The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1894-05-11

NEW YORK, May S.-Cuban CEN
trifugal, 90 degrees, 80 cents; gram
ulated, Z cents.
The san Francisco market is quite
active and receipts from Hawaii con-
unue large. Prices have declined !
cent, with granulated st $ cents.
a dispatch from Washington dated
May ID SAYS: "The members Of the
Senate Finance Committee, who have
been lsboring TO arrange the details
Of the tariff bill so as TO make it &C
ceptable TO all the Democratic Sena-
tors, have completed their work, and
expect TO report their amendments TO
the Senate within the nextforty-eight
hours. While there will be number
Of minor changes msde ST the instance
OF various individuals, the chief trou-
BILE has been to fix the sugar schedule
upon q satisfactory basis, and TO re-
tain the income tax in less drastic
form than that adopted by the House.
Senator Jones OF Arkansas has been
the moving spirit in this work.
Through him it is learned that the
new sugar schedule Will provide for a
duty Of 20 Per cent sd valurem, to-
gzther with 3 specific duty Of Z OF
cent per pound on sugars testing six
teen and above, Dutch standard. The
sugar schedule, - adopted by the
House, provided for specific duties.
This was satisfactory 10 the sugar
planters, but not u the reiners- The
new schedule i satisfactory 10 the
refiners, and substantially 80 TO the
planters. These latter would Ike to
have the ai va.orem duty pisceu At -
per cent, though they prefer specific
duties. II Is altogether probable that
the schedule which viii be Reported
viii lie the one adopted by the SCI ate. I
Ii Is likely that, in Difference To the f.
interests OF the planters, s Ciscrimi- /
mating duty Of ! Of l per cent. will be .
imposed on sugars from countries /
which pay an export bounty, such as g..
Germany and Others. The new sugar .
schedule viii probably go into effect .
January lst. This will give the boun- 1
~ provided by the Mckinley law TO .
the crop OF this year. II is understood .
that both President Cleveland and .
Secretary Carlisle favor this date.
The British Columbia Sugar Re [
finery ST Vancouver, B. c., has closed .
down. The management claims that .
for long time il has been hard work
Ia pay expenses, owing to the impOr /
tstiOn Of cheap Chinese sugar into the
province.
Senator Higgins, OF Delaware, in .
the course Of MS argument on the
Tariff bill on the 25Ih Of AprIl. re-
ferrei ST some length 10 Hawaiian
matters. He argued that the passage
OF the Tariff bill would seriously en-
danger the interests OF the United
States in connection with it right 10
the exclusive occupancy Of Pearl River
h4rbOr in the Hawaiian Islands. He
proceeded 10 discuss 81 length the sub
let Of the annexation Of the islands,
remsrking thst he hai thought So
riou>ly Of OF, ring resolution request
ing the p esideut 10 send back 10 the
Senate for Consideration and ratifica-
ton the Irea Y Of annexation. $50
far as We can judge from his NESS ge,n
said Higgins, 1.-THE President with
drew the treaty without ever con-
the problem Of annexation Of
the islands He rejected the tre1ry
because ne claims il had been OBJ
taiUei wrongly. In al his facts sud
sII his conclusions, sitter careful per
U,al of the testimony, I believe the
President i wrong; but, clothed S.
he i, IS the Chief Executive OF the
nation, with enormous power over
this question, he seems 10 have taken
his course on these narrow grounds"
paid an eloquent tribute TO
President Dole aud the Provisional