The biggest issue for the annexation of Hawaii dealt with American-Hawaiian sugar planting corporations. Perhaps if Hawaii decided to become a territory of the United States, most of this business could abstain the McKinley tariff. The McKinley tariff had a terrible effect on Hawaii. Over time Hawaii had gained the interest of American businessmen in the remunerative sugar trade. Because of the Federal Government, providing noble terms to the sugar planters of Hawaii in the convention of 1849 and 1875 American businessmen had collected large fortunes in the islands. In 1890, United States Congress passed the McKinley Tariff, raising imported rates on foreign sugar. This acquired a frightening effect on the sugar growers in Hawaii who, as an
