. Something about sugar; its history, growth, manufacture and distribution . short time afterward. The first plantationwas established in 1570 and the first factory was erected on anestate in the valley of Huanuco. Meanwhile, the sugar used inLima came from Mexico, and the owner of the Huanuco mill,realizing that his product could not compete with Mexicansugar, had recourse to a clever stratagem. He loaded a vesselwith sugar and sent her to Mexico. The ruse was successful, forthe Mexican manufacturers at once concluded that if sugarcould be shipped from Peru to Mexico, the production must bela
. Something about sugar; its history, growth, manufacture and distribution . short time afterward. The first plantationwas established in 1570 and the first factory was erected on anestate in the valley of Huanuco. Meanwhile, the sugar used inLima came from Mexico, and the owner of the Huanuco mill,realizing that his product could not compete with Mexicansugar, had recourse to a clever stratagem. He loaded a vesselwith sugar and sent her to Mexico. The ruse was successful, forthe Mexican manufacturers at once concluded that if sugarcould be shipped from Peru to Mexico, the production must belarge and the cost very low. Consequently, they discontinuedtheir shipments from Acapulco to Peru, much to the advantageof the astute factor of the Huanuco valley. In the beginning,the estates were worked by slaves, and, as happened in othersugar countries, after the abolition of slavery the plantationowners were compelled to look abroad for their laborers. Asmany as 90,000 Chinese were imported from Macao^ between » Portuguese settlement at the mouth of the Canton /
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