Evening star., 1923-04-27
SUGAR GOES HIGHER
7 ON HEAVY BUYING
Candy Makers Now Ordering
Supplies to Be Used Next
Christmas.
BY J. &. RONLE.
fncc.aI Dispatcl to The Star.

NEW YORK. April 27.--Sugar prices
ttill arc up. Cuban raw sugar is at
6.'5 cents pound. cost and freight,
tue high point of the year. That
Tact, however, has little meaning to
>1he casual householder, who knows
nat. sugar looks like. tastes like and
costs in the corner grocery, but who
s. ignorant Of the different ramifca-
sionS of processes and quotations in
the Transformation from the cane to
TIE sugar bowl.
The larger part of the sugar supply
for the United States comes from
Cuba. Last year the beet sugar pro-
ducers turned out only about $4,000
short tons. The Cuban crop AT the
present time is estimated by various
experts between 3.750.000 tons and
S,0o0,Un0 tons this year.
Ccntrals Now Grinding.
The grinding Of the new Cuban crop
STARTS in March and continues TO the
end of May The raw cane is cut
snd carried 10 mills. called centrals,
where the juice of the cane, by pres
sure or other mechanical means, is
transformed into the form OF crystals,
from which the water is expelled IN
nany instances by centrifugal force.
In this form it is known as mash or
raw sugar. At the present tlme
RDONl ndIf or the lSS CtHlrdIS WHICH
operated this season have finished
operations. hut the exact size OF the
cuban crop will not he known until
AL have finished.
sold in Cuban Ports.
From the rentrals the sugar is
transported to the Cuban ports where
j. is mark eyed. The quotations FOR
This product. most of which is bought
by retiucrs. Vary with conditions. 1t
. may be bought I. i, t.. which means
cost, insurance and freight paid 1t
may he bought e. T., or cost and
duty paid or + o. b, free on board.
The duty into this country from Cuba
works out to 1.I645 cents "A pound.
Therefore a quotation which reads
tCuhans new crop April shipment u
l.. and f." means that new Cuban raw
\ sugar for prompt shipment is selling
al 6a4 cents a pound in Il Cuban port
with cost and freight paid to New
) ork.
Rcfners Turn Ii Into Grnnulated.
\ quotation reading: .CcntrifuGal
- test prompt April shipment, So
cif., means that raw sugar from
which the water has been expelled hy
centrifugal force is selling for ship
,hent this month TO New York, with
cost. Insurance and freight paid. but
with duty still TO be betrayed at six
gents pound.
An advance of ! cent per pound in
VdW sugar means an ADDITION OIL So.-U
10 each bag of the raw product, and
5he leading companies still have from
100000 to 100000 bags each to mar
pr 2.2io
Afterward the raw sugar is refined
pr transformed into the granulated
state, in which form it is sold to job
bers and retailers.
Candy Prices Advanced.
Western confectioners already have
nnounced increased prices for candy
OF all grades as a result of the ad-
Nance in sugar prices. The Hawaiian
crop is largely refined on the Pacific
coast. but little of this sugar gets
east of Missouri river.
Executives Of the firm of Lamborn
T. Hutchins. sugar dealers here,
said today that action by some con-
Sectioners in protecting themselves
"hoarding." For example, candy
snaker will send his salesmen out TO
nake orders for next Christmas and
in order to protect himself against
advance in the price of refined sugar
he will make purchases of raw sugar
for future delivery at the current
price.
Perhaps he will buy raw sugar at
81 cost and freight when refined
sugar is selling at 1925 Il pound. If.
however. granulated goes 10 II and
raw sugar to :, he Will sell his raw
contracts and SO balance the in
creased cost of granulated which he
Iust use in his manufacturing.
Another Bonus on Bcets.
There seems little doubt in view OF
recent sugar advances, that the beet
sugar growers of the west will get
another bonus on their 1929 crop.
They already have been paid 81 a
ton. but they receive more if the
general price at which the crop
finally is SOLD is sufficiently high to
warrant it. In Montana, where the
sugar content was higher. growers
got a. base price of $50 a ton for
their heets. The Great Western
sugar Company report just issued
Hlowed that there was Sl4,27633S
Worth of sugar and by-products from
The 1922 crop still on hand at tine
end Of the fiscal year February oS.
Employment Up 10 Per Cent.
SEATTLE. Wash, April 81 (Spe-
c'aD. The public employment office
h"re mas hlled 10 per cent more Jobs
E" far this year than in the corrc-
epondlnE period of 1922, according to
y. tt. Shields, superintendent Com
Slnn labor, unShilled. is getting S. a
Ncw Boat Line on Lakes.
WINDSOR. ont. April ~ (Specian
boat line from Windsor and De
frnlt to Montreal and foreign ports
VIII be opened as soon as NAVIGATION
On the lakes clears up. Two now
steamers are being fitted up for this
service and Will take cargoes direct