Evening star., 1924-07-30
ICE CREAM TRADE
MAKESUP LOSSES
Hot Weather Boosts Demand
All Over Country-Sugar
Men Split on Tariff.
BY J. G. ROYLE.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, July 30.-Whatever
American politics may owe to her
husband. American business owes a
big debt to Dolly Madison. She made
ice cream popular and fashionable in
the United States, and was the
sponsor. therefore. of business
which gives employment to thousands
md consumes millions Of tons of
milk, sugar. ice. salt and fruit an
lually.
SO far as the records can be traced,
.ce cream first was made by an Eng
tish confectfoner in London during
he American Revolution 1t was In
troduced into the United States by a
Philadelphia caterer named Bosio, In
1900, but never became really pop
ular until Mrs. Madison, as mistress
Of the White House. had 1t served
1t state dinners over which she pre-
'ided in 1917.
Consumption Now Enormous.
Since that time consumption Of this
dainty has risen until now 2.66 gall
.ons OF ice cream are made annually
or each inhabitant of this country
n 1923, 294,O00,0o0 gallons OF ice
tream were manufactured, and while
ne number of ice cream cones has
not been compiled by Government au-
thorities, production is conservatively
stimated by confectioners at over
300, 900, 900.
There were AL ,ooo, 900 quarts Of
pounds Of butter fat Six 'iIiHoD miiiion
pounds OF gelatin were used and
05,SO0.000 pounds of sugar. These
igures include only the consumption
of materials by ice cream manufac-
urers. In addition. housewives froze
largo amount. requiring approx
materials.
From production Of a gallon at a
ime. concocted in the cellar Of the
spread Eagle Hotel in Phiiadeiphia1
The output of the city which saw the
Introduction of this article of almost
| universal diet has risen to 12,019,S91
gallons a year.
While all the year round production
| n this country now is fairly steady.
he cold spring curtailed sales to
| some extent this year. The trade.
however, has fully recovered with the
.dvent of warm days and there IL
say. that the annual output of 1924
| will exceed that of last year.
Domestic Sugars Stabilize Prices.
Forage crops. which have expert
need advances in price. may have
some effect on the cost of materials.
>ut these fluctuations. in all prob
lbiiity. will be neutralized by. the
most interesting features in the pres
| mt sugar situation is a statement by
the refiners who import their raw
sugar from Cuba that the domestic
| beet sugars are responsible for the
nresent low prices of this commodity
This has been the content ton of the
| domestic producers all along.
The latter claim that the efforts Of
'efners to have the tariff on sugar
| educed or removed was intended as
hat II the beet sugar factories could
re wiped out by the removal OF the
| present tariff protection, the Cuban
producers and eastern refiners would
Of sugar at all times, as they did In
ts1 Sand again in 1923. at times when
khere was NO domestic sugar on
he market.
Big Crop Increase Seen.
A circular issued by the United
state Sugar Association. composed OF
| most of the large refiners, states that
continued pressure from the duty
'ree or domestic sugars have caused
declines in raw sugar to az cents
, pound compared with 5h cents
year ago The statement goes on
20 speak of the extent of the pres
sure" exerted by the domestic sugars
at the expense Of the Cuban holders" !"
| and points out that the estimate OF
the domestic beet crop this year,
placed at 83s. 900 long tons, means an
increase Of $4,000 long tons or 6 per
cent as compared with. 1923, while
stocks in Cuba are 438,424 long tons
in excess Of those of last year, with
| returns still to come from two CEN
trails which have not entirely COM
pleted grinding.
Split Over Sugar Tariff.
The statement Of Senator La Fol-
| lette complaining Of the delay in sub
hitting the report Of the tariff COM
| mission on sugar costs of production,
with recommendation for tariff acton
by the President occasioned both COM
ment and surprise in some sections
of the sugar trade today. 1t WAS noted
| that Senator La Follette's statement
| declared sugar interests" have been
active in delaying the report, but diff
| ferentiation was not made as to
| which Interests" The sugar trade il
sharply divided on the subject Of tar
| III revision on sugar. the eastern re-
| strongly, while the growers Of sugar
| beets and cane in the continental
| Omitted States, Porto Rico. Hawaii and
| the Philippines oppose it. =
The surprise to the trade, however
! lay, according to sugare men, in the
/ fact that Senator La Toilette in his
! statement seemed to align himself
| with interests he was believed to op-
pose and against agricultural pro-
ducers Of the Middle and Far West
whose special advocate his friends
/ ~ q i'm him tn he