The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-03-19

and from 1884 TO 1893, inclusive, our eH
ports to the islands were Of the valu
az so sg1. .4s3 while their exports to u
amounted to ss5,925,552
It is true that during the twenty-sevel
wears whose figures i have just quoted
the islands took from this country good
valued at $50 So. SIS, while they found ;
market in our country for goods valued
at SIJ0. .365. $40 There is undoubtedly
vast difference in the value OF VIVA
they sent us and what we sent thems Du
this discrepanc.v is due entirely to the Law
of supply and demand. For Whue II Il
true that their exports to TINS country
have risen from an annual average
amount Of s., $50, ,7lG In the anu-treaty DAY!
10 a present average annual amount Of
SO G52 3g5. II is also true that one exports
10 the islands have risen from an annual
average Of S74S.02O 10 an annual aver
age OF s361O,159.
THAT the Increase Of our exports TO the
Hawaiian Islands does not keep pace
with the increase Of our imports from
the Hawaiian Islands is due TO this sim
Ole fact That in the one case the pur-
-basere number G5 5OD1.OOO while in the
other case the purchasers number I,l5O
IT ALMOST SEEMS TO ME SHABBY
TO TALK OF THE HAWAIIAN ISL
ANDS HAVING THE BEST OF THE
BARGAIN ] cannot help quoting here
an extremely pertinent and valuable
statement to which I call the attention
Of those Senators who look upon this
treaty as such a had bargain, being all
as they claim no one side.
That while the total value Of all i'm
ports from everywhere into the Hawai-
ian Islands during the calendar year 1892,
as reported in their statistical statement,
was S429. 4s3, of this amount S5,294.219,
came from the United States; sl,3l ,229
from the United Kingdom: s3S4.14j from
Germany; and s559.e2S from all other
countries That is, the Hawaiian Islands
took from this country goods amounting
TO s3.1491T in excess Of what they took
from all other countries of the world
combined. AS matter Of fact, the Ha-
waiian Islands would gladly take from
Us every atom and scrap which they
require. and il has only been by the eX-
treme energy Of the representative of
Great Britain, and by the wonderfully
Increased commercial push of the Ger
mans that those countries have sue
ceeded in any kind of business foothold
on the islands
As we have seen, the entire population
of the islands is only tritle over 10000.
and they raise everything in the nature
OF supplies; in a word, as purchasers
they take from us all they can. When,
too, we come TO consider how much other
countries take from US, We ind some
very instructive comparative figures. In
the fiscal year 1899, the five Central Am
ericau States combined took goods from
us which in the aggregate were only
worth SS2l. ..6I, more than those Whlcn the
Hawaiian Islands took from US; the Ar
gentine Republic took little more than
half. ore exports 10 that country being
s2.s27. .4SS; Chile was not purchaser to
an equal extent hy 81, 1882. While Peru
was only q purchaser to the extent of
81 .0G7 OBS. Our exports to Japan amounted
to but 50. 900, III. while even to China they
were only S5.6G3 4g7, while we imported
from China three times the value. Tor
which we paid them our gold and silver.
THESE FIGURES ONLY STRENGTH
EN- Ny OPINION THAT THE HAWAI-
IAN ISLANDS ARE 4 VERY GOOD
PURCHASER
The exports from the United States to
the Hawaiian Islands have been class OF
merchandise that has given employment
to cur mechanics ana greatly peLtutee
our people. We have sent them the pro
duct Of the cotton loom of Georgia and
Massachusetts. The iron from the mines
and furnaces Of Alabama and Pennsyl-
VanIa mas been by American mechanics
fashioned into machinery for crushing
cane and manufacturing sugar, furnish
ing hundreds of miles Of large iron pipe
that is rolled in the rolling mills OF Ala
bama while the factories of Ohio, Illi-
nois Michigan, and other States have
furnished the planters their wagons and
agricultural implements; and California,
Oregon, and Washington have furnished
them lumber. grain, flour, horses and
mules and other live stock. and built for
them their steamboats, and other vessels
that navigate among and around the
islands
The report shows that they have in
the islands forty-tWo steamers and sal!-
ing vessels and out of those forty-twO
vessels that are registered there are
THIRTY that have been BUILT in the
UNITED STATES; eight were built by
the HaWaiiaus themselves out OF material
furnished by our people, one was built
in Japan, and the other three in Great
Britain, thus bringing home to us the
benefits of building these vessels in our
own country, placing the cost of them
into the pockets Of our American me
chaHics.
So much. Mr.. President, in brief for
our side of the question But the Hawai- |
ian side Of the question was more beau |
tifully and more logically presented by |
the distinguished Senator from Alabama |
than II is possible for me to present It |
To the Hawaiian Islands the solemn |
bound treaty has been the breath OF |
life The commerce of the Hawaiian |
Islands may be said TO be the child- the |
product the direct result of the CONNER |
cial relations established by treaties ne
tween the two countries of the Hawai- /
ian Islands and the United States
In the two years prior to the making |
of that treaty the Hawaiian Islands eX-
ported 49.ei6.795 pounds of sugar OF
which Il. .955 gA pounds We're sent 10 the
United States: and 276l,725 pounds of |
rice Of which ,lSl pounds We're sent |
"a this country. In 1891 the Hawaiian /
Islands exported 2I4,9SS,5SO POUNDS OF |
sugar OF which all with the exception |
of 2S5.0OO pounds We're sent to this coun- |
try, and 1900 450 pounds of rice, of which |
only 5.69S pounds went elsewhere than |
TO this country.
In fact the Hawaiian Islands for the |
seven years, 1895 to 1891 inclusive, eX-
ported only 4g.Sll pounds of sugar TO all |
other countries than the United States,
or G323. $50 pounds less than they eN-
ported to all other countries in the one
wear 1874: and but A, 1l6 pounds of rice
in the same seven years to all other |
countries as against ouZ,54O pounQs IN ile
one of 1874 The commerce of the coun-
try is thus. it Will be seen, practically
with the United States and with the
United States only and, l repeat. Il mas
developed as the direct result to the |
treaty which il now sought to abIOsate.
TINIJE TO FLOURISH under other con-
ditions is il seems to me, most CHIME
RICAL and most IMPROBABLE. Trade
is the distinct result of conditions, 4
CHANGE your CONDITIONS and you
CHANGE the RESULTS. Supply and
demand are two great regulators, II Is
true that there can be no continued sup
ply where there is continued loss, and
demand will soon cease If there Is an ut
ter absence of the compensatory prin-
chile There is NOTHING IN ALL THIS
THAT OFFERS the FAiNTEST NIO-
LENCE TO the most ADVANCED IDEAS
of PROTECTION. Free trade Is one
thing and reciprocity is another one is
an individual contract and the other is a
general invitation They offer the COM
mercial parallel of domestic chastity and
promiscuous compliance.
Another point is inVolved-the less ele-
waited one of selfish interest. Apart from
closing up a market and living the cold
shoulder to a good customer, the abro-
cation of this treaty will imperil our own
interests and discount our own invest
ments There are 40 corporate and 2 un-
incorporate sugar plantations and mills
on the islands, representing an aggre-
afa investment of S33 347 6q0 and of this