The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-12-19
WILCOX TALKS OF
ISLAND ELECTION
Says the Home Rule Party Was Caught Nap.
ping But will Not Be Surprised
That Way Again.

the statement contained in the Chris
tan Herald. even In relation to the mis-
sionary party. | positively know have
never said anything that reflected in
any way upon the Christian mission
aries. l think there il no country in
winch Christian missionaries have &C
complished more good than In Hawaii"
HAWAIIAN BONDS.
Secretary Shaw's annual report to
Congress. presented Wednesday, Dec.
3. contained the following paragraph
regarding the Territory OF Hawaii:
Pursuant to the appropriation made
by the act of March 8. 1901 (3l Stat L.,
1152), to carry into effect the agree
ment embodied In the Joint resolution
To provide for annexing the Hawaiian
Islands to the United States approved
July Z, 1898. under which not exceeding
100000 of the debt OF Hawaii in
Guiding postal savings bank deposits.
was assumed by the United States. in
terest-bearing bonds and postal certin-
Gates have been redeemed by this De-
partment. as follows"
Bonds assumed by u. s., 50, 235, 400. 90;
postal savings deposits S764, 570.31; to-
tai. s3,999, s7o.3l
Paid by U. S.-bonds. IS. 22S $1,000: pos
tai savings deposits, S759, 1920; total,
81. 9S3. 250.2O
Balance unpaid - bonds. Sl1.5ST.OO:
postal savings deposits, $5.133.1l; total,
SIC. 720.11.
BEET SUGAR.
T.. n. Gunsaulus, the United States
Consul at Toronto. has forwarded to
nj ha f,Il xyt in
paper on the manufacture OF beet sugar
in Ontario under date of November IL:
THE first sugar from sugar beets
grown in Canada was turned out last
week by the ontario Sugar Company,
Limited. at the company's plant In Ber-
lin, Ontario This company WAS es-
tablished in 1901 for the purpose OF
making sugar from sugar beets. and
started the erection OF plant about
six months ago. The factory cost
about 100000 and has a daily capacity
Of 600 tons of beets. When In opera
tion 100 tons of coal and 40 tons of lime
stone are used every twenty-four hours.
The factory will employ from go to
300 men. The main building is of five
stories, 1913 feet long, with cOoperage
and machine shops and seed and en-
CINE houses. There IL also pump
house on the Grand river. 1900 feet
away. with n capacity of 100000 gall
Ions daily. There are three wagon
and two railway shops. each $50 feet
long. There are now 1000 tons of beets
stored Great interest Is taken III this
rev plant, the first of it's kind I'm Can
ada.
I'm addition to the production of beet
sugar. the industry is giving rise to
factories for the working up of by
products. Recently. letters patent
were granted Incorporating the General
Disttlling Company. Limited. composed
of well-known capitalists of Toronto
and Walkerville. Ontario, for the pur-
pose of working up the strip which is
a hy-product OF beet sugar manufac-
ture into an alcohol for use for me-
chanical and art purposes. The fac
tory Will. II Is stated, be built in To-
ronto. The company Is capitalized at
$500, 600"
SILLlMAN IN WASHINGTON
Ex-Judge Silliman, of Honolulu. has
been here for n few days on some le-
gal business, following his long stay In
san Francisco He Is registered at the
Raleigh hotel. He was a guest at
lunch OF Mr.. William Haywood at the
metropolitan club this afternoon.
ERNEST G. WALKER.