The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-09-14
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HAWAIIAN SUGARS.
Perry Belmont's Charges not sus-
tanned.

WashinRton, ia commission sp-
pointed by Secretary Folger 10 invest.
igste the charges that under the cover OF
the treaty between the United States and
the Sandwich islands sugars had been
imported from these lands into paris
Of the United States which were not en-
titled to exemption from duty, there
under, has submitted report. IL mas
the charges consist mainly OF tWo--hrst,
that the class Of sugar imported slnce the
treaty went into effect differs from tnat
contemplated in the language itself, for
importation from the Hawaiian Islands
prior to said II esty; that in fact the pro
cess of manufacture III the Islands mad
radically changed; vacuum pans and
centrifugsls have been substituted for
open kettles, and The ordinary methods
of purging muscovado sugars; second,
that sugars from other countries were
imported to the Sandwich islands aud
fraudulently exported to the United
States as Hawaiian sugars. After careful
investigation ct San Francisco the COM
mission ascert6iaed thai there has been
no remarkable increase Of percentage Of
the lower grades imported into San
Francisco from July, 1875, to September
per ding, as compared with the pre-
vious and subsequent yearF. During
the period the proportions OF, sugar
below No. 10, duty standard, was
62.52 per cent. against an aversge Of
the same grades OF 1923 per cent. IN the
years 1874 ana 1875 and an average of
14.52 per cent. from January lat, 1877,
to June S0th, 1882. 1t sppears that up
to 1875 most of the better grades Of Sand.
Wieh island sugars were sold in the mar
kets OF the Pacific coast directly for
consumption. Early in that year San
Francisco refners made contracts to pur.
chase the greatest part Of the crop
OF tne Islands and arranged with
planters TO make ss large proportion ss
possible dark in color to meet the then
existing tariff After the treaty was pro.
mulgsted the proportions of the several
grades became about the same as before
said arrangements were entered into,
with the exception that it does not appear
there is any substantial difference in the
character of sugars imported prior to and
since the treaty; nor is there any evil
dence that importstions under the treaty
were not of such sugars ss were COM
monty imported and known as Sand
witch island sugars prior to 1876. TIE
information obtained from large uum-
Der of merchants and citizens and Off
Gals in San Francisco and Portland,
familiar with the subject, was also to the
effe It that material change had taken
place in the character of the sugars i'm
ported. 1t is worthy of notice that for
the fiscal year ending June Both, 1888,
there have been importations at Portland
of Sandwich island sugar. As the
charges could only be investigated salts
factorily in the islands, the commission
proceeded to Honolulu, and found that
no muScAvado sugar had been made in
the island for more than twenty years
prior to the treaty. The charges that
sugars are imported from the East
Indies and China into the Sandwich
islands and then rsshipped to the United
States, as Of Hawaiian growth and man.
ufacture is decided to be without founda
ton. The Commission says such opera
ations are utterly impraeticable. The
landing Of sugar could only be accom-
plished by collision between shippers of
the United States and its officials, of
which there is no evidence and no
grounds for suspicion. It is significant
fact that while vague charges of frauds Of
this nature are made no specified case
has ever been brought to the knowledge
Of either government. The allegation
seems to have no other foundation than
the fact that there has been large in
crease in the quantity Of sugar sent to the
United States since the treaty, but the
increase can be otherwise accounted for.
It is the legitimate result Of the treaty it.
self. W ith respect to the COM
plant of easten sugar rein.
ers, that although the treaty provided
only for the importation free of duty, of
muscovado, brown and unrefue1 sugars,
muscavado had been imported under the
treaty while large quantities had been
received of what are known commercially
as semi>refned sugars. The commission
says they have found as before stated
that no museovado sugar has been made
in the islands for twenty years or more
prior to the treaty and that the term
muscovado should not have had q place
in the treaty, having tended to mislead
since its adoption. With regard to the
prospective large increase in the sugar
production Of the islands, which had been
much talked Of, the committee say
they are convinced the output Of the is
lands under more favorable circum-
stances, unless by better system Of
calculation, cannot exceed 100000
tons Of sugar per snnum.
The commission find that with but few
exceptions the sugar producing industry
of the islands ia IN the hands Of German
and English citizens, or Hswaiisns.
With respect to the charge that The treaty
has created q sugar monopoly on the
Pacific coast, and an increase ofprices to
consumers, they say they did not find
this statement warranted by the facts.
They say the remission of duty ~ the
United States hss net Injured to The bene-
fit Of the consumer on the Pacific coast,
but the duty RENTED which, if there
were no treaty, would 60 into the United
States treasury now gone to planters, snd
not to the refHers, who buy nearly the
entire production of the islsnds. The
increased cost to consumers on the coast
OF refined sugar, as compared with the
price paid by the consumers in eastern
States, from FIVE to two and a half cents
per pound, is not the result of the treaty.
but due to the monopoly in the refining
business in San Francisco, coupled with
the still greater monopoly is railroad
transportation.
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