French Cookary llrmt
With the bst of AiiKio-Saxon inten
tions it is sometimes; a little difficult to
avoid the ii) of French terms in cookery
or a bill of faro. 1 U-rw Hie Koine that one
encounter cutir.taiitly: Releve is no ili.su
in particular so far as the style of pre
paration is concerned, but answers to
the word "remove," and consists of a
disli replacing unother, a doubling, ho to
fiieuk, of the same course before Koiujj
un to the next. It is therefore not un
osiuil to find in a lar.e dinner a role vede
pota'e, rcleve do rot, de ffiliier, etc. En
tree is a made dish nerved after the fish
or in its tteal, where it is not obtain
able, und preceding tlio rota or roast
meat. After the latter comes the entre
mets, i. e., sweet.-) or puddings.
The term horn d'euvre is the most dif
ficult to particularize. When cold it
comprises all Hide dishes which lire really
accessories to the meal. As such they
can be and are eaten indifferently either
before or after the soup; they are always
placed on tle.t t.ible when it is being laid,
and are often left there until the entrees
have been served. They consibt of rad
ishes, olives, caviar, bmitarne, all man
ner of w!t und smoked ll.-h, surdities,
Ujichovies and a variety of dainties.
Hot liora d'euvre are almost unlimited;
tin y are very acceptable at largo din
ners, and are generally served immedi
ately after the Koup and before the fish;
they are often fried or baked, and are
then usually such things as can be dished
on n napkin, such as patties, rissoles,
orofpn-itcs, vol-anvent, etc.; obviously,
however, the series can bo very much
extended. At ordinary family dinners
they are often served as and instead of
jui entice. Providence Journal.
The Boy hi OUi-ovurril till) "Suw lly."
A few years ago a green country boy
applied to the superintendent of a west
trn railway for work, und, somewhat
against the superintendent's wish, on ac
count of the danger to life and limb at
tendant upon such occupation, wuh given
a place as brakeuiau of a freight train.
On one of his iir.-,t trips it happened
that his train met unother freight train
at a station where tho side track vu
not long enough to accommodate either
of them. The conductors were debating
which train should back up to a point
where they could pass, when the new
hand ventured to suggest that neither
ahould back; that they could iasa euch
other by means of the short side track if
the thing was managed rif,'ht.
Tho idea excited a good deal of laugh
ter on tho part of the old trainmen, but
the boy stood his ground.
"Well, how would you go aliout it'"
asked ouo of tho conductors, confident
that the lad would soon find himself
against a stump.
The boy took up astick und traced in
the sand a diagram to illustrate bis plan.
"Good gracious!" said the conductor,
"I believe that will doitt"
Audit did doit. Today every train
man in America probably knows bow to
"saw by" two long trains on a short side
track, but it is not so generally known
that the thing was never done until un
inexperienced country boy, who is now
the manager of a great railway line,
worked out tho problem for himself.
Wasuitigloii Post.
Af r.xpi-iiNlve Infirmity.
I happet.-d to be in a Broadway opti
cian's store and saw a good looking, well
dressed matron with a slip of a girl and
a small boy, all of whom wore spec
tacles. The lady gave some directions
about a pair of glasses, and when she
had gone I asked the optician whether
defective vision is hereditary.
Hare'v," said lie. "That lady has
four children, a'wl all of them must wear
gla.ves. The father's eyes are sound.
The mother and her children are afflict
ed with astigmatism, a defect of the
vision vhic! is almost as rare as any
thing that afflicts the human eyes. It
makes straight lines crooked and parallel
Hues fade into one. Special glasses must
be made and ground to suit each person,
and sometimes the restiective eyes. They
cost five dollars apiece too. So you sea
a large family of children with astigma
tism costs a good deal of money in
' glasses alone. As tho children grow up
tho range of vision changes, they break
r lose their glasses oftener than adults,
which increases the expense. "--New
York llerald.
The Shark I Slow Swimmer.
