The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-12-24


was reported that Mr.. Havemeyer
had contributed 100000 to the
Democratic campaign fund, and ccr-
tainly his influence at Washington
gives a semblance of authority to
this rumor, for no sooner does he
appear and make his statement
than it is accepted in advance
of the official reports, and Collector
Hager received an intimation that
the sugar should be delivered on
payment of extra duty pending fur
ther adjustment. This is done, and
Mr., Hager stands by his chief and
shoulders the responsibility.
''1t is all right" said Havemeyer
on his return to New York. "This
is Spreckel's doing. 1t may cost us
several millions, but we will give
him all the opposition he wants, and
consumers will derive the benefit"
This remark was telegraphed to
San Francisco, and was accepted by
the Trust people as declaration of
war. The Trust is certainly very
strongly intrenched behind the
Democratic Administration Judging
from what has transpired, but it is
amusing to find it posing as the
peoples friend. Mr.. Searles, whose
malicious ISLANDERS on his present
allies, the Hawaiian planters, will
be remembered, states that the West
meath's cargo is as represented,
under No. Is Dutch standard, and
similar in all respects to a cargo of
Java sugar imported year or two
ago by them at New York, which
passed without challenge. AS no
Java sugar has been entered at
New York in the past six or seven
| years, Mr.. Searles is at his con-
| genial pursuit of lying, despite his
high moral reputation as Sunday
school olSuperintendent. There can be
no doubt that the sugar is high
grade, polarizing about 9S. 1t was
entered as polarizing SO. When its
grade was challenged the owners
knew nothing about it, but suggest
lively enough they did not produce
their invoice. If their statement is
correct the Java sugar manufacture
crs sold No. 16 as under No. 13,
and degraded the character of theil
sugar by artificial coloring to put
from 100000 to $4,000 into the
Golfers of the Sugar Trust on sin
gle cargo--a most unlikely pro-
ceeding. The United States Treas
ury has secured over 100000 in
duties which the Trust would have
cheated it out of; it should have
had about $4,000 by forfeiture OF
the sugar and penalties.
1t is safe to say that the last has
not been heard of this affair. Other
cargoes are to arrive, and the ap-
praiser's department., which has
been deprived of its share in the
forfeiture of the Westmeath's sugar,
| will not sleep on its wrongs. This
transaction will probably also come
up in Congress as an arraignment Of
the Democratic administration
which, while professedly opposing
trusts, has in this case protected
the most unscrupulous trust of all
against the penalties incurred by il
in an attempt to evade the revenue
laws.
Statements have appeared in some
of the California papers-the Chro
nicle especially-to the effect tha
only low grade sugar is made il
Java by the most primitive ma
chinery, and that therefore thu
Westmeath's cargo is high aver
age quality. These statement
emanate from the Trust manage
ment. They are absolutely falls
and misleading. II has been i'm
possible to import Java sugar to tn
United States of late years, it polar
lied so high. The Westmeath's car
! go, after paying actual duty, withou
forfeiture or penalty, involves los
of about one cent a pound to tn
refinery at present prices. This i
why the Spreckels refinery did nc
import Java sugar, as set forth i
the published letter from their Ba
tavan correspondent. Java suga
cannot be shipped to the Unite
States and sold at a profit, unless
can be artificlally colored and run i
as low grade sugar. This is wha
was attempted in the case of th
: Westmeath's cargo. There is n
getting behind the record in thi
case. If opium, silk, cigars or othe
} dutiable articles had been capture
by the Custom House officers til
goods would have been confscate
: whether prosecution followed or no
c This is the regular procedure b,
n when rich and powerful trust a
s tempts to beat the revenue out {
: nearly 100000 in duty, there
: neither forfeiture nor prosecution
S but something like an apology fc
G putting the law breakers to lttl
/ inconvenience. Thus the law is vii
:. dIcated under the pure administr;
e ton of Grover Cleveland. The Sa
: Francisco papers have been unan
+ nous in characterizing the Custol