The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-02-11
E. Faxon Bishop Declares That
Negotiations Between Sugar
Factors and Officials Of Line
Ace ncttclosed By Any Means
SOUND TRADE PROBLEM
TROUBLES SHIPPING MEN
Local Growers Insist Steamer
Corporation Has Not Played
Far With Them and Advocate
independent Fleet Of Vessels
|ytH ERE were expressions Of dis,
pleasure from sugar men yester.

THHEIiE were expressions OF dis
~ pleasure from sugar men yester.
81 day when they discussed the ne.
tion of the American Hawaiian in with.
drawIg its feet from tie Hawaii. New
York trade, substituting therefor the
despatch of vessels to San Francisco
and overland rail shipment to New
York. =. Faxon Bishop, in particular
said that the nogutiati6ns were not by
any, means completed.
II was stated at the Office Of the
American Hawaiian line yesterday that
70 adyices had been received to sup.
lemcnt Tho Associated Press despatch
IF Monday tight, which said that the
line would notify its shippers of the
suspension of Hawaii-New York sail
ings.
No additional Matson steamers are
available for the Sound trade, II was
stated yesterday by j.. III. Drew, man.
. sgsI OF the shipping department OF
Castle y Cooke, agents. ;I @ z....
Hottomt Not To Be Had ,.s@a--.1 ,
8 Bottoms simply are not to be mad, -
he said. 1--WE carno, divert the Enter.
prise now, as we did once, az she has
an site can do to handle Coat freight
TO and the sugar from Hilo.p =.
The Hilonian and Hyades are on the
Sound run now. y" III. ~.
The situation as regards freight from
the Sound is considered as even more
serious that as regards San Francfsco
End overland, Some shipping men be-
heve that the freight cannot be
moved from pSaattlo and Portland nj
all The ALL handled approximately
$4,000 tons and j, 000,0 feet Of lum.
ber8from- the Sound each year. ....-
, No advices nave been received here
as TO completion ef arrangements be.
tween the American Hawaiian and Mat.
son companies under which the former
could carry freight from San Francisco,
Y has nm agreement with the Matson
line not TO do so, but the exact terms
81 this are no. known, and, as the Mat
son steamers, while not filed now
wonld be uRai le to handle the addition.
al freight offering at San Francisco.
considering these facts, shipping men
expect an agreement TO be made,
Plantcrs Are Not Pleased va
=. jFaxon Bishop, president of C..
iSIfeWer, u Co., said yesterday that the
planters are not at all pleased with
the action of the American Hawaiian
company in abruptly and somewhat per.
emptorily abrogating their contract with
the Sugar Factors.
The first move came from them, not
from us, she stated, "and we have
reason to feel aggrieved.
1.-The reasons given by the American.
hawaiian are that they have been un.
Die to secure wesS bound cargoes, now
that the PanamaCanal is closed. East
ern shippers are giving preference to
the transeontinental railroads, they
state, ON account of quicker delivery
guaranteed by the aH-rail routes. War
time conditions have caused eauaIiza.
tion OF overland and water freight
rates so that time of delivery has he.
eome'the deciding factor, and the sugar
neer must therefore be Withdrawn.
Planters May Bring Suit
That is, the American. Hawaiian
proposition as 1t has been put up TO us.
The -reasons may be good, aud l don I
suppose we can help ourselves. As a
matter OF fact everyone knows that
enormous rates are being offered for
charters, on the Atlantic side, and that,
presumably, is the real reason why the
steamship people have thrown us down.
fa',Mail advices from New York, from
parties who claim to be Sin the know, D
state that prominent shareholders in
the American Hawaiian company have
intimsted. that they would get enough
bonus on trans atlantic war trade char.
ters 70 pay any damages we. might be
awarded should we bring suit, and still
pay larger dividends than they would
""tn ifithey hold to their contract with
US. nv t.'f. -. - ,.."
Not a Fair Deal
~ do not feel that the American.
Hawaiian Steamship Company II giving
fair deal. We have stood by
u eyer since the COR oany was formed.
II ~ our sugar cargoes that built up
us fleet and our contracts have made
large profits for the company. The neg.
citations are not by any means com.
pletsd, = Mr.. Bishop remarked, with
some heat.
Another Brewer & Co. director said
that the planters ought never to have
allowed themselves to be placed in this
sitrntinn
We ought to own our sugar ships"
he said. f'Ten years ago it was out
az the question because we did not have
the available capital. That time is past.
TkQrN II no reason now why we should
continue 20 he dependent on others for
the characterization of our produce aud
mer handiEe.' .
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