New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-11
ARTIFICIALLY COLORED SUGAR.

Il LI II
COLONIAL AUTHORITIES ASSERTING THAT DIME-
RARA SUGARS ARE not AETIFICIALLY coLoRED
JUDGE FRENCns STATEMENT TO 1HE con
TRARY.
iBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRBUNE.l
WAsHlNGToN, March 1O.-After the seizure of
several cargoes of Demcrara sugars, on the ground
that they were artifcially colored for the pur-
pose Of evading a part Of the duty that
would otherwise have been paid upon them,
and the succcss OF the Government in a suit involy
ing the forfeiture of q cargo Of sugar imported into
Baltimore Oh the grounds of It's artificial discoloTa-
tion the colonial authorities Of British Guiana ap-
pointed Board to examine the process ol sugar
manufacture in Demerara and report upon u. The
conclusions of that board with the testimony on
which they were bases were sent to Sir Edward
Thornton the British Minister to this country, and
bv him transmitted to the Secretary OF the Treasury
through the State Department..
In stating the conclusions of the Board Governor
Young of British Guiana. seems TO think that il has
been concluslvey shown that there is no artificial
coloring Of sugars in Demerara but Judge French
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury has reviewed
tho testimony taken by the Colonial Board, aud
proyes from the very descriptions given of the
methods of manufacture that the discoloration
actually does take place Assistant Secretary
French's review has been sent by Secretary Sher-
man to the state Department to be communicated
TO the British Minister
The Colonial Commission visited only two plan
tatlons. On the first Of these, the Enmore, Mr..
Henry Stokes, the manager, testified:
Ibay, used caramel made from burnt moasses 10
color sugar used 1t the hrs time attempted TO make
darn CRYSTALS, but did not use 1t again, as !
t M that it made the sugar reddish brown instead Of
The dark color required py the uiurhrt .buytls Cd
iected & to 1t sno1go on the ground when he' was was
using caramel to color the, the SUGAR r,ni, III
near the striking point 1t sucked into the pan
c"Ioring matter In from tube ny means OF the yacnum
in the pan, / OF the opinion, IRON ire experience
/ have had in making sugars that dark TyIals
sample bottles now before me, beng the Gak sugar
srhfS De fSh a" and aotn U" Of AuEast last cannot
artAcialiy colored, and that me propcr color
and he syrup with their lmpurties and from the al
dton iuo the pan OF certain proportion OF INC mo-
! trifugals.
"Tbe MARKET referred 10 in this testimony is
the American market. because no other market re-
! qures dark sugar
John Douglass. pan-boiler Oh the same estate. aud
! Augustus Perry. his assistant, give substantially
similar testimony
| On the Lagrange estate the second one examined.
another method of producing dark sugar was re-
sorted to- as is shown from the following extract
from the testimony of Joseph Carter:
double the quantity Of lime use in making clear sugar
The quantity Of lime the size OF the
! crystal Rapidy OF boiling does not add or
| take from the color Of the sugar; IL only
Affects the size the grain. The color caused by the
0uautity OF lime. and this Oi lime regulated by
! ihe manner III winch the raw jucc subsidies. In
the dark sugar made The Otner day, the DARK
| color is mainly attributable 20 the quantity
of lime aud to the impnrtcB that
were left in the sugar II Is re that IN making clear
surar every effort s made 10 get rid of the impurities
I'm order TO clear the color Of the sugar and therefore,
If may he thought tnat leaving the impurities I'm the
ujce Of which dark sugar rs made helps 10 give dark
color but this is not II is the excess OF me which
gives that color
III commenting on this testimony Judge French
! says
II ia proper the Department here TO suggest that IT'S
conc uson that sugars GrhclnlY cOlOIed III Deine
! rare was reached through satisfactory evidence long
| before the report OF this Commission was received
ana upon evidence VIII en- satisfactory TO the Court
and Jury In the trial ut Baltimore. IL su9icn 10 SAY
here that conclusions confirmed by the evidence
furnished by the Commission. II Il the chlei
purpose Of the present presentation or the case
however inform the authorities OF British GuiaIo
through the British Minister, That the evidence sun
mted TO their commission shows that on tl'
EnmOre estate especially, and presumably upon
other estates in that country, the practice
prevails OF artlfcialY coOrng sugar when
renders such liable to seizure and forfeiture, u
knowingly imported into the United States. with the In
tent TO pass through the Custom House as OF ap
norenf color darker than its color.