The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-04
rHe FAIL OF A MoMopoLlsr

the FALL OF A MoNoPOllSr.
The reciprocity treaty between this
country aud the Sandwich Islands,
which has been for SO long time In
existence, has permitted the Hawaiian
sugars TO come in free. While Next
can and Cuban sugars have been KEEP,
from competition with our native SUI
gars these Sandwich Islanders have
been specially favored. The entire
trade with the islands up to the pres:-
ent time has been In the hands OF SIN.
CHARLES SPREcKELs, who has grown
enormously rich of his monopoly.
His refinories are among the largest
any where, and have been working up
over 5000 tons annually OF the raw
Hawaiian product. He has been the
sugar king, and has, particularly In
the West, controlled the supply and
the price. An article Of such common
and extensive use becomes ons Of the
necessarles Of diet, In fact is OF all
others one which the government
should not permit TO tall under the
control OF monopolist.
But 1. is a long lane that has no
turD, and tho success of SPgEcKELs
has resulted In tho organization Of q
company In San Francisco who pro-
pose to take his profits, and business
even, from him. 1t Is generally tho
story of these monopolies that they
grind down their customers until the
latter combine against them. It Is
svarice overreaching itself. In an ex-
change wo notice the following expls-
nation OF the new concern by ono of
It's mombers:
awe have formed n combination
with planters which cannot DO broken
for 10 years. They are TO cell us raw
sugar amounting 60 over two-tnirds of
the entire product OF the islands ~
cent loss than the New York rate. In
return we give them share of tho net
profit after reclining; thus the company
Ia really y vast cooperative conc9ru
| working to forever destroy the mo
nopoly here tofore onjsyed by SPREcK-
| ELS, There 10 no trouble in getting su-
gar from Manila, but tue quality Is
| poorer and the cost nearly always
greater than that of tho Hawaiian pro.
duct. 1t will cost SpRECKELs 81 000, 900
& year more than ii does US To turn out
an equal quantity of merchantabIe nu.
gar, II he carries out lis threat of go
| Ing to Manila for the raw material
Our enlarged works willbe In operation
January /, when the contracts 10 into
effect. We can operate as obeaply az
anyone else and mean To ontor into no
combinations. You may rest assured
that tho SPRECKELs sugar ring will
soon be thing OF tho past,so lar rs its
power of controlling tho market is
concerned"
The trouble, however, is that this
now concern may prove nm great and
consciance-less II monopoly as that Of
SPREcKRLs has been. Importing their
sugars free of duty, they stand in q
position to control the market, and
those VINO imagine that they will not
do so know little Of human nature. 1t
Is no qualification to tho consumer
simply to 500 one mouspolist replaced
by another.
Tho sugar belt Of tho South cannot
supply tho demand for homo con-
sumption. Not TO let foreign sugars
In free, or on the most favorable terms,
would subject tho people to most
burdensomo charge, and place them in
tho hands Of most costly monopoly
In the matter OF ono OF tho most neces-
sary articles OF tho domestic economy.
But In dealing with the matter no
fayoritism should DO shown. What
greater claims has Hawaii upon US
than Mexico or Cuba In this par
ticular? Why this discriminating
legislation that permits the Southern
sugar belt and the Sandwich Islands
to control tho sugar market? II the
sugars OF one country DO imported
FREQ Of duty 80 ought those of other
countries.
When the reciprocity treaty was up
for ratification by the Senate q strong
fight was made against it by these
very classes now 80 highly favored
the planters and tho rehners,one OF the
chiefost of tho latter being tbs Pacific
slope monopoliss alluded to. The
treaty WAY adopted with its provision
Tor tree Mexican brown sugar, but the
House has never passed q bill +, carry
tho treaty into effect and probably
these wealthy rotiners know why.
More FREQ sugar means competition
and cheaper prices, and 10 oloment
has 10 p'esistontly fought this Mexi
can reciprocity treaty as have tae
American reiinors OF sugar.
This opposition and these unjust
Determinations in favor of tho Sand
wich Islands are only additional res-
sons why Congress should carry the
treaty into effect, especially Demo-
cratic Congress protesting TO abhor in
equalitles, mouopolios and unjust dis
ordinations. But until such com.
mon senao and common justice policy
rules with us, We think that tho peo-
pie havo the right TO demand tho
abolition of discriminating agree.
ments,and II Hawaii can send sugar to
San Francisco free OF duty, Mexico
might be- permitted to send her sugar
to Dallas or San Antonio eor Houston
without paying a tariff.