The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-12-13

ALAN GAZETTE: FRIDAY n
member of the former Cuban delegation
on economic affairs, which visited WASH
ington last winter. Af i
After stating In a general way the eco
nomic situation In the Island. the petit
ton asks for number of reductions in
the American tariff on Cuban products.
The petition goes on TO say that the eco
nomcal situation In which the island of
Cuba Is placed Is such that the remedies
above exp essed admit of no delay. 1t
concludes as follows:
I'VE therefore respectfully entreat you,
either by virtue of the constitutional au-
thority vested In you or by requesting
Congress In your first message to grant
you the necessary authority to immed-
atey establish ample commercial privl-
lcges between the United States-the al
most exclusive market FIR our products
and Cuba, based on the foregoing petit
ton. as a measure of urgent necessity
and Indispensable for the salvation of the
island"
The Cubans have no intention of rest
ing on their oars. They will keep rep
resentatives In the national capital all
this winter to press Their cause before
Congress. and to furnish any Information
on the subject of tariff that may be re-
CURED of them. The forces against them
are very strong including the beet sugar
growers, the Louisiana cane growers and
! tobacco interests of the CO r;ry general.
iy. net to mention the Florida people.
who fear lest the next thing may be
lower duties on fruits from Cuba.
The Cubans will be aided much In their
cause by the recommends lions In the
presidents message that the tariff on
Cuban sugar he reduced In return for
4t.fN
the exact language of the message,
which will not he made public till next
Tuesday, is not known. the president has
stated to several callers that that was
what he intended to recommend. He also
inteads to recommend the reduction of
duty on sugar from the Philippines, so
that the product from those islands a s
wei as from Cuba, will be something on
a par with the sugar from Hawaii. The
sugar trust viii, of course. earnestly
work for the embodiment Of that rec
ommendation into law The struggle
will be vigorous. 1t W uld be almost fol-
" at this stage to attempt to forecast
the result.
KAHN STANDS WITH NEEDHAM.
Representative julius Kahn of San
Francisco. who spent much OF the sum
mcr in China. Japan and the Philippines.
reached here a few days ago. He visit
ed the white House Nov. q, and as he
left declared his firm conviction that Ha-
waiian sugar planters would not be al
lowed to bring In Chinese or other labor
ers that were excluded from the States.
Il was the author of the provision in the
organic act for the Teri tory" said Mr..
Kahn, which forbids the bringing of
Chinese now in Hawaii into the United
States. The Attorney General told me
he believed It was legal at the time. But
80.
from coming in, and ! would insist. just
as my colleague, Mr.. NJ edham. does, on
letting the Hawaiian people stand on the
same conditions that people here in the
States have TO stand on"
REVENUES FROM HAWAII
Hawaii Is doing a little in the manu-
facture of cigars, as shown by the an.
nual report of the Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue, Treasury Department
recently made public. There are two fac
tories in the Territory and they useC
during the year 1902 pounds of tobacco
: which was worked into 400 cigars
weighing more than three pounds to thu
thousand. No plug tobacco was manu-
> featured in the Territory.
The number of ga !. ms of spirits rcCtl
9 fed N the Territory of Hawaii durin:
the last fiscal year was ll,5277i gallon-
The Territory has no registered distil
r lcrlos. Besides the quantity rectihod, a
already stated, there was dumped 70
y rectlnCation 1928 gallons. This makes
. total of 2l,7Gl gallons Of spirits gauge
/, during the year. The production OF fer
| mented liquors In the Territory durin
f the year aggregated 1881 barrels.
; The aggregate collections from internr
G revenue in Hawaii for the fiscal yea
: were $iO2, GS. The number of d,fferen
!, kinds of special tax payers were 500. a
fpl1pwG, RnItirprg D. lNDl
a ers. $50; wholesale liquor dealers, G.
n dealers in leaf tobacco, II; dealers /
: manufactured tobacco, IA; manufacturer
n of cigars, 2; brewers 3; retail dealers |
4 malt liquors, 3; wholesale dealers in nal
. liquors. 3; retail dealers IL oleoma' garint
!, l. wholesale dealers in o.eOrlargn"ine,
: bankers, S; billiard tables and bowlin
: alleys, 30, brokers in stocks and bond:
!, 2l; commercial, .: custom house br ker:
r II; pawn brokers, l; propr,etors OF exh
q billions not otherwise provided for 5; pro
: prietors OF theaters, museums and con
, cert halls, 1.
;. The salaries of collectors of interna
revenue are regulated by law accordin
:. to the amount collected, ranging all tn
!. way from 5000 a year to $500 a year
:. the latter figure being the hghes
. amount pad. From the collections /
= Hawaii last year the salary of the eel
y lector there Is s2,625 annually. OF tn
. total collected during the fiscal yeal
y s9,G6l.50 was collected by r. NJ. F'icl
. deputy In charge; Si5,l5i u by Willar
:, Haywood, sl9,37S.96 by william +. {
Hasson, acting collector. and $Sl99O.E
% by Roy II. Chamberlain. These sum
e., make up the total of Sl02lS2.6S.
= ERNEST q. WALKER.
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