The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-13

for her tobacco and fruits
and tropical products of all kinds in
markets of the greatest and richest
nation in the world would assure sue
cess to every class of producers and
general prosperity such as the Island
has never known. The Hawaiian ISL
ands lie 1900 miles from the Pacific
coast, and 5000 miles from the great
consuming centers of the United
States yet they have prospered beyond
measure through free admission of
their products into our markets. The
Porto Ricans see this and see that
they have even greater advantages be-
cause of their proximity to our great
business centers, and they were quick
to demand free access to those mar
kets. Will the Cubans throw away this
opportunity? Will they reject sub
stance for a shadow
WHITE LABOR FOR SUGAR GROW
ING
The above is the caption of a recent
article in the Mackay Standard of an ed
itorial discussing the debates now going
on in the new Australian Federal parlia-
ment on the question of a White Aus
tralia. The sugar growers in northern
Australia, and more particularly in
Queensland have at an early date Sc
cured from their home government the
privilege of securing indentured kanaka
labor from the islands of the South Seas.
just as Demerara and Trinidad in the
British West Indies secur ed the privilege
of bringing in coolie labor from Hindoo-
stan.
This new great Anglo-Saxon fedora
ton in the Southern Hemisphere is APP
parently destined to work out a splendid
future, and its statesmen may well pom
no
expediency, or inexpediency of maintain
ing their already considerable sugar in
dustry on foundation of colored labor
We in Louisiana are confronted with the
same problem. but our labor is entirely
free. There is no indenture, no appren-
ticeship, no ten years term of servitude
under which latter conditions the coolie
and Kanaka labor system is thus far
based.
We have no doubt that the Australian
Federal Parliament will decide upon the
matter in the end, but at present the
Queensland sugar planters are very much
exercised concerning It'll, a Planter.
SUGAR TRUST EXPANSION.
NEW YORK, July 29-The New York
Sun says: The stockholders of the Amer
lean Sugar Refining Company will receive
in day or two a communication from
the board of directors in which it is pro
posed that the stockholders authorize tn,
issue of s15,000,000 of new stock of the
company. The communication will b,
sent to each of. the II 900 stockholders a:
soon as it comes from the printers. TIL,
text of the document is as follows:
To the Stockholders of the American Su
gar Refining Company:
II is proposed to issue SIS, 000, 600 of new
stock of the company, one-half common
and one-half preferred. payable in casl
at par, and TO give the right to subscrib
to the preferred stock to the holders 0
preferred and to the common stock t
the holders of common, in the proportion
of their holdings, one share new for fv
shares old. The board of directors hav
passed a resolution that such increas
is advisable and have directed that t
take such action about it, meeQn
of the stockholders common and pre-
ferred be called for September 18th mex
at L M, at the Office of the company /
Jersey City. To authorize the issue c
the new stock requires that two-third
: in interest of each class of stakeholder
shall vote in favor of it.
1t is the opinion of the board that tn
J increase is in the interest of both classe
/ of stockholders and that the right t
subscribe should be given as hereinbefor
T stated. The company, at its organiza
: ton, authorized an issue of s10,000,0 o.
+ mortgage bonds. II is proposed tina