The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-10-06
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New Light on the Sugar Ones
ton.

New Light on the Sugar Ones
ton.
Hello Bill, whar you been these
weeks past l haven't seen you
for a good bit"
"Well. / have been in search OF
knowledge and, ! tell you, am
puzzled
awby, hows that What's
the matter 2
well, YOU see. my friend Bill
Mckinley, he passed bill knockin'
spots out of sugar, so l have been
= thiukin how we was a gong to
make it pay to grow it, and ! guess
I have found out.
Found out Good gracious,
what2 How"
Why, sell all The sugar here;
don't send a pound away.
What on yearth ye talkin
about, Sell 1t all here! Can't be
done. Wouldn't gel no price at all.
aWouldn't Well, guess you
don't know what you are a givln'
rs ] 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 well, so
asked me to buy some things. Well,
as I was a saying, ! went IN and
asked what was the price, and,
Mr.. Savage, says he, It's i've
cents a pound for Hawaiian brown
sugar. What's that SEE |, for /
was SO blamed astonished L
couldn't believe my ears. FactP
SCI 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 of a
quarter Of q cent pound, and
they get finally less than three
cents a pound. l don't see why
we should pay FIVE cents here.
What's the matter with all our
sugar being sold hereI Anyhow l
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 l guess he knows a
awful lot about them grocery ques-
tions) l know we grocers don't
make much at FIVE cents on sugar.
/ kinder growled at paying so
much, but l had to, so walked Oft. |
But you know, Bob, L am sort of
q thoughtful Teller myself, and first |
L thought about starting store to |
sell sugar here. You see, l would |
send over to Frisco and buy lot |
of Hawaiian sugar atthree cents |
and bring it down and, after pay
ing freight, ETC., l could sell it at !
four or four and q quarter cents.
But as l KEEP on thinkin', it fin
ally occurred to me that our plant
ers and agents could sell all of
their sugars here, and not send
thing away. That would jest keep |
things boomin' and we wouldn't |
hear so much about hard times"
Well, Bill, you have got =
straight head on you and no mis-
take. You orter propose that plan
to the next Planters Labor and |
Supply Meetin'. l see that Mr..
w. o. Smith has advertised one |
pretty soon. But look, there comes
Mr.. ". G. Irwin. He looks sorter |
threatenin'; guess Eli go up and
see your twins. Oh riverl"
They separated, to the disap-
pointment Of our reporter, who had
happened to catch the foregoing
conversation, and wanted to hear
the rest. But be went up to the
grocer's, and there learned that it
is absurdly true that we have to
pay about FIVE cents a pound here
for the same sugar that goes to the
Coast, pays all sorts of charges and
only nets about $50 q ton.