The Hawaiian gazette., 1883-02-14

have no later table at hand, but probably the
amounts would be much greater, and this repre-
sents only San Francisco. line each from Bos-
ton and New York of about three vessels year
via Cape HON from each port, represents only a
part of the commerce from the east; large suanti-
ties of goods sent by rail and isthmus via San
Francisco, and the Eastern States markets have
shared largely in the growing trade.
The benefits of this treaty have been mutual be-
yond expectation, though perhaps not equal both
parties have been benefited by it, i'll its CONNER
cial aspects only These only have been consider
ed and neither your room or my time will allow
''i' " ''1 '''''' 90 V''' N. CASTLE.
PSI wish to add a few words RefAp,g sugar
was first applied by the Venitians TO the crude
sugar brought from Egypt several hundred years
ago it was practiced in Antwerp more than three
hundred years ago and was thence introduced into
England. The racfHlH pau was invented in Eng
land by Howard in Isl2-long after sugar was re-
fined. Its advantage IS that II evaporated at low
temperature. II takes place when the atmospheric
pressure is removed at l45' and upward, and as
long as boiling at higher temperature darkens
the sugar, the vacuum pan sugar is usually lighter
in color than that boiled III the open train. The
vacuum pan since its invention has been used gen.
orally by reneries, and in later years has been iu
PRODUCED upon most large plantations where no
refining takes place. The best and the worst sugar
may be, and Is evaporated and finished in it. It
has no process of eliminating impurities any more
than the open train and forms no part of the re-
filming process which is done by filtration, the adj
20 which the foreign substances adhere and are
skinned of OF filtered out-and the same is true
of the centrifugal. They valuable improve
ments in evaporating and draining, but have no
refining qualities, and both OF these methods of
manufacture we're used in manufacturing the sugar
known as Sandwich island Sugars before the
treatyEand by the United States Custom House
records the whole product averaged lighter color,
or higher by the Dutch Standard, than since. ex-
cept part of the years 1861 and 1863 and the
whole of 1868 when the plantations were under
contract 10 the San Francisco Refiners for their
sugars not above No. - Dutch Standard. / think
the planters generally regard Mr.. Spreckels as
having dealt fairly with them. He pays them the
price at which Manila sugar could be placed in
San Francisco, freight paid, he adding the duties
in the price paid TO the planter In his letter to
the Chicago T,iLins Mr.. Spreckels says the price
paid by the consumer has been less since than be-
fore the treaty, and he appeals to the trade and
market record in yerifcafion of the fact, do not
doubt the correctness of his statement. But if the
| recommendation of the Congressional Tariff Com
mistion is adopted the consumers will be placed
in the power of the refners, as no outside party
could compete with them. The consumers could
only lie saved from e1orbitant prices by their
competition with each other, their moral COIL
sciOusness-which cannot often be relied upon
that it is wrong TO sell for more.
The treaty continuing it is, stimulates trade
and industry both in the United States and here,
and is a source of mutual and great benefits to
both the planter here and producer in the United
States.
The reineries east and in California may COM
pete with each other, but they will do that under
any circumstances treaty or no treaty, and prico
to consumers will not be likely TO be affected ex-
cept by sharp competition, but the quickened in
dustries of both parties stimulated by il will be-
It is, great blessing to both. S.N.C.