The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-06-23


N9.-Did you ever atte= 4 to INTRODUCES
tntO san Francisco sugarsfrons ths sand
i"h islands h had not been produced
ther9l A.--Ro. sir.
- here is anUther article that over,
cooked in tais mass OF articles. hat one
neaded The SlAye-Dr1Ters Candidate.
pu b.1shed ln the CHI oVfcte Of October %,
1882. 1 wish 70 call the witness attention
The Court-That has been read.
WHITE W.. SLAVE" LABOR.
Mr.. Taylor Yes. ar. il has been read in
evidence, in which - - stated that ''Ono Of
the treaty 5 objects meaning the Tociproc-
ity really Was 20 Increase the business Of
sugar refining on this Coast, and that It
that il, the business OF sugar refining on
this COAST has failed because the Ha-
Waiien monopoly here moved the refining
business 20 the islands. and are importing
into the city refined instead Of raw sugars.
This means that the Government of the
United states gives q bonus to help the Ha-
Waiian sugar monopoly create and establish
on q firm footing q system OF white slavery
on those islands. and to crush The business
Of refining sugar on this Coast. or 20 re-.
duce the wages Of the employees to . level
with slave lab in Hawaii" What do
you know about That's A.-ThAt il not
true. No sugar is refined there.
Q.-There is no sugar refinery there
A.-No, sir.
Cit is not true, then, that you were
fraudulently or at all importing into this
city rehned instead Of raw sugari A.-No,
Or that you are seeking to crush the
business OF refining sugar on this CoAstI
Or TO reduce the wages of employees
to level with the slave labor OF Ha rail-
A.-NeVer did.
Q.-Do you pay your men good wages ]
Al do. They get the same wages they
got from me twenty years ago.
O.-What kind OF men do you employ
here in San Francisco AL white la
Mr. Lloyd object to that. That has
nothing TO do with this article.
Mr.. CampbelI-There is nothing said
about the employment Of men here. %
Nr. LIoyd-On the contrary. they have
always said that he treated his men we'll.
Mr.. HiEhton-Mr. Lloyd ts entirely
wrong in that. ! knew he was wrong the
other day. / have now found q passage
Which shows that hs Is wrong. There u
20 reduce white labor here to the level OF
slave labor in Hawaii In so many words.
Mr.. Campbell was under the impress
sion that we were trying Adolph Spreckels
do not know exactly what We are trying
now. II IL very difficult to determine.
The Court-L0t Mr.. Highton read that
Mr.. Highton-This IL the passage, II your
Honor Dieaso: That means that the
Government Of the United States gives q
bonus TO help the Hawaiian sugar mo-
nopoly create and establish on = arm
footing q system Of white slavery on those
islands and to crush the business OF rein.
ing sugar on this Coast. or 10 reduce the
wages Of the employ 0eS to the level OF
slave labor in Hawaii. Now. the wit
ness has been asked with regard to white
slavery there, and any attempt 70 transfer
the business Of refining sugar. He says
no sugar 10 refined In the Sandwich
islands. and new he IL asked about rsduc-
ing the wages OF the employees TO the
level Of slave labor In Hawaii.
The COurt-Hs has answered all those
Mr.. Loyd-Hs has answered them a.
Mr.. Taylor-Did you every say at aHy
time that you would let the old sugar re-
hnery r0t9 Al never did. only saw Il
In the Chronicle. It Is there.
DEFENDANTS ATTEMPT TO WORK.
0.-Do you know whether the defendant
Il right or lsfS-handed A.-RiRht-handed
Q.-Do you know how he protects his
head, IL he protects &c 1t ell. when he e
yachting Axe has always cotton in his
ear, ano ne has an ear pad that he takes
when he Is yachting; somsthiAg over his
Q.=somsthing over his cara padl
Ayes. sir.
Q;-Mr. Spreckols, ia your testimony as
the defendant resumed work after his &C
cident, your answer. as the reporter has Is.
IL not very clear. and wish 90 ask you
little more specifically about IL. The
answer 10, He came down and told me
that he thought he could 60 30 work again.
He came down to the office in about half
an hour: came to my private office. A.
Well, what mean 10 say. in half an hour
he was in the ONCE; he came to my private
efflcs and said that he could MT work.
Q.-NoW, how long q time after he rose
from his bed did he attempt TO resume
work. DO you recollecti After he fell
from the buggyl Al think about ave
Q.-And at the expiration Of that time Ire
went to the office. as understand! A.
Yes, sir.
Q.-What took place thenl A.-Wsll he
to 60 right 70 work. 6ut be had
NOT been In the ONCE over half an hour
when ho came into my office ana SAID hP
could not do anything; thas the ngurSs
blended together. Then he IeTt the once
and after that he went TO Aptos. Ho etaySo
there about two weeks TO see whether be
ONHow much work did he do from the
time he had the accident until the ear
O.-Whaf complaint did he make pFinci'
palIy7 A.-WelI hO had kind OF DHzEing
In hlB head.
DISQUALIFICATION.
On cross-sxanninAtion by Mr. Campbell,
Mr.. Sprsckels testified After defendant
attended Heads Business college ne pc
came Secretary Of the California Refinery
until he was hurt. He has the name OF
Secretary, but his brother Gus does the
work. He is notconnScted with the barrel
company: Am NOS sure snat ne G nnn nny
cial Company. Don't think he was a d.
rector Of that company In 1852. In April
1882, / was elected President Of me com
many. was then In the islands. Wasnot
here when the dividends were declared
/ was opposed to the dividends being De,
clared The company was not In d0ot;
believe after the second dividend was de-
ComnanV when the dividends were de-
ciared were Colonel Babcock, Mr.. steele.
g. A. SpreckOls and Governor Low. ne
witness disapproYed Of declaring the diVi.
dends in September and October. 1857 out
be was not here, and could not dOmur.
THE coNPANY's INDEBTEDNESS.
The property was not largely indebted
when thew were declared. The company
had money in the bank when the hrSt diVi
dend was declared. Do not think there
the second dividend was declared.
he did not know that the company WAS
sI36. COO In debt At the end or June, 1851 as
ne was in tho Hawaiian Islands then: Inc
bank account was not oVerdrawn $o5'OOO
on September 80 1882. At that time from
$50 900 20 100000 worth Of sugar had just
been turned over to the company oY Js ~:
Spreckels & Brother. The witness olo
drawn its bank account TO the extent OF
sI22 600 on October 81. 1882, or that the
stock was then selling at SIS share, as ne
Vas not here; did not know that the
mount oVerdrawn was $4,000 on No
Zember SOth Of that year. OF 22,5 GOO on
nat snm had increased TO $500 900 on the
81 81 of Decem bsr 1883. the WItness replied
that he did not remember the date. he
I'D not know that the company owed over
a million dollars TO the Nevada bAnk In
October. 1884. For this he gtys an In
dorsed note, which was paid By the wit
ness. and 81. 1000 in bonds Of the com
Dany taken By him In return.
THE DIRECTORS MEETING.
MIR. Campbell-ThAt was after this
article of the Chronicle that that note was
taken upl
The witness-YeS sir.
O.-That note was outstanding AS the
lime ~ This publication in the Chronicle.
was il mott A.-YeS. sir.
O.-Now didn't the report that was read
At that meeting of the stockholders state
hat the company had run $29O,0OO behind
during the past yearl
Mr.. TRylor-One moment. Don an
haf