The Hawaiian gazette., 1888-01-17
OUR San FRANCISCO LETTER.
Especial Correspondence of the Gaaettel

Especial Correspondence OF the Gazettc.l
The COMMITTEES on Ways and Means of the
present Congress will be Mills (chairman),
Cox of New York, Mcmillan OF Tennessee,
Breckenridge of Kentucky, Breckenridge Of
diana, all Democrats, and Kelley Of Penn
sylvania, Brown Of Indiana, Reed of Maine,
Fuller of Iowa and Mckinley Of Ohio. all
Republicans. There 10 not protectionist
among the majority and Speaker Carlisle
has assigned one freetrader to the minority.
Mills of Texas, when interviewed, said that
1.-THE administration revenue bill proposed
to cut off $4,000 900 on customs duties by
placing salt, coal, iron ore, wood and few
other articles on the free list, reducing the
duties on sugar one-half, and cutting the
duties on a few other articles"
The attention Of Congress will be especi-
ally directed to the "Trusts" that have re-
Gently sprung into existence, and their effect
upon the necessaries of life, action being
especially directed against the coal and
sugar trusts, which, it is claimed, are the
cause of the present high price of sugar,
| which is quoted to-day at lb-l6 cents for
Cuban So. With the abolition OF the duty
| on sugar will probably come q bounty to
| sugar producers in the United States, and
| this, says the Neics Letter, means bounty
| to every industry into which sugar enters"
The steamer City of Pueblo, that it was
said would be placed in the Hawaiian trade,
has been chartered by Goodall, Perkins
10. Tor tine Pacinc coast tlaoe; ana .ne
steam schooner Jesse n. rleeman, s.s s..es
making rev coastinR trips' S oeihg n''eo
| out for whaling.
| The San Fra: cisco pagers have been filled
with most contradictory stories as to the
Position OF anaits III nawail, oSlnS W .uo
NM sVeto OF SStt4ln pLlis passeo oy .no neE
isiatuie. mr. mhuef nas ueen eensoy s
iatervievea & ana place? fs.on s.'s,s 10 nrp..
ao'e hRI, Wnno osust iuoi ,uo, a P.Ps
Ing 10 nave peen oerlVeo i,on pfnate ao-
vices, teiis OF % a secoho 'esoiustol 'aa. was
Imminent iue Iosf 4as PuS.Isueu etoiy
70 the eHect tnat tne @ Unlteo I'M otates can ouy
the Islands 1or $o'ouSUV, ~ giving haiakaGa VA;
gooo rancn Win $o,oVo per anhum IN oail'
% %i0lnla. ~ is also sta's4 tnat eA-l relniel
Gloson VIII return 10 nonoiuiu, anu again
resuine tne nei'. y, sta.eenanen,p, 40 SUI
as ne Is assured that MS Iair irieho Tue
DooK agent mas saiieo Ior 1oKonalha OF pau
Eranclsco. Gioson claims 10 De posleu on
the true inwaroness OF analrs, says tnat 1ne
present government is not acceptaDie 10 ma
wallans, ana tnat a cnahge Woulo De Riauly
welcomed.
Messrs. geo; ". Msaoe q 20. OF San T ran
cisco nave falieo. Ihey are large dealers III
GanIornla produce ana nave customers 81 81 III
20 m0noiuiu. Ineir ilaolisies amount aHn NJ 10 $lio,-
UOo, Win assets estimatea at Sa1o,Uo. specu
|
ments are Claimed 10 % the reasons for their
suspension.
Inc international conference on sugar
oountles' nelo IN Lonoon; mas temporarily
SUSPENDED proceedings anu IL mas oeen con-
sldered success, Inc oelegates, VINO came
from austria, hungary, Belgium Brazil
Denmark, france, Germany. Holland, Italy,
hussia' spain ana sweden, siened protocoi
1or the entire apoiition OF sugar oouhtles,
Wnlcn Will Do suotnitteo 10 tnelr respective
governments Tor ratincation. Inc results
VIII be made public III MaToh, when the dele.
gates Will meet again. In the meantime 1t
Is expected that the present, high price of
raw sugar VIII DC maihtainea, ana "a may very
Prooaoiy go stiii hlRner. ms Will indeed
oe go0o news TO hawanan planters. On the
other hand, the Louisiana sugar crop IS un-
usually heavy, and gain OF ten per cent. ls
claimed ln.ougn tne use OF tne ainusioh pro-
cess over other methods.
Inc Havemeyer Sugar hennery Company
OF New YORK retlres from business this year,
and MIR. W: L. Havemeyer goes to st. Louis
to manage the ST. Louis Sugar kehnlng Com
pany. This ls the ou' come OF the Eastern
trust, which controls the output OF re-
fined sugars and thus maintains values.
Imports of Hawaiian sugars at San Fran
cisco amounted last year to D5, !ol, ,347
pounds, OF the value OF $o,496,967. The I'M
pors OF rice from the same source were
lI5l1 ,9OO pounds, OF the value OF $5O4, 4,S9O.
The Louisiana rice crop is twenty-five per
CENT less than last year, but prices have ad-
vancsd nifty per cent, while further specu-
lative movement is probable;
Among the passengers leaving by the
steamship Australia are VIM. Kenny Watson.
OF the Glasgow firm OF Mirrlees q Watson,
who have supplied 30 much of the sugar ma
chinery TOT the Islands mrs. WIN. Kenny
watson, Miss Mirrlees, d. d; Hitchcock and
wife, MISS A. horner, Z. d. Atherton and
wife. For the Mariposa, sailing on January
18th, there are booked W. d. Bailey and
wife, Mrs. ID. NJ. whitney and Mrs. s. L.
Alexander.
l.. Montgomery Mather. travelling agent
for the Islands, has been to Monterey.
Ihence ne returned to san francisco and
has since gone south to Los Angeles and San
Dlego.