Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-02

The annexation ~ Puerto Rico. Hawaii
uul the Philippine irluuda hy the Unit
ed States. consolidated several 1f the
WORLDS choicest sugar producing AREAS
and 10 haH the foremost sugar c1nsum-
lrr population. Thia brings the sugar
Industry of Europe inter 90 years NJ de-
NDopmout TO tho point of urluput.l
supremacy face 90 face with un uu1n-
uHlc Uruouizntlnn whose sugar cpnaums
Iue capacity per capita Dr. equal tu thlt
N. Germany Austria and France DIu-
h'uad. whose sugar producing uuHaibIl-
u'1crut rivalry for the future In tnH
United Stntsa. To engage boo such
contest DO iH wrU that We measure
HH carefully ur facts win permit the rH-
sources OF our competitors For The
post hfteUn years the position of tho
European sugar Interests hur boon u
very strong ONE TINT position hue hoon
FHlut1 hy persistent improvements iu
methods both Boo scientific discoveries
NHd hg the best cultivation and man
ufaeturo ~ the sugar bHet nui the
careful use of nl IH hy-prliurH.
THE EUROPEAN PRODUCT
within recent years aa much aa o.
per cent OF the total European product
hoe gone Coz England ana inr United
states alone. Much of tnlH sugar bag
been exported un 5000 export hHuH'F ana
|| |IN.a .....||' |||I.. Na.'-
ruurHu governments NHfn '"EI0l n t|N
Hu HH fu protect themselves UHHiH.f
one another. such 81 policy has caused
tHU coat u. sugar Zoo inH consumer tH Dor
.tH.H heavy. Hu much Hu. thUf Do cure
f.IH iu those CHuulrIH. Che CON uWHa
ZION very materially At present DHHa
E.uti1us ura being NH'l us iu d..Ir-
ability NJ onrrtlng nn HntIr. chung ln
thin policy and encouraging 90" cone
sumption hr making sugar cheap Co
The consumer
REPLY TO SECRETARY WILSON.
"m regard 90 the question of lIa.
WlIIHu. cuba. Philippine. etc.. Hul tho
bearing uf other sugar predictions ln
tHH boot sugar Industry of uuH United
States. I hereby submit % reply of tuH
Hon. james Wilson, secretary uf u4UIs
culture zoo recent letter to- uu eastern
gentleman Boo which be- says. 'lu rUa
gard 90 building uf Mct1ugH you uIU
precisely of the condition OF uum.rUuH
other States uH fur us the future pole
les Uf thu country Dr. concerned. ] can
only judge from conditions u you u
yourself o1u state what the actual
facts arc. hUwrp,. us regards the lH'
been prepared by The President and pll
Boo force both ln tl.hl and IuDri.
lllcp Tor the purpUfy uf obtaining
money enough 60 pay Ntc expenses "l
cleaning ANA governing .NU." I.IHnIH
while they are under military rule
Anybody chipping Co these island must
pay this tuuu duty un ihu goods hD
Htuds uH also anyone BOO cuba or Puerto
Rico coming Co The United States win
sugar. tobacco, etc, must pay the
unn duties OF the United States na
found Boo tho tariff act uf 1896 When
the United States rHH run possess Ion
and begins the government ul the IhUa
urIuyH % similar tariu viii De- urIuus'
lu those islands. 10 ls different with
! thu Hawaiian islands. Tor over twenty
years sugar has como from them into
the United States free and their proc
duetiun hus been developed almost 90
the utmost profitable extent have
given some attention 60 their condition.
under which sugar lf produced, and
| do not think that the production con Doe
! greatly extended. Tor the reason that
! thu luudS there need heavy frrtllizlnl
| uH also very extensive pumping nr
] rBurcmout lu doing 10 they must ntlus
| thpir coal from san Francisco ur Aus
| trnill, ThUrc o. also "a hill poudlui
! which uholifhyH the contract HyHtrm Z"
| labor whereby they have been enabled
| 90 rHt cheap Japanese labor In "a ycuI
or so the contracts WIN have run uu
| aud such contract labor VIII cease. j
| % does not cease upon the passage Z"
| the act Congress yuu M any time in
: tvrNnuo and make such laws co. u
I ulUaHUa hut Congress represents 90.
] people pf the United States ana I DO moi
] think the peoples representatives, elect