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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-03
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SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 26.-The fol
lowing editorial from the New York
Commercial, concerning the cost OF
Cuban reciprocity, will be of interest
to Hawaiians:
In considering reciprocity with Cuba
more especially with reference to the
tariff on raw cane sugar in connection
fined sugar from the cane and from
the beet, one important fact to be
borne in mind is that in converting
beet juice into refined sugar, no So
called raw sugar is made; the process
of manufacture is a continuous one
from the raw beet to the finished prod :
uct-granulated sugar; but in the man
ufacture of sugar from cane an inter-
mediate product-raw SUGARS pro-
duced.
Cuban raw sugar is sold exclusively
to American reflners and is subject to
a duty of % one-hundredths of a cent
a pound for 75-degree polariscopic test
and 50 e-thousandthSo of one cent per
pound for each additional degree. This
makes the duty on S6-degree sugar
which strength is the basis upon which
is calculated the cost of manufacture
1.6S5 cents per pound. Raw cane sugar
for some time has been selling at 200
cents in bond. making centrifugal raw
sugar CSC degrees) cost the American
refiner practically 3$4 cents per pound,
duty paid; the cost of refining is esti-
mated at Il cent per pound; therefore
the cost of producing sugar from Gu
ban raw sugar is AZ cents per pound.
The cost Of producing raw cane sugar
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-03

! Sugar imports into the United States
in the calendar year 1901 will exceed
those of any preceding year by about
250 100000 pounds, and the cost will De
greater than any preceding year ex-
cept 1898. when prices We're unusually
high. The total importations of sugar
in the year about to end will, accord
| ing to the Treasury Bureau of Sta
| tistics. aggregate 467O, 900, 900 pounds,
and the cost about Sis, 600, 600. The
highest record of sugar importations in
any preceding year We're, in quantity
those of 1899, 4,339, 749.07S pounds; while
| in value, the figures of 1898 made the
| highest record, $123, 0S3,2 PIT.
The estimate of the bureau of sta
tistics for the calendar year 1901 is bas-
ed upon the actual figures of importa-
tons from foreign countries for ten
months ending with October, to which
are added the actual figures of. sugar
shipped from Hawaii to the United
States. To these are added estimates
for November and December both from
foreign countries and Hawaii, and for
the full year from Porto Rico; this
II ethod OF obtaining the Hawaiian and
Porto Rican figures being necessary by
reason of the fact that commerce with
those Islands is no longer included in
the statistics of the foreign commerce
of the United States. This shows an
increase of about 80 per cent in the
sugar importations into the United
States in the decade, the figures for |
1891 being 3,679, 7S9,S54 pounds. against |
1872, 000,0 900 in 1901, the actual increase !
i'll the decade thus being in round num-
bers, LOCO. 900, 900 pounds. The enormous
quantity can perhaps be better realized |
when it is stated that accepting the
average carload at $4,000 pounds, the
sugar importations of 1901 would be
sufficient to load $4,000 cars. In addi-
ton to this enormous figure of $780,
o0G, 900 pounds imported. the sugar pro-
duction in the United States for the
year is presumably about 600,000 1000
pounds, this having been about the an
nual average during recent years.
OF this, 4.500, 900, 900 pounds of sugar
imported into the United States In 1901,
more than 4,0000 900, or fully So per {
cent, is cane sugar from the tropics.
The remainder is chiefly beet sugar
from Germany and Austria Hungary.
IL the ten months ending with October
he importa lions of beet sugar amount
I'd to $50 900, 900 pounds, out of total
Importation of more than 4,O00,000,000
pounds. OF the more than 1000, 600 600
pounds of cane sugar imported during
he year, about 80 per cent comes from
Cuba, about 10 per cent from the East
indies, and the remainder chiefly from
he West Indies and Central and South
American countries.
The following table shows the total ]
sugar fmportations, quantity and value, S
~ calendar years from 1891 to 1901,
November and December of 1901 being
TOTAL SUGAR IMPORTATIONs, 1871
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-03

