Show I i OUR SUGAR PRODUCTION I Hawaii Will Not Be a Serious Competitor I Com-petitor to Beat Sugar Raisers Washington Jan 17 Replying to a resolution of Inqiury Secretary Wilson I sent today to the senate a statement concerning the production of sugar in I this country and his opinion of the effect ef-fect of the Importation of Hawaiian i aro nt irroo sugar on the production of beet sugar in the United States He gave the average aver-age importation of sugar to this country coun-try for the past seven years as 101 575293 worth of which the Hawaiian importation was D973924 He concludes con-cludes that Hawaii will not seriously compete with sugar producers in the United States and says that when the people of those islands come to consider con-sider the possibilities of coffee production produc-tion it will be found that they have a monopoly with which no state in the I Union can interfere Mr Wilson also expresses the opinion that Hawaii would be a very profitable I acquisition because of its fruits |