The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-06-07

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suncr could he assured Of any direct
benefit by rcaeon Of a reduction Of the
duty ON raw sugar. or any compensation
for arrcsting the growth Of, or destroy
ing an industry which already con
tributes si5,OO0,OOO annually 10 Amer.
lean industry, and which possesses such
for further Increasing our
national wealth and prosperity
Good Revenue Measure.
"The committee is Of the opinion
that the policy of obtaining from
duties on imports material share of
the necessary revenue with which to
support the government and of secur-
ing a considerable proportion of these
duties from the importations of sugar,
is SO firmly established and has operated
so satisfactorily TO all interests that
IL should not be replaced suddenly by
some other fern of taxation
90 Excepting only few years when
we had surplus of revenue, sugar,
since the foundation of our govern
mont, has furnished constant and
fruitful source OF revenue without be-
ing burdensome to either rich or poor. "
sugar Always AeAoui
cone of the most striking facts dis.
closed by recent investigation made
by our state department concerning the
world sugar situation is that sugar is
commodity which is universally sub
! iected to taxation, either by means OF
import duties, by internal taxation, oil
by both. Europe annually derives over
two hundred million dollars in revenues
from sugar. Every country in the
world derives revenue from its sugar
consumption. To place sugar on the
free list would be departure from the
custom of our own and of other coun
tries, established upon the teaching:
of science and experience from the be
ginning of political history,
''The price of sugar offers no excus,
for breaking down the home industry
and that of our island possessions
while the price of all other foot
products has increased from forty-fiy'
to sixty per cent during the past few
years, the price of sugar has remained
stationary. In addition to this, suga
is cheaper in the United States thar
in the great sugar producing countrie
of EUROPE
"To make even n slight reduction o
duty on raw sugar or in any name
to indicate to prospective sugar
development capital that our govern
mental policy concerning the furthe
expansion of our beet sugar industr,
is not fixed and unwavering would b
inimical to the welfare of the nation.
Much Beet Land.
The report states that we have pa
100000 acres of well defined sugar bee
land, stretching from the Atlantic +
the Pacific, enough to supply the entir
world with sugar if but II, 000,0 acre
of it were planted to sugar beets.
"Your committee believes that q
appreciable reduction in the suga
schedule would end the further develop
ment of the home beet sugar industry
would close many of the weaker bee
and cane sugar plants; and that fire.
trade in sugar would wreck our cor
tinental and large portion of our II
sular sugar industry, thus reestablisl
ing in the refiners a complete monopol
of the sugar business"
"Because of the fact that the Dutc
Standard and differential paragraphs q
the present sugar schedule yield Il
revenue, because they give the refine,
, an undue advantage and because of I'll
further fact that their removal woul
r not work serious hardship to our hon
4 producers, your committee begs to T
port a substitute bill which ABOLISH
the Dutch Standard and the differenti
: and retains the present rates of duti,
on importations of raw sugar.