One ill service nature has dono the
shark, namely, that of placing a trian
gular fin on his back which acta as a
danger signal und gives warning of his
approach. Happily, the shark has not
been gifted with sufllcieut sugacity to be
aware of this peculiarity, for had he
been so he would unquestionably aban
don his habit of swimming close to the
surface of the water, and would, in that
case, be enabled to approach his victim
unobsei ed. The shark is a slow Bwiui
mer for his size and strength.
Byron observes, "As darts the dolphin
from the shark;" but Byron was a poet,
and does not appear to have been a close
observer of the habits of inhabitants of
the water, or he would have known that
a shark would have no more chance of
catching a dolphin than aBheep wonld
of overhauling a hare. A shark will
keep up with a sailing ship, hut it is as
much as it can do to follow in the wake
of a fa-t steamer, Hnd a torpedo boat
would lie able to give it poiuts. London
Staudard.
, llontlna CIhuih t'ura.
Nothing cleans soiled fur better than
benzine. Actresses immerse their wigs
in baths of this liijuid with most excel
lent results. Buy the fluid at a paint
store, where ten cents wilt fill a quart
bottle, rattier than at the druggist's,
where tho same amount will cost a quar
ter. Wiush the fur until the benzine re
mains clear; the first two or three rounds
will show f.: ii ly black. Be careful not
to throw the fluid into any receptacle
where by any cuance a lighted match
may follow. New York Times. .
A t'rUU lit Spain.
Queen of S;..iiu Myi graciat The
baby king has the'stomach ache.
Lord Chain bet lain (jxcitwlly) Woo-ol
Call the secretary of tne interior. Good
News.
NEW LONDON IN WAR.
The Strategic Vitlue of Connecticut City
In the Detenu ut Tirw York.
Navy officer who have studied the
region have often and urgently pressed
upon their department the imjxirtance of
developing the station at New London
and making it efficient. One must a 1
mire their energy and faithfulness in
continuing to lay before their superiors
the vital linixtrtance of strengthening
this strategic base in the outer defence
of New York in the face of long con
tinued pigeonholing of reports. That
their anxiety is not unfounded becomes
plain when we consider that Great
Britain has a powerful station at Hali
fax, from which, if so disposed, she
could burl her thunderbolts of maritime
war upon this unprotected spot at very
short notice, precisely as she could
strike our South Atlantic coast from the
Bahamas. She may never even wish to
do either thing, but ist't it rather fool
ish to remain unprepared for the blo.v
when we have ample resources for es
tablishing a guard against it?
The amount of trails that passes
through Long Island sound coastwise is
hardly conceived of by tho majority of
citizens. It amounts to a great many
million dollars' worth ft year, and all
this trade could be paralyzed by A .I'.liv.ii
stroko from a foreign navy. In 1S80 the
entire munitions of war manufactured
in the United States amounted to $11.
000.1)00. Of this total, $9,000,000 wort!i
vs manufactured in Connecticut alone.
A foreign fl-et in the sound, therefore,
would bo able to deprive us of our main
source of munitions without even at
tempting to attack New York.
Cut off a city's supply of air and whr.t
would it matter whether that city sur
rendered or not? Shut off from New
York in wartime nine elevenths of t). 1
material it needed for war and it won! 1
boas helpless as a city without air t i
breathe. But this is not all. An oiii-i:-,;.-in
the sound could cut at New Lomlo'i
and again at New Haven, tho chief li-i'-j
of land communication and railroad
transportation between New Englan !
and New York.
If of the loss which would thus b
caused a small percentage were now 1 1
bo promptly applied to building up New
York's outer line of defense, with a
strong navy yard at New London as if
base, the whole cost would be defrayed
in a few years without inconvenience to
anyone. In time of action, while our
battle ships and cruisers patrolled tho
Race or engaged the enemy, with sup
port from the forts, our monitors, emerg
ing from New London, would lurk safe
ly behind Fisher's island, prepared to
assist; for there again, on the north face,
nature favors us with tho sheltered wa
ters of Hay harbor and West harbor. In
case of injury, vessels could quickly run
into New London, und repair at the navy
yard. Thus, while the surroundings and
topography are not the same as those of
the entrance to the Mediterranean, wa
should still have what might well be
called "an American Gibraltar," quite
as invulnerable as tho stronghold at the
pillars of Hercules, and much greater in
range.
