The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-09-02

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sprut uu the project, however 10 is
alec said that thn fret ties which were
cut nearly two years ago, have dotcro-
rated to great extent through being
LETT in the woods 80 long This has
happened on account Of the long time
needed 60 get the railroad 20 the mill
b. IT, Cant. the manager Of the com
pany, Is an experienced man in the lum-
her business, being manager Of the ohia
work az Pahoa before Colonel johnson
took charge. Bolte, who Is understood
60 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 liilo, he was decidedly
averso to talking for publication.
The following is printed for the sake
Of the statistics which might be correct
IL the writer's knowledge Of national
geography isn'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
| 4
each of sugar. The increased consump-
tion in 1909 was only 71,S71 tons com
pared with 1898. and an increase of
191, $40 tons for 1907.
When it is considered where the sugar
we consume comes from it will be seen
that very little more encouragement
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 3,257 $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 steadily expanding
The Hawaiian Islands, also our OWL
possessions, sent here 4S3,671 tons. TIT
Philippine Islands, under the sover
eighty of the United States, sent 1880
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 409,960 tons of cane sugar pro
duced in Louisiana and Texas; $4,000
tons of beet sugar produced in this eoun
try; 1000 pounds domestic mapl,
sugar, and 9l3G tons of domestic mo
lasses sugar.
These figures show that our own ter
ritory, Hawaii, Porto Rico, and the Phil
ippines, furnished us for Consumption
: 1862 long tons of sugar. In thi
country we produced S54 ,096 long ton
} of beet, cane ami molasses sugar. Thui
> our consumption of our own possession
and our home production amounted t
, 16l9,6SS tons Of sugar, practically one
half of the total consumption of 3,257
$50 tons in 1909. And this one-half o
! the total sugar consumption last yea
, paid no tariff charges of any kind. i
fact, of all the sugar consumed in thi
country last year, only 200,44l tons pai
! the full tariff charges.
It is the sugar produced outside of tn