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EVENING BULLETIN, HONOLULU, T. H., SATURDAY, AUG. 19, 1911.
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IN BUSINESS CIRCLES
An mtlvo nloil. tuiikct has 1) mil 1 Hubber Comp.itn, wllh largo holdings
followed Hip rciiuiikalile ud.iUio In In tliu Htinlts Settlements, utiiililug
the iri(o of tuw stignis, .mil thu whole Tli.tuu) ncics of Ininl Unit la good fur
Hut has responded to t lie Inspiration ruhlii'r ciilttuc, .mil thu majiir portion
of tlio higher prices that will uii- of thin will ho lil.mtcil out to uihhcr
ilniihtodlj hohl Tor tlio season during tho coming enr
The ntil question nt tho piesont
lime Ik win Mum tho prlco will' go to I'rnlt Crii.
live ipiiIh oi lintil In tho Wilnlty of 'Iho illfteient fruit inunirlcs lia o
lli.il llguie until tho hew emp sug- hml olio of tho busiest unison In tlio
inn coino In No.ulv all tho highest hlttnr of piconlng In Hawaii Simo'
ill vlilcixl p.olng plantations arc plan- of lliom hao llnlshul tho lul fui tho
nlng for extras that wilt tindoulitid- scuon. while others nro running day
ly lie pilil on tho Ii.imIs of sugars il- anil night shifts In nil endeavor to
- tiat at tho intrkit nt tho higher kicp tlio sldcliiicks dear for tho
prices lndlintinns are thai I'loneei trulnloads of pines that ionic In cory
stockholders will got their usual two rt.ij
per colt this jc.ti, tlio aihlltlonal Ahoiit tho clnl of this ui ik will sco
iminiiiil IipIiik ui.iiIo up In extras bo- the Mulsh of tho heaw woik at tho
ginning some time In October lolo innnery, whon U Ik expelled that
the p.uk for tho season will reach In
Olio of tho questions now being Iho neighborhood of 2MI.O0O cases,
askeil b thhso wlio Htuil tlio world's That Is tho sum nverngid for the
sugar inarkit Is. what li.it beionio pines Hint li.lv p lii'en pill up In r.ins,
of Iho two million Ion surplus of beet The bottling of the famous Julio will
BiiR.irM' Tlio ilalni Is niaile Hut n go on for some time to ionic
Inrpo amount of this must line riiiio The Wllhclmlim, sailing on WcdncR
Into Invisible Kiipillos mill m i mine di, e.iiilul 40,000 t isen of pints to
output mix time to ileptesn the pike tlio toast; r.ooo of these wolo pkkcil
.wlien It Is liast expected Tho re- up at K.ilmtul
polls from the lluioponn beet i rop
'riiclved bj null aio that the weight Wool, us u cnmmodllv of export, Is,
of beets Is mi much lowci than last iiilotly makltiR u place foi Itself II)
,vcai though the suurtr content Is n 111- tho Hum! i) trip of the Intei-lsl.iml
tie IiIrIici steamer fiom Kauai -0J lulen of a
., DiiiIiir tho last few ilas tlio ipio- lino Rr.ule wool imiiih to pint ami will
tiitlons for beet sugars have bum bo foiw.iuleil bj the next steamer lo
steadily declining Thu canto for this Hip oast. Ilenvloi shipments mo ex
ln mil jet npp.iKiil reteil fiom Mulok.il anil Maul sin the
Private i.ibbs from New York aro tllppliiR t.e.isnn advances
to tin pUect Ihil tin piko In III in
ami ail.incliiR roi centrifugals iinlldi mo In II lulu.
j The (.' II Cooke llstulo has nc-
Into o Hi nulled the Oipheiim 'I lieater pioperl)
The nowlv title,! ' tiffin In tho "' '' "I"!. " lonsl.leratlon bo
rooms lb, I weio formoilv occupied I'm. WO Of this ninqt.nt $ 2.n.)0
by Castle &. (W. wet- liken oxer by ' reprci-entid In n ini.rtg .go licl.li
tho Waterhomo Company est.rda "' Hawaiian Trust Company 1 ho
The ulllccs h.no been llttul up In tho
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ponxpulent for Hie itmipiio ami the
patrons ns will.
I'iini.!ti) 'lux (Jul, I.
A inciting nt the Honolulu Stock
nril Compinv has been railed for
parl npxt wpek, wliii It. It is stall tl.
