The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-11-07
SIRUP TRADE In EUROPE.
P"SsibiIitic- for the Introduction 90
American Products.

thu sale of maple sugar and slIur lu EH-
rope. Carl Bailey Hurst. th. United
States Consul General al Vienna writes
There is a possibility, although ai
present "a vague one. Of creating iu Aus
tria-HuuEary market for American ma-
Pile sugar and maple Sirup- These prod
ucts are now practically unknown iu this
monarchy. II is thought, however, that
maple sugar could replace. in "a measure.
the quality of sugar known as mUscava-
d0-a light brown product resembling ma
Ule sugar and largely used by wine man
ufacturers 10 add to the frrsh-pressed
juice Of the grape. for the purpose OF
/ Fastening the process Of fermentation. in
order To- increase the alcoholic contents Of
tho wine Maple sugar can also Dee en-
pioyed as "A substitute for cane sugar.
used i'm the manufacture Of candy and of
chocolate. a wsIl-ku,wn firm of conf,c-
tionery manufacturers in Vienna has. at
my request, made exhaustive experiments
wit maple sugar. with view To- using IT
in business. and the managers report that
it can be wei worked up into dark goods
that is. chocolate drops. sO-called rum
ROCKS. and the like. although the maple
sugar is too soft 10 bear much sIruu. and
makes the Austrian candies harder To-
handle and also less durable. They state
1t IS exceedingly well adapted. however.
Tor the manufacture Of chocolate and OF
chocolate lcIuES and CUIrlug-.
The manufacturers say they viii readily
take il up, If they can have IL at a lower
price than the cane sugar now used.
which they buy at Sl6-2i for Z3y pounds.
II would be possible. perhaps. 20 enter
me maple sugar here "a sugar SubStl-
tute, since the duty on sugar itself is
very high Sugar is one of AuStria's chief
products, and accordingly well protected.
. Ihe monarchy exported TO the United
states IN 1907. sugar TO the value of 81
-|LHi6.b", while the United States liz the
same GEAR, sent to tins country only
$it2i worth Of sugar. In 1896. the export
of sugar from the United States 10 Aus
Tla-HungaTy amounted 10 1866. in 1897,
TO Sl2.tfl--H, in 1895. 10 Sl6.t9LfG. and in
1899, to $3.50 The duty on sugar is 500
per 20 pounds. and there are additional
taxes 10 the amount Of SI.12-in all. there
fore. Sl3Ai per % pounds while the price
for cane sugar here. per ~ pounds, is
$lo.zi. leaving margin Of only 2+5 20
pay Ior the maple sugar itself The price
OF the muScOyadO sugar varies from
Sl21i TO $l5.2i per 229 pounds.
The duty on strip Is also S6oy ana its
entry into this monarchy is attended Hy
a good deal of Formally. a chemical anal
ysis being required. Two samples. each
weighing about one pound. are taken of
the sirup and one Of these is sent for
examination 10 the Imperial Royal AETi-
cultural Trial Station in Vienna. Brown
honey is sold here al Sl462 per Do pounds
and white honey at Sl5.S per @2' pounds.