Boston can be equipped effectually to
defend herself; and Newport also, if
fortified, i in a position to ward off un
enemy. But neither of these, by so do
ing, can help to defend New York. New
London, on the other hand, if hor nat
ural advantages are utilized, can repel
any attack on New Y'ork from the east,
and thereby relieve the metropolis from
dread in that quarter. It is well, it is
indispensable, to protect New York from
assault by way of tho Narrows. But
what will it avail to bar that small front
door if the broad rear entrance through
the souud bo left undefended? G. P.
Lathrop in Harper's Weekly.
A Clinnc for Fortune,
There survive in this city a few hand
cork cutters who still contrive to make a
sort of living in competition with' tho
cork cutting machines and the peasants
of Catalonia. One of these men hangi
out a curious sign in an east side street
It is a glass case containing the model of
a house all of cork. It is possibly the
house that Jack built, for there are bits
of cork to simulate bags of grain. The
factory is a shed in tho rear of an ordi
nary dwelling house. Here, with tho
aid of some simple machinery, the cork
cutter manages to eke out nn" existence.
His chief grievances are the competition
of machinery and the problem of dispos
ing of the waste.
Light as cork is, tons of clippings ac
cumulate, and although various uses
have been discovered for this refuse, it
brings little or nothing when sold, and
constantly accumulates to the embar
rassment of the corkcutter. There is a
comfortable little fortune for the man
who shall devise some really profitable
use for cork clippings. New York Sun.
How They tint Along.
A Nantucket woman tells of the an
noyance to which the Mitchell household
was subjected, after its daughter, Maria
Mitchell, became famous, at the hands
of two importunate tourists. Its privacy
was so persistently and unwarrantably
invaded that its members felt occasion
ally that iKiliteness ceased to be a virtue.
One persistent woman, who got herself
admitted on a shabby pretext, so wearied
a sister of Miss Mitchell, into whose
hands she fell, that when the woman
after a series of searching questions
wound up with, "And what do you do
in this dull town after the tourists are
gone?" the other replied, with a drawl
natural to her, "Oh, we cut off our cou
pons." Exchange.
Myaterlet of Manufacture.
Cigar Manufacturer Yes, sir, it's an
actual fact that cigar boxes are not made
out of cedar at all; they are made out of
pajier aud colored with cedar extract.
Frieud Well! well! Now won't yon
please tell me what cigars are made of?
Good News.
A valuable antiseptio soap is made by
adding twelve parts of sulphate of cop.
per to eighty-eight parts of any good
soap. It will readily heal sores and
scratches and is devoid of any irritatmjr
action.
KNOCKING OUT A JEHU.
Resentment nf the Intuit of Hlf Stag
Krtv.-r by Llltl Dude.
Colon. I William Gieene Sterrett, of
the Galvestou-Uallas News, tells this
story:
"Once, a good many years ago," he
aid, "I was traveling in a stage in
western Texas. It was long before the
snort of the locomotive was heard on
the prairies of that region, over which
the buffalo yet roamed. At one of the
stations a young Englishman and his
wife got in. He was a little fellow and
dressed as a typical Englishman what
we now call a dude. The driver was a
big, raw boned six footer. He was a
noted fighter. He had never been whip
ped and was a regnlar terror. He
seemed to take a dislike to the little
Englishman from the start. Presently
he stopped the stage, got down, came
back and threw open the door.
" 'Here,' he said to the Englishman,
'you come out of that and get up on the
seat with me. There ain't room for you
in there.' The Englishman didn't move.
'Come out, I tell yon,' roared the driver.
