The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-07-15

past The successful SUGAR grower and
manufacturer Of the future must have
at their command and utilize constant
". patiently. and s1illfulIy all that
science and experience can teach of
correct methods and consummate man.
agement-"
WEST INDIA CROP.
Consul General W. r. Holloway. at
Halifax, Nova Scotia. has forwarded to
the Department OF Commerce a clipping
from the Maritime Merchant and Com
mercial Review, OF June .. on the West
India sugar crop to Canada. which has
been promulgated as a bulletin as fol-
lows;
The increase in the importation of
West India cane sugar into Canada SO
far this season has been large. In ad-
dition to the regular boats number
of steamships especially for this trade
have been chartered. Already FIVE of
these specially chartered steamships
have arrived at Halifax. landing car
goes of sugar aggregating about u. coo
tons Two other boats are under char
ter TO arrive. carrying about 1900 tons.
while the regular liners of one large
firm are bringing north all they have
space to accommodate. This sugar SO
far has come principally from Barba-
dos and Trinidad. 1t will be few
weeks Yet before there is much move
nent in the Demerara or British Guiana
crop It is therefore certain that when
the import figures fer the season come
to be tabulated they Will be found
much larger than in any previous year
There are two principal reasons for
the increased importations Of cane su-
CARS One of these is the operation of
the German surtax, which has effec-
tually put an end to the Importation
of beet-root sugar by Canadian ref1ners.
The other is the preference given to
Cuban sugars in the United States mar
ket, which is closing the door at New
York to the product of the British is
ands. 1t is fortunate that this occurs
al a time when Canada is becoming a
better customer for the West India es-
tates, owing to conditions which have
lessened the trade in foreign beet-root
sugar.
IN recent interview Mr.. Arthur
w. Farquharson, Crown solicitor of
Jamaica, said:
a good deal has been heard about
the preference which was given by
Canada to goods, especially sugar, from
the British West Indies, but until very
recently any benefit which might have
been derived from this preference has
gone into the pockets of the brokers,
and the producers had not obtained any
advantage whatever. Canada could
consume from three-f1fths to four-fifths
of all the sugars produced in the West
Indies. but as matters stand al present
the great bulk of this commodity is
sent to the New York market. From
thence it is transshipped to Canada,
and the New York broker obtained the
rebate upon proof that the sugar was
from British West Indian colony
Mr.. Farquharson thought that if a
slight alteration were made in the law,
and the rebate only allowed by the
Canadian government on sugars arriv-
ing direct at Canadian ports from a
West Indian colony, and MT through
the medium OF New York or American
brokers, some change might be effect
ed whereby the grower would receive
some material advantage, and in his
opinion this could only be done by Civ
ing preference to sugars in ships bot
TOMS
ERNEST G. WALKER.