The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-10-25
SUGAR REFORMS SUGGESTED
Methods for Meeting impending
Changed Conditions in Louisi-
ana's Sugar Business Under the
New Tariff.

The Louisiana Planter and Sugar
Manufacturer, a recognized authority
ON all matters appertaining to the
domestic cane-sugar industry, publish
ed the following editorial in its is
sue Of the 18th instant:
elsewhere in this issue will be
found an article from a thoroughly
well-infornled sugar planter on how
to best meea the changing conditions
in the sugar business in Louisiana.
The suggestions therein made are
worthy OF the very careful study of
all concerned The louisiana sugar
industry is not going to die out, but
will be radically changed as the new
conditions now enVironlng it take
effect, and it will be prevented from
attaining the large proportion Of the
sugars consumed in the federal Union
that our alluFial lands have promised
to bring to us at an early day by
the adoption of all modern methods
in sugar agriculture and manufacture,
in which Louisiana has been the lead
er Of the cane sugar world during
several decades. Of course every pos
sible economy must be effected, but
those economies must be the result
not so much Of diminished expendi-
ture for the many mechanisms of the
industry, but by securing higher
degree of effectiveness in the work
done in the fields and in the fac
tory, and securing whatever intrinsic
value the sugar markets of the world
entitle us to, based upon the quality
of the material we turn out as the
final product.
"Our correspondent singles out
several features Of the Louisiana SUI
gar industry as being susceptible to
improvement. Conspicuous among
these is the necessity for turning
out the highest possible grades OF SUI
5ar. With the diminishing margin
OF profit this situation seems self
evident and yet worthy of reiteration.
The next suggestion is to seek the
best markets and not practically TO
auction off the sugars to unwilling
buyers at whatever price these buy
ers may be willing to give.
The suggestion as to a change IN
packages is a novel idea, and yet no
more novel than was the change
from the old-fashioned sugar hogs
mead to the modern sugar barrel.
Millions of bags of Rio coffee are
roasted in New York and in New Or
leans and shipped into the country IN
cases containing pound packages all
ready for instant delivery to the dis
tant consumer. Our correspondent
urges similar picking and similar
disposal of our high-grade sugars, all
of which would seem a natural out
come OF the present situation and
very worthy OF practice.
The suggestions as to a selling or
ganization to become effective would
seem to demand large financial re-
sources to care Tor those distressed
sellers whose necessities may be so
pressing as to demand peremptory
sales The suggestion is worthy OF
careful study, and we note that prae-
tieally every large industry is now en-
deavoring to secure such selling con-
troll for itself.
The suggestion as to advertise
ment and familiarizing the people with |
the intrinsic value of Louisiana SUI
CARS, of their delightful flavor, where |
any flavor is left in the sugars, or |
the thoroughness and cleanliness of |
all Of our manufacturing operations, /
and how those desiring such sugars |
can secure fine crystals of Louisiana
sugars made direct from the sugar
cane by one continuous process, is adj
Such advertising could not
we'll do other than attract great at
.ention to this product, which a few t
decades ago was the faVorite sugar
If the United States, and has only
apsed from thataavor because it was
possible for our sugar producers to go
IN in the industry without taking the
pains of making the strenuous efforts
hat have now become necessary to
ave the industry from extinction.
We shall hope that these suggestions,
" some Of them, will lead to early
and the formation Of
competent organization for their de-
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