The Englishman just sat still. 'If you
don't come out, I'll haul you out by "the
legs,' shouted the Jehu. Then the rest
of us expostulated with the driver. I
Was too tired to fight and couldn't get at
my gun, ? I just expostulated along
with the rest. We told t'ne irlTCT t!.'"r
was plenty of room inside; that the Eng
lishman was not crowding us, and that
if he (the driver) insulted or injured any
of his passengers he would be discharged
by the stage company. The driver by
this time was wild. He swore he was
in command of that stage and that be
proposed, to run it to suit himself, and if
that blankety blank cuss didn't come
out he'd pull him out.
" 'All mlit,' said tho Englishman, at
last. 'I will come out, and when I am
out I will whip you soundly.'
"He got out slowly. We all felt sorry
for him and sorrier for his wife. She
didn't seem seared or worried, though,
und all sho said was:
" 'Charley, don't let him scratch your
face.'
"Well, when tho little Englishman
got out ho took his coat off and handed
it back into tho stage. Then he started
toward the driver and the driver started
toward him. We heard a sound a gixid
deal like that made by hitting a steer in
the head with an ax. Down in a heap
went the driver. He was up us quick as
a flash. Down he went again. Actually
that little English dude knocked that
burly six foot driver clean off his feet a
dozen times. How it was done none of
ns could tell. The big fellow would
rush at the lii tie 'un with his arms go
ing like flails. Suddenly the little fellow
would make a dash, his right arm would
fly out, und down would go the driver.
After the dozenth round that driver
called out:
" 'Hold on, stranger hold on! I'm
whipped and throw np my hands. rou
kin ride anywhere on this stage you darn
please, outside or inside or on the hosses.
You're the boss now; but,' he added,
glaring savagely at the rest of us, 'I kin
lick anybody else on this stage.'
"We didn't expostulate. The English
man climbed back into the stage as
quickly as he got off. His wife was sat
isfied, for 'Charley's face wasn't even
scratched. At the next station the driver
explained that if he'd only have got hold
of the little fellow he'd have hugged him
to death like a bear; 'but,' he exclaimed,
'every time just as I was about to lay
hands on him the ground 'd Sy np and
hit me on the back of the head.
"Who was the little fellow? Oh, a
graduate of Cambridge, and the best
boxer of his time at the university."
Washiugton Post.
ltluuiter of the Teacher.
A frieud, himself for many years a
teacher, writes: "The blunders of teach
ers of English literatnre are sometimes
more amazing than any that are told of
their pupils. I heard the other day of a
woman at tho west who, when a class
was reading Tennyson's 'Day Dream,"
explained to them that the happy prin
cess, in following her lover 'deep into
the dying day,' went to America! The
laureate would be tickled to know of
this. A year or more ago there was a
discussion in a leading educational jour
nal as to the persons meant in Longfel
low's lines 'To the River Charles,' where
he says:
"More tlinn this -thy nixme reminds me
Ot three friends, nil true and tried, etc.
"One writer suggested that they were
Professor Cornelius C. Fulton, Nathauiel
Hawthorne Rtnl Charles Sumner. An
other thought that Louis Agassiz's name
should stand in the place of Haw
thorne's, ami this was finally accepted
by all concerned. Neither the editor nor
any of his correspondents or readers ap
peared to see the absurdity of making
the name of the river suggest friends
whose names were other than Charles."
Critic.
Making the night Shade.
Those who have sought in vain for
laces to match the color of silk on lamp
shades aud other decorative articles may
be able to produce the right shade by
using some of the French tapestry dyeo.
One should experiment on a bit of lace,
first to see if the dyes are properly
thinned, so as to get the desired shade.
Any of the thin laces in silk or cotton
take the dyes nicely, Foint d'Esprit and
German Valencieunes looking very well
when treated with the yellow shades.
Iu the Valencieunes several delicate tints
may be used on the light and the heavy
part of the lace, bringing out the design
with excellent effect. In preparing lace
for the dye, brush and press it carefully,
then stretch it upon a board, laying sev
eral thickuesses of paper underneath.
