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Show jp The Sugar Industry. C. I, Richards lato ot Nebraska, now of thlscity, wholo familiar with tho beet sugar Industry of Ixith Kuropo nnd America, predicts groat and lasting benefits lo tills etnto from tho sugar industry in-dustry ifj properly encouraged by the legislature. He says Colorado sugar heels compare favorably wills any raised In Amcricn, nnd aro suorlor lo beets raised in continental Kuropv, being capable cap-able of producing fully 2 per cent mora Bugar. Mr. Richards argues that admitting Colorado to jiopscss 500,000 population her consumption of sugar nt the uunl per capita quantum otOO pounds would bo 25,000,000 pounds pr annum. This stato sends abroad yearly n sum, Includ Ing tho freight, equal to flJSOC.OOO for a commodity which can as well nnd bettor bo produced nt home, giving employment to many thouf'tndsot people now tumble to 11 nd work, and bringing Into requisition requi-sition nnd value ninny thousands of acres ot laud unndnpted to tho successful raising of any other crop, Theso lands from their uncqualcd fitness for beet culture and climatic advantages would 90on become of great valuo to tho pos sensor nnd tho state. Tlicro Is no good reason why Colorado with natural advantages ad-vantages so much superior to Franco should not supply sugar for homo con' sumption nnd export millions of dollars' worth ot sugar annually besides. ' Mr. Richards Is vety zentous in his endeavor to have tho sugar industry well established in this stato. Ills bills (or creating a stnto board of sugtr culture, nnd to ninend eoctlou 31 article 5 of tho constitution have been approved by tho Chamber ot Commerce nnd tho Rcnl Kstato Uxchnngo in special commlttco nnd by them recommended (or tho Icgislativo enactment. Tho former bill carefully provides for Btrict roturns ot all sugar beets raised within tho stato and sold nnd delivered to any sugar factory tn Colorado tor sugar making, ond for a bounty ot 12 per ton to bo paid by tho stnto, which bounty Is equal to 1 cent per pound on the EUgar product. Tho other bill provides for tho amendment amend-ment ot the nbovo section by adding to it IhoVords "excopt lor promoting and encouraging tho sugar Industry." It ratified at tho polls in 1800 this bill will dispense with the necessity of the stnto board ot sugar le.-et culture. Denver AVptiWi'can. |