The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-27

sastye glucose: BY which is meant tn nsess y
faaa ~ aefit1H whatever on p0taf11eu iiRHt.
What this inactive sugar 10 HTS hoe, fp 49,
been satisfactorily determined psie ~ SLY; y
chemical authorities nave sapp aana natioI
IA Lpno ard dse.str0 glHeoss. 10 e4aetIy 6Es
Ysrnnnstinns that would enable one 70 neu-
fraITza the other. il this De bfe case. Liasn,
contrary to the general oplhloh e lIeoas ..e.s, 49,
gis'ease does exist In corn naereial sugars, ana
IL, a,ssru 100 parts of fruit sugar there Wohla
IL reanired looxs 1914 parts Of starch of grape
II or very nearly II per cent GO form n
active glucose. ..,.xo a,<s ~. e+iua
ort.1erse behave in the same manner boWaFa
Chemical reagents "copper" test Tor example
p9larized light fpoiariscope1 1s Lhe Only
agent which can distinguish or detect bhe one
from the other.
pecting the accuracy and avoldabEllty Of tfe
polariscope as government nstruIaentallty
for the classification and testing OF sugars !,
i. e., the opinion OF Prof. Henry and the conf
mereial world, or the opinion OF Prof Caahd e.
Ter and q com paratively few merchants. ~ TO
be accepted as true, is q matter lef6 70 the
sober judgment OF the public.
Now, In regard to the poIariscope, no one
will deny that it is used 10 commercial trans
actions for the sale and purchase OF sugar 70
q very large extent throagnout IT,, me Wo orc
Sugar is now described generally as color
number SO and 50, and testing 30 mueh oy
The nolariseope. why. then, I would ask,
should not the Secretary OF the Treasury he
allowed TO supplement his present means py
this Instrument, which Is 50 extensively useo
In the civilized world We know tnab PROD
ably the most scientific men Id the world are
Id Europe and we know also that crop OF
nearly fifteen hundred thousand tons OF sugar
Is sold III Europe annually by poiaflscopie
| tests. and Ia the United States every large
importer OF refiner would tell you that they
seldom, or ever, buy or sell eafgoes Oh sugar
except after applying to it such tests.
But there Is another feature Of tn6 cas-
which needs careful attention. When sugar
gets 10 to certain color the poiarlseope Ieiis
| the truth; but when you get oeyohd t al
color, and 60 on up TO white sugars, thea tiit
| Dolariscope could not always be fne Ceso Ioi
| ievYiBg duties, because that sugar does no
need to be manipulated by the refin-rs II
other words, it is ready for Immediate use
and, consequently, it goes without saylhf
i that these sugars must be worth great dea
more than double the sugars that are mtxef
with an equal quantity Of refuse matter
which must be separated before they can q
used. In other words, it must be adnitset
| That the polariscope Is the best test That la
ever been presented.
| In order to show the practical truth OF suci
1 an assertion, have in my possession sSaGs
Enent showing the entire business I0f ofi
| year, OF the largest sugar firm Ia session
4 This firm purchased tWenty-slx aafgoes
sugar in Cuba by the polariscope test, az
4 this sugar was tested in Caba. After = "a
II been purchased, the firm had each cargo TEST
ed Ia Boston, ia order TO verify the poiarIscop
I tests that had been applied abroad; nay
il the detailed memorandum OF what bhe saga
i tested in Cuba and what It tested In Bosto
after it had been landed there, and the dlffei
enee on the entire tWenty-six cargoes, tpfe
/ sentiDg $50 3I9 000, was only SI33 " OF CUT
In an amount OF duty aggresating s322,ooo.