The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-10-03

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GROSS Of hls umpiau Waus for
california Ho said
20 ana going to- liue up tho mt men
against the beet SUGAR men boz spite
of the fact chat California leads in the
fruit growing industry England o. sim
supplying tba markets of the world
with jams iallies and marmalade This
BIS because of the tariff ON sugar Given
free raw sugar. the fruit men would De
able go utilize that part of their CROP
which is now umarketablD. n the
manufacture of jams and iollios, the
expectation of viii b would greatly
add TO the shipping from this State
"At the present time this cannot Doc
done, on account OF the high cost of
SUGAR here, and the only people who
gain 10y this are tine beet sugar men
who employ hsiatic laborers"
In Restraint of Trade.
on the subject of Ne price of sugar
on this coast. Claus A. Spreckels voic-
ed very pronounced opinions, declar-
ing that the Hawaiian planters and
California rcGnerz have an agreement
in restraint of trade with the trus in
the East by which the price here IS
kept above the normal level; and that
the Eastern and Western sugar rein
cries are allied on raw sugar imported
from Java, Cuba and Porto Rico.
an accordance with this agreement
he says, "the Hawaiian planters sell
their sugar to the trust at s. ton,
or one-fourth of a cent a pound less
than it costs to bring in sugar from
abroad In this way they divide the
profits of the tariff with the trust
There is no legitimate trade reason
why they should sell to the trust at
less than the market price. 1t is the
contribution they make to the trust
for keeping the tariff on raw sugar 1t
amounts to S1,25O,OOO annually.
"My company cannot buy one pound
of sugar in Hawaii at S. a ton more
than the trust pays.
"A certain definite percentage of the
Hawaiian sugar goes to the Missouri
river points, where it is sold for from
SO to SIS a ton less than in Califor-
mia.
The question naturally arises Is
there an agreement on this point be-
tween the refneries?' If not how does
it happen that not one of them will
sell his entire output here in Califor-
mia, where the price is kept at from
SO to SIS a ton higher than in Mis-
souri, river points?'
In answer TO this question, Spree.
, kels went on to say that the refiners
, here claim that it just happens that
. each sends the same percentage OF
his output to the Middle West, and
that it is not by reason of any under
: standing that would be interpreted by
f the courts as being illegal.
Merely Business, He Says.
When it was called to his attention
that the published comment had been
that he was making this fight against
thetrust as the result of personal
disagreement with his brother, John
[ d. Spreckels, he smiled and said:
ooh no; nothing personal. 1t is
merely business.
81 have brought this cargo of sugar
here because the market price here OF
the day the Lyra sailed was So 60
against So in New York There is
every reason why sugar should be
cheap here. But it is not, and | was
F. merely taking the natural business
[ course of selling in the highest mar
= ket. At the same time l may remark
. that this is the first cargo of refined