The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-09-19
OUR SAN FRANCISCO LETTER,
Per S. S. Australia" San Francisco
September IL, 1888.
(From our Special Correspondent
Sugar News.

| the FORMER D0luS QuOtSO dC O/8 COHt0 AN1
| 96 degrees. The market for refined has
| been very firm both in the East and in
| San Francisco, the changes here being
| as follows: August 28th advance of g
cent, August Both advance of a cent,
| September Sd advance of Is cent, Sept
ember 9Th advance of cent, Septem-
Der 9th advance of g cent on all grades
except Golden G. which went up d cent.
The prices for refined sugars in San
Francisco now are Sd cents for Cube,
Crushed and Powdered grades, IL cents
for granulated, ~ cents for confec-
TONERS So cents for Extra G. and 638
cents for Golden G.
Work at the jacksonville factory will
be commenced in week or SO and with
good prospects of success. The weather
has been most favorable for the proper
maturing of the beets, very different
from that in Europe whence cold
weather and floods have been continu-
ously reported, doing considerable dam
age to crops, but its exact extent has not
| yet been determined. Mr.. Spreckels re-
| turned from jacksonville this morning
| and he has never been more sure of sue
cess in the beet sugar enterprise. He
| saws the beets are in excellent condition
and the farmers are delighted with the
outlook. He has determined to enlarge
the factory there to double it's present
capacity, the buildings being erected
with such end in view. The contract
for the additional machinery has already
been let, and next season WatSOnVllle Is
to have an increased acreage planted In
beets with a prOpOrtlOnally increased
sugar product. 1t is not at all unlikely
that Mr.. Spreckels will remain longer on
this Coast than he anticipated, leaving
his Eastern business for the present in
the hands of one of his sons. His most
favorite undertaking is the beet sugar
enterprise, to which he will now devote
even more time than hithertofOre, as he
is so firmly convinced OF its great sue
cess. AS soon as the samples OF beetss
grown from the seed that he distributed
all over the State, have been analysed
he will begin to arrange for the erection
of other factories, and enquiries are now
being made at San Francisco machine
shops as to their capacity for turning out
plants in as brief a time as possible.
The International Sugar Bounties
Conference has completed its work and
Tie convention Has OCCn W ~
into operation on September l, 1891, and
to remain in force for ten years. Aus
tria- Hungary reserves the right to eX-
anime further into the matter; France
has not signed but retains the option to
do so for six months, and Brazil has, SO
far, withheld her formal adherence.
France is afraid that, if she signs the
Convention, the United States will be
able to cut her out i'll South American
markets. Denmark objects to the mo-
Iasses clause while Egypt adheres to it.
Opposition to Trusts still continues and
Congressman Breckenridge has intro
duced a bill specially aimed at them.
His sugar bill provides that all sugars
above No. Is degrees shall pay 2 and
52-1OO cents duty per pound; above No
Is and not above No. 20, and 60-10O
cents per pound above No. 20, 2 and
70-100 cents per pound. This bill aims
at the higher grades of sugar on which
Trusts are formed. Another bill that
has been introduced in Congress seeks
to impose fine of from 81 900 to $780, 900
or Imprisonment from one to five years
upon any person connected with Trusts.
Professor Wiley acknowledges the
failure of sorghum culture owing to lack
of skill and patience on the part of the
farmer. He says "in four years have
never found large field of sorghum,
judged by the juice obtained, which was
rich enough to make sugar economi-
cally.
Hawaiian Commercial Co.'s stock has
been in great demand, advancing stead
lily till sales of a small quantity of stock
were effected at $50, and it is now quoted
firm at 500 so bid.
The largest cargo of sugar ever i'm
ported into the United States arrived at
Boston from Havana. 1t weighed $780,
600 pounds valued at 5000, 900, and the
duties will amount to 100000.
The Steamship MaripOsa.
1t is possible that the S. S. Mariposa
will leave here a day late, or not till
Sunday, 23dfinst, as the S. S. Aurania
carrying the English mails for the Col
onies started late from Liverpool and
then broke her crank-pin through max
ing up lost time. The Aurania was con-
seQuently detained a day at Queenstown
Chief officer Hart of the Mariposa, who
brought her up from the Colonies on her
last trip, has been presented with
handsome gold watch and locket, costing
$3.50, by his passengers.
J. D. Spreckels and Bros. have been
notified by British Consul Donohue that
Lord Salisbury has forwarded from Her
Majesty's Government, through Sir
Lionel West at Washington, piece of
plate for Captain H. NJ. Hayward, gold |
medal for Chief officer Hart, and silver
shipwreck medal, with $40 in cash, for |
each of the four men who manned the |
boat that saved the shipwrecked people |
from the British bark Henry James, lost |
at Palmyra Island. This recognition on /
the part of Her Maiesty's Government is
very gratifying to all concerned.
Political Matters.
Members of Congress are becoming
anxious to adjourn, and it would not be
surprising if they did SO without COM
plotting any important legislation The
House Committee on Foreign Affairs has
agreed upon bill which will place great
power in the hands of the President in
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