The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-03-01
DECREASE IN GERMAN SUGAR
EXPORTS.

United States Consul John f. 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 Ioo2-3 indicate the
beginning OF reverse OF former CON
ditions-i. G., the home consumption VIII
exceed the quantity exported. Figures
for the sugar season 1908 3-4-that Is,
since the Brussels sugar convention went
into effect-will not be available for sew
eral months; but ii 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
wears, exceed the amount exported. In
this respect, one OF the objects OF the
convert tion-'to promote The development
OF the consumption OF sugar'-is proper
" developing itself, as far as Germany
is concerned. Statistics show that the
total amount of raw sugar exported
from Germany during the eleven years
ISoI-IooI amounted to Io.53S.I3o tons,
while the home consumption amounted
to 7,I44 POI tons, or 4o,4 per cent OF the
total produced, against 500 per cent,
the amount exported. In ISo3-o4 the
home consumption amounted to 574,5oo
tons. while in Ioo2-5 it amounted to
SII,o5S tons.
within the last year the local retail
price OF lump and granulated sugar
dropped from S2 pfennigs to "a pfennlgS
per pound, or nearly 81 cents. When
the new sugar-the sugar which was
manufactured during the last quarter
OF Ioo3-comes on the market furthef
decrease in price and more than cor
responding increase in home consump..
ton can be expected, The export OF
raw sugar from Stettin to the United
States during the calendar year 1908
amounted to $S,SS3.ao, against S7o392a i,
20 in 1902, SI,243,32I.22 III 1901, and
s., ,2ot ,5SSSS i'll 1900
Representative Livernash, OF San
Francisco, has introduced a bill TO pro-
hibit the employment aboard vessels
holding American register OF Chinese
persons not entitled to admission to
the United States" under penalty OF a
fine not exceeding 100000. he
penalty is not Ia accrue III the case oi
a vessel which suffers loss OF portion
OF her crew by reason OF distress or
stress Of weather in any foreign juris-
diction, No action or the bill is like
~ at this session OF Congress.
/ The following is the bill in full:
Be 1t enacted by the Senate anc
House of Representatives of the United
states of America in Congress assem-
bled, That from and after the passage
of this Act IL shall be unlawful for any
vessel holding an American register t'
have or To employ in its crew any Chi
nese person not entitled to admission
to the United States, -or into the por
tion of the territory of the United
States To which sucn vessel plies; an'
any violation of this provision shal
be punishable by IA fine not eNceedini
two thousand dollars. But said penalt!
shall not accrue in the case of any sucl
vessel which shall suffer the loss of I
portion of her crew by reason OF dis
tress or stress of weather in any for
eign jurisdiction or port and shall b
compelled thereby to employ Chimes
seamen to complete her complement O
officers and men: Provided, That to re