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Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1920-10-28
HOW SUGAR MADE CUBA
A WORLD Ell DORADO

Sugar, like shoes, we once took for
granted. But procuring enough for
the preserving season was problem
and sugar ''speak easies" are still not
uncommon In lands where the supply
is rationed.
Writing to the National Geographic
society, William Joseph Showalter
says:
with a sugar production nearly
doubled and prices more than quad
vupled since 1912, one can readily see
why Cuba is the worlds Ell Dorado of
1920. and why sugar is Its king.
''The imagination is almost over.
powered in attempting to comprehend
the vast proportions Of the sugar in.
dustry Of the island as it exists this
year.
"The cane produced Is Of such tire.
mendous volume that procession OF
bull teams four abreast. reaching
around the earth, would be required
to move It. The crop would suffice to
build a solid wall around the entire
two thousand miles of the islands
coast line as high as an ordinary dwell
Ing house and thick enough for a ale
Of four men to walk abreast on It
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1920-10-28
WHEN THE NEAR EAST IS
CIVILIZED

Roughly speaking. Turkey was d.
vided into five great provinces or dis
tricts-Anatolia, Armenia, Kurdistan,
Mesopotamia and Syria." 8
With this Introduction William 81.
Hall, writing to the National Geograph-
ic society, sketches the resources Of
Turkey, which have IN opportunity for
development with measures that may
lessen the horrors Of misrule, injustice,
deportations, massacres and famines.
He continues: f
"The same broad plains that once
fed. and clothed population of 49,
100000 human beings are waiting to-
day for the pillow, the seed and the
reaper. The mountains still hold
riches of coal and iron and copper.
The quarries still have abundance Of
choice marbles. The rivers are po-
tent with power to turn the wheels
of industry. The natural harbors in
vite the fleets Of merchantmen and
the river valleys and mountain passes
offer natural lines Of communication
and transportation, as in the days
when great caravans passed along
these natural highways. bringing the
merchandise Of the East to the mar
kets Of the West.
"The whole land has been lying fall
low for centuries-a land that modern
exploration reveals rs one Of the rich
est in natural resources and as unsur-
passed by its geographic location for
being the trade center Of the world.
Exclusive Of Arabia, which was
never more than nominally under the
Ottoman dominion. the Turkish empire
embraced about $4,000 square miles
of territory at the beginning of the
World war. Only about 10000 square
miles of this were in Europe. The
Turkish empire was equivalent to the
combined areas of the British Isles,
France and pre.war Germany. 1t was
larger than all Of the area east of the
Mississippi and north Of tie Ohio and
Potomac rivers.
"The boundaries were the Elacls sea
and Caucasus on the north, Egypt on
the south. the Aegean and Mediter-
ranean sens on the west, and the
Syrian desert and Persia on the east.
turkey in Europe was almost Il
negligible area. as the Balkan wars
stripped the Turks of oil their Eu-
ropean possessions except Constants
nople and a narrow territory along the
Bosporus and Dardanelles some 40
miles in width; so that when the Turk
ish empire has been referred to in re-
cent years, Asiatic Turkey was nearly
all that the term embraced.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1920-10-28

both ancient and modern times are ID
be found In greatest number In the
shadow Of Asia Minors Hottest peak
snow-clad Mt. Argaeus (called BY the
Turks Erjias Dagh), an extinct vol.
c;,nO whose eruption in the dim past
laid the foundations and supplied the
material for these remarkable habita.
lions, while the Hays river of the
ancients (now known as KILL Irmak)
In succeeding centuries became their
tireless architect.
1.-THE practice of living in caves In
cliffs or in excavated cavities In the
open plain is to be traced to state
Of society which we Of today have
some difficulty in depicting to our.
selves. And yet the central thought
of the Troglodytic habit Is the basic
principle upon which ancient civilian.
ticn was founded.
"1lcy have sought and found for
themselves complete isolation. They
seem to have none Of the instincts of
agricultural man and they are wholly
inhOs!.itable.
~ he entrances to their dwellings
are high up in the almost perpendicu-
lar walls of the cliffs, and they are
reached solely by means of long poles,
which are light enough to be drawn
up when the lord of the den and his
family are safely housed. And when
housed they really are safe from in
trusich. for it would require host to
force an entrance against the will of
tho 10mily. It. tuats {s
zone ancient writer tells us that
some Troglodytes made. practice of
killing all those who were not in first
rate physical condition, on the ground
that a man who cannot earn his own
living has no right to live; and when
one sees these dwellings,, one can i'm
agine still another reason for killing
off the aged and the infirm-because
of their inability to get in or out of
the house,"
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1920-10-28

