The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-12
PROGRESS UNDER
AMERICAN RULE
DEVELOPMENT OF HAWAII SINCE
ANNE xATIoN HAS BEEN
NOTABLE. BIG INCREASE
IN SUGAR.

The development of the Hawaiian
Islands under American guidance Is
illustrated by figures presented in a
document Just received by the Bureau
of Statistics, Department of Commerce
and Labor. The document. entitled
The Hawaiian Annual. 1912 Is is
sued annually by Mr.. Thomas G..
Thrum. of Honolulu. and presents
statistics OF the production. commerce
hnance. population and education in
those islands during a term of years
down to 1911.
The figures Of growth since the an
nexation OF Hawaii To the United
States. and, indeed. since the reel
procity treaty of 1876 between the Ia
lands and the United States by which
freedom Of commercial interchange
with this country was established anu
Investments OF American capital thus
assured, are extremely interesting.
table shows. for example, the produc-
tons OF sugar. by far the most import
ant product of the Hawaiian Islands,
from 1875 down to and including 1911
The production of sugar in 1875, the
year Immediately prior to the adoption
of the reciprocity treaty, Is given at 20
million pounds; by 1881 II had grown
to 90 million pounds; in 1891, 275 mil
lion: in 1901, 691 million; in 1910, LII
million: and i'm 1911, 1,0ll million
pounds. or 40 times as much In 1911 as
I'M 1875. The value, which was stated
at IA million dollars in 1875, was
given at sea- million In 1911, or 80
times as much i'm 1911 as in 1873 Thus
the quantity of sugar produced I'm 1911
is 40 times as great as in the year inn
mediately prior to the beginning OF re-
ciprocity. and the value 30 times as
great, the relative difference in in
crease between quantity and value be-
ing due. of course. TO reduction In
prices of sugar meantime.
PROGRESS Under U. S. Rule.
OF this increase Of practically one
billion pounds in the sugar production
of the Hawaiian Islands since the
adoption of the reciprocity agreement
with the United States, more than one
half has developed since annexation,
which occurred i'm the year 1898. The
sugar production of 1897, the year inn
mediately prior to that of annexation,
was, according to the table In ques-
ton. $40 million pounds, as against rs
million in 1875. the year Immediately
preceding the reciprocity treaty, LII
million pounds in 1910 and 1.011 mil
T.. I'm eli
gar production In the islands during
the % years Of reciprocity. 1876 to
| 1898, was 495 million pounds. and dur
ing the period since annexation, 1898
to 1910, was 500 million pounds
Sugar, however, is not the only prod
uct of the Hawaiian Islands. The
statements show numerous other arti-
cles or products of the islands, indi-
eating that the recent attempts at d.
versifcation OF production have been
at least moderately successful. The
value of canned pineapples sent to the
United States alone i'm the fiscal year
1911 was over million dollars; OF rice,
the quantity shipped to this country
from Hawaii in that year was 2-S
million pounds; of coffee. 2% million
pounds; of hides and skins, ~ mill
lion pounds; Of bananas, 171,O00
lunches; while of manufactures of
wood the value of the shipments in
1911 was about $4,000. BY far the
largest item of shipment to the United
States is sugar, valued I'm the fiscal
year, 1911. at 36% million dollars, and
AZ 2-3 million in 1910, against Ia mill
lion in 1876, the year of the reciprocity
treaty.
Most Imports From v. s.
Practically all the imports into the
Hawaiian Islands are from the United
states. except a few articles, required
| by local conditions, which cannot be
obtained in. this country. The imports
of foreign merchandise amounted to
about million dollars made up chiefly
OF nitrates from the western coast of
South America, and Japanese products
imported from Japan to meet the de-
mands of the 10000 persons of Japan
csc birth or parentage now living In
the islands. The census of 1910 shows
the population of the Hawaiian Islands
at 191,907 OF which 1O,500 are classed
as japanese, 10000 as Hawaiian"
$4,000 as Portuguese and 2l.500 as
Chinese. The number of persons born
in the United States residing in Ha-
wall in 1910 has not yet been an
nounced by the census of that year, the
figures of 1900 having been stated at
4,06S. The total population has grown
from $4,000 in 1873 to 49,, 900 in 1910,
the growth of the foreign population
during the period being from $500 to
$4,000, while the number of Hawaiians
declined from $1,000 in 1872 to $4,000
i'm 1910.
The figures of trade show contin-
uous excess of exports over Imports.
In 1876 the excess of exports over i'm
ports was $4O7,265 In 1890, 6 million
dollars; In 1901. Ia million and In
1911, 14h million. Imports have in
creased from l "a million dollars in
1875 to 2S million in 1911; exports.
from million to AZ 2-3 million dol
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