The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-09-25
MARKETS OF THE WORLD
WALL STREET SPECULATION
Local, Eastern and Foreign
Commercial Dealings
Fancy Syrups Very Scarce 10 All
Markets
Opening of the Oyster season-The Bi
valves Promise to Be Of Excellent
Quality-Local Markets.

The enforced use by sugar refiners Of
raw-beet sugar Is having a decided effect
upon tho syrup market in making fancy
sugar syrup very scarce. Since June
last the refiners have used beet sugar al
most exclusively. Syrup is by-produce, and
necessarily retains much of the character
istics of the sugar from which 1t is made.
The beet sugar contains much larger
percentage of salts than the cane. and gives
to the syrup a distinct salty taste. by reason
OF which the trade will not take 1t. Fancy
grades Of sugar syrup cannot be made
from beet sugar for this reason.
As result Of this only very few deal
ers have any real fancy sugar syrup. and
these are being held firmly at constantly
advancing prices. 1t is likely that be-
fore cane syrup becomes available again,
hish-grade sugar syrup will be command
ing a high premium.
The next cane sugar which can be used
by the local refiners will come from Louis
lana, and is due about the middle of o.
tober. There will be about 300.0 900 tons of
1t, and while it lasts there will be q fair
supply Of fancy sugar syrup. There will
not be sunictent, however. to cause very
old stocks are SO well cleaned up that the
nrmness Will continue to greater or less
Next year. If Cuba produces no sugar,
there will be q still greater scarcity OF
fancy sugar syrup, and prices will be much
higher than at present.-Grocery World.
The oyster season has now opened and
It bids fair to be a good one, as It is claimed
that the present Gull law has operated
and that they are increasing very rapidly.
The oyster promises to be much fuiier
and larger than for number of years
The first month of the season, or until
October, L. given over to the tongers, and
therefore the cove oyster packers will not
operate until the opening of the dredging
An application was made at Towson for
license to tong oysters In Baltimore
Sas TINS Il e me
the clerk was unable to furnish the same,
as he had no blanks.
ss' he fy The epes oSg p ps
that blank would be gotten and the II
This shows that the oyster beds are ex-
tending all over the bay, creeks and rivers.
than double what they fifteen
the Gull law, there is no reason why the
Chesapeake oysters should not come back
to their bs eonat4 on ana size an
vance in proportion. The oysters that have
for some years been graded as selects were
In na former I'm s, years considered poor stand
There is some talk Of changing the oys-
ter inspectors from place to place at differ
ent times. SO 1t is claimed. to do away with
the tendency. Of inspectors have Of favor
oysters to pass instead Of rejecting them.
If more time and attention was given to
the proper culling that should be done on
It would be Of much greater beneft than
condemning q cargo when 1t has reached
port, or when SO condemned the vessel
should be made to replace the oysters
| where taken.
The average tongers and scrapers have
| little respect for the law, and IL he car
he does SO. not seeming to care whether
he Is injuring the future catch or not
Baltimore Trade.