The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-03-05
BIC REFINERY BATTLE. ARE WEATHER BOUND
CALIFORNIA AND HAWAIIAN no
START.
Statements That the Western Refinery
VIII Not Let it Cut in without a
Severe Struggle.

The San Francisco Examiner of Feb
ruary %, publishes the following rele-
want to the beginning of operations by
the California and Hawaiian refinery
at Crockett of which r. =. Rithet is
president
Since January list the sugar trust
has been holding out the promise of
heavy rebates on dry graduated sugar
in order to corral all the trade of the
jobbers. As the Independent refineries
are about to begin operations and Will
meet every cut made by the trust, the
prospects of a fight for trade are favor
able. The consumer is likely to get the
benefit, as he has been doing for some
time past.
There is every promise of brisk ana
interesting hot fight i'm the next few
weeks between the trust sugar retlnerles
and those outside the trust, of which
there are several well fortified ttnan-
cially.
For weeks. even months there have
been rumOrs of big battle to come,
and as far back as last July the million
aires i'm the sugar business were array
ed against one mother. Then the fight
was over raw sugar between the trust
and the ONnards and ArbuckleS. Now
il is the refined product over which the
fight seems imminent between local re-
hneries and indeed it was all but fore
gone conclusion that such would be the
outcome of the earlier conflict
The jObbers themselves are not at
peace and for weeks past have been
wrangling over the rebates given, or
rather promised by the trust the bene-
fits of which have been going to the re-
tailers owing to the inability o. the
iObbers to agree and consequent cut
ting to get business.
The immediate cause of a struggle be-
tween the refneTies is the fact that
since January LIST the Western sugar
Refinery that is to say, the local Off
shoot of the American Sugar Company
commonly called the Sugar Trust has
been holding out to the jobbers of this
Coast a tempting bait to induce them
all to buy their dry graduated sugar
solely from the refinery at the PoT-
trerO. Prior to January LIST the caro-
price of dry granulated was 4.65 cents
| with 25 cents rebate. or 44O cents net
| Since that time, though the new rebate
| has not yet been paid. the trust has
undertaken to pay a further rebate OF
| % cents, conditional on all the Jobbers
| buying all their dry graduated from
| the trust In other words If the trusl
| can control the trade in this Coast ther
| the iobbers will get their sugar at Al,
cents net, and if it cannot control, II
will keep up the old rate and fight any
| one. The rate in Washington and ore
/ gOn is now the same as in this state
! elsewhere the iObbers are paying only
| Ais, that is to say, the lowest net rate
! Up to date the Western Sugar Re
| fnery has had matters all it's own way
and the fact that there has been lac
| competition probably explains the non.
payment to the iobbers of the pro-
| missed second rebate, so that the mar
! who does not stand by the trust iron
now on may expect to whistle for th'
rebate he has been hoping to obtalr
ever since January LIST.
The time has come when the loyalt!
of the iobbers to the trust will be pu
to the test for tomorrow the California
! and Hawaiian refinery at Crockett VII
| begin operations for the season. I'm
concern has r. p. Rithet for presiden
and among it's financial hackers arr
! George w. MCNear, Louis SlOss 81
! and others 1t goes without saying tina
the Crockett plant is not to be run 10
the purpose of storing its refined pro
duct and when the attempt is made &
sell the fight will be'on
When questioned yesterday MI
Rithet said:
Il have heard for some time pas
about this second rebate, made by tn
| Western Sugar Refinery, but ! canno
say whether it is a fact or not. / an
! under the impression that the cart
price is 400 and the net price 4.4J and
may be that there is still another ne
bate; but [ am not sure.
I'VE shall sell our sugar and NEE
the prices of the Western Sugar Re
hnery. whatever they may be. IN
present card prices are not bad at al
and there is no fear of any great loss a
ruling rates. Our plant at NrockeI
viii Gart TeHe iug on Monday.
81 am informed that the jobbers ar
having some trouble amouE ihemselN'