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Beaumont. Texas. April "a Rev j II.
Rocu, the Christian church evangelist Us
stln drawing very large congregations 4"
the Reed wholesale grocery hall aud VIII
Be would have had much larger crowds
hut for the Indictment weather, but now
that IL seems settled he viii no doubt have
the nan comfortably 6llcd all tine remainder
OF tho week.
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PAINTS. OILS Am GLASS

White lead. per cwt, strictly pure. SC -;
second grade, $500; third grade $500;
Turpcntine per case. two 5galnn cans.
IS y; barrel lotg. Ace per gallon Mineral
paints, Coo per gallon. Window glass. ~
etiaN reds, per cwt, $3.50, yellow orhre.
per cwt 81 10. Tipseed oil hest. boiled.
69dT0c Ready mixed house paints 81 pOft
ldn per gallon. according tc brand mineral
paints, 6oc per gallon window glass, s.
and 20 FER cent m January llst
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BEEswAN-Priue Texas. 22a23c per
BEANS-Importcd navy beans 39sQ3Ac;
Bayou. 4c; English DIED. 30; pink ., ~;
California navy, 44mh4c: Snaps $3.50 ger
hushel; Wax $50 per buslel California
Limas. ji4U6c
BUTTER Blue Star, 25a26c; dairy pa
BE; Elgin creamery. 32U33c. Texas bricks,
i5N1pc. Oleomargarine- Lincoln sol d. l2'2c,
Lincoln prints, 1312c DAISY solids, l60iIc;
prints, lSC: Monkey special lisa l9r- ttE
stall Gem and country rolls, l9c: Empire
Eiglu dairy bricks. zoe Ideal, l1lac; rur' 8
creamery. % and 3o-lh tuos. pc; Az
prints 2lc; ElGln creamery, solids, 1Sc;
country butter IN pulls, l0a20c.
cHEGsE- wisconsin fun cream rolls, 19c;
W isconsln full cream daisies, l4l2G15c,
Wisconsin h1f cream. l2ldl3c;
EGGS Kansas be: Texas, ljr
kRAu1-Ncw, in half barrels. s8ooa
. Onions Per pound, 3l4a8Nc
rEPrEK--Ch new, l5Gl6c per pound
black Singapore l1c.
POTATOES - Colorado seed potatoes
81 GOAT %: New York, 81 10.
fancy hand picked No. !. 5lzd6c.
PFCANS- New Texas, per pound, logic
P0TITRY-Chickens. hens, good. 50 35a
~: flyers large. So 5od4 90; hroilers
&. 5Oa3 00 mixed lots. 81 25d3 ~. COCKS
large. old, 81. sOn2 90; ducks. large, So ono
50; geese, full ftcoatthered, 81 GOA. 80
blers Si2 GOALS. 90
SWEET P0TATOES- Pumpkin nrd vel
low vans. 81 coal. II bushei. according II
pG Tr66!ylAToEs- Mexican. e,bnsket crate
cETFRY coast country. per bunch, .
d4oc, according to quality.
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sryan's New Officers.

BRYAN. Texas, April u, Ths city ccr'''
cn met this AFTERNOON aud the newly sleet-
ed officers we're ipstailed. as follows; y
IL Harrison, mayor. and ~. seate5 anu
J. 3. Stevenson, aldermen.
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as.',.'.s:--frua Supplies Low
~. cbaracteristic day Of
II n, Il The wholesale market.
H1'es. ..s,rIes. receipts were eN,
si "a ,berc was little demand
Y, y. " either the city or country
.,,,ees stated that E'gin
y, remained firm but uncnansep
Y markets
!, beans, including English
~ "a blackeyed, is very strong
Z, ~. made Increase at iirst
..,,,r during the day IN ac'
=, n supplies aud the bulk
'.,,rrrd at 15c Some were re
H.
mutt are much below tho av-
x, situation will be relieved in
4 Is receipts Of oranges ana VA
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COFFEE

New York. Aprii A. Coffee Spot Rio.
t,nr,Ie,n S4fia The markct for futures
closed STEADY Min piepe > 70 " points
lower Total s'ies 2F.M0 haGs; May tpl'
Iuiv :, 1sfEt. q. sA'af''f 1.iti' ssoptemheY
; 4cGf5 IS. December 5,Bj: January o'l9'
March SIS.
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New York Dry Goods.

