The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1882-12-27

selves almost excluslveiy 70 t1f CULTIVATION OF Su-
gar cane. As their land is more valuable for this
purpose than any other. they raise nothing in the
way of hay and feed The result is they depend
upon our farmers for every pound of hay, barley,
During the year 1881, thousands of bales of hay.
and millions of pounds Of barley, bran, com, and
oats together with hundreds of high grade cattle
horses sheep and hogs were shipped 10 the islands
from San Francisco, thus an additional and grow
ing market has been created for the productions
of our ranches. Our lnmber dealers must appre-
ciate this market II the millions of feet of rough
and dressed lumber, and large quantities of floor
being shipped there are criterion. Our jobbers
Of dry goods boots and shoes, iron and hardware.
groceries and provisions, and of other lines of
goods, feel the effects of the treaty in increased
orders from the merchants there.
With the starting of new plantations come or
ders for sngar-rnachinery-of which our machine
shops have furnished over one million dollars
worth since 1876 Some sugar machinery has
been imported from Scotland, as n Glasgow manu-
factory is represented there by resident agent,
who is always ready to draw plans and give esti-
mates of the machinery put up on the plantation.
This firm also gives very liberal terms in the way
of credit TO reliable parties. This of itself is of
great consideration to the planter Just starting as
il costs him about as much for q sugar-mil as il
does the silver-miner for his quartz mill. Other
items, swelling the imports from Great BRITAIN
which are not quite one-ffth of the total imports
for the year 1SSl-are the portable tramway. with
its locomotives and cars, and the steain pillow. An
agent of the manufacturer of these articles has
visited the different plantations. and rs their use
effects great saving over ox.teams, both in the
transportion of the sugar-cane TO the mill and in
preparation of the ground for planting they have
been adopted by many Of the planters.
Another gratifying feature of the treaty is the
manner in which it has benefited our ship-building
interest. In the YEAR 1876 there were two regular
lines of sailing vessels engaged in the Island trade
Now there five lines of sailing vessels and two
lines Of steamers, not including lumber vessels
sailing from Humboldt Bay, Coos Bay, and Puget
Sound. In the inter-island trade there was for
merly only one steamer. where now ten steamers
are plying. All the additional tonnage was built
this coast, by our ship builders. There is also
n line of sailing vessels from New York and BIS
ton to Honolulu Two magnificent iron steamers
for the rapidly increasing trade between San Fran
cisco and Honolulu, are being built by Crump &
Sons, of Philadelphia, at n cost Of one million
dollars. The carrying trade between the Hawa-
iian Islands and the United States, being princi-
pally done in American bottoms, is another source
of revenue TO American capital. Marine insur-
apce and the furnishing Of ships stores also
yield their share of profit.
To show the increase of commerce, since the
adoption of the treaty, between the Hawaiian
Islands and the United States, il is only necessary
to state that the arrivals and departures at San
Francisco from and TO the islands in the year 1876
number ninety; while for the first ten months of
the present year they number two hundred and
thir.ytwo. The wealthy Islanders spend much of
their money in America, rs they frequently visit
San Francisco and other cities of our country.
