I believe that sugar is almost altogether a product of labor. Sugar is produced cheaper in Cuba because labor is cheaper there than in the United States. But when our immigration laws and contractlabor laws are applied to that island. when she becomes a part of the United States. when we can enforce them. and not leave them to be enforced by the people there. the immediate effect will be an increase in the price of labor. just as in the case of Hawaii. Hawaiian planters thought they were entering upon an era of unequaled prosperity after annexation. but it has not been realized. Now there is an absolute depression in the sugar stocks there. arising from the fact that the price of labor has advanced as the result of annexation.
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