Year: 1879

cations. The Delaware Company VIII


have the advantage of the experience


of the Maine Beet Sugar Company
organized a few years ago, but the sue


cess of which has not been all that


could have been wished by Its projsc-
tors and stock holders. A number OF


eau ses such as are generally incident to


the establishment Of all new enter


prises have contributed to the partial
failure Of the enterprise, and the COM


pany in consequence have lost some


money. We are glad however to learn
from our exchanges that the company


instead Of giving up the enterprise have


determined to profit by tho mistakes Of


last year, and have sent on to England


for new improved, ana more extensive


machinery, having s"id their other


machinery to our Delaware Company.


It must not be inferred from this that


the machinery sold is worthless, for 1t


is not, but instead it is the best for


carrying on to the extent to which our


company will want to go the first year
or two, One of the causes which hin


dered the Maine Company from attain
ing a success was, that the price paid


BY the company to the beet raisers was


not sufficient to make 1t remunerative,


and besides. it was a new business to


the most OF them, and they did not


understand it we'll enough to make 1t


productive of the best results. This Is
= cause against which our Delaware
manu- facturers and produceru can guard
having the experiences Of the Maine
oom pany before them. 1t is said that
enough farmers have gone into the
business in Delaware this year to re-
munerate pro6tably the grower and the
manufacturer. Much depends upon
how the crop this year turns out, and if
it proves successful and profitable
one, it will then become leading sta
pie of farm products, though We do not


anticipate that even this years failure,
even if it should fail, would discourage
the grow r so much as to give up the
effort.


Whatever the results nay be of the
present experiment in Maine or in Del
aware, it is certain that sooner or later
the making Of sugar from beets will
become as general here as in France,
Germany and Prussia. The climate
and soil of this country, especially of
Delaware, are as we'll adapted to the
cultivation Of the sugar beet as those
of any other portion of the world, and
if the crop can be IN ide r-munerative
in Europe, the same cali b. done here.


We have been sending abroad more
money FOR sugar annually than per-
haps for any other single article, and
this might bs saved for the most part
if We entered earnestly into this prom
Using industry. In France the sugar
interest has received continual aid from
the government, and to this fact its
condition must no doubt be-
largely attributed. We suppose that
our government has set its face SO much
against granting aid to any enterprise
that it would be useless to ask for help
rom that quarter, but We cannot re-
sist the thought that should such
bounty as is now paid to the cod
ing interest be extended to that of beet
sugar, no doubt few years would put
it on such solid basis that after
awhile, although we are the greatest
sugar consuming people in the world.
We would virtually shake off our de-
pendence on foreign sugar markets.
We have great faith in tho enterprise,
simply becau,. it has succeeded else
where, and We can sea no reason, why
it should not succeed in Deiawar.
l, u,,I A |
peculiarly adapted to the enterprise
than in any other place. To Mr.. Lea
Pusey of this city is due the credit Of
having persevered in bringing the en-
.erprise to its present status, he hav-
ng been slightly aided by the State
giving bonuses to those who we're the
most successful in raising beets, We
IRE glad to know that we are SO near a
practical test of the experiment in our ,
State, and We hope the test will be SO
avorabe that it will prove remuner ,
i've to all concerned aud make Della. I
ware as famous in the Union for beet
sugar as she is now for peaches.


By REFERENCE to an article elsew here
1 will be seen that Delaware has a
.ival ia peach growing which bodies
10 good to DE aware peach growers.