The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-01-03
SUGAR ADULT ITERATION.
The board Of Health Called Upon for Bin
Of Particulars OF Hs Analysis.

Thomas Barbour, Of Special Committee
on Reforms in the Custom Service. presented to
the Chamber Of Commerce Yesterday long re-
port recommending the adoption OF the home
valuation" system Of lcvying duties. in lieu Of
the present methods Of determining tho duiia-
bic value Of imports. The consideration OF the
report was deferred. Mr.. Barbour said that
the Committee had made encouraging progress
in their efforts to secure a change in the system
Of tho payment of duties. Tho case
Of Benkhard 4 Hutton. the Broome street i'm
porters. whose Custom House clerk, Pcdrick.
had defrauded them OF 100. had called the
attention OF the Chamber 20 the possibility Of stu
pendous frauds on importers They recommend
ed tho payment Of duties by certified checks,
which would give every importer a voucher tina
his duties had been actually paid. and they had
favorably impressed representatives in Con-
Gress and tho Treasury Department with the
Hugh n. Camp offered n resolution thanking
the Board Of Health for supervising an analysis
of samples Of sugars sold in the city. and re-
questng that Board to continue such analyses
from time to time. and II II Is asccrtnined that
the adulterauon continued, TO furnish the
Chamber with the names OF those reiner5
whose sugars are adulterated. He added that II
was n well-known fact that foreign substances
are introduced in sugars in the process OF re-
Mr. F. B. Thurber Of II. KAT. b. Thurber
seconded the resoluuonS Tor the purpose OF
max ing some remarks. He said that the report
OF the Board Of Health and lis chemist had
brought the Now York sugar relncrs into dis
favor. and by the generality OF the accusation
he knew that many of them had been unlustly
accused. He wanted some more specific re.
port 2t the qnnalyscs made by me Board
heir report whether the gohue Of metal
mentioned as having been extracted from ono
sample Of sugar was the size OF n hens egg, or
discernibe only with microscope OF high
magnifying powers. He desired TO know. also,
what tho metal was. and from how large a sam
Die il was extracted The general report Of the
Board had been utilized by rollncrs in the West
and South 70 tho serious detriment Of New YORK
rciners. He then presented tho following:
R.sr,j That the thanks Of the Chamber of Commerce
hereby rendered 10 the Hoard Of Health for IT. prompt
sos s. ednn, n,u th the hoard asknr roy s
the particulars OF the examination upon which the recent
report OF the BOARD was 9unied such as the SIZE Of The
globue ofmeta mentioned ashavng heene xracied from
We're exsmned and The result in each case SO dat the
responsibility Of any adnterauon may be placed where
injurious aduiterauou be relieved from the odium
tie fesuve whocsomcness Of raw sugar and New York
refined sugars generally and whether IN the opinion Of
Of refined sugars
Mr. Camp said that he was willing to accept
the resolution as an amendment to his resolu-
ton, and after further discussion the amended
resolution was passed.
last evening in the parlors Of the New York
Free Trade Club, IN Twenty-ifourth street by
lie thought that the frauds in sugar refining
and importing and exporting may all be traced
| to the Dutch standard, or color test. BY means
! OF chemicals high grades OF sugars may be made
| to agree in color with low grades. and large
| sums are lost by tho Government yearly
| BY means of that standard lowquaity OF sugar
| may be- imported from Cuba. refined hero. and
| then exported, the renuer in the mean time re-
| cevinR from tho Government sufficient draw
back duties to cover the amount originally paid
| as import dues, besides paying for the reilning
The speaker. after extended consultation with
prominent sugar men. had come to the cOnclu-
| sion that the polariscope test 30 generally used
| In Europe is tho proper one for adoption here.
| BY means Of tho polarization Of light the sac
charne strength Of sugar can be ascertnined
| regardless Of coloring. Even that, however.
was not so certain IA chemical analysis, The
| fuence Of John sherman. in which all sugars
| below tho Dutch standard arc TO be subjected TO
| Mr. Maxwell thinks is unfair INC rclners sny
! that II Is intended to injuro them, and the Gu
| bans say that 1t will ruin them.