New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-12-01

Food Control Board. The Food
Board setting the figure Of 7.2j
for white graduated sugar west
Of the Mississippi, has consented
that these Louisiana washed SUI
CARS should come in under the
same ruling. 1t was the expecta,
ton Of the Food Board that by
their food control they could
break the market down to such
low figures that the adjustment
Of the prices so far as quality was
concerned. would regulate itself
and with white sugars at 1925 it
was thought that brown, gray
and off color vacuum pan sugars
would sell at considerably less
price. This, however, could only
result when the supply was in ex-
cess of the demand and it doesn t
look much as though the supply of
! these sugars would be adequate
for the entire country and it
would seem probable that until the
Cuban crop begins to arrive in
January, almost any kind of So
called clarified crystal sugar
would sell at 7.105.
There has apparently been some
disposition On the part of some
of the sugar producers to turn
out these sugars nearly as low in
quality as they can; and yet bring
the price named. When we re-
call the high reputation that these
sugars have had and their great
popularity all the wy from New
Orleans to the Great Lakes, many
of our older merchants will thor
oughly appreciate the merits Of
these sugars. With the manu-
facture of beet sugars, which can
not be made saleable until made
entirely white. because of the Of
fensive odor of any attaching mo-
lasses to the crystals. we can see
at once that an immense amount
of pure white sugar has been
thrown on the markets of the
country by the beet sugar indus
try in the western and mountain
states and also by the earnest eff
forts of the sugar refiners, until
the trade has been practically
weaned away from these yellow
and darker colored CRYSTALS. no
matter how great their intrinsic
merit.
The situation now is such that
it seems fair to infer that during
the coming years there will be a
good market for Louisiana crys-
tails. Demerara crystals sell in
London all the time at the price
Of pure white sugar, sometimes at
even a slightly higher price and
20 far as we know, never at any
ess price than pure white sugar.
Dur people should now consider
he propriety of reinstating these
louisiana crystal sugars In the
rood opinion of the trade up the :
generally. and not to
end them'in to the market Of dull
'rown and gray colors, but have
hem sufficiently. washed to bring
hem up to nice grocery styles and
hey will not only protect thenl-
elves, and their markets this year,
ut through several years in the
nture. We must remember that
'ngland has been importing for
ears several hundred thousand
ons of pure white sugars from
Germany. England also imported
of thousands of tons Of
rown sugar on the basis Of 95
EST. These sugars for many
ears have only varied in price
he equivalent Of about one-half a
snt a pound and that would be
ne normal difference in this
ountry. and that fact led many
1gar plnters to sell to the Sugar
rust 96 test sugar at one-half a
ent a pound less than they could
ct for the very finest yellow
.ystals. their experience indicat-
e to them on the plantations the
reater improvement in the quail
v of these sugars would cost as :
uch as that half cent. The Su-
ar Trust has no wsecured an al
,wance of 100 cents for the pro-
ass of sugar refining. which they
, LARGELY increased. not reciting,
owever. the fact that their mar
ms in fact have been entirely tool
reat and had only been achieved
' their arbitrary control of the :
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