The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-11-11
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pun SOON 10 81 DROPPED
ss~so faFrf' ln isar'buts-, u1s
AND 400 rrstt-L ssislsra Me-
20 Suf'sr

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which viii sNiH Ia fatsrs sstWo,I
caba and the United states siil hhs'
a marked eficct npon the prodnciiDn al
,slear throsghout ihs World. T. seen
ID appreciated on che Enropean Con
uBaui. a. indicated boy repJtis whica
are reaching The STAT, department Dc
h evidently feared thar jhe policy a.
ready enforced ~ the United Staies
N shutting oui bcct-rOOi sugar ~ TAR
m legislation. viii be- given a firmei
basis Id the future bg the immense
sapply ~ cane sugar which will IN
available from Cuba and Porto Rico
An important Hamburg firm ALEX
ander John a Coz issued circular
IN August which L. attracting much az
tsntion la economic aud business cir
cles on the continent This statement
makes the following review of the SIT
aation from the standpoint u the In
ter.sts ~ the bounty coun-
tries:
Whether the island h. officially an
neKed or not h unimportant as 70 the
economic relations. The first act which
Mckinley executed after the surrender
VI Santiago was 90 Introduce the Am
srican customs tariff. From this II
follows that later, with the concluslos
Of peace, the same will be applied to
the whole island The logical conse-
guence 81 the application OF the Am
erican customs taiifi il the free import
Of Cuban products into the United
States. So then the American manu-
facturers and Sugar Trust have their
Viii, and the advantages which will
result will soon cover the cost which
the flibustering equipment aud war
batting Is supposed 60 have cost them.
Hayemeyer. the head of the American
Sugar Trust, possesses already exten-
siye estates In Cuba, and, as through
the Instruction and the war, the need
Of money has not grown less In Cuba.
II will not be difficult 10 acquire still
further greater possessions there.
America has demand for sugar Of
two millions Of tons, OF which Louis
lana supplies 200, 900 tons, while 100, 900
tons come from beet, sorghum. maple
and other domestic sugar productions.
Before the last revolution. the Cuban
sugar production amounted 10 over
one million tons. In Rell-infOrmpd
American sugar circles they are CON
WINGED that Cuba will cover the entire
sugar demand for America in the
course VI Two or three years. This
means for the American nation In the
first place the yearly deficiency Of
round $4,000 900. which the duty on
imported sugar has hitherto produced
IL means at the same time the destriIc-
ton Of the sugar production Of Louis
lana, which cannot exist without the
protection Of the duty. The sugar
cane can stand no frost; IN Cuba there
is no frost, but In Louisiana the sugar
cane Is visited with frost from time
to time. We calculate Louisiana
sugar to he worth only $50 ton. so
that the omission OF the Louisiana
production represents yearly loss OF
$50 900 900. First of all the planters
of Cuba and the Sugar Trust will
make a booming business. Both, 50
far d. they have not already formed
union, will share among them
selves the profit which will arise when
the Cuban sugar has no duty TO pay
and Is made cheaper for America than
the sugar OF other countries. In ad-
'iition TO this, cane sugar Is worth al |
ready one mark more than beet sugar |
In the measure in which Cuba sup |
plies the demand for America, America |
ceases 10 be a customer OF other cane |
sugar and beet sugar. or the last II |
has imported 800, 900 tons; the rest OF |
he import was cane sugar When Am
erica ceases TO be a buyer OF cane
sugar, the English market. which has
hitherto been the chief customer for
Ieet sugar. remains for cane sugar
England has during the last year con-
nmed over $500 900 tons OF sugar. OF
which about 100000 came from Cuba
nd Porto Rico. As far as America
eases to be customer, the whole
English sugar demand can be supplied
With cane sugar. Then Europe sits
With her export premiums, and can
'ealiV nothing from them. II Ia en-
,ected already that by the next har-
rest the changed circumstances OF
)uba will count for much, as sufficient
ane sugar stands In the field to supply
100000 tons. about double as much as
asst harvest supplied"