Is the beginning of tho end 'lime
will be un clcillon of ollkcrs and thou
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comp.iii) has tiexer seemed to n cover
Ironi the losses sustained some jcais
ago through a tiro In Its holdings
cw liuiiilgninl Matluii.
The Hoard of Immlginllon held u
meeting jCRlirihis lit wlikh thu bids
Tor the building of Hie new ipcpIxIiir
nlntioii weio opened Tin re wore lle
bids olTered, all rangliiR within si few
ilollirti nt eaeh other 'Iho Iird
YoiIur Coiislimtlon Compiny was tho
loweit bidder with Jll.'JSO.
,V eonsnltatlou will be held with tho
nrel.lte.ts befoio anv of Iho bids uru
nci opted 'ri.ostatlon vv II occupy tho
luoocui lociuim u u.u ...ii i.u ......
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jiuiM.er raiiiin.
Itubhor faetois who me luleiestul
In Iho lMhatig and TanJoiiR niolt
pi mm. Ions In tho MaliDslan illsttlcls
.ire mmh plated over the ippmt tint
comiM to luiiiil Hint Hip ptho of rub-
ber has miilo a deddul upwurtl move.
Bhowlng u 20, per pound Increase
over the prleu llml has hung on for
Bom" Hum
t Tluro Is un netlvo deuiiind for nib-
lier as tho summer season advances,
and fiom now on better prlies can bo
looknl for on this lomniodllv Along
with the news of tho Junlp In tho prlio
.' of rubber unites that of the (lencral 8m,,on 0f tho IHshop Trust Com
1 -",""-,"?""?'"-!""5,"S""S"? jM,y ttns niiined vice-president. It II.
EiUblUtird I7M)
Walter Baker
& Co.'s
CHOCOLATES
and COCOAS
Tor eating, drinking and cooklrtg
Pure, Delicious, Nutritious
UMS$C(lW,Xty.
lUitMtrul U. ri 1'jlint Olllto
Urcakfust Cocoa, 1-2 lb tins
Baker's Chocolates (unsweet
ened), 1VJ lb, cakes
German's, Sweet Cliotolate,
1-1 lb cakts
For bilo by Leading Grocrri in Honolulu
Walter Baker & Co. Ltd.
DORCIIBSTUK. MASS., U. S. A.
S3 HIGHEST AWARDS IN
EUROPE AND AMERICA
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sp,u '" '-'""Po in receive, mo .Kn ,
line or .Mis. Kiniiex Iho loiiug
Hotel Cniuptny lias a lease on this
plien of piiipcitj iinlll HMO.
l'listofikp l'rnjn s.
A leport of the most II itlprliiR im
tuio h.is been turned out li I'ost
mistpr 1'iatt for the llmal" xear end-
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Thcio h.ixu In en sub-
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buHlncis of every ilepartnient except
In the foreign money order sales, un,!
this Is full v un, united for Along
xxltli tho Increase In tho business of
the olllco there has been nil Increnso
In tlio salaries of tho emplojees
Tlipre aio fnrtj -seven employer on
tho iaxroll of the Honolulu poslolllce.
(mid Hank lluiird.
The suvpntien banks nf the Terri
tory nmkn a most uedltnbln show lug.
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in1(r 'Tl.illoil.il RnvprnmPlit tho
,l)mlnpll.,a, ,im,hUs havo Increased
lover $l,2.r,i;,(nil and nlmost $730,000
III thu deposits made In tlio savings
deposits
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M w,icn !imi,1M1on K)k oiroUi nn,,
pnr() U m (Ill,(, ,UC ,)ppn nnn
m((, ,,,,,,,, mllnl)ir f tliom siat-
(( r(i( tiroll;1I)Ut ,lf, Tcrillory for tho
((mlinpmo f (so living on tho
li((jr ,,,,, llll( mlmi0r towns,
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Stoik llxiliaiigp Animal.
, A( 10 nnmini meeting of thu Ilouo-
1tl j.ttV ,, m i;xdiango, liulit
uir, )n (ho WCL.V; A))crt F- ArK
8,1(.irel,.( William WHIiamsim us
,1,,.u,,i1 ... lf .ii., nxchaime. William
Trent secretin y. nnd tho Hawaiian
Tiust Company treasurer.
