The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-06-24

excellenily set forth In The following
article on the situation from the pen
Of Miss Mary IA. Kroui, formerly a
member of The Advertiser siaH, who
writes from Crawfordville, Indiana, to
the Indianapolis star, as followsi
The proposed reduction Of che pro.
tcctive tariff on sugar threatens not
only the prosperity of the eane.grow.
ing and beet-growing States. but also
the interests IN the Hawaiian Islands
A. welL The sugar growers in the
states are safe 10 make a strong fight
To- preserve not merely their interests
but their very living, md have the
Advantage of being near the center
Of legislation, with strong influence in
both the house and senate. Hawaii, far
removed, with only a terTitorial repre-
sentative, is not 80 fortunate, and is
fighting for its life against fearful
odds. The product az the plantations
goes exclusively so tbe markets Of the
United States and the stock is held
mainly by residents Of the Islands. and
is the one. chief, safe ,and profitable
Investment which the Territory affords.
1t Is not, az has been mistakenly sup.
posed monopolized by multimillion-
aire planters; IL has beer widely dis.
tributed amongst all clnsses Of thrifty,
provident people; clerhs, school teach
ers. even laborors, and young men and
women, who have thus invested sav.
ings that represent rigid economy and
often painful self-denial Hitherto,
l.. a. A. a a A r
aud profitable Investment. for there
has never been any "freezing 0at, of
small stockholders. Rich and poor haye
been dehlt with alike--fairly and I'M
partially. cHa 10.
IL Is the small -stoekholder who will
suffer most cruelty with the destruction
of the sugar industry, tho larger hold.
ers having been able, partially at least,
to forestall utter ruin Not that they
TOO, should not be fully protected, since
II Is n commercial tfuism that the re.
ward should be in proportion 20 the
risks of the investors, and those who
have acquired fortunes in the develop.
meIit Of the plantations did 50 by in
vesting all that they owned, or conld
borrow nj the highest rate of interest,
not knowing for some years whether
or no the experiment wOuld not prove
Il total loss. In 1895 the men who are
today had an equal pros.
pect of losing all that they had put into
the attempt to develop the plantations.
The revolution Of 1893, with the four
which had preceded it in seven years
under the Hawaiian monarchy, left the
country bankrupt Men owning now
valuable real estate in the main bust
ness quarter of Honolulu could neither
rent, lease nor sell IL at any price, and
this condition prevailed throughout the
Islands. The plantations we're worked
the unsettled political
prevented capitalists from
putting any money into them. With
the establishment Of the republic in
1894. which was cauied on most sue
ressfully, followed by annexation 10
'he United States, an era of sound pros
narity was ushered in, which the cOun-
try had never known in the three.
quarters of century of its existence
ny a civilized government. Costly aud
departures were made in
rano- growing, for all large industries
require from the beginning constant
and lavish capitalization, and this Is
peculiarlv true Of sugar plantations /
Large mills were constructed with the
newest and best machinery-much of |
i invented and patented by the plan. |
-crs themselves; fields and mills were |
ighted with eleetrieltyi portable rail
WAYS and Baldwin engines succeeded |
he small, slow oxcart, aud deep gulehes |
which broke mp many Of the fields were |
ipanned with structural iron bridges.
)nc such bridge on "MOlokoa the |
fice estate on Kaual--cost $J7 900 and |
vas installed by the Japanebe laborers
~ the estate. II was only one small |
tenn OF expense in the development Of |
hat plantation. ls..r ..r
Wherever men have been made weai.
hy in any great industry, they are
conspicuous, and are Immediately char.
eteriZed as monOpOlists. II is part
II the contemptible tactics now en-.
'loyed 10 magnify their reward-sup.
'ressing the heavier risks they have
aken--and they are pointed out as the
ole benehciaries of the profits. There
: always, Of course, method in such
madness.
The Hawaiian Islands sugar planta.
ions furnish remarkable example of
he wiriely-extended benefits which
ave followed the intelligent, careful,
eientifc development of a great in.
ustry THEY have made millionaires,
Is trne; but nowhere In the world
oes wealthy rlass live so simply, in
ueh plain and plainly furnished houses,
indulge In so few Injuries, employ so
ew servants. as those in the Hawaiian
stands And there are more who give
lore generously aud constantly to all
lorthy objects. The Planters Asso-
iatlon supports q corps of highly
KILLED chemists, who are constantly
eeling 10 improve the soil; skilled
ntomologists who make war against
estructiye blights snd pserts. aRnd
thers IN other scientific fields. The A
esults have been that the maximum
leld OF hve tons 10 the acre in 1895
as hsen nearly doubled. And the
powledge acquired for tho better.
lent NJ the plantations is not selfshly
ept but is given 20 the world Young
zen from the labomtorifs OF American
aehnleal schools aui miversities have
here found a field IN which they are
lsllnRlnkhina themselves aud whioh
lel might have sought painy al home
The federal government pavs tho
ilafles ot lts own officials and has fur
lshed eiiinleni military snd naval do
'nse has improved the harhors ana
lslhHeh an eNcallent system OF haht
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