The Hawaiian gazette., 1876-10-18

that any Hawaiian Sugar will be reShipped from
I this port TO New York To come into composition
with planters IN the Southern states, while al the
I same time consumers here Go not expect 10 reap
much advantage from the removal Of duty from GER
tain grades OF Hawaiian Sugars. II IS conceded that
whatever is gained in this respect will inure TO the
! benefit OF the Hawaiian plnnters."
This is what the MsTcUy thinks about it;
The present treaty is one equally family as
finance. Il is but short time since this very group
Of Islands sought the proteetorAte Of the United
States. Their efort is to secure emigration, and
I thus BY means Of q blood relationship 10 mutua ly
advance aad catvate the intorests Of the two eoun-
! tries The benefits derived t. the United states
need uo be cNpatisted upon. Ia ease of a sever
auce OF comfy between this country aud Spain, a
great dcsrth Of the leading staples Is bound to eusue
Tie treaty with Hawai- not Ouy fosters the eutva-
ti1u Of these commodities, but it induces immigra-
tiou provides the United states With source FROM
which great benefits well con venieuees may be
ultimately had, and without burden to any portion
II the country, will doubtless eventually prove a
swing OF many millions year. which now operates
against the interests Of the United States to the
| benefit uf Power Ut whom VIC have yet 70 appre-
eate any great advantages in vur relations there
| with"
on the fourth page will be found four laws
passed at the late session Of the Legislature,
which are as follows:
An Act to aid the development of the re-
sources Of the Kingdom.
An Act relating TO Interpleading.
An Act to authorize loan for three hun
dred thousand dollars.
An Act relative to the abatement of actions
in Courts.
By the bark Edward May, which arrived
( last week, a number of copies of an anony-
nous brochure We're received by various
/ parties in town, chiefly plantation owners or
agents. 1t is addressed "To the Sugar
Planters and others connected with the Sugar
Interests of the Hawaiian Islands," and was
evidently indited under the pressure Of con-
siderable excitement. Indeed. this is acknow-
lodged in the opening paragraph which reads
thus:
"Ou the arrival Of the 'Zealaudia." 90 the Goth
instant. with The information that the San Francisco
Sugar Refneries had secured by contract two thirds
Of the Sugar product Of the Islauds for 1871 it was
very apparent that intense indignation was excited
by this TASTY, and impolitic action"
1t is not stated where, or among what class
this "iutense indignation was excited" but
it is presumed that it was chiefly among the
Commission Merchants of San Francisco, who
are rivals to some extent of the Retineries,
and who have, under the system of the past,
held the almost exclusive business of selling
Hawaiian Sugars. 1t is natural that they
should have felt vexed that the Refneries
should have stolen march on them, but the
matter is not so bad as "Pacifc Slope" ap-
pears to think. Contracts have been made
with the Refneries for less than one half of
next years crop, and when these contracts
expire the Hawaiian planters are under no
obligation to renew them. but will be free to
sell their next crop to the highest bidder, or
to ship to San Francisco on their own account.
if they prefer to do so. To tell the plain
truth, the planters here are very much like
business men in other parts of the world, and
in their business transactions they are iniu-
enced to great extent by motives of self
interest and in the least possible degree by
sentiment. We are well aware that among
the many influences which combined to bring
about the Treaty, the efforts Of our friends on
the Pacific Slope are not among the least, and
they may rest assured that those efforts are
duly appreciated by this people and Govern
ment; but we must include among those in |
fuences "ais ,rittfrurd Of the opposition Of |
he San Francisco Sugar RsJin-IieS:" " for, had |
it continued, the chances of the Treaty would /
have been small indeed, "Pacifc Slope " to
the contrary, notwithstanding. In the future |
the Hawaiian planters will continue to sell /
their sugar whenever and wherever they can |
get the most advantageous terms. Many will |
doubtless prefer to sell here for cash, rather
than assume the risks and incur the DELAYS in 1
payment, incident to shipments abroad. |
OILERS will continue to do as they have done,
and dispose of their produce through tie
agency of the middlemen on the coast. 1t
must not be forgotten that about one-third of
the whole sugar crop of the Islands is of so
dark grade that it cannot be disposed of to
any extent except for refinery purposes, and
as the Reineries Of the Coast are practically
under one management there is little or no
competition for it; but it must be sold at
whatever figure the Refneries may think best
to offer. 1t is apparent, therefore, that there
may be prudential reasons in certain cases for
selling the whole crop of plantation to the
Refneries at fair price, rather than to obtain
a higher rate for the best grades, and run the
risk of being compelled to let the inferior
grade 90 for much less that its actual value.
Tie impotent threats Of the pamphlet re-
ferred to, in regard to the inevitable failure of
the Treaty, if we do not conduct ourselves in
such way as to regain and retain the favor
of the its "oLD friends, are unworthy of the
source from whence it emanated, and cause
Us to feel no surprise that the circular was
anonymous. In the first place the threat is
based upon an erroneous statement which we
viii charitably suppose to have been the re-
suit of ignorance There has never been
precedent in any action on the part of the
United States Government for such breach
Of international good faith, and it is a base
sIur upon the honor of that government to
assert that it can do such thing. In the
matter Of the extradition treaty between Eng
land and the United States, the latter govern
ment took the high and honorable ground that
no llw Of Parliament could, undsr any cir
stances, Be made to aJrogais treafy,'' and
Secretary Fish declined to continue negotia-
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