The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-08-13

at work TO secure the annexation OF
Cuba. The large amount of American
capital invested in Cuba ~ doubtless
lending its influence to reach the con-
summation OF annexation, and We can
see from the article that we reprint
! how carefully all of the data has been
collated, the percentages worked out,
and the advantages of annexation thus
made, the schemers think, obvious TO
the Cubans.
All these parties forget, however, tina,
as far as sugar Is concerned, they kill
the goose that lays the golden egg
when they annex Cuba and bring Gu
ban sugars into the United States free
Of duty. Cuba can readily produce far
more sugar than the United States has
ever yet consumed. Cuba is practically
an undeveloped country, and yet has
, already produced over million tons
/ of sugar for export.
! When tho cane sugar industry of the
Southern States, and the beet sugar in
| dustries of the north and west shall
have been destroyed by the COMPETE
| ton of Cuba, Cuba would have a mo-
! nopoly of the market, but the level Of
values of sugar would be reduced to
the common level of the world, and the
profits of many millions hereInpelow
| referred to, would never materialize.
! 1t is certainly far better for the sugar
/ industry of the United States that Gu
I ba remain separate nation. under
( the protection of the United States II
/ You please. but not a component part
of the Union:
The journal of Commerce SAYS:
/ The following statement from a re-
spOnsible source that has been making
a study of the sugar SITUATION from the
standpoint of production has been CIV
! on this journal for publication. 1t is
of particular interest at the moment,
I in view of the discussion of the rela %
1 tions of cuba to the United States:
- Some striking figures on the rela-
! tive growth of sugar production in
/ cuba, Porto Rico and the Hawaiian
Islands, recently made public by the
Bureau Of Statistics. are worthy vt the
! serious consideration of the people
who are demanding that cuba cut
herself loose from the United States
and set up as an Independent govern
ment. These official figures show that
ithe Hawaiian Islands which nave had
the privilege Of sending their sugar in
to the United States free of duty since
1876, have increased their sugar pro-
duction twenty-fold in that time, while
Cuba and Porto Rico have in that time
made but a trifling increase, even IN
their best years of production. The
cane sugar production Of the whole
world has increased but so. 81 per cen,
|
Hawaii. which has had the exclusIv.
privilege Of free entry into the Unit
ed states, has increased her produc-
tloh .'ov' per cent ana mas received ron
ner sugar products sZaoooV,opo during
'hat ufne.
ne reason 81 TINS great prosperi'
III lat HAWAIIAN sugar production Is
perfectly apparent me sugar 81 thos'
ISahuS mas come INTO the tniteo
Estates free of any duty and has beer
soiu III competition win sugar ina
paIh IVY !" rom ! eent 10 ~ ceut'
per p"unu' me result was that lh'
Pr",'t "i the hawaiian producers eS
ccene" that Oh u. "thrr cane sugar
lp,""ucers ny pract'ai'! the amount %
tne uu'y when the Cnpans ana Port'
hcahs haa To pay ana when the Ha'
M"llahS anu MOI nav '" pay, me cane
suSur vi nuuI.Es nave mao hafI
s''"S"!" III 'he past Twenty-Five years
gu HuseiS 4" lhr acknowledgements
"il'h pee, SnSNr production mas 70
celNeu IN EUROPE, ana the sugar grow
ers Oh the west Indies nave grow
those oi the ha"ailan islahds nave
grown rich by selling their products
Tree OF uuty IN the pest market IN th'
world the united states, IN compet
tion WIN other sugars "hich Were
coinpeiieu 10 pay the duty.
10 uoup.iess the kho"leuee o.
I,ils Fac. 'iat mas leu .he astute fort'
h'cams "a promptly take advantage O.
,he Tor'o hican ACT ana demand th'
inlmeuia,e aDoiltion OF all duties De
tween 'nat isiahd ana the UNITED
states, ana they are wise IN so DONG
by optaiHins free entrance TOT 1nei
sugar INTO the United states ana sell
II dt 'ne sarle price as the Suoan an'
othsr sugars Wnlcn pay duty, th'
prnnt Oh the rorto hicah producers
WIN pt enormously increased. Inc rat'
Vi uuty on IA" sugar ranges IRON
ABOUT ! per cent per pound upward
ana TINS sum ADDED TO the small mar
gin "hlcn the duty-paid sugar no"
4 gives 10 tne producer VIII make th'
pront OF the Porto Rlcans very mana
some one ana VIII, IN rev years
nlake that iSiaho r'ch ana its sugar
producers IhilloIaires' as mas peeh th'
case III. IN 'ne nav an isiaIos.
me people oi Supa are 'nrowint