The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-14
Hawaii And SEATTLE
Capital From the Islands In
vested In This City.
THE M'klNLEY gill AND SUGAR.

THE MpkiNLEY slLL AND SUGAR.
H. = Il Dsns., q Hsassuiu. ralls :.
csaplicsssa sshjset-1hs Var
ieas Taetsrs-
N. 8 n. Damon. Of Honolulu. arrived
In the city yesterday and is stopping at ths
Rainier. II really don't know, said he 70
Posr-lxrELLIGxrcER reporter yesterday
aftsrnO0n. '.how political matters are go
ing in the Hawaiian Islands. for / left there
full four weeks ago, and considerable could
happen in that time. Indeed. have just
been looking over your papers to sec what
information / could find. You probably.
have later sdvfces than I.
This = my first visit 70 the Northeast,
and must say you are doing wonderful
things IN the way Of developing the coun-
try. understand that you hope IN time
to 80 = line OF ships running between this
city and Honolulu, and you expect to get
some Of the Hawaiian trade because Seattle
- 1tSAtSk VIZ 33k00O3 t18u 080 = I8uGssSSSe
OF course there b no telling what you may
not accomplish in the way Of extending
your commercial relations / know that
HAWAII - interested in Seattle. and
know fnrther that some of 0ur
capitalists have invested in property in
this city IN the belief that Seattle is : good
place into which TO put money. So these
men might b expected TO use what infiu-
ence they would have in favor Of Seattle.
Your talk Of irrigation in the eastern
part Of The state reminds me that We have
lately been doing great deal in that line
In Hawaii. We sink artesian wells there
and pump the water over the land, and
~ have rendered fertile land which had
been deemed utterly useless. | know of q
plantation some fifteen miles from Homo
lulu, where water has been obtained from
driven wells. cane growing has been begun,
and next year good crop will be taken
from land which before was not worth =
dollar m acre. In this way We are contin-
ually extending the arab:e area.
1.-THE effect of the Mckinley bill on COM
merce with Hawaii Really that is hard
question to answer. The facl Is that the
question Is extremely complicated. Several
factors enter into the calculation, and what
the result viii be the future alone can de-
.ef nave MOI iouno man wen IN
an opinion of hand. He knows that il il
impossible for him to give . satisfactory
answer. You see, our great industry is
sugar growing. and the state Of trade with
the islands depends. in : measure. upon
the price OF sugar in this country. Now
we Mcn mley oail mas iowered sne tArin on
su.s .ts'cse ous ene talaH = nos iesieo On
oul suss., uecause nave Iecaploc,sy
rely WIN .ne onlsed osases. buI tne
cutting Y ue tasin On sne sugar sn0u'u
lesu.. ~ .ne cn.ing o' .1e Pfce " n
~. AuOun.. = quite poss.D,e 'ns' some
oul p'.1s.soas *oulu ny g run -
P,0n., snn - our ousput y sugar voufd
price will be lowered by the amount of the
change in the tariff There Is constantly
increasing demand for sugar which tends
to keep up its price; and the falling of in
py1ce has in the past stimulated consump-
Hon and increased the demand. Then. too,
improvements in the machinery and pro-
cesses Of manufacture. render it possible to
make sugar more cheaply. So you see
there are more thingy 10 be considered than
the mere change in tariff. The amount Of
sugar other countries viii furnish you under
the new arrangement must also 90 into the
reckoning. some Of our plantations are
running at large profits and others are not
II the price of sugar should fall the whole
amount of the change n tarlh sonie of the
weaker plantations might, Is l have said,
- AoA 80 wv. ~ W.. eA11aaA oua su6s.