The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-09-21
Promotion Committee Decides
Not To Have Sugar Heads
On Coast Sounded
DEVELOPMENTS INDICATE
.,5is.5 !. HILL LINER WILL COME
Matson Offers Another Matsonia
NJ In Return For Higher
Sugar Cargo Rate -.

Rumors were current in business cir
cies yesterday afternoon that important
Developments had occurred in the Great
Northern case in the, last twenty.four
hours. IL could not. be learned upon
what these rhmors were based.
An indication, however, that there
may be basis for the reports, cropped
out at the meeting Of the Hawaii I'ro.
motion Committee. The committee de.
cided not to ask II. p. Wood, Hawaii
fair commissioner, to interview the
heads Of Honolulu sugar shipping firms
now ON the Coast negotiating contracts,
with a view to arranging conference
between them ard Cal r.. Stone, gen
eral trafiic manager of the Great North
ern Pacific Steamship Company. 1t was
stated that new developments made the
course inadvisabIe. ,E."-E.
Men who are in close touch with the
Great Northern case declared yester-
day il was evident that, il the rumors
were true, Contamination Of the deal
appears likely. ,....a.. ..
Another Matsonia offered =. =. .
Although the meeting of the sugar
men may have no interest for Mr..
Stone, in view OF the unexplained
8 new developments Of the promo.
tion committee, it has a very great
deal for the Matson line. II Is stated
on excellent authority that the Matson
company win build a new Matsonia
il desired arrangements can be made
with the sugar men. This is, from a
source Independent Of the letter from
Judge Henry f. Cooper, director-gen-
eral of the Mid.Pacifc Carnival, now
on the mainland. The judge wrote
nat Captain, Matson would build o
new boat If be could make the desired
arrangements with the sugar inter,
ests. 10. ''fy
First news that the Mptson compa
ny might build new ship was printed
in The Advertiser March II, cOndi-
tional on satisfactory sugar contracts
being execnted, but later word from
the Coast came that plans had been
dropped Fey 5hq year, They now have
~. II. Drew, manager of the shipping
department Of Castle & Cooke, agents
that an important meeting of sugar men
was 10 nave DPcn nelu III san L
cisco before September 30.
Sugar Factors IN Conference
-Four directors of the Sugar Fac
tors, +. d. TenHey, president of Castle
& Cooke; J. M. Swarzy, president Of
Theo. H. Davies & Co; ]. p. Cooke,
president of Alexander & Baldwin. and
f. Faxon Bishop, president of G. Brew
er & Co., are on the Coast now. Georg
Rodiek, viee-president of II. Hackfeld
& Co.. is not there, hut he is reurr-
scented by his San Francisco Office.
Until we hear from their meeting we
are altogether in the dark, said Mr..
Drew.
In street parlance, these mon arc
called the "Big Five" and their con.
suItation win be one Of very great im-
portance It is reported that the Mat
son live wishes "A substantial increase
from the present sugar rate, runorcd
as being S262N and that tho Arlcr
lean HAWAIIAN" line also wishes an in
crease for sugar to the East Hoaat
These demands undoubtedly will be
considered nv the meeting OF the sugn
men. An argument that nrohah'y ha
been advanced by. the shipping inter
estS is the big rates that ships every
where are receiving, in some cases re
resenting Increases for one year of A"
on 500 per cent. ~ ,'
Judge Cooper's Reference
The portion of Judge Cooper s lc'
ter referring to shipping follows undo
date of October 8: ~
"'I arrived here yesterday aftcrnoo
after a very pleasant voyage ard earl
today began work. / first called o
the Oceanic Company and Mr.. Co"'
roft confirmed the rumor that the 81
ezra would go on the Australian rur
He also said so far as he knew tn"
company did not intend to put on az
other additional boat.
81 next called on Captain MatsoI
and had a very interesting talk wit
him He had on his desk a tele
graphic offer to construct boat ex-
actly like the Matsonia snhieHt to h.
acceptance by the tenth of this month
He said that he would accent the o
fer Immediately if the sugar planter
manifested their Willingness to pay
proposed higher rate for the transPor
tation Of sugar from Hounln'u TO ="
Francisco. He also said II he had
been given an opportunity TO Purchas
the s. s. China or one of the large
boats at the price they were sold
the Atlantic Transport Company. h
would have closed the deal. four
Il e captain in a mood to meet IT,
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