Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-01-20
HOW 1T ALL WORKS.
WASTE OF AN IMPORTANT AND WHOLE
S0NB Food.
How the Tanf Makes Jam an American Luxury
While in EOgland Il Is Staple Food Of
the PsOps-Englands Big
Monopoly.

NEW YORK, January 1.-THE annual
small-fruit crop of England and the came
crop Of the United States sre worth about
the same sum-from sl8, 600, 900 to $50, =
900. 000- The English turn about S12,-
900. 900 worth OF their small fruits into
jam, which by the reason of its cheapness
has become one of the staple articles of
food for the lsboriug classes. We turn
only about 100000 worth OF our crop
into jam, for we waste very large part CT
our small fruits; and jam is rather lux
ury for the well-to-do than staple article
Of food for the masses.
What makes the difference? The tariff.
Here is
A STARTLING INSTANCE
Of great industry suppressed by the
tariff; and, as usual, it is an industry that
touches the happiness of the masses
In order to make me dozan Jars OF
strawberry jam, each weighing one pound,
the American manufacturer must incur so
cents Of extra expense on his sugar and
pots.
The American jam being under the
weight of this disadvantage, the Epglish
article is able to pay the duty-35 per
cant. on the AM and 25 to 80 per cent. on
the pots which contain it-and yet under
sell the Am made here.
The cooked jam as we buy it is compos-
ed OF from 90 to rs per cent. Of Sugar. The
difference between the London and New
Yofk Wholesale price Of the best grsuulst-
ed sugar-such ss is used in making ans
Averages about So 90 per hundred
pounds. Up TO the first of October last
year the highest Llsdon price was Sc 30
per hundred and the lowest "a 04; the
highest ard the lowest New York prices
were 1915 aud 500 respectively.
TIE greatest difference between the two
cities was So 81 ard the least 81 50-a
dffTence which one Can safely put at
$500 at an aversg9
The manufactured Jam is sold in glass
tumblers and in earthenWare pots. The
disadvantage of the American is very great
in the matter of pots. He pays 624 cents
for his dozsn pots holding twelve pounds,
and for the case containing them; for these
the Eoelishmsn pays 37l cents-a differ
ence Of % cents in his favor.
Combining the two items Of
SUGAR AND POTS
it will be seen with mathematical exact
ness what tire total difference is To make
IL pounds of straw berry Jam g A pounds Of
sugar are used. This quantity ef sugar
n m %
Es state5 "a he cost Is 65 10 cents "a differ
euce of % 80 cents. Adding to tbis the %
ceass difference on jsrs, the total difference
on twelve Jars Of strawberry jam is found
to be exactly 80 90 cents. This difference
is already about 40 per cent. of the English
wholesale price of the jam.
The cheapness of sugar in Eoglsnd has
resulted in an enormous extenalon of the
jam manufacturing business, aud the con-
sun ption of jam has become almost
uni fersal It is used by the poorer classes
as cheap and wholesome substitute for
butter. costing from to 10 cents per
pound less
The centers of jam manufacturing in
Eogland are at London, Glasgow and
Dundee Daring the season about 100
tons Of soft fruit is made into jam in Lon
don each day. Every town of consider
able Importance has jam factories, the
most of these having originated in recent
years.
Several years ago jam manufacturing
began on a small scale in the city of Dan
dee iu Scotland; aud already single firm,
that of Clarke, n ckolls q Coombs, EN-
ploys over 600 hands There are many
firms in the manufacturing centers which
turn cut as much as twelve tons OF ANS
and preserves per day. Daring the season
of 1887 the single city of Glasgow received
daily 30 tons OF strawberries, besides large
quantities. of other fIuits, from one Scotch
valley. This is the valley which lies be-
tween Hamilton and Lanark; and from
this valley Dundee alec draws large part
of ils supply.
So
EXTENSIVE