The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-13
cr0RGl4 SYRUP AT A PROFIT.
,,,r of IT RETAILS AT TWENTY
CENTS 4 QUART.

"a q
,n..5 and Bottled 1000 Quarts
,as, Year, which Is Now Being Re-
.,ited al More Per Quart Than the
,.ernse Farmer Receives Per GAL
,.n-The Discussion OF the Syrup
o,c.tfon Has Lead TO n Boom in
~. ,7nrIlet-Savannah WhOIesaI-
.rs Have Worked OFF All Their
CID stocks.
rsa recent discussion in the Morning
-. If The poss. bililies of Georgia syrup
c,rnect,cn with the advocacy of a SUI
,e6nsry at Savannah has caused quite
,.on IN The syrup market. The Savan-
Il oh -adlc must have suddenly walked up
/, ,rs fact that Georgia syrup is good
,.tse iud-.ns by the rapidly with which
-. smiles have been depleted and the
,a.s increased
/ At lie beginning Of the discussion there
,eer4 several Of the wholesale grocery mer-
+sr,. who had large stocks of Georgia
.,rrn on hand, much Of which had been
H. shock for months and which there seem
n 10 D.. but little prospect of getting rid
hi even al the prevailing low prices. A
heading wholesale grocer told a Morning
News reporter yesterday that he had dis
n,.sj OF every barrel of Georgia syrup
|vtic3 he had on hand and is willing to
Ike more now at an increased price.
same Of th.s syrup was old stock and
h. Of very good quality, but this he i'm
En-ovsd bv mixing with a better grade.
rotoa few days ago syrup was quoted
N The market at 10 TO Is cents and was
a. sold to The retailers at Is to Is cents.
<N5w J :. worth is 10 70 cents ana The le-
E1rs mus. Jay correspondent higher
4 dc. Farmers in Tie country who have
Enks Of syrup on hand can now obtain
Il fair price by shipping TO their grocsrs in
&s2annah
4 That a frst-cldss article of Georgia syr-
sD can he PRODUCED ard put on the market
n price much higher than those just
HD.4I has been demonstrated by a Sa-
Il Hannah man who went into the business
In an exp. riment last year. 1t VIII doubt
8. sru.i-e The Georgia farmers to know
Il sgl an ,yrup OF fine quality has been
Il u.lng Oh the local market at more per
#gsu man they have been receiving per
Il 3l.n for theil product. Yet such is the
T.
81 Mr. W. X Pearce of Hunter, Pearce &
#Ea1ary. decided over a year ago that
AVN Of a high grade, put up in an at
Il aciye package. would soon create a de
ha1j no. only in the local market, but
#huugd5ut The country generally. He de-
8 jd 10 make the experiment and went
Elao tle business on a small, but inten-
#sye scale Two acres were planted in
& a1a at his plantation at Tusculum, in
&Eh1gham county. The best seed was Sc
n Isl and the ground was well fortified
ll cotton seed meal. 1t was carefully
#udy3,ed and the result was a very sat
#sia2ory yield. Mr.. Pearce went to the
Expense Of putting in a cane crusher and
puus for boiling and hired an expert
POKER 10 10 that part of the
work There is said to be
@er6, in boiling cane juice so as to
Toluoe fine quality of syrup, and Mr..
5ar2as man was one of those who knew
secret
Great care was exercised in all details
Doe work said Mr. Pearce. Il had
npes sent me every day, and saw that
very BOILING was brought to the same
q
olsl IL order that there might be little
a'f. eil in ID, so that it would not fer
l'nJ when put up for shipment. The
eal secret in my opinion. in producing
0' syrup is in cleanliness. The great
care was exercised to this end. The
was strained when it was boiled,
was strained again at each process
"g operation, being strained the last
'-. "-tn j was put in the bottle The
&rosl was Ia leave ii perfectly clear and
Iesh from Impurities
e ' IeaFee estimates that his field OF
welded 900 to 800 gallons per acre.
s"S' loo. with more thorough boil
H. t-au Is given by the average farmer.
nc 7"' some cane from other farm
Ep.r, '' WIN this addition put up 1000
Ill., p-'l"eS OF a very fine grade of syrup
onsr. g'iee exhibited several samples and
h. i,,t. yes of his product. Held I'D to
b. 7 1 81 showed perfectly clear bright
&reas.I,o lue smell and taste it was very
Il t5. When the bottles were uncorl1
#neni,,,. was no gas as the result of fer
ZwbioS ana none of the acrid odor
*whjo5 ba tequently noticeable in syrup
Mime oeeh Kept corked up for some
Ebusr uIaae something OF a hobby Of the
Xeby cos+ 1''i MT. Pearce, land it prob
Eaveraso me something more than the
=Bsgir9ir l'fner would be willing to nav
6u an enurely new and having TO
at cors.3 my outfit, as well as being
|tliz.o, 3lie expense for seed and fer
n nv N'' not make any great nroit
Luca 4H'Ure / was determined TO pro-
betar. I.S'-elass article of syrlp. and
net Wiz succeeded in doing so. II has
ESsvanr,l very favorable reception in
Xfrn o,ti+ ana also in some of the north
Was -" men l have introduced il
tucng T. what slow work in intro
XdlQe in r. as mere seemed to be preiu-
4 ary IA 'S'd syrup and it was neces-
#bOueq away a good many sample
goo nov, t'o"eVer, 1 have disposed of a
As tbaro OF the crop at a fair nrice
On The 49,. great deal of svrun thrown
/ he rev- 'Ne' curing the fall season when
! was ON, market until the bulk Of the cron
Nh OF the way" VIZ ~
Pint class t put up his syrup in strong
Zand Good w., D,,.Ies' with Autograph labels
|sdlel Sons. VI course these things
Peaca'g s,-.' ,laing to the cost. Mr..
Eaavnnab nP IS now retailing in the
r. more I,. market at 20 cents bottle
T. has quart than the average farm
Il SHOWS th,, getting per gallon. This
Elor irst,oI@ good price can be. obtained
Others l5ss article of Georgia evrun
E'lat fr.. l,'eS Mr.. Pearce have found
aca win Ass article of Georgia svrun
1oel VIII, D'lAs a high price can be nro-
Gr-is 'fTI,e' care. Mr. L. F.. Jones.
'eWs rs, Jones, informed a Mornirg