New York, April a. The week has
opened quiet III drs goods aad The market
today shows Jtitie sirg Of ~ lmprossniallii
unchanged
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GALVESTON STOCK.


PORT Arthur. Texas Apru a. Sailed
Schooner Slarkc, Olsen. master. for Cam
pctpe. Mexico. with sos cross tics valued
a. 81 90 shipped 10y the Emitted Lumhe
Export company, W. Il. Gi!iland. agent.
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HEAVY srAn1re


uSlTl0N-Powder. per key, 500;
T., ,' slga Per 6eg, drop shot,
4 NiS; buck. 81 70
Extra short clear. IN sacks,
i l,b tfen,sgs; l'snll&. boxed, Ac
ny AND TIES Tagging. BIB,
rs, Arrow ties, less than car
NJ lgh Houston, Sl2J.
nNlsa' wrapped basis "a. No. z.
M ni No, ], fgli weight, basis
tI,ss ,8Pet ib' special sizes, iSc high
Fin S'1a loc, as 30 quality.
4 ssish,s ~, tu'l weight Zoe; Gran.
In. IN. y. inof2t'' Electric Lights. $40.
Bss ~ .nttland, &.7jM2.9l; Rosen,
slt-Rlo. fair, slsdsiLc; prlmc. An
N I ,ss9tal0c; fancy. iOtb9iilr: Pea,
j lrtnot1 Norloyd, l3}2c; roasted
Nm s.i,Ae Ariosa, basis lOOAb
n esS tssefeo Apex, 11.iOc; Lion.
H, esaI Mocha aud Java, l.lb
sR IA V,4a a and Java blend. lis
II Key ~ pals, 1880: Information,
EIn.. I'D tins, lS54c: . and An
eo{al Anna Mocha nnd Java.
ep ~ bulk, 26c. 80 y -
n il ns ,s,oA b c soda. butk, boxes,
\ iss .' per dozen soc: ginspi
5iAs isp ssin'' Sc; stage planks, sac,
As;h Ssh sacks: Fancy nigh
trl, "a stahey' bali patent. 81 % (.
HI 80 A-lb sacks, Zoe per bar
u IN wood, 15c per barrel
csAeEoUs Goons Dan.
III Nv, I y 20 u sacks, per sack,
Il I'M 20 5olb sucks. 81 40 per
\ 81 % Ss a. Scotch oats. S.. %;
Ess az. No: Columbia oats. s.. so;
gittsres ~ dccker'9 buck wheat,
N IT,lgped tierce. compounds sls1
IL hessr. ysylb cans, sc higher. 5-lt
stlns,r 2'lD rans. IL higher.
ssas SssO l2c; fancy, 1c%d13ci
n '' si-oO per barrel: coopered,
1 i ~. S,rrs,s. s5a75c Dor gallon
Il MI ,sAlracied. 5g76c Der hound,
/ sassd ~. y l2-lh cans, extfacted,
AsSES sneeNons. l2dl3c.
sagi, ~ boiled, fair, l6R71Sc
RI. ,.aliolce, 256f26c, fnpry now
pure new crop syrup,
| MILK Eagle, sonar. 90.
RI s1is i5 Dime. sssSas.99
HEis l t,isq 70; Winner "a 95sI 4 AZ
4 li5 NJ. o., 81 coal 20: i.lb s o.
E.sfAt Ss,en weight, 55a1Ble. alb
sVc' lunch oysters, Lib
] 4 /, ssiIS;s Y. kegs. s1.ao; 10
: WI d. s.hbIs. SI5Od4 IS; plnts
|la: Sl.oo; quarts 4n,.irleaI
4 Siss l-gallon hexagos9 s. ~
~ NO head gAddilc, ehoIes
asl seeahc; fancy fmporteS. IA
|''sTss basis 7.ie, eHe; Manila
Il ;sslsIilss.h yarn. Sc; tarreu. re.
a 'ssaa coarse, SIZE. 6na S5c
I ssD oesos. s2,45; lOo-ss
Ri 81 S s.ssksre !. 10, i in ION
M & l5c'aSs 7e-Ib. Ne. !, 50 .OoG
|hsesscy Pillar Rock. Columbia
Castle Rock, coiumhii
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WIRE NAILS S205 base per keg.
RABBED WIRE Galvanized 5ldden,
50 50 per 100 lbs galvanized Baker $3.50
per 100 lbs,
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APPLES Missouri Pippns So
BANANAS-Io Loose, SlG59l13; patkeu
So GO. ,--..-
TJNOANUTS-Pcr sack Of 100 S3.Jp1
r.; less quantities. 81 %
CAU'LIFf.OWER- Fer cate. 50 50d2 65.
LEMONS Mcssnas SO. 2sd& 20.
ORANGES California nayes, 81 50
STRAWBERRTES-Cr q quarts, $3.50
a. %.
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BEAUM0NT'SG0 az 49,. % OF A PIONEER.
THE orr AZ -, -hent Topekan Gets Won-
TAKEN CHA en-. GLeerful Results from kodol

