The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-10-01
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New Light on the Sugar CUES
ton.

| NCW LISHL OH INC CuSdA SASS
ton.
Hello Bill, whar you been these
weeks past ? I haven't seen you
for a good Bit"
Well, have been in search Of
knowledge ; and, l tell you, I am
puzzled ;"
Why, how's that What's
the matter ?"
"Well, you see, my friend Bill
Mckinley, he passed bill knockin'
spots out of sugar, so l have been
a thinkin' how we was going to
make it pay to grow it, and l guess
L have found out"
Found out Good gracious,
what? How?"
Why, sell all the sugar here;
don't send a pound away"
What on yearth ye talkin'
about! Sell it all here! Can't be
done. Wouldn't get no price at all. :"
"Wouldn't! Well, guess you
don't know what you are givln'
us! I went into the grocery the
other day to get some sugar. You
see, my wife, she generally gets the
supplies, but she's got twins now,
and couldn't get out very we'll, so
asked me to buy some things. Well,
as | was saying, l went in and
asked what was the price, and,
Mr.. Savage, says he, Its five
cents pound for Hawaiian brown
sugar. Whats that seq [, for I
was so blamed astonished L
couldn't believe my ears. FactP
seq he. Well SEE l, / don't see
how that is. They send sugar
from here to Frisco, pay freights,
assurances, big commissions, cart
age and lots of other things, then
them big sugar factories takes off
quarter of cent pound, and
they get finally less than three
cents a pound. [ don't see why
we should pay five cents here.
What's the matter with all our
sugar being sold here? Anyhow I
don't see how they make any
money this way. WELL says Mr..
Savage, that's one of those curious
questions in political economy
which all of US don't understand
very well; (and then he kinder
looked at me and made me feel
ashamed, for [ guess he knows a
awful lot about them grocery ques-
tions) l know we grocers don't
make much at five cents on sugar.
l kinder growled at paying so
much, but I had to, so walked off.
But you know, Bob, I am a sort of |
a thoughtful Teller myself, and first |
thought about starting store to
sell sugar here. You see, / would !
send over to Frisco and buy a lot
OF Hawaiian sugar at three cents
and bring it down and, after pay
!ng freight, etc., I could sell it at
Jour or four and quarter cents.
But as L KEEP on q thinkin', it fin
ally occurred to me that our plant
ers and agents could sell all of
heir sugars here, and not send a
hing away. That would Jest keep
Kings boomin' and we wouldn't
lear so much about hard times"
Well, Bill, you have got a
tralght head on you and no mis-
axe. You orter propose that plan
o the. next Planters Labor and
supply Meetin'. L see that Mr..
N. .. Smith has advertised one
'retty soon. But look, there comes
lr. W. G. Irwin. He looks sorter
hreatenln'; guess Til go up and
ee your twins. Oh river!"
They separated, to the disap.
of our reporter, who had
appened to catch the foregoing
and wanted to hear
ne rest. But he went up to the
ROGERS, and there learned that it
absurdly true that we have to
ay about five cents pound here
II the same sugar that goes to the a
cast, pays all sorts of charges and
nIy nets about $55 ton. n