The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1902-01-19


The Java crop has. also. vel nIsi
arrived. and little Is said. as YET. -
/ gardins tae next seasons crop.
HswaH and Porto Rico.
+ Porto Rico has received the full
benefit in prices OF the duty taken
I of entirely from her production. the
amount OF production being too small
to make ally impression upon quota.
tons.
The Hawaiian Island crop Of the
year received. also. fun benefit at
taching TO free sugars and the COM
ing crop. during January and later
will also. have the same benefit 1t
only remains as far as adjustment OF
duties are concerned for Congress to
decide what shall be done for the Gu
ban and Philippine interests. which
questions are now up for discussion.
with the probability OF decision in
favor of both these countries before
the present session Of Congress ends.
Consumption Of Sugar.
We give herewith our annual fig
ures OF the sugar trade OF the United
States. They show the total con
sumption OF all sugar. foreign and
domestic in the entire country. in
Guiding the Pacific Coast. TO have
been >. 372.316 tens. against 2.219. S+7
tons in 1900. an increase of 152. 469
tons, or say 6.S7 per cent increase.
The consumption of 1901 consisted Of
292 $50 tons domestic cane sugar. 12+,
$50 tons domestic beet sugar. 5000
tons maple sugar, 1877 tons molass
es sugar. a total OF 1885 tons dem
este production and 1872 429 tons Of
foreign cane sugar. 21T.2S6 tons Of
foreign raw beet sugar and 42.515
tons of foreign refined, a total OF l.
932. $50 tons of sugar from foreign
countries and Insular Possessions (of
which 309.070 tons Hawaiian, 66.279
tons Porto Rican and 800 tons Phil
ippine).
The amount of refined sugar which
went into consumption in 1901 was >
ISIS tons. CT which the American
Sugar Refining Co. manufactured l.,
525, 400 tons, or So per cent: the in
dependent refners Sf2.G4S tons. or
35.5 per cent: the beet sugar fac
tories. which make refined sugar.
107S59 tons. or Al per cent, and the
foreign refners 42.515 tons. or 1.9 per
cent: SASS tons were consumed in
the raw or plantation condition. The
undistributed stock of refined sugar
we estimate at 10000 tons. against
10000 tons last year. The most i'm
portant of the independent reffners is
the National S. R. Co, having manu-
featured 276. 900 tons refined
The difference between raw and re
fined in 1901 averaged 1.003c. per h.,
against .754c. per ID. in 1900
Trusts Annual Meeting
In 1900 the total amount of refined
sugar which went into consumption
was 2.219.S47 tons of which the Am
erican Sugar Refining Company man
ufactured 1.465.349 tons, or 6S.5 per
cent: the independent refiners 627.-
1871 tons. or 2S.7 per cent: the beet
sugar factories. which make refined
sugar. 6S.3S6 tons. or 81 per cent,
and the foreign refiners 17.74S tons.
or 3 per cent There were 51.232
tons consumed in the raw or pIan;a-
tion condition.
The annual meeting of this com
pany will be held in Jersey City on
Wednesday. January Sth. at noon.
st this meeting two directors are TO
he elected in place of Mf John E.
Parsons and Mr.. Lowell NJ. Palmer |
whose terms of Office will then ex- /
pire. These gentlemen will doubtless
re reelected directors as the board |
recommend such action.
Duty on Cuban Sugar.
The proposition to make Cuba SUI
ears free is gaining friends daily. Mr..
Oxnard. realizing the strength OF this
has made a counter prop |
osition that duties remain as they |
are. but that a bounty be paid BY our 1
government to Cuban planters on /
their production of sugar. We now
merely quote from the Washington /
OF January Edo 1902. to the /
New York Herald as follows:
Senator Plat. OF Connecticut. had 1
4 long conference with President |
today on the Cuban situa-
ton On coming away from the |
White House be said. in answer 10 a !
question concerning the proposed /
bounty 10 Cuban planters 4 have
not heard that anybody is very en-