Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-01

l~-The reduction OF duty as provided
! for in the Underwood tariff law, sane.
| toned and approved OF by the admin
! istration, on Cuban sugar IL Il fraction
| over one-third of cent per pound
This change or reduction OF iuty was
made effective March /, 1914. It's eff
feet so far has been to close the FOL.
| lowing beet-sugar factories:
| In Ohio. the Continental Sugar Co,
| with slicing capacity of 500 tons per
day, and the AltoWa Sugar Co, with
capacity Of 600 tons per day.
+ In Nevada, the Nevada Sugar Co,
slicing 900 tons.
| In Arizona, the Southwestern Sugar
! Co.. $50 tons capacity.
| In Wisconsin, the Rock County
| Sugar Co.. 700 tons capacity.
| In Iowa, the Iowa Sugar Co, 5J.'
tons capacity.
| In California, the Alameda Sugar
Co, 500 tons capacity; the Sacramen-
/ to Valley Sugar Co., 100 tons capacity.
In Colorado, the Holly Sugar Co,
600 tons capacity; the Las Animas
Sugar Co., 700 tons capacity; the
American Beet Sugar Co, 400 tons ca
pacity. ..>..a.
In Michigan. the Western Sugar
Refining Co., 900 tons capacity.
Twelve factories in all ont of total
of "A in the United States, or about III
per cent of our beet-sugar factories,
have already been driven out OF bust
ness. ...
In the state of Louisiana since the
1st day of January, 1914, the new tar
if law has, as before stated. caused
AZ factories and plantations to discon-
tinue. Following Is the list:
The Bell Helene Planting Co.
The Valverda Planting & Manufac-
turing Co.
The Miles Planting & Manufactur-
ing Co, f.. ...-..
The Sera and Magnolia plantations.
A plantation at Plaquemine of TO-.
900 acres. :r.~.
The Sweet Home plantation.
The La Place sugar plantation.
The Vanfry Planting Co.
The Ivanhoe plantation.
The Alice B. plantation.
The Crawford and Richland planta-
tons. II .~....
The Home Place. ......
Tine Glen Coe plantation.
The McManor plantation.
The Front Lawn plantation.
The L.. & Kay plantation.
The Sherley Planting Co.
The Cora Planting & Manufacturing
Co. ..-
The Celeste Planting Co. ~.@.. d.
The Mccall. Bros. Planting & Manu-.
featuring Co..
The Miles Co.
The Ascension Planting Co.
The Augusta plantation.
The w. w. Ventress plantation.
The Leeman Co. Utd.).
The Milly plantation.
The Southside Planting Co.
The Oliver plantation.
The Mary plantation. -%. -
The Magnolia plantation. Ill. =
The Braitwaite plantation lproperty
Of the United Railway &-FFaaiHe'
Coz. 49,. :.
The Catran plantation.
Jos. Weber & Co. '....[ -zs.
The Star plantation (owned by the
Klotz Manufacturing Coz.
The Cecilia Sugar Co. (Ltd. g.
The Davis Planting & Manufaetur-
ing Co. p. e. o.. ..
The st. Clair plantation.
The Myrtle Grove plantation.
|. The Fairfield plantation.
The Upper Elmer plantation.
This shows that the Underwood Ia
riff law has been Waterloo for our
domestic sugar industry. 1t can not
be denied. Evidently it is all for the
purpose of giving the sugar refining.
companies, or the so-called sugar
trusts, a wider field and more exclu-
sive control Of our markets for our
sugar, and the poor unfortunate con-
sumner will pay the penalty to these
companies. ~.
To date out of the IA beet-sugar
factories in the United States, scat.
tered throughout II states OF the
Union, IL or Is per cent of the total
have been closed. Thef 'embarrass.
ment caused by the Underwood tariff
law to the sugar industry in Louisi-
ana has forced 4 sugar plantations
and companies into the hands OF re-
reiyers, 20 others have discontinued
operations, and Is have been sold at
sheriff's sales, making a total Of AZ
sugar plantations and factories in the
State of Louisiana alone that have
been forced to go out of business
since January 1, 1914. To no other
cause can the failures be attributed
than the Democratic free-trade tariff
law. The destruction to this one
great industry alone within six
months from the time of putting into
effect the administrations tariff po-
icy must be appalling to fair-minded
people Any, attempt to mislead the
people into believing that any cause
other than the tariff is to blame is
an insult to their intelligence.
The president and his party are
free traders and have put their free
trade policies into effect. No one can
deny it. It has failed to bring better
conditions to the people of this coun-
try, which they claimed it would.
They are now putting forth all man
nor of aycuoas for their failure Last