The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 22, 1897, Page 14

¢ L 14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1897 SPRECKELS AND SEARLES IN A DEAL Part of the Watsonville Factory Sold to the Trust. TO ENCOURAGE SUGAR- BEET GROWING. Additional Big Establishments to Be Erected in the State. ABRCGATION OF THE HAWAIIAN TREATY FAVORED. The Reciprocal Features of the Con- vention Are Siil to Have Disappeared. As the result of a deal effected between Claus Spreckels and John E. Searles, secretary of the American Sugar Refineries Company, during the latter’s recent visit tu this City, the next year or two will see a remarkable development in the beet- sugar industry in this State, an influx of Eastern capital ana a reduction in the price of sugar on the Pacific Coast and in | all that part of the United States west of the Rocky Mountains. Dauring the sojourn of Mr. Spreckels in ths East on his way to Europe to study the beet-sugar industry in Germany and other countries of the Continent, he was ap- proached by the leading men connected with the great sugar trust with a proposi- tion to pool issues with that organization and personally assume charge of the beet- sugar branch of the business in the United States. e trust offered to invest $10,- 000,000 in the enterprise. Mr. Spreckels, however, declined the proposition. But the E 1 people were not dis- couragec. saw in Mr. Spreckels’ energy and ouraging the | g of r beets in California and | the establishment of beet-sugar factories in various parts of the State a much more serious menace to their interests than the importation of free sugar from Hawaii. Determined to do the best they could under the circumstances, they sent Mr. Searles, one of the shrewdest men con- nected with the trust, to this City to open negotiations with Mr. Spreckels. Mr. Searles arrived here the laiter part of March, remained in this City about four days, and then e an inspection of the ckels beet-sugar iactory, located at teonville, and also paid a visit to the site of the new sugar factory that Mr. Spreckels is building in the Salinas Val- ley, near the town of Salinas, which will be the st establishment of 1ts kind in the world when in full operauon. Meanwhile be had opened negotiations with M. Spreckels for securing an interest in th: Waisonvilie factory and was suc- cessiul Lo the extent of purchasing about a one-fifth interest. aus Spreckels, when interviewed yes- terday concerning the transaction, con firmed the fucts relative to the deal as out. lined in the foregoing statement. He also gave some additional information, which shows that e had the welfare of the State in mind when consummating the arrauge- ment. "By this trapsaction,” he said, “the s you will perceive, secure interestin the factory. That in my banas, so that we will always vosition to compete in the open t. It is understood tnat the trast will co-operate with me in the work of de- veloping the beet-sugar industry in this State by the erection of a number of fac- tories us fast as they are required. Their establishment will depend, o course, on the rapidity of the growth of sugai-beet plantations. 1t is also their intention 1o develop this industry throughout the Tnited States. ais wiil mean a large investment of tern money in our State, the enhance- 1d values wherever sugar beets grown and the resulting prosperity of the adj:cent and surrounding country. 1t has becn repeatealy demonsirated that the profits of sugar-beet growing are larger per acre than for any other crop ihat can be grown on the sare land.’” 3 els quoted £ showing that w : 10 barley returned but $ t, the very same land i $5933 per acre. In snother 1t the same quantity of land ivestment of about $10,000, includ- yer acre for rent, returned the gar-beet grower a profit of over $7000. “*Another important outcome of this new arrangement,” continued Mr. Spreck- els, “is that the price of sugar will be equalized throughout the United States. At the present time the price 15 about & ualf cent nigher on the Pacific C t than itisin the East, and this induces many large local consumers of sugar to go to China for the.r suppiies. When all the details of the new deal are carried out the prices on the coast will be reduced to what the ruling figures are in the East.” “There has been u great deal of talk of your being opposed to the renewsl of the Teciprocity treaty with Hawaii, by which sugar is ailowed to come in free from the islands,” remarked the interviewer. 