The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-05
THE HAW TREATY

Nj single moi nf Legislation lun,n hostile e.
tho aunar uintaaia oF thla Ataie wna eve,
nnaand fy Congress thnn Tho rneiutnnt =
tfnnty With tho Hnmisluh laiauda y was a
scheme Hniip,t up IN the Interest If foreign
araat land owners. both AmnlIaan and Ing
ltal and ais 81 seven Hnaiuu merchants. pro
p,lotnrp ~ auaar estates. ~ Interested tlore
In. wpn The urialna'nrR an'l agents through
whom this hugo speculation wac a,,ronHafull Y
engineered In Washington Eve'y 81" 10
nnnhaia tho Walt pl Ming ltallhua IT, TILE
country IN 1915. anl tho demonstration made
nj thu North over ha Mnieai oF Tho Eantl
winh lalauda, lnt few auapeetn'l That this was
tho calcium light which was g. ia7aln tho evo
and bnwIldat tho brain IT ma enchanted pub
llo whlla tho Ronnn ahftnia were buHily NJ
ranging The aiand naln u la y we'll ltnnwn
| fact that HE egpenaea warA pald by tho ring
nf apnrulatnra nta himaelf mud suite intro
dunad III aiva personal weight to the oflnris
III Those who were working undo, The
nulaa ~ a reciprocal hnuetit IN their own ael
flah anaa .lu what extent ille reciprocity
VIZ, ha IT, tho honnlIt of thla country may he
roa,lIly inferred from tho faol Tint eiaiisttn,
|
chow that tho actual value " all Annda I'm
pnrtad from tho United 9tntns Into Hawaii
during tho past ilara year was No eaa thar
tho amount II duty ramltnd upon sugar
alone This haa boon thn working nf tho
treaty alnoo II went Into operation -Four yents
ago Tho hlaIneaa way IT, cypress II Is, that
II would ha cheaper for tho government Ia
buy AMI alva ~ Tho Sandwich Ialanda tho
pnuda lmputlnl from tho United Hates than
e. remit LhatlutIaa upon tho sugar sent io the
United Btatea from honolulu
! HesldeH tho nilmutia given 10 he cultiva-
tion ~ nane IN thean lalautia hy Tho operation
II this one sided trcaty. the door aroned ~
tho Fraudulent Introduction nf suga,a from
Tho Fast Indies vla Honolulu IL ono ~ the
tnnat gla,lnn injurea ~ tho sugar growers II
tho tlnito States. md especially Ia tho
planters Of Louisiana. Within tho paat f"ur
years tho product Of these aands Inns quad
ruplad. Tho soil ANIL climate being especially
adapted tu ratlo culture Tho yiold reaching
40 high "a ak tons Of augar 10 the Rote md
PROFESSIONALLY more inviting thn capital ~ the
world In nh invnstmont producing ahoh largo
rottlrna. and afforded FREQ market nndor tho
treaty now In rorca IN such All eEtont ln7
thia culture become profitable. That the
groainat engineering akll has boon brought
into ,ian and millions expended tn reclaim
lands. which. without the certainty
Of the result nj stake. would do
tor .aa hodoat Itneontly n capitalist
or Han Francisco. owning largo poaHnsaona IN
tho lannd Of Maui ono Of tho group. I'm
preaaed with tho value Of sugar culture. hna
ea,lard To be dug and constructed, Mt an eK
pcnao Of somewhnt over u million OF dollars.
~ canal with thu Wow Of bringing tho waters
of Il number OF mountain atrnnma 10 his land
for Irrlgatlng aud milling purposes employ
Ing somo a50 mon. mostly Cinnamon. and "c.
cupyIng nnn months In tho work Such great
| undertakings na thono. I'm order IT, provide
only water fnolliiea For u foW thousand ncrot
Of land to be planted In cane. contain Volumes
oT Thought mud reelection for tho Louisiana
sugar planter who with evory alOh facility nj
his door ean hardly mako tho return ON his
i invoRtment pay profit. With chAnp lnbot
from China and the lalandR themselves. u
growth of emo and n Yield fur In osnose oI
our bogt cultivated folds. u ready market mt
hand and an exemption from duty. " IL only
question OF tme how long our own struggling
industry enn withstand such Influences. That
undor cover Of this troaty much sugar mol
mado In tho Sandwich Ialauda has boon intro.
duoed into this country has been fully ostnb
liahod by the excngslvo importatlons through
san Francisco during tho paat yonr Or two
tho opportunity for an evasion Of the strict
intent 81 tho law being apparent. Tho darl
, brown sugars Of the East Indies and Of Chine
~ II
Honolulu aud reshlpped tn free market fol
roady sale, II. indeed they aro not IN Rse
through In tho original package.
i II IL gratifying to know that tho attention
Of the Secretary OF tho Treasury has ben1
!. drawn To the unequal operation Of the treaty
[ and that tho government Is alive to tho Gro
D Into which former Congress has been lcd
: and 1t Is not unlikely that Mr.. Sherman will
+ at the opening of Congress, draw attention
7 % the Disparity In the working Of this 80
Y called reciprocity treaty. In tho interesaai
i the Louisiana sugar planters ESPECIALLY
r and also the sugar growers Of the dlrsren
< sections OF the country, this treaty should b
| abrogated. and II behooves Senator's and Ref
v resontatives from this State TO bestir them
u solves ut once to accomplish this object.
= The manufacture OF sugar from sorghum
!. from corn and from beets, now being gradu
n ally developed In the North and West, ougt
certainly To furnish them with allies rror
o those States In which such Industries hay
t been established, AMI the planters whose Ii
q terests are affected BY the continuance Of TIL
: unjust discrimination to foreigners, an
i those who are largely dependent upon tn
maintenance OF our augar culture for SUI
! port, win LOOK for acag re and energetic co-oi
I eratlon oy al q oslTmembers In Washingto
curing she ls tent session, with view
man We