The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-05-04
n.MMl.. uaaot ol rAhIIEs.

II 10 not. as an evening paper a..
sumos. that The Republican claim ol
the vote OF Hawaii BE- one Of gratitude
acne. though gratitude has its right
to be weighed. Repuhicanism asks
support on grounds thai are emlnenty
practical. namely. that he aims and
policy are better FOR the commercial
interests OF the Islands than The Gins
and policy OF any other parry wha.so-
ever.
The welfare OF Hawaii depends. as
all will admit, upon the price Of sugar
in the Mainland market. Reduce that
price by the free admission o. the OK
port sugar OF foreign lands and the In
come OF the people here will be cut
down proporuonately. Sol, climate
and fertility do not acne produce our
wealth. II II old, Jamaica, instead Of
living from hand TO mouth and wailing
for a reciprocity treaty with the United
States, would be as well off as Hawaii,
whose soil. climate and fertility ice Own
equals Why Hawaii is rich and ia
maica poor is simply that the Repubii-
can policy protects the sugar market Of
the one and excludes, BY the imposi-
ton OF high duues, the sugar producL
OF the other But Jet the Democrats
have their way and the protection Of.
sugar ceases. Hawaii then Will have
no betLer show IN the American mar
ket than Germany, Egypt or Cuba; aad
as a result Of the thrush Of sugar from
everywhere the price viii be cut IL
two. Even now the Democrats are
clamoTiIg fer free trade IN POTtO RI
can sugar and other commodities.
Give them full cOatroi OF the Govern
ment and in years time sugar would
be drug in The market and every man
IN Hawaii, native or haOle, O.d-tlmeT
or newcomer, would guner a direct
loss Of income. Honolulu would then
have 10 seize down as Southern Cal
fornia towns DO and try 20 live of the
tourists; aud as for the natives, VINO
would soO1 he as badly on az the com
munity sydney Smith discovered.
where the people earned precsriouE
living by taking In each others wash
Ing.
Not only does the Democracy threat
en- Island sugar through the medium Of
low tariff or free trade, but through
special legislation against corporate
sugar properties. That party wants TO
make a record against trusts and It
chooses az its targets the combines
that are supposed to control various
necessaTies Of life. The sugar trust H.
one OF these and In Democratic theory
every incorporated sugar company IL a
part OF IT, Not only viii the Demo-
Gratis try to break the back Of the trust
by means Of free sugar but by other
means Of oppressive special legislation.
Our Island prosperity, therefore. de-
Ponds In the future as In the past upon
the power OF the Republican party 10
keep the Democracy from getting sim
uitaneOus control Of the executive and
legislative branches Of the Govern
ment and thus carrying out their de-
structlye plans.
For any citizen Of Hawaii TO Join
the Democratic party IL to swell the
number Of thOfe who would do the
Islands harm. Nor IL this harm CON
fined 20 an assault upon our chief In
dusry. The Democracy, as we pointed
out yesterday, Is ayeTge TO expansion
and would Ike nothing better than 10
prove u a failure. We could not en-
pect help VI any kind from a Demo
cratic Congress or Executive ana on
the other hand could count upon irrl-
tatIng delays 10 giving us our rights
and eager haste IN visiting upon W
commercial Or political wrongs. Eelth-
er oid-umeF nor newcomer could get
any pubic good our OF Democratic pol
lcles: and as for the native. Wh.ie he
might be used, be could not expect
preferment at the hands Of an oTganl-
zation which draws the color line IN
every State OF the Union,
The one thing politically needfu for
Hawaii 10 close afiiliauon with the Re
publican parry The goal OF every Isl |
ander from this on Is Statehood, but
who could hope 70 reach Il without Re-
publican help7 The Democracy OPP
poses expansion par,y On the ground
that u does not want the people OF
Hawaii, Porto Rico ana the Philip
pines 10 share IN the voting privileges
Of American citizenship. That segti-
meDt puts the Democracy IN line Of
battle against HawaiPs strongest po-
liueal aspirations and adlures our
people IN the most persuasive terms 70
cast their lot with progressive Repub-
ilcanism,
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Query for HaBallaus. How long