'The sugar extracted from this cane
would load fleet Of steamers reach
Ing from Havana, to New York, with
ship. for every mile Of the twelve
hundred that stretch between the two
ports. The great pyramid Of Cheops.
before whose awe-inspiring proper
tions millions Of people have stood
and gazed In open-m0uthed amaze.
ment, remains, after five thousand
years, unrivaled as a monumental pile {;
but CubQ's sugar output this year
would make two pyramids, each out
basing and overlapping Cheops.
The wealth the outgoing sugar crop
brings in is not less remarkable in its
proportions. Four hundred dollars ont
Of single crop for every human be-
ing who lives on the island-a sum
almost as great as the per capita
wealth produced by all the farms. all
the factories, and all the mines of the
United States.
"What wonder, then, that Cuba to-
day is land Of gold and gems, richer
than Midas ever was, converting
Croesus, by contrast, into a beggar7
''How much net profit the cane grow
er reaps at 1920 prices is hard to es-
innate, but that 1t is large will appear
when the methods of cane growing are
stated. To begin with, after the first
crop the planter does not have to
bother with seed time for about ten
vaara Tho soil ia On deem and so
fertile that one planting produces ten
harvests. Neither does cultivation
bother him after the first season, for
the blades stripped from one crop
form mulch that keeps the weeds
from competing with the next one."
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1920-10-28
UCERNE: THE HOSTEs,
OF SWITZERLAND

Lucelne, scene of important confer
ences among allied statesmen, is a
precious Jewel among Swiss cities
with the lake of the same name for
Its setting-a luke where varied beauty
and historic association are blended.
On that likes shores William Tell Is
reputed to have exhibited his marks
manshfp to the discontinue of Gessler.
and on its waters tradition holds he
won his revenge by selling the rudder
OF the vessel on which that tyrant held
him prisoner and guided it to the rock
where he aimed, not at an apple, but
at his oppressors heart.
Less picturesque, but more signlfi-
cant, was the formulation of the per-
petual league. That famous instru-
ment not only was the antecedent Of
the Swiss confederation. but marked
mile post in hulnanity's political
freedom.
Beloved by tourists and crowded
with them in normal years. Lucerne
has retained many of it's ancient as
poets. Its crumbling wall with it's
watch towers give. 1t medieval
stamp; two Of its covered wooden
bridges also serve as art galleries.
On the walls of one are depleted
scenes Of the city's history and the
other has paintings of the Ounce Of
DEATH"
Perhaps the most famed art object
Of the city Is the Lion of Lucerne, con-
sidered by one critic "the most appro-
pirate and touching monument in OK
istence." In grotto. hewn from the
natural rock, is dying lion pierced
lIy lance, with his paw protecting
the fleur-de-lys Of the Bourbons. Thor
waldsen, Danish sculptor, designed
this tribute to the Swiss guard who
died in seeking to protect Louis XVI
against the mob of Paris revolution
lists that stormed the Tuileries in 1902.
Many quaint houses remain, includ-
Ing the wooden structures whose in
flammability gave rise to curious fire
regulations. Wood for building could
not lie In the streets mere than "a
hours. No smithy could work between
vespers and early mass. Every citi-
zen was potential fire fighter and
the citizens brigade when called to
fire had to await word from the mayor
for dismissal. Women were required
70 aid at night by holding lights in the
uoorways. Until two centuries ago
the city fathers were assigned special
duties In fire fighting.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1920-10-28

Waiting works wonders If you work
while you wait.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1920-10-28

Babylonia which arose in the valleys
Of the Euphrates and the Tigris, their
power and splendor. dazzling the world
1000 years before the Christian err {;
and at the very threshold of ancient
Greece. with its unrivaled culture and
political advancement, the Troglodytes
Of .Cappadociaa still retain toward their
fellow men an attitude Of mind akin to
that which Obtained in the stone age,
when there was no such thing as hui
u,an society, hut. every man was his
own law and tie mortal enemy Of his
nc;gllbOr.
.ihe caves. cones and cliff dwellings
. Of the Cappadocian Tr0glodytes Of
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1920-10-28
HAD FAITH IN OLD ADAGE
John D. Rockefeller Enter. Mean Man
He Once Knew In the Cham.
pionship Stakes.