Thos. 7. Ross Is the pioneer real estatc
dealer of Topeka, Kan. He has been in
business az years, and in that time has
sold uore land than all the dealers to-
gtther who are now in business there He
located in Topeka in s5s and witnessed
its growth from town OF few thousand
inhabitants to its present size
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COTTON SEED PRODUCTS,

r. o. mill Texas interior poIniS. ne.
cordinC % location. Ter gallon.
Prime crude oil loosP .... 34lhd "a
Prime summer yellow oil 5ila0d -
Linters, according to quality 02l41 52ia
Fer ION
puuc loosa .......... IS 90 n
prhne cation sfed mral "a ~ n
Prime cotton seed cake "a H' n
Quotations on primo cotton seed mea
ard primo cotton seed cake sre for delivery
al Galvcston
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Primo crude S5Ld36 m crude 34iad35;
primo summer yellow ~; 81 summer yel
LOW II. choice cooking summer yellow A..
Meal and cake Prime 81 5og2l Is; Oh
20. O0Gf90. so
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Police Made a Discovery.

Beaumont Texas. April - The officers
have made a startling discovery in The very
center Of the city. Nhout n month ago they
found what they thought IN he den Tor
the Sccretnc Of crime near what was the
postonice np to January /, and It was re
gnrded as the spot where the murders
had hccu committed thar resulted In the
Rndtng Of the six bodies in tho NcchCs
river. but the officials have now found an.
other nlacc similar In an respects to the
Rrsi one aud have placed under arrest lin
fact have had them secretly under arrest
for some timcl two more persons Charged
with all kinds ~ cTmc.
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|l4r DULL !. TRADE S2,v Small,

poultry Very searoe--C9r'
Asyanee-Notes on
~ Fruit Supplies Low.
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HIDES AND wool.

81 I.ouis. April H.. Wool Dull, easy
henvy inc g0ll: tub washed l4@24,
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List OF Appointments Rc-~~-~,>~~>~-~-
''''' IS so, =. I'M