Dip a small bristle brush in the dye and
lay it on freely. When nearly dry, lay
the lace on a padded board and press
with a hot iron. New York Post.
A Young Diplomat.
Mrs. Brown I'm afraid to let you have
a bicycle.
Little Johnnie Don't feel that way,
ma. Even if it did kill me, remember
thut it would be the last thing I ever
asked you for. New York Epoch.
Th Brilliant Student' Dilemma.
A Harvard student told me an amus
ng story about himself the other day.
It seems that recently his mother had a
young lady guest at their home on th
Back Bay, and when he came from col
lege in the afternoon he was introduced
to her. At dinner also she sat opposite
him ut the table. He paid little atten
tion to the fair visitor, as his mind was
engrossed with a problem in his lessons.
However, his brothers were as assiduous
as possible in entertaining her. As it
happened, the latter had engagements
out that evening, and, as Mrs. A. had
promised Miss B. to have one of her sons
take her to the theater, it fell to the lot
of my friend George, the Harvard mail.
He accepted the situation gracefully,
and in due time the young couple set off
for tne theatre. Arriving, George left
his companion at one side of the lobby
while he stepped np to the box office and
purchased the tickets; then, turning
about, he looked toward the place where
he had parted from the young lady, and
was surprised to see half a dozen there,
and ye gods! is it possible? he could
not tell which was his precious charge!
Here was a dilemma.
George said he immediately decided
that, rather than risk speaking to the
wrong person, he would stand still till
the young lady spoke to him. So ho
gazed at his tickets for what seemed to
him an age, but was probably only a
minute, wiieii Mi;" B. came up and sn.id,
"I fear you did not recognize me." "'J.1';
yes yes " stammered George, equivo
cating "yes, I did; I thought they hud
not given me the seats I asked for, and
was considering what was best to do in
the matter." Boston Herald.
A Story from the American Indian.
Many years ago a boy found a beauti
ful snake, so an Indian legend runs. He
kept it in a bowl of water and took no
tice that small feathers dropped into the
receptacle became living beings. He
experimented and discovered that what
ever he put into the water became alive.
He rubbed some of this snake water on
his eyes and found that he could see
things that were actually hidden in the
ground. Concluding that he would
make the liquid more powerful by put
ting more snakes into it, he hung up a
number of serpents so that their oil
dropped into the water. By putting
some of the solution thus obtained into
his mouth he could breathe fire, and by
placing some of it in liis eyes ho could
see in the dark.
I At will he could transform himself
I into a serpent, could become invisible
I and could travel at un incredible rate of
speed. An arrow dipped into the liquid
and shot at any living being, even if it
did not hit its object, would neverthe
less kill it. A feather dipped into this
suake water and pointed ut any game
would immediately start for the latter
and slay it. This boy became in this
manner a great wizard. Washington
Star
The Amateur Actreii.
We had rather throw aside this pen
forever than to write a word to discour
age any woman who is conscientiously
striving to earn a position on the stage;
but there are other women some in the
profession, some in the audience to
whom it is grossly unfair to put forth an
inexperienced amateur as a star. Con
sider, ladies and gentlemen, what a poor,
miserable art that of ncting would be if
anybody could acquire it in a few les
sons, iu a year or so, from a private box
across the footlights fo the center of the
stage. It takes a longer time to loam to
be a carpenter or to play a piano, to be
a dressmaker or to paint a picture, to be
a typewriter or to cut hair properly,
than amateurs who ure now willing to
bestow upon the art which includes, em
ploys and dignifies all other arts from
statuesque posing to wig wearing. If
acting could lie taught in a day it would
not be so well paid nor so highly esteem
ed, and good acting would not be so un
common. Stephen Fiske in Spirit of the
Times.
The ETolutlon of the Sword.
As men in early times fought hand to
hand, the oldest specimens of the sword
are short; iu fact, the sword is probably
but an evolutiou of the club, which at
'first made of hard wood was gradually
sharpened on one and then on both sides,
so as to inflict a more deadly wound.
