New-York tribune., 1897-01-30
- It seems Of ITSELF Is no small item IN the
commerce Of the American metropolis. as these
Indicate
SUGAR MANUFACTURE.
HOW cvBAs DIFFICULTY HAS COMPLICATED THE
rRApE-i,o oss TONS REQUIRED TO swEETEN
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

HOW cuBAs DIFFICULTY HAS COMPLICATED THE
TRADE. oo.ose TONS REQUIRED TO swEETN
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
The total sugar product of the world for the
year 1896 was 7.7O7 500 tons. OF this tonnage
the United States produced 315OOO TONS as
against S267, 100 In 1898. The consumption OF
sugar in 1896 in the United States was l3ooooo
tons Thus for its own use the United STATES
had to import 1670963 tons. These figures may
seem impossible: but II is to be remembered '"a'
the per capita annual consumption throughout
this country is 6272 lbs
The total receipts at the four Atlantic ports
New.York. Boston. Philadelphia and Baltimore
wore GOO S95 and New-York was easily In the
lead with 1,O56.377 tons. an increase of nearly
l5O 900 tons over last year. From this 1t VIII be
seen how fourishes the sugar industry in this
city. receiving as It does we'll over one-half the
total amount of sugar consumed in the country
The total MEETINGS of the refners in this country
In the wear 1896 were |, 2SSOS tons, OF which
1866 per cent or 1,330.421 tons. passed
through the New-York refineries. The most re-
markable feature in the sugar trade OF the year
was the abst~le Of the usual supply from Cupa
and the -. 20 increase from beet countries III
1896 Over 10000 tons of beet sugar were I'M
ported and IT is authoritatvely estimated 'hat
the beet import Of 1897 will reach from o""U
n 500 600 tons At the beginning Of the sugar
making season the insurgents commenced purn-
Ing the estates in the Havana and Matanzas dls-
tricts declaring their intention OF apsoiuteV
preventing the making Of sugar Later on Cen
eral Weyler gave permission to planters IN Oleh-
fuegos 10 grind, but the permission was soon re-
scinded Ten estates in the island began gr'ho-
ing but il is estimated that the total Cuban out
<aI hort 0f
In 1e9l the Cuban crop was 24O.0OO tons, while
previously il averaged over million tons yearly.
On the other hand the growth OF the pee'roo'
sugar Industry in the United States Is increasing
with leans and bounds. In 1880. when the in
dustry was started. only few hundred POUNDS
were made: in 1857 the output was 20 tons,
while In the last year IL is estimated that foWV
tons OF beet sugar were manufactured Nine
factories are now in operation throughout the
country, while four are proposed or are ap-
preaching completion. In many ways the last
wear has been a disastrous one for SPECTATORS IN
raw surar It was calculated at the beginning
os the wear that there would be deficiency in
crops over last year Of ,323.O 900 tons. The con-
sequence was that importers and SPECTATORS
made immense purchases for future delivery
For a time all went well with them. and rehners
were obliged TO pay constantly rising prices
About June however. the markets Decaile o'el-
weighted. and the result a crash. with many
failures AS to the estimated supplies, says
The Sugar Trade Journal in reviewing the
year the crop deficiencies were 1,l9S.S36 tons,
against the estimate of ,323. 600 tons which was
comparatively close. but the unexpected feature
was the apparent decrease in consumption or
4S4 so tons. which could not be fOreseen or an
ticipated and hence the campaign year ended
with stocks in the world Of 1,llS,ol2 tons, re-
duction from the previous year of only o6,Sf
tons Starting the campaign year with so
large stock, and with crops estimated at 451,-
142 tons larger than the last, there appears very
little encouragement for the future. unless the
beet countries it to their interest to reduce
beet sowings very largely for the next crop.
Concerning the refining industry the same
journal SAYS: For the first nine years (before
the formation OF the Sugar TrusD the average
price of centrifugal raw sugar was 6So7c: per
ib and Of granulated 7.9O3c per lb., and the
difference 109Sc per h.; and for the last nine
years (after the formation Of the TrusO the
average OF centrfugals 4.2a1c per h., and
granuated 5.272c per lb., and the difference
oslo. per III. The last nine years average .llic.
per h. less difference between raws and reiined
than the first nine years These figures show
that the concentration Of many refneries under
one corporation has not worked to the disad-
vantage Of consumers Of sugar in the United
States. The small difference in prices during the
last nine years amounts to a saving 10 consumers
from the first nine years Of S41 1S64323 "A, when
applied to the 15.973.S72 tons of sugar consumed
during that time