The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-02-11

Of the statute they shall so find in their
verdict, and the board shall thereupon
suspend or revoke the license Of the
accused, unless 1t set the verdict aside.
In that case the board may render
final decision or 1t may order a further
investigation before another jury. In
the latter case the evidence taken on
the first investigation may be read in
evidence upon the second.
Jurors shall be entitled to the same
compensation as jurors in the United
States Circuit Court of the circuit. The
jury shall consist of not less than
three nor more than five persons. The
right Of appeal is preserved.
PRICE OF SUGAR.
1t is not easy to tell what would be
the result to the consumer Of reducing
the duty on Cuban raw sugars, says
the New York Journal of Commerce.
The fact that the admission Of sugar
from Hawaii free of duty did not re-
duce the price of sugar to the consum-
err proves very little. During the twen-
ty-three years of the reciprocity treaty
with Hawaii the Hawaiian production
Of sugar was very small compared with
the Cuban production. Therefore the
Pacific railroads, in combination with
the steamship companies, maintained
rates which kept eastern sugar off the
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sugar to the Pacific Coast. There was
no competition in sugar because there
was no competition in transportation.
Recently there has developed competi-
ton in California between the great
beet producers and the smaller inde-
| pendent producers, between California
beet sugar and Hawaiian cane sugar,
and, in the interior Of the continent,
between sugar from the East and sugar
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amount of actual or potential competi-
| ton it is not at all certain that a
/ reduction of the duty on Cuban sugar
would be felt only by the Cuban grow
er. If it was, it would not hurt the
domestic producer; if it reduced the
general price of raw sugar ii would be
pretty certain to reduce the price of
refined also.
THE CANTON-HANkOW ROAD.
In a day or two a corps of surveyors
will arrive from New York en- route To
! China to complete final surveys of a
railroad $50 miles long, which is to be
constructed in that country by an
American syndicate. William Barclay
Parsons, consulting engineer of the
New York Rapid Transit Commission
made the preliminary surveys about
three years ago under the direction OF
the late Senator c. b. Brice of Ohio
VINO was at the neau OF the sylulcdte
Mr.. Parsons is now the president of the
syndicate, and he has selected the sur
veyors who are soon to finish the sur
VCys.
The road is to run from Cantor
north to Hankow, where it will connec
with the Belgian syndicate's line t
Picking. The actual work of construc
tion will commence some time mex
summer, and it is respected the Lint
can be finished in five years. Chimes,
labor will be used in building the road
but all the manufactured supplies
such as rails, cars, locomotives ant
bridge material will be purchased IL
the United States, and large quaint
ties of the same shipped through tn
port of San Francisco.
The syndicate for building the roa,
will get from the Chinese government
Si2, 500 900 in fifty-year per cent gol,
bonds, besides certificates of indebted
ness for cash, which will entitle tn
holders to a certain percentage on
: of the annual net earnings OF the rail
road.