The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-04-14
DEAL WAS
NOT MADE
! enney Says Crockett
Refinery Will be
Reopened.

"I went to California for the pur-
pose Of making arrangements with the
Western Sugar Refinery for handling
our sugar." said +. a. Tenney, who ar
rived in the forenoon on the Sonoma,
"but we came to no agreement. 1t
means, however, that our sugar refinery
at Crockett will be started up again
"When | went to New York last
year L effected an agreement to dis
pose of all the sugar of the Hawaiian
Sugar Factors Association, reserving,
however, the privilege to dispose of up
to 100000 tons on the Pacific Coast. II
was that 100000 that / endeavored to
effect an agreement about with the
Western Sugar Refinery
The San Francisco Chronicle of April
6 says of the new developments, es-
pecially with regard to the starting up
of the Crockett refinery:
The negotiations which have been in
progress for several weeks between
representatives of the various sugar
plantations of the Hawaiian Islands
and the American Sugar Refining
Company of New York relative 30 "A
renewal of contract for the island SUI
tion, with the result TINT the growers
intend renning their own sugar in eem-
petition withthe trust. ~ g as
The conditions of the present con-
tract call for the delivery of eighty per
cent of the sugar output OF the Ha-
waiian Islands mt New York or other
designated Eastern port and the re-
naming twenty per cent Mt San Fran
cisco. The rebate allowed the Ameri-
can Sugar Refining Company, com
monty known as the sugar trust. for
the privilege of delivering the sugar
in any quantity upon arrival is $500
per ton IN New York and $3.50 per
ton in San Francisco, the disparity be-
tween the two representing the differ
ence in freight charges.
short time ago, when the Hawaii
an plantation owners organized the
Sugar Factors Association, limited, in
Honolulu, the authority to dispose of
crops of the Islands as whole was
vested in special committee. These
representatives of the growers then
sought to enter into new contract
with the American Sugar Refining
Company In New York for period of
three years from the expiration of the
present contract, on September LIST
naxt hut with an,no ~, n1 Goot;nna oL;of
80 I'LL go 20 laI;,'.. ~. %
Tho nrodrct of tbo Is,ands r NJ W.
con co. ~. u,os ~" 5oa;na -, ~ 80,
81 tho nrnwo ~"9 nart;o;u n Wv" Ps,s
onor,nors nrof,s ooor,;nr e. a. ~
Enr me , pn,s ~ ,,ro, w s"o 5aa;no5
20 rosarva ~ r;nht = ,on5 Iso aoo
10 g. T.; "a '1 h ,i ioo,oo9
os nndor 80 sa,'o,ot ~ w a,.;sua
,hon ,'ndor ~ hia,',,at ~. ,,.i';a,'
has becn IN , axisten"e ' horotof f ""''"
10 th;s nronos;t;or tho ronr.son+o
tives ~ tbn Trnst rofrsoa 81 nnns,a,,.
an tho sugar E,ctors, Assoc;ation
stonned ali further negotiations and
gave notice IN tbe Trust tbot tbe nres-
ant contract ends norm.ronti,, an. Sen.
tember 1st of this wear w
Tho exclamation of This hold show
of independence on tbe mart of the
plantation owners lies in tho fact tbat
The Trust has been octting tho 1ion "a
share of tho nroits of the sugar hnsi.
ness and Inc Growers are now ,otor.
mined to oct not onIv their nro6ts nm.
der the contract. but also the profits
on their sugar which heretofore has