The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1877-10-20
The Louisiana Sugar Industry.

II 1850 there were 10000 tons of domestic sugar consumed
172,O tons and in 1862 it touched the maximum of 100, 1000
tons. What abrupt and utter ruin was brought by the war
from d%4nd the fact SaI that ii in 20 the e very toD! next + y sssi a Il fsi It, the &c cane Go crop aOR
in 1865, the last year of the war. shrunk to the minimum of
only 5000 tons. The great trade that was thus shattered in
a long time will have TO elapse before it again reaches the
proportions to which it had attained in 1888. For the past
causes which we need not now enumerate, the crop harvested
ted ; still, IN spite of every drs vback, has increased $4,000
hOgsheads each year, and duriL the past season, according
hogsheads, or a total of 9o,672,57 pounds. 1t is confidently
snPsG1sd to 'h hot l .ss t f5aP POO 20 , ,Oeo R] Rcgshead season OIL 1878 Will
This large and, all things considered, rapid increase in the
fail to be gratifying to all those who are Interested in the gen.
eral welfare of the country. That it will continue under the
more favorable relations Of capital and labor which have re-
Gently been brought about there can be no doubt; but that the
increase should in tn. f sa5Ie b e. aPfyyiiee aRgS9Rrf i" B sG&e H: An
trail mills for the manufacture OF the cane, will it is believed
do wonders in this direction. The press of Louisiana with
commendableg good sense Is just now discussing this subject, to
the exclusion of the more exciting political topics TO which it
From this discussion it appears that all the best brands Of
sugar sent into the market from Louisiana come from a COM
es, men of extensive means, are able to procure the most ap-
Smaller far Il h %vc E yhe p on nns a Os fsw 1 hossheads Of o sne eas
are produced, the owners are obliged to content themselves
ing much Of the cane, and producing a very inferior brand of
sugar. Indeed, it is stated that, Of the 1850 sugar-hSuses in
nearly one-fourih, still crush the cane by horse-power-an ex-
impossible to extract any high percentage of juice from the
cane. Great waste, and consequently great loss, is naturally
the result of this practice.
1t is now proposed to revolutionize the whole system of
sugar manufacturing by aboishing all the old-fashioned and
comparatively useless sugar-houses and presses and establish
ing in each district of the great cane-growing region an Access
sible and well-appointed mill of the most approved description,
and containing all the latest machinery. To these mills it is
proposed that all small farmers send their cane as soon as il
is cut, disposing of it at a fair market price, or having il
ground into sugar, paying the mill managers a small percent
age for the work. 1t will be noticed that this proposed system
is similar in many respects to that which governs the manu-
facture Of cheese in some of the great dairy districts of this
State. There seems to be no reason why its establishment in
Louisiana should not be the beginning Of a new and more pros
porous era in the history of the sugar-producingd districts of the
Pelican State. 1t ought certainly to result in the employment
Of large capital in the manufacture of the staple and a great
increase in the area cultivated.
The consumption of sugar in all parts Of the world is con-
stantly ncreasing-increasing with amazing rapidity. In the
United States alone, during the year 1876, the total consump-
ton, including the product of the maple tree and the sugar
made from molasses, is estimated at not less than 745. 600 tons.
This is fully one hundred per cent. more than the amount con-
sumed in 1868, or than the average of the decade Immediately
preceding that year. From these figures it will readily be
seen that even were every acre Of the rich alluvial bluff and
prairie lands Of Louisiana devoted exclusively TO the cultiva-
ton of sugar, there would still be no fear Of over-production.
Every pound that can be manufactured will find a ready mar
ket and a quick sale at remunerative prices.-N. Y. Times,
Sept. II.