The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-03-25
San Franoisools Balance Sheet for year.


san Frsncisoo's hanual balance sheet has juSt
been puhlishea, ard there Ee many iteus in i
that have more than passing interest for Louisi-
ana. And now that iron bands unite the city of
the Gulf and the nietrus,olis Of the Pacific there
o1cht to Be broad and deep current Of traffic
passing over it In TIE first place San Francisco
= the Galaxyof the Orient, and thither in future
WI come al the teas sugar. eoaee and spices that
China and Japan and TIE Indies have to sell A
rcod deal Of it comes that way nov. OF these Che
greGtest artice and that mostinteresiinc 20 Louis
tanans g sugar. The quantity Of sugar imported
| IN. San Francisco in 1884 was lSS9is,tiS pounds
he distribution VAS sSooo.oo0 pounds or over q
per cent over lSSS OF this aSSS 0SO pounds vent
kast over the railroad. Our beet crop uIil reach
nearly 4s0Qa0Q0 pounds, vas, increase over The
previous year. Il now looks rs if this industry
would advance with rapid strides, and there Is
room for t asthe United States imported over 10
0oa.oo0 pounds Of hest sugar last year. There Is
no reason Why Louisiana should not sell to Us
Considerable portion Of her raw sugar that our
renneries use Il railroad freights were at once
med at proper standard. The sugar trade Of san
$3.50 to l62s9- Isl pounds in 1884. advance Of
Over one hundred million pounds an ni,le short
ysarS or say 81 per cent. OF the annual production
OF Louisiana. And our refneries made money de-
| spite the fact that sugars have been lower than
ever before known On she other hand, San Fran
cisco viii sell large quantities of refined sugar to
the South, and is selling some even now.
hoe IS another product very interesting 70 the
Il -
| god deal of rice seeks and fnds market in San
krancisco-lasty ear upwards OF 6fty-four millions
OF pounds OF this, 50 far as VS. know, not sin
gle ounce was from Louisiana. indeed from The
south. We think that this ought not to be. We
imported about ten million pounds Of rice from
the Hawaiian Islands and the year before over
twelve million pounds, not to speak of the imports
| from China and SIAM Our people know q good
article of rice when thew SEQ H. and We think more
of the Louisiana produc; should ind market here
San Francesca is the grea, central distributing
Port for british Columbia and Central and south
America, all Of which take a great deal of nee
most of it coming from China. There certainly
should Be very good business in Louisiana rice
here in San Francisco hut il will take some tact
and grit TO start it Then as central depot for
teas San Francisco can hardly be surpassed. and
New Orleans shoUld get her teas from San Fran
cisco. IL 1881 this city imported 664l, ll9 pounds
| OF Chinese and japanese teas. Besides there was
landed at this port IL 60 $40 pounds in transit for
Chicago, New York, Canada and vErioas other
places. San Francisco therefore has witnessed
the arrival Of Is 600 coo pounds or 5000 tons
Of tea. New Orleans and the South should get
their teas through San Francisco and none can buy
there for them ~ better advantage than can San
Francisco merchants.
We imported good deal of ulolaSseS and syrups
during the year-9,e go cases, 20.273 kegs, SSOS
barrels-a grcat deal Of it from Louisiana. Here
We make large quannty-nearly million gal.
tons-but II does not sell so widely as our sugar.
We have briefly noted some of the more import
ant articles that are of interest to both California
and Louisiana. The annual balance sheet of the
| metropolis of the Golden State, we may add,
states that our total foreign imports by sea were
SS56iS,Soo; our exports by sea, 81, ,9l6 that
We sent abroad over SlT,000,0Q0 in treasure; that
! our gold and silver product was SlS,0000o0 that
the proportion OF silver Is rapidly increasing; that
We produce more than half of all the gold mined
| in the United States, and that our Mint coined
s996 in gold and silver. We arc the greatest
wheat growing State in the Union, having had
100000 bushels last year, well as over . Co.,
600 bushels of barley, and 100000 gallons of
vine The tonnage Of sailing vessels entering our
pou was nearly 100000 tons, while our steam
| tonnage inward and outward to foreign ports was
over 60O,0oO tons.
We have, like New Orleans, passed through a
dull year with colors flying, and expect to come
ont ahead IN 1855 with grand business and
| glorious prospects, a consummation which we also
wish most deyouily to the great city by the Mis-
sissippi.-S p. Commercial HsruM.