The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-04-23

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The increase Is more than double, but. of
course. the population TO be supplied has
doubled in the interim.
Now we DO not expect the population Of the
Pacific coast to be doubled in the next ten
years. but we do expect to see It increase fifty
per cent, and the grocery trade TO increase in
proportion.
We here give the views OF some of our leading
grocery merchants and manufacturer as 20 the
present state aud future prospects of the trade,
and pu many other topics Of interest, and hope
10y thc interchange OF ideas thus affected, 10
} promote that desirable harmony that should
always exist between the different sections of
ouT body commercial and thus promote the
general welfare of ala.
Having waited ou Claus SpreckeI-, proprietor
Of the california Sugar Refinery, we had quite
90 pleasant interview. Mr.. Sprecseis talked very
hopefully OF Che future OF the sugar trade Of the
Coast, and vi the industry Of sugar refining IN
this city As he i. both o. planter and a reiner,
his views are specially interesting. We give
here the substance of q somewhat heightened
interview. Our representative began by saving:
" Mr. Spreckeis-vhat are the prospects OF the
sugar trade on the Pacific coast this wear {:
They are very good aud the question of the
extension Of our trade Is simply "a question of
capacity Of supply. When our new refinery.
which will have a capacity Of q million pounds
daily, Is completed, we shall control all the
sugar trade Of the Coast, and Of the adjoining
countries.
What is the outlook of the sugar crop Of the
world this year 90
1--WE cannot well tell till about August, re-
ports are conflicting. but it will probably be IL
good average"
How about prices this year g?
i do not think that they will be any higher
they will be lower If anything.
What Is the outlook Of the island crop this
year,"
q. We estimate that it will reach forty thous-
and short tons. or eighty million pounds. 1t
viii be Il very full crop. Where last year sugar
lands yielded four tons 20 the acre, this year
they Will produce fine. The sugar crop of 1880
will soon come fast into our market, and / think
that 1881. will witness us independent of other
sources of supply
81. Is it desirable to abolish the United States
duties on sugar
Most decidedly no. 4 revenue must be
somehow raised, and when 1000, 900, 600
pounds OF sugar are imported, it will yield a
revenue OF $40, 900, 900 annually. This is too
much to loose and could not be raised as readily
in any other way. L am a planter as well as "a
manufacturer, and look on the Hawaiian group
as another Louisiana, The people of that State
would oppose it most determinedly. And here
/ would say that the Hawaiian islands are
THE KEY To THE UNITED STATES,
And if any question arises of annexation to any
other country, the United States should have
them.
q. mir. Spreckels then gave a description of the
new refinery, and his views on the Beet sugar
industry in California, and the command of the
Utah sugar trade by San Francisco, all of which
have already appeared in the ADVERTISER.
Our interviewer met both the Messrs. Hyman
Bros, who are among the leading firms engaged
in the Sandwich Island trade. They received
him very pleasantly and responded to numerous
questions, in substance as follows
Since the Reciprocity Treaty has been con-
cluded, direct trade between the islands and
foreign countries, such as England, etc, has de
creased heavily: while we, on the contrary, have
Increased by what they have lost. One Of our
brothers who represented the island trade abroad
was Withdrawn to New York in consequence,
while the
SAN FRANCISCO BUSINESS INCREASED so MUCH
That we opened a house III this city.
4" Should sugar be duty free ?"
Releasing the duties upou Island sugar has
contributed largely to the advancement Of the
commercial interests of this coast.
One Of the principal productions of the islands
that always finds "A ready market upon this coast
Il Rice. The rice consumption Of the islands is
fully 5000 sacks per month. Much of this has
been hitherto imported from China, but the
Government has placed a duty OF 2Lc Der pound
on China rice. This Will make the Chinese
population consume the rice raised on the island
as they should. The island rice Is planted from
Carolina seed and is fully equal to the Carolina
product. being much superior TO the China. The
shipment of thirty cars (66O,OOO lbs overland
will help the market here and introduce the Is
land rice to the Eastern and Western trade
Mr.. NJ. $. GRISBAUM, of NJ. ). GRrSBAUM &
Co., said that trade was very good now and that
prospects were very bright. Since the passing
of the Reciprocity Treaty,
TRADE WITH THE ISLANDS HAS BEEN DOUBLED.
That Is. export trade-imports have not increased
in the same proportion. During the past year
not a new plantation has started at the islands,
IS suirab-l scesr t.n3 cannot II properly irrigated
or hrouEnt under .airvatICn save Uv r1u=s ar
large eaViraI. The principal Hce planters ale