1 have large interests in the Hawailan I-lands,” began Mr. Spreckels. I am a ge owner in three sugar planiations. e I have u good deal of prop erty trust did no! 1 5 _acres 275 per in sugar KEW TO-DAY. SKINS CNFIRE Skins on fire with torturing, disfiguring, itching, burning, bleeding, scaly, and pimply humors, instantly relieved by a warm bath with CUTICURA SOAP, a single application of CuTICURA (ointment), the great skin cure, and a full dose of CUTICURA RESOLVENT. (Uticura 1820ld thronghout the world. Povrax L. & v Col Props., Boston. * How to Cure Torturing Humors, free. there. T have a bank there, and my sons | Adolph B. and John D. are interested in | the firm of W. G. Irvin & Co. g “I have heretofore remained neutral in the matter of the abrogation of the re- ciprocity treaty with Hawaii, but when you ask me the direct question as to my | Views on the subject I, as an American citizen, feel compelled to say that it is a one-sided affair. “In the first vear of the treaty there were only 16,000 tons of sugar produced in | the islands. Last year the product had increased to 225,000 tons, and_this year's estimate places the crop at 235000 tons. This vast industry has been built up by | our country in permitting the sugar from the islands to come in hege iree of duty. “The remission of duty on Hawaiian sugar mounts to date to the enormous sum of §73,000,000. If the preseut treaty, | asincluded in the tariff bill under con- sideration by the Senate at the present time, remains in operation it will give to | ibe islands about $7,000,000 per annum as a virtual bounty on the sugar raised there and exported to this country, and this amount will practically come out of the pockets of the citizens of this country. If the treaty is continued they will eventu- ally bring their annual crop of sugar up 10 300.000 tons. New plantations are being opened up right along, and with the re- ciprocity treaty as an incentive the amount of production will increase every This will result in injury to the | sugar industry of this and other States of the Union. “Ihere is realiy nothing reciprocal | sbout this trealy to-day. It is all one- | sided. The balance of trade in favor of | the islands amounts to about §7,000,000 or | §8.000,000 per annum. The articles im- ported from tnis country are only such as | they cannot obtain cheaper elsewhere. | g Since the advent of the Canadian line they bave imported hay, lumber, grain, pota- toes and other merchandise, formerly pur- chased in this country, from Canada. Most of their other importations now come from England, France and Germany, as | the import duty is ouly 10 per cent, not enough to favor importations from this country. *For these reasons I am in favor of the abrogation of the treaty, as I look first to | the protection of bome industries.” “‘How about Pearl River Harbor, which was ceded as a coaling siation 'to the | United States as one of the conditions of | the reciprocity treaty? Wouid that not be lost to the United States?’ was asked. “Not at ali. I believe that therignt that | the Government of this country acquired | 1o the harbor when the treaty was made | gave it a title for all time, whether the | treaty was continued after its original life had ‘expired or not. But even if that| were lost to our Government it would not | b: anything to mourn over, as the harbor | would be useless in case of war. “‘Surrounding the entrance to the har- | bor is a coral reef, and it would cost sev- | eralmillions of dollars to biast enough of | this away to make a_passage for ships 1o enter the inland body of water, which is the baroor proper. To maintain this en- trance free of obstruction would also be a continual souice of expense to the Go ernment, as the coral insects would re- sume operations at once and _ at- tempt to close the gap that had been | artificially made. But even assuming | that the entrance was opened and could be kent so, the barbor would simply be a trap for the vessels that would attempt to use it during a period of war. | “As [ have already stated, Pearl River | Harbor is an inland sheet of water four or | five miles from the ocean, and to reach it vessels would have to thread a narrow | and devious channel, which would ylace them at the mercy of any hostile fleet | Iying outside; and should one of our war- | ships be sunk in the channel it would ef- fectua ly blockade all the other vessels | that were sheltered in the inner harbor. Or the enemy might, by some strategic move, sink one of its