It takes the beetsugar planter only about six months to make a crop. The canesugar planter has to employ his laborers all the year round. the beetsugar planter discharges his laorers when the crop is made. The canesugar planter of Hawaii pays now somewhat less wages per month than does the beetsugar planter. although not as much less as is generally so pposed. the average laborer in Hawaii costing the planter from $15 to $18 dollars per month. finder annexation the Asiatic supply of labor will be cut off. and this slight advantage will be eliminated. Again. it costs the Hawaiian cane planter approximately $10 a ton to gethis sugar from the plantation to its market. while the beetsugar planter has his market at his door. Taken all in all. the canesugar planter of Hawaii stands on no more favorable basis than does the beetsugar planter of the United States. and there is no reason why their interests should clash any more than do the interests of the corn planter of Kansas clash with those of the corn planter of Nebraska.