Evening star., 1898-01-19
How 1t is Operating in the East
Against Annexation.
A FAKE SOCIETY" FORMED
Some Samples of the Literature
Being Sent Out.
EFFORT TO MAKE SENTIMENT

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be injured by annexation.
| In The Star of the 18th instant IL was
shown that the Havemeyer sugar refining
interests Of the east and the Speckels'
sugar refining interests in California were
| identical. they constituting the two
| branches which together form the National
Sugar Trust.
| 1t was also shown that while the eastern
| branch of the trust was working under
| cover. the Spreckels branch was Fighting
annexation in the open by all the powerful
means known to wealth and political in
| fiuence
Last summer the sugar influence operat-
ed boldly in Washington as II is now
doing in the west
| Mr. Henry Oxnard of Washington New
| York, Nebraska and California is always
here whenever Congress is in session and
| sugar interests are affected in Washing
| ton, conditions which are practically in
| separable. During the special session of
| Congress last year he at his post of
| duty openly opposing the Hawaiian reci-
| procity and annexation treaties. Henry
| Oxnard is the brother of Robert Oxnard
| the manager of the western branch of the
| sugar trust.
| Mr. OXnard was reinforced in the anti
| Hawaiian tight by John ID. Spreckels son
| OF Claus Spreckels, who is the western end
| OF the sugar trust, and ex-senator FELTON,
| OF California. These three gentlemen made
| themselves so conspicuous in their efforts
that 1t became the painful duty of The
| Star TO expose their operations. which was
| done in several issues last May and June.
| Working the Poor Farmer
In planning the campaign against an
| nexation for this present session il was
| thought best to conduct a ''still hunt" by
means of which the Spreckels. OxnarIs
| and all the other sugar trust connections
| should remain out of sight. and tine poor
farmer" be put forward to pull the trust
| chestnuts out of the fire.
| 1t was thought essential to have some
apparently responsible organization. hdv-
ing no apparent connection with the trust
| TO father the fight against annexation. As
| no such organization existed, one was made
| to order called The American Sugar
| Growers Society" purporting to be a
tional organization, for the purpose of pro-
| noting the cultivation and manufacture of
Ibeet sugar in the United States. This So
| called society is a fake organization, ex-
listing only in the brains of those who con-
| eeived 1T, and on its letter heads
| The sole object of its creation was to
form an apparently disinterested medium
for opposing Hawaiian annexation, and for
distributing literature broadcast over the
| country, msrepresenting the facts con-
corning Hawaii and Hawaiian annexation.
and calling upon newspapers and farmers to
| make combined attack thereon and to
write to senators and REPRESENTATIVES and
petition Congress against annexation.
| Although the society has practically
| no source of revenue. it is spending large
| sums in distributing literature by the
| thousand, in sending out circular letters to
| farmers and papers, prepared editorials TO-
newspaper use; the names ana addresses Of
all the members of Congress; instructions
as to hoT to prepare and forward petitions
| to Congress, and by inclosing postage
| stamps for return REPLIES.
Some Literature Being sent Out.
Among other literature being sent out is:
| ID An address to Congress from the so
ciety," printed on heavy paper, in size and
| style similar to the Declaration of lnde-
| pendence.
| 90 A pamphlet of twenty pages with n
| cover, entitled Hawaiian Annexation
| Scheme-A Sugar Trust Plot. Exposed by
| General Schofeld.
The manifest intent is make il appear
that General Schotield is the author of the
| pamphlet and that he is opposed to annex
| alton. In SO far this intent is con-
| cerned, the pamphlet is a forgery and a
| fraud General Schofied is not the author
thereof and is strong advocate of annex
| alton.
go A pamphlet of fifteen pages with a
cover, entitled Hawaiian Independence.
| Not Annexation, Our Policy. A Domestic
| Industry Endangered
4 A pamphlet Of fifteen pages with a
| cover entitled Hawaiian Annexa ton and
| Our Labor Laws. Hawaiian Annexation
! and Its Slave Labor"
| 90 A pamphlet of twenty-nine pages and
| a cover, entitled Hawaiian Annexation I'm
perils Trade Japan's Trade Important.
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| People"
| 90 Great numbers of letters. printed in
| imitation OF typewriting, bearing the letter
| head of the society denouncinE annexa-
| ton, inclosing circulars and prepared ed
| itorial matter
| The following is a sample extract of one
| of these letters, sent to the editor of a
| newspaper with inclosed editorial material:
| sample Letter Sent TO an Editor
Dear Sir: You know the possibilities of
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sugar industry ever most of this country.
You may not know that these
Possibilities seriously threatened. If
Hawaii is annexed 1t will bc great blow
to our farmers by stopping or interfering
| with the domestic sugar industry. This of
| itself is enough to defeat annexation. But
| every dictate of patriotism also opposes an
! reXation.
| ''Will you help your readers and Amer.-
| can farmers by boldly expressing your edi-
| torial sentiments against annexation? We
serd you literature on the subject under
| another cover Please send mo
| marked copies of whatever you say on the
subject, enough at least for me to send one
| to all the senators and representatives from
your state and few for my own use at
Washington, SO far as you can for inclosed
| stamps"
This is signed by "R. NJ. Allen" as presI-
| dent of the society" Mr.. Allen lives in
Nebraska and not in Washington. When
he refers to sending me few for my own
use in Washington" he really means send
me a few for the use of Mr.. Henry Oxnard
In Washington" as the latter gentleman
represents the society here.
Sample of IA Prepared Editorial
The following is an extract from tie pre-
pared editorial inclosed with the above
| letter:
"A halt has been called TO numerous beet
sugar factory enterprises Why? Because
there is possibility that the Sandwich
Islands may be annexed to the United
States by the present Congress.
American farmers cannot grow sugar bccts
or cane in competition with Hawaiian
planters, who employ coolie labor at s. a
month and found. The first thing
demanded by our farmers is that Hawaii
be not annexed to the United States. sss
On purely patriotic grounds annexation
should be defeated, at least for the present.
But in addition to these considera tions of
patriotism farmers also feel that to annex
the Sandwich IslaEds would be to
seriously retard, IL not prevent, the other