, 1881-10-23

Tomorrow tt will follow uD its exposure with a
description OF the workings OF the so-cu!led REG
ipructy treaty. The following ed:tDriai ern-
braces the salient points Of the opposition to
the treaty. "The present labor system on tho
Sandwich Islands hns been superinduced By
the so-cafled Reciprocity treaty., and any DIS
cussion OF rhe former Is necessarily Il consider
atiop OF the latter. The nature and extent OF
the commercial transactions between
this country and the islands, : since
tina adoption Of the -. treaty - can
be ascertained By one WHO will take the trouble
to inquire Mt the custotu-house OF San Fran
cisco, und there we learn thar during last yenr
about s0.0 GO pounds 10000 tons) of sugnr
were received ut this port from the Hawaiian
Islands.
THE DUTY UPON THIS SUGAR,
one years crop. would, ii collected, have
amounted to $2,500, co., There were also re-
ccyed, during the same period, and from the
same place, large quantity Of rice. duty free
AL the rice produced on these Islands
Is produced by the Chinese, and those
having relations. with the isnuds know thar
every pound OF rice is consumed By the Chinese
on tho islauds-thcy number ut present .Abt'ut
BOOO-fs imported from China. In other words,
these frugal people export all the rice they grow
on the Hawalinn Islands because under THO
treaty. 1t enters here duty free. and they import
from Chinn al the rice they car. because the
dry imposed by tho Hawaiian Government
upon rice Is very small, and in this wny the
'Heathcn Cnince' beats the Government out Of
the duty upnn all of tho rice grown upon the
isund. How much Of
THE CHINESE RICE j..
gets mixed up with the Sandwich Island rice,
and is shipped here duty free we have MI
means Of knowing, but tho temptation to CON-
nit fraud in this direction is very great, and
those enguged iii the business nre not over
scrupulous. Therefore. the treaty, In 50 far ms
it. relates to the entire pEoducuon OF the island.
is wholly aud exclusively in the Interest Of the
Chinese. For years the people ol California
indeed, the whole Pacific Coass-were csamorous
for some sort of reciprocity trcaty with tho
islands, until finally the Government conceded
this one to them. It was for seven years. aud
now has about three to run. Our Government
can terminate 1t soouer by giving one years no.
tice OF its intention Or purpose to do So
IN ASKING FOR THE T1;EArY
the people Of tie Pacific coast must have e1-
pected benefits from it. Perhaps they thought
it would bring down the price Of sugar here
That it ought to have do1e, seeing thai the duty
OF two and half cents pound upon crude
sugar, equal to five cents pound upon refined,
has been remitted by our~ Govern
ment. But instead Of this expected
we now find that the pr.ce
of sugar upon tho coast is actually higher than
it was before the treaty. or, perhaps, than 1t
would be without the treaty. The 22.500,0p
year duty upon the Sandwich. Islunds sugar
which the Government surrendered At our bid
ding does not come tt the people OF tho Pacific
colst- Who them Is benefited by this so called
reciprocity treaty? The answer is, the suyur re-
finers.
THE TWO EEF1SRR1Es HERE
represent bur one interest, and the railroad
As We shall presently show, the
price OF sugar In New York gov
erns the price here. 1t Is the same
at San Francisco US in New York plus the freight
charges. In other words, II sugar Is selling in
New York at 10 cents per pound, md the freight
from New York to Snn Francisco Is one cent per
pound, then the price here would be II cents
pound. 1t shuuld be remembered always, in
this connection, that about. % per cent OF tho
sugar consumed in the United States IS i'm
port ed. and that all imported sugar is dnsiaole
except what Is produced on the Sandwich Islands,
LAST YEAR
the railroads charged one cent pound freight
for bringing sugar frou, New York to California.
but this year they ask double that amount. or
<4O per ton. which Is simply prohibitory charge,
aud doubtless was SO intended 1t Misunderstood
that the retiner here pays the railroad here $40 a
carry from New York to San Francisco. The
reflncr. by paying this subsidy of Sl00.000 per
annum to the railroad to keep Eastern sugars
out Of this market, Is thereby enabled 10 charge
and does charge two cents pound over the New
York price for all the sugs,r consumed upon
the coast, and us the Hawaiian Islands produce.
~ lO05,0u0 pounds OF crude sugar, eoual to
10 000 0U pounds at refined, 1t will be seen that
Tho people Ut this coast are
MADE TO PAT =:
the trIfe Of $s00,0o0 per annum more for the
sugar they consume than the same quantity OF
tue duttabIe sugar can be bought fur in New
York, Boston, or Philadelphia. The gross value
IT the Hawaiian sugar crops nf 8u.lhn,0u0 pounds
1t five cents per pound Is $A,GNNV, for
vhlcn the people Of the United States;
the PHclhc Coast Suites and
rerri1orics, nre mnde to pay. first, tive cents Il
pound. Si.hW,000; second, By toss Of revenue,
s..5iU.U0U: third, by loss OF revenue IN rice,
,OOu; fourth, ow ing 10 the combination be-
.ween the railroad und tho refauer. $st0,00:
.otul, $TT,SoOOU; net loss. s.. .So0.0 Under the
yu3e OF the so-called reciprocity treaty. this
.sln, is tnken froul the uauss Of tue
people and divided among very Few persons.
VINO certutnly do NOT need it. but whose r.ipaci-
y grows win what 1t feeds in. We wonder
1urd conditions which entiEun the Do<'r Wretches
1uon the islands. who. In producing this sugar,
ire nude to ttn the hardest ktnu Ut toll for the
smallest compensation paid to anr people In tie
world.
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