The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1888-12-25
OUR SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
Fer :. ;, sIarsae>s. san Francisco, De
celabcr 10th. IsSS.



tvson sur special Correspondent
The :. :. Aurania having arrived a
New York a couple OF days late, th'
Mariposa has been detained one day il
San francisco.
The sugar Market.
There i no change TO report in the raw
/ sugar market which remains firm at 6ss
cents Tor 96 degrees Mr.. icht has ne
duced his estimate Of the beet sugar crop,
aud the prospects are that the present
/ prices VIII be fully maintained Tor some
time 70 come.
4 The electric sugar machinery has been
I run IN New York, and worked satisfaetor-
I ily TIL q break occurred in the machinery.
In san Francisco the California Rein
eyy made reduction OF one cent per
I pound on December 18th. thus bringing
its prices down TO the same level As che
American Refinery. On December l4th
= further reduction OF Is cent WIS made
I on all grades, making present quotations
cents fo- graaulated and =. cents Tor
cube sugar.
Hawaiian Commercial stock, S5ts
That Java Sugar.
After the Rio de Janeiro sailed on DE-
( ceuber Sth. the san Francisco papers
we've filled with news, reliable and other
wise. relating 20 the cArSe o. sugar that
arrived on the :. :. WeSrmeath. Ii has
proved % he the weeks sensation. The
facts Slra2dy sent You were hurriedly
gathered on the dSy the Rio sailed, as
they h2d then only become public puo-
petty
Samples Of the WeStmeath'S cargo
were given To D'r. Robert l. Bowie, the
Government Examiner q Drugs, etc, Tor
ANALYSIS and examination While this
waS being done, the order for the steamer
70 haul into the stream WAS reScinied.
and she WIS permitted 10 continue dis
charging her cargo which was placed in
charge u the Customs Department On
Monday. December 10th, Dr. Bowie sub
mittsd his report. stating that he had
mSde careful examination OF the Sam-
pies q sugar BY WeStmeath and found
that the polarization OF fifteen samples
varied 9S.5 10 9S-4 The sugar was IN
even n color. and contained seven-tenths
Of ! per cent. moisture. The colOfinc
uacte- WIS found % De present after test
IN. and absent after treatment with al
cehO,. The residue was quite light IN
appearance. approaching No. % d. :.
C0muara-ive tests were carried On Simul-
tzne5uSlv with smother similarly graded
sEglr. convincing the examiner that the
sugar had been artifcially colOred- Tie
polarization entered on the invoice, VIZ
$ degrees" VS. purely an arbitrary
one, - shown oy the results obtained
from fifteen separate samples taken 1t
different times and from different bas-
kerS
Upon receipt q this report showing
thSr the sugar had been c0lored, was
over Is Dutch Standard, and polarizad
from ) 20 10 degrees higher than It had
lect0r Hazer teIeZrzphed for instructions
20 Washington. Mr. Havemeyer Of New
YORK had meantime haStene,i there. and
the Collector Was Instructed to release
the cargo upon deposit q = sum sufficient
70 Coger the estimate u additional duty
This WIS done On the same afternoon,
the American Refinery deposItIng 1t the
Custom House so, 4l1-SI under protest,
This being the amount Of duty 70 which
tire cargo was liable. under d. BOwie's
report. N addition to $1a, 600 previously
paid
The American Refinery chemists claim
that the sczzr has not been eol0red, aud
that the duty VS. not Undergrad IN the
first instance ms, however. remains
% Dc determined by the authorities at
Washington Collector Hager states
that the examination was made II the
request Of Mr. Claus SPreckeis. who
asked him % 10 - and firm I basis t1T
fUsGr= lr-portd1i0rs from java Mr.
Spr5ckaLS h1t been IN Communication
with Nsssrs. Machine, Watson & Co. OF
Batavia who sCld him that It would be
IN possible % import Java s1Zzrs into the
[ Eitet1 Stzte= owing 70 their high grades
and the consequent high rate Of duty 10
which they would Be subject
Whatever may be the outcome OF this
zFzir- whether Il / finally proved that
the s1.zr Was really artifcizIIy e,0l0Eed, (
sud cDuS,scueurIT underTalued at the
Cu=tem House, II / the very Unanimous |
Cu5nfgu Of everybody IN San Francisco /
thai 5Ir. Aldrew WeIeh knew Nothing OF |
tie cullFinz and consequent Unsier-Falu- /
alton Great sympathy l. felt for him /
and he feels the unfortunate position IN l
which be has been placed He L : gen
tEem4n who L highly respected II San /
Francisco and nobody would eTeF co1-
uecs hin Eith any dlshouorabIs trans 1
action
In the meantime the Government /
cIaius that the cargo OF SUGAR Was I'M
derTzI1ad and has received Al addi- |
ti11zT sim az -, AII- 81 % eoyer the ex-
esss q duty TIilieh II clzims i due 70 the 1
Political Gossip
VTcs-Presf1zut-sIeer Morton / nOH 1
FiISiifIuz GeueraI HzrTLs5u az Indiana !
p,lizs- AoEt1u L sud - advocate the i
appointment u IhGulGs C. Piztt q New 4
TarE Tor e5tEer Seerpsary 81 tie Treas
nv OF the L1-erlo- Chz1ueeF ~ De-
pew says he TuGIi deelTne . Cabinet
pssi-i0a- bot E0UId aszeps the 5IiaFs7ry
- En11nd
S=aztoE M55cheI q Orega Is a0E +
-l-sr -Igzed 81 the prUusItl= selection L
iruZ tEe Pacific Cost 70 the CABINET
TEle ch5sf poLitlezI stslszrI9u- hOFeEeF-
has 5seu the
AHnezzsfsz - Canada
/ i1ins rssoL1t61n ~ this pgrpose
has been Introduced N the House By
Ba-rerEu-th u Ohio After the pre-
annie, N which the He,azss5tIes f6r-z
political ana s11nsrciaI U1ioa nc st