The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-11-18
OUR san FRANCISCO LETTER.
Per steamer Australia. san Francisco.
November 1890.
(From Our San Francisco Correspondent.)
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Sugar News.

The Berlin National Zeltung says !
that the government is about to
consider a method to effect a re-
form in sugar taxation, and that the |
scheme involves a fresh reduction
in export bounties.
Men in New York who are inter-
ested in the beet-sugar industry
characterize as bosh the report that
any effort of Germany to prevent,
by excessive duties, the sending to
America of beet-sugar seeds would
be a blow to the industry here.
They say that this country is able
TO raise beets enough for the pur-
pose of supplying the whole world.
A meeting was held at Sioux
City, Iowa. on the oath, for the
purpose of securing pledges from
the farmers for the production of
sugar beets. IL. L. Oxhard, the
Grand Island sugar manufacturer,
made q proposition to put In a
plant at South Sioux City to cost
100000 for bonus of Sl50,00O in
cash and real estate and q guaranty
that 1000 acres of beets would be
raised in the vicinity next year.
There is no trouble in getting
pledges for the required number Of
acres. A committee has started for
Grand Island who are prepared to
put up a guaranty bond for the
bonus.
Mission Rock Warehouse is be-
ing converted into the sweetest,
stickiest storehouse about the bay
Just now. J. d. Spreckels Il Bros.
have leased it, converted it into a
bonded warehouse, and are filling
it full of their sugar with view to
clubbing the Mckinley bill which
their Republican brethren fastened
on them. The terms of the lease
are 81, 900 per month, and the diff
ference between that modest rental
from now until April, and the duty
on the 10000 tons of foreign sugar
the firm has coming here,is likely tc
add a pretty penny to the Spree
kels' bank account. The lease was
signed three weeks ago, the Rocl
became o bonded warehouse OF
Monday, and the matter was M
secret when the big tramp steamer
Remus and Algoma laid alongside
and commenced to discharge. IL
addition to these vessels the Brit 81
steamer Strathearn is now du,
from Java with a full cargo, tn
steamer Hounslow is nineteen day
out from the same port, the steame
Elton is loading at Batavia, land so ar
the sailing ships Chrysomene. tn
Co. of Caithness and the Earl O
Zetland, and at Manila the Britlsl
ship Helga is taking on 1000 tons
all destined for Mission Rock an,
J. d. Spreckels & Bros. 1t i
doubtful if the refinery owned b,
the Spreckels will have to draw OF
the Mission Rock store for poun
of the bonded sweets before the Is
of April, for the reason that tn
Hawaiian Island crop of reciprc
city sugar is lasting nearly a
through the twelve months of thi
year. New sugar is expected fror
the islands by the middle of Nc
vember or early in December, an
this source of supply, added to tn
reinery's stock on hand, will prett
nearly suffice to supply the deman
until the embargo is removed i
April. If it does not, the neV
bonded warehouse preserves can b
drawn on to the extent required, a
in the case of any bonded good.
but the knowing ones do not ant
clpate that the Spreckels will hav
to pay any great amount OF duty o
this account. 1t is generally be
lieved that the rush of domesti
, growers to get their sugar in b'
fore it comes into competition wit
= free sugar, will also have a tenC
= ency to keep the refineries bus
until the ramiticatlOns of the tart
bill furnish them with material
from foreign lands.
Foreign News.
Several paintings by GARNER, th
y French painter, illustrating tn
works of Rabelais, have been seize
in London as indecent.
, An encounter has occurred b,