The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-12-30
PROTECTIVE TARIFF
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the fact that we have fortunes in the
United States that require to fig
ures to enumerate them, and which
were made out of sugar that is granted
protection. claiming that this protec-
ton is of no benefit to the masses, as
having enriched only a few. Be this
as it may, we know Furthermore that
we have many nlillionaires in all
classes of industries. Does this con-
denim one particular industry. and,
above all, the protective system? A
country with no millionaires means a
country of meager resources, coun-
try in a state of stagnation, coun-
try of no or little progress. In fact,
a country of no millionaires is no coun-
try for any man with any ambition
to embark much less to live in.
The United States is today the rich
est nation upon the face of the globe.
She leads the world in commerce, in
Industrial progress and development,
and who can foretell what pinnacle she
will attain to fifty years hence? Pro-
vided, of course, we don't have abso-
lutte free trade as in coffee.
Mr.. Thomas further argues that We
don't grow any coffee on the main
land, and therefore why protect same ?
Just think what would happen if the
people of any one State would declare
against the producers of another State
because they do not happen to produce
any of it. The Northerners would Sc
riously object to Southern protected
products; the Southerners would in
return object TO giving the Northern
ers protection. The Fasteners would
object to the Western protected prod
ucts. and the Westerners would act
vice versa. We can take all the direc-
tons of the compass and continue this
problem. The outcome if realized
would present a sorry spectacle for the
future of our country.
Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philip
pines are embodied in the whole, have
become a part of the American eco
nomic system, and as a matter of
course must purchase American prod
ucts of all kinds in other sections of
the commonwealth that are protected.
But we are not kicking at that. True
Americans do not wish to see it other
wise They prefer having their re-
quirements given to American indus
tries. In this way the nation prospers.
As for costing little more, We never
feel it, because the purchasing power
of inter-protected communities under
the same tariff arrangement makes
for prosperity in all channels.
Just witness our Brazilian trade re-
lations. which is in favor of the same.
something between eighty-five to nine
fx- Y11f1lfnnS onn11alfxv Which &c the
greater tax upon the nation, revenue
of $S0,OOOOOO that finds its way back
to the people again, in various great
undertakings of the government, or a
trade balance of about 500, 600, 600 an
nually that never returns, but goes
into foreign channels? 1t needs no
solon to solve the question.
And in the final analysis. duty on
coffee will be no more felt than any
duty which exists today on products
of the United States. Take up the
tariff schedules and you will perceive
that there is hardly any article or
product that has not got some duty
Coffee is entitled to some protection,
and surely cents is small and insig-
nif1cant when compared to what some
European countries impose on the
product.
We have no political or econonic
stake in Brazil and foreign countries,
but we surely have political and eco
nomic ties with Hawaii. Porto Rico
and the Philippines. They are our
wards
The whole nations supply could be
easily produced in the Philippines. as
she has immense areas suitable for its
culture. a. L LOITISSON