Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-02-06

been expended to bring $1,000 people
from Porto Rico. "And when they ar
rived, they were so emaciated," re-
marked Mr.. Haywood, that 1t required
three months to fatten them up before
they were able to work" He said
there we're 10000 laborers employed on
the plantations in Hawaii, the skilled
laborers receiving as high as sS5 per
month and the others being paid $40,
which included free house rent, fuel,
medical attendance. food at cost and
exemption from taxation.
Would any reduction in the tariff
ruin the Hawaiian sugar interests?"
asked Chairman Payne.
81 hope not"
"What reduction could you stand"
continued Mr.. Payne.
That" returned Mr.. Haywood "ls
rather embarrassing question.
don't know that can answer II safe
ly."
ooh, you must make 1t safe" laugh
ed the chairman.
well, ten per cent" returned Mr..
Haywood after some thought.
ooh, that's safe enough" said Mr..
Payne. in so mournful q tone that all
his colleagues laughed.
Mr.. Bradley's plea against free trade
with Cuba was an argument rade from
the farmers standpoint. The farm
ers in the States where the beet sugar
industry is hourishlng are bending
their energies in that direction, Mr..
Bradley said, with the assiduity of
duck taking to a puddle. Raising
beets has been God-send to them to
them" he said. 1t has provided them
with money to pay of mortgages,
which II would have taken years to
procure in other ways. II you gentle
men could only realize the great bene-
fits accruing to the agricultural inter
ests Of number of the Northern and
Western States from beet growing,
you would never take any steps to de-
stroy such an industry. Why, for ex-
ample, take the little town | come
from, in Michigan. A few months ago,
100000 were paid to farmers in that
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at once went into circulation"
Mr.. Bradley put few political digs
into the ribs Of the Republican party
when he slyly intimated that a blow
struck at the farmers by Republican
administration and Republican Con
gress, would not be forgotten by them
when voting time came around. He
/ ta.- H.. -
the sugar trust people in producing
telegram which he received few days
ago from J. d. Dumont, Chairman Of
the Chamber of Commerce of the city
of Detroit The telegram read Oscar
Stillman has left for Cuba. Sent by
Havemeyer with orders to buy or get
under option all lands available for
cane raising. Gentlemen can testify
positively to that effect"
Mr.. Bradley had hardly finished
reading 1t, when Mr. Richardson OF
Tennessee, leader of the Democratic
minority. asked to see the telegram.
He read II carefully, as did the other
members Of the committee, and 4 buzz
of comment went around the room aa
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the Committee. In closing, Mr.. Brad
ley said the farmers were the bone and
sinew of this country and anything
tending to lessen their strength would
lessen the strength OF the country,
"And | certainly hope you gentlemen
will consider well before you take any
steps towards favoring Cuba in pref.
erence to your own people"
Hayward G.. Leavitt, a sugar beet
manufacturer of Nebraska. devoted tho
ten minutes allotted to him in charg-
Ing the sugar trust with corruption
and fraud. They are making mis-
leading statements through a subsi-
died press" he declared bitterly, "and
their argument Is, that every man has
his price and that man who cannot
he bought Is a fool. They have n
corruption fund of SIS 1000, 900. They
are" he said. passionately, the most
odious and Internal monopoly that
ever cursed this - any other coun-
try" He also charged the trust with
buying the Cuban sugar crop in ad-
vance, asserting that nearly all this
years crop had been bought by their
spectators.
J. A. BRECKONS.