The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-29
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| WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 49,
Delegate Kalanianaole has presented to
the House the resolution of the Homo
laia Chamber OF Commerce, favoring
the bill of Senator Lodge to reorganize
the consular service of the United
States. 1t was referred to the commit
tee on Foreign Affairs, of which Repre-
sentative Hit. of Illinois, is chairman.
The bill has been recently considered
in the Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations, where a disposition was
shown to amend the measure extern
sively, although no final action was
taken
Inc Delegate has also presented a
resolution of the Honolulu Chamber of
Commerce favoring federal aid to the
Lewis and Clark exposition to be held
at Portland, Oregon, next year. 1t was
referred to the Select Committee on
Industrial Arts and Expositions, of
which Representative Tawney of Mimi,
is chairman Senator Mitchell has al
ready had the bill passed at that end
OF the Capitol and an earnest campaign
in behalf of an appropriation OF 81
100000 is being made in the House
The Board OF Appraisers in New
York have affirmed the decision OF the
collector OF customs at Honolulu as to
the duty on millet seed cake, imported
into Honolulu by T. Kobayashi. The
appraisers hold that small cakes made
from millet seed, sesamum seed, and
sugar, lnclosed in a wrapper printed in
Japanese characters, and used as con-
fectionery or sweetmeat, IS dutiable as |
confectionery, rather than as nom
enumerated manufactured articles. The |
importers failed to appear at the hear |
ing in person or by attorney and offered |
no evidence whatever in support Of their |
claims.
DECREASE IN GERMAN SUGAR
EXPORTS.
United States Consul John E. Kehl,
at Stettin, Germany, has forwarded here,
the following statement about the de-
crease in export of raw sugar from
Germany:
Official figures covering the German
sugar campaign of 1923 indicate the
beginning of a reverse of former con-
e., the home consumption will
exceed the quantity exported. Figures
for the sugar season Ioo3-4-that is,
since the Brussels sugar convention went
into effect-will not be available for sew
eral months; but if the export of raw
sugar from this consular district can be
taken as an indication of the export in
general, the sugar remaining in the
country will, for the first time in ten
years, exceed the amount exported. In
his respect, one of the objects of the
promote the development
If the consumption of sugars proper
y developing itself, as far as Germany
s concerned. Statistics show that the
otal amount of raw sugar exported |
rom Germany. during the eleven years
SOIL d amounted to Io,53S,I36 tons,
while the home consumption amounted
o 7,I44,2oI tons, or 4O.4 per cent OF the
otal produced, against 500 per cent,
he amount exported. In I8o3-o4 the
home consumption amounted to 574,5o6
ons, while in Ioo2-3 it amounted to
1888 tons
Within the last year the local retail
rice of lump and granulated sugar
ropped from 81 pfennigs to ~ pfennigs
er pound, or nearly "a cents. When
he new sugar-the sugar which was
during the last quarter
f Ioo3-comes on the market a further
ecrease in price and more than corr
increase IN home .corlsunp- | p
on can be expected. The export OF
aw sugar from Stettin to the United
tates during the calendar year 1905
to $8,883.2o, against SOS, o22-
J i'll 1902, $I,243, 32I22 in 1901, and d
:, 2o4, 1888 in 1900" {
Representative Livernash, OF San =
has introduced a bill ito pro- u
hit the employment aboard vessels IL
olding American register OF Chinese b:
ersons not entitled TO admission to q
e United States" under penalty OF =
lie not exceeding 100000. The u
,nalty is not to accrue in the case of u
vessel which suffers loss of portion p
her crew by reason of distress or q
ress OF weather in any foreign juris- II
ction. No action on the bill IS like
at this session of Congress.
The following is the bill in full:
Be it enacted by the Senate and E
ouse of Representatives of the United It's
ates of America in Congress assem- bU
ed, That from and after the passage M
this Act it shall be unlawful for any wi
ssel holding an American register to tn
We or to employ in its crew any Chi tt
Sc person not entitled to admission an
the United States. or into the por CT
N of the territory of the United sa
ates to which sucIt vessel plies; and WI
" violation of this provision shall tn
punishable by a fine not exceeding la,
o thousand dollars. But said penalty DO
all not accrue in the case of any such it
ssel which shall suffer the loss of a to
rtion of her crew by reason of dis fe1
IS or stress OF weather IN any for all
IN jurisdiction or port and SHAH be Sn
npelled thereby to employ Chinese
amen to complete her complement OF
icers and men: Provided, That to re-