New-York tribune., 1885-01-05
NATIONAL CAPITAL TOPICS.
TIE HAWAIIAN TREATY.
WHAT IT HAS DONE FOR THE UNITED STATES
VIEWS OF Mr. CARTER.


W,stuycToN. Jan. Mr. Carter, the
Hawaiian Minister said to-day that much that had
been written against the Hawaiian treaty had pecn
based upon n Misrepresentation OF the facts Inc
value OF treaty to the United States he sad was
such that II had been discussed before either
House of before committees 1t had IN every
instance been sustained. The commercial advantages
OF Americans he knew to be greater than were
generally understood OF the merchants
and traders of the Pacific Coast most benefited
The impression that the treaty had created sugar NO
nopoy or had contributed to the continuance OF such
monopoly on Pacific Coast was entirely erroneous
The combination OF sugar rcincres existed before the
treaty was made had fought against the treaty when
negotiated 1t would be seriously affected should the
treaty he abroeated It's field of operations far re-
moved from the sugar reiinercs OF the East. and
In this fact alone lay its advantages HAWAII
did not produce sugar enough to ELECT the Amer
loan price to con mcr and therefore Injured no Amer
lean producer The price of raw sugars imported mo
San Francisco was regulated by the market at Manila on
the one hand and Cuba and Porto Rico on the other
The san Francisco purchaser would not pay more for
Hawaiian sugars than the cost OF Manila sugar. nor
woud the Hawaiian producer sell for less than he could
get in York less tine difference in freight
and chargcs-ahout thrcc-quariers OF a cent a pond
The American export trade 20 The Islands ne sa u-
der the treaty had grown about nothing To -ioo
900 year Before the establishment o great CONNER
cia Olt the Pacific Coast Honolulu was q general
supply depot great feet Of American whalers, ana
such Lamentations made there almost en-
trrv for supplies thi feet When San Francisco be-
came n trading centre, this trade n the islands ceased
and the little outside commerce tat renamed was so-
ing largely To the British Australian ports.
The conclusion the treaty had not only enabled tnc
islanders become importers upon thelr own account
and consumers foreign products but had turned their
trade relations almost entirely toward the United states
Then, too the purchases made by Americans from
Hawaii were largely the profit oI Americans. Tor Two
thirds the estates were owned y American cap
itaiists while American capital was largely invested
in other ways in banks and in mortgages upon estates
owned by sI.bicc Is OF other Powers.
The import and export trade Of tie Islands was prac
tcay American hnnds, the entire shipping ana cont
inerca plant engaged in trade with the lSias was o
American ownership. while the interisand traffic was
carried ON chiefly by American merchants In Honplnih
with American capital and ships built IN the United
states The portion Of the banking capital USED
in the Islands borrowed from the United States ana
the ruling rate OF interest paid upon 1t was
10 pcr cent IL estimated, he sail, that
the American ownership in Hawaiian Sigar plantations
amounted SIO.JUO.OO0 Ia Oceanic mercantile marine
To 80. 800 900; in iuicr-ildd mercantile marine 10
50 800 900 American banking capital Ia T3.3OO,OOo
American mOrt cages foreign owned property To
81 900 COO, making total OF S2OOOOo0O as the Invest
ucni upOn which Americans made interest ana proht
aside from made upon the Sl2,2JO.OOO OF ablua
import and port trade Siyscventis OF this capital
yyas created fhrOu yh the treaty Now the export
trade OF the United States 20 Hawaii IN 1883 wasrl OoO
COO, while the imp0raiions amounted to Ss.SoO.VVO
But no coin amount sent 10 the Islands IN
liquidation Of the surplus In fact the surplus remained
in This country prOits on capital invested III the