The Hawaiian gazette., 1885-01-28

IrE not 70 be inferred that the Hawai-
ian Treaty u1st 20 By the board Il the
( Spanish and Mexican Treaties shall BE- de
fsats,i Many Z the objections urged
agSJnst oue ear be. and are ur-ed With
eqaal truthfUlnsss. Il not with s,luzl force
7 against the otkers The United States
rETsuus L diminished II each case Is
long a. tn sugar. imported free from
d1ty, / not sufficient % supply the com-
try and dEty paying szEU has 70 be IN
I ported from countries having 10 Reel
. prucIty Treaties. Il seems doubtful whether
I cOnsuners get cheaper sugar In fact the
I basis Of the contract selling price 0f HE-
I EzIlan sugar crops dUrng nearly all Of
the recent treaty PERIOD has been the Erice
: Il Manila sugar.
I We believe that the Hawaiian planter
has not had the full benefit of what has
Z been assumed 70 BE- the Manila basis
I and that the buyer q the Hawaiian sugar
Z has received II vzrI11- WAYS more for his
money than he would have received II
Z brying Manila sugar but this fact nay
not as Jet have lesss1ed the Price mater
[ ally % the CONSUMER.
But when al l. sad which can b. said
against the Hawaiian Treaty. there i u1ch
. Cd
California business men and agricuItUr-
lsts ars urgently IN IL favor and this not
EIthstandIng the fact that many q them
have rudeiy colIidei with the sugar mo
H0poly. and simply because q the near.
large and constantly Increasing market
for thsir goods and products which Ha
van presents a. long as the treaty enables
u 30 make sugar
AgzIn- Hawaiian sugar can never c1ll-
pete With LouIsiana sugar a long ss It
can b consumed On the Pacific Coast.
Ii L unlikely Il this treaty L renewed
that the sugar crop of this country VII
long b Controlled b. one man The change
ha- begun The California Ref1eTy.
OEled b. C. Adolphe Low, and others l.
purchaser Il No incUlsiderahIe portion
q this years crop. We're II not for the
immense fzll II s1gar last year. eutziliny
srlch losses On planters that they hesitated
- deal with new purchasers. OF n the Opeu
market there would already have been
rInIetItlon among refinery buyers When
s1ch competition cDmes- the cgusuEner NAV
Ind hls sugar gTUFIng cheaper. for dealers
esn then b allowed % buy our Tnrefne,i
sugar, without being sentenced 20 fnzn-
cal death b refners. Retailers can then
sci for lgE prIce desirable quality Of
rich- crude Hawaiian sugar.
The political future of the Hawaiian
Islands 1uHst largely depend upon It's
financial prosperity. This Treaty was
largely ciHe to political resscns II. az Is
undeulable- sugar planting would nearly
have ceased IN lsG6 Il the treaty had not
made i pay, what shall b. said now. with
the immense Increase II the price of labor
and co=t Of lIviEg. II treaty benefits are
sIthdrzFli- VERY fen plantations could
Be esrued On Financial ruin would be In
store for the entire country. 4 lzfga nun
ber of rOugh men would BE- discharged
from labor. who, unable 10 gef an honest.
living. would tend to disturb the public.
pesce- Foreign Intervention would surely
Be thought u a. relief from possible dis
order. That America could under such CIR
eumstanees depepd upon this country al
Esys retslnIug it Independence Of foreign
e1ntxpl or aid y simply impossible
The fact that GERMANY K now rearaing
out for POSSESSIONS II the Pacific oeeaa.
that thee Islands arr on the highways
from Panama cznzls 10 China and Austra-
la and are the natural picket stations Of
the vestern eozst q the United States. ar,
fscts which American statesmen are hardl,f
capalls u forgetting q u ignorng
Hence re nay say that the fate Of the
Hawaiian Trezty i hot involved IN ths
0f the Spanish and Mexican Treaties.