The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-01-16

three exceedingly noteworthy facts For
instance, there you do not hurry up and
cut your cane when it blossoms, but you
just let 1t alone and cut it when you choose
no harm will come of It And you do
not have to keep an army OF hands to
plant in the planting season, grind in the
grinding season, and rush in frantically
and cut down the crop when frost
threatens. Not at all. There is no hurry.
You can run a large plantation with but
few hands, because you plant pretty much
when you please, and you cut your cane
and grind it when it suits your convent
ence. There is no frost, and the longer
the cane stands the better it grows. Some
times-otten, in tact-part of your gang
are planting a field, another part are cut
ting the crop from an adjoining field, aud
the rest are grinding at the mill. You
only plant once in three years, and you
take off two ratoon crops without replant-
ing. You may keep on taking off ratoon
crops about as long as you please, indeed
every year the bulk of the cane will be
smaller, but the juice will grow regular
ly, denser and richer, and so you are all
right. [ know of one lazy man who took
Oft sixteen ratoon crops without replant-
ing
What fortunes those planters made dur
ing our war, when sugar went up into the
twenties 1t had cost them about ten or
eleven cents pound, delivered in San
Francisco, and all charges paid Now if
any one desires to know why these plant
ers would probably like to be under our
flag, the answer is simple We make
them pay US a duty of four cents q pound
on refined sugars at present; brokerage,
frelghts and handling (two or three times),
costs three cents more; rearing the cane,
and making the sugar, is an item of five
cents more-total, II cents a pound, or
within cent of it, anyhow. And TO-DAY
refined sugar is only worth about II II
cents (wholesale) in our markets. Profit
hone worth mentioning. But if we
were to annex the islands and do away
with that crushing duty Of four cents a
pound, some of those heavy planters who
can hardly keep their heads above water
now, would clear S75, 900 year and up
ward. Two such years would pay for
their plantations and ali their stock and
machinery. 1t is so long since was in
the islands that feel doubtful about swear
ing that the United States duties on their
sugars was four cents q pound. but | can
swear it was not under three
TUE TRUE PRINCE
| would like to say word ahoGt the
late King kamehameh9 Y. and the system
OF government, but | will wait a day
Also. | would like to know why your cor
respondents so calmly ignore the true heir
to the Sandwich Islands throne. rs if he
had no existence and no chances; and |
would like to heave in a word for him. |
refer to our staunch American sympa-
thizer, Prince William Lunaliio descend
ant of eleven generations ot Sceptcred
savages-a splendid fellow, with talent,
genius, education, gentlemanly manners,
generous instincts, and an intellect that
! shines as radiantlv through floods Of
whisky rs if that fluid hut fed calcium
light in his head. All people in the islands
know that William-or "Princc Bill" rs
they call him. more in affection than other
| wise-stands next the throne; and so why
iS he ignored MARK TWAIN.
Hartford, 81 January, 1873.