Potato strip is sold by the carload at
prices aryiuE from sos TO 500 per 20
pounds The dark honey Is used by bak-
eTS IN preparing a sort Of gingerbread
known as Lebzelten,' used not only for
eating Ike cake. but. when dried and
powdered. cOndimcut White honey
Is eaten in this country with bread and
butter at breakfast OF tea Pancakes. Tor
which maple strip is tradiJiDnally adapt
ed. are food almost unknown here. and
-heUCe a sale for this purpose is confined
20 those wi % may have used and r-ilSlcd
the strip in America. As "A delicate eN-
otto CDUfCCtiOu. maple sugar would Ger
taiuly md market here. There Is no
doubt that. II the formidable obstacle of
expense in duty and IN advertising could
be overcome, this pdlatablc healJhful
food adjunct. SO widely esteemed lu
America. could be permanently taken up
in this part Of the world. as has been the
maize. which at one time was considered
IN Europe only nit for fodder"
The following on the subject was receIv-
"a from John h GOwdy, the Amtrlca
Consul General at Paris
The poSsibilities OF a market In France
for maple sugar and strip are not very
cncOura ging and il Is doubtful IF there
VIII be any great demand Tor these prod
ucts Tor some years 10 come In the first
place the French people do not consume
the same amount Of sweet stutS as we
do at home, nor have they been brought
( up 10 the habit Of eating much sugur'd
Z food Ireacle and molaSSeS. although OBJ
taiuable as articles Of food, are rarely
bought by the average French family
Maple sugar IS almost unknown Iu the
home. and u would take great energy to
bring 10 before the public so as 70 insure
constant demand The tariff on sugar
and strip is high. Roughly speaking. the
duty on maple slrUD Is 4N-29 cents per
gallon. The maple sugar and maple SiTuD
at present imported into France are puT-
chased for the most part by Americans
residing in Paris. and are quite insight
ucant I'm quantity. no. being more than
perhaps SZpn worth Der auNIm-
Frank b. Mason, the Consul General at
Berlin. writes as follows
II have waited before completing this
. enquiry until I could consult HIlmar Ste
phauy, who Is the one man OF nv ac-
quaintance who has made practical trial
OF maple sugar ana SlrUUS I'm this country,
and can speak from actual experience.
Mr.. Stephany has for several years past
owned and managed large wholesale
and retail establishment IN Berlin Tor the
( Importation and sale Of American pre-
I served fruits. wines biscuits and large
variety of other American prepared food
products. including maple sugar and
sirUp.
..He has just returned from "a long visit
To California. and adds his testimony 90
that Of other grOccrS whom / have con-
D suited. non, OF whom believe that any
{ large demand for maple sugar OF sirup
can be built up in this country. for the
/ following reasons
Germans do not eat hot biscuits nor
any other form of warm bread. Their only
article of food which at all re=embles the
American gridlle cake-ylz. the Pam
EGchcu'-iS always eaten with powdered
white sugar and cinnamon never with
+ SIrup. EUrkwheat cakes are eaten here
only by Americans The conditions which
make maple sugar popular luxury iu the
United States DO not therefore exist in
Germany, and cannot be created EEuer-
imeut has shown that few things are
more difficult than 90 change the food of
people as fixed In their ideas as N. Ger
mans
Maple sugar and sirup are subject 10
an import duty OF ID CENTS per pound.
Adding this To- first cost and expenses Of
Importation. they become. when brought
mere, AN expensive luxury. with AN his
efforts. aided by most faEOTa bic. cUuutr-
tons. Mr. StePhauy has never been abb,
20 sell more thIn l5h gallons Of .uagI. ST.
rUp and &2H pounds of sugar in "a given
year Their present retail prices are c.
per pound for sugar, at which rates they
/ rank among luXuries accessible only 10
people IN easy circumstance.
Il have been informed that the firm
Jam . Macdonald & Co. 81 Hamburg.
has tor many years ca Tri-d on "A TRADE, fu
American honey. maple sugar. etc with
what success ! am unable 90 state. From
all information that I can obtain iu H,r-
| lin. ] should seriously doubt whether aus
] important outlet for maple SlruD OF SIN
gar could be found or deveIaped ODD this
district. and the DT0spt ca would De- more
! than unusually uuprumisiDE in time
| Ike the present. when owing 90 the gen
| eral pTostrati0n Of industrial and fr7an-
! cial interests. meagre harycsts low
wages, and scarcity Of labor. all classes
! OF German subjects are constrained To-
reduce 10 a minimum their expenditures
/ fer food and other necessities Of life
One-Sid"d Reciprocity.
From the Ch7claad Plain DeaIcrD
Tie demand io. reciprocity treaties or tariff rs-
ate