John D. Rockefeller once said to
New York reporter:
1.-THE poorest way to wealth is the
mean way. In Richford, where I was
born, we had a mean man, q very
mean man; yet the fortune he left
was small-you might say 6 mean
one.
Eat church supper one night this
man cut the corner Of his lip with his
knife. All searched their pocketbooks.
but nobody had any court-plaster.
What was to be done? The cut was
bleeding.
"Finaily the parson produced a
two-cent stamp and said:
"'Put this on the cut. squire. It
will stop the hemorrhage, believe
"'Thank you.' said the squire CRATE
fully, and taking out his wallet. he
placed the two-cent stamp in 1t, ex-
tracing at the same time one-cent
stamp of his own, which he proceeded
to stick on the cut.
Thank you. parson,' he repeated.
"A penny savedris a penny earned /"
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1920-10-28
Stomach
on Strike
20 Years
Eaf0l,fc Settled III

"Eatonic is wonderful" says G. w.
Burton. II had been a sufferer from
stomach trouble for 20 years and now
I am WELL"
Eatonic gets right after the cause of
stomach troubles by taking up and
carrying out the acidity and gases and
of course, when the cause is removed,
the sufferer gets well. If you have
sourness, belching, Indigestion, food
repeating or any other stomach
trouble, take Eatonic tablets after
each meal and find relief. Big box
costs only trife with your druggists
guarantee,
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1920-10-28

If you cannot drive an OK drive a
donkey.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1920-10-28

Champion prize fighters are stun
ming men.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1920-10-28
MILL GIRLS MARRY YOUNG
Many Villages in the South whsrs
There Are Absolutely No Old
Maids Found.

A village without an old maid
sounds somewhat like q fairy tale, but
several such places exist down below
the Mason and Dixon line.
"All the women get married in the
mill villages of South Carolina, amt
at an early age" says a Y. w. C. ~.
Industrial secretary stationed at Green
Vile. where she works among the girls
inS1S mills.
Perhaps economic independence hiss
something to do with it, as marriage
Is not looked upon by the girls as q
meal ticket, but as fffty-fifty PROPOSE
ton. The wives do not give up their
jobs but keep right. on working.
That the textile industry In. South
Carolina absorbs q large number Of
women as well as men workers is not
surprising, considering the fact that
there are MS many as Is mills In 70
counties. With the population OF the
state estimated at 1900, O15 people, e.
9O4 are mill workers. and 19O,280 are
dependents on mill pay. The valua-
ton Of the mills Is SIS, 600. 600 and tho
weekly pay roll Is $1,000. 900.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1920-10-28
9rluhtl

When school opened this fan, Har-
old had new teacher. He reported
on her to his mother as follows:
..'Her name is Miss Albright, and
she is bright, and believe me, she II
going to make. the rest Of US bright
.or know the reason Why"
, 1920-02-13

NEW YORK, Feb. 9th 1920.
Flour, Blencad Clear St. Lawrence I'rand
pr. brl. SILT
Meal, Kindred per 100 TBS 1915
New Seasons Pork per brl. $40 90
Heavy Mess Pork per Dbl. $4,000
Sugar--Crystals maximum per 100 lbs
S13.04.
Sugar--Crystals minimum $12.79
Molasses Sugar Confirmed by Brokers'
70 12-100d.
Cotton, Middling Upland, at Liverpool per
lh. nc quotation
Exchange, New York and London, 90
days sight $3.3 IS
Exchange New York and London, sight
So. 80
LONDON, Feb. 9th 1919.
Sugar-Demerara Crystals duty paid price.
fixed by the Royal Commission per cWts
LOGS. Cd. -109s. Cd.
MuscovadO, 1927 basis, floating terms III
bond, Ditto duty paid. 95s. Cd. SIS. Cd.
German Beet 1920 fob. no further sales
during the war
White Java sugar CT y. Kingdom cit
without engagement. 900
Nhlle Java Sugar, CIT UunIteo kIng.
don II arrives before l7h Decen Der So
Demerara Rum, per gal. nominal.
Trinidad Cocoa, Good Middllng Red per
cWt 128s. Cd. 1905. Cd.
CotUo Medium Fine Sea Island, al lyl.
erpoOl nominal per ID.
Bank OF England rate OF Discount ptr
cent. 6.
ConsoIs so
Three per cent renres in Paris Fcs. 58.65.
All prices subject to change.
, 1920-02-13

ST. CROIX STATION.

