Evening star., 1898-01-19

wise promising development of our do
meStic sugar industry.
The competition of free sugar grown
by coolie labor upon these islands is the
one black cloud that now hangs over the
future Of the sugar crops in the United
S.ates'
The fallacy of this statement is that the
lowest wages paid laborers in Hawaii is
s12!B month and found; that the Ha-
waiian sugar product has practically reach
ed its limit: that annexation will terminate
kSiatic immigration to Hawaii and thereby
terminate any possible competition between
Asiatic and American labor and that the
consumption Of sugar in the United States
is 50 enormously beyond the entire product
of Hawaii and domestic beet and cane COM
biued that .Ip.rtJ tons of sugar had TO be
imported from other countries during 1875,
while consumption is increasing at the rate
of over 10000 tons per annum. giving an
almost unlimited fieid for domestic sugar
expansion.
Sample of Personal Letter Sent Ont.
Dear Sir: Hawaiian annexation should
be opposed by every American patriot from
disinterested motives. Moreover. II Ha-
wall is annexed. the promise of great do
mestic sugar industry in the United States
will be threatened if not destroyed All
who would profit by domestic sugar in
dustry must see that defeat OF anheSa-
tion is he first thing to do
.'WiH you help? How?
Read Enclosures and other matter on
subject sent under another cover. Write
both the United States senators from your
state also your member of Congress- ana
if possible, all of the representatives from
your state Dist incioSed) expressing your
views and asking them to aid IN defeatihS
annexation. Write them again later. These
personal letters from you will have great
weight. Get your local papers to editorial
ly voice your sentiment. Call a meeting OF
your business men to voice their senu-
ment the president and secretary to send
forward certified copies of such votes TO
the senators and representatives from your
state. Appoint a committee 10 follow up
this work even to the extent of going 10
Washington 10 personally interview your
state delegation. Please send us a copy OF
anything you have printed or written on
THIS subject
Yours, very truly,
AMERICAN SUGAR GROW ERS SO-
CIETI.'
Manufacturing Sentiment.
Another letter being sent out to residents
of Nebraska only is devoted to manufac
turing and concentrating upon Senator
Thurston an apparent spontaneous out
burst of disapproval of annexation from
Nebraska. The following is d quotation
fIom this letter:
Dear Sir: The treaty for Hawaiian an
nexation Will come up at once for ratifica-
ton in the Senate, and on this matter the
lifted for the reason tndt the votes of our
two senators will be thrown on opposite
sides as / now appears, so that they
might as well be paired and not vote at
s1ll. this, of course, unless it is possible to
bring to the notice of Senator Thurston
such arguments as may either convince
him of the necessity of defeating anneXa-
tiuH. OF show him clearly that his con-
Stituents are heartily opposed to the
measure that he may possibly feel justified
in throwing his vote against it, making
two votes from Nebraska against the
measure; or in not voting at all, and at
least put US i'll the posluon of giving one
negative vote ON question that concerns
us.
Without any attempt whatever to con-
slider any of the arguments IN favor of an
neXdtIon, many of which have had some
weight with me, and inclined me to ac-
cept annexation with indifference, or pos
sibIy even cheerfuliy, there is one reason
that should put all of us citizens
OF Nebraska positively against it,"
Then fellows the usual statement about
the ruinOus competition which Hawaiian
sugar would give to America beet sugar
The letter concludes:
4 urge upon you therefore to write per
s9naily to Senator Thurston yourself and
To request other persons TO do so: or ii
You think best, to hold meeting and pass
solutions 10 this effect and send them to
hin''
This letter is signed 'R NJ Allen"
In another letter Mr.. Allen says:
ON of our senators is all right, and I
am foins the best l can. as you see to
cause our republican senator to vote
against it,
Congress Forewarned
No doubt the result of this broadcast SOW
ing OF misinformatiOn and appeal TO sell
nShness VIII soon be made manifest 1t
costs nothing to sign a petition, and when
man is told by so high-sounding an or
Sanlzaiien as The American Sugar Grow