Nuhou, Volume II, Number 21, 7 October 1873 — Ä HOME MARKET. [ARTICLE]

Ä HOME MARKET.

We understand that thc \voatliei . on Hawaii and Kauai is ail that eoukl he desired for the sugar eane, and the erop promises to be large. On Maui the dry \veather sti!l eontinues and will shorten the yield for that island verv materially; at the sarne ūme we see nothing as yet that would lead us to ehange our estimate of the next crop. say, 3O 5 000,0GŌ pounds, as puhlished in our issue of Ktay 6th, We are pleased to see that our sugars are still going towards Australia, The result of seeking that market will be felt in many ways. īn the first plaee, we feel certa.in the feturns will be better and the proeeeds in hand sooner. It will relieve the Califbrniā market, now over-stocked f and it will glve to A'ustralian purchasers an idea that we ean . fu.rn ; .ish them part of their supplles mā wiil Induce them to pro.vide accordingly/ The brig llelene sailed on Saturday for Syclney with a full cargo of sugar and pulu. The yessel, howevcr, being small. hee cargo will not eflect the market mueh, We under--Btand her eharterers declined to take any : outside letters, fearing, no doubt, that advices mlght go fbrward of other shipments io lollow, Thls no doubt may be a the same time wlien it is known that Australia imports frorn Mauritius alone from 30,000 to 40,000 atmually v we need hardly fear tiie results of a cargo ef 120 tons; And uoukl it lioi be better. if not more business !ike, (o ,ulvise the merchants of Sydney of the quality and quantities vve eoukl āirnish them, and make a market at home for our sugars. Sydney ean send for our sugarscheaper than \ve ean send them, from the fact—she has a !arge fleet of her own, aside from a tmnsient «ne whieh is always drawn towards a targe port. Australia sends her vessels to Mauridus with her agents to purchase sugar, The freight is usually from 54,00 lo §5.00 per !ong lon, the distance is greater thanbetween Sydhey ahd this port ; yet we pay from $10 lo $15 per short ton. The Sydney merchants| have to provide the outward cargo also, whieh coiisisits chiefly of coals, flour, bran uul |>eef. Mauritius neitherlmports or exv pprts on their own account, Guano goes ūom Peru on aecount of that governmenti Other cargoes are sent on account of the return cargo t and when we learn that over one hundrecl v£ssels were in Port Louis; the' i:nd of !ast March waiting for sugar, half ofwhieh had to leave in ballast for want of| cargo to Joad them ; and quite a number ot\ these were frbm Australia, we eannol doubt but if we deal tairly and openly wjth iho vnerchauts of Sydney and Melhoume, and let them know that we ean futmsllUiem with 5 or 10,000 tons of eemin ctasses of sugars to be delivere4 at certam periods and a* !ow as thcv cfan be furnished with the

>iiae qualities at but that vve ean J make a profitable bu?ine>s arrangement <vith j thcn Mauritius of the same gradej as for the past three years have costfully one eent per pound rnore than ours have netted, The Sydney and Melbourne merchan(? are <Venerallv ftien of larire means and prefer • © w w 4 1 to purcha?e sugars rather than have them ■ consio*ned to tnem for sale. and for that! ■ , : ; i reasoti they have mere!y provided for their j \vaiits and have kept their rnarket in a| healthy state, anel that being the case, eon-! signments are not likely to meet such favor | as they inight othervvise do, unless at suchJ times as a scarcity mayjarjse between crops.! Therefore \ve say to our.p!anters and; agents, cultivate the idea of making a! markef at home, We eannot afford to pay | laree freiofhts —consism our to forēis:u ! o o o o o * markets and pay twelve per eenL for money. ■ When u*e havean opportunity to sell herej \ve shou!d do so. and not ask one or one and ! a ha!f eents'ner pound more than the staple ! nets abroad, as v r e learn is generally thej case: for \ve venture to say, if :i planter will j look o\ r er his books he will find every poundj so?d at home hos netted him one cent peH pound moee thnn that whieh has been! shipped, " j The argument is, that our sugar crop { is Small and not wc>rthy the attentkm of\ large markets Avhich is no argument at all. We venture to say, had anv of our nierchants gone to Sydney with samples of our ? suofars, £uaranteein£r n earcro and a 5 reasoaable inducenie»t for a raerchant to| give A*esse! a cargo of coais or othergood#J the satne a?- they do .to Mauritius; sugar| eoulil lmve l>een >oW nt fair prices aud the! trade opened up: but we cannot do it by | ?hipping on p!antation accoimt, neither tieed \ve send forwavd a schooner load of s]jgar| and try to keep it tfark thnt we have another ■ 100 tons to go forward short!y, for they may' get alarmed and conclude l»y having no' advices thnt fou>; or five clipper ships are' about to fo!!ow ntnl decline to purchase unti!' the fleet arrives. | This concealment was the po'licy of the' Phenieian* in their tin trade with Britain, of| the Dutch in the East Indies, and of the Sa!em merchants in the pepper coast traJe but this narrow minded secretivcness is uu-| worthy enlightened merchants and an eulightened state of this day. Let our tuerchants of Honolulu pursuc a tiberal, openhi»nded and enterprisīng policy, and they will establish a marlvet at home, and i flour- ■ ishinar Emporium in the Pacific.

An .—Wbitucj'6 Pailj Maiiae Eulkuu of yc3terday, snu?: <* The non arnvd of thc stearoer attributoJ her wUhilnwul o: ultcr* ation for reaeoos unknwnv" Now we want to Qāai6 tbat daily t?oui\*e of caiainforuiatiou tlie Oelphie Oeaele; wc havc to Jehc for 6e»6e Oi uicaniQg in utteraaces, aad do aot < alwav«? Cnd tlic:a j i y -