The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-19

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OXNARD REVIEWS THE SITUATION
| LOS ANGELES, Oct. 9.-The informa-
! ton that was yesterday exclusively pub
lished in the Herald that the sugar trust
had made another aggressive movement
against the beet sugar industry through
it's western connection, the Western Su-
gar Refining Company, in reducing the
price of beet sugar 80 cents a hundred
and 20 cents hundred on cane sugar,
has aroused more than usual interest in
Los Angeles, and especially among those
who handle the product. To beet sugar
makers this latest cut is of most vital
concern.
In the past the beet sugar people have
been able to dispose of their sugar at !
discount of ten points below the figures
named by the trust. For many seasons
the beet sugar people have made con-
tracts for their production on the basis,
at the time of delivery, of the price US
ually named by the trust.
| When, last Wednesday, Mr.. Havemey-
er ordered a cut at all Missouri river
points for granulated sugar. it was a
blow aimed directly at the beet industry.
This cut in effect means that their pro-
duct must be marketed at loss If they
| live up to the letter and spirit OF the
| contracts recently made.
In order to carry the war to the last
extremity, the latest cut, through the
Spreckels interests, that controls the
cane sugar business of the Pacific coast,
was ordered and is effective
| ROBERT OXNARD'S STATEMENT.
Regarding this latest onslaught. Rob
ert Oxnard, vice president of the Amer
lean Beet Sugar Association, which is
| opposing the trust, said:
| 1T is a fact that the Western Sugar
Refining Company has made a decline
of 20 cents per hundred On their cane
sugars and 80 cents per hundred on their
beet sugars. This makes the difference
| in their price between cane granulated
and best granulated twenty points in
stead of ten points, as heretofore. The
cut affects all markets from California
| to Colorado inclusive. 1 know of no
change in the general sugar situation to
account for it. Further than this 1 do
not care to discuss the matter at pres
emit"
In order to discriminate further
against beet sugar. the Western Sugar
Refinery has announced that it will en-
| terrain no orders for graduated sugar
which call for over so per cent of beet
sugar.
The sugar trust people claim that beet
! interests can produce graduated sugar
at 21a cents per pound and that there Is,
! therefore, a good profit even at cents
per pound. This is denied by the i'eet
people In recent interview in New
| York, Mr.. Oxnard referred to this mat
ter, as follows:
NO SUCH DIFFERENCE.
| Mr. Havemeyer says that the beet in
terests can produce granulated sugar at
21a cents per pound. In my opinion that
! is nonsense. It has never been done in
| this country to my knowledge. The
expert of the United States department
/ of agriculture makes the statement
which every one should accept as anthem
tic and unbiased, that sugar can be pro-
duced in this country for about cents
a pound 1t is very evident that MI.
Havemeyer's interests lie entirely in the
direction of depressing instead of devel-
oping the beet sugar industry. And it IS
absurd for him to make statements re-
garding tb requirements of an industry
which he is endeavoring so strenuously
to crush out. All his arguments are
weak. as far as L have seen them, and
1 am confident that congress, backed
up by the sentiment of the American
people, will never allow Mr.. Havemeyer
tariff on sugar"
After an extensive trip through the
beet sugar country recently, Mr.. Ok
nard, after he returned to New York, IS
reported as saying that he was Impress
ed with the idea that the sugar syndi-
cate, headed by Claus SpreckeIs is try
ing to crush the beet industry. 1t APP
pears that the Spreckels syndicate is re-
ported to have given orders to its brok-
ers west of the Missouri river not to sell
any beet sugar-to sell, in fact, no sugar
whatever except such as has been made
by the syndicate itself.
WILL FIGHT THE TRUST.
In commercial circles the rumor is cur
rent that the beet sugar people are de-
termined to give battle to the trust.
While the plan Of operation is not known
It is intimated that the beet sugar max
ers may invade the leading distributing
centers of the east and attempt to meet
the cane sugar refiners on equal grounds
and sell the product at cost. This, it Is
said. VIII demonstrate whether the infor-
nation made public regarding the cost
of production can be subStantiated.
What l want is to see every house
hold In Southern California ask for and
, demand homemade beet sugar said a
well known jobber yesterday. a lew
months of consumption and of relegat-
ing the cane trust aTllCIt " l!lS up SiIei
will make a difference to some people
and will prove the most effective weapon
in behalf of an industry that is the pride
. of this section of California Let Alami
tos and Oxnard be the only brands on
/ the sacks, is all 1 ask.
BEET SUGAR PRODUCT.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5.-Secrelary OF
Agriculture Wilson after careful con
sideration OF the reports and estimales
of leading beet sugar producers. today
estimated the beet sugar production for
1901 at 1875, 500 tons. The cane sugar pro
: duction IS estimat ted as follows:
Southern states. 5000 tons
, Porto Rico, 10000 tons.
Hawaii. 100000 tons.
Total 100000 tons.
The beet sugar production in tons OF
western states Is as follows: California
$1,000; Colorado, 10000; Utah, 1900; Wash
: ington 200 Oregon 2.O09