The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1889-10-08
OUR SAN FRANCISCO LETTER
Per y. :. Zealandia. SAN Francisco
September Fl, 1889.
Continued
sugar.
tFrom our special correspondent

Inc W GlSOuNllle ouSdAAO - suns
to have a good run this year and the
output will greatly exceed that of
last wear. Everyone in the vicinity
of the place Is growing beets. A
large quantity of machinery to be
placed ii the new sugaries which
are TO be erected. All over the state
experiments are being made with
beets. Some twenty localities are
already suggested for the sites OF
these sugaries and as bat ten are
to be chosen. some Will have to be
left out, Salinas, Orange, San Ja-
cinto, Chico, Chino, Santa Anna and
other places are suggested. Three
hundred tons beets daily are being
taken IN at Watsonvllle.
The monster refinery of Dick 4
Meyer which was located at Will
hamsburg. y. Y. has been burned
with 1000 barrels of sugar. The
loss Is about 81, 100000 which will
fall on the Sugar Trust, the firm be-
ing connected with that organiza-
ton. 1t Is not considered probable
that the refinery viii be rebuilt. 1t
has been the policy of the Trust to
reduce the number of its rehneries,
for il has discovered that the capa-
CITY OF a few OF them can be doubled
or tripled and made to supply the
whole market. This reduction of
the number of refneries means a
great saving to the Trust.
4 movement Is on foot looking to
the revival of the Baltimore sugar
trade. Many prominent business
men of Baltimore are now about to
carry ont the plan. A meeting OF
the subscribers TO the capital stock OF
the new sugar refining company has
been held. 1t is stated that OF the
capital stock of S1.OO0,000 required,
ST77.O00 Is already subscribed. 4
company Is now organized
W. /. NOsler of Del Mar, San
Diego County has taken up the pro-
ductiou Of sorghum and he will, II
possible. experiment with the manu-
faeture Of sugar from this cane. He
has eight acres planted, and he es-
Inmates that 1t viii make $50 gallons
OF syrup. worth seventy cents per
gallon.
Saccharine, which, as known, is
three hundred times sweeter than
sugar, Is beginning TO be felt by the
beet sugar manufacturers as a very
dangerous enemy. 1t is stated that
in Germany. already, so much sac
eharine has been made as to render
$500 tons Of beet sugar superfuous.
Il Is principally employed 10 the pre-
paratIon Of fruits and the production
OF sweet liquors 1t is not a food
stuff. Indeed, 1t has been condemn
al by eminent medical authorities
as directly prejudical to health. The
sugar manufacturers are of the opin-
ion that saccharine should only be
sold by chemists. France, Italy and
Portugal are already contemplating
imposing a tax upon 1t.
The imports Of all merchandise
from Honolulu and ali island ports
from January 1st, to September 1st,
were valued at Sl2,543,623.
Taxing Athletic Clubs.
Il Is proposed by the supervisors
10 impose an annual tax Of $1,000
on ali athletic clubs which give
sIocryino- matches. The object is to
break up the many score of alleged
athletic clubs in which fighters and
coughs Of the worst description
congregate and to drive this element
out of town. The Olympic, Cali
fornia and Golden Gate clubs all
heartily favor the idea
storage OF Brandy at Honolulu.
4 scheme has been developed by
the San Francisco handlers of Cali
fornia brandy TO have a bonded ware
house for the storage OF brandy
erected in Honolulu, where goods
can be kept until ready for eonsump-
ton. At present al spirits distilled
IN America, which remain IN the
country. must be taken out of bond
inside Of three years and the internal
revenue tax Of 80 cents a gallon
paid The whiskey distillers escape
the Immediate payment of the 80
cents tax by shipping the liquor out
of the country in bond, and letting
II remain until wanted. They thus
save the interest on the tax money,
often for many years The whiskey
men As a rule ship to Bremen. The
brandy men are thinking Of shipping
70 Honolulu
The Chronicle of the 18th inst.
contained the following regarding
the project: Several weeks ago,
when the Chronicle correspondent
talked with several wholesale wine
merchants concerning the prospects
OF tie California wine industry, the
suggestion was made that the wine
should be turned into brandy, as an
inferior grade Of wine would with
age make a good quality Of brandy.
The objection was then made that
such d scheme involved throwing
the Brandy making business into the
hands Of capitalists TO an even
greater extent than was the case with
the VINE industry at present, for to
age brandy It must be kept IN store
several years, and only a few men
can afford TO pay 80 cents a gallon
on several thousand gallons Of wine
and keen that amount Of capital