Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-31
WITH AID OF FOUR DEMOCRATS
TARIFF Bill MAY BE Rewritten
Senators Thornton and Ransde Not to Participate in Caucus
While Newiands and Walsh Are Still on the Doubtful LIST
Bourbon Leaders Worrying Over Situation

our country just DeiOTt lne opdiliSi-
Emepiean war. Her purpose in an
neation was to get inside Of our tariff
vail and relieve herself OF the pay
ment OF a duty. In dong that she
gained the advantage Of adding to her
price our tariff duty, but she suffered
the disadvantage of coming under our
industrial system, which meant higher
wage cost and higher supply cost.
She also had the disadvantage OF abb
toIdtely sllrfendeTing to the govern
ment of the United States the Gus
toms duties which she had been ae-
customed to collect, so THAT they
form today a part of the national
revenue and no part of the revenue
/, of hawaii.
During this time the production OF
Hawaii has been stimulated by the
enhanced price which she has been
able to get for her sugar. She not
only awaited herself OF the ordinary
production, but of stimulated produc-
| ton through irrigation, at an inn
mense cost, and today she has pro-
duction of 100000 tons annually, as
against previous production of 20O,-
600 or 100000 tons Now. take down
the tariff wall: put her uponlan even
basis with the island of Chba-the
| Hawaiian islands, $500 mills away
! from our Pacific coast and 600 miles
away from the very center of bur pop
ulation, and Cuba at ourasvery doors;
/ the Hawaiian islands, with a stimu-
lated production, costly, Intensive
PRODUCTION produced by irrigation, an
expensive wage system, and increased
lcost system for its supplies, because
liz is within our protective tariff wall
and compelled to pay protective prices
i for everything that she buys; aepriv-
1 ed of the opportunity to get its labor
lin the markets of the world. deprived
of the opportunity of getting its sup
4 plies in the markets of the World
with a natural production inferior tC
that of Cuba. enjoying not the same
advantages either of sell or d eli
Il mate, and what will become d the
i Hawaiian islands production when
relieved of the necessity of plying
III 1-3 cents upon its productsi in.
creases its annual production $4,000
| TONS more. w Hat Will lHtH bSQlllS
IF the Hawaiian Islands? To What
industry can these islands turn? They
4 have tried coffee and failed: hey
have stimulated the production 'oi
Ipineapples, and they get a small tey
: enue from that industry, blits can tpu
point out any other production Rat
1.-THE Hawaiian islands are capable pr:
: There is Cuba, with richer soil 9
better climate, a lower wage cost 3
! lower supply cost. and lower freiSht
i cost, at the very door of the eenterhi
: lpopnlation of this country.
Victory for Sugar Trust
"Then. recollect that the lIawaiiIl
islands Will be less fortunate throuS
annexation than by reason of j seTA
rate existence. for the sery revenuf
! of the custom house that used TO d
in the possession of the islands then
selves are now turned over to the fee
, eraI treasury They used to be alb
, TO go to China for their laborers. The
, are now prevented from doing so D
our restrictive laws. They used to 6
/, Ia Iapan for their lahorers. Our go
eminent, when it made its treaty wit
Japan, exacted the stipulation iron
Of the Japanese government that it woul