Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-07

a Is per cent reduction resulting in
a reduction Of 35 cents per 100 pounds
OF sugar In normal times, has already
gone into effect. In April, 1916, sugar
will go on the free list
Hawaiian Sugar Discussed.
The report freely discusses the de.
sire OF the California refiners to at
tract Hawaiian raw sugar, which now
goes to Philadelphia and New York via
the isthmus TO the:I melting pots.
They told the Commission that $50, 600
tons OF sugar are produced or refined
in the western states which will be af.
fected by the order This is enough
10 supply 20,O00,O00 persons, while in
the eleven western states Immediately
concerned there were In 1910 only
6,S25, 900 persons. Therefore they
must find a market east of Colorado
. and the only way they could think of
was to have the railroads meet the
competition via the isthmus.
The eastern refiners said that the
difference in transportation cost be-
tween San Francisco and New York
and Philadelphia is 34k cents in favor
of San Francisco, so that the proposed
rate of 46 cents from San Francisco
to Chicago, is really lower than is
necessary to meet the competition. il
was testified that the water rate from
the Hawaiian islands 10 San Francisco
Is 1914 cents while from the islands TO
New York it is 47l5 cents.
On such factors, the protesting east.
-ern refners and carriers constructed
a rate fabric showing that the Califor.
MIA refiners would be able TO get into
Chicago territory on a total transpor.
tation charge, assuming that there
| would be no greater loss In refining in
San Francisco than in New York, OF
59k cents while the eastern refners
sswonld have to pay 7013 cents.
& Apparently that argument appealed
: TO the Commission as having some
I force for the order authorizes the
western carriers to make rates TO
Chicago and Chicago rate territory 25
cents higher than the rate from New
T. Orleans, which OF course, is also the
& New York rate to Chicago. II is sus-
I pected that in making that decision
the Commission had in mind the prob.
able effect Of a lowering OF transporta-
: ton through the canal because, on
rates constructed via the Tehauntepec
route, the eastern refner would still
be at q disadvantage OF az cents per
100 pounds. The desire of the trans
continental roads TO make the rates
to Missouri river % cents higher than
from New Orleans was granted, as APP
piled for, notwithstanding the two
DENTS higher basis prescribed for Chi.
cago.
Other Concessions Denied.
The western carriers, however. did
not fare 30 well as 70 other interme-
diafe rates. Authority to continue
higher rates from San Francisco and
California beet-sngar producing points
70 Missouri river points was denied.
Authority to continue higher interme-
date rates between Colorado produc.
ing points and New Orleans on the
one hand and FL Paso on the other
was also denied. Authority to con-
tinue lower rates to Oklahoma points
from New Orleans than to intermedi.
ate Texas common points was also de.
MED. The rate to Texas common
points. $4,000 minimum is A cents in
dnced by the Texas intrastate mini.
mum and the rate to eastern Okla.
homa points $4,000 minimum is Al
cents. The commission suggests that
the carload minimum and rate the
maximum to intermediate Texas
points.
Relief Is granted to circuitous
routes In competition with more di.
rect lines on which there are no fourth
section violations and this relief Is
particularly true on rates from San
Francisco and California producing
points 10 points on the Missouri, and
on indirect routes from New Orleans
TO the Missouri river region.
II there are any violations Of the
fourth section. as to sugar not Gov.
cred by the decisions recently made
public. the fact has been overlooked.
II Is assumed that there may be some
but such as may continue are com.