The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-30
HAWAII At
WASHINGTON
Sugar Planters and
Their Labor
Needs.
OUTLOOK FOR THE
EXCLUSION ACT
Kohaia lrrisation-The Surveyors
Have Been Lately at
Work.
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Nv During the last week the rep
resentatives OF Hawaiian sugar
plantations have been much here, visit
ing the different departments and the
White House, but on Saturday, Nov. 16,
they started back to New York, accom-
panied by their agent. Mr.. william
Haywood. whoe has again established
his home in this city at 1712 I street.
Several OF the visitors put up at the
ShOreham. intending Mr.. w. o. Smith.
+. n. Swanzy and J. B. Atherton, all
Of Honolulu. Mr. r. p. Rithet has also
cent Roosevelt at the White House on
Nov. IL. Two days later Mr.. p. F. Dill
Iinsham also saw the President.
EI-Secretary of State John w. Fos-
ter. who has interests in Hawaii. in
terceded In behalf of the first batch of
callers. not only at the White House.
but at the Department Of the Interior
and at the Treasury Department where
the Honolulans called 70 discuss Indus
trial conditions in the islands. Every-
where they were given the kindest re-
ception and President Roosevelt and
Secretaries Gage and Hitchcock listen
ed attentively to what they had to say.
OF course II is well understood already
IN Hawaii that The owners Of planta-
tions In the, Islands will join with the
Louisiana sugar planters and the grow
erS OF sugar beets TO prevent the ad-
mission OF Cuban sugar to this country
free o. duty. Mr.. Henry L. Oxnard.
looked upon as the head OF the beet
sugar Industry. has already engaged a
house In Washington for the winter and
he will cooperate heartily with the Ha-
waiian planters to prevent the removal
OF the duty on Cuban sugar. which duty
the sO-called sugar trust would much
like t. see removed.
NO CUBAN RECIPROCITY.
Although great vigilance is necessary,
because of the wide influence of the
sugar trust, It is altogether probable
that the duty on Cuban sugar will be
kept just where 1t is. The influence and
the sentiment of most Of the arriving
statesmen is against ,ratifying any
reciprocity treaties, II is believed be
yond al doubt that there will be no
revision OF the tariff at the coming ses-
sicn and accordingly the only manner
m which the Cuban duties could be re-
moved would be by special act, which
IS also improbable. or by some recipro-
city treaty.
Reciprocal relations with Cuba, ad- |
mitting sugar at low tariff rates" said |
Mr.. Dillingham; after his interview with |
the President. would be exceedingly de- :
struetive OF business in Hawaii Above |
everything else, however, we need |
cheap labor. The lack of efficient labor /
in the islands is a very serious problem !
and something ought to be done by |
Congress so that we get the necessary |
helpers. 1t IS impossible to apply the \
same laws to this country as to Ha-
vail" Mr.. Dillingham; declared. "'The |
needs OF the islands are different. We
buy so. 600. 600 of goods from the United
States annually and would buy that
much more II conditions were more ia
vOrabie to US"
PLANTERS SEE HITCHCOCK.
In their interview with Secretary
Hitchcock the sugar planters stated in
detail on the forenoon Of Nov. II the diff
hculties under which they are laborine
as to their help on the plantations
He heard them for nearly an hour in
his private Office and the situation was
gone over in detail. They assured him
that there was plenty Of skilled labor in
the islanus but that the Porto Ricans
llAu Oer-Ll sl4LpSellitI a AdA4uTe anu . us
appointment and that the crying de-
n. and was for more Chinese. AS TO this
neither Secretary Hitchcock nor Secre-
tary Gage could give the planters any Z
assurance. II remains to be seen wheth- I
er any representations will be made to 4
Congress through the President as % 2
he situation.
CHINESE EXCLUSION LAW. IL
That the Chinese exclusion law viii S
be re-snacted seems assured. as al as
one IS warranted in speaking from: a
canvass OF tEe sentiment am)ny thu
few Senators and members OF the
House who are now in the city. but {
whether provision will be possible al
lowing them to come to Hawaii and !,
york on the sugar plantations Is quite
mother question Opponents Of sUchi