The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-09-29
OUR SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
Per :. u. Alameda. San Francisco, Sep
TENDER 20, 1890.

From Our Special ). +. Correspondent.l
Sugar News.
New York, Sept. 20th.-Cuban eentri-
ugal, 90 degrees, Lilo cents; granu-
ated, 63s cents.
The markets in America and Europe |
are steady and firm. No changes Of rate
are reported in San Francisco. During /
the past two months the worlds supply |
OF beet sugar has been disappearing with |
and cane sugar supplies have |
been also reduced to low point, due to |
the increased consumption, and prices |
have consequently hardened. Prospects |
for the next crop are good, but the prob
able changes in the tariff make the
course OF the market in this country I'M
certain.
The Tariff Bill.
The Conference Committee on the Nc
Kinley Tariff Bill has just settled down
to work, and its report may be expected
to be completed as early as possible. The
bill ii signed goes into effect October LIST,
and the sugar schedule and reciprocity
features are as follows: AS now con-
structed the bill provides that the exemp-
tons from duty OF sugar, molasses, coffee,
made with view to secure reciprocal
trade with countries producing these
articles; and for this purpose on and
after the first of July, 1891, whenever
and so often as the President shall be
satisfied that the government of any
country producing and exporting sugar,
molasses, coffee, tea and hides, raw and
uncured, or any of such articles, imposes
duties or other exactions upon the agri-
cultural or other products of the United
States, which, in view of the free intro
duction of such sugars, molasses, coffee,
tea and hides into the United States, he
may deem to be reciprocally unequal and
unjust, he shall have the power, and it
shall be his duty, to suspend by procla-
nation to that effect the provisions of
this act relating to the free introduction
of such sugars, molasses, coffee, tea and
hides, the production of such country,
for such time as he shall deem just and
in such case, and during such suspension,
duties shall be levied, collected and paid
upon sugars, molasses, coffee, tea and
hides, the product OF or exported from
such designated country as follows:
All sugars not above No. Ii Dutch
standard in color shall pay duty upon
their polariscopic test as follows All not
above No Is Dutch standard in color,
all tank bottoms, syrups of cane juice or
beet juice, melada, concentrated melada,
concrete and concentrated molasses,
testing by the polariscopic not above rs
degrees, seven-tenths of one cent per
pound, and for every additional degree OF
traction of degree, two-hundredths OF
one per cent. per pound additional. All
sugars above No Ii Dutch standard in
color shall be classified by the Dutch
standard of color and pay duty as follows
All sugar above No. Ii and not above No.
Is, Ia cents per pound; above 16 and
not above 20, 20 cents; all above 20,
cents.
Molasses, testing about Sc degrees, 4
cents per gallon; sugar DRAWINGS and
! sugar sweepings shall be subject to.duty
either as molasses or sugar, as the case
may be, according to the polariscopi(
| test
On coffee cents per pound.
On tea 10 cents per pound.
Hides, raw or cured, whether dry
sailed or picked, Angora goat skins, raw
without the wool, manufactured OF
raw asses skins, and skins, except sheer
skins, with the wool on, l = cents PEI
pound.
The Senate and House conferrers have
agreed on the reciprocity feature. Tht
passage of the sugar tariff appears to b.
quite another matter, and there is certain
to be a long harangue over it. In the
meantime shares in the sugar companies
are driven around as if by the wind.
Personal Mention.
Hon. and Mrs. William g. Irwin o
Honolulu, accompanied by Mrs. Irwin
mother, Mrs. Ivers, have gone East. Ii
New York they will be joined by Mis-
Aileen Ivers, who has been spending tn,
past year with Eastern friends.
John d. Spreckels has been appointed
on the Republican county committee.
Capt. Robertson, the ocean Dude,
late OF the brig Consuelo, has gone int
the ranching business.
Capt. H. g. Morse of the Alamed
officiated as referee at the regatta hel,
on the Admission Day celebration on tn,
8th, and gave great satisfaction. He wa
presented with beautifully engrossed ties
timonial of appreciation.
Oceanic Mail Contract.
| A dispatch from Wellington, N. q.
dated the 18th, says: The House Of Re
representatives. has approved the renewa
for one year of the contract for carryin,
the mail between New Zealand and Sal
Francisco.
Robert J. Creighton, the agent in thi
city for the New Zealand Government
stated in regard to the above dispatcl
that he believed the New Zealand Legis
lature had authorized the Postmaster
| General to make contract for one
year extension of the service conditioned
upon the United States Government
contributing half the ocean subsidy, an.
| giving free railway transportation to thu
British Colonial mail across the Amer
lean continent. Mr.. Creighton's cabl,
dispatches from New Zealand mad,
these conditions absolute, and he pre-
sumed the government had submittet
resolutions asking authority to make
contract on that basis The fact tina
Australia had Withdrawn from the Amer
lean mail route absolutely would throw
the entire cost upon New Zealand unles
the United States contributed an equit
able amount of the ocean subsidy ant
relieved the colony of the cost OF railreat
| transportation also.
The 18th was the day set in the Hous'
for the consideration OF the subsidy ant
ship bounty bills, but on that day NJ
quorum was present. 1t has been i'm
possible to get quorum since then.
On that day hnWayar before the ad