The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-05-28
CONGRESSIONAL VISITORS


i the crossroads of the sea. How much
4 OF benefit there will be to you from the
I commerce which will surely come, no
man can tell, but certainly since we
are to have the Panama canal, since
Hawaii has become a part and free
hold of the whole of the United States,
your gain will be immense. Your har-
bors, from Federal standpoint, are
a matter of Federal concern. 1t would
be silly for us to talk about these mat
ters 1t is our duty to attend to them
and they shall be attended to.
Along the Island of Hawaii we were
told that you ought to develop the in
dustTy of coffee. All I can say in
Irelation to that great subject, which
/ would take up a half hours talk, is
this, that the Ways and Means Com
rnittee Of the House of Representatives
viii probably take up the tariff bill
at the extra session of the sixty-f1rst
| Congress TO be called early in March.
following the inauguration of my
friend Fitzgerald daughter and ap-
plause) as Republican President. AS
a practical proposition I suggest to
you that you give to your people small
holdings. I suggest TO you that you
come before that Ways and Means
/ Committee and present your argu-
ments as strongly as possible.
tOne word in closing, if you will
permit me. I was on the Committee
on Territories when you consented to
be admitted. I helped to frame the
Organic Act. I made a speech on
that subject, which is lost somewhere
in the Congressional Record. I have
met many of your representative citi-
Zens and, with them, I have formed
friendships which are most pleasing
to me, and when we go away from
here within a few days, we shall carry
away with us the most delightful rec
objections of your hospitality We shall
gladly present your case as strongly
as possible in the bodies of which we
are members, and hope we shall sue
coed in doing you some good. We
know that you have done us much
4 good. MY friends, / bid you good
night"
TARIFF AND AGRICULTURE.
. shall now call upon the Honora-
bic j. c. Needham to respond to the
toast of Hawaii and the Protective
| Tariff. Mr.. Needham is a representa-
tive from the Pacific COAST announced
POSTMASTER Smith.
"There is no legislation passed by
| the Congress of the United States that
affects the people SO generally in all
| of its industries as that of tariff legis-
lation,' said Mr.. Needham. '.There
is one thing, however, we do know and
that is that the tariff law can be re-
| vised. and it will only be revised when
it is revised generally for the benefit
of the whole nation, of every part of
the nation and of every jurisdiction
of the United States.
.'Since the last general tariff bill
was enacted there has come under the
jurisdiction of the government of the
/ United States much Territory produc-
tive of industries different from those
existing throughout a great portion of
| the mainland. [ come from the State
that has more industries than any 9th
er State in the Union. At the time
of the enactment of the present tariff
/ bill, / was member of Congress, and
| / want to tell you few concrete ex-
amples as to what that law has done
| for the industries of the soil of the
State of California.
q am the only man who has been
| called upon to respond to a subject
| that is somewhat political in its nature.
| You all know the tariff question has
always been political question. | do
| not want you to think / am talking
politics, but I have been most gratified
| since I have come to these islands to
find that your most eloquent and
| staunchest friends are strong supporters
of the protective tariff. (Applause.)
sit has been contended by some that
a Protective tariff law does nothing
for the farmer except in a general way
| by increasing the population, and L
want to tell you that the tariff law
has done something directly for the
industries of the soil that | have the
honor in part of representing IN the
House of Representatives
II represent the district which pro
| duces nine-tenths of all the ralslns
produced in the United States, and We
| could not ship the products OF ralslns
| to the Eastern market were 1t not for
| protective tariff. [ come from the State
/ that produces the citrus fruits which
/ are protected by a duty of one cent
ponnd. It costs the Californian pro
| ducers ninety cents box III freight
/ to land a. box of oranges IN Chlcago
or New York It costs the foreign
producers from Jamaica, but thirty
| cents a box to land the same quantity
Of oranges in the same market by rea-
! son of cheap freight. But the duty
upon box of oranges is 60 cents
| box. AS a result the California pro-
! ducer can ship his freight to the East
| ern market and can compete with the
other countries by reason of the tariff.
This tariff law means whole lot to
the farmers of the State of California.
~ give you these concrete examples
| to show you what has been done d.
/ rectly for the industries of the soil
of the State of California. The same
is true Of olives.
u can say that it is no longer true
that the tariff does not give direct
! benefit to the industries of the soil.
I can prove that it does, and as it
has helped the soil of California, SO it
helps and will help the soil of Ha-
wai. It will be your duty, therefore,
| in my Judgment, to send men to Wash
ington to make clear the situation In
the islands. so that these matters IN