Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-05-31
SPRECKELS' CARGO
OF EASTERN SUGAR
CLAIM MOTIVE is SPITE WORK
One Hundred Thousand Bags From
the East Around the Horn to
Invade Brothers Territory
Must Sell at Loss.


SAN FRANCISCO. May 22.-Tha,
other than commercial motives
prompted the announced shipment
of 100000 bags OF sugar by Claus
A. Spreckels from the East to in
wade the territory of the Western
Sugar Refinery. controlled by John
ID. Spreekels. Is the opinion OF men
who handle sugar in this market.
| Louis Saroni. one of the largest
sugar dealers on the Coast, when
asked his view on the threatened
shipment of Eastern sugar to San
Francisco yesterday. was disinclin-
ed to talk, because OF his friendly
relations to Claus A. tGus) spreck-
els of the Federal Refining Company.
but said: ''"
From a commercial standpoint |
consider this shipment irregular and
am therefore obliged to believe II to
be the result of Mr.. Gus Spreckels'
personal differences with his broth
Ter. Mr.. John d. Spreckels. II APP
pears to me, II this be the case.
that Mr.. Gus Spreckels is INJECTING
a greater punishment upon the Job
Der and distributor here than upon
the sugar refinery. as. in previous
contests OF this kind. the result has
shown that the loss falls principal
ly upon the jobber.
The publication OF this alleged
shipment Of sugar has naturally had
tendency to Brighten the retailer
from buying in more than In hand
to hand purchases, thus vastly In
creaslng the cost OF deliveries and
disturbing conditions unnecessarily
fully three months In advance Of
the alleged shipment.
Gus Spreckels is thoroughly ia
miliar with the large surplus of
sugar refined on the Pacific Coast
above the actual consumption here.
He must therefore know that this
100000 bags will increase the sur
plus by this amount. Consequent
ly. with his superior judgment, he
can not expect favorable market
here for his sugar In San Francisco
on the arrival ~ tbis alleged shIn-
ment Tberefore ~ AZ cred,, IN
GINS snrecte,s,, b,s,pes. ,,a.m.n,
can not possiblv regard this shin.
ment az merely n commercial ven
ture. This leaves open to me no
other pIausible exp,anat,on for his
action than that of reta,Iation II
seems Tn mo that nersonaI dimcr,,Ios
between indIvidua,s nigh, no cot
tied I'm some other way"
VIII AF.ot Iohh.r.
The Theory that the iobbers and
large wholesalers win sufrer more
in a sugar war than the two ,.c.
tions In the snrecke,s fam,Iy 10
based on what is understood 10 have
been the experience In other s,mi,ar
situations when tho reaneries have
given a secret rebate m ono single
jobber. and thus forced the others
TO sell at cost
In view M the Threatened damn
ton Of the local market arising
from the ner.sona, dimcuIties IN the
spreckels family some NJ the local
Jobbers will send ont notices 10 their
local retau trade ,omorrow owor
ing to protect them from any loss
in case M a fa,I IN ,rIce durtn. tho
next thirty DAYS TIT. will he done
to prevent retailers from ordering
In driblets and Tins increasing the
costs Of the iobbers w ~
AT tbe same time there ia n sus-
melon in the market that This
threatened sb,pment which would
not arrive here unt, The ,.s, or
.Ju,v 10 only n HIM nm tho nor, n,
Claus A snrecke,s IN WORRY b,s
brother yohn n snrecke,s ana dis.
organize his market I'm mi. con-
nection n 10 nointed out that tho
recentIv renor,ad n,,rch.so hv c,a,,
A snreckeis n, si,o ,or SUGAR
refinery here has not ras,I,sd In
one beinr huIIt
Tho understandirs On Tho s,rso,
"a that claus snraoLaIu 10. a.,
terest In the Western svaar paen-
erv which Ia controlled exc,,s,yoIv
hy t,hn n o,.oo,,a,s 90, $500