Beaumont Texas. \ " me new Of
hclals an qualified toiy>-.,Aayor Laueham
started In in a vlgo' lnnncr and plain
" shpwed that heiatposes to run the
clty's Affairs SO to-, he is concerned in
a busincsslkc Wa TN win do everything
Tho new ogiccu who TOOK the oath Of
office aud RsSuu Il the responsibilities OF
the trust nr 0ayor, Thomas "A Lang
ham, treasurer + w, Greer; tax assessor
and couector. T. e. King; attorney. Leon
Sonnrld marshal James stewart, alder
men, 7 TiGessctt, j. Frank Keith George
w Carroll. w 4 Mcagher Emmett Fletch-
cr. John y Gilbert
Under head " appointments the mayor
streets: John Breach. commissioner "
street. T. A. Fletcher mayor pro ten; Ed
r. Eastman. ire chief
Tho city engineer. health officer and
scayengcr were passed until the next meet
ing
Finance. John \. Gibert. q W Carroll.
J. T Cossrtt street and bridge; j. +.
Keith. r. A, Fletcher, ". A. Meagher
Toltcc. T. A. Fletcher J. 7. GoSsett J \.
W. carroll W 4 Mraghcr, Fire; J, r
Gossctt. g. W Carroll T. A. Fletcher
Ordinance. T. ~ Gilbert. j Il. Keith. w.
A. McaGhcr Sewerage! q w. carroll
John y, Gilbert !, Il. 'iossctt, Publ.
works John y Gilbert. j T Keith. =
A. Fletcher Light W. A. McaFhcr, L
Gossctt John y Gilbert
Among the moro important matters
handled by he new body Was the appoin
mont NJ d committee 80 raise $4,000 for 4
| This will In all probability be taken care
| OF NJ tho meeting to hc held next week.
Tho council all took steps Ia open Ger
| tan necessary streets In the south end.
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River. Sis; Spear Alaska, 81 Is: Toy,
Columbia River 81 p; Blue Bell. Columbia
River, 95c; Violet brand. 81. so, Caruatlon
brand, Fancy Red Alaska. 81. 3J11 l. 40; Pink
Alaska, 81 10.
ARDINES-Americ5n quarrers. $3.50
6 -; mustard, 3 95d3 30. imported GlI.
rettc grade, quarters, Sl2 20: fancy sprats,
quarters SS.OcUlOOU according to grade.
STARCH Standard goods; Pearl In 40
III boxes. 4laQ4&c. Royal Gloss or Archer,
bulk 4a,05c; Nickel. 100 packages, per box
So loq3.15; corn starch, sac per ID, 20 and
4O-lb boxes
sUGAR-Quotatiou are for small lots,
special rates are given on carload orders.
Standard granulsted Sc: cubes and pow
deied $3.50; Louisiana yellow clarified and
fancy, 44c; choice, 4u.
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DRIED FRUITS AND NUTS.

APPLES Fancy eyaporated d0lb boxes,
c34Ml0c; Lib Cartong fancy, lo4G1V12s /
cartons choice, aS.dl0c, choice eyaporated'
9l4aaibc. sun dried. 6lQc
APRfCorS-P III. loose. 10gz9l1c.
CTTRON-ln 1Olb boxes, lac.
CijRRANTS- boxes, cleaned, bulk
sl5d9c. lib cartons, 9i4@1lc
DATFs-l-b packages, 7lZQsc; ara
dates, 9c; Hallowe, bulk, cob bo1es
5U6c.
FIGS Imported, 12lAGl5c.
PEACHES-Choice neT stock e54P9c'
RAISlNS-C alifornia, 3-crOwn. l.. y
boxes. 81 BJ0l 10; l4-lD boxes L. NJ ralslhs
gilq zoe: 2.crown. L. NJ. raisins, Sob boxes
YtEMT8.c. 3-crowD. l.. NJ, 7&Qsc.
tpRTfNFS California, ao-l00s, &c; sQs09s
hiEc: 70.s0s.. &c, 60-70s, 612c 5Oeos, 1c' ~
5Os, &c. s,,or,s
slc,ily. lSc; California walnuls, lo4 &c
pcan1ts fancy hand picked, 5lsggeei r 10 no
5 iA.m5e; Jumbo, IaIhc; ALMONDS; ~ !
y - 16atTc per No N sSafs, California
simoads i5e: pecans. sdioc,. docording u
size; chestnuts, Piedmontes, Sc
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

PORT or GALVESTON. April T..
Arrived.
None.
CiraUed.
SIS Elida lNorl, Havana.
Sailed
SIS Elllda. NOR. Havana.
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METALS

TIN-Fim, SIS JOd-9 W.
changed DE- ,,., a. ana x
per cent discount. - q nor
BLACK SHEET IRoN-No :" - Pc
~ R6b38FiiSNsG Machine made, si'.'oa
- Ri vo Hsii rlN-oid style, SIG 500 lS'SO
peg oSH I'D and hail, l1aiso per
pound o>. ,,l.auixad s. %
per square e -
~ - GRAIN AND HAT $3.50 =,
tysssi ue,isfofl 81 6flier poinIs tsss,nc
\ same rare. Dealers charge from store 'ss~
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" , N firm but unchanged
! narkois.
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,,o have m5do q sharp M.
Y, ehons are selling 4q5c high
,-i,sa sacked Us mp BE- and No. .
|..sss has been advanced -
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..,- dnrlnr the day IN ac-
'l.,.,i,y In supplies aud the hn'k
.,sd AT 15c. Some were're'
q.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-13
Sugar as a Subject Of Policy.