own vessels in the channel, and this wouid notonly blockade ail our vessels that were inside, bat would prevent the use of the harbor at just such a time when we would have the most | urgent use for it.” | This is the first time that Mr. Spreckels | has openly avowed his opposition to the renewal of the Hawalian reciprocity treaty, but it has been known to the sugar-beet growers for some time, When the beet farmers of San Benito, Monterey and Fresno counties were securing sizna- tures to a petition to be presented to Con- gress favoring the abrogation of the treaty, he was approached with great diffidence by the officials of the Fresno and Hollister banks, as they did not know how he felt about the matter. They were, therefore, agreeably surprised when he informed them of his being in favor of abrogation, Just before concluding the interview Mr. Spreckels stated that ina vear from now the two factories at Watsonville and near Selinas will be able to supply the | whole Pacific Coast with sugar. He also took occasion to say that the trust did not control either the Watsonville beet-sugar factory or the Western Sugar Refinery— that they simply owned an interest in each of these establishments, neither of which was in the trust. It was further learned from other sources that the trust had not secured any inter- | est in the two beet-sugar factories, located at Ckino and Alvarado, and owned re- | spectively by the Oxnard Bros. and the Alameda Sugar Com pany. | WILL FAVCR AEROGATION Senator Perkins Wil! Oppose the | Cintinuance of the Hawaiian Treaty. Decleres That the Growing Beet. Sugar Industry of the State Need: Protection. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 21.—East- ern papers this afternoon published the news printed in THE CALL this morning thut Harold M. Sewall of Maine will be appointed Minister to Hawaii. 1t 1s be- iieved in diplomatic and Congressional circles that tie selection of Sewall means that the administration will urge the an- nexation of the isiands, Meanwhile the fight for and against the abrogation of the Hawaiian reciprocity treaty is getting hot. Senator Perkins to- day presented to the Senate two huge pe- | titions from California, one favoring and the other opposing the treaty’s abroga- tion. The vetitions were referred to the Foreign Relations and the Finance com- mittees. A lively debate is sure to be precipita- | ted over the abrogation of the treaty, whether the proposition comes from the Finance Committee or as an amendment proposed by Senator Mills. 7o offset this Senator Chandler will doubtless repeat his former argument that the United States ought not to jeopardize its ascendancyin the Pacific, while Senator Morgan will insist that the existence of the treaty gives this country a command of the Hawailan situation not to be wilfully thrown away. The news of the possible action of the Finance Committee has greatly excited the Pacific Slop>. Senator Perkins has already filed the petition of the California State Grange in favor of abrogating the treaty, and yesterday he received the peti- tion of a large number of representative merchauts, manufacturers and capitalists in San Francisco taking the opro:ite view. This petition denies thut the United States have been the losers by the operations of the treaty. Senator Aldrich is said to be strongly opposed to the treaty’s continuance, ana it1s considered probable that the tariff bill 10 be reportea from the Finance Com- mittee will provide for its abrogation. Mr. Mills of Texas will make a speech in support of this proposition. The possible abrogation of the treat; BABY'S SKIN *gacdsyeoncsed sinm brings up the important question whether the right granted to the United | we pav the sugar-zrowers in the island States in that treaty to exclusively use Pearl River harbor and establish a coaling station there would also {sll to the ground at the same time. Senator Frye, who has given the ques- tion considerable thought, said that morally the United States would have to abandon the harbor, but legally it could keep postession. “At the time of the negotiation of the treaty,” said Mr. Frye, “the Foreign Re- lations Committe: was unanimousiy of the opinion that the cession of the harbor was for all time, but Minister Carter, asking an opinion of the State Department, was informed by Secretary Bayard that the right to tne barbor expired witn the treaty. Personally, I don’t think we could hoid the harbor and look any other nation in the face. I don’t