barbados, F6D. Jtn,"Ln9 u. .. D.
Pennsylvania, (Flagshir) Arizona,
Oklahoma and Nevada arrived frGm
Guantanamo at 1870 m.
Ponce, P. R., Feb. 10Th. Heavy pro
4onged shock at 6 p. m.
Ponce. R., Feb. 13th.-S,ight shock
$40 p. m.
Constantinople, Feb 7th.-Brtish Ma
rines have been landed at oanerma, the
Northern terminus of the railway to
Smyrna. This action has been taken be-
cause u the recent capture by Turks Of
me Turkish arms depot at Akbarn, near
Chansk in the D~ardanellos. Sn all de
tachments OF British troops are Oh guard,
French troops have also reinforced the
Gendarmes at A%drianople and it is re-
ported that British artillery has been
landed at Ismid, the terminus Of the Bag
dad railway.
London Feb. 7th. A semi official
statement ISSUED tonight speaks of a
misunderstanding" viii regard to the
list OF Germans demanded. 1t says that
the French and Belgian portions oG the
list have not been seen in England, there
fore it cannot be assumed that Great
Britain will lend her fall support t" such
unknown ISIS which are bound to become
the subject of communications between
the Allies and the German Government,
The British lis, however, it adds, remains
without modification and h Id good.
Berlin, Feb. 8th.--The Allies list of
German war criminals and a covering let
ter we're handed to Premier Bauerat nine
o'clock on Saturday night By Demarciller,
the French Charge D'Atfaires. A letter
from Premier MiIlerand accompanied the
note and the list explaining that the new
procedure of the Allies was the outcome
Of the refusal of .Raro4 Won Lersner to
transmit the list Of the German Govern
ment. Premier Eauer expressed to the
French Charge the Governments disap
p.ovdl of Baron Won Lersner's action.
Paris, 7th.-The Supreme Economic
Council is to consider the a~x:h2nge ques-
tionand the general European situation
and also to hear reports on the proposed
trading WITH Russian c Operative sacie-
ties, and consider the problem concerning
raw materials and other commodities. 1t
met yesterday afternoon and was organ
lied, the Minister of Commerce being
President. The council will also consider
thu revituaIling and tonnaga problems in
connection with the reports handed by
the various Commissions.
London, Feb. 7th-Meetings u the
Elk cutive Council of the League of Ma
tions will be held ar St. James Palace.
beginning on Wednesday.
, 1920-02-13

the figures | gave the Commission, as to
the relative share of Planter and Factory
in the profit of the Sugar Industry of
this Island, were not correct. In order
that there may be no mistake On this
point, | shsll be glad if you will obllge
me by publishing my figures.
1Hogshead of Sugar = /, 500 Id. Danish
1900 Id. Danish = !, 665 ID. English
1865 ID. English of Sugar at 13c. per ID.
S216.45 u. S. Currency, $216.45 X l.215
- $275.97 Local Currency. l HOgshead
of Sugar is therefore worth today in New
York $275.97 in our Local Currency.
Now the cost to the Factory of putting
that Sugar in New York, is approximately
~ as follows:
Export Tax. $500 Local Currency
Freight and other eXpen-
sts approximately
1900 Local Currency
Total expanses.S 18 90 Local Currency
Now, S275. q = $500 = S257,9 81, he To-
cal value of one Hogshead OF Sug I. But
Bethlehem Factory has paid thel' con
tracing Planters $1,000, thus they nave
kept back from them Sl58.9( Of the
amount they claim 10 be giving for their
cane. NOW, 'uilllcI, IL oSChlSLSh' / -
tory is properly equipped and properly
managed, they should be able to extract
two Hogshead Of Sugarf~om every hogs
head of Cane delivered, for while heir
contract calls for them TO give b 10. OF
Sugar for every 100 Id. of Cane, they
should maze IL ID. of Sugar from that
amount of Cane. 1t is no use to claim,
as Mr.. Berland tried, that our Cane is
not always sweet enough to give that
quantity Of Sugar, for VIII n it falls below
the sweetness required to give chs
amount, the Cane Planters are paid pro
p~ortjonaIly less Tor their Canes.
Now let US see what, on this basis, is
the value If The Sugar at Ii cts. per h..
which is extracted by the Factory from
each Hogshead Of Cane delivered by the
Cane Grower.
2 Hogsheaas OF Sugar have the value
in Local Currency of $275.0 X2=S554.94.
OF this sum, the zane deliverer has re-
ceived S99.O 90. The relative share IN the
value of the Sugar in the Cane, received
by Factory and Planter is therefore
Factory S452.9 "a: Planter $4,000
The FaetorIes expenses are, the cost OF
manufacturing 2 Hogsheads OF Sugar and
the Export TAX and the Freight and
other expenses on this quantity OF Sugar,
In ali, these ! believe, amount to approx
, 1920-02-13
SUGAR NOTES.

