The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-13

pines would be landed on the Pacific
| coast and add practically that much
TO the Pacific coast supply over and
above the consumption Of refined sugar
of the Pacific coast. The result would
naturally be that quantity of this
supply would have to find its way into
| the Missouri river region and come di.
trectly into competition with the largest
area of American beet sugar production.
To Land Sugar at Atlantic Ports.
In other words, it seems of more
concern to the sugar industry of these
/ Islands, as well as to the beet sugar
! industry of the Missouri River region,
that the Philippine sugar shall be land.
ed at the Atlantic seaboard, where the
consumption is greatest and domestic
production is least, than the question
| of whether it shall come in free or
not.
! Pacific Coast Supply.
The demand for refined sugar on the
Pacific Coast is fully met by the por-
ton Of the sugar crop of Hawaii that
is shipped to San Francisco and the
| beet sugar production of the Pacific
( Nceiot- II ID u W lAdL LACAC nd Z bESI1
occasional importations of Java and
other sugars to San Francisco, but
| these have been infrequent and, rela-
| lively to the domestic source of sup
| ply, insignificant. A very different sit
| uation, however, might be presented, if
| freight rates should be such as to land
the Philippine crop on the Pacific
| Coast instead of on the Atlantic.
Not Enough Sailing Vessels.
Steamships must be taken into con-
sideration in figuring on transporta-
tlon from the Philippines. For while
some sailing vessels might be employ
ed it would be found by the Philip
pine exporters, as by the Hawaiian
shippers, that enough sailing vessels
could not be secured to move the crop.
The Hawaiian shippers have difficulty
in securing enough sailing vessels TO
carry the portion of their crop around
the Horn that they desire should go
that way The reasons for this are
not far to seek. In the first place,
only first class vessels of large carry
ing capacity are suited to the business,
and, in the second place, the entire
crop is required to be moved within
very short time.
The SOC, 00O-Ton Limit.
The question cf what means shall
be devised to equalize matters when
the export crop becomes more than
100000 tons, if that is to be the limit
of free sugar, is one that no one seems
able to throw any light on. If it IS
the first 900 tons to enter ports or
the Uuited States or the first 3OO,0O0
tons to be cleared for the United
States. difficulties will be met with.
However. that is something for the
| WAYS and Means Committee to wrestle
with.
Ewa's New Water Supply.
Eva plantation has recently COM
Melted the sinking of eight new arte-
sian wells, with the result OF an ADDED
| srpplv of water sufficient to lrrlgate
from eight hundred to thousand acres
Of land additional to that which has
been under irrigation before.
A Long Trust Period.
The decision of the Supreme Court
of the United States in the Galbralth
will case provides for the creation OF
"a trnst estate likely to endure for sew
entv or eighty years, and to accumu'
late till it amounts to ten or tWelve
million dollars before it is distributed
The Hawaiian Trust Company Is Tue
trustee.
New Sugar Mill for Kona.
The Honolulu Iron Works has aDou1
comDleted the new sugar mill for the
i Hawaiian Development Company, to DC
arectad in Kona. It is now Delng
sbinned to it's destination as opportu
nity arises and it is expected that the
Mill will be ready for operation IN
February. which will be soon enough
for the needs it is expected TO ihee'
No Worry About Labor.
M concern seems to be exhibited
among the plantation interests IN re
card to the agitation among certain
Classes of japanese for an increase o.
nav for the Japanese laborers on the
plantations.
Coastwise Navigation.
The Chamber of Commerce has de
tlared itself in favor of the suspension
of the coastwise navigation laws so Ia
as they relate to passengers pet"oel
Hawaii and the coast travelling on Vee
sells sailing under foreign Hags' unti
the President shall be satisfied that III
needs of travel are fairly met by Amer
lean bottoms.
The Mahuka Site.
The Mahuka site has been finally am
determinatively decided on as the SIT
for the new Federal building, ana CON
petitive designs will be asked Tor Tn
building. There is every promise
the speedy erection of the building
A Turbine Installed.
The Hawaiian Electric Company ma
installed a new Westinghouse-FarSoH
steam turbine.
The Pearl Harbor Contract.
Announcement is made from Wash
ington that the contract for the rear
Harbor dredging has been let TO Tn
Dillingham; Company. r.
The following are the STOCK GA
| change transactions for the week:
Monday Paauhau, 1880; 10 Oah
Sugar Co., 27.75; 100 Oahu Sugar 20
2775. % Ola
Tuesday-2O Waialua, 1925; 50 Ol ia a
1878: ) Paauhau, 1880; p Eva, 20.oo
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