The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-05-01
OUR SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
Per O. 9. -. Australia. San Francisco
April FL, 1891.
tFrom our special correspondentD
(Concluded.)
The Trust Controversy.

The Commercial Bulletin dscussel
editorially at great length Spreckels
denial of a deal with the sugar trust ALI,
tie assertion that he don't know VIII,
such reports should rise The Bulletin
SAYS: Thrse reports constantly recur be-
cause Spreckels by his own behavior
constantly gives them new and very
substantial foundation. He started !,
the business OF refining sugar at Phila
delphia with every emphatic declaration
of his intention 10 combat the sngal
trust to the end; hut alter while ia.
public discovered the price al sugar r.
fined by Spreck-ls did not d fir nIalrii
ally from The price of sugar spli by The
trust. Sprrckels c-rtainly has no Reason
to be astonisi,ed Il the ne~> papers ar,
constantly circulating a report that III
some new phase vi the matter he Ina
entered into an agreement with tn,
trust but he is entitled 10 The full benrti
Of hi5 denial and statement. 'oner %,
later a different sort Of competition viii
come TO pass, whether inaugurated by
Spreckels or somebody else. hen thai
time comes the powers oil the trust TO tix
prices the CONSUMERS of this country
~ill aseuredIy be broken But Spree kel>
cannot complain If the public tails I'll
iir-ly TO recognize in him vigorous
competitor of the trust.
his has aroused the Spreckpls famil,
and provoked JOHN ID. Sprerkels int,
1nakinl counter statement.
MIR Spreckels' version ef the arrange
ment is as follows:
You can say, TO start with" said Mr.
Spreckels, "that We have not entire
into any sort OF compact with the trust
We have come to an arrangement bui
not with the trust. Ii would have beer
suicidal not to arrive at So me understand
ing ON this Coast. Without arrangement,
sugar would have gone down, and on
firm alone had thirty ami one-quaftrt
millions Of dollars invested III sugar
We had made heavy purchases prior L.
The passage of the Act removing the
duty, and the immense amount of tia
waiian sugar rushed III on Us prior to the
LIST of April was DIT an extremely high
d cure, consi iuring the suddenly chang ii
conGiiion of things. The Hawaiian sugar
cost us from 5 q 10 cents per pound
and We are selling it al 6 1t costs one
half cent per pound to refine it When
the refinery is running at its utmost
capacity and there is the al iitional TX
pen>e Of handling, storage. packing. etc
will give anybody ali the profit ui.
sugar Tor the next thirty days or 80 il
they will assume the losses, and be glad
to do it. What mean 10y thirty days ur
~ is until We work off the tremendous
stock Of dear sugar We have OH hand. Ii
will take at least thirty days, ana prob
ably longer Ii We decrease the outpu
lakes just as many man To run The re
tinery as if it was being worked to liz
iull capacity. Some understanding Was
absolutely necessary TO prevent crush
ing loss. but " u can say ju-t once none
that the arrangement We have made II
not with the trust"
Acting Internal Revenue Collector
Y"unsberg has received the regulations
from Washington with reference to the
bounty OH domestic rug ,rs. The Law
provides that on all sugars made IN thi,
country after July LIST bounty vi 2cents
per pound will be paid Oh such a. con-
tain 80 per cent. or over OF sarcharIne
matter. and that running between 80 and
80 per cent, cents per pound. Ap
pli,.alipns Tor licenses under the law Dire
to he received up to July LIST.
There has been small anti-Chinese
riot at Chino at the beet sugar establish
menI there, To prevent the employ nlent
vi Chinese. The riot was a success and
the CelesIials went.
San Francisco News.
A. A. Young, IA $55-a month clerk who
wanted to marry 500 d m)nth type
writer girl, and could not because size
would not have him shot himself
through the head las, week.
rhe German steamer Independent is
ON the way from Hnngkong With ID living
cargo OF 64S Chinese. They are bound
for Mexico, and il is expected that an at
tempt will be made to snusgle them
over the border.
Louise leighton, a former opera singer
at the rivoii Opera House, WHO went to
Japan ab ut year agp M broken health
and purse, has returned in fine form.
She i now the wife vi d millionaire.
In the speed contest among the bar.
bers last week, Charles Gordon won tue
championship and medal, shaving ms
man IN 81 seconds. The man who Was
shaved stlii lives.
William j. Zelnpr, the athlete and
BOXER, VINO MAS Ut one tliDt Under en-
yagement to go 10 Honolulu as IN IN
structor, has been caughI rohmng the
members lockers at the OIL, mpic Club,
and is under arrest for grand larceny.
His arrest was a great sensation In the
club. He has confessed.
he following item vi shipp ny news is
reported in the local PAPERS. The clear
arce of the schooner Tor Victoria may
only be blind:
Before the Gaelic arrived at Yoke
hama, the Yacht Halcyon had sailed foI
Victoria %. & }, with s 81 900 worth o
opium on board. The Custo us au
thorities believe it is The inlen
ton OF the owner, Whalry, 10 lanc
the stuff some where on the
United States soil, but Collector Phelps
will be on the lookout Tor the Halryur
and will have a couple OF revenue cutter,
out patrollin: the coast. Shou d Whal-y
succeed in landing the drug in III,
United States he will reap a fortune, il
spite of the fact that his vessel has beef
ashore OH the Japanese coast twice, ali,
he has had to give heavy bond not /,