The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-31
AN INSIDE VIEW OF THE HAWAII
AN TREATY QUESTION.
The Treaty Can BE Held Up If There
Is No Neglect in Putting Forward
the Claims of the Islands.

Just before the Australia sailed
from San Francisco. the San Francisco
agents of Castle g. Cooke telegraphed
inquiries to Washington in regard to
the Hawaiian treaty. A reply was re-
ceived from we'll known Hawaiian
citizrn at present in Washington, in
which he says:
Hawaiian treaty exception sus-
tanned by one majority of Republican
member of House committee. Will be
keenly attacked in Senate. Am pre-
pairing argument for Senate commit
tee showing reasons for treaty, its
workings, objections to abrogation by
tariff law, reviewing OXnard. Believe
treaty can be held but unwise neglect
showing before committee. Wire if
you approve. McKinley's policy not
indicated, waiting to hear from him.
Hopeful"
The following telegraphic dispatch
was received from a prominent Sena-
tor:
BEST information obtainable feel
confident no material change will be
made jim pending tariff bill in House of
Representatives. Personal interviews
with Republicans in Senate opposed
interfering with present Hawaiian
treaty. Action of Democrats and Pop
ulists not so certain, but general opin-
ion prevails that present Congress will
From the circular letter issued by
Williams, Dimond & Company, are
taken these extracts on the tariff is
sue:
The new bill, as presented to the
House of Representatives, changes the
tariff on sugar from an ad valorem to
specific duty and provides as fol-
lows:
I'm all sugars testing by the polar
scope when landed, 750 or under, 1c
per pound on net landed weight, and
.03c per degree for each degree up to
100, fractions of degree to be as
sessed in proportion. This makes CEN
trifugals 96 pay 1853 cents per pound.
The proposed schedule also provides
for hc per pound additional duty on
all sugar above No. 16 ID. s., and en-
powers the executive to impose duty
on sugars coming from bounty-paying
countries equal to the bounty paid by
the Government of the country whence
they are imported. 1t also provides n
reciprocity clause whereby sugar pro-
ducing countries having reciprocity
treaty with the United States, will pay
hc per pound less duties than coun-
provides in addition that the changes
as proposed shall in no way interfere
with the reciprocity relations now ex-
listing between this Government and
the Hawaiian Islands. From the House
the bill will go to the Senate and pos
sibly from the Senate to conference
committee, so that it is very possible
that further changes may be made in
the provisions of the bill before it is
finally passed. 1t will probably be
about the first of July next before it
will go into effect
The American sugar refiners are dis
satisfied with the protection to refined
as it is less favorable than the terms
of the present bill. They receive APP
proximately, under the present bill, so
C protection, one-quarter of which is
in the differential duty and three
duty.
An analysis of the application of the
new bill shows that the United States
refiner will pay a duty on beet raw
sugar from Germany of 1.63c. per
pound for 96 test, plus &c per pound
export bounty, allowed by Germany,
or say, 1.9Oc per pound, w-,ch equals
So. .04 on 1917 pounds raw beets, from
which is made 100 pounds of granulat-
ed sugar testing 100.
German granulated of 100 test, will
pay a duty of 1.s71ac per pound, plus
.3sc per pound, or say $225 per 100
pounds. This would show protection
of 21c per 100 pounds, in favor of the
United States refner, as against Ger
man refined, but under a reciprocity
treaty this would be reduced per
cent, or l9c per 100 pounds.
According to Willett & Gray's sta
tistieS the total stock of sugar al
United States four ports March nth
was 3O2,s7o tons, against 137,107 tons
for the same time last year. Crop in
Cuba, six principal ports, by cable
same date, 67,l24 tons, against 43,794
tons same time last year. Cuba cables
of this date also report "A estates
grinding, and the visible production OF
the entire island of Cuba to March II
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