CANE SUGAR. 



Sugar from Sugar Cane. 



FROM this source wonders have been expected in 

 the United States since 1751, when it was first 

 introduced into Louisiana. The yearly results, 

 as to sugar yield, however, have been steadily on the 

 decline, and many of the sugar lands were, in 1 874, turned 

 into rice fields. What was in years gone by obtained in 

 Louisiana is not again to be hoped for many years to 

 come. Such being the case, other Southern States have 

 been suggested and tried ; they give, in many respects, 

 fair results, but whatever these have thus far been, they 

 are so insignificant when compared with our total con- 

 sumption of sugar that they can hardly be considered. 

 But many argue that the time will come when Texas 

 alone will grow sufficient cane to supply the entire 

 North with sugar. Is this period near at hand ? We 

 think not, and trust that our people will realize 

 the same. We doubt if the lands, for example of 

 Louisiana, will be in a proper state for cane cultivation 

 for hundreds of years to come. They, unfortunately, 

 nearly all are subjected to a continual overflow ; these 

 were partly protected before the war by jetties, but the 

 latter have since been destroyed, and to restore them 

 to the proper state would necessitate a Government 

 expense of millions of dollars ; and local State taxa- 

 tion would be of little help, as the amount required is 

 beyond the purse of the few. If the question simply 

 depended upon the rebuilding of the jetties, we might 



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