The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-01-10
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vyur;om g Gregg, of the Gregg Sea
,ar company. who for years has been
CLOSELY associated with the sugar IN
austrv saws that reciprocity with Cupa
iii result in great harm to the sugar
;,,5retry of the United States ana her
donendent islands Mr.. Gregg contehus
49, tho United states is in duty pouhu
q, handle the sugar tariff in such
,,,, DC not TO ruin the cane growers
80 T .ouisiann. whom it induced 10 go
,,to tho business. He asserts that IL ~
,,,,or folly TO throw away the maSnih-
oant start made by the beet sugar IN
,,,s,ry and that in this same connec-
tion we owe a duty to Porto Hlco anu
Hawaii. who willingly were adop'vu
INTO the national family. In the fhi-
,nnines he SAYS, the sugar Industry can
10 usaa TO turn the natives from wal
IN the peaceful arts of agriculture
Cuba can make money in sugar on
tariff basis and has excellent recourse
"a diversified farming, The uhlte'
states has already done much Tor thc
poarI of the Antilles. He makes inc
,.oi,, that western lands to be reclaim
"a nv irrigation can be used prohtap's
in the culture of the sugar beet.
AMERICAN SUGAR INTERESTS.
When asked what the effect oil rec'-
procity with cuba would be on the SUI
gar industry of the United states MI
Gregg said: ,,,,,,
"rTo begin with, reciprocity with Iupa
will blot out a direct investment OF one
hundred millions in sugar machinery
and appliances in the Southern states
As we increase property values !"
cuba by reciprocity we Will decrease
values of cane and beet sugar property
in this country. Through this pollcN
we would blot out the beet sugar IN
dustry in the United States an indus-
try which increased 100 per cent inns
year. Our beet sugar production ior
this wear exceeded the consumption "l
Spain and Portugal. Should we refuse
reciprocity to Cuba the beet sugar IN
dustry will grow to that point where
the lands To be reclaimed from lrrlSa-
ton in this western country can DC
utilized profltably in raising the sugar
beet. 1t is estimated that the produc-
ton of sugar in the United States, Por-
to Rico, Hawaii and the Philippines IN
1906 will reach 2,Sl1,00O tons, The con
sumption in the United States by that
time will about equal that. We Wouid
furnish a market right here for the su-
gar produced in this country and in the
islands we own.
WORK FOR THE FILlPlNOS.
Reciprocity with Cuba means that We
turn our backs to the opportunity FOL
developing the sugar industry in tn
Philippines which means turning IN
war energy of the natives TO aEricul
ture. We are spending annually mill
ions of dollars in paclfying the Philip
pines. The export crop of sugar o
the Philippines now has been reduce
to almost nothing. The export crop il
'9s was $4,000 tons. l estimate tina
under fair increase. in five years tn
export sugar crop of the Philippine
will reach $4,000.
Do you suppose the insurgent caus
will last very long If the sugar bust
ness over there is booming? After all
is it not our first business to stop tina
basis? Is it good business for us L
give to the Cuban people, anu refus
to make such a good business move il
the Philippines?
BEET SUGAR ENCROACHMEN'
GRADUAL.
1T takes about fourteen tons of Lou
isiana cane to make a ton of sugar. !
takes about eight tons of tropical can
TO make ton OF sugar. They gro,
about thirty tons of this iow-grad
Louisiana cane per acre. The tropica
countries, under careful cultivation
produce from sixty to seventy tons q