Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-01-12
The Rapid Advance in the Price o
'~5 Sugar.

has Created dstohfst:Ee9.t III many house
! hold 1t would appear from the iolfo"in.
article. satetl -ss copied ifonlthe Ba,ty 4secs
! That the war ,whIch many had Supposed
tlsai bal little nl,uetice III rising the PRICE o
| tisis useful tpnfno.fityt &s . s
l. la. Is 10 aht average yearly price of r
| w. fitra Muatnsado sugar was d9s ID, Pc
cwt.; in l>53it was G2N. 3D. 1t has been
| Suid this eal below 20s. and is now ahou
| It's. ia7he present year the price has beer
! more thaa aos3Sed and 1t IS now more thar
! ,lonh e the aEpuat average price ot is.h2
The high grice ~ present IS very painlt
! The conseates%e Of the otry low grices q
SOP --t3sG sd Of lSJ3-51s 6d; and ,
ISJl--42, Sd and these. again. We're the
consequence d the >tiuntoi!s gwen tc beet
sisag cuitis atDn IN Enrupe--Of the aitera-
ton IN oar sugar duties. whith promoted the
grow th of Gag SHsaf III earlous p'aces--:ii iitE
ul the ConIiDr-C cal legislation oi Tue bHfed
States, which gave the sugar planter OF
Loui iana tsuntv on his production To
illustrate each OF these propositions by q
sn.I lie lact we may tneHtiou that the Aeet-Joot
rot sugar maukactorIas IN Germany increased
under the prpfhct!le dptIeS oi the Lo!tveTlch
from Isl producing Ga i.6ff c"t> q! sugar.
iii is:sD-1, 81 s.ss. producing 3,4la.566 c.ts-
IN ls,,3 4; llat tbe expert OF sasaE ifufn Cuba
increased fruu 9S7.7;2 boxes Ill lsl6, t.
Lists e boxes III ts.If. and has every year
since iiscresset, we believe. We have rot
at thts mulnrEs the exact figures before US.
bat iii ls.ji .t.as \ per cept more thsn III
1853, a.iI hal Nr II, Bn" SAID III MS Re-
view speaking of Louisiana THE tariff o!
IL Eas t,sHs created rssw ara IN sugar
st,ili> Fy.| GR,,eF tlIs .iactilios4s st4natA as
cotton estates, ~ lAe gEut;.er y! 3lGln toil. s.
lata!, wee tuEnFd iUtr sugar IialtatIons. ami
TIE pFuI#re ~ / ,urssafa rar M from Ou.3iG
iblds. an slid 10 4i!.34i hFtiS, isjs-.., nr
II other W,rds The raantity ot sugar was lm-
rr.ats.-,t tifGe I4.I It. ;sn wears. Hi ~.
ne, i,fI,'t hrr.s, bH the altga-e ahotE ~ SIS
cst:. rrfttlte rated tie psant.I+ thon. however.
iAe eNgess ui gre produce leading 10 i"H III
llr!re tie cu,tI alton o! sugar III LOUISIANA
declined m Z as rapidly a> it had a.Iex'eutrt
H. -, IS ~ l9rty -fotT les were tratislefret
tIu4l- sss.ssf:fo sattan& la ts54-Jl niiietH -nins
Mere Eetrau>icrrr' Tue produce scIiaed ae-
s4IGmSty 1v!n 4i9.3l4 bioS, Q 3lG,G3 nhtis
al.l III tue i,ttstut r ar-lt stated that more
- la iisis ,alS o Of stls'sF ctiitts atto
alhi tte GeltcleHgy eastae crop IS estimated
at aH>ttjrr IS ,09U hllts, his is tue Il, Us
irall5n {, u lat ;aS almost generally tanen
pace. Ia .gttritfsta he io@ price. tis stated
clec ed the prodHctisn; ami the very latest
accoaUts State that 4natAlHg b4i the recent
rise ii pilce mas prcsrtitrd Ae tutal abaHtiUu-
IH.lt Of many oi the estates still ander culti-
" lon.,sl : rtA7'& 5-'t
.'la the pres&nt Year man. circumstances
haa combined 70 reduce the antOai.t M >ngat
all tilr market aliH 10 iHcraaSe tie cogsump
tl,u. The lus fa'iees has pre- vented t,Tihoi
tal,or> i},u. tte East tfT'iieS. and checked
rit.tts at4.Jt4 Ri t.ss Hetsb a the! same tlue
t4e h!.h ,uice aul ttIrclty OF rtopd On tiiE
LoutItiGft ha> I.Tnet attention rture to the
grow n of com ar.f le<sened the production
ol beet ie csistptfisa alterations of tine
fGelR.n LuSef. 3lcut hage tatded olhrfSalne
eject. and TO throw lac CONSUMPTION OF rance
on colonial sti.af III 1854 the consumption
taF coruffs.t >asar lucfeased 10 so.oHD tons
iean C,i 900 10. 5 III Icsiit. HE vine disease
too. has caiiset uluiasses and aug az 10 be used
stead vi apeo fur tie distittaGon OF br ndA.
