The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-01

The United States pays about $1oO,00O,oOo
TO foreign countries for sugar. With soil
equally favorable for Its production, it has be-
come q question Of considerable Importance
how We are TO SO utilize 1t as to save this
amount Of money. Mr.. L. S. Stewart, OF
Westmoreland county, Pa, farmer, and a
gentleman of scientific attachments, claims
that he has discovered a process by which the
Juices of the corn stalk can be easily and in
extensively crystallized. He has been ex-
perimentng since 1873, but with little success,
alntil about @ year ago; since then he claims,
by repeated experiments to have demon
strated the thorough practicablity of his dis
eovery, and described the process as follows:
The stalks are cut after the ear has arrived
at an age suitable for drying or canning, and
are sent to an ordinary crushing mill After
the pans have been heated to temperature
of 1870 degrees the juice Is poured into them,
and considerable amount of lime added to
make it strongly alkaline. After it has been
drained off, and the precipitated impurities
removed liquid diOxide of lphur is intro
duced In sufficient quantities to render the
syrup highly acidulous. AS the impurities
are preepitated they are removed, and more
dioxide OF sulphur added to keep the syrup
In It's aciduous condition until 1t Is reduced
to the density necessary to form sugar. 1t is
then placed In cooler and allowed to crystal
lie, the draining being performed by a CEN
trifugal machine or other modern process.
Specimens of these sugars are on exhibition
ut the Agricultural Department In Washing
ton. The color of the sugar is said to be much
better than that Of the ordinary cane sugar
Commissioner LIE Duo believes that sugar
can be manufactured by this process for q
price not to exceed 2b cents a pound, and he
hopes within six years to see the entire i'm
port trade in sugar disappear, and in its stead
a heavy export trade established with foreign
markets.
The use of the silver certificate has worked
a small revolution in the finances of San
Francisco. New York exchange has nearly
always been at q premium In that city OF
81 5O85 per $1,000. The balance of trade
being usually against that city, this charge
was made to cover the cost Of transporting
coin by the express companies. But the sill
Yer certificate has recently been used by the
bankers to make remittances, and has been
found to work so well that there is no chance
that the old rates can be restored. The Bull
letin says Of this new feature Of the exchange
business:
These certificates were purchased at one
eighth or one-sixteenth off, and the discount
generally paid for the insurance thus re-
slucing exchange at once to par. Severa
million dollars have been sent to New York IL
this way during the past few months: Up tt
the introduction OF this element, bankers
were charging their customers from 45c to 50'
per 500 for drafts on New York. We do no
see how these rates can be again restored 81
dong as the coinage of the standard dollar il
kept up, there will probably be from 81 ,oOO,
600 to S2,O0o00O silver certificates issue'
: from the sub-treasurer's office her
every month. These certificates will b
sent forward in lieu OF gold, and at cost o
not more than one-eighth to the sender Thus
from So 100000 to S24,000,000 of exchange o.
New York will be available every year from
that source. 1t is true the coin ON these Ger
titicates cannot be obtained from the sub
treasurer's Office in New York but they al
Just as available for all public debts there a
here, and, if necessary, can be bought up a
par and returned here, to be used over an
over again. 1t is believed the cost of making
the round trip across the continent will not b
over one-eighth of per cent. Silver certiti
Gates issued at New York can be availed of i
the same way by sending them to San Fran
cisco and then returning them to New York.
Messrs. Smith Bros & Co.. wholesale grocer
and Importers SIS, 81 and 80 Poydras street, seer
to be doing rushing business. though dullnes
is the cry on all sides. The gentlemen com
posing this firm are experienced merchant:
fully alive to the wants Of our people. and part
Iv tn that fact NAV the success OF the firm De al