The Hawaiian star., 1912-06-29
SENATE COMMITTEE.
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turns per acre increasing from s25.SS
to $57.
In manufacturing the number of
factories increased III per cent, the
disbursements 447 per cent, the
amount of sugar produced 534 per
cent, and Notwithstanding the fact
that the cost of beets increased sc
per cent, and labor and all other sup
plies in proportion, the cost of pro
ducing sugar decreased 16 per cent,
very healthy development.
1t is the opinion of the committee
that the growth made by the beet
sugar industry in the United States
during the past 90 years fully war
rants every reasonable effort which
has been or may be made to develop
il. The rapid progress made is es,
pecially gratifying when the adverse
conditions which have prevailed are
taken into consideration and when
our development is compared with
the early growth of the German sugar
industry, now the largest of any coun-
try in the world.
1t required 40 years of constant ef-
fort QS4O-1SS2) to develop the Ger
man sugar industry from 10000 tons
to 100000 tons annual production,
while in 20 years 1S91-1912) the
beet-sugar industry of the United
States has grown from 5000 to 6O0,-
600 tons
In addition to maintaining a con
sistent protective duty which eXclud-
ed cheap tropical sugar, from lS4O to-
1903 the German Government paid to
its sugar manufacturers 1851 100000
in export bounties, and German econ
omists are pleased with the results
From 1910 to 1910 Germany produc
ed 5I,OO0,OOO tons Of sugar, valued at
81, 720, 600, 900, and drew from other
nations $2,5OO,OO0,OOO in payment forI
the 26,3OO,OOO tons of sugar which
they purchased from her. At the
present time German fields not only
supply the 65,O0O,OOO German people
with the 1,35O,OO0 tons of sugar which
they consume, but they yield sur
plus of 100000 tons for export, fot
which other nations pay S5o,0OO,OoO
annually.
1t must be conceded that the do
mestic beet sugar industry has develop-I
ed under conditions none too favor
able for the expansion of a new,
somewhat hazardous, and highly scen-
tifc industry. 1t requires an invest |
ment of 100000 TO $3,OOO,00O in each
plant, and much credit should be civ.
en- to those who have had the cour-
age and the confidence in the good
faith of Congress to inves' their for
tunes in the industry.
One-half of the worlds supply OIL
sugar has been and is dependent upon
legislation, and had it not been iorl
the creation of this additional sup
ply in the United States it is fair toi
presume that sugar would be much
dearer than it is ..
The Conclusions.
In the opinion Of the committee,
to menace or destroy great home
industry which is overcoming monop-,
oily by its competition and an IN
dustry which is the life of our insu-
lar possessions, all for a prize, the
maximum size OF which under most
favorable circumstances is limited TO.
IA cents per capita per annnm, would
be worse than folly.
The committee is convinced that d
small cut in the rate OF duty on raw.
sugar would be absorbed by the re
hners and would not be reflected in
the price 10 consumers, and, furoher-
more, that the only other effect OF
such reduction would be to deple'e
our national revenues and retard or
destroy the further expansion Of the
domestic beetsugar industry thus