The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-10-16
OUR san FRANCISCO LETTER.
SAN Francisco, Sept. p.
Sugar and Trade.

the East shows no great changes.
The California Refinery has marked
down prices cent, values being
based on graduated at Ct cents.
kinley expects to call up the |
bill at once and rush it through the |
House, SO that there may be an
adjournment by the 1st of October.
1t is generally conceded that this
is the form in which the bill will
pass.
A vigorous attack on the Ha-
waiian reciprocity treaty is being
made by the enemies of BIalne's
reciprocity schemes, who do not
look at the immense advantage
which the treaty bestows on
American capitalists whose money
is invested in Island property. The
attack became so bitter that
Spreckels was drawn into the war
by the Philadelphia press, and he
expressed his views in the follow
ing terms: awe strongly favor
reciprocity. We don't think it
Judgment to give away valuable
market for nothing. AS for reci-
procity, we know something about
it in the case of the Sandwich
Islands. 1t has been of great ad-
vantage to this country in that
case. The result has been that the
leading planters in the Sandwich
Islands are American, the product
is brought to this country in Amer
lean ships, the insurance is in
American companies, and the trade
greatly increases the general bust
ness on the Pacific Coast. If reci-
procity has this effect in one case,
and that a small one, why not in
others?"
The imports of rice at San Fran
cisco during August we're as fol-
lows: From China, 1,977,412
pounds, valued at s35,15 from
Hawaii, ,311 200 pounds, valued at
S71,265; total, 3,288,612 pounds,
valued at s1O6,421. The total i'm
ports for 1890 up to September LIST
amounted to 32,151,219 pounds,
valued at S829,201.
Free Transportation of Mails.
A dispatch from Washington,
dated the Goth, says: The House
Committee on Postoffices and Post
roads has reported favorably a
Joint resolution introduced by Re-
preventative Bingham of Pennsyl-
vania to authorize the Postmaster
| General to transport the Australian
closed mail from San Francisco to
New York for great Britain at rates
reduced or free of cost. 1t author
ICES the Postmaster General to
make such concessions respecting
the transportation of such mails as
may in his judgment be necessary
W StCuiS SOoPSi~oioh Va ohS
Australian Government to continue
after next November the direct
mail service between San Francisco
and Auckland and Sydney, which
is now maintained by reason of a
subsidy paid jointly by the colonies
of New Zealand and New South
Wales to the steamship company
performing the service, and which
will expire by limitation in Novem
Der next.
1t is believed that this bill will
pass even if the two shipping bills
have to wait over until the next
session.
r. J. Creighton, the agent of the
New Zealand Government, has mo-
yet abandoned the fight, and in s
recent interview said: ''The star
route service, that is, the mai
transportation by railroad anc
uckboard. costs the United States
annually S5,O00,000, and the terri
tory gone over in that time is 225,
900 miles. The ocean service i:
paid about $4,000 q year. This
includes China, Australia, South
America and all ports in the worle
to which our steamers sail. The
distance covered annually is 49,
100000 miles.
" The Portuguese and the Itali
ans are going in to have their mail:
carried by their own ships, anc
have granted large subsidies fol
shipbuilding, according to mileage
and tonnage, with the agreement
that the governments can press the
vessels into service in case of war
In Italy there are five new fine
steamers to be built to ply in The
mail service between London, Ma
pies and Palermo. The subsidies
amount to $4,000 lire annually
The mail has been and is now be
ing carried by foreign vessels. Th,
United States should emulate the
examples of these countries anC
encourage shipbuilding by subsidiz
ing the builders"
4 2,O0O-ton Steamer Coming,
Messrs. Livingstone, Clarke 4
co. have bought steamer of 2,OO(
tons which is to ply between this
city, San Diego, Hilo and Homo
lulu in place of the Farallon. Thi:
new steamer is now at New York
opJ Sbo will no hare in ahOut twf
months.
Mr.. Clarke states that he is per
| fontlx- satisfied with the return.