Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-11-02
DEMOCRATS PREACHING RUIN FOR The
SUGAR INDUSTRY.
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Democratic candidates through their recognized and ac
cepted official literature have tied themselves up to the
statement that the SUGAR INDUSTRY Of these islands us
IN CONDITION TO DOUBLE WAGES OR AT LEAST TO
VERY MATERIALLY RAISE WAGES"
These candidates also responsible in their OFF,
cia printed literature for statement urging the voters OF
the Territory to "keep out the pauper plantation laboers
and force the plantations to pay honest living wages
INSTEAD OF ALLOWING THE PLANTERS TO SWELL THEIR
MONEY PILES BY THE SWEAT OF SLAVES"
This lines up the Democratic party and each Of its candi
dates with definite declaration that the sugar plantations OF
this Territory position to double the wages OF their
laborers in some instances and materially raise them in all
cases.
That what you endorse when you vote for McCandeSs
Trent Thayer land others on the Democratic ticket.
In view Of the present status Of the worlds sugar crops
these Democratic candidates must stand before the com.
munty as either fools who don't take the trouble to know
what they are talking about knaves who know that plan
taon wages cannot be raised who know that their official
campaign literature is uerlng faSehoodS, who know that
they are misleading the voters and are doing so deliberately
In either case these not who should be elevated
to positions of public trust by the voters OF this city or Ter
rlt0ry.
The ability Of our sugar plantations to increase wages Of
the labores depends on the price OF sugar. Continuance OF
present prices might assure Of large income for the
sugar properties.
But present prices cannot prevail.
Reliable statistics issued by the worlds best sugar author
tiles show that the increase of the worlds supply OF raw
sugar for the coming year amounts to twelve per cent over
the year just closing or to be exact increase of 75583
tons.
Cuba for 1911 will turn out larger crop than this year,
by one hundred thousand tons, or more.
The increase in the European beet sugar crop reaches
figure OF tremendous proportions, almost equang the total
Cuban output for 1909-10.
Whereas, the increased production Of sugar amounts
to twelve cent the increased consumption Of sugar for
period OF twenty EIGHT years has averaged only four and for
ty-seven hundredths per cent.
There is not man in the Democratic party who knows
anything about the influence of the worlds sugar production
upon the worlds price for sugar. who does not also know
that campaign for doubling or materially increasing the
rate OF wages on our sugar plantations during the coming
year ruin for ninety per cent of the sugar properties
OF this Territory.
There not the slightest doubt that the first days Of the
new year will see in this Territory radical and sweeping
REIMBURSEMENT OF the dvdendpayng policies Of the sugar
plantations and IS highly probable that the number Of
be larger than the number paying profit
That may not sound nice to the Democrats to the stock
brokers but il is nevertheless the forecast of truthful proba
biHties.
For the Democrats to hold out the hope Of higher wages
on the plantations in view of the coming years outlook for
sugar prices is than folly is absolute buncomb il
is handing the laborng men Of Hawaii gold brick.
me Democratic campaign, Judged by its official literature
the worst and most damaging to the Territory that has been
carried on since Maxine and his associated thugs attempted
to Cnc up the plantation aboerS through the manipulation
OF a secret organization
To vote the Democratic ticket this year is to vote for
policy OF industrial ruin that is clear cut and definitely out
lined in the literature for which McCandess Trent Thayer
and their associated Democratic candidates and managers
are responsible.