Noxt lo tho cleellon of ofllrorH tho
most Impoitant feature of tho meet
ing wns tho riductlnn of tho commis
sion to bo charged on tho handling
of stocks that hell for less than $1
a shuro lloietofore tho commission
has been 2Vc a Hli.ui', but has been
placed at lc a share for sales of the
future.
The loport of tho secretin)' of tho
Ilxrhaligo shows that the inovpnipnt
of stocks for thu piii ending August
10 Is of much less vnlumo than for
the previous year, but this stato of
ulTalrs Is offset bv tho report that
tlio majority of tho stocks handled
worn of the lower-prlcul class
haliiilul Harbor.
lllds for tlio di edging of Kalmliil
harbor nro asked for bv Major Woo
(pii, and thu tlmo limit tor tho bids
ip he In Ills ollleo Is given as Oclobni
13 Thu drudging will consist prim I
pally In enlarging tho basin of tho
harbor and tho lotnoval of n number
of coral reefs that extend nlong tho
breakwater and nro a sourro nf dan
ger to tho inter-Island boats that at
tempt to mnko tho wharf
This harbor has been dredged out
lo a certnln extent by tlio Katiiilul
Hallway conipnii), but u fiiithnr
dredging Is consldeied nectssnry by
tho Ttdornl (loverniuent for tho hot
torment of the Islands
IViirl llarlitu- llurr.uks.
According to news that has reached
here fiom the mainland, Hip tevlsed
plans nnd speclllcntlnns for the niti
llno banurks ut Tearl Harbor hnvo
bcpn Issued, but havo not reached
this city so far ns known Local con
tiuctors uro much Interested in tho
how set of plans, through it desire lot
sen what changes huvo been in ulo
fiom tlio funnel hot so as to luJng
Iho cost of the bariaiks within tlio
Appropriation
'Ihls work, nlik.li It U cxpcitetl will
ho starltil soon. In loliiuillini with
tho work now going on thcio, will
make I'eiirl llnrlmi- u busy place foi
some time to conie
Tho net he incmbcis of tlio llaibor
Commission weio busy tho Hist of
the week ami in.uli) u s!lic of (he
(onilltlon of tlio ilocks A number
were fount! to bo In neeil of icpilr,
n ml un order lias bicu glien for milk
ing plans for the lehullilliiR of the
rin.m wharf, while spetllli nitons 'iru
to bo compiled on it srawall
those who nro Rotting up Hip plain;
for Iho new work, and also for Hie
rep ill work, haVo been Instructed to
furnish estimates of the cost In dlf
fcient materials.
Another uttpiupl ut lcllen, linielit
Is to he Inaugurated by the Supol-
vlsors In thu establishing of u guru go
for tho liousliiR of the iii.ii nines that
nro in lisp by the different depart
ments of tho ill) goxprumint (inv-
crnur Trenr hns Rrnnted u pleio nf
hind near tho Jnll us u locution for
the gunge, and, aiiordlng to the Bu
pirvlsors, tlio i In will l.non that it
Is getting what It p.ijs for when It Is
running Its own g.irago and tilling
its own tanks.
Ikll Holds,
l'lnns and specifications to bo used
In connection wllh tho building of tho
proponsl bell loads weio thoioughly
discussed bv tlio mrmlK rs of Iho Ikll
Itontl Commission at il met ting that
was held last Tuesday Tlio work
was of n picllmlnarv nature, Count)
Hngluecr (lore being puseiit ami go
ing over the plans Hi an explanatory
way No part of tho woik was gone
Into iloipl), nor wns llieio any tie-
lislon arrived nt In ngard to lotting
the cpntrncts for building tho' sections
of load
ITans for the first live mllos of
roadway that will form the 111 si
stntili in tlio belt rout constitution
aw llnlslicd and will ho placed on
exhibition noxt week. It Is thought,
so that conlraitor.s may make their
bids for doing tho work Tho plium.
were approved bv tlio commission at
a meeting Hint was hchl Thursday.
Sin 1 1 lilcnlng.
The widening mid stialrhlinlm; out
or Hold street, the opening of lllshop
street through to Hcrctnnht ami tho
rloslnR of Union, street aro public Im
provements Hint nro to receive tho
nltenllon of those most Interested
and the Territory stands read) to lend
a baud If neu'ssary.
Are You Going To
Panama ?
