New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-02
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
spRECKELs MISUNDERSTANDING WANT
TO wAGES-OLIvE CULTURE.
,nr TELEGRAPH TO TIE T"rHuEE-,

,nY TELEGRAPH TO TIE T"'BuEE;
Cav Francisco March 1.-The closing Of the
amsr;can Sugar Refinery by receiver this week
caused greater sensation In the sugar tiaoe IMAM
~ has known for years. Judge Waaces decision
IN regard TO the pernicous influence Of trusts was
.ound but. in instructing the receiver to shut
+b. refinery, he actually created a monopoly IN
sucar more stringent than any trust could have
secured. While Sprcckels and the Sugar Trust
were ouposed to each other in California the
consumer was safe from advance. Competition
kent the price down below that in many Eastern
cities But the moment tie American Refinery
WAS knocked out by a judicial decision ana us
output Of sugar stopped, Spreckels had clear
field and he advanced prices. What was woisc
than the monopoly thus created, Spreckeis '0o' s
advantage of the situation to revenge ni'iseii
an dealers who resisted his autocratic rule years
ago. when he was king Of the sugar Market n.i''
as we'll as on the Sandwich Islands. nuno'i
of these men, including large whoiesalc 49, ~
and several candymakers, have been boy y
Epreckels and cannot purchase paIlei VI Sc"
from him. AS a monopolist he even soes ~ ."o
length OF SAYING that dealers VINO sei " '"N
Iii be mt on his black list and refused sugar
from his California refinery. Another rue Tic
has enforced. which works great harosnip "
dealers is that the price of sugar Is hAed al oe-
,,varv and NOT when ordered. In this way small
dealers suffer from fluctuations Oh 'he maiNe'
instead of the large manufacturer.
,vrt ~ prohibition against Judge Wallace S
o,der will be heard On Monday, and, IL the ae-
cison in this case be against the American A'e
Gnerv. the trade expects to see sugar Jump up .
or 2 cents q pound. SpIeckels VIII nave iuii
noxver TO do this and, though he claims 70 Dc
workina in the interest of the people against aiA
,rusts and combines, he has never lalieu' "he, n'
had the opportunity, to pinch the dear puono.
II the decision be against the American he"ieis
nm Monday, then it is probable that new sue"'
refinery will be started at once In oaAi"no' "'
capital has been secured
There are q large number of unemployed here
now, and the Chamber of Commerce. acunS WIN
charitable associations will devise plan Tor CIV
e. ;d,a and needy laborers work in Golden Gate
pa,k 4 norton of the fund contributed lor
+ha Jobnstown sufferers was turned over 10 lhe
park Commission and $4,000 was PROMISED III
,;fts When the Citizens Committee. which naa
The matter in charge met delegation OF WORK
iromen. H. was found that the unemployed VINO
claimed 10 be starving were in the hands OF tne
,adesunion agitators and refused TO work ior
SIC day. They demanded ~, lne lgguI h,,
price for such labor, although .1iu + p ,ps woTi,
was practically given as charity. ana Ihau ,nI
prce paid would have no effect upon tne gehv s;i
labor market The result Is that no wo,S Who
nrobably be given, and the labor agltatois WIZ
have caused all the trouble are now Gettlng up =
great street parade, whose motto WILL DC oieau
or Work"
The Tribunes interesting letter announcing
that Russia had begun work on the ',c
Comment The Russian Nice-Consul' Niep rnnl,,
thinks that Vladivostock will have a great boom
and the opening of the coantry along .e ena 70
Chinese encroachmentS on Russian territory N.Y.. III
colians are constantly swarmlpg over mo ~. uie
Cars domain but when any Kussans d T%oe v''
Chinese side they are driven out BY force ol arms
Several wears ago, large number o! Ins Russians
founded Republic like the TTansyss On snd
sry which that ahf fSe Chinese refused to
hut the Chinese rose in arms and expelled theni
The Bohemian Club with the assistance OF :1cai
musicians, gave benefit this week TO o.epN 81,
w Leech an old actor and singer VINO was was o a.,
rafly member Of the club At the entertainment,
was given the Irish Cantata' with words ny
peter Robertson the well-known dramatic cnIc;
and music by II. j. Stewart. local composer anu
organist
The sale Of the estate of Robert G. johnson
this week was the third largest in the history
Of local auction sales, realizing over SIyV,V11v.
Prices were mostly above the appraised saiHc iUo
both business and residence properly. anu 80 w
promise of lively real estate market TINS spring
Exner;ments in olive culture, made by the Uni,
versitv Of California, are of great value to all
groweys. Twelve imported varieties have been
crown at agricultural stations and ne IJsue'
Shows that between the Mission ana llcho,niine
90 y;et;es mostly grown in California, the MIS-,
sion is far superior in amount. meat and yield OF
oil
The excessive rainfall this season has had one ;t
oood result 1t has led 10 the largest acreage ~
sooin aver sown i'm this State. as many tracts III
ssreat valleys usually classed desert lands anr
that will not produce wheat in dry season VIII ~
Seay rood crops this year The ground Is SC
tSorouchly saturated that the moisture VIII re,
main almost TO the maturity. OF the crop. nc
nrosnect is that California will have the greatest
wheat crop ever known.