The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-13
WILL FIGHT
OVER CUBA
Sugar a~ndTobacco
= interests in
Unison.
CHINESE QUESTION
AROUSES TALK
F. N. Swanzy Returns From the
Capital and Discusses
Prospects.

T. N. Swanzy, after a months absence
on the mainland, during which time he
travelled across the country and spent
some time in New York and Washing
ton on business. returned to the city
yesterday on the Sierra. Mr.. Swanzy
was one of the party of Hawaiians who
called pom President Roosevelt. and
who also looked into affairs Hawaiian
at the various departments. Numerous
interviews were held with members of
both the House and Senate, and the
members of the party were given every
opportunity to become acquainted with
the status of affairs at the capital. Mr..
Swanzy said yesterday:
"While we were in Washington, we had
every opportunity to come in contact
with the heads of the various depart
ments, and he had several interviews. At
the suggestion of Mr.. John w. Foster,
the members OF our party went to cali
upon President Roosevelt, very infor-
maIly. The president received us cordial
~. and gave us some time in general
conversation, as to the outlook. Presi-
dent Roosevelt did not ask US many
questions, as he seemed to have his mind
already made up on most points. He
talked at some length upon the subject
of sugar cultivation. He cited the cult
walton of zane in Queensland, saying
that the work in the field there, accord
ing to his information, was done by
white labor.
I'VE called upon Secretary Gage and
had a very Interesting conversation with
him, and in his talk he referred to the
fact tina it was contrary to policy to
have large holdings of lands in the hands
OF private parties, and seemed quite sur
prised when We informed him that this
was not the case here, but that the large
holdings were by corporations, which
have many stockholders. These were
the only officials who commented upon
conditions here.
Speaking generally, I do not believe
thele Will be much legislation devoted to
Hawaii.a at this session. Senator Burrows
and Congressman Dalzell both said to
US that4there was SO much work to do at
home that in their opinion there would
be little time to give to far away new
territory. 1 gathered that there will be
a hard fight against any possible tariff
changes in favor of Cuba. as the tobacco,
sugar and beet men will be combined to
tlgnt against any such concessions. The
beet sugar men are very strong, and
they viii not give up their fight until
the last ditch is taken.
1.-THE general opinion seems to be that
there will be a very hard struggle be-
fore the many reforms suggested by the
president become law, as the senate has
to be reckoned with, and there are MEM
brs who viii oppose any radical action.
I read the message of the president and
1 believe that he has not been correctly
informed nc m local conditions ana that I
there will have to be much more infor-
nation gathered on Hawaiian affairs be-
fore there is any action by Congress-"
Among returning sugar men was
George A. Fairchild of Kealia, Kauai,
the manager of the Makee Sugar Com
pany. Mr.. Fairchild, while in San Fran ,
cisco, made all arrangements for the
shipment of the sugar of that estate
from Anahola direct to San Francisco,
and the receipt there of all supplies d.
rect from the Coast markets. In regard
to the outlook for better business condi-
tons. Mr.. Fairchild said:
II believe there will be little Coast
money come into stocks here very soon,
hut that need not affect the Islands, as
there is the best prospect that We will
come out of the temporary dizziness all
right quite soon. All that is to be done
is to reduce expenditures, and then we
VIII work out in a short time. Q There
seems to be a good prospect that there
IS to be a hard fight made upon the Gu
ban sugar proposition. The beet
men and the tobacco men will fight any
proposal to br.ng sugar from Cuba into
the United States free. as tobacco mus
be, given the same advantages, and that
means much TO the farmers of the South
The general impression is that the Chi
nese exclusion law is TO be ~re-enacted,
and that there should be some arrang
ment made for the protection Of Ameri-
can industries, which are threatened by
reciprocity treaties with all countries.
There is no question but that the
President IS mis-nformed as TO the con
ditions in regard TO lands here, as well
as the labor market. His remark that
white labor Is now cultivating the SUI
gars cf Queensland is not borne cut by
the statements which are received here
through the press of that country. The
planters there, according to the trade
are In desperate straits, owing to
the fact hat Oriental labor has been
shut out. in response to emands of the
Labor party, and the attempt to shut
out the kanaka labor, on which the SUI
gar planters depend for the cultivation
of their crops. There is much pressure
belng brought TO bear upon the Congress
at Melbourne to permit the Introduction
of the Islanders, who have made the
raising of possible in the past"