If So, We Can Help You
Wc arc going to aid in llic development of several hundred
thousand acres of Panama Government lands, the most fer
tile on earth (See U. S. Govt. Reports) which have only re
cently been thrown open to all Nationalities on equal terms.
To encourage cultivation, this Company is taking charge of
the development, and, where desired, the first owners can
have their lands cultivated on shares. As the country is
filled up, owners will be expected to attend to their own de
velopment. Thus, there is every incentive to buy now, and
as sugar lands can be placed on an income-producing basis
within a period .of 18 months, here is YOUR opportunity to
have your own plantation at small cost.
Price. $6.00 per acre; payable $1.00 per acre down and 25
cents an acre per month for 20 months, with no taxes to pay
for five ycarsl
The opening of the Panama Canal will bring Ijordes of land
hungry emigrants to this favored ,regiori, where the United
States Government is now spending THREE HUNDRED AND
SEVENTY-FIVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS!
Think of the times without nlirriber that land values have in
creased because of increase in population and development.
Time and time again has this occurred, yet how many times
have you profited by it? Are you going to let this, the great
est of all opportunities, pass?
Investigate. It will cost you nothing, and may prove tho
foundation of a great fortune.
Remember, the people connected with this Company com
prise some of the best-known men in Panama, who dre also
connected with the present government, which is very anx
ious to have the country developed, and every legitimate
. aid to that end is now being made. Apply today.
Panama Development Co.,
216 Mercantile Place
Between Fifth and Sixth Sts. Los Angeles, California.
Tho Ilrewer l.'state, wllh plans ill-
rt aily ilriwn for u Inrgo IiuIIiIIiir thai
Is lo occupy tho Kirner of Hotel and
Union streets, has slgnllicd a willing
ness to hold up Iho erection of tlio
tmlldJiiR Tor a limllid time ami give
tho illy u limine lo sotllo on Jusl
Vhat It is going to tto In tho mutter
oj closing Union sired, ami will nllor
tho plans of the pioposcd linlldliiR It
the ehitigu Is mule
It Is expected tint thu boaitl of np
pralscis will bo appointed as speedily
no possible, mi Hint tho work urn Iiu
carried through to romplctlon.
Tho eiittlliR off of tlio Jog In Hotel
strict foriucA b) the Culm m stnro,
tho Huh anil the Manhatlnil rostnu-
iitnt Is iinothci pliro of work Hint Is
roIiir to teeclvo Immediate attention,
I pi Iv lieges granted In the case of ilo-
Nrn haml'cr Pri'sMi n(. 'nustle sales. The Trench regulations
At u meting of tho members of Imd tho general elicit of nn Indirect
Iho Chamber of Comiuetre, held lust bounty on production which nffectcd
Widnesilii). i: I Spalding wns iinnnl- even limit1 conspicuously tho export
inously elected piishknt of Hint as- limn tlio domestic trndp. The cxportn
pod.it Ion, ntler It was nuidu known lion of Kusslnn sugar conferred a spc
Hiat .lames V Morgan had positive!) elal privilege nn tho domestic market
ri fused to serve as president for n which hint h commercial nlue.
Ilftli term. Tho oilier tinkers olocted ' In order to eliminate nil regulations
wore ns follows Vice-president, .1. A.1 Hint might luno tho effect of granting
Kennedy; secielary untl treasurer, H. Roverninontnl nld to exported sugar,
I'. Wood; trusties H 1'. lllshop. J. the llrusscls convention consequently
! Cookf, C. II, Cooke, T. Cllvn Dixies, 'prohibited nil bounties on exportation,
.1 I) Dole, .1 M Dowsed, 1' Klnmp.. direct or Indirect bounties on produc-
Tinne.v, W V. W'aldton, Albert Vn
tcihoiDie. flip report mule b) Mr Morgan
on the general business nspect of the
dlfTueut ilcpaitmenls of tho city was
most fliitlerliiR and satlsf)lng The
strumous work of tlio Promotion
Comiultleo ciimo In for n largo shuro
of ireillt flir the piesenl high stand-;
nrd of inmirorcl.il ndlvlly Hint Is hc -
ing en Jo veil bv this ill), and tho move
for sntilt itlon wan treated with spc
t lal roni irks
A iiii-iiilininni vole of dunks wns
tender, d to tho rellrlifg prcbhlcnt.
roliu.ikcrs Sup.
