Arizona republican., 1898-05-16
LIKED BOGUS SUGAR.

That patrons of one of the largest wholesale and retail grocery houses in New England have been buying spuri- GUS maple sugar for years was demon strated this week by test made in Boston. For the past six or seven years the chief buyers for this firm had been purchasing several tons of maple sugar from one man, paying fancy price and retailing it at P cents per pound. It was of such exquisite and delicate maple flavor that the pa irons of the house preferred waiting for it rather than accept an inferior substitute. Last summer the chief buyer fer the house made the acquain- tance of Vermont sugar maker, and as a result this years consignment of sugar was bought from him at rather cheaper price. The sugar to be consigned was warranted to be pure maple sugar, and the buyer had confidence enough in the maker to be- lieVe him.
 Two weeks ago the sugar arrived and was put on sale. It was some what darker than usual, and the head of the firm was the first enc to con- demn it. His opinion was shared by. the customers, apparently, for com plaints began to pour in, and finally the buyer was told that the cOnsign- ment was a failure. He was naturally wroth, and at once dictated letter couched in strong terms to the con- signor, who replied briefly that in a few days he would be in Boston and would prove that his was genuine maple sugar. When ne arrived he told the buyer that ne would not only prove that his was real maple sugar, but that the other, which the firm had previously bought was bogus.
 He needed a fire and a kettle for ''sugaring off, his product, so he and the buyer went to the company's ware house, where these could be had The firm had a small sample of maple syrup which one of the members had seen reduced from the actual sap, and this was first taken by the Vermont sugar expert and boiled down to sugar. It had the exact favcr and co,Or of the sugar which the house was unable to sell
 Then the Vermont man called for two pounds of granu,ated sugar and a sample of the poorest maple syrup they had in stock. A hunt was mads through the warehouse, and con- demned lot was found, thick, black as molasses, and smoky in flavor The expert reduced the granulated sugar to syrup, mixed it, half and half, wi h the black syrup, and "sugared off'' again. The sample of maple sugar he produced was the exact counterpar in color and flavor of the sugar which the house had been selling it's custom CTS for seven years at fancy prios as the only genuine and unmistakably pure article.
 Another sample was made of brown sugar, and the three were taken to the | head of the firm. He sampled each. and at once pronounced the granulated | mixture the genuine article A sugar | expert in the wholesale district also had an opportunity to distinguish him. self. He did it by picking out the 1 genuine at once. Somebody doubted 1 his ability, and he offered to try again
 This time he picked the bogus granu- i later, and then the brown sugar mix 1 ture
 1 The Vermont sugar man had, how ! ever, made his point, and his consign-
 ment was pushed at once, though the l firm was under the somewhat en- i barrassing necessity of telling it's GUS
 toners that for several years they had | been buying bogus sugar for the req | article.