The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-04-22

1 Lelal FNchnFEN VIII De fufftel ~ cur NNh AAtNl
asd ships. thus giving another imPetus 20 our ma
| tional progress.
"Tbe discussions which have engaged % large a
share Of public attention. AZ 20 the opposing doc
trines 81 FREE trade and protcction,' are nov Of
diminished Importance. The TAXATION needed Tor
the expenses II government aud interest on the ma
tional debt is already 90 burdcnsome that argument
rs TO the exPcdicney q lcvying further taxes ON tho
many FOR tho benefit q tho few should by common
consent be postponed. Revenue with the least pos
tariff.
For these reasons I regard the Hawaiian Islands.
although no part Of this continent, yet as conner
cially, politically, and in fac, a. part Of is nppuf-
tenances. and 90 be properly included In the npplica-
ton Of the Monroe doctrine. prohibiting the inter
venticn Of European powers IN then. VI TINS u
was well said by President johnson In bis message
Of December o, 1896. that IL has a. law been sane
toned by time. and by lie good results has approved
itself 20 both continents' We all remember how
Mr.. Seward, soon after the civil war had ceased. as-
serted this doctrine. and urged the evacuation Of
Mexico by the French In language addressed 20 our
minister Ia France. and not the less significant be
cause IL was duly courteous. we shall, he SAID,
be gratihed when the Emperor shall, either through
the channel Of your esteemed correspondence or
otherwise, give definite Information o. the time when
French military operations may be expected % cease
in Mexico We all know the suspicious events
which followed as the practical result OF this ma
tional assertion. In my judgment the proposed
treaty with the Hawaiian Islands has a similar ten
dency. II we refuse, II Is certain that they viii
form at least commercial allilnccA Win hftat Dflthln
and her colonies. aud such an opportunity as now
presents itself will be lost 20 ne forever. In n naval
and military point Of view. many Of our highest
authorities have repeatedly warned us not 20 permit
the islands 10 pass into the hands Of any foreign
power.-.hr. Ward, AZ .Nsp York.
"The principal commodities imported from the
islands TO either Oregon or the Territory are sugar
and salt, principally the former. Now. there 10 mo
good reason why these articles should not be adj
mitted free Of duty. in part compensation for far
greater advantages derived by MS from this friendly
legislation. IL must be ~rememoered that but a
timited quantity Of sugar Ia produced on the Paeihe
coast. far less than il demanded 20 supply the wants
Of the people. There IL no maple sugar produced
there aud none manufactured from the sugar cane.
1.-THE imposition Of n duty would not benefit the
producers Of this article In the Mississippi Valley,
because the cost Of transportation by rail for over
three thousand miles would be as great NJ n moderate
duty. Sailing vessels coming In ballast from the
islands would bring IL az a cost Of not over S8 per
ton. Sugar would be worth no more per pound 90
the producer; the profit would all 90 to the carrier.
Besides there is an abundant and rcnuncratiye
market for all the sugar produced In the United
States among the people living east Of the Rocky
Mountains The only effect, then, Of n tariff on
island sugar would be 10 compel us 10 pay a higher
price for what we consumed than IN paid by tho rest
Of the people Of the United States without any cor
responding benefit to anybody.-Mr. Jacobs, OF
Warrington TsTrif0ry.
1.-THE first objection IL that IL IL gift OF four or
five hundred thousand dollars TO the sugar producers
Of the Hawaiian Islands. The annual imports into
the UniteQ STATES from tnOte lhlnnuh amount 10 n
little over 81 ,000. 900. OF that amount the impor-
tation Of sugar is about $3.50 900. Is there any
benefit 10 be derived on our side Of this treaty for
this bonus which we propose 10 grant 10 the foreign
producer. | assume that Il Is capable Of demonstra-
ton that il is a gift TO the foreign producer, and no
benefit TO our citizens on the Pacific coast. Whyf
Because the price Of sugar in the West viii be regu-
lated, not by the duty which you take on the Sand
wich Islands sugar, but by tho price OF the sugar
that is transported into that country from the At
lantic seaboard. The sugar brought into the United
States amounts 10 about $50. DOC, 900 a year, a con-
sumption Of about 80 n head among our people.
