Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-01-28


u. Merry. This indicates the attitude of
the mercantile interests Of San Francisco
on this most vital question.
Ex-senator Sargent, as is well known,
has been for some time mentioned rs prob
able selection for a Cabinet position, either
IS Secretary Of the Interior or Of the Navy.
and Us he was really the champion Of tho
Hawaiian Treaty in the United States
Senate in 1875, the Chronicle has kept mp
m nccssaut fire in opposition to his name.
As the matter now stands in political circles
in Washington. President Arthur has con-
cluded to keep Sargcnt's namo in allowance
for two weeks longer at least, and from |
/ this it may be inferred that the Eastern |
sugar ring has prevailed upon the President
to reconsider Surgcnt's appointment. The
| Chronicle here only ro.echoes the senti. |
mcnts in opposition to Sargent rs they
are promulgated by the ring conferred in
New York, which has also captured the
san Of that city rs one of its organs
| Those who have been in communication
| with the President feel somewhat assured,
however, IS to Sargent's appointment. As
the matter now stands, the mysterious in.
! huenccs at work cannot be mistaken. In
this connection tho Truth has the following
~
the Hawaiian sugar monopoly: 1--WE call
the attention of the Hon. John Hardy.
member of Congress to the interviews in
another column with several of our leading
sugar merchants regarding the Reciprocity
Treaty with the Hawaiian government.
During the present week we exposed the
iuiquity of this treaty in an editorial. and
,hesc interviews are the result. II will be
remembered that the treaty provides for
the free importation Of sugar into San
Francisco from the Sandwich Islands, and
the free importation of machinery from the
United States into the Sandwich Islands.
But experience shows that the value of the
sugar imported far exceeds that of the
machinery exported. The reciprocity, there.
fore, is not very apparent. But reciprocity
was not what the treaty was intended for.
1t was intended to give Claus Sprcckels
control of the sugar trade of this country.
And it has been enincntly successful. All
sugars imported into Eastern ports pay
, duty of about 40 per cent, while importa.
, tons from the Sandwich Islands by virtue
of this treaty, pay nothing. And these
, importntious are controlled by Spreckes.
, The people Of San Francisco get none Of
t the benefit of this. They have to pay
within fraction as much for their sugar as
t they would If it paid duty. Spreckels
| makes the price only just low enough to
keep eastern competition out. And now
, he ia moving eastward. He sells sugar
slightly less the further it comes east, aud
thus drives back the eastern trade. If the
treaty continues Claus Spreckels will con.
{ troll the sugar trade of New York within
- two years. Let John Hardy give his atten.
ton to this"
One of the merchants referred to says:
/ 81 do not know whether the combination
t with the railroads has been effected, but
{ that is not necessary. Spreckels is indie.
, dendsnt of the railroads when he can bring
his free sugar to compete with Cuban sugar,
on which we have to pay duty of ut least
t 40 per cent. OF course the past cannot be
. helped, but according to the agreement,
some time in 1882, the United States can
give notice of the abrogation of tho treaty,
n and it should be done as matter of simple
il justice. am glad that your paper has
brought the matter to the notice of the
public. The San Francisco Chronicle is
: the only paper in the west which has had
:. the courage to attack it,"
1t is n good thing for us all that San
4, Francisco il not afflicted with more than
g one sheet Of the Chronicle stripe, that
!. Judas like, is willing to betray the best in.
+. terests of the Pacific Slope for monetary
n consideration. To those who are not close
il observers, however, it may appear strange
!. that none of the prominent San Francisco
;. papers which advocated the treaty and the
!. interests of the Islands SO heartily in 1875
I have exhibited a similar interest of late.
i, The idea is prevalent that His Majesty King
e Kalakaua is chiefly responsible for this, and
# that he appears to exhibit limited amount
r. of appreciation for the consideration DO.
}. slowed upon him aud his people by the
= United States. American capital and en-.
;. terprise have brought the Islands to their
n present commercial Importance, and when
!. His Majesty took the ndventurer Moreno
n into his confidence and lisiened to his
4 schemes it was the next thing to an Insult
= to the United States, above every other
II nation. 1t WAS natural to suppose that
after making a tour Of the United States
f as highly hopored guest of so great a
;. nation, that His Majesty would have re.
,, turned to his domiuions impressed with
r. ideas of greater liberalty than ever, and
!. profted by coming in contact with Amer.
/. can institutions. His tour of the world it is
|. hoped has impressed him more than ever
!. with the Importance and value OF an in.
# teligent foreign element in his Legislative
a councils, though have reason to know that
;. the press of San Francisco and elsewhere
s are not very favorably impressed with His
!, Majesty's reported elec,ioneering tour Of
!, the Islands, which has most significant
"a aspect.
: The benefits which Hawaii, in it's OK.
10 trsmity derived from the Reciprocity Treaty,
Indicate the inability Of the King or the
II people to go it alone or exist without the
n aid Of outside influence. Without the
/. treaty which was secured by the kindly and
3 Of the better portion OF the San Francisco
press, the sugar industries would have be-
}. come paralyzed, aud rs n natural conse-
u quence these rumors which reach US regard.
o ing the political iuclinations Of the King
O have an ungratsful sound, to say the least
}. The approaching meeting of the Legisla-
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