The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-04-15
AMERICAN AND HAWAIIAN INTERESTS.


contains more than four columns on
the proposed tresty with the United
States. II would require ingenuity
to crowd more sbsurdity into the
ssme spsee. 1t is sufficient TO point
out few Of It's utterly bSseless ar
guments and assumptions
Ii begins by ignoring fundamen-
tsl fact IN modern eommeree-shOrt-
ness Of distance against long dis
tanee in transportation Each mile
Of transport Of a ton OF sugar. rice or
bsnsnas costs s specific sum in the
gold paid for coal. labor, vessel and
machinery The Psci6e Ststes Of
the United States sre & market for
au Of Hswsiisn products, and are
from 1000 TO 10000 miles nearer
than any other market This. Sc
cured by s permanent reciprocity
tresty of free trade. Is equivalent to
not less thsn Is per cent on Ha-
Esiisn exports Even should the
American Congress finally put the
sugar duty at not more than 35 per
cent. HAWAII would be fifty per
cent better of with s California
market than she could possibly OBJ
tain elsewhere The oeeSn and the
Almighty sre against the Bulletin
theory The solid facts knock away
the entire assumption of the Bulle-
TN shout trade snd treaty arrange
ments with distant countries The
history Of the past forty years is sn
absolute proof that the commercial
prosperity of Hawaii Is indissolubly
united with the commerce and pros
perity Of Cslifornis and the other
Pacific Ststes Of the United Ststes.
But the Bulletin pretends to be
sfrsid that Hawaii might hsve to
give more advantages TO the United
States than the former would receive
from the latter. The Bulletin com
pletely ignores the fact that, under
the treaty, now the United States
takes from Hawaii S13,5O0,0OO per
sunum- while Hawaii takes from the
United States less than one-third Of
that sum In other words, Hawaii Is
now receiving from the United States
vastly uoFe than she returns to the
United States and thus has II been
f0E half century
But the most palpsble error Of the
long ugmsrole Of the Bulletin IS the
statement that the United States Is
shout 10 make free-trsde treaties
with the South American Republics,
and thus let II free sugar enough TO
swamp the sugar interests OF Hawaii
The Bulletin does lot seem so under
stand that al the present time. as
shown b. the latest oEeiaI figures,
otthe s1A560,OW imports into the
United States from South Amsrics-
only s1473010 pay any duty what.
eysz. and thus 81 Per cent are sd-
uittsd absolutely free
The Bulletin seems absolutely ig-
norsnt Of the fact, that the South
American Republics produce but
fractional part OF the sugar shieh
they need for their own consump
ti0n. and that the larger portion Of
them produce none st I'll. and that
they import millions Of dollars worth
q sugar annually from Europe
But we need not push farther the
exposure Of the sbsurdities Of the
Bulletin. writer. who 50 plainly indi-
Gates that be has 50 little under
standing Of what be L talking about
L ( ludiero1s. not TO say grotesQue,
10 see Ols VINO Never raised pound
o. s1gzr O. rice, noz Owls II inch ot
Hawaiian sol. stteups TO tel Messrs-
Baldwin. Bishop. Isenberg, Irwin,
IOang and Davies. that they do nos
understand tEer business interests.
AZ