The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-12-24

this government or LuDan sugar mas DecH dH III
crease of four cents pound against the Ameri-
can consumer and he added. Il want to observe
for the benefit of the senate that this is evidence
of the fact that by adhering to the advice OF
professional economist sugar is going to cost
the American people four cents a. pound more
than it would have cost. II OF the pro-
fessional economists would take in
practical business common-sense. it would be an
excellent thing for the public purse
Florida seems to be the only hope held out for the
relief OF the sugar situation, and this state is receiv-
West Florida has some Of the finest sugar cane
acreage in the state, Escambia, Holmes. Walton.
Jackson, Okaloosa and other West Florida counties,
producing of the best cane in the south.
In the last issue Of the Manufacturers Record.
there appeared article, Florida Sugar Pro-
ducing State written by T. H. Jones, industrial
agent for the Mariana and Blountstown Railroad
company illustrated with two excellent photographs.
OF this article, The Times-Union says:
Mr.. Jones outlines the sections where sugar cane
Will grow in the United States, quotes freely
from Dr. William C. Stubs, while director Of
the Louisiana Sugar Experiment Station; Prof
r. E. Bloun of that station and State Chemist
Rose to show that Florida possesses the great
est advantages of any section Of the United
States for raising and making sugar and
syrup and presents analysis and tables to prove
the grown last year averaged 2o5 gallons
OF syrup per acre. with the old fashioned meth
DDS of extraction and 1t is well known that this
year, with improved syrup mills, yield is exceed
| ing 300 gallons and the prices received
| for the syrup range from si0O gallon to st.75.
1t is pointed out by Mr.. Jones that good cut
lands be obtained for SIS to s25
and they be Immediately turned into pro-
ductivity by planting cane among the stumps
| and he ifS frop frSt xyiIIp
than pay the expenses of clearing out the stumps
/ and putting the land in fine condition for any
| crop In this connection Mr.. Jones cites the time
when ten dollars worth Of alfalfa cut from
an acre of land in Kansas and the farmers pre-
| dicted that Kansas land would day go to
] sti acre. In the light OF recent events, when
/ Iowa and Kansas farms have sold for $500 to 500
acre, it is evident that the prophecy has been
| fulfilled in that section.
But what about Florida With half mil
| lion already bought up by big eastern
capitalists for the purpose of producing sugar
in Florida, how long will these cut lands
| be available at SIS to s25 an acre We have
| stated before that Leonard Brothers, near Mari
anna, cleared $4,000 last year fifty acres Of
cane and it is understood that these successful
Georgia and Florida turpentine operators are pre-
/ pairing to go extensively into the cane growing
business having recently, in conjunction with
!! Mr.. Singletary another successful syrup manu-
facturer from his cane. purchased 10000
acres for that purpose. and eventually it is be-
lieved they will establish immense sugar
/ central in that section
/ The publicity that is being given this great
/ sugar industry in Florida is decidedly valuable
/ to the state and with the price of sugar mount
ing continuously it is believed that the develop
/ ment of this industry will be pushed as rapid
! ly as possible and within five years there should
be at least fifty millions of dollars invested in it
| here.