Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-11-20
SEEKS TO PROTECT
AMERICAN COFFEE
Hamakua Coffee Man
Talks In Golden
Gate City

San Francisco, Nov. 1O.--A. l..
Louisson, a wealthy coffee grower of
Hamakua, Hawaii. is In the city on his
way to Washington. ID. c.. where he
proposes to enist the aid OF Senators
and Congressman In an effort to OBJ.
tain protective tariff for coffee in
order that this industry may be fos.
tered In Porto Rico, the Philippines
and Hawaii Loulsson Is the man who
explained to Secretary of the Interior
James r. Garfield, during the latter's
recent visit to Hawaii, that the only
thing which will arrest the Asiatic in.
vasion Of the islands is white popu.
latlOn attracted by the development of
the coffee industry. The industry. he
says, will thrive on platcOus at an ele.
walton suitable to the health and needs
of white races. Speaking of his work
in behalf Of the protective tariff for
coffee, Mr.. Louisson said:
"ln conjunction with the Porto Ric.
an interests | am going to make a
| fight to protect coffee grown under the
American flag In Porto Rico, Hawaii
and the Philippines. President Roose.
celt, In all OF his messages. has dwet
on the necessity of AmericanIzing Ha.
wall since the Territory must act as a
buffer between the Pacific Slope and
the Orient. II Is, therefore, absolutely
necessary that an industry be estab.
lished on Hawaiian soil that will at
tract a white population to its culture
ut IN an undisputed fact that coffee
thrives on the upland zones of the
tropics at such an elevation that eli.
matte conditions are conducive to the
| physical welfare of white races
\ Under present conditions the Amcri
can territories are not enabled to com
pete with Central and South American
countries, where the wage.earner does
not receive in the maximum over Il
cents day. American money. The
American wage.earner cannot com
pete, much less live, in competition
against such odds. since everything he
purchases In the way of food products
Is protected.
THE Philippine islands have an arei
Of 10000 square miles. or about rs,
400 900 acres, and II IL claimed by per
sons thoroughly conversant with coffee
culture that twO-nfths of the area o
| Nldt dICilNeitSO Us dudp'Hblc w Npnec
growing. Our trade relations will
Brazil, which show in her favor $50.
100000 annually, are TAX on our Ma
ton, since she practically buys moth
ing from us, and our trade balance
with her must be settled in gold.
so | claim that free coffee is Ia!
on our national resources with
vengeance. We owe nothing to Brazi
or to any other country not under tn
American flag, but we do owe some
thing to the Territories that are unde
our domain. When all the coffee con
sumed i'm the United States Is raise
under our flag we shall increase OIL
exports, shipping and commercial
dealings with our own people.
aside from the question Of proteC
ting our own territories, We will adj
immense sums to our Federal treas
ury, II Is n conceded fact that tn
Pacific will be the tneater of grea
events In the future, and II the Unite
States of America Is 10 strengthen he
position in the Western hemispher
she must first, last and all Of the tim
create prosperous conditions In he
Pacific possessions"
Louisson will leave for Washington
| Tuesday,