Even today we find some savage races
employing wooden weapons. Wood
gave way to stone, which' in turn was
displaced by bronze, iron and finally
steel.
The sword increased in length as men
became more civilized aud showed a dis
position to fight farther away from each
other, which required more dexterity in
the use of the weapon. Some specimens
we have of swords of the Middle Ages are
almost if not quite as long as the war
riors who wielded them. During the
Fifteenth century the science of fencing
was invented, when the sword iu the
form of a rapier reached the highest
point of development. Kate Field's
Washington.
I'uanked Sympathy.
I cannot touch a piece of velvet with
my, fingers or permit the furry side of a
peach skin to touch my lips without ex
periencing immediately a sort of cold
chillall over my person. It is not so
very severe, but it is unpleasant Still I
would prefer to living forever under the
ban of such a chill than to be compelled
to meet once a day one of those oleagi
nous bundles of insincerity and pretense,
the unctuous and effusive chap who
thinks you are not properly treated and
never loses an opportunity to tell you so.
Of course I am aware I am not properly
appreciated, but I detest being told of
the fact by another person, who never
lifts a finger in my behalf, and who only
wags his tongue in my favor when I am
by to see him do it. Detroit Free Press.
Helping On Another.
A seventh ward man rises in the early
dawn of Mouday morning aud does the
family washing, because his wife has an
organic heart trouble. After he goes to
his daily toil, with the consciousness of
having performed his duty, she goes over
and does the washing for the minister's
family. Springfield Homestead.
THE BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY.
At the meeting of the directora of
the Lincoln board of trade, at which
it was decided to hold a Lett sugar
congress, Mr. M. A. Limn of Grand
Island spoke ns follows on the
prospects of the industry in
Nebraska:
"This industry has become an es
tablished reality in this state and is
no longer a legitimate subject for
conjecture. The essential and
material facts have been unques
tionably demonstrated which prove
conclusively that the natural con
dition of soil and temperature of
the state of Nebraska are more fav
orable for the production of beets
having a higher saccharine rich
ness than any other country in the
world.
The commercial importance that
it will be to the people of this state
to manufacture the sugar that is
uss J by them cannot be estimated.
A slight conception of the most
directs benefits that would accrue
were this the case, can only be par
tially imagined when we reflect by
comparison the amount of sugar
that is annually consumed by the
United States. According to the
best statistics obtainable we find
our importations H!!M!!t?(! to
Wil'iff) pounds, and that the
production in the Uniled States was
less than 2lK),(KH),(XK). This would
indicate a total of 3.1Riri,7(,SSo
pounds, but we must realize that
some of the importations are, after
refining, exported.
"According to the hist census re
port the annual per capita con
sumption of the United S .ates was
fifty-tive pounds. Of this amount
we only produced eight pounds per
capita ot the consumption. The
annual cost of sugar to each indi
vidual in the United States would
be Sf'-'.fSO, based upon these conserva
tive figures and computed at 4:,t
cents per pound. This would
amount to 5 cents per week, or 5-
of a cent per clay for each individ
ual. Insignificant as these figures
may seem to be it will amount to
f2,7."):i,l(iO for the people of Nebraska,
with a population of l,rS(),l10.
"For Douglas county, which has
the largest population of any coun
ty in Ihe state, it would amount to
over $NX),(XX) annually, or money
enough to establish eight national
banks with $.")(),( XX) capital each.
"For Lancaster county it would
amount to nearly !f'J00,(XJ(), or
enough to capitalize four national
banks of $40,(XX) each. For Gage
county, the third largest in the
state, it amounts to $8.,U(X) annual
ly. "The gr jwth of the beet sugar in
dustry has been very rapid during
the last thirty years, when it was
first '.thoroughly taken in hand.
The world's output of beet sugar
for the years lHtX) and 1801 was, ac
cording to M. Licht, 2N",(XX) tons,
whereas for the years ISiXMH it is
computed by the aitthorifv at
3,ti00,XJ0 tons ns against 2,340,(XX)
tons of cane sugar, a total of exact
ly 0,000,000 tons, an excess of beet
sugar over cane of 1,3'J(),IXX) tons.