There are about 100000 Of peoplo "a the Pacific
seaboard. They consume about two m.lson dollars
worth Of sugar annually. They obtain one-half Of
the sugar they consume from the sandwich Islands.
The other half they obtain after paying n duty in
the cities Of Galveston, New Orleans. New York,
Boston, and other Atlantic seaports. and then trans
port il by rail TO the Pacific coast. There 10 not n
sufficient supply OF the sugar coming from the lla-
waiian Islands 10 satisfy the demand Of that western
country. Hence they have 10 buy at whateyer price
they can the sugar that comes from the eastern sea-
board. When this sugar, brought from the East,
after paying charges and duties aud cost OF trans
comes 20 the consumer In California,
oregon. Nevada, and Utah. the consumer Is obliged
TO pay the cost Of the article with these charges
added the original cost Of the product. the cost Of
water transportation, the cost OF the duty. the cost
Of rail transportation. What IN the resultf Why,
the eastern sugar fixes infailibly the price Of
the Hawaiian sugar just as much a. the Russian
wheat fixes the price Of your western wheat In the
Of Great Britain.
"Then, sir, IL is a gift; II is n bounty. And
when you remove this bounty the people Of Califor-
MIA will pay twelve months from the day after you
have passed this bill-for that il will pass I suppose
there is no question will pay the same price for
their sugar from the Hawaiian islands that they pay
to day-Wr. yMHis, Of Teraf.
"What are theyi What IL their country : These
10000 people dwell upon eleven islands, divided
into eleven mmunities-irreRular
divided and on every island they are again sub
divided and kept apart by volcanic mountains aud
rugged and inhospitable plains Of lava. Where,
under these circumstances, Is the possibility Of de-
a home market and a producing population
with whom international exchanges can be nader
no point Why. sir, twenty bags Of potatoes
overstocked the market Of Honolulu. the chief town
Of the Hawaiian Islands. Ia making this assertion
| speaked by the record. have here MIR. Nordhon's
book.
"Now for the Job. These abandoned or unde-
yeloped sugar plantations have been bought up by
American capitalists; and IL is they who ask us 10
give. under the guise OF n reciprocity treaty, 90
their foreign and untaxable investments Whatever
the duties on sugar gives 10 the home
Would the amount they produce lessen
the price in our markets Why, sir, in comparison
with the eighty million dollars worth OF sugar
melado, and strip Of sugar. flor they are
all named In the schedule), the relatively small
AMOUNT those islands could produce would do moth
ing I o.Teduce the price by Overlooking the market,
at the market price. They would pocket the
duty; and the general American market for sugar
would regulate the price at which they would sell.
rs il does the Hawaiian sugar On which we now
collect duty.
The object and intent, the pith and marrow OF
biz Is 10 vote into the pockets Of those recreant
American citizens the money that we now collect
will from year 10 year collect on Hawaiian
sugar. molasses, melado, and strip OF sugar. This
IS The whole story. They have nothing llse 10 ex-
port to us. They and their He.waiian or MongoliaD
abOrers will want nothing that they do NOT al
take from us. How much American energy.
enterprise. and capital may develop the sugar
Of those islaq.ds, i cannot tell but n This
bill passes, the duty on that amount, be II what n
nay, will have been granted as a subsidy 10 those
american citizens who. have invested capital I'm
Iugar fields and those Americans who. In order 10
.nable themselves 10 serve in the court OF His
Majesty, have denationalized themselves. Into
heir pockets, and theirs alone, will go the duties
bat should lessen the burdens Of our oyertaxed
people ."-Wr. ReHey. of peanSyiDcnfa.