A number of Chlneho )iol maiiufuc-
tnrers, whose pl.u es of business vvcro
noted ny tno aiiinnrilies tiuriug mo
rpldciulc of i Inderal some tlmo ago,
have coiulnrd nml rtro suing Hip rlty
for d images In a sum Hint runs' Into
Hip (hoiiMiuds TIip" thilni Hint under
the condlllons a' the llinc their places
or luMlnpsH wore Illegally rloseil and
thai Hip llpput) SbPiHT had no Juris
diction In tho in. liter.
Keadtis of TIip Uii I lot I II who
follow Hip sugar mirktl should place
III thi'lr simp books Iho following
farts, to which lefeienie Is frptiuptitly
made, but px.ii t liifoimatlon Is not
alvva)s hand). T he "convention conn-
tiles" aio of Ion spoken of. but few
' recall tho details of tho Urusscls con-
Million.
The llrusspls CtinTPiillon.
,ln u rovlovv of tlio International
sugiu situation Issued by tlio Depart
ment of Agriculture It Is stntctl:
I'rlor to Spctcmber 1, 1901, when
tho Brussels lonvontlon went Into ef
fect, ti prohibitory Import ilnt), n high
excise, and governmental encourage
ment of exportation xvcro general
throughout continental Kuropc. The
Hriissels convention aimed merely to
equalize tho competition of sugar In
tho International market by eliminat
ing all legislative, aid Rrnnted directly
or Indirectly to exported stign'r; It
Hindu no attempt (o modify t)ie strict
ly Internal regulation of tho sugar
trade1 In many Instances, however,
tno anility to foii cnenpiy on tno
world's market was duo Indirectly to
ami txipsslvo drawbacks, and also
liuiitcdtho excess ot Import duty over
Iho consumption tux lo G3 cents per
100 pounds In tho enso of rellncd
sugal and 48 cents In the caso oi
raw. Tho convention tuns aiioiisiieu
all direct hid to tho sugnr Industry
mid even nil discriminations in tho
domestic market against foreign
'sugur beyond n fixed limit. Tho lilt
tcr provision1 wns not to be enforced
against Iho non-exporting countries
Suction, Italy mid Spain.
Spain did not ratify tho convention.
Denmark mid Ilussla did not partici
pate In tho conference. Tho conven
tion consequently Included Germany,
Austria. Hungiirv, Trance, llclgliim,
t)l) Netherlands. Sweden, Itnly and
th,. United Kingdom
Trice mid Cost of Traduction.
Another Importnnt detail of sugar
computation and forecast lug Is the
prion of production In various coun
tries. When sugar drops to tho point
of resistance It Is at tlio prlco of pio
iluctlon and cannot go much lower
unless conditions nro exceptional.
Senate document No fir, has tho
following, compiled from statistics as
sembled by tho Department of Com
merce nnd Ijitlinr:
A comparison of tho rnw-sugnr
prices ipioled In tho principal Un
lopean markets shows a fairly close
corresHindcnco of quotations. The
sumo is trtto to n lnrgo extent also
ot the prices ot rellncd sugar, it tbo
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New Bungalow
SIX ROOMS and BATH
Electric Lights Modern Plumbing
PALOLO VALLEY
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ChefofOish -Apfiyj.'J., Bulletin Office
varying rates of domestic oxclscs nro 1908-1910. Tho Oovornmcnt of Aus-
eoiisldcicd trla-llungary, while abolishing thu
It should ho Hotel that toilio of bounties niut reducing tho surtax on
tho principal European BiiRnr-protluc- Imported sugar, did not, however, re
Itig countries, Including (Icrmany, tluco the Internal revenue duties (cx-Austrla-lliingnry,
Prnnco nml Del- clsos) on consumption sugar. Hut
Rlum. by International ngi cement even these measures, resulting, as
(effcetlvo September 1, 1903), nliol- they did, In tho brpak-tp of tho sugar
Ishctl their bounties on sugar nnd to- cartel, were followed by n conshtil
iluced their surtaxes (I. e , tlio tllfler- able decrease in the domestic prlco of
enccs between tho rates of Import sugar, though tho general price move
duties nnd those of Internal revenue tiient tor the yenrs following 1903 Is
duties) to 48,'J cents per 100 pounds reflected much more In tho upward
of raw and C2 ! tents per 100 pounds course of ravv-siiRiir prices (for ox
of refined sugar In nccordanco with port) than in tho downward course ot
tlio ptovlslons of tho Urusscls itmvcn- domestic prices nf rellncd sugnr.
