The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-25

far as possible we unity all tariff work
for Hawaii at Washington. If special
men can be sent on to Washington to
present special interests there, let them
be men who have practical frst-hand
information on the industries they pre-
sent. And let us all pull together for
the broad general prosperity of the Ter
ritory of Hawaii
Frear in the Chair.
The Delegate then called for nomi-
nations for chairman. E. d. Tenney
nominated Governor Frear. G. w.
Smith seconded the nomination, and
the Governor was unanimously chosen.
In taking the chair the Governor said
he felt that he hardly needed to add
anything to what the Delegate had so
well said Anyone familiar with the
history of the Hawaiian Islands would
recognize the part the tariff had play
ed in their history and prosperity, be-
ginning with the extension of the pro-
tective tariff of the United States to
Hawaii in 1876 This meeting could
not look after every detail of the sub
ject, but it could put machinery in mo-
matters.
E. E. Paxton was chosen secretary.
E. d. Tenney said that he knew of no
better plan of work than that outlined
by the American Protective Tariff.
League, of which his firm was mem
Der, and to the expenses of which it
had contributed for several years. He
read from this plan, and urged the ne
cessity and advantage of a presentation
of the facts of production, absolute
data as to the cost of production in
America and competing foreign coun-
tries Following that suggestion, Mr..
Tenney moved the appointment of an
executive committee of five, to be APP
pointed by the chair, to solicit funds
for the work and to appoint sub
committee for each industry, which
would secure and arrange and tabulate
the facts of that industry, to be dl-
gested and prepared for presentation
to the Committee on Ways and Means
by the executive committee through the
Delegate.
While this motion seemed to meet the
views of all present it was very fully
discussed, representatives of practl-
eally every one of the ten industries
represented speaking. Mr.. Paxton
pointed out that not only should the
figures of the cost of production in the
competing country be given, but the
figures of the cost on introduction from
thence. into the American market. lie
instanced Cuba, which in sugar, fruit,
and pineapples had the advantage IN
freight rates and all other elements OF
marketing. E. D. Tenney pointed out
that an item he had seen some time
ago in newspaper stated that 5oo,ooo
crates of pineapples had then already
been shipped from Cuba to the New
York market.
A LEGAL Question.
w @. Smith said that as had been
said. the tariff was largely local
question. For isolated countries IKE
Hawaii it resolved itself into ques-
tion of few articles of prime import
ance for which there was world mar.
| ket Hawaii's immediate and direct
! interest in the tariff was in few such
articles. sugar, rice, coffee, pineapples,
tobacco, and sisal, perhaps OUTSIDE Oh
these we have very little to look TOT
ward to. Effort therefore should DC
concentrated on these.
| Coffee an Amer1can1zer.
A. Louisson thought there was no
hone in these islands for Manila hemp,
| buf ne thought that tariff would add
/ coffee and tobacco to the staple IN
| dnstries of the country. Coffee, he felt
sure. would be one of the great means
/ Of building this up as white man s
country.
Tobacco a Possibility.
Jared Smith said that tobacco was n no
vet an industry, but posslolilty. n =
doubted if any. revision OF the tarln
would seriously affect tobacco, out tht
tobacco men were ready to do wna'
thew could to help other Hawaiian IN
/ dnstries that did need help IN the
tariff. He thought bananas could &c,
much help from the Declduous Ffui'
Marketing Associations OF the East
which were powerful, and wanted
tariff on bananas, not because the9
raised them. but because, being eheaI
fruit thew competed considerably WIFI
the deciduous fruits in which they Wef'
interested. Revision he said would %
along the lines of maximum anu hilll
imum tariffs. which was interesting Z
the coffee and rubber producers De
| cause the manufacturers OF the E''
were anxious to revise the tariff IN IN
interest of the extension of trade Il
South America, and especially IN Bra
I'll. which was the chief producer
coffee and rubber It should be born
in mind also that the revision Woq1
probably be a Republican revision. ID
, couldn t conceive what Democrat
} revision would be like, but he dldn
; think there would be one.
Rubber Supports Sugar.
DR.. E. C. Waterhouse said that T n,
Der was not yet an industry here In
imports of rubber into the o III :,
: States were about $4,000 tons. TheI
, were now about 1000 acres planted
Hawaii. which when in bearing woui
Weld about four-tenths of one per cen
of this amount. But rubber was poE
: sible because of sugar, and Therefor
the rubber industry would give It's SUI
, port to the $, gar industry.
/ Honey Needs Protection.
: A. F. Judd, speaking for the hone
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