Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-02-21
AMoNa THE SWEETS.


snassa on tho Famous
Lsvse 1t New Orleans.
hogshead OF sugar is huge ar
.a.ge meht OF slaves. hoops and heads
weighing, when filled with sugar from
eleven hundred to fifteen hundred
pounds, Tho cooper-shop and the
plantation together produce the hogs
mead OF sugar When the cane has
oeen cut and pressed. and the Juice
ooiied into sugar, the sweet stuff is
packed into the hogshead, put on board
q Steamboat. and shipped to this city,
consigned to the factor repre- .enting
.he planter. On arriving at tho land.
ing the sugar is unloaded on the wharf
where 1t is allowed to remain for twen-
'y-1our hours. and even longer when
room is plentiful. Then. if not hauled
away, 1t is rolled into the sugar-sheds
az the expense of the owner.
Open kettle sugar is sold to the
dealer on the levee. The factor Is the
seller. whether he employs broker or
not The majority of factors have the
services OF broker to attend TO the
"a es on the landing. The first-hand
FACTOR or broker only sells in lots. and
me bids are either made openly, as
the buyers gather around the hogs
heads' or the sugar Is sold on private
offers II the price proffereo is the high
est.
The party selling the sugar general
~ does the sampling, either in per-
son or throug h a clerk or other en-
pioye. This is done by means of a
long steel instrument known as the
gimlet which is run through tho bung-
hole down into the sugar. twisted
about, and drawn out full of the sac
csiarlne matter. This operation is per-
formed several times. until sufficient
quantity is obtained to clearly show
the quality Of the article. Those sam
pies are generally piled up for the tim ,
ON the hogshead they are taken out of
for the critical examination of the
buyer. After they have answered the
purpose they are put into little paper
bags and kept by the broker or dealer
as type for reference, or sent to tho
censignee.
1t is while the sampling process is
going on that the buyers gather
round, each in his turn making his Of
fer. The buyer generally attends the
sales to personally inspect his pur-
chase, but some times sends for SAM
pies, and then. on receipt of his goods.
compares them with the samples fur
nished him
Although the first-hanl broker sells
but round lots. in case of damage Of
any portion of lot or it showing up
as an inferior grade. he takes a re-
duced price for it; still the buyer must
take the entire lot. Secondhand
brokers sell any way. by the whole or
broken lots.
Clarified sugar is soil by sample in
the sugar exchange. The supplies are
collected and taken to the ex change,
where they are spreal out on the
tables for the inspection of buyers.
After the sugar is sold it is weighed
and guaged and is then ready for S hip
ment after the first cooperage. II is
swung from the scales by means of
large hooks that catch on the chimes OF
hogshead SO that when the beam is
pulled down the hogshsad is lifted
from the ground and the weight
ascertained. Four men usually con-
stitute the weighing gang. together
with the clerk taking the records OF
the weights. These hogsheads as a
general tAing run from l. 100 to ]. 500
pounds, but in weighing oper-kettle
sugar the figures give the and 1C
pounds. Thus, if hegshead weighs
1.214 pounds it goes down as 1,2l(
pounds. Then u per cent. is knocked
off from the gro, weight In clarified
sugar the actual weight goes.
When the hogsheads have been coop
cred the boss drayman or his clerk,
with his teams. appears on the scene.
The sugar is marked. rolled on the
floats, and hauled to its destination il
the city or to the point of shipment. ir
case it is being forwarded to some
other port, domestic or foreign. The
low aoat is driven up close to the lots
to be handled, skid is hooked into
the iron brackets at the side of the
fioat, and the teamsters strain them
selves in rolling up the great hogs.
heads on % the bottom of the wagon
After this handling the sugar soor
comes into use on the table or in the
pantry.
Molasses is disposed of in the same
way as sugar. The brokers always
come down to the levee to see the sam
pies of molasses, as they are not taker
to the exchange. Immediately OF
their arrival the barrels OF molasse'
are coopered by the first-band cooper,
so as 10 keep them tight and prevent
leaking.-M O. Times Democrat.