The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-23
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is given for the landing of a cable at
San francisco, Honolulu. Guam, ana
Manila Attorney General Knox has
GIVEN the subject very careful consld-
Grafton and the provisions attached 10
The landing of the cable and to the
furnishing by the government of charts
of soundings across the PACING ana
other available information. This is
believed here to assure the speedy con-
struction of the cable to Guam and
Manila. No doubt exists here that the
directors of the Pacific Commercial
Cable Company viii accept the terms
imposed by the government.
The Interior Department has written
10 Honolulu for a reply as to COM
plants from Porto Ricans in the Ha-
waiian Islands that they have been
improperly treated. The complaint was
forwarded here some weeks ago and
returned for recommendations. There
has been some delay in receiving re-
ply and accordingly the department
has written a second letter as it is not
desired to act till the Territorial au-
thorities are heard from. The COM
plant makes no mention of particular
plantations but cites that Porto Rican
employees, who went from Porto Rico
quite a time ago to work on the sugar
plantations have been improperly treat
ed and hope the government will afford
them some relief and some assistance
towards getting back to their former
homes
1t was stated at the Attorney Cen
erals office that nothing has yet been
done towards selecting a successor TO
Judge Humphreys. While the opinion
prevails there that the President will
name the man before September l, 1T
is thought that he will not take the
matter up for probably couple of
weeks yet. AS far as can be learned
at the Attorney Generals office today
the President has not discussed the
matter at all yet.
Minister 1. B. Dudley, of Lima. has
forwarded to the State Department the
following report as to sugar in the
Peruvian Republic;
Business conditions in Peru today
are in unfavorable contrast with those |
of year ago. The general prosperity |
of the country may be fairly said to
vary with that of the sugar producer.
1t is true that new channels of invest t
ment are being opened and put to &C /
count, by reason of which this depend
ence may rapidly lessen; but the bulk
of the .capital-certainly 40 per cent
is invested in the plantations of cane
which occupy the irrigated valleys of
the coast. In consequence of the de- 1
cline in the price of sugar during the
last year, the industry has suffered
most severely, and with it all the allied /
or dependent interests. On all planta- /
lions the number of laborers has been
greatly reduced.
1.-The annual export of sugar is APP
10000 tons. In 1899, sugar /
sold for 81 So per cwt. f. o. b.; today it
sells for $3.50. Prior to the fall in price,
this expectation at the average price
of S2.43 per cwt. produced 600; to-
day that income is reduced to $780,
SOO A commission was appointed a few
days ago ito investigate and report to
the executive on measures calculated
to relieve the difficult situation of the
sugar industry
One of the most difficult questions of
patronage President Roosevelt has been
called upon to settle for a long time,
has been practically settled-that of
the selection of Commissioner for the
District of Columbia, in which the city
of Washington is located. There are
three of these Commissioners Re
publican, a Democrat, and an army
officer, each of whom receives a salary
of IS, 600 a year and an appointment for
lIIee years, NUlCu III the case VI ClN1il--t
ans is likely to be renewed. The re-
cent death of Commissioner John w.
Ross, who was Democrat, created a
vacancy which it has become impera-
tive for the President to fill at an early
day and the fight for the place has been
most vigorous on the part of the num-
erous Democrats in the district. 1t is
conceded now that Mr.. Henry L. West,
a newspaper man and for years poll
teal writer on the Washington Post,
will be named for the vacancy. His
is expected from Oyster
Bay this evening or Monday.
The Commissioners of the District of
Columbia are to washington what the
mayor is to most cities. With Mr.
West as a Commissioner, the district
will be substantially ruled by two
correspondents as the Re-
publican encumbent. Mr.. H. b. +. Mac
farland, has been for many years
correspondent, representing
here the Boston Herald and the Phila-
delphia Record. As the commissioner
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