For some reason, hard to explain,
the sugar business in all countries has
seemed to expect that inordinate sac.
rifces are to be made for It by govern.
ments and by the great consuming
public. 1t Is proposed henceforth to
maintain throughout Europe a uniform
rate Of tariff on sugar and sugar prod.
ucts, with the addition of countervail.
ing duties against any country that
pays bounties. The result will be that
each sugar-produclng European coun'
try will attend first to the supply OF its
own market; and then, If II has sur
plus, will export It to such non.produc.
ing countries as England, where It will
take its chances in the open market
with cane-sugar from the tropics. Ger
many, OF late, has been producing
more than three times the amount Of
her own sugar consumption. 1t re-
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-13
Relief to British Colonial Sugar.

The international sugar agreement
IL finally ratified, Is to take effect on
September |, 1908, and to continue in
force for five years from that date,
Great Britain and the Netherlands, In
joining 1t, promised to give no prefer
entail treatment to the sugar produced
in their colonies; but Great Britain
has decided that for the immediate re,
lief Of the West Indies the present i'm.
port tax, equal to cent a pound. shall
be removed. This gives the jamaican
and other British West Indian plant
ers free access to the British market,
while the bcCt-sugar of the Continent,
and non-British canesugar, will have
to pay the halfpenny duty. The ar,
rangement for British colonies will
terminate when the European bounty
system Is abandoned. In this country
of course, our sO.Callcd COuntervailing
duties,-that Is to say, our extra taN
imposed upon bounty.fed European su
lgar,-wlll be given up when the coca
sion disappears. The proposed aboli
ton of bounties gives satisfaction Il
all interests in Europe, except the su
gar interests alone.
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AS to the Cuban Question.

The work of the conference will
have to be ratified by the countries
represented before 1t can go into eff.
feet; and, in any case, it would not go
into operation in time to affect the
sugar crop of the present year, or the
next The attempt therefore to make
it appear NAT the action OF this Brus.
sells sugar conference had in any way
diminished our obligation to do some.
thing for the immediate relief Of the
Cane-sugar producers of Cuba did not
take account OF the real facts. Al.
though II was an important step for
ward to have secured an agreement in
the conference, 1t was too carly 10 say
that the agreement will be ratified and
put into effect on the proposed date
The excessive production of sugar
caused by the artificial stimulus OF the
bounty system has been the chief fac
tor in depressing the market and in
disturbing the prosperity of cane pro
ducing regions like Cuba. The Euro
pean bountles average about 81 pei
ton. and give the foreign growers just
so much advantage over the non-sub
sidlzed cane.growers of Cuba. The
position of the beet.sugar interest in
Washington on the question Of allow
ing concessions to Cuba remained oh
durate last month, to the CmDarrass
ment Of the country and the profound
moral disapproval of men who believe
that issues of public honor and duty
were involved on the one side, as
against private pecunlary interest OF
the other The people of the United
States are and have been taxing them
selves heavily on the great bulk OF thu
sugar they consume, which cumel
from other countries, in order to giy'
the domestic producers, and especial.
the beet-sugar men, the eXtremel.
high protection that they have enjoy
aI
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-13

Our trade statistics show that the
United States imported from Germany
in 1865 less than $4,000, 900 worth OF
goods. and in 1901 more than 800 OOO,.
900 worth. Germany on the ether
hand, imported from the United
States, in round figures. in 1865, $40.
OOO,O 900 worth and in 1901, $l9200O,.
600 worth. We import from Germany
mostly finished products of manufac.
ture, and we send there mostly food.
stuffs and raw materials. One Of the
largest items of Germany's recent eX'
port trade has been refined sugar, OF
which Germany has of late been cX'
porting considerably more than two
thirds of her total product. The de
velopment of the beet.sugar industry
in Europe has been abnormal, having
been stimulated at the start by the
payment OF liberal bountics. an unwise
policy which nearly all the European
countries adopted on the plea Of being
driven to L by the practice Of neigh
bors. For several years the best Euro
pean opinion has been in favor Ct an
international agreement to abandon
the sugar subsidy and bounty policy
by simultaneous action at some fu
ture date. 4 conference in which the
sugar.producing countries were well
represented. after protracted sessions
at Brussels. arrived at an agreement
last month expressed in the form of q
draft of a treaty.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-13
New Map OF Oahu.

