Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-11-13
ADJ! /: ;s.NCEOF SELLERsN SUGAR
;;si;;MARKETHOLDS DEALINGS down

until Wednesday, when general rams
fell.
Limits Low Grade Deliveries
.-sffs- Ruyat COMMISSION mas decided
to prohibit the private importation OF
sugars under SO degrees polarization,
except for the use of brewers, ana
then only in consideration OF the name
of the buyers being furnished to the
Royal Commission within IA days
from date of sale. The discount al
lowed purchasers Of sugar has been
reduced from 2 u per cent to l "a
per cent. Because of the high price
of sugar and the high prevailing tariff
the new discount rate Will yield APP
proXimstely the same as. IL the ola
duty Of Is. 10d were in force, with
the present in Iond sugar values. me
commission still considers the follow
ing retail prices of sugar admissaD!e:
GRADUATED, 3D. to I'D. per ID;
cubes, 3-4d to 6 lad. per ID, &C
cording to circumstances OF the locall:
ty as regards distance from the ports
and cost of carriage.
On October | the Atlantic ports
stock was 149,354 tons. United States
government official lin bond" figure
for these ports was 1929 tons. The
balance between these two stocks IN
clude sugars on which refiners nave
maid duty and also includes sugars on
which no duty was collected, such as
! Philippines, Hawaiians, ETC., the I'M
ports of which during the month OF
September total 4S,500 tons.
Refiners Advance Prices
The demand has been moderate LOT
| new business in refined, but withdraw
ais are fairly good.
| Last week quotations were on the
basis OF Z Csc, with-Warner withdrawn,
but on Friday Federal advanced TO
7.50c and was soon after followed by
American, Howell and Arbuckle. rms
quotation prevailed until Monday
! when Federal again advanced to T.6Oc
| basis and Warner reentered the mar
ket at 7.50c basis for hards and 7.4Oc
basis for softs, for prompt Shipment
assortment with the order. quotations
were unchanged on Tuesday, with
Warner evidently doing a good bust
ness for promps shipment, causing TINS
refine ron Wednesday to advance 10
! 1909 oasis for lard sugars, but snad
| ing sorts to soc. This morning How
/ ell and ArbGckle advanced to 1.60c and
4 Federal to 7.75c basis. American re
manned at 7.50c. Pennsylvania and
i McCanan are quoting 7.60c. Amer
can aRd Howell announced on Tues
day the temporary discontinuanee OF
30-days contracts. Specifications mus
accompany all orders and shipments
+ are subject to delay.
/ Some improvement, however, ma;
been made in shipments during the
week, except with the American, whC
are still about three weeks behind OF
most orders, with New Orleans snip
y ments about two weeks behind. La
Dor conditions at the Brooklyn REIN
ery have caused some further inter
! ference with deliveries during TIT
week. Howell is also about tire
, weeks behind, although somewhat De'
ter on straight cars; Arbuckie Il
making shipments in 10 days to tw
, weeks Warner has been three U
five DAYS DELAYED and Federal abou
the same.
One 50GO-ton lot has been placed 10
} export to Norway at about 6.SOc OASIS
Export quotations generally are no
2 Case to 6.5Oc, net cash in bond.
: Other e. S. end Canadian marker
: have followed ours, as may be note
! by our telegraphic and mail report
~ elsewhere in this issue