The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-04-26
CANE CONVENTION TO
DRAW A CROWD
Officers of Association Receiving
Many Letters.

The second convention of the Inter
state Sugar Cane Growers Asocia-
ton, which will be held in Jackson
vile May 4, and 6, promises to be
much larger than the first, which was
held in Macon last May.
This is the view of Capt. d. G.
Purse president of the association
who has returned to Savannah from
IA trip of over 5000 miles. He found
me interest in the convention general
Wherever he went, and found also that
Dolh The number Of people who will
tttend and the number of exhibits
that will be made will be much Great
ar than before.
some idea of the Importance and
scope OF the convention may be gath
cred from the fact that among the
many distinguished persons who will
lltend and read papers at its sessions
IRE Secretary James Wilson of the de.
partment of agriculture; DR. II. w
whey, chief bureau OF chemistry same
department.; DR.. William G. Stubbs di-
rector Louisiana Sugar Experiment
station; Prof. B. b. Ross, state chem
chemist of Florida; Prot IA. G. White
chemist of University Of Georgia
Inquiries Being Mode.
Many. inquiries are being received
/ daily from those who are interested
IN the convention, and who wish TO
attend its sessions, To these a circu.
lar letter is being sent, showing the
special rate that win be allowed by
hotels and boarding houses. and stat
ing that railroads will allow a rate Of
one fare plus rs cents for the round
trip. Any further Information de-
sired can be secured by addressing
either Mr.. Charles II. Smith, secretary
Of the convention at Jacksonville. or
Capt. D. G. Purse, the president at
Savannah.
In addition to the many exhibits al
ready mentioned as planned for the
convention there will be a complete
plant for the making of sugar and
syrup, which will be put In place by
the Blymyer Iron Works Company of
Cincinnati. This firm furnished the
government the machinery for their
plant at the experimental station at
Waycross, a plant that has proved so
satisfactory that the government pur
poses spending some $4,000 more on
improvements and additions to it.
Exhibit to be Made.
Other exhibits will be samples of
the sugar made at the place of Cohn
Bros, Amsterdam, in Decatur county
Georgia, and cardboard made Of be
3asse The interest in the product of
begasse is very great because Of the
possibilities Of that product 1t is be-
lieyed that this can take the place not
only Of straw board, of light board
and OF leather in many cases, bur
chat ii may also be used exclusively in
electrical work for insulating. FUR
ther, under the auspices OF the nation
al government, experiments have been
made in the manufacture of begasse
into paper that will be an accepta,
bic substitute for that now made from
spruce pulp,
This experiment was made at the
Cumberland mills, Portland, Me, and
resulted in the product Of a white pa
per much resembling bond paper and
of a splendid textile strength. The
experiment is SO clearly a success that
the question now seems only the modi-
fcation of machinery for the econoni-
cal manufacture Of the material The
more enthusiastic OF those who have
watched the development of uses to
which begasse can be put believe that
it will be in a short time as valuable
as cotton seed.