The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-10-26
OH Tlaily g llletin.
MONDAY, OCT. 26, 1885.
SUGAR.

For domestic purposes, quality |
rather than quantity should be sought |
for in sugar The intrinsic value
of pound of sugar is in proportion
to its sweetness, but the great major
ity of consumers in the United
States, especially those in the North
and West select their sugars by
color rather than taste, and pay the
highest market price for an inferior
article. The Creoles of Louisiana
are we'll educated on sugar questions,
and generally use plantation refined
or brown sugars, but not few OF
urhome people have been captivated
by the appearance of the regular
squares of so-called cut loaf (cubes)
sugar for sale in the groceries, and
use this sham sugar TO sweeten tea.
This stuff is dextrose (starch
sugar), made by crystallizing glucose
and moldng it in little squares to
counterfeit the cut-loaf sugar of
commerce. This fraudulent sugar
is put upon the market as genuine,
when its value rs sweetening, COM
pared with cane sugar, is less than
one. third. Leaving out the question
of the doubtful wholesomeness OF
glucose, it would therefore seem that
persons of ordinary intelligence
would discard it as a measure of
common-sense household economy.
One pound of Louisiana sugar will
sweeten more cups of tea and coffee
than three pounds of cubes. If the
pound of imitation cut-loaf sugar is
worth 10 cents, then the pound OF
Louisiana sugar is worth more than
80 cents.
The manufacture of glucose sirup
and sugar effects in the same way
the sugar planters of Louisiana and
the sorghum planters of the North
as the manufacture of oleomargarine
butter affects the dairymen.
There has been prohibitory legis-
lation against the manufacture OF
oleomargarine in most of the North
ern States, but no attempt to curtail
the manufacture of glucose.
AS matter of fact glucose is no
more sugar than eleomargarine is
butter. and the manufacture of one
is as baneful to the sorghum interest
rs the other is to the dairy interest.
In the North and West genuine
sugars and sirups are almost un'
known. The sugar and sirup OF
commerce is largely adulterated ant
generally so deftly mixed with glu.
cose that it is difficult to tell it from
the genuine article.
The cane and sorghum interes
should demand legislation on thi
subject. The evil might he reached
by law prohibiting food adultera
ton. 1t is not desired to prohibi
the manufacture of glucose, but i
should not be sold as sugar.
1t behooves sugar planters t.
advertise Louisiana sugar to TIN
people of the United States. Instea'
of shipping their sugar in hogsheads
from which it is removed by tn
wholesale grocer, mixed and sold il
other packages, the sugar plante
should send his sugar and strip t
market in neat barrels and hall
barrels, plainly branded with hi
plantation mark. 1t is but reason
able to suppose that the bette
article, brought to the attention c
consumers, would find ready sale a
higher prices.
1t is whispered that large quaint
ties of bogus sirup are brought dow
the river to New Orleans and nike
there with plantation molasses an
put upon the market as genuine.
The interests of producer, col
sumer and public health alike d
mand that this fraudulent trait
should cease.
Louisiana sugar completes with b
tose (beet sugar), which constitute
the greater part of sugar importe
to the United States. The sweetel
ING value of one pound of Louisiar
sugar is equivalent to one and ha
of beet sugar. When pound
beet sugar is worth 10 cents,
pound of cane sugar is worth
cents. These are important fac
ard should be made known 10 col
sumers. In the present uncerta
condition of the sugar interest of Il
United States, the planters shoul
not only endeavor to produce I'll
greatest amount per acre, with Il
best machinery, but they shou
insist that the distinctive charact
of their sugar should be preserv'
in original packages small enough
reach the consumer intact.
When their sugars come in COZ
petition with inferior and fraudule
sugars thay should demand bett
prices. Orleans ime-Den
crat.
NAPOLEOR'S TOMB.