I here. hsi> been fiiHeh less rroaicst amt, On
the " hole .Eufrsz I'll, >tuieu and hence there
is at Present il general Ilse II the psice oi
l.,ar L-..4 4.,.
~ta our country the consumption of 1873
as far as it has sesnsa has not BEEN ntacb III
excess OF tue seonsuuptIfr Oh 1871 " 1t
nine months ended with 38th OF SeptenlDet
1875. are ten dars slt..rt OF the same months
ended 4tct 10. Io5l. and II we a Iou .2htlABo
cats Ter these Ne shall find the censunI'-
tton oi iS.lj sent Ss hat ab,.ad ut that oi is.4
In lie f,ine .murths the <ofstmiptiGnSoi I'M
refined sugar according 10 the returns was,
according to the trade tables: 7~s5 =@
Y .staae7ss.sf eat48"f (. 1855 z#s-'..E
6g34,3i4 ewts. T@f 5,ss5.5I44cwts.
Cut The importation oi the two periats wa !:
.eHss Vi ql5,l4,. .a st azAts5 els35# >t
70ls.sgs evts. 70 80 4.asi.a3j cwts. Era
,.t-re ereat change. therefore. is ntthe fall
inr Oh. i,tfa imports. Willie consumption has
,.nIIt,u,ie,i ahniithe same. Arc" rtiHgty the
stoct in / outt,Yfl tlas' declined III comparison
+. the ne Rod last Vettf from aT.'a7a c~ts. OF
r eofi.t,iat to y5sls1 cyts.. and from 1855
ryts Of fnfeie, to ian42 =tDur inreisn
supply,s has sieciiued more than ffie sup
NV rty,ff ~pllr own colonies. In faft, the
Tn3ted States and the continent oi Europe
have this wear runle more INTO competition
with us ior foreign cotonia sugar and have
carried off thai winch a higher price IN the
early part oi. the year would ha5 secured
Us" We have nov TO pay AIS. per cWt or
fild, ner fi,. for sugar wIett the rflce oniF a
f. " months ago was an.ter 2Os. per cwt. and
tii,sier 81. per ID. syl4 14 8" /,
.@#sW ,shotat now entering into the vexed.
auesion of the relative advantages possessed
,by our own colonies and those OF other ma
tons, We can tairiy eongrata}ate the West
Indians an, their Imports otITsat bri'ain
having reached i'll ls34, B. sll.3sf cwts. beng
a !ov. TIE average Of the pre-
e.e,,ins five years. .9eaeah seWfs. " hat
ever reason there lufes they may at1ase TO
et,,,,a1.f ri tat, sos4tl ,uai CHANGES oi the
duties on sugar, they Lave none to eaihienlh
1h,. system Il tree trade wiiit'h has rescufh
them Fem ,l..Isis,tss that only encouraged
s,l,a,iess a,ns led to-rai,t4s They We're asmost3
IN aespafr at the recent Cow pFices OF sugar,
.cait>e :. ~ the general productions beng IN
+. }Et..ss and ,uw that tfe~rfrice has again