The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-26
PRESIDENT PURSES ADDRESS
 TO THE SUGAR CANE GROWERS

' production on the island, the price of sugar has steadily advanced until 1t is thanks to the faithful enforcement of the Berlin agreement regulating the production of beet,sugar in Germany Russia, France and other European states. tho aboiishment of rebates on exports, and repeal of excise taxes, in these States, upon domestic. consump-
 Consumption and Production.
 For years sugar has been among the luxurfes In countries where export re- bates and excise taxes burdened the price and their removal has resulted In every instance in an immediate in- crease in domestic consumption. It Svertake production and that prevail- ing prices are not likely to be disturb ca, unless some legislation be enacted to grant concessions in duties to the we should protest in the strongest terms and endeavor to enlist our mem- bers of Congress in this opposition. There is much Is more to be feared .ha in case of Cuba, besides, these conces- sions are establishing precedents that may in the end practically deprive us of all protection against the cheap la- bor and less expensive cultivation of the tropics.
 Should. however. the measure grant ing concessions in duties fail of en- actment or if enacted fall short of our apprehensions as to its injurious ten dency. the outlook for the growers Of both sugar and sugar beets is most encouraging. as well where the form CT is manufactured into sugar. or as in most of our territory, at present is converted into syrup exclusively.
 It was not anticipated when we as- sembled at Macon two and half years ago, that our progress would have been so rapid in attracting attention to sugar cane as an auxiliary crop in our agricultural systems in the South. been. unfortunately. more rapid than improvement in the manufacture of syrup and Tn the extension of markets. and ,as natural consequence. disap- couragipg effect in some localities. aud the industry been made to bear the burden of individual misjudgments.
 Sugar cane planting for syrup mak- Ing on scale for meeting commer- cial demand. is quite a different propo- sition from the limited area hereto fore cultivated to provide syrup for the requirements of the farm. In tho, first matter considered before the soil is turned by the blow; in the second instance the market has no place in the calculation.
 home. 1t is the best in the larder and enjoyed as such. Different, indeed, it's reception, however. when as a com merciai product t. enters the market in competition with a thousand other grades and Kinds of syrup Is over matched by them in public criticism and ceases to be a marketable product to the disappointment and damage of It's manufacturer. whose first impulse Is to blame his ill-luck upon the in- dustry.
 That this Is manifestly unjust it is only necessary to remember that in the eXnATfanHa nf alt who haVa orfUen the matter careful thought tho great est burden placed upon cane syrup in the market is the various grades and conditions in preparation in which 1t comes upon the market to its own dis credit and damage, until there is no standard classification for cane syrup. s 0f other syrups for Cable use. with out out regard to, to quality. nnifprmlty in far to satisfy a public demand that has gained popularity for them to the detriment of purer syrups lacking in these characteristics
 Uniformity of Manufacture.
 It would then seem that our work acreage in cans. as to bring about ut uniformity in its manufacture into syrup and to establish a stable mar
 great advance has been made il, the manufacture of syrup since the present agitation began, largely through the wise counsels and practi- Louisiana ana the deep interest shown by the United States Department of Agriculture in our work and the iib- eraI appropriations made by Congress industry in Georgia aud other States: but there is room for much more. cSf. tainly along lines of uniformity ir grades as found h other syrups 3ip cane. Hence arises the pertinent in- quirv as how best to economically ae. complish this result.
 tation in Louisiana had it's sugar house. The tendency today is to have central sugar houses of multiplied ca- pacity to secure extreme economy in tions may be served by a single plant
 Formerly every cotton plantation had it's gin house and packing screw; today central ginneries have complete
 For a number of years central creameries have supplanted the prep aration of butter and cheese at indi- vidual dairies.. throughout the North and West, with a great saving In ex. pense and more satisfactory results in the uniformity of products put upon the market.
 In line with the foregoing .transi- tions our cane growers for syrup making should commence the ergani- zation of central syrup plants where the cane can be concentrated and juice extracted and manufactured inAD syrup of uniform characteristics in large quantities.
 This is the first factor to be taken into consideration in attempting to en- ter the markets of the country with our syrup. It at once gives us a standing and makes our cane syrup a stable commodity, valuable point gain ed against conditions existing that, to- day, completely deprive us of market m Q A.. kHA
 Central plants could be built at rail-