The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-09-02


ulated &C.
The Eastern market continues
active and firm, while there have
been no changes of consequence in
the local market. Stocks are not
particularly active.
The jacksonville Beet Sugarie is
to begin operations next week
Claus Spreckels, who is expected
back by the next steamer from
Honolulu, will go there before re.
turning East.
A movement is on foot in Ireland
to plant sugar beet experimentally.
A company has been organized in
London with a capital of $780,
900, and the same plan of opera
tions will be pursued as is carried
on by Claus Spreckels at Watson
vile.
Tariff Matters.
There has been no change in the
situation at Washington affecting
sugar legislation, but it is reported
that an attempt will be made to
get the tariff bill through IN some
form before recess is taken. An
effort to enforce the gag rule limit
ing debate in the Senate has failed,
and if vote is reached it will be
by compromise by which the Re-
publicans will let the Federal
election bill go over if the Demo-
Gratis will not obstruct the passage
of the tariff bill.
On the 18th Senator Edmunds
offered the following amendment
to the tariff bill, which was referred
to the committee on finance: "That
whenever the President of the
United States shall be satisfied that
sugar producing country whence
sugar is exported into the United
States has abolished its duties or
taxes on the importation of the
principal agricultural products of
the United States he may by pro-
clamation diminish or wholly remit
the duties imposed by law on sugar
or any grade of sugar produced in
and exported directly from any
such country into the United States
SO long as such products of the
United States are admitted free of
duty or tax into such country, and
no longer"
Edmunds also gave notice of an
other amendment which he intend
ed to propose, authorizing the
President, whenever satisfied that
unjust determinations were made
by any foreign country against any
product of the United States, to
make q proclamation excluding
such products from that country.
New Island Steamer Service.
The steamer FaraIlon has been
chartered for five months by Llv-
lngston, Clark & Co. for their direct
service to Hllo, and has started on
her second trip for the islands. J.
B. Livingston, of the firm operating
the new line, says that the result of
the first trip to Hilo was remark
ably satisfactory. "Our firm"
says he " is San Diego house en-
gagged in importing mahogany and
ceda. Of course our experiment
with the FaralIon is being made
with q view to more extensive
operations which we have in view.
The Farallon is small steamer,
with accommodations for only |
eight passengers, she being princi-
pally built for freight. L have just
returned from New York, and |
while there inspected several
larger steamers with a view to !
making purchases. The result of
the first trip of the Farallon was q
financial success, and this is owing
to the fact that we run direct to |
Hilo and take freight on board |
there before touching at Honolulu.
The Spreckels Brothers line only |
run to the latter port, all freight |
from Hilo having to be conveyed
in steamers to Honolulu and then /
transferred again.
+" At Hilo we ship the sugar from
the Independent planters = those
who belong to the trust refneries
and are not in the Spreckels.
can't say that we are in opposition
to ]. d. Spreckels, as we take
freight at exactly the same tariff as
he does. We, however. cut in pas
senger rates, as we have to do so,
owing to our accommodations being
not as good as Spreckels'.
" Instead of Spreckels being at
outs with US, he said the other day
that he was glad we had put on a
steamer from San Diego to Hilo and
has guaranteed US some flour on
our next trip to Honolulu. l think
you may safely say that in the
near future we will have a regular
line of good steamers about the size
of the Mexico making regular trips
to Honolulu from San Francisco