The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-08-20
DISCOVERED: REAL
SUGAR HUMOR|ST
And He Halls From Missouri
Has New Definition For Sugar
and Trade

A sugar man who could see anything
funny 10 connection with the sugar il
dustry these days might almost he in
danger of being accused or possessing
q perverted sense Of humor. II there
ever was any element Of numor in the
industry, or any humnrists among SUI
gar men few late political incidents
have sufficod to wipe them ont of cir.
culation. Philosophy at the least, aud
red-shirt anarchy at the most, are
threatening to take the place Of any
humor that might have heen prevalent
among the people connected with che
industry in the United states, says an
exchange.
The exception seems to he Harry T..
Sloan. secretary Of the Missouri Kan
sas Wholesale Grocers' Association,
and even at that Mr.. Sloan : humor
takes a mOcking vein. In a recent bull
letin issued by him Mr.. Sloan says in
part: ST.. ~ a=I
4 Sugar, a name applied TO various
compounds of carbon, hydrogen and
oxygen mixed with little hell -fIfr,
all of which have more or less sweet
taste depending largely on the eondi-
tion of the market; a neutral reaction
to vegetable cnlors which partake
largely of yellow to match the complex
ion Of those who handle IL. Soluble IN
water, but whiskey. win dissolverit and
sometimes serves to take the curse Off
of it. ,.-~...-,s
Is Sledge In Trade Warfare g..
Sugars are generally Of vegetable
origin. but are often fr NJ among the
minerals whore they are moulded into
hammers. hatchets and sledges TO use
in thn warfare of trade. .
Sugars are mostly crystallizable, and
when in solution thew rotate the plane
Of raw of pOlarized light. The man
who handles them seldom sees the raw
Of light. but that is no matter. It's
there just the same. Among all these
cbrnounds, the sugar Of the sugar cane
and beef is distinguished par excellence
by the name of sugar. @&..,-s
II is supposed that sugar was first
cultivated in India, and there are
lot Of bad, Indians still dabbling IN
il, hut knoVledge Of smear and its
methods of cultivation and the myster-
los Of selling IL ut loss was brought
from Persia Nv the Arabs and given
nv Thorn IN Europe. The" Spaniar;s
wcr" the frst to plant il in Madeira
in 1902. That was the year America
was discovered, and there were few
wholesale grocers sitting out on the
farthost tnnrue If land waiting to get
h"ld nf il in order TO cut the price.
Since th"n n nos "ta'~ us all join the
Arabs and walk Spanish.
Squeezing Juice Prom Jobber
During the Middle Ages Venice was
~" emporium of the trade in sugar
The~e is recor'l that so early as 1919
It was shinped from TIE latter port 70
London It was. hON, ever. chiefly used
90 medicine. and at the beginning IF
the rr"sent century the emporium was
rnr"d To the Missouri River where sn.
var is still nsed rs a medicine, and a
nasty medicine at that
SUGAR is princinallv prepared from
IN" su"ar cane and the beet. The first
o""ratnn in the manufacture of sugar
fr"m sugar cane consists in pressing
Nh" "ire f~"m the cane. This is quick
" followed Nv pres sing the Juice from
t"a iol her. Tho earos are pressed un-
dor LARGE rollers which extract about
=" to % TIER cent of the juice. Whea
'h" iohhcr goes under the large rollers
h" loses 20 per cont Of the ;rice. Ths
CIV" juice is now boiled in copper YES
sells.
The i"hber Is boiled IN oil. milk or
limo. and sulnhurie acid. or phosphorus
R"id is added to nautralize the vege-
tahlh p%ids a"d Ut length the sugar
rrvstalliZes. Wal, IL Ough, 20 crvsta,.a
I've. for Won win note We are getting
close to hades. The liquid portion re,
maiuing u drained off and sold as mo-
lnssNs. This aHDlies to sugar, The
n"rtion that j. drained of the iobber IL
given away for fertilizer. The raw
S""ar is then usually shipped to Great
Britain. hut why thev should sent
a"vthing raw awav from the tohhers or
th's co"rt"v. the Good Rock saith nOs
Frisco Peaches" Craze High
Sugar occurs in many natural fruits,
such As the neach, plum, currant, apple,
ant grape, in quantities varying frpa
! " Der cent in the peach to Is pnr
cent in the grape, The "pcaches we
met in San Francisco run better than
- pc" cent and a iobber's stock
will easily weld 25 per cent sugar If
it is properly approached.
Sugar cane is now cultivated in an
warm parts of the globe and it con.
Times TO make things hot for evcrv-
hodv who touches it. The iuice of tho
cane is 70 palatable and nutritive that
during the sugar harvest every crea-
ture which partakes Of it freely APP
pears to derive health and vigor from
its use. But after the harvest Is over
and the iohber gets hold 81 Il, it pro
notes nothing but neuritis, consump.
ton. rheumatism. bad colds, la grippr,
ring bone, SPAWN, contraction OF TIE
smiMn end q NnnerAl hrankd nwn of I'm