The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-18
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r,o-. =. animal review ef the sugar tssds Of he
yY.;ted e4etee (exclusiys Of California cad Ofegcn
Isrx n snSssrs "thst The direct Feesipts q this
ro,t n forei.n sugar for the ysas sndins De. 81
iss5, vsrs al, sol tons seainss sss:aPss .. sore
1sss. les tons in 1851 l7s7s7 tons in 1859,
2343l5 tons; in 1859, III, sl1 tons; In 1855, lcS
Is4 tons: in 1857, ISL, 49, tons; In 1885, Ill,
TONS And the consumption Of foreign Descriptions
in 1855 was 3l3,177 tons, against consnnPacn
in 1854 Of l2s,33l tons; in 1859. loe,ASs tons
1862, 100, 334 tons; 1861, 173,tA tonsi in 1857
1879 4s1 tons; in 1859, l5s, 631 toms in 1858, 49,
252 tons in 1857, 143,ss7 tons, and IN 1850, Ici,
ASS tons while the total consumption oil foreign
and domestic sugar in 1888 WAS ziS, 200 sons,
against total consumption in 1854 OF 4sl'o4I
tons; in 1859, 1876, tons in 1867 5ly,S9o tons;
in 1861, 1885 tons in 1850, 2l3,23s tons; In
1859, $780, 1876 tons; in 1858, 1S5,so1 tons; md in
1857, Ia, $40 tons; being an increase in the CON
sumption Of 1855, ~ compared with 1904, OF I,o1i
TONS or over SO per cent, and With the exceptlon
of 1852, when the total consumption was za8,z3o
tuns, larger quantity than ever passed in'o con
sumption from this port. While tho total con-
sumption of foreign and domestic cane sugar in
1865 shows falling of as compared With that OF
1882 the previous largest year. OF s,'oZ Tons, tne
consumption Of foreign considerably exceeds that
of any year in the history Of tho trade The
largest quantity Of foreign previously wtndnwn
for consumption was in 1860, when i0S,&31 tuns
the large amount of 213,273 tons. The importa-
tons into the United States the past year were
ssa. 243 tons. Of which 229,5o tons were entered
at this port, being about 63a per cent Of the whole
receipts The total receipts Of foreign raw sugar
into the United States, not including the States
on the Pacific, for the year ending December slst,
1865 were 3,62 243 tuns Againft receipts IN 1904,
pa 900 tons; in 1863 243,13 tons; In 1861, 54I,
OILS tons; in 1851, 241,9 tons, and in 1850,
34I 532 tons and that the consumption OF foreign
| in 1885 was $4,000 tons, against . eonsamp.ioh
of foreign in 1854 of 1873, $50 tons; in 1858 z3i,-
EOS tons; in 1862 24l All tons in 1861 14l,4zo
tons: and in 1860, 296,956 tuns; while the total
| consumption Of foreign and domestic cane sugar
in 1866 was 35e, S09 TONS against total eousumP-
ton in 1864 of 220, 600 tuns in 1868, zs43"e TONS
| in 1862, 2324ll tons; in 1861, 363,sis tons ana
in 1862 4l52sl tons, being an increase IN the total
CONSUMPTION Of 1885, as compared to that OF 1864,
| of 1870 lag tons or nearly SO per cent. While the
\ consumption of sugar has frequently been larger
than that Of the past year, when the productive
| fields Of Louisiana yielded their heavy crops the
consumption Of foreign sugar was never 30 great
| "a that of 1865: the nearest approximatiop to u
was in 1850 when 206, $50 tons we're Withdrawn,
but the deliveries last year exceeded those hgures
by nearly 5000 tons Our domestic trpuoies,
| which for the time have nearly annihiiatfd the
| Louisiana CROP have Injured TO the benent OF our
West Indian neighbors; especially has tne trade
| with Cuba been stimulated, the bulk OF this large
excess in the consumption Of foreign sugar having
been drawn from that island. The consumption
of raw sugar in California and oregon the past
wear is estimated at 200 tons. Charmed sugars,
or sugars made from molasses, were IN pretty GOOD
request up 10 November when the demand very
sen.bly diminished: il is estimated that about
100 900 hog sheads Of moasses were taken Tor TINS
purpose by the several refneries throughout the
country, yielding say fifty millions Of pounds, or
% 800 tons being the same quantity as vas made
in 1854. The continued high prices which have
ruled for the imported article have the eject to
push the manufacture of maple sugar, In IFS sea
son. to its utmost limit. The crop OF this descrip
ton last year quite large, and We beiiete thai
the estimates that made OF 2s,epo 70 Ts,ooo
tons are not far from the actual result Tht man
ufacture OF sugar from sorgho, the beet and Indian
corn is yet in its infancy, and the quantity made
from these plants last year was SO small trat We
make no note Of il. 1t will thus be seen that the
total consumption Of raw sugar OF all KINDS IN the
United States may be stated at 4lz,eeo tons,
against a total consumption of all kinds in 1864
Of $50 500 tons, being increase OF l3l 900 tuns
or nearly ~ per cent. The crop OF Loaisiana
now coming forward will be very small, owing &c
the difficulty in securing the kind Of labor needed
The estimates, earlier in the season. ranged from
IL GOO to 200 hhds but latterly they have been
some hat increased and 49, 600 to $1,000 and even
20, 600 have been named A. the probable out turn
1t is generally understood that the planters have
the ability to make . larger crop than they WILL
but many Of them reserving considerable
portion Of their cane for next seasons planting
The wants Of New Orleans and immediate neigh
borhood, in former years, were about $4,000 &c
Al, 900 hhds for consumption and refining; aqnan
tity equal to rs, 00e hhds Of foreign was imported
last year into that port, that should even e50ot
hhds be made there would be little If any available
for shipment TO the Atlantic ports.