The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-28
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he'd back to a considerable extent by
Inc lack OF transportation. At first it
was thought that the ties could be
shipped direct from the Puma coast in
lumber schooners, but on account of
the rough weather. with the consequent
chauce OF the loss of vessel. this was
gwen up. tonsiderab BILE money had been
spent or the project. however It is
also sad that the first ties which were
cut nearly two years ago, have deterio-
rated to great extent through being
lett IN the woods so long. This has
happened on account of the long time
needed to get the railroad to the mill.
r. ii. Can't. the manager Of the com
pany, is an experienced man in the ium-
Der business, being manager of the ohia
work at Pahoa before Colonel Johnson
took charge. Bolte. who is understood
to have furnished the sinews of war
for the work. is a Honolulu capitalist.
When asked for information in regard
to how the work was progressing
while recently in Hilo, he was decidedly
averse to talking for publication.
the following is printed for the sake
of the statistics which might be correct
if the writer's knowledge of national
geography ism t.
With reasonable recognition of the
paramount Importance of promoting
home industry this country and its de-
pendencies-viz., Porto Rice, Hawaii
and the Philippines, viii produce all the
sugar consumed IN the United States
says the Bay City National Farmer.
Why create a market-the best in the
world-for the sugar produced in Cuba
and other foreign countries for the chief
purpose of furnishing business for cane
sugar refining combinations on the At
lantic and Pacific Coasts. In the year
1909 there was consumed in the United
States 1927 Geo tons of 2240 pounds
each of sugar The increased cOnsump-
ton in 1909 was only ISL tons com
pared with 1893, and an increase of
19l, $40 tons for 1907.
When it is considered where the sugar
we consume comes from it Will be seen
that very little more encoura cement
extended to our own people and those in
our foreign possessions would enable US
to produce all our sugar at home and
save to our own people the millions Of
dollars they pay to enrich foreigners.
Last year, of the 3,251 $50 long tons
Of sugar consumed in this country there
came from Porto Rico (our own terri
tory) 235,1i7 tons, and the production
on that island IS steadil1K so eT Jaf djiRi
possessions, sent here 4S3, 671 tons. The
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eighty of the United States, sent 46.so1
tons. and the importations will steadily
increase by reason Of the legislation OF
| congress by which 100000 tons IS per
mitted annually to come here free of
duty.
There was consumed in this country
last year 400, $50 tons of cane sugar pro
duced in Louisiana and Texas: 434,OOt
tons of beet sugar produced in this coun
| try; 1000 pounds domestic maple
sugar, and 913G tons Of domestic mo
! lasses sugar.
| These figures show that our own ter
ritorv, Hawaii, Porto Rico, and the Phil
! ippnes. furnished us for consumption
| 1868 long tons of sugar. In Thu:
country we produced S54 ,096 long ton:
! of beet. cane ana molasses sugar. Thus
! our consumption of our own possessions
and our home production amounted tt
! I.619.6SS tons of sugar. practically one
| half of the total consumption OF 3,2oI
! 600 tons in 1909. And this one-half OF
the total sugar consumption last yea
paid no tariff charges of any kind. II
| fact, of all the sugar consumed IN tins
country last year. only 200, AL tons palt
! the full tariff charges.
It is the sugar produced outside Of th'
! United States and its possessions tha
menaces expansion of our home produe
I ton. for the reason that it Is producet
! by cheap labor and is steadily increas
! ing.
! Place a proper tariff charge on Tia
SUGAR which comes in here from eoun
tries not belonging to the United States
and the American cane and beet suga
production would increase by leaps an'
bounds.
Given such protection and encourage
ment as was pledged in the Republican
party platform of 1896 and 1900. an
such protection as the German Empir
affords its beet sugar industry. Ameri