New-York tribune., 1911-11-29
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.
JAMrs 9. coNNELL G. SON.

The raw sugar brokerage firm Of James
s Connell & Son, No. Jos Wall street. Is one
NJ tbe oldest and best established houses In
New York City.
This firm was founded in 1896 by Henry
rdov on the same premises where the busl-
ness is still conducted. James 5. Connell'
now its senior member entered the hrH IN
1881 That same year the firm saw other
changes for Henry Edey it's fouhder oieu
| David NJ Turnure became a partner ana
the firm name was changed 10 Edey q
Turnurc Later Charles &. Edey, son OF
uenrv Edey. was admitted to partnership
and tbe frm became Edey, Turnure & 60.
In 1889 Mr.. Turnure died and the hrm DC
came Edey & Connell Herbert ). Conhel'
son OF James s Connell, and now junior
member OF the firm, entered the business
In 1890. Charles c. EGey retired In ls9Z' ana
the firm became the present one OF James
s. Connell e. Son.
whiIe these various changes were taking
place. the management made no change IN
its conduct OF business. Always, from I's
inception TO tho present time, 1t has carrled
on a strictly commission business, ana one
which has steadily increased In volume
until now James s. Connell e. Son can be
said to be the most important sugar brok-
ers I'm the United States. They are re-
earded highly by merchants and refners
alike and have built up reputation Tor
sterling integrity. They have gained an IN
innate knowledge OF the various phases OF
the business by reason of long experience
and a thorough reliable and progressive
service IS used in the interest or their
clients.
These include some of the largest I'M
porters and merchant bankers who receive
sugar from all parts OF the world, and
especially from Cuba, Porto Rico and from
the Philippines. James S. Connen & son
represented as brokers the pioneer sugar
merchant and banking firm Of Moses ray
lor & Co.. whose successors, Lawrence
Turnure & Co, OF No. Ga Wall street re-
main perhaps the most important Of their
clients
James s. Connell & Son act in the ca
pacity Of brokers and delivering agents
only for local importing interests and rep
resentatives Of shippers. Among the Cuban
estates the product OF whose factories IS
thus marketed exclusively by this firm
may he mentioned Hormiguero, at Glen
fuegos. known as one Of the model planta-
tons: Senado, at Nuevitas; Sta Lucia at
Gibara: Ysobel and San Ramon, at Manza-
nilla: San Antonio, Romeie and the COM
bIned estates OF the Guantanamo Sugar
Company. at Guantanamo. These estates
had altogether an output last season OF
about seven million bags.
Some idea Of the enormous quantity OF
sugar sold by James s. Connell & Son may
be gained from the fact that the total
quantity in the course Of the year approx
mates probably $4,000 tons-that is to say
practically % per cent Of the importations
passing through the port Of New York, or
exceeding 10 per cent OF the amount OF
sugar annually consumed in the United
States.
James S. Connell, the senior member Of
the firm, may be called the dean Of the
sugar trade. both on account Of his age and
his long association with the industry-a
period embracing the years from 1851 TO
1911, and almost covering entirely the scope
Of The Tribune's Seventy Years Of National
Progress Edition He has witnessed and
participated in the evolution OF the sugar
business from the time when centrifugal
factories were unknown. and when sugar
was made by the primitive sun-dried and
open-kettle processes, packed only In wood
en- packages (hogsheads, barrels, terces
and boxes, shipped I'm small sailing vessels
and sold upon color, taste and general APP
pearances. At the age Of eighty-seVen he
retains his rugged physique and alertness
Of mind that made Of him successful
broker. He is still regular in his attend
nnce at the office. although Of late years
he has surrendered the responsibilities and
active conduct OF the business to his son
and junior partner, Herbert $ Connell' who
f. well able TO continue and greatly en-
hance the prestige which his father gdlheu
for the firm.