The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1877-10-10
INVESTIGATING THE WORKINGS OF
THE RECIPROCITY TREATY.

Many OF our readers eoaot aware that q
Government Commission has been for some time In
session In San Francisco, Investigating various
nafsers connected with the revenue, inclnding the
working Of the Reciprocity Treaty. In the "sxn
Francisco Csir' of Sept 18th, we hcd the following
amoog other eyidenee. taken before the Commission
CLAUS sPkEckEIS
President of the California Sugar Refinery testified
In rrsarc To the Haxziiaa treaty, that during last
year one-,hird OF the importsti0es 1f sugar be-
tonSrd TO the previous years CROPS. Some "a Co.,
wv pounds OF new sugar are Imported from the
Sa"dwlce Islands. .onat One-thiro ct eur consump-
tloa- Tbs remaining t~o-thirds Imported from
Manila, Batavia, Centrsl America, Mexico TOrrnosz
and Cnlentfa- Scgzrs iron theSg piacvs uiabic
Thr sugar Planters Of the sandwich lsiauts are
pFincipally Americans, with few German and
Scotch The Islands, he thinks eotne In direct
competition With the rS6nrrs berr, they continue
10 wash their sugar, affer going through the boil
Ing his opinion Is that washing prucess Is e.
s~ntially q refining process. and washed sugars
from the Islands should be subject TO duty. They
should not be admitted free Only nav sugars,
Wituess does not believe FoTmosa or Msaiila sugar
could be mixed with Hawaiian sugar so as TO es-
cape detection He thought the trezty beredrisl IL
Its provisious arc fairly enforced. The lslaHas
practically an American colony. Two-thiEds Of the
piautatious belong 10 Americans
To Major Norris.-The falling OF in shipments
OF sugar IRON the East Is Immense since the treaty
came Into force; bat IL Is not Ia consequence Of the
treaty New Plantations being laid out. and
the Islands will eventually produce great deal
more sugar. Sugar Is not any lower to the Gun
sumer siuce the trss;y went into effect. Nv is
interested in sugar plantation Have impaired
100000 or l5.oooo 900 pounds sipee the treaty
passed Do not think even light sugar IRON Ma
AHA could be passed OF as sugar irou Hawaii
Manila sugar IS mixed With sand irvu the mould
aud Is cot manipulated with the centrifugal ma
ehine.
NM
o aolerook, Merrill & Co., added nothing new
10 the general verdict Of the merchants the
conduct Of the Custom House The trade of
since the treaty came into force
HENRY u. WILLIAMS,
The ReciprocitT Treaty is great benefit to CON-
uerce AT small cost, and is benefit to this
coast that othefswise should rot have.
reciprocity treaty with the Islands offered with
the Australian colonies, and If that bad gone into
effect, all the business or the Islands would have
gone that way. There Is large increase of tx
ports TO the Islands. Registered tolnsxe to the
Islands has increased f:ty per cent, and whereas
previously the vessels had Light and not very val
liable eargoes, such goods. now they
20 full aud the cargoes consist Of valuable mer
ehandlse.
vx HENRY DIAMOND,
Confidential clerk for Williams Blanchard & Co.
said be was born in the Sandwich Islands, and
lived there 20 Years. Trade with the Islands has
not only increased, bot almOs: doubled in every
rrspect-uot ouly In goods. but in vessels which
being built on this coast for Hawaii Supposss that
ssyen-eiShths OF the trade Is doue With this coast
The reasoo prices OF have not been stected Is
that the Hawaiian crop Is o6ly oBe-third our con
sumption, and besides Immediately alter the pass
age OF the treaty, sugars rose all over The world
Scven-eShths OF the plantations are held BY Ameri-
cans. Had 4 treaty been negotiated with the Aus
trazn colonies, the principal portion Of the trade
would have gone there. The native population is
shout 5000. and II is dying OF very rapidly. The
On IL FINN m
lula has due hzrbor. and il would make 4 splen-
did naval station Were the Islands 10 the hands of
foreign power, the effect would be fatal 10 Ameri
can Commerce. good many la6orers are leaving
here for the Islands. Do not think there Is much
possibility OF importing Nknilla other foreign
sugar into Hawaii and sending il here Haw ,iiau
sugar osca1se the ISLANDERS know the importance
OF the treaty and would not permit anything Of
that nature TO eopardize il. The rice OF Hawaii Is
Carolina rice, and il sells al four or five eeuts.
They export their rice here, and import from here
japanese or Chinese rice, which they can land AZ
three cents. They sell their own and rice
spreckels last yea- purchased the principal portion
OF the HaEaiian crop OF sugar al low rate, and
that enabled him to keep his sugar frni, aud to 4
certain extent, TO control the trade Chinese la
oorers are g1inx TO the Islands; Tut the Chinese
are not employed principally. ship load of white
et1igrans left reeently Over thre--fourths OF the
exports are American
CAPTAIN ". H TAYLOR,
OF the Risdou Iron Works, said his frm bail; 8
another steamer is being constructed Is satisfied
that the treaty has given stimulus to our trade
There Is question that the treaty Is beneficial,
saG above the loss revenue, BY reason Of The
trade il fosters
Hw. SEVERANCE,
Consul TO the Hawaiian Government ct this port.
said the exports to Hawaii during the last twelve
months have exactly doubled compared with the
preceding year. At least seven-eizhths at the
goods are American. There are few esses of goods
that come from the East for Hawaii, and these are
principally American goods. From Sept lsI5, to
lSTB. the total value of goods exported from San
francisco WAS $5l7 49, and 4 teW invoices outside
OF this verified In the last L months
the exports were $3.50 y7s. There Was in addition
4 good deal of lumber from Northern Californian
ports In 1875 the value Of this Was $50 900 and
This year the amount will be $50 GOO. That swells
Der not Included is exported from the Psget Sound
ports. That lumber Tar exceeds 10 value the red
wood. good many small vessels have been built
here and the number of our sailing vessels in the
trade has doubled Trade and commerce have been
benefited by the treaty, snd In the next six
an increase may be hoped for Of 50 per cent La
borers going to the Islands from this port 10
large numbers Last mouth vessel cleared with
50 laborers hired At so per month Does not see
how cargoes Of Manila sugar could be landed on the
Islands without all the facts being known TO The
residents Smuggling of that description is ueri
to impossible Has doubt that il & treaty had
not been concluded with America, HAWAII would
have had treaties both with Australia and Se1
I Zealand FOur-dfths Of the merchants here are ir
favor Of the treaty Is OF opnioa that three-tourth
/ Of the plantations Of the Islands owned b.
| Americans and the remainder By Germans
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