The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-01-27

against the treaty. OF cf'H
but qualification at its workings
MI. De Young says the cause Of complaanss
the high price Of sugar in this state. E'oiy
wholesale grocer can tell you' and the nies u
every commercial paper In this city that has
beer long in existence viii show, that the yearly
average price of refined sugar in the seven years
the treaty has been in existence has been lower
than in the seven years prior 10 the t~reaty-that
is. from 1865 to ls75-and that the fluctuations
also have been less violent. Besides the value
af the export trade as indicated by the figures
given. the business furnished employment TO-
fleet of vessels-sail and steam In OF winch
are owned by American citizens, and the pronts
of which 20 into the pockets Of our merchants
and shipowners. There are also eight or nine
steamers engaged in the inter-isiand TRACE Az
Of which were built in the United States, ana
two steamships are now building on the Della
wara at nm approximate cost Of 81, 200, 600 for
the trade between here and Honolulu. From
this il will be apparent that the incidental ad-
vantaces flowing from this trade are, perhaps,
more important than the exports and imports.
The Chronicle took up the so-called slavery
question in the Islands, but unfortunately Tor IT.
when Mr.. De Young spoke TO your reporter OF ~
he knew that both the Norwegian and Portu-
guese Governments had officially Investigated
the charges and declared themselves satisfied
with the treatment Of their people by the plant
ers, and the latter had favored the renewal OF
the emigration from st. Michaels TO the Islands,
and one or more vessels are now on their way
from the Azores TO Honolulu, ~freighted with Por-
tuguese field laborers, women and children.
Mr.. De Young says: at is certain that the
islanders don't use any Of their own sugar, but
buy from China and Manila, and that rice and
sugar is also run in on us from China through
the Islands.
This, TO a merchant, is most prepostorous
nonsense. A charge similar TO this was made
some time since in the Chronicle. As soon as u
came to the notice Of our Government a search
ing investigation was instituted by United
States officials, the result Of which was that in
stead Of any evidence being found to substan-
tiate the charge, it was established by conclu-
sive proof that there was no foundation for IL,
and also that the preparation Of such a fraud
was practically impossible. All Of this Mr.. De
Young knew when he made this insinua-
ton in the interview referred to. No ship
can possibly go astray; her cargo, departure, deA-
tination and arrival is as accurately reported az
the movements OF President Arthur. II sugar
loaded vessels from other countries discharged a.
the Islands, and by fine connivanco OF the authori-
ties the fact did not appearin the Hawaiian sta
tistics, the proof would be found at Lloyds. As
for rice, any man could distinguish the difference
between that raised on the Islandg and any that
has yet been grown in China or Japan, end the
same might be said as TO the difference between
Manila and Hawaiian sugar.
Mr.. De Young's denunciation Of the sugar re-
fners on the Pacific coast is as destitute Of founda-
ton as his statements in respect to tho operations
of the treaty. He, as well a. those by whom lac ~
employed, evidently labor under the impression
that sugar refners in San Francisco profit in some
way by the reciprocity treaty. Such, however, ID
not the fact. Hawaiian raw sugars are sold in this
market at the same price as the same quality OF
sugar can be laid down from the Philippine
Islands, duty paid. San Francisco being the near
est American port, these sugars seek this market
sference to Now York, 80 long as the same
in pf%@~SsranSo obtained here. This is the only
prices can Tx OF the sugar product Of the
reason why the Dh~
Islands comes here.
Were the treaty a~brogated the HawaiiaaAAE ks~ A &C.
nent would undoubtedly accept some OF the many
that have been made by other Govern
nents looking to reciprocity,
The Australian Colonies being the nearest, Il is
lot unlikely the trade would go there. in which
.ase this market would be open 10 the sugar pro-
lucing countries of the world; but instead Of suf-
ering loss by the diversion Of the product OF the
Stands, the refneries would undoubtedly he the
'ainers, as the competition among importers would
Tot unfrequently enable the rehners TO purchase
aw sugars at prices below cost OF importation.
Sugar reineries on the Pacific coast stand ON
'recisely the same footing as iron foundries, ma
hine shops, wooden factories, and other manu-
establishments 1t is idle talk to say
here is or can be a monopoly in any one Of ti.J
mentioned. So long as the field Is open
o any person or association to build and operate
manufactures of the same kind, there cannot be a
monopoly. A simple statement OF the case is the
answer such a ridiculous charge merits.
The assertion Of Mr.. De Young that such a COM
small interest as sugar refining is on
his coast can afford to subsidize two or three
ranscontinental lines Of railroad is too absurd for
elief by any intelligent person.
II the actual facts could be known it would be
ound, 1 suspect, that the only subsidies In con-
lection with this whole business are paid by agents
4 New York sugar refners to newspapers, which,
y misrepresentation, are trying TO bring the reci-
rocity treaty into disrepute, hoping thereby to
ripple the sugar refining interest ON the Pacific
'oast, and shut off competition from this quarter.
If the Eastern reiners will examine into the
%uestion more closely, they will find that, even IL
hey should succeed in having an end put to the
realty, 1t will not affect the competition from the
'acifc Coast refneries Of which they now complain.
To try and break down the sugar refining in
erests OF the Pacific Coast, and by this means shut
fl the competition now existing between that in
crest and the Eastern refnerios, ~ what these
ewspaper attacks mean. But the Eastern refners
I'LL sooner or later, find out that their efforts are
a vain, and that all the money contributed for
he purpose has been wasted. CLAUS SPREcEKLs.
Chicago Tribune. December 1Ga..
a Queens Thoughts.