in Louisiana is admitted to be cents
per pound; the cost Of manufacturing
refined sugar from American cane
| therefore is 31& cents.
Mr.. Hugh Kelly of New York, who |!
ta recognized authority on all matter:
| pertaining to the growth and manufac-
| tUre Of sugar, estimates the cost OF
| producing raw sugar in Cuba at 2K
| to rs cents per pound; taking the av-
| erage cost of "a cents and adding the
! average freight eXpense-12 cents pei
! hundredweight to New York-the Gu
! ban planter has been at an expense OF
235 cents per pound to market his
| product, for which he receives zoe
! cents-a loss of 20 cent per pound
! This means deficit this year of ST.
$4,000, the crop being estimated at $780,
Geo tons.
If, therefore, fhe tariff on raw sugar
were reduced " cent per pound, and
the benefit should accrue to- the raw
sugar interest, the Cuban planter
would realize a profit of 81 cent per
pound.
But there Is valid reason for the con-
tention that, so far as American sugar
interests are concerned, the tariff on
raw sugar might be much further re-
duced without hardship to any and
with distinct benefit to the consumer
who generally gets such scant conSid-
Grafton.
When, in 1899, Henry T. Oxnard and
w. Bayard Cutting were exploiting the
business and prospects of the Ameri-
can Beet Sugar Company, they repre- |
scented that the cost of producing re-
fined sugar from beets would be 2.S0 |
cents per pound-that is, beets could
be purchased at 81 per ton, and the
cost of manufacturing sugar would
be So per ton of beets. 81 in all; that
each ton of beets would yield $50
pounds of sugar, thus making the cost
If sugar $50 cents per pound.
1t is now contended that these fig
Tres are too low. the prices paid for
,eets averaging higher, the manufac-
uring expenses being greater and the
yield of sugar per ton of beets less,
he estimated cost of production now
from 3.15 to $40 cents per
pound.
The relative cost of producing refin-
d graduated sugar by domestic refin-
rs is therefore,: From Cuban cane,
Il cents; from Louisiana cane, 31s
ents; from American beets, 3.15 cents.
It is argued by reductionists from I
his that such readjustment as a lower
uty on raw sugar would bring would
ot be very harmful to American in
erests.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-03
Ring Up 27O

for all kinds OF Soda and Mineral Wa
tiers. Brewed Ginger Beer a specially.
Our patrons are cordially invited TO
call and inspect the works on Sheri-
dan street, off King street.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-03

TOTAL SUGAR APPROPRIATIONS, 49,
TO 1901.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-03

at $12.000,000, estimated imports from
Hawaii from June 10 to December 81.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-07-18

advance. Having obtained the hand
kerchief crumple it mp In Il ball in the
ball of your hand, leaving three corners
hold the bit of linen, which appears to
be the fourth corner. This you light iE
the candle flame, and when 1t is nearly
consumed withdraw ii, eXtinguish it
with your fingers. slyly drop it behind
you or into your pocket and return the
whole and unburned handkerchief to
its owner But, above all things, make
sure that the rag is extinguished before
you pocket Ii or drop it,.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-07-18
Abuse of the INJUNCTION.

A Judge issues an injunction forbid
ding you to do such and such thing.
You may have a perfect right under the
constitution of the United States TO do
that which he forbids. His injunction
may be unjust and illegal, but neither
this illegality nor the authority Of :he
constitution will save you If you disobey
the Injunction The judge himself, the
offended one, has then absolute power to
punish you. He can fine you or put you
In Jail at his pleasure. You have no
possible appeal. In any ordinary trans
action the citizen who is supposed to have
committed an offense is entitled to trial
by jury and to appeal his case. But if
you offend an injunction judge, he HIM
self is the jury, he is the judge, he fixes
the penalty. This is law, but it is stupid
law. worthy of Turkish pasha, not of
a civilized country. No man in the Unit
ed States should have power to punish
another for crime committed against
himself. The judge who sentences
man to Jail on his own authority because
his judicial dignity Is offended practically
applies lynch law, and if lynch law is
abominable, the bench should be the first
to abolish it.-New York Journal.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-07-18
One Cent Letter Postage.

