New-York tribune., 1884-03-01
THE HAWAiIAy SUGAR KING.
From Tn, Ph,iodeIphfa Py,,s.


John ID. Sprecklcs n son OF Claus SprecAies
sugar sing and virtual monarch Of tho Hawaiian
Islands I, tn The city for ine purpO,e on negoang @ ts
Oceanic Steamship Company. which does 70 niuch os
The carrying trade between Honolulu and san Francs
"PcOpo don't tel their business 10 the puhlic sa r
spreckles last evening, "at least until II Il h5he 80
TO do about the steamships came East to buy But
will say this 70 yon that our position IN relation 70
the commercial treaty between the United Stafos auh inc
Hawaiian Islands has often been mlsreprosentd
The truth Il that my father WAS opposed To that tre9ty
Of certain In Washington. who assured him that tho
Interests OF the country required ia negoation Then
after the treaty went Into effect and not Until them dd
interests there are very large Probably wo have oocoo
hOy many people are employed In all: bnt on one plan
tation of 5000 acres owned by the Hawaiian Com
are 500 persons employed. All natiyosi No tEoro
people OF almost every nationality at work there
OF the 1900 have mentioned probably JOo arc
whites"
Is the native race dying ont in The islands!"
"It T. mistaken i'm prcs-iOn that the native tiavaians
degenerate res iepo ana and sap0s ,hr p0ShrTs 5sye
have decreased. But the men snd the women are
physically strong. Tho king KalakaIa Il Cue ioo@ns
man and "a vol educated ie speaSs Eisan t hnw
such large oOnpercEi interests IN Ms c9uhtI!' ts soo
nSS han once Tlt onry G said to nv father after following bis
ad wee In matter: believe II you could see my
back bono you would ind tho initials C. B. stamped
What has been the eject Of the treaty upon the proa
II has worked Immensely TO their advantage. and at
the same time to advantage of this country Take
the carving trade for example. Before the treaty cF"
were only sailing vessels running betwecn Ido-
MA and the islands Now. under one cOinpanys maase
ment alone nine sailing vessels anu TWO ste-
ers aud as YOU know, there are 10 be more Steamers
Moreover these vessels are a or American Duln No
oWuer~lp There another result OF the treaty wren,
II il were possible carry into pur relations WIN orr
rr COMMITTEES w0nld settle the whole tarif question.
American goods ~ into the Islands free Oi duy, ana
Hawaiian goods into this country also without ay-
ing tariff That l. simple reciprocity. But the Cow
agnont Of tho Islands loves duty 81 20 per cent upon
gond coming from all other countries tlan tue oheo
-tates. The result Is that We have almost monopoly
Z their trade. II that result could be bOuSht aDous
ith other countries, would Indeed be ahappy nation
hat Is the only way free trade can bc iaado TO w1k
( we can bar all goods but ont Of the markets
II other countries, might afford to kn0ok on our
customs duties"
what would be the effect OF duty upon Hawaiian
S. gar }" -, ,,,. oo,.u,r,
at all bccai4e the importation Of sugar w0td WOuo
M once fail of The first result wOuld bo that wOck on
many plantations in the islands would stop. Then
there would be, OF glut IN the labor marker
thoro and the price of labor would fall. Before the
treaty labor brought the plantations only -
month and the men found themselves. NOW tue
nrice hns risen 10 $50 and the employer also tnds
his men If a duty levied on Hawaiian sugar IL
world not be paid by the planter but by the lab0rer.
whose wages would fall to such point that tho COST OF
production would ensb'o the to compete with tnae
of the rcfneries Of the East. We have refused oy tno
way make any with the Eastern rcnnefs
for the division of territory Thoy wanted Ii. 10 Keep
west of the Rockea, but said they could send
their sugar where they pleased, and we would do the
same They formerly sold their sugar as far west as
OGDEN Now we sell far cast as Missouri. ana
they COMPLAIN because, by the natural laws oi trade
their territory has been enCrOached upon"