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Show Let Us Raise Our Own Sugar. An article recently published in the Washington Post, proposing that this country should raise its own sugar, !b attracting a great deal ef attention, and is OTcrywhere approved and euppoited. Tho Atlanta Journal commentH as follows on the Tool's propositions: "Tho Washington Post, which knos about other thing than politics, isof the opinion that the people of this country can raise all tho sugar they need. At present they produce only a nmal pnrt of it, but the success of the beet sugar hull stry ii several States indicates that it could be enlarged so as to meet the entire domesticdemnnd for sugar. "The consumption of sugar in this country during tho year 1802, tho last year for which tlio figures are obtainable, was 4,027,000,000 pounde. At the low price of 4 cents a pound this quantity of sugar would be worth 1.75,000,000, or considerable more than one-liulf of the cotton crop. "Tho American Agriculturist has reports re-ports from various sources showing that great progreeg is being made in the manufacture of beet sugar in the United States. One of the Sprcckles factories at Watsonvillo, Cal., will pay out for beets and labor this year not less than $750,000. During tho past eight years it has disbursed over $3,000,000 in the Bame account, or on an average of $1000 per day since it alarted work, 'and has protected the whole section horn distress during tho hard times.' It is stated that this year ;he mill will handle not less that 120,000 tons ot l)eets, and it will be nearly Christmas before the crop is harvested . It is further noted that "fl50,000 cash was paid out in one day by the factory, $120,000 of It being for biets alone. 'Over 060 cattle are being I fed at tho creamery, mostly, with beetv pulp,' and 7120 tons of sugar wefc turned out aB the product of about four months' work. "The beet sugar industry is by no icanes confined to the pacific slope. In the littlo town of Leni, Utah, there is a factory which paid $37,000 for beets .in a ninglo month last year. Up to October 14 the factory had received 12,000 tons of beets, had worked 11,000 tons, 'and had made 17.000 sacka of refined sugar.' The local papor states that 3200 acres havo been planted in beets this year; that to raise, harvest and deliver them costs $30 an acre ; that tho average crop this season is fifteen tom per acre, 'which, at $4 a ton, brings $00 an aero and, thererore, means $30 clear profit to the farmor.' On the whole acreage planted 'this means that' $96,000 clear profit will bo distributed among the farmerHthiByear.' There is no place in the world,' the same papor adds, 'where- the farmers, are doing better.' 'Nobraskr produces sugar beetsof fine quality, and tho sugar factories of thav Stace aro doing well. A now factory has just been completed in tho Pecos Valley New Mexico. It is believed by those who havo madi a practical investigation of the Bubject that tho sugar beet ,'can bo cultivated successfully in the South. Mr. Ilaitmann, of this city, is now in his nativo Gorman village, working up a colony to settle a largo tract of land near Calhoun Falla on tho Savannah river, in South Carolina. The colony will undertake various enterprises, one of the most important of which will be tho production of the sugar beet. Mr. Hartumnn believes that tho soil in that region will yield prolific crops of this article, and predictb that a large beet augar factory will soon be in operation thore. "bhouiu tho experiment at Calhoun Falls succeed it will surely bo followed by others in tho South, and it is quite possible that the sugar beet may give ub a new and very profitable industry." Thero can bo no doubt that with but little encouragement this country could eaaily raiBO all the sugar it needs for homo consumption. All sugar pio-ducing pio-ducing countries became such by encouragement, en-couragement, and tho beet root industry of Europo would never have boon establishad without tho systi'm of bounties inaugurated by Napoleon. "After tho passage of tho bounty lair thoro wao a great impetus given to the sugar industry in this country, nndal very marked increase u the output, J and the repeal oi that law has not stopped tho advance. It will be noted in the article we publish how considerable consider-able has been the increase in the beet sugar production of this country. There is eveiy reason for believing that now that it has a good start it will keep on steadily improving, and that each year we will come nearer to supplying the needs of the country in the matter of sugar . -rimes Democrat. |