The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-10-27

u AuSoiJ ~ uSS ccs, y CenleJ gran
ulated, 6s cents.
Sugar locally is a trife weaker
under the light demand. Granu-
lated is quoted at cents. The
refners are endeavoring to
work up all stocks before
the change in the tariff, and
hence it is to be expected that there
will be no improvement. The
Eastern market is quiet and feature
less.
The California Refinery is busy
on the stocks of Javan and Manila
sugars which are coming in some
what freely. The steamer Algema
came in from Batavia on the 18th
with 8,845 baskets, being the
second of the fleet, the Suffolk hav-
ing arrived some time since with
1921 packages. On the 18th the
third steamer, the Remus, arrived
with 1885 baskets, and the steam
ers still expected from Java are the
Houmslaw, Eaton and Stradhearn.
The cargoes of sugar per sailing
vessel are also en- route from Manila
for this refinery.
Duncan Cameron, who holds
Sugar Trust stock, has appealed to
the New York Supreme Court for
an injunction restraining the trust,
Kidder, Peabody 4 Co. and others
from taking any further steps
toward recognizing the concern.
He also asks for receiver to wind
| up the business of the trust.
Collector Phelps has received a
circular from the treasury depart
ment notifying him that all sugars
of No.16 Dutch standard and under
which are imported and entered for
the warehouse prior to April 1st
next, land contained in bonded ware
houses on that date, can be with
drawn free of duty.
The opponents of the Mckinley
bill through William Henderson of
New York have raised scare about
sugar beet seed, declaring that it Is
Germany's intention to prevent ex-
ports of that article. Henderson
says that the Secretary of A gricul.
ture has received an intimation to
the effect that Germany intends to
prevent by excessive export duties
the shipping of beet sugar seeds to
America. He says that should this
prove true, the industry is liable to
receive a terrible blow, for though
our soil, or certain parts of it, is
prime for the growing of beets,
there is something lacking to pro-
duce seeds that will grow an equal
quantity of beets. Moreover, even
were the beets grown here of that
kind, the industry is SO much in it's
infancy that not half the demand
for seeds could be supplied. The
motive that would actuate Germany
to such deed must be- is thought,
her desire not only to protect her
own beet sugar industry, but to
take backhand slap at us in re-
taliation for the injury done to her
by the Mckinley bill.
A dispatch from Havana dated
the 18th says: The meeting called
by the Board of Planters yesterday
to consider the tariff question was
attended by the wealthiest planters
of Cuba. They decided to send the
minister of the colonies a petition
in favor of reciprocity with America
and revocation of the law of mer-
camille relations with Spain.
The imports of merchandise at
San Francisco during September
were valued as follows: Hawaii,
$1,000, PAT; Dutch East Indies,
S214,5S7; British East Indies, $780,
72S; Australia, ETC., s166,964; Ia
hiti, s32,955; Philippines, s29.291.
Exports were valued as follows:
Australia, S91,S55; New Zealand,
ST, 1874; Hawaii, S284,7O2; Tahiti,
1852; Marquesas, 500; Marshall
Islands, 1896; Harvey Islands,
s5,770; FIJI, 1926.
steam Communication.
The rush to send freight to the
Colonies has become so great that
the Oceanic Company found it ne
cessary to refuse freight for Homo
lulu by the Mariposa, and it is not
thought probable that any of the
through steamers will take freight
for the Islands as long as the I'M
certainty about the mail subsidies
continues.
Mr.. John D. Spreckels says that
he has every hope that the House
of Representatives will pass the
mail subsidy law at least at the
short session of Congress, which
begins in December, and, rather
than sacrifice the enormous busi-
ness which has been built up dur
ing the past six years, the company
will run its through steamers at a
loss. The company will have to
pay the expense of carrying the
mails across the Continent, and the
total subsidy that will be received
will be at the rate of $4,000 a
year, while the expense of carriage
across America alone is $4,000
annually. This will leave the