The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-01-17
Sugar.

GRADUATED, unchanged.
The local market is very quiet. 4
cargo of Java sugar consigned to the
Western Refinery arrived during the
past fortnight.
The New Orleans Picayune says OF
a single days arrivals of sugar and
molasses in that market, that they
aggregated the vast total OF 22oO
hogsheads and 80, 915 barrels of sugar
and 1851 barrels of molasses,n
the largest arrivals for single day on
record. at usually happens in most
markets that when the receipts OF
staple products for any single date
vastly exceed the customary average
q period of depression of prices en-
sues.u No such experience followed
at New Orleans on the day referred
to. 4The -ast bulk was not onl all
sold, but it brought as high If not
higher prices than were current prevl-
Gus to the advent of such heavy offer
ings.n
The British freight steamer Houns-
low arrived yesterday from Java via
Japan with 1920 baskets of raw
sugar. The steamer is sixty-siX days
from Souraboya and fifty days from
Passarouang, where the sugar was
loaded, and thirty-one days from
Kuschinotza, about eighty miles
from Hakedate, where japanese coal
for the trip was taken on board. Cap
tain Cox says that he experienced
heavy gales most OF the way over, and
had a very rough trip of it. The
Hounslow will go to the California
Sugar Refinery Tuesday to discharge.
Pearl Rarbor Ours.
A dispatch from Washington dated
Z the 3lst ult. says: News received
here by the last mail from Honolulu
shows there is a political discussion
going on there that will awaken in
terest in the minds of those who have
occasion to watch our relations with
Hawaii. Theodore H. Davies, form
erly British Vice-Consul in Honolulu
and large merchant and importer
of British goods, has made violent
attack on the concession of rights
to the United States to estab-
.lish a coaling station in Pearl
Harbor, resulting in discussion in
the Hawaiian newspapers, partici-
pated in by many men of prominence.
The argument turns upon the pro-
priety or policy of extending such
rights to Pearl river as the United
States now enjoys for longer period
than the termination of the present
treaty, which runs out in 1894.
1t may be news to these earnest dis
putants that the United States Gov
/. ~ chic n pno T.
river do not expire with the terms of
the treaty. A member OF the Senate
Committee on Foreign Affairs Is
authority for this statement. The re-
ciprocity treaty as renewed in 1887
grants certain privileges to Hawaiian
imports for a term Of years, in return
for which exclusive right to use Pearl
Harbor as a coaling station is granted
to the United States. The duration
of the latter right is not stated. The
claim of this Government is that it
has bought the perpetual right by
granting exemption from tariff duties
to certain Hawaiian imports forseven
years.
Since free sugar has taken away the
special character of the privilege
granted to Hawaiian sugar, the Ha-
Waiian planters are casting about for
some inducement for this Government
to admit other Hawaiian products
free. They have hit upon an extern
sien of the Pearl River privilege as an
indgeement- Some of them are argu-
ing to offer to make this privilege per-
petual. Mr.. Davies, eX-British Vice
Consul, argues against any concession
of the privilege at all, and doubtless
voices the British idea in this. In
deed, Mr.. Davies is now on his way to
England, and it is not improbable that
he goes to lay the matter before the
British Foreign Office.
Mr.. Davies is one Of those who
would prefer to see trade relations be- \
tween Canada and the islands rather
than the United States. 1t is clear
that neither the British and Canadian
Government nor the Hawaiian Gov
eminent will take kindly to the claim
on the part of this Government that
the price of Pearl River harbor has
already been worked out. The appro-
priation at the last session OF S2oO,OOO
toward the establishment of naval
station at Pearl river is evidence of
the purpose TO claim our rights in the
harbor,
Panama Canal Scandal.
The Panama Canal scandal has
about run its course in France and |
the Republic is still mistaken. /;
The OrIeanists and Bonapartists |
have failed to shake the Govern |
ment, and the excitement, after sew
eral days hard experience, is sol
ider than ever.
Clemenceau and Devonlade
a bloodless duel on the 22d
alt. The meeting was precipitated
by the Canal scandal.
1t has transpired that only about
one-third of the money spent on
the Panama Canal went into act
ual construction work; the balance
was spent in substituting others.
One of the leading New York pa
pers was paid over 100000 to
favor the Canal as against the Nj
caragua scheme.
Ribot, Premier of France, re-
rnsed to fight a duel with An