There are many who assume that be-
cause the successive reductions IN the
rate of letter postage in past years have
all been followed by vast increase IN
the quantity of letters sent through the
mails repetition OF the experiment
would certainly be followed by a SINH
lar result. But they overlook the fact
that the principal part of the increase
was not due to an expansion of the let
ter writing habit, but to the stimulus
which the reduction gave to the practice
of business men sending out price lists
and other printed matter in unsealed en-
yelopes. The statistics of the Postolice
Department do not distinguish this sort
of mail from the closed. No one can tell
what proportion it forms of iirst-class
matter, but that it Is very large is well
known That it was immensely increas-
ed when the law made it possible to send
an unsealed letter or circular FOR one
cent is also a matter of general knowl-
edge, but it is not so well understood
that it was this particular reduction
which so greatly enlarged the volume Of
frst-class matter.
If reduction is made to one cent for
sealed letters, and there is no further
lowering Of the rate of unsealed first
class matter, there will be no very great
expansion Of the use of the mails in con-
sequence of the change. 1t Is reasonably
certain that the movement, If success
full, would result In n serious diminution
of the revenue, and the deficit would he
still further increased. Doubtless IN
course of time, the volume of mail at
one cent for a closed letter will bring
the receipts up to their present proper
tions, but the general growth of bust
ness. rather than the inducement held
out by the cheaper rate, would contrib
uts to that result.-San Francisco Chron-
irlN
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-07-18
Indians Must Work.

The whole country is deeply interested
in recent order of the government re-
lating to the Indians on the Rosebud res
eryaton in South Dakota. Over 1000
able-bodied male Indians there, who have
passed the age of Is years, have had
their rations cut off in order to test the
capacity of the redskins to earn living
for themselves, and it is now a case of
work or starve, situation which many
people insist should have been reached
long ago. The order Is following up the
suggestions of President Roosevelt, the
commissioner of Indian affairs, many
members Of the House and Senate, and
scores Of other prominents who have
given the matter their close attention and
study. 1t is believed that the Indians
can be taught to become self-supporting
and thus advance more speedily toward
civilization than when they are encour-
aged to live In idleness by the govern
ment furnishing them rations.
In deciding upon whom the experiment
should first be tried it was determined to
take the Brule Sioux on the Rosebud res
eryaton, as they are the fercest and
most unruly of all, and If the experiment
works all right with them, il will surely
be satisfactory with the other tribes. If
the Brute Sioux accept the new policy
without going on the warpath, it will
then be tried on the 800 Indians at the
Pine Ridge agency, and upon other tribes
ms rapidly as the work can be taken up.
-Des Moines Register.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-07-18
!


ecy that "the price of victory would stag
ger humanity has come true hundred
times during the two years and seven
months of strife. All the world knew
that the Beers would fight, but such
fight as has been made was not expected.
History has few instances OF such resist
ance by so small body when opposed
by multitude. The Carthagenians held
legions mt bay for years, but they were
in a walled city; the Spartans had their
Thermopylae. The Transvaalers have
repeated the acts of both, and have done
so time and again. Stormberg, Magers-
fontein and Colenso will live i'll memory
as monuments to men fighting for lib
crty.
Perhaps the last act in this drama tes-
titles more than any to the true great
ness of the men in the yeldt. To save
their friends and neighbors in Cape Col
ony from punishment they accepted
harsher terms in the peace protocol than
would have fallen to their lot had they
not insisted upon amnesty being general
throughout South AfricA.-Cincinnau
Post.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-07-18
What She Would Say.

They We're seated on the sofa in the
parlor. His false, curling mustache
WAS very near to the painted roses on
her cheeks. He was doubtful, after
all. whether, Notwithstanding the in
Vulnerable VOWS of undying devotion
that had passed between them, he real
ly loved her with the 22-carat, lotion
power that he ought to, if he was to re-
gard her as his future wife, and he
wondered how he could break the news
gently, So in Il very low voice he said:
What would you say, darling. If
should tell you that you can never be
mineF"
Il should say, pet she answered,
that I've got nice bundle of your
letters that would help 10 make 1t eX.
pensive for you. ."-London Answers
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-07-18
LORD SALISBURY CANONlZEO.
When Young Man He Posed as Model
for Christian Snint.

