The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-19
THE SUGAR TRADE IN BRAZIL.
4 Review of the Industry by an Tx.
pert on the Subject.

| The State Department has Just received
/ from Eugene SeeEcr the United States
/ Consul General at Rio dc Jaueiro. a copy
| OF an article ON the sugar trade in Bra
/ I'll, written by am expert on the subject
. and quoted in "a bulletin issued by the
/ French board of trade Of that place. The
/ writer says
I The manufa rture and commerce Of
/ cane sugar in Brazil, although Of consid-
/ cradle Importance. have hitherto never
/ attracted much attention from European
| OF American capitalists
Both English and Americans purchase
l 10 "a certain amount in these markets.
principally in the north. and. as will be
/ seen by the following figures. these pur-
/ chases, principally for New York and
] Liverpool, are BY no means iuconsider-
/ able
/ he annual sugar production in Brazil
/ is estimated at $4,000 tons. The export OF
sugar 20 foreign countries in 800 was
about 5000 tons. and the remaining 30 900
( tens were shipped 20 different States Of
| the Republic or consumed on the spot.
Not only is there no premium FOR export.
I out m fact sugar is subject 10 an ex-
port duty. which is always cause Of
complaint.
In 1890. exports to foreign countries
were, in round numbers q $50 tJns-to
New York. 5000 tons: to LIVERPOOL. s6ao-
and to Havre. so tons In 1901. exports
took a somewhat larger development. sta
tistlcs up t. the end Of April giving the
following results From Pernarnbuco.
~09oo TONS from Maccio. 2orS0 tons or
yp'"" tons IN all in four months against
sl-b"" tons for the whole wear OF 1870
compared with the large area under
I cH5uFauon. the factories are but few In
only one Is the diffusion process actually
employed Machinery has been furnished
Principally by Gail. Elves Lille and some
IeTIiia1 makers, and. although Of the {
most modern kind. is often incompIete
r or this reason, che vacuum pans are
uIten unaccompanied by che triDle-action
"A better idea viii be obtained Of the
working or those factories from the fact |
mat the average Weld Is only nor cent
while by the dinusip1 process Il 'r,a- re-,f /
| can be obtained. The factories NAV be |
divided into two distinct classes The cen
tIaI factories ana the small mills in which /
sugar Is made by the old process, the |
after being very numerous in some dis |
The personnel Of the central factories
Is generally composed Of foreigners In the
early periods. but is nearly always sub
sututed by nationals later on There are
r. r. or. some factories. specially in Sac !
FaGio, which are entirely directed by for
eiSuers. The capital employed is almost /
entrely national, with the execution OF a \
Few central factories i'm Bahia and Per
nambucO worked boy English capital and
IN Sac PaulO with French.
IN order 90 form an idea Of the value
Of sugar in Brazil, il Is necessary to take
the average Of three preceding seasons.
as this year prices have fallen so terribly
IN consequence Of special local conditions
ana the financial crisis through which the 4
country Is passing
The disappearance Of the great com
mission houses has left the market with
out guide or direction, and has obliged /
both central factories and small mills 20
often cOnsign their sugar 70 parties una
BILE TO mold IL back. To this must be ad-
ded the difficulties Of discount and credit
produced by the financial crisis. which !
haze prevented any operations on a large /
scale and greatly reduced tn. importance
OF this class Of operations
During the last three years. sugars
Were quoted in the Rio market as follows l
w hlte crystals, per kiiogram, IsgS SO
cents. 1883 II. cents 1900 : cents Yellow
crystals. per kH0gram, 1898. - cents. 1893
S.6 cents. 1900. ga cents Brute secCO. per
kiiOEram, 1855. 81 cents, 1888. - cents. I
1900. SO cents. Brute melado. per kilo-
gram, 1885, 81 cents 1893. "a cents, 1880
4 cents
"A EilOEram is equal 10 220l6 pounds
'tJr 1891. in consequence OF the cfrcUm-
stances we have enumerated, prices fell
as follows; White crystals. "A cents per
kiloEram. yellow crystals. 3o sents per
gram; brute melado, 25 cents ger k.l0-
gram
orally conSign their sugars 20 Rio de
Jaueiro. the principal market. The
amount sold at Rio on account OF the
factories Is calculated at Sugl1 tons per
annum- COnsi gnmeuts are made draw
ing for So per cent Of the value OF the SUI
gar. consigners receiving . per cent GA
the sale and interest on the amount ad-
vauCed. But AT the present moment con-
signmeuts are too much split up. and the
market consequently lacks direction
a few houses. especially German. have
attempted 10 concentrate al least part .
Of the production. but they have found
difficulties fl coming TO terms With the
definite has been done toward forming a
sugar trust The uudertak ng. however
moderate capital would certainly give
large profits and is therefore worth
cies at Rio de Jaueiro and CamDnS. Per
uambucO and MacclO. Bahia and Aracu- .
IN. and Sac PaulD could not only mo-
n0DCliZe the Brazilian market. but also
the export trade. and thus reUn.Je the
numerous. scattered. and often counter
acting forces into a single effort for the
general welfare
1T is extraorduary that with So con-
siderable a production and consumption
OF sugar there should bo %" regular re-
nueTy I'm Brazil A. present the different
sugare-raw. crystals whites ErluWS-
erc--arp generally worked Up by small
rcfurrir~ into more ur less white DOW
der which goes ly the name of refined
sugar ia the CuuUtrE- We understand
that ono OF the most successful Of the
central factOri,s-tnat gf Parahgha & Ser
gipe-iS e0deaVorinE To arrange the eF-
adjustment Of "a refinery Uu O. great scale
i'm the city Of Rio de- Jaueiru-
Summing w. the sugar industry IN
Brazil Is. compared with the enormous
area IL for production Vet IU IT'S In
fancy. What has sim % Ne done Is TO
complete the factories. improve the cul-
tiyatiUu Of tho cane. create a great re- 7
iutry. and give single direction 90 the
interior and exterior comma rec
The United States Consul comments on
The article as follows
"A gentleman wei acquainted With SUI
gar production iU Brazil 5Did me chat
through the introduction OF modern ma
chiusry and meth is. the sugar industry
could Dee made very T,mUuer. tive here
In this CONNIE elton ] wish o. 81 o. that
the majority OF shares OF % corporation
owning tho two largest and hest sugar
factories i'm Brazil and CUfuriIE very
va luab,, concessions and privileges. can
b. bought az what wr-'1 seen % h~ Very
reasonable hur-gS. This iS the time o.
pick uu Industrial bargains iu Brazil"
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