The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-06-22
(Conclusion.)
THE ANSWERS.

dEercial standpoint whether we would
come into the commercial system of
the United States, thereby securing
the benefits of the protective tariff
and give up sure hold on cheap labor
or vice versa, hold on to our cheap
labor market and give up the benefits
of the commercial system of the Unit
ed States. There Is no question that
the United States would not longer
have tolerated the situation. 1t was
with increasing difficulty that the reci-
procity treaty admitting our sugar free
into the United States was renewed
or continued, and the intelligent men
of the country came to have practi-
cally one opinion on the matter and
that was If we were to get into the
Union at all we would have to get in
promptly, and we had to choose which
We would do: the United States would
not tolerate the situation as it was.
Therefore, while we have not got the
cheap labor market that we had before
annexation, which in one sense, and
in narrow sense, means loss in dol
lars and cents, on the other hand forced
to choose, as we were, we undoubted-
1y chose wisely in tying up our for
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States; and while there is some
grumbling here against annexation it
does not amount to anything, and If
you were to call for a vote of the
citizens of Hawaii today on the ques-
tion of annexation. with direct prom
dse that they could cut loose from the
United States again, I think the vote
would be Overwhelmingly against II,
both among natives as well as whites.
81 don't take much stock In the
proposition that we should get three
quarters of the Federal revenue to be
expended for improvements within the
Territory. In the first place 1 believe
that the great bulk of that will be
Federal improvements that will come |
here sooner or later anyhow. l do not
believe II wise for us to put ourselves
as a Territory in a special class or
category. l think II Is enough IL we
have all the rights and privileges of
other Territories. / fear that when we
want something from Congress it will
be thrown up to us that we should not
have it because we have already got
this provision whereby three-quarters
of the Federal revenues are expended
within the Territory. In the long run l
don't think we shall gain much by it;
and l believe that the Territorial end
of 1t will be rather small
Al certainly believe there is fine
opening for other agricultural indus
tries besides sugar. but they have to
be tropical or semi-tropical industries
We never can compete with the west
ern states in raising corn, wheat, etc.
We even buy eggs and butter from the
coast now and II will continue to do 1t
more or less; and that Is simply a
of the clear line OF demark-
alton between industries that Will pay
In this territory and those that VIII
not.
In my opinion there is a great OPEN
Ing for tropical and semi-tropical
agricultural Industries which come
within the protection OF the tariff. For
Instance, pineapples are protected, as
also canned fruits What In the resultY
The pineapple business has got fair
start now In the Territory, and inside
Df ten years We shall be- producing
and canning quantity of this fruit !
that win be revelation, There II
great opening for IobaocOi that II
nut the minute you get an q
10 tropical Industry which IN not
~ that u has to be- raised in a
competition with the hordes " cheap n
abOr found in most tropical countries. /
hat minute you make u Impossible for d
hat Industry 20 thrive ln Hawaii
when No we're annexed We took NO. h
20 ourselves tho obligation 90 main' {
ain vases and conditions on AmeTl' 1
an lnan We DO not want ~ Do u, 4
ali We haye 20 90 A. ana y Il beet foF 4
~ that Ne should hut 10 e0TollaTy =
4 ihsi 10 n svF Industries afe 20 be- >