The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-11-20
INT TESTING REVIEW OF THE
HGRLD'S SUGAR CROP.
APPROXIMATE RESULT IN ToNs OF
EUROPEAN BEET PRODUCTION.
Special to the Times Democrat.

Special to the Times Democrat.
Washington, Nov. 13.-Counsul
Diederlrli, of Magaeburg, Germany,
under recent date, furnishes the State
Department with a very interesting
review Ut the worlds sugar crop fot
the year 1898. The report fairly
biistles with statistics, and conta ms
mnch valuable infni nation. The tnl-
lowing table furnished CONSUL Died
erich by Mr.. Litch. the well known
German sugar expert shows the ap-
proXimate result in tons Of the beet
sugar production in European coun-
tries for 1s97-9S:
Germany, 1925, 900 Anstria-Hun-
gary. S25 900; France, $40, Rus
STA. 800, 1000 Belgium, 225 900; Hol-
land, 10000; other countries. $50.
900 /; total, 1926. 900 tons last years
production, 4 970. $40 tons.
The approximate result, in II of
cane sugar production for the same
period is figured out by the same
authority TO be as follows: Cuba. 200.
600 Porto Rico, 90. 900 Trinidad.
$4,000 B~arbadoes, $4,000; Martini
que. 10000; Guadaloupe, 10000:
Demerars, 10000; Brazil, $50. 900 !;
Java, $50, 200 PHILIPPINES, 100. 900 I;
Manritius. 10000; Reunion, 40. 900;
Jamaica, $500. Lesser Antilles, 95.
600; United States $40, 900; Peru,
65,0Co: Egypt. 1000 Sandwich
Islands, 200. COO total, , 400, 900 tons
last years production, 2,37l,975 tons,
The report adds ..If we now take
tie visible supplies OF raw sugar found
Throughout The world or September.
1881, aud add to them the foregoing
amounts Of this years product, we
get The sum total, approximately, of
raw sugar, which will te the basis of
all operations of tie vast and
still growing sugar industry.
The following is the table ; Visible
supplies on Sept. j. 1897, 1,3l7, 466;
beet sugar production, 1925. 900 cane
sugar production, 2,460. 900; sum to-
tai Of production, in tons, 8,7O2, 1865.
CONSUL DIederich states that the
prospect for tile Immediate future OF
the beet sugar industry Of Germany is
not all at promising. While..it is bring
Ing large sums of revenue to the pub
lie treasury and great prosperity TO
many sections of the country. it is
suffering severely from overprofuetion
The prices are said to be low and
mercurial. An effort is being made
to torai a trust of combinations or all
tie sugar Interests of the empire for
the purpose of advancing prices and
adding stability 70 the market gener-
ally. Under the leadership of tile
Zetung, the leading papers
the empire are urging the formation
Of such a trust. 1t is claimed that
800 OF the 400 sugar factories il Ger
many have already declared them |
ready TO join. In Austria
Huiighfy such a trust has been formed:
IN Russia the entiie production is
controlled Ivy the government, and
prices are fixed TO stimulate home
consumption /; ID france the growers
manufacturers have the advan
over competitors of public and
private rebates and premiums in
6elgium Il new law has been passed to
encourage home consumption W re-
iuclng taxes on sugars used ia pre-
serves and fruits.
C"nn~ul Dieder.cli closes his report
WITH a table showing that while the
of raw sugars from Madge burg
Q the United States during the three
preceding the enactment Of
he Dingley law was valued at ST. BOG
not IA nickel's worth of tsugar
,assed through the consulate during
hree months that followed.