(an of March H, 190.'. Germany, In Ktisslu,
Krniico and llclgliim nlso reditu il at Trices of sugar for domestic con-
tlio snind lime tho. Internal rovonuo sitmptlnn til ltusslnn markets nro reR-
tlutlcs (excises) on domestic sugnr. ulntcd most effectively by thu (lov-
Tho lesult Is scon In tlio movement emnieilt, which llxcs tho maximum
ot sugar prices for domestic consuiup- rnw-sugnr prices at tho beginning of
lion nnd export beginning with 1903 each season. A comparison of tlieuo
artd 1904. jofHelal maxima nml tho actual prltes
(Irrmilll Market. In tho Kiev market for tho last ten
In (Icrmany, for Instance, where jenra shows Hint, on the whole, tho
the tax on domestic sugar was re- latter did not exceed much tlio upper-
tluccd from 2 10 to I r,l cents per most limits set by Hie (lovprniiipnt px-
pound nnd tho tax on Impoitctl sugar cept during the 1901-10 season, whin
from 4 32 cents jier pound til 1.99 Importations nt reduced tariff ralei
cents pcrvmiuntl of iitirellncd and 2 03 wore nuthorlrcil by the tlovcrnmcnt
rents ot icllncil sugar, tno niinuni
average prlco of raw sugar for export nffects only tho export prices of llus
nt Hamburg rose from 1.4 J cents In shin sugar, which vary qullo Inde-
1902 (the year preceding tho ratifies-
tlon of tho Urusscls iiRreemcnt) to
2.13 cents for 1901, 2 fij cents In 1905,
nnd nn average of 2 21 ccntB for tho
live-year iicrlod 1900-1910. On tho
other hand, the irlco of rellncd sugar
ut Magdeburg, which In 1902 had uv-
craged C 10 cents per pound, wns but
4 30 cents In 1901, I 4 cents in 1905,
nnd 4 42 ccnls for tho llvpcar'ppilod
190i!'19l0. Trench rnw sugar In bond sugar market, plus tho high Import
averaged 1.69 cents In I90J nnd roso duly 8 07 rents per pound In Italy
to 2 30 cents In T)04 nnd 2 60 cents mid (175 cents In Spain. It may bo
In 190.. whllo tho domestic prkc nf stated In this connection that in Iho
prime rellncd sugnr, owing largely to enso of Hal) tho high rates of Import
tlio clmngo of llscnl treatment (reduc duty and surlnx (about 2fi cents per
Hon of Hie Internal rcvenuo lux nnd pound) woio sanctioned by iho Ilrus
qf the surtax on Import, d sugar) fell bcIb convention for tho tlmo being,
from 8.10 cunts in 1902 tn 6.11 cents so long ns Ilia Italian sugar was not
per pound In 1901. ami nn n)craijo exported Tho Spanish Oovcrnincnt
ot 6 46 cents for tlio llvo-ypiir pqrlod (Conllnuid on Pa 7)
AUSTRALIAN
PAYING HIGH
Australia!! pffortu for wlillo lnlior
nro liiiWiiR hcrloiiR cffcclK on tlio bur
nr IniliiHlry tlicro, nccorillnR to re
liortH from Iho Antipodes. It Is now
miRKcuted tliut tlio Incrnisril cost of
production should lie borno us n na
tional burden, liihte.nl of fnllliiK on
.i fow.
A. V. P.ilfiojnmn, iiuiikikIiir dlroc
ttir of tlio Austiiiliisinn Jinn anil Pre
servini; Company, tidvocatod tho ap
pointment of n royal commission to
Innuho Into tlio wholo question of
iltil) nnd tlio regulation of tlio In
dustry. Ho says:
"It Is (iiito evident that the siiKar
Industry or Aiibhallii is in nn unsatis
factory state, In Its relation as a raw
material to other lonnufnctiuliiK htis-
Incssen. It is calculated that up
wards nf 70,000 tons annually nro used, from that aero. 11,11 further con
In tho lain, confectionery, biscuit. I tended Unit (hero aro about tho samo
cakes, and browing factories. Tlio
Jam factories alno account for nbout
r.ri.OOO tons. All these Industries uro
supported by a tariff on tlio manufac
tured lines of othiir countries, nut
tho burden of tho Australian sugar
duty Is novortlioless felt severely by
them all, and so they openly declare
that they do not want any duty on lm
poitcd J.inis. What thoy rcqulro Is
cheap sugar, which they regard ns a
big portion of their raw nmtorlal, and
with tho splendid fruits grown In tills
country they say they can competo
against tlio world. This looks llko a
rcusonahlo position. At tlio s.imo tlmo
they nro not unmindful of tho big
sugar Indmtry of this rnmnionwealtli.
