The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-01-10
OUR SAN FRANCISCO LETTER
San Francisco, January 2, per S. S.
Australia.
,From our Special Corresrcrz,s,,,,,
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5Tfgar Notes.

Sugar Notes.
Representative FELTON, has secured
promise from the Senate Finance Com
mittee to give the California delegation a
hearing on the ACCESSIBILITY of reducing
the tariff on sugar as contemplated by
the Senate Tariff bill. The California
Senators and Congressman have resolved
to stand as unit against any reduction
whatever. Senator Stanford, after re-
cent caucus of Republican Senators, gave
them notice that he would not only vote
against the bill but work against it with
all his power.
The American Refinery Company has
not yet entered the cargo Of the Swedish
bark Mamma, and it is understood will
not do 50 until the dispute over the
Westmeath's cargo has been finally set
tied by the authorities at Washington.
General orders to store unclaimed goods
went into effect on the Mamma on the
oath inst, and her cargo is being stored
in consequence in the Greenwich dock
warehouse. There is no immediate ne
cessity for this sugar, as the American
Company is we'll supplied with Javan
raw from the Westneath and fresh sup
plies are coming in quite rapidly from
Honolulu.
Now York and English capitalists
have subscribed a million dollars with
which to test the workings of the new
electrical process of refining devised by
Prof. Friend. Those who have put up
their money in this enterprise have
most abiding faith in its future. The
inventor claims that he will revolu-
tionize the industry and claims that he
can take any grade of raw sugar and re-
fiue it into the highest grades without
the loss of l per cent. OF saccharine
matter.
Raw sugar has dropped p cent in
New York and the market is easy, the
closing quotation being six cents. The
decline is due to recent circular of NJ.
LIGHT in which it is stated that the
shortage in the German beet sugar crop
will be more than made good by the in
crease of the Russian crop. The Rus
sian producers have done remarkably
we'll this season and their exports will
be the largest ever known.
The jacksonville beet sugarie has
closed down for the season. The pro-
duct is not far from 4 900 tons. Next
season the capacity Of the works will be
doubled and two crops of beets will be
grown, SO that the company expects to
increase their product four-fold. The
company has completed preparations
for erecting a new sugarie next Spring
at Salinas City, a short distance from
jacksonville. This establishment will
have a capacity of 5000 tons. Favor
able reports also come from Alvarado
and if the expectations of the two COM
panies now operating in the State are
realized, the product of California in
1889 will not be far short of 10000 tons.
Since the last steamer departed for
Honolulu prices of refined have receded
Il cent, and refiners are looking for
further decline in view OF the weakness
Of the New York market and the antici-
pated heavy arrivals from Honolulu.
GRADUATED IS now quoted at Z cents;
cube, crushed, powdered and fine
crushed are quoted at 738 cents, confec-
TONERS A at 67s cents, extra c at SO
cents and Golden G at So cents. The
market is rather slumpy.
Claus Spreckels left for Philadelphia
on December 29th. His stay there will
be q short one, and before returning here
he will make short visits in New York
and Washington. Business in connec-
ton with the construction of the new
Philadelphia refinery precipitated the
trip. Mr.. Spreckels is accompanied by
Mr.. Charles r. auckland, who for two
years back has been private secretary to
John D. Spreckels and who is well known
in Honolulu
The Situation in Samoa.
The latest news from Samoa, which
comes by cable from Auckland, is of
highly sensational character. A dis
patch dated December oath saws that the
natives under Mataafa have succeeded
in capturing most of Atna after hard
battle with Tamasese's forces. The
losses included 100 killed and several
hundred wounded. Tamasese, the Ger
man puppet, is threatened with capture.
Word also comes that the German and
American residents at Apia are at swords
points and are almost on the point of
going to battle on their own account.
The administration has at last awak-