La Junta tribune., 1910-06-04

one Of the family A farmer does not
need to take off his hat to any other
man. not to the man who stands be-1
hind the counter, sits in an office, or
any professional man, not even to
the banker; for he is considered just
as good as any man OF whatever
sphere or profession II Is the Niger
that makes you people look down on
the man who tolls with his hands:
hence you white men consider IL be-
meath you to labor, disgrace to
work with your hands and your mus
cles farmed the greater part OF
my life. not as an overseer. but fol-
lowed the plow, made rails. digged
Iitrhes and | can do any kind of
work on farm, from laying rail
fence 10 driving a self binder or feed
lag bunch OF steers. | never asked
man who worked for me 10 do any
hing would not do: In fact. al.
Ways uAu Tue NOisl anu Aut
etc" Well this was boasting some.
sut 1t was true and felt ! could az
ford to BOAST when talking TO men
who consider labor disgrace. Some
Of these men never even saddle a
horse.
There are few places now where
cane is grown by the small farmer
and sold to the plantation mill At
Lafayette there is a mill which is an
Independent plant, that is. 1t does
not belong TO plantation. but was
built to buy cane and manufacture
sugar, just as our beet sugar factories
DO The cheapening processes Of the
great plant and the immense cost of
building a plant upon the modern and
most improved methods or system
point 10 the breaking down of the
old system Of planter and sugar man
ufaCturer and will. with other causes
now operating. eventually, ! predict,
drive the great planter out of bust
ness and divide the great plantations
into small farms, which will prove the
greatest blessing TO the south that
can be imagined. The great planta-
ton is un-American. Here is
nobili,y-a landed aristocracy-all
foreign to American principles and
deals. When that time comes Louis
lana and the south will equal or sur
pass in its wealth. prosperity. inde-
Pendence. education. enterprise and
citizenship the now great north.
The sugar mill pays the farmer ac-'
Cording TO the wholesale price of
sugar or rather the refinery price
paid the planter The sugar mill
makes only trown sugar. raw sugar
as IL is called. and does not refine
sugar as our beet factories do. Our
beet sugar factories are both mill or
factory and refinery. The rate var
les from eighty cents TO one dollar
per ton for every dollar per hundred
pounds of the price of sugar. That
is. when sugar sells at. say four dol
lars per hundred pounds. the price
paid the cane grower would be. at
eighty cents. So 20 per ton and at
one dollar. 81 per ton. Al these prices
cane growing is profitable to the far.
mer. Al an average Of twenty tons
and the lowest price above. the far.
mer would receive s6i per acre. and
at 81 he would receive $50 per acre.
Win the low price Of labor and long
seasons the cane grower OF the south
has the advantage OF the beet grow.
er OF the north, Under similar con.
di,ions OF labor there would be but
little difference. still. | believe with
our Intelligent labor and skin and
management. northern man would
make much more than is now made II
the south.
visited plantation near Holcma.
La. This planter. Sir. J. Miner Grows
3.0oo acres OF cane. and owns sever.
NJ thousand acres OF land besides his
cane land. On this plantation ls n
great sugar mill. SUGAR warehouses.
barns. a depot. magnificent man.
sion In a park OF oak trees. palms
and magnolias. eighteen miles of
railroad. four engines and $50 cars.
: 500 head OF mules and as many mig.
gers many more at grinding and
sugar making timo--a foreman. chem.
ixis and laboratory. and a world Of
all kinds OF machinery used ON 4
sugar plantation. This mill grinds
I.ioo tons OF cane per day There
Ia mill which grinds the feed for
In. mule. which ,aaxisf. ~ .-,x.