The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1888-03-13

departure. and hopes be built upon it
for something to fall back upon in
the worst that may happen to the
present main industry of cane sugar
growing. Queen Kapiolani and most
of the royal family have also been
away on jaunt of fortnight, max
ing visit to the principal points of
interest on the garden isle" of
Kauai. The sugar grinding season
is now we'll started, the product being
heaped up in Honolulu warehouses
faster than bottoms are available for
carrying it to market. The crop will
be about 100000 tons, or the same as
last year. OF course there is more or
less anxiety felt regarding the out
come of the newly arisen factor IN
the sugar market, the great Sugar
Trust" or combination of refining
companies in New York to con-
troll production and prices of
both refined and raw sugars.
There is ground for believing that
the American Refinery of San Fran
cisco. in which Hawaiian planters
have a controlling interest. may from
a motive of self-protection join the
Trust. but information as to what the
company is doing in the matter, much
less as to the definite reasons that
might induce it to enter the combi-
nation. is so vague at present that
discussion of the matter would be
valueless. Great interest also natu-
rally attaches to the action that the
United States Congress may take on
the sugar duties, as upon this hinges
the question of whether and to what
extent the reciprocity treaty will be
valuable to this country. With the
best climate and soil second to none
for sugar raising, however, Hawaii
can in no imaginable event be in
worse case than any other country
that depends in proportionate degree
upon the sweet cane. The American
whaling feet is now cruising about
the group in considerable number.
doing good deal of trading, repairs
and transhipment in this port, as
well as bestowing some patronage
for supplies at other places on the
islands. Several have within a few
days sailed for the Arctic seas. Al
though the old whaling days are not
restored, when regular whaling sta
tons were maintained on different
islands, vet not the least of the in
tiuences going to make up the bust
ness life of these islands is the peri
odical advent of the whale ships.
Before concluding this review it is
worth mentioning that one of the
finest additions ever made to the
architecture Of the city has just been
completed, in a magnificent business
block containing two large stores and
two smaller ones, with a capacious
hall on the second story. The owner
is Mr.. Nj. McInerny, an old resident
who has by diligence in business &C
quired competence in this country.
Another splendid business editice is
building for rental by the firm of
Messrs C.. Brewer & Co, who are ex-
tensively interested in sugar planta-
tons and one Of the largest importing
houses in the country Indeed, the
additions that have been made to
domiciiary, mercantile and pub
lie buildings within the past half
dozen years have been so many and
upon such modern lines as to amount
to a transformation in the aspect of
the city so great as to bewilder one
who may return to view it after an
absence OF that period. Still another
signal improvement projected, Eng
fish capital being furnished for it, is
a street railroad, for which a portion
of the material and experimenting
engineer are now on the way out
from Great Britain.