The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-10-28

EFFECT OF NEW TARIFF ON SUGAR INDUSTRY.
AS the United States nearly oneourh of the sugars
produced the entire world legislation in the United States
looked with extreme interest throughout the rest of the
world the Louisiana Planter and Sugar Manufacturer
Since the reciprocity treaty with Cuba made the effective duty
foreign entering into the United States practically
level of 1913 per pound AS refined
good bad practically prohibited from entering into
The United States by the Dutch color standard duty discriminating
against them the effective duty Cuban Of 34e
cents became the protective duty which the and en-
rgement Of domestic and sugar beet industry de
pended and upon which Hawaii and Porto Rico have also been
depending
until March 1914 with however the elimination of the
Dutch standard diferentia We from this that the first
producers conditions would
expedite sale of the
which in order to receive the present protection of 34s cents must
be needed by and have passed the hands of
practical by March 1914 but four and half months
distant crops marketing
will about the first of November which may add 100000
the beet crop stated and then Hawaii will do what
will doubtless strong begin campaign early
carry it on with all possible rapidly to come within the limits
the domestic beet Hawaii and Porto Rico will reach oneha
the annual consumption of the United States for the year.
IT'S marketing through the next four months based the
ngley tariff rate reduced by the Cuban reciprocity
be got practically out of the and the domestic beet well
distributed by the first of March But Porto Rico and Hawaii
rate boino sa, snye, weeks In alv,nen INA @ 800
called privileged practically
of cent pound about 80 hundred pounds
than existing and this short rate will continue until MAY
i J. 1916.
Under existing between duty
existing and that existing after March ln it's effective
will gradually into each other and during the winter
the practically effective duty would per pound
less any depression in the American market that the American
ne will be able to effect Their for years fact
the of the reciprocity treaty depressing
the American market below parity European
et has given the world at large evidence of the great that
lay that combination and of its destructive effect
a lean domestic industry
The of the eners always understood
fact they sometimes talk of themselves sugar manufactur
whereas the relation that they bear industry
that which washewomen and laundry people bear the wash
does not make the shirt and the refner who takes 04
lO5 pounds Of of SO test and mes and eytazes
ton of the washerwoman The latter puies
former puries the BY of those social
omc changes that have occurred the world these
and washermen have become factors modern
civilization and as such disposed to be dictatoa
time and the situation quite complicated and the
have still hold market two years tt
come The couneaing duties concerning keep
: paid directly or indirectly in Tho course Of ,anf nos
in full force until May 1916 England looking will
anxious to Russia for increasing supplies
sugars are produced under very definite bounty conditions Their
would be influx this country refne
sugars made from Russian under the stand
they kept out by the conrvalng duties They are x
Guided degree by the duty and half cent
per hundred pounds other than the poarscopc duty Under
per cent of the full duty 100 test of S25 Refine
sugars under the existing cents there ben
the duty dheental protecting refined to the of
half cents hundred pounds about twenty-five per
W sugar With the present beet crop marke
ing and the Louisiana crop approaching and the
about four and half months Off depend upon the
duties as practically controlling the situation and the duty
fined will be about 90 per pound exact
'' per pound IN" eliminating the color dlhental and the SIEVE
and half cents per hundred pounds tariff dnerena We
in say practically that Cuba whose will control America
values send IN 90 test pound duty and that Cub
send in white 100 cents per pound duty
other words Cuba send in pure white less than
n. tenth Of cent pound duty than 90
p It In recognized aei that in all Of establish
Is m'n II sugar be modc white with continuous process
ri | OF nothing TO produce IN maj way from the wages an
m m,lhneh point OF view The increased would n
en- he cane that could bs secured The ony claim th1 the sugar
lp' '"N MAKE Tor hrr own eA@lrnoe - the fact HAT raw sugn