles of value in daily commerce will
become so developed within a short
time that it may prove profitable in the
near future to grow cane for the ba-
gasse alone, without considering the
value of the syrup and the sugar at all.
Many of these possibilities will be
shown at the second annual convention
of the Interstate Sugar Cane Growers
May 4-5-6. Capt. Purse will leave for
Jacksonville Saturday and will remain
in that city until after the convention
adjourns.
Importing Cheap 0IOInsses.
One of the matters that will be
brought before the convention for dis
cussion will be the importation of
cheap molasses, and the selling of it
in competition with the best of Geor-
gia syrup. This molasses, which is
brought from Antigua, one of the
Lesser Antilles, is taken chiefly to Bos.
ton, though it is also brought to the
South-in fact, cargoes of it are sold
even in Savannah. Delivered here it
costs the dealer from rs to q cents a
| gallon, price that is as high as that
brought by Georgia syrup.
| Capt. Purse has sample of the mo-
| lasses which he will exhibit at the
convention. The fact that such an ar
ticle can be sold in competition with
Georgia syrup, and in its own terri
| tory shows, he thinks, that a campaign
of education is needed. and this he
VIII recommend to the convention. The
effects of the convention will be far
reaching, for not alone will there be
very large attendance from each
of the states interested in cane grow
ing, but the minutes of the eonven-
ton will be printed in pamphlet form
and sent out over the country gener-
ally to all who are interested In any
of the subjects discussed.