compiled from Government Surveys and Charts,
Maps Of Sugar Plantation, Railways, and Other
Reliable Sources. the MAP IS 3skS2 INCHES,
ing = very useful a. well as ornamental vail map
THH PRICE OF THB MAP Is $1,000. Copies can
he ObtalpId from ~
JAS. 7. TAYLOR,
p CIuox 800 ,aG judd Building. Honolulu, 7, I
OF HAWAIIAN NEWS Co. LTD
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-13

After a two years test Of an auto
mobile for army use in Austria there
was a saving Of s29l5 over the convey.
ance drawn by horses.
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American Interests.

Even II the entire sugar product of
Cuba were admitted free, like that of
Porto Rico and Hawaii, the beet.sugar
producers OF the United States would
continue to enjoy very high rate OF
protection. for the simple reason that
still other countries, including those
of Europe, would have to supply a
large part Of our unsatished demand.
We have yet to hear of single Cisin'
terested and competent student OF the
sugar question who takes the ground
that a concession upon the import OF
Cuban sugar into the United States
would operate in any manner to retard
the domestic beet-sugar industry. ];
is not a question of free trade in any
sense. but question of reasonable
ness and breadth Of view. It Is partic
uiarly absurd that American farmers
organizations should have been unwit
tlngly led into the support of this lob
by at Washington against the carry
ing out of our policy of neighborliness
to Cuba; because, next to the pro
ducers OF Cuba, the American farmers
have most to gain by the policy of re
ciprocity. With the United States
market opened favorably to Cubar
products, there would be freely &C
corded to the United States wha
would amount in practice t
a monopoly of the Cuban marke
for imported goods; and a very larg'
part Of what the cubans would receive
here for their sugar would be spen
for American -four, cured meats, ant
various other products, the sale o
which, directly or indirectly, woulC
benefit the American farmer.
Broad Bearings Of the Subject.
The censorious tone on a question
of this kind is an easy one to indulge
and, OF course, desirable thing t
avoid, The beet.sugar people are no
aware of any deep purpose on thei
part to block the path of the country
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-13
Who Will Get the Benefit

Obviously this argument, as used by
the OXnard contingent, Is fallaCious;
for II the difference were all to go to
the rehncrs, there would be no rcduc
tion in the price OF sugar to the Amer
lean consumers, and without such re-
ductiOn the beCt.sugar men could not
be affected a hair's-breadth. The sim
pier view Is the sound one. Crude
canc.sugar sells in the american mar
ket at such.and-such a price. The
Porto RiCan producer, who pays no
duty at all, obtains exactly the same
price for his sugar that Is received by
the planters Of Haiti, San Domingo,
the British West Indies, Brazil, Mauri.
! thus, DcmCrara, Argentina, and ether
Canc.sugar producing countries. The
Porto RiCan has the advantage by eX.
aCtly the amount OF duty that is remit.
! ted in his favor. The Cuban planter
in like manner will benefit by precise.
| ly the percentage of reduction from
full tariff rates he may be able to SO,
cure, whether 20 per cent or more. Su,
gar rchncrs will continue to pay the
market price of raw sugar, and this
price will be determined, as hereto
fore, by general relations of supply
and demand. Il Is not likely to be ma
terially affected by any consideration
we shall show this year to Cuba. Tho
position of the farmer who raises su
gar.beets will not be affected in the
slightest degree for under no circum
stances will the owners of beet.sugal
factories pay to the farmers a penn!
more than they find necessary to in
duce the farmer to add n patch o
bects to his other crops. Thus even |
there should be some variation In tn,
immense profits of the beotsuga
trust, the price of beets per ION woul,
remain subject to its own distinct Law
OF supply and demand. The situation
so far as Cuba Is concerned, Is no
made any different in principle, no
materially different in practical effect
by the fact that the Cane.sugar rCflr
ing business in the United States I
largely controlled by one company, IN
stead of being as competitive in II
character as 1t was in an earle
period.