Before the war the United States con-
sumed 972, 125 tons OF sugar Tor manu-
featuring pun poses. Now, With the ad.
vent Of prohibition the increased use Of
candy and soft drinks the nation needs
l, 800, 600 tons Tor this purpose alone.
The pei capita consumption has i~ncreas-
ed from 60 to SO pounds. Louisiana
Planter. jon. nth.
Ii is interesting to note that during
1918 the wholesale sugar prices in the
United States averaged 9 cents a pound.
In Germany 1t was 9. IA cents, England
II. So cents, France Is. 67 cents, italy. 10.
70 cents, Austria ~. 40 cents, Belgium rs.
II cents, Hungary $26.6 5 cents, Turkey
81. 1876 cents, and Russia 81. 85G cents
Ibjd.
The sugar imports in New Zealand in
1918 amounted to 1,041, 84S hundred
weights. In 1916 they amounted 10
/ ,249, O96 hundred weights. The Fiji
islanders gave the biggest part OF these
imports. Some Java sugar was impor-
ted because the FIJI islanders had trou-
BILE with hurricanes just at a time when
the sugar Industry was about 10 90
lover the top. "-Djd.
, 1920-02-13

Thanking4you Mr.. Editor for space,
am,
Yours faithfully
LONGFIELD SMITH.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-10-26
MRS. FALLIGANT IMPROVING

The friends of Mrs. Falligant, who
has been critically i'll at the home Of
Col. M. J. Yeomans, are pleased to
know of her improvement
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-10-26
LELAND CHESTER IN
CRITICAL CONDITION
WORD HAS BEEN RECEIVED
HERE THAT LITTLE HOPE
IS HELD FOR YOUNG MAN.

Profound sympathy is felt in Daw-
son and throughout the Americas dis
trict for Rev. and Mrs. O. b. Ches-
fer over the discouraging news re-
ceived Monday OF the condition OF
their son, Leland For some time the
Young man has been in failing health
and several weeks ago was taken to
a sanitarium in North Carolina Ill the
hope that a higher altitude might re
store his waning strength. The beneht
received. however, was only tempo
rarv and, in spite of expert medical
attention, the inroads of the disease
have been unchecked, and little hope
is entertained of his recovery. Several
years OF his life were spent within the
bounds of the Americas district, his
father, who is now presiding elder,
having served as pastor OF the Meth
odist church here and in Americas,
and he was held in the highest esteem
by all who knew him.
When war with Germany was de-
c1ared young Mr.. Chester volunteered
for service and served with distinction
in the army of occupation overseas
The deeds of daring of this brave SOL
der in No Mans land will never be
fully known, for, like all real heroes,
he disdained to proclaim hiSa exploits,
and only the members OF his family
and those intimately associated with
him knew of the fearful experience
through which he passed on Flanders
field. But it was the spirit, the daunt-
less daring, the self-sacrifce OF such
men as Leland Chester that stemmed
the tire Of barbarism, turned defeat
into victory and brought peace to a
war-torn world There is peculiar
pathos in the fact that the soldier who
never hinched Before the shot and
shell of the enemy's laundering ar
tillery should come home to wage an
unequal conflict with disease. But his
friends are confident that i'll his last
stand, if such it shall be, Leland's
courage will not fail nor his faith fall
ter.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-10-26
LONG TICKET TO BE
VOTED NEXT TUESDAY
DEMOCRATIC BALLOT WILL
CONTAIN 50 NAMES AND II
AMENDMENTS.

The ticket for the national state
and county elections next Wednesday.
November End, is literally "a yard
long" being one OF the longest, II not
the longest in the history OF Georgia
elections
Ordinary L. c. Hoyl has received
the blanks for holding the election in
Terrell county. and as soon as tickets
are received he will distribute them to
the various precincts
The official democratic ballot con-
tains the names OF the 81 candidates,
including the nominees for president,
presidential electors from Georgia,
Judges OF the supreme and appellate
courts. governor, state house officers,
congressman. United States senator,
Judges solicitors OF the various judi
cial circuits, state senator, representa-
tive and county officers, and twelve
constitutional amendments.
An unusual number OF constitution
al amendments will be voted on this
wear. There are five new county
amendments to be voted on, namely,
Brantley, Lamar, Lanier Long, Sem
mole. The other amendments include
those providing for the levying OF a
local school tax; providing for the
payment of pensions to Confederate
veterans and their widows; fixing the
salaries of judges Of the supreme, pa
pelate and superior courts; providing
for appropriations Of money to the
state university and its branches; pro-