Our railroads. hotels, and retail merchants profit
thereby. Many of their purchases being carried
away as personal effects do not figure in our Gus
.'-n-house statistics. Many of their children are
educated al our schools. Nor are these the only
benefits that our people receive from the treaty
The Reciprocity Treaty has opened an outlet at
the Hawaiian Islands for American capital and
labor. There has been of late a large immigra-
ton thither from the United States. American
lawyers and doctors are TO be found there practic
he gcbO
numerous, are filled with American teachers
Americans who have started in business have
been successful, and American mechanics have
found lucrative employment in their various call
ings. In fact, American influence predominates
in official, mercantile and newspapers circles. The
prime minister of the Kingdom, the Judges of the
supreme court, and many other government
officers are Americans. The great increase in the
sugar crop during the past few years has been due
to the investment of American capital. which has
yielded handsome returns. Three. fourths of the
plantations are owned by Americans and those
who are in accord with American ideas. Thus it
Will be seen that the greater portion of the pres
ent prosperity of the Hawaiian Islands is enioyed
by our countrymen who have invested or settled
there. Much of the money made by these people
finds its way back to America for investment and
contributes its share TO our revenues The writer
made the acquaintance of an old resident of the
islands, an Englishman by birth, on his way conf
ing from Honolulu. This gentleman told him
that he had invested considerable money in i'm
proven rear estate NJ tedar haplds, Iowa. In
making journey overland he had passed through
that place, and was much pleased with its appear
ance. He thought it had future; and as he
desired to make an investment in some growing
city III the United States on his return he stopped
there and made the purchase alluded TO- The
profits realized by the American people from all
these will almost offset the loss of revenue
sustained by the Government through the opera-
ton of the treaty. Even were this not the case,
our Government could well afford to pay for
American SUPREMACY these islauds
The Hawaiian Islands, on account of their loca-
tiCn are destined to play important part in the
future commerce of the Pacific. Upon the com
pletion of either of the Isthmus canals they will
lie in the direct route from China to our Atlantic
seaboard and Europe. The maratime nation that
then controls them will hold the key to the entire
commerce of the Pacific. The Kanaka race is fast
fading away. When Captain Cook visited these
islands in the year l77S, there were over four
hundred thousand people upon them. 1t is doubt
full If the natives number forty thousand now
The day is not far distant when this race will be.
come extinct; tLen, if our supremacy is maintain
ed, the Hawaiian Islands will naturally become an
American colony. With the exceeding fertility of
its soil and its healthy climate, it is the best sugar
country in the world and here, if our government
continue ITS present policy, will he the homes of
thousands Of Americans
With the abrogation of the treaty, all the adyan-
tages gained through it will, of course, cease And
does any one imagine that, If the Eastern sugar
reiiners should succeed in their efforts to abrogate
lessy 1t is difficult to understand how the resump-
ton of duties on Hawaiian sugars can reduce the
price of the refined article. This can only be done
through competing retineries The Eastern refin-
eTs, instead of seeking to abolish the Hawaiian
treaty. should direct their efforts in extending this
system Of reciprocity to Mexico, Central America,
the West Indies, Brazil, and 10 the other sugar
producing countries of this continent. Should
such system he established with these countries,
the direct result would he the same benefits TO our
only on more extended scale, that
have been experienced since the adoption of the
Hawaiian Reciprocity Treaty. For the year 1881
our imports from the Hawaiian Islands amounted
TO $3.50, 49, and our exports 10 S3,l7l, $50 For
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1881, our imports
from Cuba amounted to $65.6i7, 007, and our ex
ports to only Sl2l53.O59. From Brazil our imports
amounted TO 80, 1sl, i0S, and exports 10 only
81, 252,4l5. Had our exports TO Cuba and Brazil
borne the same proportion TO the imports that the
exports to the Hawaiian Islands did to the imports
the value of our shipments TO Cuba would have
been about Ssl,OOo,OOo. and to Brazil about ST.,
gain of millions of dollars, equivalent
to half the bullion product of the United States for
the year 1881, toour commerce.
In view of the threatened loss of a large portion
Of their Oregon and Mexican trade, through tn e
near completion of other trans-continental rail-
roads, it behooyes the merchants of San Francisco
TO see to II that our present growing commercial
relations with the Hawaiian Islands are extended.
the present treaty has been of great ben
EFT to olr merchants there is room for improve
ment. All American goods are not admitted into
the Hawaiian Islands free of duty. considerable
number of important articles are excepted upon
which duty is collected. Among them are beer,
fancy metal ware, carriages, ready-made clothing,
crockery and glassware, drugs, firearms, furni-
lure, hats and caps, iewelry, millinery goods, tin
ware and wines. Upon the expiration of the pres
ant treaty, new one should be made more liberal
IN its provisions toward the United States in which
The Hawaiian Government should agree to admit
Ill American goods free of duty, and also to make
Us tariff conformable to ours on all goods from
'ther countries The benefits derived from the
pres ent Reciprocity Treaty would then be increas
ed, as the concessions on the part of the Hawaiian
Government would give the entire trade of the
sla nds, instead of two-thirds, as at present.
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