The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-05-13

How MuHU " UE0<HttfM me 1ufr.
Hon. Hilary A. Herbert. chairman of
the committec ON naval affairs. writes
ON '-Rcciprocity and the Farmer in the
North American Review for April. VI
course 10 rational man really believes.
after he has given the matter = little
consideration. that the farmer will ever
obtain in the no,naiic and agricultural
nations. which blaine and Harrison in
tend 70 sub~iuc will the rcciprocity
club. impnrtant marxet> far a~gricnltu-
raj products- These countries mr. In
the agriculsur business themselves and
wish toscll. more than I'd buy, suchpro-
duets. Mr. Hcrhcrt. however. for the
benefit II those who have not thought
on the SUBJECT. or who will nos accept
any conclusion not tested and proven
BY experience. cites the history, AMI
notes the effects OF the only case Of
reciprocity indulgcd in ~ the United
States. H. says:
The actual results Of the Hawaiian
treaty for thirteen wears are bcfore M:
FROM 1877. when II took effect, 70 isSs
inclusive, cagefnlly complied BY Mr.. -
q. Brock. govern cnt Statistician. in
IN official report June 20. l>,O. The
figures usrt In discussing this treaty
are from thu report. The Hawaiian
treaty admitted free If duty into the
portS " thc United States Hawaiian
sugar. rice ct. ~rgg constituted tbs
bulk of these importations. All agri-
cultural and most manufactured a-ti-
rles from the United state were al
mitted free into the islands"
Under stimulus ~ the treaty onr i'm
ports from these islands increased rap
idly. lnis7S. the year before Il took
effect. sueh Imports were si.3si.f>i. In
1850 they Amounted 10 sla.si7..4o. Elk
ports also increased In 1876 ON cx-
ports 70 theSe islatl.k were s514.2S.. IL
1859 they footed MP ss.3sG.Op. This =
the bright side OF the picture and il j.
paintcdin glowing colorS BY Mr.. Claus
>preckcls in the North American Re
view FOR March, 1921, where he highly
extolS the wise and far-Sccing policy
embodied in The Hawaiian treaty No
one knew better than Mr.. >preckels the
cost At which taxpayers OF the United
States had maintained that treaty. for
much 81 that cost had gone into his own
pockets a. profits upon sugar. As to
that side Of the question ne was indus
triou-ly silent. But Mr. Brock gives Us
the information, page . of his report.
thus.
If the merchandise. admitted free
under the treaty had paid the duty
levied upon the similar goods imported
from other countries. the duty would
have amounted to s~5.452- 3li.9. for the
fiscal year lss9. and to <ts.s9s.9 7s for
the thirteen years ended with that
year o since the reciprocity treaty has
been in force"
This sum. sis.soS.97s our consumers
paid TO the growers Of Hawaiian sugar.
rice. etc. as premiums on their prod
ucts- To appreciate the exceptional
fact thatin thiscase the duty went tothe
foreigner. il must IL borne in mind that
these islands furnish only about one
tenth II our imported sugar. On the
other nine-tcnths we paid a tax avcrag-
ing e-@ cents per pound The con
sumer Of duty-paid sugar of course paid
TO the importer the price il had cost
70 bring the sugar to our ports. plus
the tax. and this enabled the
importers Of these free sugars 70 add
also TO their article the price II the tax.
although they had never paid il: this
for the plain reason that the supply Of
free sugar not being equal 10 the de-
mand. the owner IL such free sugar
would always withhold it from market
till the market price " the tax-paid ar
ticle was Offered. The tables ccllated
in Mr. Brock report. page y. corrob-
crate this reasoning. and show hat the
people 81 the Pacific coast did - save
a penny in the price u their sugar By
reason 81 the treaty. Every dollar Of
the $4,000. 400 IF taxes released on
Hawaiian sugar went into the pockets
Of the producers Of that article-Mr.
Claus >rreeixlcs and others. And - il
would have been II the sugar imported
srce Of duty had amounted 70 nine
tenttss instead Of One-tenth 81 our total
imports. This brings rs - see clearly
that II we impose an import tax on
sugar and rely 10 any apprcciab bic ex-
tent on taxed sugars a. complete our
supply, no exceptions in favor ~ partic-
utAA &VulAA ~. a ILL., IL ~ ANtN~-
10 our markets. Will avail 70 reduce the
price Of the product Of these favored
countries N the American market be-
low the price Of the tax-paid article.
II will nc seen that we have not taken
the trouble 70 ascertain the relatively
pitiful sum Of duties released 70 our
our people by the Hawaiians. We sim
ply put a. .sinst our actual losses. in re-
lease u duties, the full values 81 all our
| exports. Balancing the accoun for
thirteen years. ard counting in those
| exports that would have gone 10 the
islands without any treaty. a. well ns
those that wcnt because of il. the sum
total ~ all cur exports for this period il
81. e-0.s0f- Deducting This srm from
SIS. -eS.sTS Of duties released. We haze
ss.O1~.l... which we could have realized
a. clear profit bv purchasing All our
merchandise exported ~ the Hawaiian
Islands during thr period in question
The treaty grew worse for n year b.
year. Our lnrEe~~es stimulated the pro
duction " Hawaiian sugar and rice. and
each year we released more and more 81
duties. which under a Soundcr policy
would have gone into our treasury 4
pay government expenses thus enabling