Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-06-22
WOODS WORK FOR CUBA.

The most scandalous exposure in
connection with the Administration OF
President Roosevelt is that made by
+. Il. Thurber. Of the New York EX.
port Association, before the Senate
Committee on Cuban Relations. It
showed clearly with proof that tho
War Department of the Federal Gov
eminent was using the public funds
Of the United States to stimulate an
industry in a foreign country tempur
arily under our protection, to the Diet.
riment of similar industries on the
/ Mainland. in Porto Rico. the Philip
pines and in Hawaii. More will be
heard of this matter in Congress. and
we shall be very much surprised If it
does not absolutely sQuclch all ec
forts to aid the starving" Cubans IN
whom the Sugar Trust had interest
enough TO warrant an expenditure CT
$500 hy Mr.. Havemeyor gentleman
noted for never making an investment
without a considerable quid being IN
sight in return for his quo.
We 10 not believe, however. that the
War Department, General Wood or
Mr.. Havemeyer would ever have te
Ceived five cents worth of benefit had
Mr.. Thurber's bureau exploited the Gu
ban cause till doomsday. r. b. Thur
Der was once a member OF the big
Thurber grocery house. whose failure
startled the United States many years
ago, and ever since when another part
ner OF the firm. F. X. Thurber Ia broth.
or Of +. b., has taken up his resi-.
dence in Texas. Since the failure. Z.
b. Thurber has been living upon his
wits aided by the generosity of old
New York friends. He started tho
New York Export Association, which
has a membership of about two hun.
dred, and which publishes a monthly
sheet supposed to aid in developing
the export trade of the United States.
Among he members OF the Export As.
sociation are such men are c. n. Bliss.
Andrew Carnegie and others of the
largest manufacturers in the country
who have faithfully stood by old man
Thurber" and helped hlm along since
his business troubles.
| Thurber's leaders of thought" are
composed of business firms selected
from Dun's and Bradstreet's books,
but he in no sense reaches the masses
of the people who are the real lead.
ers of thought" in the country and who
influence the action of their Congress.
men. This can only be done through
the newspapers and 1t is seldom in
deed that Thurber can get any single
one OF his ideas or suggestions moot"d
in the New York papers, much less
throughout the country where effect.
i've literary work is done. In the Pres.
idential campaign of 1900 Thurber got
into the good graces of Senator Hanna
by interesting the Ohio statesman in
the Trust question and showing a few
little folders and circulars which Thur.
Der claimed were being distributed by
thousands. No reference was ever
made to them by newspapers. nor
were the Thurberian arguments suffi
GENTLY strong or forcible to attract
any attention. However, Thurber got
handsomely paid for his supposed sup,
port of the Republican party. whose
principles he has lately been trying to
overthrow by advocating a special re.
duction in the protective tariff of the
United States for the benefit of foreign
producers in competition with Ameri
leans.
This will end the usefulness. or 9th.
erwise, of the Thurber machine as q
political factor. We venture to pre-.
dict that, hereafter, Thurbers work
Will be confined to the more Legitimate
field OF an export association without
endeavoring to increase imports. The
lesson serves to show, however, how
well-to'do and well.meaning men can
be induced to invest money by plau
sible talker in schemes that they do
not thoroughly understand and which
they have not carefully investigated
Perhaps there are some Hawaiians
who have met with similar experience
in Honolulu.