258 HEARINGS BEFORE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE. 
Mr. Wizry. Because we ran out of money. 
Mr. Scorr. I do not mean that. In what particular were they not 
successful ? 
Mr. Wrient. You have established two or three points, according 
to what you have said 
Mr. Scorr. Yes; and what other points were there in which you 
did not succeed? ‘ 
Mr. Wier. Let me tell you first what we were successful in, and 
then I will tell you what we were not successful in. 
Mr. Scorr. Very well. 
Mr. Wier. The next thing was to utilize the waste steam. In other 
words, we did not allow a particle of steam to escape; it was all util- 
ized in the evaporation. We borrowed all that from the big industry 
and applied it in our mill. The only question was whether or not it 
could be utilized in a small mill, because so far as a large mill is con- 
cerned that has long since been worked out—that was worked out years 
ago. In these three things we have been entirely successful. We have 
a splendid extraction, we have burned the bagasse, and we have used 
the waste steam. 
The Cuarrman. And you have stopped the souring of the sirup? 
Mr. Witry. We have also stopped the sirup’s souring, yes. One 
thing we were to work especially this year was to make a lighter- 
colored sirup, so as to make it more attractive in the market, and to 
develop fully methods of preventing granulation. We did that par- 
tially last year, but not with entire success. The sirup maker and 
dealer must have sirup in the first place that will not sour; in the next 
place it must not granulate. It must not turn into sugar. The sugar 
cane in Georgia is very rich in sugar; it is richer than the cane that 
grows in Louisiana. In the next place it must be bright and not too 
deeply colored. 
The CHarrman. It is on dry land? 
Mr. Witry. Yes; it is on high Jand. 
Mr. Burieson. What character of cane is it? Is it sorghum! 
My. Wier. No; it is sugar cane. 
Mr. Burtxrson. Uplands sugar cane? 
Mr. Witry. Real sugar cane. 
Mr. Burueson. Uplands sugar cane? 
» v, Witey. It grows on the uplands, but it ix the same sugar cane 
that grows on the lowlands. 
The Cuarrman. Naturally it contains more sugar than that grown 
on the lowlands? 
Mr. Witry. Yes; sometimes. This industry was confronted by 
these three troubles—failure to extract cane; second, waste of fuel; 
and third, the souring of the sirup and the granulation of the sirup. 
Those are the problems we have worked out. I will say that in this par- 
ticular respect there are some changes that must be made in order to 
perfect the mechanism, but that is a matter simply of mechanical 
detail. What we want now is to complete the work this year. 1 will 
promise not to ask for any more money for this purpose after this 
year, because I will be able to finish everything up, and then I believe 
we can sell the plant for a good price after we finish wp, as we have 
done before under similar circumstances. It has so commended itself 
to the people there that I believe we can sell the plant for something 
like its real value. 
