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THE MAUI NEWS, SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1914. THE MAUI NEWS Kutercd at the l'ost Office at Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii, as second-class mutter A. Republican Paper Published in the Interest of the People issued Every Saturday. Maui Publishing Company. Limited. Proprietors and Publisher! SfHscun-TioN IIatks, in Advance $2.00 per Yen, $1.25 Six Month f2.o0 per year when not in advance V. L. Slevei SATUUDAY. Bdllorand vnKr Arm i- n, ion WHERE WE GET OFF. WIIKN the Tari IT bill was under discussion at the last session of Cotigiess, those interested in the domestic sugar industry predicted that if the free sugar clause in the Underwood bill became a law, it would benefit only the refiners of imported foreign raw sugar, would seriously cripple, and, in all probability, totally des troy the domestic cane and beet sugar industries, and that the con sumer, in whose interest the bill ostensibly was to be passed, would re ceive no benefit at all. At that time the Democratic leaders in Con gress hooted at all of these predictions. They contended that the domestic beet and cane sugar industry could live and thrive under free sugar. They threatened that if this industry attempted to die, Secre tary Rcdficld, of the Department of Commerce, would inject a salt solu tion into their veins and use other drastic measures to foil the attempt. Chairman Underwood did not manifest such an interest in the patient. While believing, so he stated, that the industry would survive under free sugar, his contention, as expressed in an official report, was that the refining interests of the country were entitled to first consideration, and present conditions resulting from the operation of the Democratic free sugar schedule, indicate that this schedule was drawn for the benefit of the seaboard refiners, rather than for the benefit of the consumer of sugar. That free sugar will destroy the domestic beet and sugar industry, as predicted by those interested iii that industry, is evidenced by the fact that even the 25 per cent, reduction in the sugar Tariff which became effective March 1, and the slump in the whole price of granulated sugar, has compelled twelve beet sugar factories, so. far, to close their doors, which means the loss of millions of dollars to Americans who grow sugar cane and beets, the enforced idleness of thousands of mechanics and technical experts, and a considerable blow to the gener al prosperity of the local communities in which these factories are located. That the prediction of those interested in the domestic sugar indust rythat a reduction in the tariff on sugar would be of vast benefit to the seaboard refiners of imported raw sugar, adding millions of dollars to their profits has been fulfilled even within the short time since the new sugar schedule became effective, is evidenced by the fact that four of the large sugar refineries in New York and Philadelphia, which had been idle for months, began operating on the day that the reduction in the Tariff went into effect and announced that they would continue working night and clay at full capacity. Louis Spreckels, superintend ent of the Federal Sugar Refining Company, which led the fight in favor of free sugar, and spent thousands of dollars in circulating mis leading propaganda through its mythical "Committee of Wholesale Grocers," declares that the reduction in the Tariff is the real and sole reason for the full resumption of operations. The fact of the matter is that the refiners have been purchasing raw sugar at as low a price as possible, accumulating and storing millions of pounds of this raw pro duct in bond, awaiting the reduction in the Tariff before passing it through the custom houses. As soon as the 25 per cent, reduction in the Tariff on raw sugar went into effect on March 1st, this sugar was taken out of bond under the reduced rate, and by so doing the refiners benefited approximately $6 a ton, aggregating millions of dollars addi tional profits to them. That the consumer will not benefit to any appreciable extent by this reduction in the sugar Tariff is conceded by all those who have care fully studied the situation. The refiners claim that the effect of the reduction already has been discounted, and that instead of the con sumer's price being lowered, it probably will advance in the near future. Willett & Gray's Weekly Statistical Journal, in reporting on the price of sugar during the first week under the operation of the 25 per cent, reduction, states: -.. "Raws declined 38c. (34c. owing to reduction in duty). Refined unchanged." In other words, the refiners saved 38 cents per hundred pounds on their purchases of raw sugar, and the consumer pays the same price for the refined product that he did before the Tariff reduction became effective. Just where the consumer will "get off" under this new order of things it is hard to tell, but all these facts go to prove that those en gaged in the production of sugar in this country are good prophets. If the rumor that Attorney Harry Irwin is to succeed Judge Kings bury on the Maui bench is true, Governor l'inkham will have once more made good in the matter of appointments. Those who knew Mr. Irwin are aware of his qualifications for the high position of judge of the Second Circuit, and while Maui people will be sorry to see Judge Kingsbury step dow n, it is always to be remembered that it is a Demo cratic administration at present. No one will be more pleased than Judge Kingsbury to see a clean-cut straight Democrat take the office. 172 nzzmmimm Ik lr'! 1 n The appointment of Henry Walsworth Kinney to the position of Superintendent of Public Instruction is a popular one, and Governor Pinkham has shown by the appointment that he picks only the best available men for territorial office. If all the future appointments are as well made as that of Mr. Kinney, there will be "no kick coining" from even the most rabid Republican. It is to be hoped that the Maui supervisors have learned their lesson and that, in future, no one supervisor will go ahead and order even a dime's worth of material without the act being first sanctioned by the whold board. The sooner the supervisors realize that they, individual ly, have no more power than the garbage man, the better it will be for themselves and the county at large. The Glorious Fourth is approaching once more and the annual horse '1 races will, no doubt, attract a large crowd of visitors. May there be clean racing as usual and a bumper crowd of people to enjoy the sport. Kahului Railroad Company's Merchandise Department. Distributors. A Large Stock OF GALVANIZED WATER PIPE AND TTIN GS 1N Various Sizes PRICES ON APPLICATION. Kahului Railroad Co's Merchandise Department Kahului, Maui, T. H. Teh No. 1062.