The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-30
SUGAR PROBLEM SETTLED.
Capt. James Furnishes the Data De-
sired by Business Men.

A well-known business man who has
taken quite an interest in the sugar bust
ness. when informed of the data obtained
from Capt. James by Capt. Purse and
Morning News representative, said TINS
gives him just the information he Is look
ing for.
Capt. James testimony" he said, sets
at rest the doubt which we have entertain
ed here as to the amount of sugar to ne
obtained from a gallon of syrup. w IN
six to eight pounds of sugar to be obtain
ed from a gallon of syrup there ought no
longer to be any doubt of the success 10
be made of the sugar business With pa
sis of six pounds of sugar 10 the Sail9u
syrup should not be worth less than 70
cents per gallon. There should be a ready
market for all that can be produced at tnat
price Ii may be that the sugar renneTles
are not prepared 10 handle syrup ana l.
therefore, suggest that it is to the pest
interests of those engaged in the lhdust
to convert their syrup into sugar before
placing il on the market as this would no.
only assure them of a market for their pro
duet, but would leave them larger mar
gin of profit, sugar being less expensive 10
handle than syrup"
The business man referred TO llustTa'eu
his ideas by a calculation, showing the re-
suits to the farmer of marketing paTtel
Of svrup at the estimated price of 20 cents
RallOn, anu Ol ALldl hItiii5 NAtN "NeN'-
duct from the same, estimated at SIX
pounds to the gallon at the present mar
ket price of crude sugar. His calculation
was as follows: An average barrel OF
syrup, containing fifty gallons, at ~ cents
a gallon, will realize $40 at savannah De
| duct freight to Savannah on 600 pounds at
| % cents per hundred pounds, 81 80 and cost
| of barrel. 81. This leaves $7.6S, which
means that the syrup will net the farmer
IL Ia cents per gallon T. o. b., at shipping
| point
At six pounds of sugar per gallon the
barrel of syrup will produce 300 pounds OF
sugar At S1& cents per pound the sugar
| will bring $3.50 at Savannah. Deduct
| from this freight to Savannah at 81 cents
per 100 pounds, SO cents, and cost of sack
20 cents, and the result is $9.S7 net, or at
the rate of 1884 cents per gallon on the syr-
up used in producing the sugar.
1.-The results should be even better than
this" said the business man, as l nave
allowed a liberal margin in the calcutta
ton. the estimate being based upon only
six pounds of sugar TO the gallon, and the
figure for crude sugar being slightly UNI
der the present market price. Sugar equal
TO the sample brought back from Capt.
James place will readily bring nearly, if
not quite, 4 cents per pound at the New
York refineries. The calculation is made
upon a basis of 90 cents per gallon for the
syrup at Savannah, but it should be re-
membered that the farmers only averaged
IA to Is cents per gallon last season, from
which the cost of freight and package had
TO De deducted. 1t will be to the advan-
tage of the farmers to convert as much
of their syrup into sugar as possible, in
order that the output of syrup may be
reduced to the amount needed to supply
the local market, by which means a better
price will be realized. With limited sup
ply the syrup could readily be sold in Sa-
vannah at % cents per gallon"