The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-07-15

cause OF scientific sugar production.
There were then In Germany about
$50 more or less primitive sugar fac
tories. which worked UP annually 700.-
900 tons of beets. These had multiplied
In 1900 to 800 factories, which consumed
13,20O,000 tons of beet, or an average of
more than $4,000 tons to each estab-
lishment. Meanwhile, the requirements
of the time had far transcribed the
capacity and facilities OF the institute
founded by Professor Scheibler. and
the new, spacious and completely
| equipped establishment now opened and
dedicated to its work epitomizes fifty
the present status of the sugar indus
| try In Germany. 1t Is recognized here
above all that the abolition of export
bounties by the Brussels conference
ended definitely long and important
chapter In the history OF beetsugar
production and that the industry. de-
prived of that form of artificial stimu-
lus. must henceforth work out its own
| future upon new and Independent lines
1t is 20 be battle in which scientific
methods. profoundly studied and skill
fully applied. alone can win. To con-
centrate all the light which science can
give upon the task of producing most
economically from given area of land
the largest weight of beets with the
highest percentage of saccharine ele-
ment, to harvest the crop, extract,
| cleanse. and evaporate the juice. and
to conduct each step of the process
down to the marketing of the refined
sugar with the utmost skill and avoid
ance of waste-this is the lesson which
the new institute is designed and equip
| ped to teach. The day of hit or-m miss
fertilizing of beet lands--if, indeed, 1t
| ever existed in Germany--is definitely
past. The successful sugar grower and
| manufacturer of the future must have
at their command and utilize constant
| ly patiently, and sl<illfully all that
| science and experience can teach of
| correct methods and consummate man
agement."
WEST INDIA CROP.
Consul General w. II. Holloway. at
| Halifax, Nova Scotia has forwarded to
the Department of Commerce clipping
from the Maritime Merchant and Com
mercial Review. of June ., on the West
India sugar crop to Canada, which has
| been promulgated as bulletin as fol-
| lows:
The increase in the importation of
West India cane sugar into Canada so
| far this season has been large. In add
| dition to the regular boats a 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 $4,000
tons. Two other boats are under char
| ter to arrive, carrying about 1000 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
, ment in the Demerara or British Guiana
crop. 1t is therefore certain that when
| the import figures for 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 SUI
gars. 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 refiners
| 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
at 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.
I'm 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 Vast 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-ffths to four-fi fths
of all the sugars produced in the West
Indies, but as matters stand at present
the great bulk of this commodity is
sent to the New York market. From
thence 1t is transshipped to Canada,
and the New York broker obtained the
rebate upon proof that the sugar was
from n British West Indian colony
Mr.. Farquharson thought that If a
slight alteration We're made In the law,
and the rebate only allowed by the
Canadian government on sugars arriv-
ing direct at Canadian ports from n
West Indian colony, and not 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.
IllnaF mi nIIIrn