The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1882-01-11
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WEDNESDAY. January IL. lisa.
tn, "Gror,eliar.-

The Chronieliar.-
Fer lies, whose depth arc only exceeded by
the wild absurliiy Of many Of its statements.
The CkroNioe stands nre-cuinent among our
Pacific Coast publications. But, glazing IS
these lies are. they have their effect: firs,
among those who look with iaundiced ewes at
the prosperity Of their neigihors; >eS,aNd,
.uon.- those whose brains arc more capable Of
believing stupcnduus lies than sober truths,
aud. THIRD. among those in :he Bast whose
interests are opposed 10 rapid progression IN
the manufacturing industries Of the West. To
st,cmp, 10 convince either of these classes by
,r-un,ent. however profound. that the Re-
ciproSiiv Treaty with the Hawaiian Islands Is
a necessity To- the coast. would I've task be-
vond the abilities ct the wisesi III the human
family But it is to another class address
uNself-to a class WHO have the welfare OF
our Golden State at heart. and who believe
that cur great natural advantages enii,le Us,
with the assistance Of pruper legislation, 10
take rank among the very foremost OF our
SISTER States.
But 1t is not in regard TO the Reciprocity
Treaty that claim attention, but in behalf OF
the manufacturing industries 81 the coast. The
Chro,icl- need not waste much space.
which might be proftahly devoted to black
mailing some one else, by continually telling
rs that Spreekcls makes US pay Two cents per
pound more for our sugar than the same
quality can he bought for in the East. This
We all know. and ;lose vino do not understand
the reason why, do not understand the hr.t
principles Of cause and effect. Do we not
have to pay the same. If not more, IN prcpcr-
ton, for nearly everything NC consume which
is manufactured on this oo1sts II utls were
not &c. then lslscr weGld he cheaper. tive tho
Tact, which even the CkToNiuc cannot deny,
that Spreckvls pays a. much for his raw
sugar as the Eastern refHers do for theirs,
dui, paid. thea does he not have 10 add tie
difference IN Ille cost o: refining, en,ailei by
higher priced labur, higher priced cOals, and
higher priced material, such as barrels, isuxcs,
( bags, etc, 10 the price OF which Eastern re-
/ iincrs quote refined grades, 10 enable him TO
manufacture with equal pr'ht WlIh these
/ disadvantages. and they bot the only ones,
| how long would Spveckcls' refinery txisi In
I the EAsis
Were there no freight to be paid on sugar
coming from the East, tic California Sugar
Refinery would som becnme thing OF tie
past At the lowest figure hardly think a e
( railroad would briug thai article irum the East
/ here for less than one cent per pound, aud,
according &c all commercial rules, the cost 81
transportation must also he added 10 the cost
D Of the article Make this addition, and what
Z 90 VIC sce-illa;, actually, Spreckrls Is selling
sugar for less than the Eastern rehuerics could
I lay the article down herr at the present time,
I an now referring 10 pure sugar, aud not 10
Tie sduliera,ed kind. l. not this a siiisiac-
Tory explanation Of why sugar is higher on
TINS coast than in the EasIE Has Spreckels
] any reason. IN the face of these facts. TO sub
sidize railroads The idea Is SIMPLY absapl
! When The time comes that the Railroads oiel
( Ia bring sugar here from the East for nothing :,
Z thcu niay Sprvckcls begin Substituting, 6ui moi
anti then Will he have any ''ccasiuH 10 do So
The live paper" STEAKS al California susal
selling IN Denver, and al oihcg points, cheaper
I Il an here. This Is true, and SrAys Because
as an inGucemeui 10 shippers, special rates o.
freight are allowed by our railroads, SO ilIat
they may have freight which otherwise they
could not carry, as it worlG cume from III,
other direction: and, mainly, becaCse SpTeck-
els, being under Contract with the planters IL
the Islands, must take their sugar aud End
market Tor il. even though he j. obliged las iit
Is in MANY cases) 10 sell al Gust price, OF a
the very lowest possible margin. Is not til,
h0nesi, square business
The Ctr0Aie iir also takes mp the cudsel,
in behalf OF the poor monopoly ridden grocer,
OF San Francisco, aud places them before 10,
pubic in very absurd. if not humilia,iu-
light. The idea Of deir profits, in sellin.
Spieckel's sugar, Icing one cent less than i
would lie in handling Eastern sugars, is uitel
Nonsense, and, business proposition, 1t i
plain To- see that Spreckels must project h,
interests the same IS any other uI=n, aud h,
Cannot afford 10 have this market flooded viii
cheap sdulieraied sugars, with which b.
cauuoi compete So lie must necessarily pre-.
vent such imporiaiions, and the consumer
should no; complain II this.
Our consumption on this cast amounts 4
s5,000.00c pounds Of rehued sugar 4; the pres
cut tine. Put the lowest average price, 81,
ten cents, on this, and 10 eel our sHpply froa
the East We would send annually about IS,
100000 ont # this Stale. Aud while COP
icmpiz,ins that fact, bear ia mind the furlhe
fact that, under the present order Of thing.
abuui 10000 Of cur population derive ihri
daily bread from the refining industry on lhi
coast These figures seen, large, but they ~
no; ovcrirawn. In and abont the rc,ineEie
some 600 men are employed, preference bsiif
. given 10 those who have families. Tie barr,
and box factories employ large numbers; IA
warehouses also employ a large number ,
men 10 tie handling Of rsw sugars. and III
vessels, sune twenty in number. employ man
seaIpen- Once let us draw cur supplies irul
tie East, and we lHm lhe.e all sdritt su
r4in noIiiug in return. This i What III
tiTusioie, on behalf Of It's Eastern CLIENT
demands, aud lis seli'imeLis, psejaiicial
They arc 10 the Interests Of lhis ooz-I, find a
ecirUius response IN tie columns Of sHndr
lilIle interior sheets, wi,se editors knoWleds
Vi the sugar question is limited to unpai
accounts al their srVocrs.
when half = dozen lines OF railroads En-
their terminus in California, and cur wheat
sent travelling acruss tie conlnva. 70 Ne
Orleans, Galveston, or sOIue other ppini, I,
shipment 10 bnropo, ilsen wall San Francis
understand ihe benefits which accrue ira'
having Reciprocity Treaty with the Hswaii'
Isl4lids.-S,fs Fra1rtiscJ -A-sss Le.Ier.