"As Germany, France and Autria
are the largest producers of sugar
from beets we will give the average
cost per acre of raising beets in
France in the following detailed
figures furnished by M. U. DuFay,
of Chevry, Cossigny, France:
Fare yard manure
Fertilizer com iiierelal
HpmuliiiK manure
KpreadlliK fertilizer
First plow i iik
Iliirrowlnit ami rolling after pluwlnir..
Plowing anil mitisniliiiK
Two KcarrifyltiK
Two luur-wliins
Two rollliiKS
('nst of seed
Howint; f seed
Ss oo
.. 12 IU
All
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ci
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Il;unwiiK und rolllnit un lill 4
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HarvoftliiK by machine
CartliiK, to fai'tory
Total
4 oo
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2 40
TOlil
"To the figures stated arc still to
be added the rent of the land and
taxes f'.UO, making a total of $S0.01.
The charge of harvesting is very
low from the fact that the topping
of the beets is performed by women
and children whose averrge wages
do not exceed 15 cents per day
much less than the estimates call
for in this country while the charge
for fertilizers is much greater than
we shall need on our soils for hoiuc
years to come. The average yield
per acre obtained by DuFay is
twenty-live tons, showing the value
of extenwive farming. It will be
noticed that the cost of fertilizers
applied to the ground together
with rent and taxes amount to
$T0.025 per acre.
"We are of the opinion that if nn
equal amount of money is ex
pended in the state of Nebraska for
labor, ground rent and taxes that is
expended in France for fertilizers,
rent and taxes, that the result will
be an equal average tonnage per
ncre; and when we again compare
the percentage produced in
Nebraska which has maintained an
average of about 10 per cent with
those of France and Germany, we
have still a greater advantage in
this respect.
Germany.
1'er cent.
18S!)-9 12 St
188-89 12.55
I8S7-88 13.77
route.
rwit.
11,01
'According to Secretary Rur
last report the average per 'ecu; c
sucrose in the beets for this yes J
the experimental station at ScL
1 nr i j nlvniil 1 ., ,1 , ,. f
twenty tons to the acre.
"It is evident that the cost of
growing beets iu Nebraska is less
than iu either France or Germany,
I where fertilizers are annually re
j quired.
I "Several farmers at Grand Island
have grown from fifteen to twenty
one tons of beets per acre this y'etrt
at an average cost of about $50 per
acre, the contract price of which'
was $4 per ton. Similar reports are
also made from Norfolk and, while
it is true that some fanners have
not met with success or profit in
growing beets, it certainly must be
due in improper seclection, or pre
paration of the land or else in neg
lect in cultivation.
"This crop is one that will not ad
mit of neglect in cultivation, but it
is one that if properly cultivated
will return a larger per cent of
profit for the labor bestowed than
any oilier crop. When factories are
established there can ahvays be
found a market for this crop at a
uniform price per ton.
"As the price of a commodity
cheapens, in proportion as the con
sumption is increased, and as it ia
estimated that it would require 7(X)
additional factories in the United
States, with a capital equal to the
two already built in Nebraska to
supply the consumption of our
people, it naturally follows that
this number must be very largely
increased to meet the demand
caused by the reduction in the
price of the sugar. The increased
consumption cannot be estimated,
but from the hist report of the sec
retary of agriculture, the 'imports
from April 1 to O iober 1, ISM, ex
ceeded that of any like period by
sfaMXXMXJO.
"The question now arises, cannot
Nebraska become the leading
sugar producing state in the union?
Are not its people warranted in
making a united effort in that
direction' To the end that all
possible information and knowl
edge regarding this great industry
may be thoroughly dissminated
among ull the people in the state
and that capitalists may be in
formed as to the great natural ad
vantages that are to be found here,
and that the intention of the one to
produce the raw material shall in
duce the other to locate factories in
this state."
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