Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-03-24
SATURDAY PRESS
SATURDAY., MARCH -, ,ss,.


We arc convinced that tho cfur to abolish
the reciprocity treaty withthc Sandwich Islands
T. an undcihand unc anil dictated 10y private
AMI selfish considcialions and That ioi The
benefit II both cuuniric, tho treaty ought Ia
stand. Thctc arc twn charges made against
II. and hoih NJ doubt come fum parties IN.
tofcsicd in sugar refining In this county. Ono
y, that an attempt was made Ia introduce
sugars uf higher gfadr than the authorities
ruled should L. duty frcc undct tho treaty.
Tho othcf Is that tho balance ~ trade under
the treaty Is against the United States,
tmm all the evidence In our possession. VIC
are satisfied that the allegation, of fraud arc
wholly unsupported hy facts. The case IL thus
stated hl worthy person
lat sua,,nst few Hawaiian planters. HAVING ts.l,
al d,ssstssmsni ~th tlaaa Spe,tsls ode san ttan.
,is,n sugar fshnst , ~ vhun they had formerly SID
th',i .fopa, apd siug given 20 understand moteo,rf
that Tho sHiRsuism ~ The Hawaiian tr.pr it, treaty
II thu New Noyt fara feh0sr afa.s hu'p lhst tslsf
that undue psfefruos shs given a. hs rshFsu NJ the
rasih, o1asi, dstis ~ ssnd ihsif sngan g. the Nsu
Nuft market Accordingly three ,arsoss tu thr value
n ts,ans,. vtfe cont 10 ,hn psi "a, cans uofn.
S,apry hs they isf The Island vheu he Eastern fest
lTfan 20 teen Nth accusation against The sugar -
sntsvd dot, ffse w sorofdenco 9th hi, uteotaine
pfugpmms. duty ~as asssssrd upon H. which vas ~
sisted ~ The c,nsrnss' a. Illegal apd after lnnp con
tt1yrfsy IN shah the questun sss tossed al-iu from
,'l 10 ny and hpm Tho Atlautc to the Pacific va
declared duty ffre
Now, one NJ tho grounds for the assumption
thai the grade was higher than the Sandwich
Island sugat specified in the treaty, was that II
was not likely that the improved processes
were in use in the Islands before the treaty
was made The fact IS that the improved pro.
ccsscs known as centrifugal machines were
in use in the Islands more than Thirty years
ago, and the sugnr sen, to New York was not
Of higher grade than that heretofore exported.
The cSPcrcrs, however, lost vcy heavily.
owing to the long delay IN the custom house,
the shfinkagc, and falling market.
Another reason fof suspccting frauds was
the appafcn, increase OF sugar manufacturing
after the treaty. !, was even limited that sugar
had been taken 10 the Islands from elsewhere
To he exported. There was no ground Tor these
Nspicinns The fact was that. pending the
treaty, sugar was held back in the prospect OF
1t, and therefore the supply seemed large. II
was also true that the production OF II was
stimulated greatly 10y the treaty, capital in
large amount going from the United States to
develop land that had hitherto been barren.
As TO the balance OF trade; II Is true that
there was, in 1889, an apparent balance against
the United States Of S., Soi,Iss; although the
United States sent only coin TO balance the
amount OF SIos,ooo. The apparcn, balance
was offset ny variety OF advantages going iii.
tectly 10 Americans engaged in the trade To the
Islands, The people Of the United States &c.
oeivcd about all the amount of the apparent
balance in trade. To take case somewhat in
point II is shown by statistics tina, India costs
the English government more than it receives
IN revenue. We, Il is true that the trade uf
India is of vast profit TO the English nation,
Besides, the people OF the United States do not
pay any more ior sugars than they did before
the treaty, hut they pay for them in their do.
nestle products and manufactures, and the
trade of the Islands is OF increasing importance
10 this country.
There could not, 1t seems to us, be a more
short sighted policy than for us to abandon the
treaty with the Islands for the sake of few
sugar refIners. The dircc, result OF it will he
that some other nation will step in and take
our place in the Islands, supplying their mar.
ket and taking their trade The more the
growth OF sugar is stimulated there, and the
more prosperous the Islands become under the
treaty, the greater will be our exports; for the
demand will all the time increase for American
goods The balance, so far as the treasury
statement is concerned, is likely to disappear,
and u !, does not, the advantage OF reciprocal
trade with the Islands will increase for the
people Of the United States. We cannot afford
commercially or politically, to have these fertile
Islands OF our western coast pass into the CON
troll Of foreigners. -Ra,IIot9 Conyayi.