When Young Man He Posed as Model
for Christian Saint.
The world does not generally know
it, but Lord Salisbury has already been
canonized Some forty years ago a
reredos was being erected in All Souls,
oxford. and the sculptor conceived the
idea that there should be a row of
inches, each of which should contain
the figure of some typical Christian
saint Like many another artist the
sculptor thought the best plan was to
go to the living model for his saints.
Lord Salisbury, then Lord Robert
Cecil, had just been chosen as Il fell
low of All Souls, and the sculptor
thought that he could net find Il bet
ter model for his idea of the Christian
warrior. And so Lord Salisbury may
be seen In the reredos-not as we know
him to-day. but as he was forty years
ago, when he was in the flower and
bloom of his manhood. A very strik-
Ing figure, too, with his cloak, his
sword. his splendid pose. he makes.
The late Lord Lawrence, says the
London NJ. A. F., stood for the chief
figure in the picture of Runnymede,
where the barons eXtorted the Magma
Charta from King John, and Mr.. Dill
lon was chosen by Mr.. Holiday for the
central figure in Il mosaic Oh Il passage
in the New Testament
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-07-18
Outraging Memorial Day.

The veterans and those who appreciate
what they did from 1861 TO 1850 %re
indignant over the way Memorial daA
has come to be regarded by a large ele'
ment of the American people. lnsteaS
of being looked upon rs an occasion for
paying respect TO the departed American
soldier who has served honorably in the
field it is turned into Il holiday TO be
passed friyolously and without the slight
est regard for the sacred nature Of an
anniversary dedicated TO high aims and
lofty patriotism. Each succeeding ami
yersary is more and more Il joyous ocea'
sion and less and less an object lesson
of gratitude to those who so nobly sery-
ed the nation in the hour of trial.
When first instituted there was no
thought of levity in connection with its
observance. The parade moved through
streets to the strains of the funeral
march, the beating of the muilied drum,
the shrouding of the flag with Grape, the
soldiers with arms reversed. The re-
spectful attention of the multitude cor
responded to the somber professional
In the cemeteries crowds assembled for
the exercises and to see the floral trib-
utes on the mounds of the heroes who
had answered the final roll call. In the
churches congregations listened to ad-
dresses in keeping with the solemnity of
the day.
That was a generation ago. A great
change has come over those who have
come upon the stage of action since. The
present generation does not appreciate
the sacrifices the soldiers made in the
long -drawn-out war OF the COS. such as
their forbears well knew, or they would
never allow the day TO degenerate into
season of merrymaking, with contests
ON land and water by day, and dances
by night upsetting completely the mean
ing of the anniversary. The desecration
has come to such Il pass that unless n
change comes over the public mind it
will be necessary to abolish Memorial
day.
The flowers can be strewn just as well
without ceremonial and interruption TO
business and have equal honor and equal
meaning for our sleeping heroes as II a
day We're set apart for this distinction
In this way the mockery and heartless-
ness which now discredit Memorial day
will cease to disgrace 1t before the world,
Utica Globe
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-07-18

sired shape, open on two sides for the
free passage of the wind, with'a lamp
in each end of the frame for night use
and a central revolving wheel which
carries Il number of mirrors to reflect
the light across the field 1t is desired
TO protect The tianges on the blades
are shaped to catch the wind on one
side only, and even a slight air current
will set the wheel in motion.
Any ordinary lamps or lanterns may
be used, those shown being partially
protected by metallic hoods, which also
serve as retiectors, with openings only
ON the sides toward the mirrors. When
this scarecrow is in use at night it
throws streams of light round and
round the field, while in the daytime
sudden flashes of light from the sun
serve the same purpose.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-07-18
Beers Great Military Feat.

