The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-01-11

Merchants 1n6ogDo The Position TAX
On b. "Tfuth."

The Injustice q the Reciprocity
Tfooty-1quivaleaT 70 Granting
Royalty to Olauo opeockeae--
The Sugar King Gradually
1xtsoding His Power.
"Truth - yesterday interviewed 4
number Of prominent gr0cen, sugar
dealers and brokers on the subject of the
reciprocity treaty with Hawaii, to which
attention va called in the editorial COL
umns at this paper last Wednesday.
This s0-c1lled reciprocity treaty"
said Mr.. Thurber, "is the most Outrage
osls scheme. to make one man rich that
was ever countenanced by Congress. 1t
places in the hands of Claus Spreckels
the whole sugar business of the West.
have large trade in San Francisco, and
years ago cold sugar there, hut now
there IL not IN Eastern merchant in that
market. But the worst of it is that
Spreckels will not cOnfine himself to
0ne-half the country, but Is bringing
his nOD-duty paying sugar further anu
further East, and 10 steadily Gripping
the business'all over the country.
H. X. THCRBER.
II do not know whether ne combine
ton with the railroads has been effected,
but that il not necessary. Spreckles is
independent Of the railroads when he
can bring bis free sugar to compete with
Cuban sugar, on which We have to pay
= duty of ut least NJ PER cent. Of course
the past cannot be helped, but according
tn
United States can give notice of the alb
done rs matter of simple justice. ann
matter to the notice Of the public. The
SAN Francisco "Chronicle' is the only
paper in the West which has had the
courage to attack 1t.
H. O. HAVEN YER.
Mr.. H. o, Havemeyer, Of the firm of
Havemeyer Il Elder. was found ut his
Office ut the ft,ot Of Wall street. He
thought the point was we'll taken. He
said: AT the time the treaty was en-
tered into the Islands produced annual
~ j,OM, ,kW pounds q: sugar, and that
was thought to he the maximum
amount that could lie obtained from
that source. Now they produce N, ON, !:
(O pounds year. The admission Of
this sugar free Of duty amounts to pay
ing Mr.. Spreckles three cents a pound
bounty, or rather taxing every other
merchant to that amount. But what il
the remedy prOpsetl:''
ITO have the Government give no
tice of the abOgati0n Of the treaty and
then either admit all sugars free or tax
them all alike"
SIvt l., n I
every SUCCESS"
A BROKERS' OPINION.
"Truth" found the same opinion pre-
vailing generally among the sugar deal
crs throughout the city. At the Offices
of Messru. Burvlick, Frislke X Co.,
Skitldy, Minforsl T. Co., Stannard &
TiebOlt and Others interviews were had
and the injustice Of the treaty seemed
to Ike appreciated.
Mr.. Turnure, Of the firm Of Ealey,
Turnure & Co., evidently felt strongly
on the subject. He said he had not
studied the matter very closely, hOwev-
or, and felt delicacy In expressing an
opinion for publication. Mr.. Tiel,0ut
said that, as broker, the evil effects Of
the competition were not ~ much felt
by himself a. by the importers, but the
injury to the trade was general and was
extending.
]. DE RIVERA.
4 very decided condemnation Of the
treaty was given by q member Of the
house Of J. de Rivera & Co., who have
tn nay immense sums on their impOrta-
tions of West India sugar. Mr.. Gal
way, of the firm Of Galway 4 Cascade,
said that the sugar business formed on
ly small part of the transactions Of the
firm, hut he was aware that the trade in
this article had been very materially
restricted by reason Of the free sugar
brought i'm from the Sandwich Islands.
Mr.. A. w. Winter, the Superinten-
dent of the Commercial Manufacturing
Company, was found ut the factory ut
the foot Of West 4Sth street. This gen.
tleman is recently from California,
where he has made study Of the sugar
busint4s.
A. W. WINTER.
"Why, you have no iiea," said he,
"of the condition Of things out there.
The merchants are simply the slaves Of
Spreckels. They don't dare to buy q
pound Of Western sugar. If they do,
the Sugar King, us he Is called, lowers
the price two cents and ruins them. 1t
has l,een openly charged that Congress-
man A. 4. Sargent, who engineered the
matter, was the tool Of Spreckels and
received SIN, nm for his services. At that
time Spr,..kels owned a refinery iir San
Francisco and played his cards 80 vel!
40 to make every one believe he would
Ike u heavy loser il the duty was taken
off. As .aUn ~ the treaty WAS concluded
he went to Hawaii and bought up large
tracts Of land, and now he practically
owns the king Of the country.
MONOlVLlSIN(i 4 KING
1.-The story IL we'll authenticated that
when Kalakaua was negotiating for the
sale Of his dominion to China, Spret'ke's
followed him to his castle, where he had
locked himself up to avoid an interview
and demanded admission. Before he
left the place the minister who was car
rying on the negotiations had becn dis
missed and the Chinese amlmssaa lOrs
sent about their business. Since then
the King and Mr.. Spreckles have thor
Ovgly understood each other. Mr..
Spfeckels and Mr.. William Center were
here tn welcome his majesty on his re-