The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-20
down the japanese cost of living Il
Hawaii.

down the japanese cost OF living In
Hawaii
Japs - Dzs1zsss HsA
from being tActor merely IN the
laooring world the Japane>e are steaai-
s p sss.%iSs il s .s@ s 2, an
There are three japanese banks In Hs-
vail one OF which - an Hawaiian cor
siss. sssi ers..r,s.' soy faS,or,. ss% ~.
mills. co1ee mill. mAcaroni factories.
and . large numesr Of small soda
companies 20 manufacture ice ana enc
The sro-ihx OF pin..ppi.. Ia. be-
has been SUGGESTED that this might re-
place sugar should the sugar industry
hs entireiy ruined by the removal OF
this scheme one L. that already there
are produced more PinsApples than the
%aeS Of n. ~hles 4, os as.ss 70, that IA,
sroSins OF sugar will not support pine
pur rms the last year business In H.r
OF the apprehension existing every
where as 10 the fate Of the sugar M
ssem, 40 An nne2 I'm, 4, a. TO the cause
but IL due TO the large sum. OF money
the number OF troops in the r.rri.on m
and TO the money spent by the United
states on forttncations and other mil
nary ana naval purposes
Sugar ths Lifs Of EAwafi
hateNer way the matter - looked
AZ the prosperity OF the islands appar-
entity depends primarily upon the sugar
industry. Due TO various causes Il would
be hard. n not impossible. 10 ind any
Ting which would replace q.
higher wages than the sugar growers
o. countries where there is no restric-
OF labor. II the men OF any white rae.
are TO do the work on the sugar planta-
tons and be content. higher wages will
nav, nave 10 be paid than have been paid In
II seems evident that with the tariff
removed Hawaiian sugar cannot COM
labor and carried to the United States
by cheaply built foreign ships manned
by eheaply paid foreign crews
Standards of Living Intsr
With many OF the American indust ries
the situation IL the same as with our
merchant marine. which was formerly
and which is now. except for our coast
wise trade. In which no foreigner can
engage. practically non-existent. A high
nal principles. We do not want pauper
labor or people living below a proper
pnysieai and mental standard in the
United States. This means that our
wages must be higher than the wages
paid Tor similar work In many OF the
other countries.
!
higher cost of production. II we ar.
not going to protect by n tariff those
industries In which Increased efficiency
cannot be made to counter balance hIxh-
er wages we must elmer abandon the
higher wages and come to the scale OF
wages paid BY our foreign competitors
or get entirely out OF those industries
which cannot stand the competition.
by some IL Is argued that we can
lower our cost OF living by ceasinx TO
produce those things which need pro-
! lection. II once the tariff a. ran.c,,oa
We could get these articles at a lesser
price. this argument perhaps could NOT
De refuted. As IL Is. however. once the
tariff Is taken off the foreign producer
generally raises his price 10 that whtcl,
we formerly paid. BY this method ws
iaii 10 lower our cost OF living we
decrease the amount Of work available
In the United States. and we do not in
any way better the condition of the for
eign laborer or worker. We simply pay
our money into the pockets of the for
Why We Have NO Shipping.
we nave no shipping because. while
we nave shipping laws which are sup
posed to keep up the high standard Of
living OF all Americans engaged In the
shlpbullding trades. or as sailors We
have failed to protect the shipowners
from Foreign competetion.
THESE owners. receiving no protection
from the government and having to nav
higher wages and higher prices for their
ships. cannot compete with the foreign
shipowners who pay low wages and low
prices for their ships. and In addition In
many cases receive. OF have received in
the past. large subsidies directly or in
directly from their governments
As consequence every year we paw
large sums or money into foreign pock-
cts TO carry our own goods away from
the United States.
If we ruin the Hawaiian sugar indus
try we will probably not only fail TO de-
crease the price which We have to paw
for sugar. but we will materially reduce