The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-02-16

navy his Wlte ~ MS kinSWpmaN. tuo
having three sons and thfss dsushtsr..
the protection Of its markets to e,s05,1
| 5s2 tons Of HawaiiaH sugar, Expressed
BY t267 ,5s5 $40 daty RENTED on adj
vautaecd BY anBexatioh. n N
f'rhe rates q duty began at t95 per
tor and gradually declined q t2e'go,
stsiaSs March j, 1914. ,Rs duty Kas
been 10000 per ton, Cuban bdsis,
which yielded our sugar interests for
the 1914 crop a probation ON GIT ,038
tons equaIling $l2,3Dgees.. AZ
oost Reports Not Available
1.-THE next factor Is the relative tOst
Of production. Not only must eompafi.
son be made with Cubai6 eosts,f but
comparison Of the various Hawaiian,
plantation costs, one with the othef,
1 mist be made
'sIIawaiian costs q production should
be grouped. IA a
1taso Tar 81 my Knorlsdgs goes this
has never been done, rlthough impera,
lively ESSENTIAL 20 fair Judgment.
ItttIt is due every Legislative body
dealing with the tariff, az relates TO
Hawaiian sugar to have those nbso
luteiy statistieaily correct facts before
Dsfsndsr Of Wilson ~, w
NsThe sixty-thifd s61efess ala not
\ have before It ANALYTICAL statistics. bat
averages that gave erroneous idcna and
concealed unfortunate or ill-advised
shkar enterprises and gave an idea Of
great Distress from tariff point OF
view where other factors we're in
VOWED. es ~
III propose 10 az this point defend
President William Mckinley FOR con.
sidering for time the eonsunrer q
sugar, when he, at one fell swoop, cut
on t44.eS per ton protection on Har
wniian sugar, and also President Wood
row Wilson, when he reduced the duty
but 1886 per ton, leaving $20,098 per
ton protection until May q, ,l9le.
Clear Exposition Of the Facts AZ
Governor Ffear, who spoks on the
tariff as AZ affected EEaNaii, made one
Of the dearest expVsitibhs Of the 1T.
uation that has yet been made in any
public address in the Territory. He
referred to the bentfts which Hawnii
had had through the farfff, hut added
the fact that the keafless energy OF
the ones who deycloped the plantatiobs
and the manner IN Which they had ~.
piled scientific methods in their work
had also helped greatly in the advances
ment OF the main induatf31 q
| lie outlined the work that has been
carried on IN Hawaii in the way Of
developing the hafb6fty extending the
school system, guarding the Paeffe
Coast from tropical diseases and mp,
holding the best traditions Of Amer
share as Ameritans. That the funds
for this came from sugar and that with.
ont sugar the Developments Of the past
,century must lapse in Hnwaii,s he
argued, stating that with the advent
lof free sugar = great part Of the Ha-
waii9n sugar industry must 60 out Of
existenee. Y lsi q 81 81
The earnings Of the Hawaiian sugar
Corporations last year, he said; were
!only 1910 per cent on the capitaliza.
lition, while the total capitalizafionsof
the sugar corpofations in 1919, the last
i year for which stafisties are ayaiiabis
lswere below thAsyalues as; assessed for
taxation purposes by some $4,000 600
the figures boings capitalization; $s4,-
100000, In FOUND numbers; assessed
i yalues, total; 40e, 000, 900. b, Z; IA
4 Z. Mr. FreAf showed that the wages paid
to mslxilled labor here II equai to that
Iipaid in Canada or the Southern States
land very close to that OF the MATURITY
Of the Northern States, while much Of
the plantation labor received pay eaual
TO that paid in the Northern and East
ern States. & NJ
i Fourteen years ago.. at annexation
only 1918 per cent Of tho labor wal
non Asiatic; now it is 42.3 per cen,
showing the effort that lIas gone OF
TO improve a condition objected, to on
the mainland. hut Mr. Ffeaf pointed
cut, Hawaii owes great debt to fht
Asiaties here, who have been grea,
factor in the development Of the Isl
ands.
i The Importance Of Hawaii in develop
! ing and maintaining the American mer
chant marine, in extending the foreign
and overseas trade Of the United States
land in helping defend the AAmericaI
mainland were outlined, the old dreau
of Hawaii being the military ana nafA
key of the North Pacific being nov
within measureabls distance Of real
ization. ~ ), Y y
Honesty ! Problem solver K.
Senator elect Harding spoke naghi6
GENTLY, eloquent in his lighter phrases
| Of appreciation FOR the welcome extend
} Cd him and his, friend and, their wive,
and Of thanks for the bosIsits1ity show
! them, and with q ring Of eaFnest4es
when he touched upon the pfoblems.thp
confront the natiou, problems which. b,
'lwili soon be helping solve He has |
, solution TO advance, he said, one tina
would solve .pine;teAths Of the problem
solution was the simple one Of "Hoh
esty." 1.
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