believe, though, that the treaty will be abrogated.” Senator Mills, who has been fighting for the repeal of the treaty for twenty years, said that the Pearl Harbor question did not enter into the guestion atall. “‘We will keep the harbor, if need be,’” said he. “We nave already given the Hawaiians some $70,000,000 in remitted duties and that ought to pay for any harbor on earth. The treaty was illegally negotiated in the first place. “The House of Representatives is em- powered to raise revenue and it should have been consulted when there was a | proposition to release millions and mil- lions of re: The ratification of the enue. | treaty by the Senate was an act of usurpa- tion.” I shall certainly doall I can to se- cure its repeal.” In this connection it Is interesting to know that Secretary Sherman believes that the abrogation of the treaty would not carry with it the loss of Pearl Harbor. When the subject was lust before the Sen- le his position very plain. “We deniable, ungualified grant,” szid he, *“which was originally CRALED BY T00 MUCH HARD WORK The Sad Illness of Miss Flora McDonald Shearer. For Twenty-Three Years She Was a Teacher in the Pubic Schools. The Authoress of *The Legend of Au'us” Found in Distress Near the Presidio. Miss Flora McDonald Shearer, the au- thoress of “The Legend of Aulus,” a vol- ume of clever poems, and a prominent teacher in the Washington Grammar School, was conveyed yesterday afternoon | to Dr. Whitwell’s private asylum at San | Mateo. Miss Shearer entered the School Depart- MISS FLORENCE McDONALD ;&/ SHEARER, the Authoress of * The Legend of Aulus,” in the Insane Ward of the City Receiving Hospital. paid for by §23,000,000, to say nothing of | ment twenty-three years ago, shortly an extension of seven years, which was given. e bave paid and doubly paid for that harbor; we own it now; it1s in our possession. Altbough a two-thirds vote is required 1o ratify a treaty the abrogation can be se- cured by a majority vote. Whether this majority vote can be obtained is of course a matter more for speculation than ce:- tain preaiction at this time. Of these eleven, Messrs. Aldrich, Allen, Cafferry, Cullom, Hansbrough, Milis and | nate. Cir- Pettigrew are still in the cumsiances then, however, were much different from what thev are at the present time. The amendment was offered in opposition to the Finance Co m tiee, and the Democrats, with two ex- ceptions, stood by their party. proposition comes before a session with the indorsement of the Finance Commit- tee it will havea much better status in | court, 80 to speak, and besides this the development of the beet-sugar irdustry has done much to stimulate opposition. Three years ago there was no one more antagonistic to the abrogation of the trealy tnan Senator Perkins. Mr. Pe kins is now inclined to think that jority of the Senate favors abrogation and he included himself in this majority. While several causes are operating to bring about the abrogation of the treaty, the most important is the belief that the Uni ed States is getting considerably the worst of the bargamn. Senator Perkins says: ‘“‘Reciprocity ought to reciprocat but in this ca-e it does not seem to do = Under the trealy all the sugar produced i Hawaii comes in iree of duty. The amouni has stead!ly risen until in 1892 it | aggrezated $5,000,000 and last year was neariy §$12,000,000. “This repre-ents the amount of money In the new tariff the duty on sugar is $3) aton. As we remit that” duty in favor of the Hawaiians, it means thxt we present them with a bounty of $30 a ton on all the sugar they produce. “There is no reason why we should make that discrimination in their favor. **They take goods from us,to be =ure,but only about $3,000.000 or $4.000,000 a yea 80 that the balance of trade is immense! in their favor. While the value of our purchases from them has increased at the rate of §1,000,000 a year our -xports last year to them were only $200,000 ] than they were in 1892. 