The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-11-24
Our san FRANCISCO LETTER.
FER u, :. :. alaneaa. San Francisco.
November AZ. 1891.
From our own Correspondent
coucludsa.l
Sugar.

SUGAR.
\ syndicate of New York and Bos-
ton capitalists to-day purchased 4
controlling interest in the Baltimore
Sugar Refinery. The capital stock is
sl,0o10o0, of which the syndicate
have secured shares representing
SS50,0oo. The stock cost them nearly
$4,000. A prominent director Of the
refinery said: ait is not known whe-
Their the purchasers are interested in
the Sugar Trust or not. They agreed
70 put additional capital into the
refinery, erect needed buildings and
increase the output"
The Chino beet factory at Chino,
Cal, has closed down for the season,
notwithstanding that there are many
acres Of land stlll unharvested. Differ
emit reasons are assigned for stopping,
one being that the beets do not con-
tain the Necessary amount of sugar,
and another is that too much syrup
has accumulated and the law does not
allow this to be kept over the end OF
the year without being worked. The
closing down has caused widespread
dissatisfaction among the farmers,
who understood that the factory would
furnish all this years market for
bets
For the purpose of carrying into
effect the provision of the Tariff Act,
prescribing that beet sugar factory
machinery shall be admitted duty
free until the first of July, lsSa, Acting
Secretary Spaulding has instructed
the customs officers that the affidavit
of the owner of such machinery that
il is intended for the use stated, may
be accepted as prima faeie evidence of
the right of said machinery 10 free
entry. A bond will be required, how
ever, for the production within one
year from date of importation Of sat
isfaetory evidence that the machinery
has been used for the purpose indi-
Gated.
How il Works with Cuba.
The Ward Line Steamship COM
pany which plies between New York
and Cuba, has sent To the State De-
partment at Washington q statement
showing the large increase of ship
ments made by New York merchants
to Havana during September and
October last under the Spanish reci-
procity treaty, which went into effect
two months ago. The company report
that since the treaty went into effect
thew have had TO charter three extra
steamers, and every ship has gone out
full. The shipments OF machinery for
the manufacture of sugar have been
greater than ever before. A leading
provision merchant in Havana esti-
mates that when the treaty provision
as 10 the reduction of the duty on
flour takes effect in January next the
imports from the United States to
Cuba will reach 100000 barrels per
annum, or more than double the
present total consumption.
Blaine After Coa1inS Station.
Washington, Nov. 6.-It would be
no surprise if Secretary Blaine an
nouneed that he has successfully nego-
tiated for the purchase Of an island in
the South Pacific as naval cOaling
station, handy to Chile or any other
obstrepeTOus South American cOun-
try. Correspondence looking toward
such q purchase has been in progress
for some time and the Secretary is
now reviewing the entire subject with
q view TO seeing what island Is avail
able in case of emergency.
The Falkland Islands give Great
Britain coaling station within four
days of Chile, and she has other
islands not much further off; but the
United States is entirely without coal
ing stations in the Pacific waters.
This has the practical effect of shut
ing out the United States war vessels
from South American waters
In the correspondence which the
State Department has had, the desire
has been to secure an island in the
Gulf OF Panama, or at some point
about equidistant between North and
South America The little island Of
TObaga, in the Gulf OF Panama, can
be secured for almost nothing. 1t is
said to be one of the best harbOrs in
the Pacific and the surrounding waters
of the gulf would afford fine rendez-
vous for feet. II is owned by Ameri-
cans living in Columbia, interested in
the Pacific mercantile trade, who are
willing 10 give il to this country at
nominal figure in order that their in
terests may be protected by the esta-
blishment Of such station
Other islands which. are looked after
are those in the Galapagos group, of
the coast OF Ecuador. They are owned
by Ecuador and it is believed that the
strained financial condition Of that
country would lead her to part with
one OF them for small consideration.
With one of these islands owned by
the United States our naval vessels
would have a coaling station only 300
miles west of the South American
coast and within three or four days
run, at the farthest, of any OF the
South American republics.
The urgent need Of such station Is
being made very clear to naval authori
ties by the present trouble with Chile.
1t Is frequently asserted that it is i'm
possible for the United States to secure
a coal island in the South Pacific, but
Secretary Blaine's correspondence has
made ii clear that there are several OF