nnd readily rciognlo that slneo tlio
Kedei.il Parliament disturbed Iho pro
duction of nine by lilac K labor, and
deported practically all Of tho knna
knK from Queensland, they must sco
Unit Justice Is done tn tho present
growers by white labor, and all thnso
Idontined with sugnr production, not
ocn excepting tho Colonial Sugur
Hetlnlng Company.
"The main question seems to bo,
whnt Is the amount of Increased cost
of sugar produced by black laboi as
against lb it which complies with tho
Australian lilt hI of a whlto Austra
lia? A Hoyul Commission would seem
to bo wnntcd tn deternilnn this ques
tion, and Its composition should bo so
llxed as to Include a roprescntntlnn
of the consumers, rugar growers,
fruitgrowers, manufacturers, sugar
inlllots, and sugar lollneis. Tlio
Australian public nro unquestionably
paying about $7,200,000 annually In
tho way of a sugar tax. About 200,000
Tlio situation in tlio worm marsei
ppiulcntly of tho movement of doines-
tic prices. These export prices niu
Invariably lower than tho correspond-
iir prices for local consumption by
mote Hum tho Internal rcvenuo duty
of 2 r ronts per pound.
Italian and Spanish refiners, as n
rule, are nblo to maintain prlcis
slightly below tho Imtiort level; I. e,
export prlips at the nnniest foielgn
FOR WHITE LABOR
tonn nip iiroilnccil xvltliln tlio com-
inoiiwc.iltli, anil another 10,000 tons
aro Imported, on all of which the im
port duty of $.10 per ton operates Jusi
iih surely ns If thcio weio no siiK.ir
produced within our nun ten Hoo.
Only about 1,f, 10,000 of this lingo
sum rem hen thu public treasury, so
that $ri.Mu,U00 Is tlio amount wc arc
point; annually to support tho biiKiir
Industry of thin cominonu'altli. Thin
tax lis it affects tf fruitgrower Is n
'iy'icinii8 matter, for It requires
olio Ion of siiRiir to convert one ton
of fruit Into Jain, and ns a fair ciop
of nprleots. peaches, qtllilies, or plums
Is live tons to tho acre, the tn nn tho
orclmrdist Is no less than 30 per
acre, or Just about tho ouuUnlcnt of
tlio gross proceeds of Ills produce
number of people 30,000 cmplii) id
in tho fruit-growing Industries nnd
Jam factories as tlicro aro In tho
sugar Ileitis and mills In this con
nection It Is interesting to remember
that tho tonsiimptlnn nf sugur per
capita In tlio commonwealth Is 113
lbs , the United Kingdom coming next
with 102 lbs. per capita per annum.
Sugar was advanced tn prlco this
morning XI per ton, and tho piesent
cost must bo Infinitely beyond that
which obtains In any other llrltlsh
community.
"Tho sugar duly lis It stands ut piui
ent is liijitiintlsly affecting oilier
equally Important Industries, and tho
wholo question requires oxluiustlio
examination and Inquiry In order to
place It on an equitable and sound
footing. Tho bounty of 3 per Ion
was In the first Instanro legislated fnjj
for a period that has alreiMv pastel
but Its continuance Is In some quar
ters now tegnrded us Insitlllclcnt, and
n further Increase of JC4 pei ton Is
being sought by a deputation of grow
ers which Is on Its way to Interview
the Minister In Melbourne, us well ns
nn Increiiho In tho present Import
duty of C per ton. On tho tithur
hand, the frultgrowors nnd mnhufne
tilrers nio nsklng for tho sugar mi
that their Industries can proceed and
dnnlop on nattiiat lines, and without
help 'or hindrance, suggesting at tho
snmo tlmo that tho production of
sugar by white labor Is n national
Ideal, mt 1 that Its cost should be
home in n untlounl way, Instead of
falling so heavily on, and Injutlausly
affecting, tholr own natural and
equally Important Industries."
SUGAR GROWERS
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