The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-04-14
HAWAIIAN SUGARS.
Polarlzltion md Color.

The following elaborate article and tables 20
correctly and fully set forth the methods Of yalu-
ing Hawaiian Sugar in transactions between
planters and San Francisco refners thai we repro
dCce IL. The correctness OF the table OF the
polarization aud coiors cannot be disputed. as
planters would not consent 10 The liking Of lower
figures nor the refnors Of higher than the sam
pies proved on test by skilled experts showed.
As regards Hawaiian Sugars. the contracts
made by the reiuers with the Hawaiian planters,
or their agents in Honolulu, arc based upon the
the theory that said sugars in this market are Of
the same value as if they were paying duty in
stead Of coming in free. as they do. under tho
Reciprocity Treaty. The treaty would be Of no
benefit to the Hawaiian people ir they did not
have this advantage, Tor which they give an
equivalent by admitting every year several mil
lions OF dollars in value OF all kinds of American
produce and manufactures, live stock, etc, and
thereby losing a large revenue, and being com
PEELED 10 raise tie amount thus lost by direct
taxes upon the plantations and other taxable
property. The basIs upon which the contracts
are made wiki the hawaiian planters for their
sugars is ON the cost from time to time 0l the
grade If Manila sugar classed as superior extra
and every change in the value Of that grade is iele-
grapSed 10 this place from Manila. This grade Of
sugar has been ascertained, rom various tests, to
be 0i l degrees strength by the poiarisco9e, and
10 degrees color, Dutch standard. The going
rates of freight and British sterling exchange arc
taken into the calculation with the last quoted
rate per picul in Manila, and the cost per 100
lbs Of such sugar is ascertaincd as laid down
in this port duty paid; aud there is included all
the charges, such rs commissions. marine insur-
ance, etc. The present Manila basis is SO 20
per 100 lbs, and sugars from the Sandwich
Islands. just arrived. are paid for Mt that rate, IL
they test 81 degrees and 10 color. IL they vary
up OF down, there Is an addition or a deduction
OF an eighth OF n cent per pound Tor a degree Of
strength, aud Of 0ne-twentieih Ofu cent per pound
Tor a degree oil color, or l25 cents, and s cents
per 100 lbs. On the Cuba basis, on which some
contracts are made, the color is not taken into
the calculntion-only the strength. II a lot OF
No. l Hawaiian sugar tests 97 instead Of OF, and
is Is Dutch standard instead Of 10, the following
result is obtained Manila basis. Sc 30 for 81
degrees, 10 color. Add for six extra degrees l25
cents each, which is 10 cents, and for FIVE degrees
extra color, which is 2j cents, and we have 81
per 100 lbs. to add, which makes the lot OF sugar
IN question cost the contractor 81 20 per 100
lbs. II the sugar is No. 2, and falls Of six de-
grees in strength and five degrees in color, the
Manila basis OF SO 20 is reduced TO SIS 20. as the
cost OF the lot Of No. 2 sugar. Under this mr.
rangement the planters obtain the full value of
their sugars, including the duty. When a cargo
OF Hawaiian sugar arrives here it is c~arefnily
sampled jointly by the contractor and the agent Of
the planter. The tests are made by the reinerios
and by the agents, and then compared, aud the
variations, generally slight, arc adjusted TO mn-
tual satisfaction, sometimes by u second lest by
one or both parties. The statement made in the
e PM VA iSAihBhuJocu = CDtuiuuuICd-
ton TO the Committee Of Ways and
Means OF Congress, to the effect that the Ha-
waiian planters arc artilcially coloring their
sugars to make them conform to grades made
prloT to the treaty, arc altogether fallacious.
Nothing could be more ridiculous or nonsensicsl
and some of the over jealous or interruptions
agents OF the sugar refiners Of New York have
imposed upon the Hon. Secretary this
false information. There is not the least possible
motive for the Hawaiian planters to make their
sugars in any other than lie natural way. The
sugars formerly came OF all shades of celor, and
they are the same uow as before tho treaty. We
annexed a list Of pularizations. with the
colors, OF the three classes Of sugars which come
from the Hawaiian islands, and We are prepared
to give aft iavit that this is just the way they
came before the treaty. Ii should be stated here
OF the " deliveries g" above referred 10 statis-
tlenlly for the year quite a large quantity Of
Hawaiian sugars in the spring went to st. Louis
by rail and 10 New York by steamer. by way Of
Panama. Also that what is classed AZ refined
from the East was partly from New Orleans, and
OF the refined and a large part Of the Central
was in transitu for British Columbia.
Dolly o small quantity Of Eastern refined was con-
on the Pacific slope. under United States
Jurisdiction.
Polarization and color OF sandwich Island sugars,
IS taken from various returns in 1882 -