Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-02-23

to refinery, 0Ic; commission, etc, 2la
per cent on sac, .O95c duty in United
States, 1.6S5c; loss in weight in tran.
sit, average per cent, &c. A total eX.
pense Of 2.2lc per pound. The gross
market value in New York being 32tc
the net price received by the producers
is l.54c per pound.
The cost Of production being 2hc
and the net proceeds, 1.54C, there Is a
net loss Of tic per pound, or $l4.2O per
tone Of 1000, pounds, suffered by the
producer. and a net loss Of S142O per
ton on 100000 tons of sugar. the esti.
mated crop Of 1902, gives prospective
loss of 81 100000.
The amount OF duty collected by the
United States Government on 100000
tons of Cuban centrifugal sugar 90
! per cent test, at 1870 per ton by the
provisions of the Law now in force. is
s26, 800, 600.
Porto Riean Conditions.
In contrast, may be cited the posi-.
ton of the sugar planter in Porto Ri
co. For centrifugal sugar 90 degrees
test the market price is only 32ic and
the expense incurred in marketing the
Porto Rican product in the United
States is only .4S5c a pound. no duty
being imposed. the net proceeds being
J.265c a pound or s34.5O a ton; against
a net loss Of $li.2O ton on the Gu
ban product, a difference of SiS.7O a
ton.
Cuba has the advantage over the SUI
gar planters OF Louisiana in that II Is
not necessary in Cuba to replant the
fields as often as II Is in Louisiana. In
Cuba field will run ITSELF for at
least seven years while in Louisiana
the plants must be renewed every
three years. There does not seem to be
as great a difference in the cost OF pro.
ducing sugar in Louisiana and Cuba
however, as some people seek to have II
appear. The admission OF sugar from
Porto Rico duty free has not hurt the
Louisiana planters to any visible cx-
tent, and there is no likelihood that
free sugar from Cuba would cripple
this industry
Fear the Foreign Products
1t is the foreign beet sugar that Is
the dominant factor In the sugar mar
kets OF the world. That under exist
ing conditions abroad American refin-
ers and raw sugar producers must both
lave protection or retire from business
is too apparent to permit any argu-
ment The situation abroad is today a
most peculiar one. The great sugar
producing country OF Germany Is the
key stone of the arch which supports
the present artificial conditions OF the
sugar industry In the world. In Ger
many the laws are drafted to encourage
the expectation OF German sugar, and
also they would seem to discourage the
use of sugar in Germany. In England
German sugar is sold for two cents a
pound while in Germany the same SUI
gar costs eight cents a pound. This Is
due to the fact that sugar exported
from Germany receives the benefit Of
direct and an indirect bounty and the
benefit OF the "kartell system" while
sugar for domestic consumption is
forced TO pay a heavy internal tax.
The result OF this is OF course to force
down the consumption OF sugar in Ger
many, and one OF the features OF the
present sugar situation is the strong
feeling among the German people
against the system that makes sugar
luxury for the rich In the greatest OF
sugar producing countries. The estI-
mate of this Government upon the to-
tai amount OF the German sugar boun-
ties, as shown by the countervailing
duty is .259c n pound, but 1t Is to be
remembered that this Is simply the
government bounty, and does not take
into consideration the effect OF the
"kartell system" upon the price OF the
German export sugar. The "kartell
system" in Germany is an agreement
between the reiners and the producers
OF raw sugar whereby the refiners
guarantee to the producers certain
minimum price for their product upon
condition that the producers shall not
produce any refined sugar for domes-
tic consumption or sell any raw sugar
to any rehnerles other than those in
the combination, excepting, Of course.
for export, This permits the malnte-
nance of an artlhcially high price for
domestic sugar in Germany, and per-
mits the exporters to make additional
concessions much upon the same plan
That the production given a manufac.
tured article by the tarlff In America
permits the manufacturer to cheaper
the price OF that article in other coun-
tries.
Against KarteIl System.
The other sugar countries of Europe
are busy just at the present time try
ing to agree upon some plan by which
they can overcome the advantage given
German sugar by the "kartell system"
At the International Sugar Conference
at Brussels It was suggested at its