Worn down by the attrition of num-
bers, and threatened by the winter of the
Southern hemisphere, the Beers have
signed conditions of peace. The latest
active operations were notable successes
for them. They practically destroyed
two or three large British detachments
with artillery not long ago. and in the
last battle of the war captured the Brit
ish commander and the most of his force.
Nevertheless, they yield to the general
situation upon receiving terms that re-
spect their position as soldiers and rec
ognize their claim to relief as sufferers
from the waste and ruin of war. They
abandon their claim to independence, but
that, as far as the Transyaal republic
was concerned, was never conceded by
England. The little Orange Free State
went into the struggle on the basis of
sympathy, and Is wiped cut from the list
of miniature nations. Dreams OF u
Dutch federal union In the south of At
rica are ended. That part of the Dark
Continent will be under the British flag
and dominated by the English-speaking
race.
In spite of this result, which was easy
to see from the outset, i'll view of the
enormous disparity between the combat
ants, the Beers have added new chap
ter to military science. For nearly three
years they taxed the army resources of
the British empire to the utmost and
subjected ii to long series of humilia-
tions Up to the last this process was
kept up The Beers, though but a hand
full. have been mighty men with their
rifles and go back to the yocatons OF
peace with the admiration Of the world
for their tenacity and skill as fighters.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-07-18

Captain Samuel Langhorne Clemens,
who has been accorded almost imperial
honors at st. Louis, where he was we'll
known in newspaper and Typographical
circles in the days of his early fame. is
not u native of St. | 0uls, as many sup
pose. He was born 1880 nj Florida,
Mo-, and educated In the common
schools of Pike County. He became
typesetter. but afterward adopted the
profession Of a river pilot. The scene
of Tom Sawyer" one of Captain
Clemens best known hooks, is laid ut
Hannibal, Mo. Everybody knows that
he took the suggestion for his nom oe
plume from the nomenclature of chan
mel sounding on the Mississippi River.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-07-18
HANGING Women.

As long as the punishment OF death
is fixed as the penalty for willful and de-
liberate murder where Is the reason for
distinction OF persons ON account OF sex
if guilt Is proved? If it would be horri-
flying to hang Il woman for murder 1t -
also horrifying for woman to be guilty
Of murder. Only the deepest depravlty
inspires murder in a woman's heart. A
woman seldom or never commits murder
in the heat of passion under cruel prov
ocation Almost universally in murder
by women erotc inspiration Is the I'M
pulse and the cunning of deliberatlon Is
the method
Ii there are cases where a woman muir
ders her husband to get him out of the
way 50 that she may inherit his property
she always has male accomplice ex-
pecting to share in the gains OF quit.
Such murders are always atrocious, with
surrounding circumstances of peculiar
wickedness in the inception and the COM
mission of the crime. These facts, IL
they appear in any case, have tendency
to divest the mind of sensibilities regard
ing women which are inspired by their
innocence and worth in the generaErela-
tions Of life.
In recent years women have been ex-
ecuted for capital crimes both in this
country and in England. There have
been several such cases within the last
two decades. An enemy to society,
dangerous conspirator against human
life, slow, crafty, merciless, secret, I'M
appeasable criminal in malignant homi-
cidal practices is equally guilty whether
a man or woman. What reason IS
there for grading penalties according to
sex instead of according to the degree
of guilt?-Chicago Chronicle.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-07-18
St. Lucia's Sulphur Mountain.

The Island of ST. Lucia, not far from
Martinique, has Il volcano, until lately
supposed to be extinct, that is known
as the Sulphur Mountain. 1t has an Gle
walton of 1000 feet above sea level.
while the crater covers about four acres
of surface. The sides of this volcano
are barren of trees and herbs, and COW
cred by thick deposits of sulphur.
Formerly 1t belonged to France, and
Louis XIV. built, at great expense, an
immense sanltarium around the boiling
springs on its northern slope, the ruins
of which are stlll standing. 1t was at
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-07-18

On the other hand, the British military
system has proved unsatisfactory and
will undergo thorough reorganization as
result of the remarkable series of de-
featS and disappointr, ais that consti'
tntcd the British experience in the CON.
hict just closed. The English people fer.
yently hope they will never have another
such yictory.-St Louis Globe-Democrat.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-07-18
Left in the Dark.

A little girl about 3 years old was
out playing when suddenly ii became
very cloudy. She ran into the house
and startled her mamma by saying:
I'm not going to stay outdoors any
more"
Why asked her mother. So
Because God blowed the sun out"
Little Chronicle.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-07-18
A PRETTY TRICK.

This trick requires a little dexterlty
and practice You must provide your
self with the corner of an old handker-
chief or piece of linen that looks like
1t. Then borrow n handkerchief and
say that you will burn 1t in candle
flame, but return it unlnjured. 1t is
as we'll not to make this statement In