1T is the nub of the whole matter, so far as our imports. and - exports are concerned. As for our own interests, I know that at the Watsonville' sugar factory in my State, during the five months and a balf'of the sugar campaign, there was paid out §4400 a dav to farmers for their sugar beets, while $1200 a aay addi- tional was paid out for lavor, lime and fuel. While I am aware that there isa very strong protest in San Francisco against abrogatine the treaty I feel that the people of the State would rather haye the treaty abolished, and 1 must also con- sider their interests.” *“It is said that the abrogation of the treaty and the consequent imposition of the sugar tariff on the Hawaiian product wouid * bankrupt the planters of the islands,” remarked THE CALL'S corres- pondent. “It would do nothing of the kind,” promptly responded Mr. Perkins, *These plantations now R‘ 25 per cent on the money invested. ith the duty on sugar they would pay 10 or 12 per cent.” If the | after reaching this City from her home in | Scotland. She has always been an energetic and hard worker. Her ambition to attain dis- tinction in the literary world caused her 10 overtax her powers, ana her friends bave noticedwith pain her gradual falling off in health. This has been apparent especially during the past month. Last Friday Mrs. Bucknall, wife of the well-known physician, who Das been a friend of Miss Shearer for the past twenty years, calied on her atthe school. She escortea her home, where Dr. Bucknafl gave her calming potions. Monday night sbe was left in charge of Miss McKenzie, with whom she resides, at 151314 Taylor street. The young woman reiuxed her vigilance Tuesday morning and Miss Snearer left the howse. A note found in ber room stated she had gome tothe Home of Peace Cemetery. The police were notified late Tuesday night that she had failed to return home, and her description was sent to the out- side stations. About 6 o’clock yesterday morning Offi- cer Gaynor of the North End station ob- served a woman acting strangely on the beach near the Presidio. She was scantily attired and her skirts were dripping wet. The officer addressed her, and soon learned that not only was she the missing schoolteacher, but that she was insane. ‘I was on my way to dinner at a friend’s last night,” she said, “‘when I fell intoa I have been washing off the mud She couid nt tell who her friend was or how she had spent the night. The unfortunate woman was conveyed to the Receiving Hospital, whence her friends hud her conveyed to the It is believed by the physicians and Mre. Bucknall that Miss Shearer's iliness is cnly temporary, and that she will re- co\':r with a few weeks of seclusion and res! FOR TILL-TAPPING. Frank Tiernan Convicted and Willlam Toy Discharged. Frank Tiernan and William Toy, cha: ged with till-tapping, avpeared before acting NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS TIBIBY seeirds h2 2 wkk *wwww«hm&vmmw&*w**mgw*wmv?nw&m*atv INCORPORATED. 937-945 MARKET STREET. oo BFEOEOBO0000B0B0000 Outing Dresses—for Children’s wear or Shoppi unexcelled. 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Hale's....... 33° Yard LRI LR R R R R L L R R R R R R R LR AT LS sfasfreirefrerehrelrcesrehrehrsianianiants properly treate: dresses. At Hale' CEHAMOIS GLLOVES. THE LATEST FOR WASH DRESSES—A cake of Cleaning Soap free with every pair. Heavily embroidered wash silk back; two or three clasp. > tn = o z tm tn t T > | w & Q tn 85c AND The only correct glove for summer Will wash like a handkerchief it $81.00 A PAaIR. IS FRISCOS BUSIEST STORE. B o e e T R e o Cong0002 Sgpp e THE MONUMENT TO | LINCOLN'S MEMORY Archbishop Riordan More Than Willing to Ren- der Aid. Rev. Dr. Dille Thinks a Lin- coln Service Would Be Most Appropriate. Circulers to Be Sent Out to All the School Children—Lincoln Day Programme. To-day a circular addressed to the school-children will be sent broadcast over the State by the Lincoln Monument League. +This movement,” it states, “started by | comrades of the Grand Army, has grown to be a movement of the people. It will beeverybody's monument. It will be your monument, for you can help to ouild it.” The advisory board has now been com- pleted. Its personnel includes: Mayor Phelan, Hon. George C. Perkins, Hon. E B. Pond, Hoa. L. R. Ellert, Hon. Adolph Sutro, C. L. Barrington, R. H. Webster, Dr. D. F. Ragan, Samuel L. Waller, Ed- win L. Head, Dr. Charles A. Clinton, Rev. Dr. E. B. Spaulding, Silas A. White, Henry E. Highton, Joseph P. Le Count, P. F. Walsh, Charies B. Perkins. Two thousand certificates, in books of | fitty, were sent down to the G. A. R.en- campment at Salinas yesterday. The au- thorization to destribute circulurs and receive money was printed in last Sun- day’s CALL. The committee on schoolsand churches, composed of Professor Elisha Brooks, principal of the Girls’ High Scnool; Pro- fessor Siias A. White, principal of the Spring_Valley Grammer School; Pro- fessor W. B. Hamiiton, principal of the Lincoln Grammar School; Professor Seldon Sturges, vice-prinvipal