The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-01-09

many kinds OF sugars he must have
recourse to the celebrated Willett &
| Gray publications. Who these par
ties are in the sugar trade, is un
derstood by every sugar tyro. Brief
| ly, they do not carry on their publ
cation to advance the production O.
any sugars which do not pas:
through the hands of the refiners
! Is any other indication necessary or
| our part?
| The United States government
persists in the use of the meaning
| less term RAW SUGARS, despite the
TACT that there is no one in the EN-
ploy of the government who can de
fine the term. The Department OF
commerce continues to issue publica
tions in which it is insisted upon
that the No. 16 Dutch Standard is
the dividing line between refined and
unrefined sugars; which is not the
case, either in the trade or official.
ly, since the discarding of the Dutch
Standard in October, 1913.
One of the leading officials of the
Department Of Commerce declared
Barrels of sugar are weighed to an
ounce" MAY 26, 1910. If this re
ferred to the refiners' sugars it
was a most misleading statement,
yet it was accorded wide publicity.
The progress made in the art of
the manufacture of high grade dried
sugars in the United States Gouisi-
ana), is nowhere indicated in any
of the governments reports. It is
Well known that this development is
disadvantageous to the interests of
the refiners. Thus the legislators,
members of congress, (both in the
house and senate}, have no indica-
ton made to them of the fact, Off
cially presented, that such advance
sugars are made to the industrial
credit of the producers of the Unit
ed States. This is evidenced in
the repeated congressional speeches
which touch on the topic of sugar.
Senators have denied it's existence,
while the instruments of the refin-
ers, before the congressional COM
mittee hearings, have denied its man
ufacture. Its existence and profit
able manufacture should be record
ed officially and thus afford the leg
islators knowledge of the fact, be-
yond their power to deny. Under the
circumstances it will readily be seen
that your communication stating.
that up to the present no steps have
been taken by the Bureau of Crop
Estimates to collect any information
On this very, in fact, most import
ant scope of reporting and statistical
recording of the KINDS of sugar
produced within the jurisdiction of
the United States government, is a
most interesting document, to say
the least For another year there
can be no official announcement Of
the true condition of the sugar in
dustry in the state of Louisiana;
this despite the fact that the Bu-
reau of Crop Estimates has had an
official representative on the ground,
in the person of its Mr.. Andrews.
This is most pleasing to the refiners,
and co-operates with the paucity of
mention made regarding such high
grade sugar manufacture and mar
keting by their official publication,
Willett & Gray's weekly.
1t is not my purpose to carry out
these indications to tiresome length.
However, by such as have made,
nope that you, as the chief of the
Bureau of Crop Estimates, will be
to accord to the matter of
4 correct sugar nomenclature the
arge Importance it deserves; partic-
llarly when the continuance of the
present deplorable practice in its
erudely grouping of all sugar into
RAW and refined So flagrantly IA
yors the refiners; the one which
loes not exist. and the other which
s thereby accorded undue promi-
1ence. In doing this the govern
nent's publications cooperate with
he several petty publications which |
openly favor the refiners Cfor rea-
sons best known to their publlc1sts),
md endeavor to instill into the
minds of the public that all cane SUI
sars are refined, and, consequently
he public should logically look to
he refiners for such cane sugars.
On a type-Writing machine one can
lot always draw the convincing pic
ure desired, despite the fact that |
he real artist is the one who lacks |
lot the skill to picture the come1y
Is beautiful and the improper as in
olerable. The continued official sup
preston of the actual status OF the
domestic cane sugar industry, while
avoring the pleasure of the refln- I
RS, makes for what may be justly
considered intolerable conditions
lmong the producers of cane SUI
sars in the United States, and
me to ask you to permit |
ne to herewith record my protest
lgainst it's continuance
| trust you will pardon the length |
G which / have encroached upon your
attentions, and believe me to De-
Sir,
Very respectfully,
W. L. BASS.
Washington, D. c., Dec. II, 1919.
Ask for Griffing's big pecan pooh |
free. Tells you how to maze
money growing pecans. Gfl1flhs