Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-23
SOME BOGUS SWEETS.
Inscriptions Eastern Refiners Again
Tampering With Sugar.
A FRIENDLY TIP TO THE PUBLIC.
Why Some Sugars Turn Canned Goods Sour
and Puzzle the Women.
PITTsBURG HOUSES WARNED IN TINE

The ingenious brain of the enterprising
new and undiscovered way of making q
dollar Like Alexander, he yearns for
more; but, aside from the innumerable
legitimate business enterprises, the avaric-
ious and unscrupulous ones will show their
hands, thereby throwing cloak of degener-
acy over the old, honest methods of manu-
facture.
Especially true is this in the sugar bust
ness. Just now the season is about to open
for the large dealers and private letter of
warning was received from one of the largest
Eastern wholesale houses to 8 leading local
firm.
THE RAsCALs AT IT AGAIN.
Following is the letter:
wehave been informed that the same parties
who sold ''bogus mixed yellow SUGARS last season
are commencing to manufacture them again.
Please be on the lookout for them, as they are d
raud on the public,
THE DIsPATcH's expose of the selfsame i'm
position last year, and the subsequent suits
brought against local dealers by the Boston
Refinery, of Boston. will be remembered by
dealers. At that time the bogus stun. was
shipped and sold at a very appreciaole pront
TO the public, which Is the sufferer OF course.
No sugar of this kind has yet arrived, and
perhaps the DuDDcatlon OF Inls aTIlClo VIII plO-
vent the importation of sugar which is prac-
tically worthless, but like the brass ring lake,
it is very deceptive, so perfect is its ostenslble
purity.
Happily there is only one class Of sugars in
which the fraud can be practiced, and that Is
what is known as yellow the granulated
goods cannot be tampered with, as the very
name implies purity
The process by which the adulteration is &C.
complished is by mixture OF one-hat grape
sugar and the same quantity of refined yellow
The grape is of the lowest quality OF saccha-
rine substance. and is ground finely in order to
mix with the refined article.
WHERE THE PROFIT COMES IN.
The comparative cost of each is: grape, So
cents, while is paid for refined. Dividing the
two prices by half, makes the price AZ cents,
actual cost while it is sold to local dealers and
the country trade for 81, profit OF rather
steal of l cent per pound. This amount is
doubled practically by the inherent worthless
ness of the article in using
The grape sugar doubled up with the finer
article causes it TO ferment when used, and for
this reason the crude stun is used exclusively
in beer, which brings about fermentation.
From this inequality of the bogus stuff does
the housewife suffer in her putting ups of
fruits The sugar when added to the preserves
goes through the fermenting process, there
by spelling the seasons canned fruits and
provoking the women.
There is no doubI that many a country mer-
chant becomes loaded up with this inferior
article, induced by its cheapness, it being some
loweT-but not suspiciousy so-than the
straight goods. The manufacturers of it have
houses in New York and Philadelphia, and it
was from the latter city the information came
largea gratuitous tip not to touch, taste or
handle.