of the Horace Mann Grammar School, and Cap- A. J. lisell, vice-principal of the Hearst Grammar School, has prepared an Police Judge Kerrigan yesterday morning. Toy took the stand as a witness for the prosecution against Tiernan and Tiernan was convicted and ordered to appear for sentence to-day. The charge against Toy was dismissed. Tne offense for which they were arrested s for stealing $5 from the till in Horan’s aloon, 743 Howard street. They were also suspecied of stealing $5 from Heg- gerty’s saloon, Fourth and Clementina streets; §2 from a saloon at Fourth ana Tehama sireets, and $45 from a saloon at Third and King streets. About two years ago Tiernan and Toy were arrested for robbing George Hogan, a newspaper man, in J. Wright's on Third and Everett sireets. The charge was reduced to petty larceny and they got six months each in the County Jail. i Exwminer of Teas A civil service commission examination will be held in the Custom-house on May 15 for tho position of Exeminer of Teas. The office was created by the passage oran act by Con- gTess (o prevent the importation of impure and unwholesome teas. ~Applicants should #pply to Haskius, secretary of the Board of Examiners, appropriate programme for the exercises in the public schools on Lincoln day, 28, and submitted it to Superiendent W ster. It will shortly be sent to the princi- pals of the various schools. Letters commendatory of the worthy roject are still coming in to Professor LA Stong, the president of the leazue. Tiey come not only from the Golden State and the Paciiic Coast, but the far East. Adjutant Henry J. Sakley of Uncle Sam Post, G. A. R.. Los Angeles, signifies his willingness to do hard work for the cuuse if endowed with the proper author- ity. Archbishop Riordan writes as follows: SAN FRANCISCO, April 20, 1897. Professor W. W. Stone—DEAR SIR: 1 am in pertcet nccord with the aims of the Lineoin Monument National League, and shall be giad 1o co-operate in any way thatIcan with the committee having charge o1 the work. Sin- cerely yours. P.W. RIORDAN. Dr. E. R. Dille writes that the idea of a Lincoln service in all the churches is an admirable one, and he is sure the clergy will all fall in line with fervor. *I shail count it,” he says, “‘the privilege of my lifs to render the movement any aid my power.” Under the date of April '20 Robert A. Friedrich, president of the Union Leagu Club, writes that he presented the matter of raising a fund for the monumeut before the ciub at its last meeting. The proposition met with a hearty re- sponse and a committee had been ap- pointed to co-operate with the league. It is composed of Judge M. Cooney, Hon. Tirey L. kord and Colonel A. E, Castle James Lewis Rake, commande chief of the Sons of Veterans, writ letter to Professor Stone from Reading, Pa., heartily commendatory of the pro- ject. J. Winkler writes from Oakland that at the last meeting of Lyon Post the matter was Iaid before it and all were enthusi- astic in its support. A conference committee was appointed in the persons of Past Commander J. | Winkler, Surgeon J. A. Robinson and Chaplain J. H. Curry. John D. Spreckols writes that he cannot serve on the advisory committee owing to the demands of business and absence from the State, but that he is hearuly in sympathy with the movement to do honor to the memory of Lincoln and wishes the league succes DRANK (ARBOLIC AQID. Frederick Burgmayer Committed Sul- cide Last Night. Frederick Burgmayer, 38 years of age, a cook by occupation, committed suicide by taking carbolic acid in his home, 952 Harrison street, last evening. The de- ceased was in an intoxicated condition when be swallowed the dose that ended his life. Burgmayer was steamer Farallone. Early yesterday morning be informed his wife that he would return home at 7 o'clock in the evening. At 10 o'clock he made his appearance employed on the and had apparently been drinking heavily. SR Mrs. Burgmayer was in an adjoining room attending to her children, of whom she has two. She returned in a few min- utes and found her Lusband on tie floor in convulsions. An empty carbolic acid bottle lay near at hand. The Coroner’s office was notified shortly after death had taken place and the boay was removed to the Morgue. — e The Chinese preserve eggs by coating them with mud. NEW TO-DAY. Because you could not be the first to try M Baking Powder must you be the last? If so, try % fine Spices and Flavoring Ex- tracts now. 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