The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1882-11-22

Is June last we heard that there was
likelihood Of an attempt being made BY
the authorities IL New York. when Messrs.
Haekfeld's shipments arrived. to prove
that the sugars sent there were not the
same a those which were produced here
IN 1915, the year prior to the Treaty. At
that time we wrote combating the idea.
but a we said last week the many,'I - -
hydra Of misrepresentation =, - =
KILL and IN spite ofs ,,st -. - r. ,bo
- rs in San Francisco, and
-lses here, this very charge has
Drought up and IS standing IN the
fay If our sugars In New York finding a
place in the market.
In the memorial to the Secretary of the
Treasury the statement IS made BY the re-
hners that our sugars are not clsyed and
drained sugars. and that they used to
be such before the Treaty came into
force Such a statement is absolutely
false We have been IN the habit Of
drying our sugars by the centrifugal
into force W drriae2 sa1gars haze teeH
erpoTaf from ae.s isgrafs- sfae1 1851 Our
detractUrs forget altogether thst Mr.. D.
M Weston the inventor Of centrifugals
was 8 resident Of Honolulu and for sew
eral years manufactured his centrifugals
10 this city: very clumsy things these
crude germs Of most valuable machine
were; but the idea grew, 3l1. Weston left
this country, patented his invention IN the
States and elsewhere and BY patience, m
dustry and perseverance, realized hand
some fortune as well az reTolutionized a
most important process IN the sugar man
ufacture The first Weston Centrifugal
Esssst up IN 1851 IN East Mani: It was not
likely as a mere matter Of probability that
with such an expeditions method Of dry
ing sugar, clearly demonstrated 10 them
BY practical experiment. the planters
Of tins country would pass By such
chance Of improving their sugars. As a
fact they at once accepted the invention
and never from that day 10 this have they
eTer used the old and clumsy method !
which produces drained sugars.
In 1875 al plantations On these Islands |
used centrifugals- at the same date 16 out !
% 2 plantations were using Facuuna pans /
The uen who make objections to our
sugars when they see them for the first /
.IE.e. shew absolute ignorance Of the con
tltlon Of or sugar industry There Is
probably no country IL the world where
% much energy and skill has been devoted }
% this one object Of planting sugar We
laTe been exceptionally f0rtunzfe in hzv-
ne cosmDpolitsn ropuIsfion- the brains
q many races have been devoted to this
great object The men who originally /
sams hare, showed they were above the
gFerzge q their fellows, N that they had
he spirit Of euteEErise 80 strongly de-
reloped IN them that they struek out for
LalnseIEes line which few were bold
.n0ugh to venture. those who have fol
owed. have shern the sane spirit Of en-
erprses We have again been specially
lEtunate n lying 80 close to California
from that State We have drawn an ilnmense
mount & energy, si1I and, lately cspi-
IL OR opponents altogether forzek that
4 these islands f0r the past forty years
len have nol existed as mere sAsspy con
lonnsgatiun % atoms surh n ars Usually
opposed 70 D. tie denize1a d ir1piezl
Countries but tknf aB energetic race has
ken - hand the de1rlo1nent q the Z
1urizT- that flt raee has hepn keenlG .