, 1879-01-08

start or maintain a suEhe plantation feQuitctl |
alarxe outay ot tmoucy for machinery. irrigation,
and labor, a. we'll ss implement". apd ts'on,
bc returned. They hati not tho money to do |
this, and could not get 1t from abroad. A num-
ber of plantations had been starred IN tha most
es oa esses en1 .ny
them brought their promoters 10 bankruptcy,
and wera finally abandoned, while others main. |
ta'ned = precaEloas s1.'tsnsc, eon.santiy thre,t-
which admitted Hawaiian sugar into the etates
CHANGED All. rnts.
CApttAt, without which the SUGAR interests there
mist rycr be falture, could now be ohtatncti
in sufficient hn1ounta TO tnaurc succtas whero
failure t,cfnrs was inevitable. Then thr e!la,-
739 Of duties which the seeretary says we have
have not been surrendered at all. etncc but Tor
The treaty there would l1ave been no sugar
there to import sntl collect duty from: but 10!
M ~ TIC o. .s 1er1
revenue could have been derived from that
source. It may be truly said that the treaty
has crcntcd tl,at SUGAR the loss Of the duty on
you may truly say that, without the treaty, the
revenue derived from, Hawaiian sugar would
never have BEEN and NIL this Increased demand Tor
our anulseiarss and 10 our Or enan ns
Created. All this Is due to The influence Of tho
reciprocity treaty. True, this sugar came in
competition with other and dutJ-partn9 sugar.
and to certain extent haA reduced tho revenue
ca sugar: but We may aafely assttms that tho
free admission Of this sugar has largely tncreas-
ed ita consumption, and has enabled thousands
Of poor families 20 have II on Their tao.es wno
without It. must think It d unfair fos she
| Secretary TO assume that all this money haa
been actually lost to the Government. entirely
omitting all benefits resulting from Its free trn-
Dnrfsfinr
III may be trnl, said that this frosty has Il.
ready created large amount Of wea!th. which
II has created new dctnands for our products tu
d quartcr most needed. has Afforded profit
| sblc Investments for otsr money, and has
had a stimulating Influence upon many
It scems to ms that srue statesmanshlp In this
country consists in creating demands Gbroad for
| our products. Every 1ack.knlfe or pair OF
scissoE which y sold 40 abroad 70 ~ neT eas@se " ,e
article, by tho door which II opens 70 The *
tension Of our trade. We are now n nation
beyond the chrysalis state. We have burst the
commercial world. and do not think 1t wise 70
| choke tp any channel which affords us An out-
ict Thepe, like tho percolaetnR channels
through tho Garth, will constantly enlarge by
1Frnm what you have said. presume that
| large part OF tho money which has created this
suenr interest In The Islands IL from the United
"Yes: nearly all OF It. 10 fact,
MOST or TlsH su0An PLANTATIONS uKIoNo TO
! our COuNTAyMKN,
or !he descendants ot Aneriesns born ,, thete,
mcnt. Not only Is the busIneas Of tho country
largely carried on BY Americans. but most Of
tbs public offices sre administered by Amer
leans. The Cabinet Offices src 70 tiiled, With
scarrcls an exception. This ChlefJustice and
one OF tho Assoetato Justices AFe from the
states, nld the other Assoctate Justico was
going coli out Of ny way : llttlo to speak Of the
ability and !nte9Htv ut that Court.
"Dloul IA thicker than water, and. aay what
you will, shcss considerations Will, md ought
10, enter into our feclinrs and our judgments
when considering this question That field has
lern exclusiv ely occupied by the American mis-.
sion. and for more TINT sixty years il has been
Object q 9Fea to .sons .oss ~no nd saks ,a.
Sums Of money hare bcen thus expended In this
field, md 10 strong ltgameris havc been
stretched between ths Two Countries, WHICH arc
: multiplied and strengthened YEN, aud more
| r., by this reciprocity treaty than by auy other
, means. These cords of unity and those scnst-
biltt!oA may not ruthtessly b destroyed, md he
norc far.rcaching throughout the land than he
, noY supposcs. There IL brnthe rtood betwcen
> Us and them which must not be altsoated.
WI not stop a9w 70 a!scu.s anS p1.':sl so
1 .loare that to your editorial stall or others
, whose business i ts to Jiscnss political topics
only scr,arklnE tbat 1t should be approached II
| broader Rpirit than usually attends Ctr do
.. meatlc political .quabb1cs."
I "Lct us return for \ moment to this suEa
a nuc1tion. Thcrc IL one poius which I hav
omitted and on Which uc1fra your Views. ]
:, has been stalcd that
= rur broAR-rLAxTrRs or Lours1AHA
y are espcctally hostile to this treaty bccaus
, ticy Rupposo 1t Affects thcIr interest. Now
. IL thtnk this must be puro assumption.
=. atn personally ncgnalntcd with many suNxr
!, planters In Louisiana, aud BY reputation VIII
on% ay a. a. q 1aa .e e.5s e
. pretending much moro complicated question
tllan this IT, This Hawaiian sugnr can never 4
It any possible why come 10 composition witl
i tie Tcche Valley In Louisiana lonc than IN al
Is tho HAWAIIAN Islands, md there never can be
Q sugar enough grown IN alt the tslands Of tllt
It I'aclhc 10 supplv the demands Of the Pacilc
il Tic lndian and tho Atlantic ocean,
10 arc hordercd BY The great suxsEnrodneinR
countries. while thcy arc very limited in the
pacihc. Admit s,19sr from tue we*t lndia
l. yul, wa1,ld tolrIi the Louisiana producer IN
!. vital place; but ho csn ncyer ba reached from
+ the Pacific Coat, do Whist you will thcFo Thia
. IL 80 lnablfeAt 3h1t bzfulJ dtem u worth
! tnomnnt's th0uvh,.h ,..-., ..-
Il aWeil. Judge, It Il manifest IRON what yor
II hnYu said that hare struck sou upon aubtccl
which yo ay ds prsTosy, y .sts %t sos 3
0 the couttnuance Of the reciprocity treaty will
Il Hawaii" 1905.
y ayes, I have rejected on Tho subject, Ut
Is d0uht, but not in thu light 1T pccunlaty inter
II cst, Tor never had and ncrar expect to liavs
}. one CENTS pscuntary interest In thuse Islands
T. or In irudc with them; nor flavc relative Of
earth, 80 far a. Eno" wno ms st'e 'ntste.s
!. States, md In that light only hnra soosidesr
thc q.,rstit'n. ! went, 1saw, Examined, ant
y was conquered"
Il | ntYgFy MAD NnVDtr,Vd vNECN