Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-10-06

in The oicn train In 1873 ihoSr oric bu, enc,
90 possibly two mills, which retained the opcn
train, ami every m,l started SINCE ,hs, ds,eh
brJu cquippsd With vacuum pans and een,r.
hcals The prcer>, 81 sugar making IS, thste.
fore. urque.uonahiy thc same Is rrioi to the
treaty. ard accounts e, ,he fact, previously
ssocr'aiuc,', tbs, The qeai,y Of The sugars was
substantially the same hstose as since the
,tcatv
The scccnd change made is ,hs, sugars arc
imported from the Fas; In.lics and China in
the Sandwich Islands ard then teshipped to
ths United State a, IT Hawaiian growth and
manufacture. hi, yuhjec, has been fully dis.
ess,e, l,y The American Minister and United
States Consul at Honolulu in report q recent
daie. 10 which attention j. called. After
thoroeeh examination 81 the matter We arc
eoayiueed Of the utter imprac,ieabili,y OF such
operations. The formation Of the islands Is
srth As IN itself 10 forbid the successful snug.
Cling Of sigat There Is but one port in the
Kingdom where a vessel can lie in safety, via.
llonolulu. Al the Others are open ruads;eads
a, which landing mus, be made in boats, and
a, some Of them this Is attended with no little
risk even At the most favorable season. The
landing q sugar At either Of these ports in
beats through the surf would be tedious
operation. and from the nature Of the coast
mus; be conducted by daylight. In state Of
socieJy such Is exists on the islands, where
every new arrival OF unusual event attracts uni
yeIsal attention, the presence Of a sugar-laden
vessel and The landing Of her cargo would OF
necessity involve such publicity As 10 preclude
the possible seocc>s Of the venture to say moth.
| ing % is necessary after handling and reship-
men, to the United States This could only
he accomplished by collision between the ship
pers and there i, no evidence nor ground for
suspicion.
/, Is a significant fact that while vague
I charges Of frauds Of this nature are made, no
1 sreohe case has ever been broaghs to the know
I ledge Of either government. The allegation
/ seems to have no other foundation than the
/ fact Ina, there ha> been large increase in the
I quantity Of sagars sent TO the United States
since the treaty; ba, this increase can be other.
wise accounted for. /; i the legitimate result,
in the treaty itself
( The total imports Of sugars from the Ha-
/ waiian Islands for the fiscal year ending June
! %, 1873, according to the table herewith, was
I7,o65,I53 pounds, and from that date to
I Sep,embei Q, 1870, when the treaty went into
effect, 2I,4I4,o74 pounds.
Immediately on the contamination Of the
treaty, which transferred the duty Of s5oor SO
I per Ton from the United States Treasury into
the pockets Of the planters, grea, impetus
was gwen to the sugar industry Of the islands
The average OF old plantations was Al once
increased and new plantations started. From
statistics Obtained in The Islands !, appears that
three new plantations wen, into operation in
1873, i've in 20, eigh, in II, nine in rs,
eight in 70. four in 1880, one in 1882, bring
ING into cultivation over 10000 acres OF land
additional, with new capital investment OF
aboa, 100000.
The total yield OF the several es,ateS since
the treaty corresponds with and accounts for
the impora,ions into the United States, as
shown by the accompanying tables.
Among the papers referred to us, in eonnec.
lion ~i;h the charges before named, was a
memorial Of the eastern sugar rehners and
merchants. A hearing Was given TO the rep
resentatives OF the rehners OF New York,
Boston and Philadelphia upon the allegations
contained in said memorial. They presented
no testimony, bat rested their charges upon the
language 0f the treaty itself, claiming ''thai
il provides only for the admission of musco.
yzdo, brown and unrehned sugar; whereas no
musooyzdo sugars have been imported under
the treaty, while large quantities have been re-
ceived OF what are known commercially a.
'ssmi-rehnsd' sugars, such Is are, by reason o,
,heir color. 1T for consumption ~iihoa, refin.
ing. They further claimed that No. -,
Duich Standard Is the clearly established diyid
ing lice between raw OF unreiind and refined
sugar, and tina, this principle was recognized By
Coagress IN is recen, legislation on the sugar
,ari;i.
10 the absence Of any kno~le,tge Of thess
sugzn in the Eastern markets, the rehneIs and
merchants were doubtless Justified IN the in
fefenees that the term mgscoyadoes" va,
Introduced because the islands produced
drained sugar. Of tins character. The non
importation Ender the treaty Of this class o
sugar naturally led to the belief that the pro
cess u manufacture had undergone change
The faes Is, however, a. bcfofe stated, ,ha, ioi
s~eHiy years OF more pdos 90 the treaty NJ
HsHsoOszdo sugar had been made in the islands
Why the terra - muscovsio" vas osed We ar,
rss Informed. Il certainly had no place IN IN,
Treaty. and has tended 70 mislsad Snes. Il no
AZ The time a ia adoption
wiih regard 10 the prospective laIge incfeas.
IN he sugar production u the islands which
hal been much talked u and formed p4n O
iiseir Investigators, the commission say tha
ib9 are csayiHord thar the osipu, d al III
islansls unist The Hsosi favorable circumstances
lanles. ~ begef system u eulsiyalionl can
no, exceed 10000 tons - ssgss pr ann1in.
The commission ind that Siih ie~ ercep
ilons tbs Sugar producing indes,D "a ,h'
islands i IN ihe hand, a German and Eng.i,i
ciiz<us - Ii4<aiizns-.
Il eame % CAT notice iufiHg the investigates
that AmSficAn rehned sugar consumed ia ih'
J isl4nd, Il manufactured q dpi, p4,a raw ~
gas, anJ Is exported from san fszneisco L
iIc1olsia with Deneti u dfs~back. Thus
under the operation d the treaty and eaisiini
las, The United states no, only alio~s III
ii.-aii1ns the fall amount a dsiy On tbs ~
gsss the, rsoiaes, bai also GA this America
fef,nsd they eons.s1ss. sch sagzS being loId II
) Honoluiu cheaper ihan Ia ssn frsna.eo.
The nee cuIiase IN the Island, hss beel
J Annotated hy the uesly even mole than tina
J a suga. According 10 the Ha~ssi2n ofisciz