The Hawaiian gazette., 1888-04-10
OUR SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
Per s s. Australia, San Francisco,
March %, 1888.
TSpecIal Correspondence Of the Gazette

Er. Wilder met with considerable opposition
II London. as already stated IN the GAZETTE,
and the news OF the recent TIDAL wave on
EaUaii made investors feel tinlo, so the
scheme has bee withdrawn from the mar
kat- de also states that the establishment
O. the beet sugar industry In California
proved autacoaIstic 10 MS plans.
The United States onsul General at Ho-
lo.Ulu Eill be glad 20 learn that an increase
f-om 5000 20 5000 per annum has been
provided for that Office.
TIE great boat race between Peterson of
California and G'COnnor Of Canada was
: we5 o1 March lStl, and won easily by the
lat-er ul1 took the lead from the start and
finished several lengths ahead Of his oppo-
1elt- John ID. Spreckels vas the referee IL
tire race
TIE strike Of engineers on the c. b. & Q.
railroad still continues though there are
sl-us of weakening on the part Of the men.
i was feared that it would extend to all
other lines that handled c. b. q Q. freight,
and for q few DAYS there was a suspension
Of aE trGihc In Southern California. More
recently she sEItchmen Joined the strike.
The new Chinese treaty has four pro
visions The first refers to laborers, who are
70 be excluded from entering the United
States anless they have property of $1,000
and upEaras, or wife and family IN this
country. These facts must be established
before lsbore- leaves or be will not be
pointed 10 return. The second provision
u lhBz Chinese merchants may enter the
c1uufry upon a certificate from the Chinese
Government approved by the American
Consui AZ the port whence the merchant de-
ylarts. This vii guarantee the right only to
bona fide merchants provided the American
Consul be honest. The third privision re-
lztes 70 the claims Of Chinese who have been
expelled from towns on the Pacific Coast,
azEreratI-l- $4,000. The Chinese Govern
Eneut presents these claims on the ground
that the United States guaranteed protection
10 these people which il failed to afford. The
fourth provision is that the treaty shall re-
man in force twenty years from the date OF
us ratification.
San Francisco j. no longer epidemic and
an vessels can leave with a clean Bill OF
Health. There are barely twenty cases of
sle disease now In the hospital, but strict
Quarantine Is still maintained against all
vessels arriving from China.
Harry Won Holt has been interviewed by
the Cir5HicIe and gives bis views upon the
present condition Of the Islands and their
tature prospect
On the departure of the brig W. 6. Irwin
from Honolulu. on her last trip, It was no
mead that she lowered a boat off Diamond
Head Ga her arrival here IT was found
that she had picked up cigar maker named
Miller, who had been shanghaed IN San
Francisco and put on board the whaling
bark Jacob A. HoEland. Miller states that
be does not recollect shipping and knew
nothing. after drinking with man on the
civ front, tai be was out at sea. The bark
left here In November and had caught two
whales near Honolulu, where it was expected
sher would put into port. Not having done
20 Miller threw a couple of planks overheard
lnd jumped after them IN the channel be-
tween Oahu and Molokai p. He fOated
Tor l65s hours in the water before he was
picked I'D. and Captain McCulloch was sur
rlrised that be had not been attacked by the
slarks which abound there, He bore marks
4 iIl-treatment when he was picked up.
His escape was most miraculous.
In sugar matters the most important news
Is an advance IN raw which Is now quoted at
~ cents after having declined to 1882
cents Speaking of the shipment by the
arabia to New York, General Dimond said
that the American company had purchased
more than il could handle, the limit being
$4,000 tons. The company will have sur
plus q 21,010 tons.
The ChgUufcle gives at length the views of
local jobbers regarding the sugar trust and
they think Il viii collapse. 1t also gives
particulars Of the proposed scheme to form
an organization by jobbers to regulate the
rrlCe Uf sugar.
Tine American Sugar Refinery stopped
melting on March 22d and closed down on
the ssth Tor the purpose of making altera-
ti9us 10 lis machinery with view to enlarg-
ING SIS engine and boiler power. The altera-
tons will occupy about ten days and is
EncouTenient at this present busy season.
Mr.. Claus Spreckels has been examined by
The House Committee on Manufactures.
De stated that the people of California de-
rired no benefit from the Hawaiian treaty,
as the planters got the whole benefit of the
duty RENTED on their sugars. He stated
that the cost Of sugar on the Paclhc Coast
uas practically the same as IN New York, al
though % cost more to refine sugar IN San
he Srinn a
for coal. wages and barrel lumber. He
placed the cost at from 60 10 20 cents per
Gnundred. II sugar we're put on the free list
i would wipe out all the rehneries In the
c uited States, as they could not compete
with Germany and France. If the tariff
were maintained as at present, there would
be enough beet sugar grown In the United
States within ten years to supply the whole
couutrv, bot il would be impossible TO do
TINS without the AID of protective tariff.
He further stated that he did not get special
freight rates from the railroads. and that
rates from San Francisco east were higher
than from New York westwards, consequent
" the san Francisco refners were at a dis
advantage.
The sugar beet seed has been distributed
10 farmers al jacksonville, and DR.. A. Won
Woehtei remains there 10 direct them as to
the best methods of its cultivation. Fifteen
frl0ads Of the machinery have arrived and
ftIrty I've more are daily expected.
dinner was given, on the evening of
March oath al the Bohemian Club, to Mr.. (.
L 6. steele, who starts to-day for Europe.
Dr.. swan. President Of the Club, presided
and twenty one gentlemen sat down to DIN
ner. among them being Herman Bendel,
Frank n. Pixley. Dan 0'Connell, Stewart
RIszEies and Hugh Burke.
The Chr0uicle editorially. on March 10Th,
welcomes Mr. Spreckels as a reliable, though
late. witness TO the effects of the workings
Of the treaty with Hawaii, and the desira-
biiity Of maintaining the tariff on sugar IN
order to stimulate the sugar beet industry.
The Gail this morning states that Mr.. c.
". Havemeyer Of New York Is in San Fran
cisco. and taking an inventory of the stock
Of the American refinery. A director of that
company said they had been negotiating
with the Trust for some time, but nothing
positive had vet been arranged and 1t all de-
pended upon MIR. Spreckels. Ii be refuses
to JON the Trust all negotiations will come to
nothing. Mr. c. A. Spreckels said be could
Lot understand the motive Cor the closing