The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-04-15

3,351,s91 long tons 1T is rather a
Icurious fact that with the rapid growth
of the domestic production OF sugar
the liking OF Americans for 1t h..7 il-
creased by leaps and bounds. In 1881
1--we consumed "A pounds of sugar per
capita, In 19O3s 6G pounds, and at pre- -
ent about so pounds As a matt,r otl
fact the average citizen eats but 80
pounds of sugar each year In Its d.
rect form. The balance is consumed
in canned goods preserves, soda
water. candy and other articles into
the manufacture of which sugar en-
ters
1t has been estimated that each acre
of sugar is worth $17 to the railroads
of the country in freight. This in'
cludes the shipment Of machinery to
the beet factory, which may run in
value as high rs $4,000, the carry
| ing Of bags, twine. lime, rock, lumber
and other building materials and the
sugar itself. Perhaps the most inn
portant factor incident to the produc-
| tion of domestic sugar from beets Is
the fact that according to the uni
yersal testimony of government and
private agrlculturists II Is the basis of
the prosperity of the entire irrigated
Iwest save the relatively small portion
of such lands adapted for orcharding.
/ I1his Is so because the sugar beet Is
the only crop found so far which
| yields handsome profit to the farmer
of alkali lands. II Is also a well es-
1 tablished fact verified by official fig-
ures obtained here and abroad that
the use of tho beet as a rotation crop
about doubles the yield of other crops.
1t has also been shown that the To-
cation Of a sugar factory in the irrl-
gated sections of the west doubles
lard values before 1t begins operations
land specific Instances are on record
where land has increased from $50 an
acre to 5000 after a number Of years
IoperatiOn. Of the factory.
In Germany. where the production
of beet sugar Is held TO be of the ut
most importance, the government has
for years encouraged the industry by
maintaining a duty on imported trop-
ical sugar and Is even willing to export
sugar at a loss rather than curtall
the annual production In fact the
sugar industry for the past hundred
years has played a highly important
part in the diplomacy Of Europe, each
nation striving i'm all sorts of ways to
produce its own supply and as much
more as possible. II was this rivalry,
supported by bounties. surtaXes and a
great variety of subsidies that threat
ened to bankrupt more than one con-
tinental treasury, that led to the es-
tablishment of the Brussels conference
/ . oh 40 hu nf
lin this industry is maintained Through
this international bureau each nation
is told practically how much sugar II
shall be allowed to export and the
price Is fixed by agreement among
the various nations, which constitutes
in this respect huge international
trust that completely dominates the
Industry.
The only great world power that is
absolutely independent of this inter-
national sugar combination is the Uni
ted states by reason Of its RAPIDLY ex-
Ipanding beet and cane industry. The
Jealousy caused the European nations
by the increase in strength of the
American navy Is scarcely greater thar
that caused by the rapid growth OF
the United States toward complete In
dependence In the all important sugar
Industry and the chancellories OF the
old world refusei1to believe that their
western rival will voluntarily aban-
don, through any change Of Legislative
policy. the advantage thus gained, II
IS well known to experts that the com
petition Of domestic can. and beet
sugar, which would be destroyed by
the elimination OF government pro-
tectlon. alone prevents Europe
through the Brussels conference from
hiking the price OF American sugar.
IGETTING OUT or "sHEWAWA.'
El Paso, Tex. April 15-All Amer
leans and practically all other for
e!gners are getting out Of the city OF
Chihuahua today, following news OF
the strong representations made by
the United states to Orozco yesterday
Last nights train brought forty
Americans from Chihuahua and to-
days train fro mthe south had fifty
lmore.
Twenty-Five rebel soldiers got
aboard each train and all Americans
We're thoroughly searched before being
permitted to come to III Paso. The
foreign exodus from Chihuahua today
is the most prscipitate that has taker
place.
Among the refugees who arrived
from chihuahua were Juan Olliviey
y lcCnsular agent for France Mt Chihua