Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-12-30
PLANTER GAMAL|ELSON COMES BACK
At SUGAR Boiler EBEL|NGONTRASH

doubt. smile and keep their seats, as
we arc trying to do
There Is no doubt that our esteemed
| friend may have some grievances
against us. As | review the vcHrs that
wc have been under his administra-
ton | feel obliged to admit that We
! have been u rcbclious lot. TO explain,
we have ut divers times attempted to
! use part of the land once dedicated to
be used to grow cane on. for such base
! and worthless purposes as to grow ba.
banans and pineapples on. Yea, even
more. your humble servant had even
/ the trmarfty to ut one time attempt
the Introduction of so noxious u weed
as tobacco on the land without con
I suiting our friend. hut, then, from
this we have long ago rclonted and
duly repentcd.
| AZ to the charge that | brought trash
to the mill for him to convert into
sugar | will never plead guilty to II.
. II would he utterly Impossible for me
to bring more than an armful of trash
to the mill At n time. and To- carry
trash. by the armful from four to
seven miles from the field to tho mill
would bc far too laborious an under
taking for YOUR humble servant to Keep
up. And where would he the inccn-
tive, since nothing would he paid for,
not duly approved of and entered in
the field ovcrscers' books?
| n Mr. EbcilnS means to iusinuatc
that Mr.. Scott and his field assistants
entered into conspiracy with the
outside planters to defraud the Ililo
Sugar Company 10y palming of trash
for sugar cane. he has another guess
, coming. because. even IL hc believes It
himself he will loo without Il second.
, II was known here. long before | set
foot in the fIilo district. that 1t would
he useless for anybody Ia attempt to
get trash accepted, cut. weighed,
fumcd to the Wainallu mill and paid
4 for as for cane. without the knowledge
sccrs. though Mr. Ebcling apparently
failed to discover that during his
twenty three years service in the mill
Then he tells us that the IIilo Sug-
ar Company lost money ON the small
planters cane. and undoubtedly such
things have happened and may occur
again. and. according To his own story,
what else could he expect? az course,
he says nothing about where the 100
( per cent dividends came from that Mr..
Ray Stannard Baker tells about.
Mr.. Ebelng. always generous. no
, doubt contributed half u million or 80
4 ut n time out of his private purse
rather than see the poor stockholders
go without their dividends, and his
natural modesty would forbid him say
! ing SO. And rs to how the output Of
sugar from the plantation has doubled
since these small planters commenced
trush, that can. no doubt. he account
ed for by our genius turning both
trash, juice, molasscs and all into sug-
Tar, not TO mention the trash the poor
4
And now, If you please, think of what
IL going to happen To the poor stock
holders, In the case of lack Of funds
In the future. when our friend II no
longer at hand. AZ he will unidentified
~ find shortages to make M whcr.
ever he may happen to he, II would
hardly he fair To expect him to come
| TO the rescue here again.
Then try to think of what Mr. Scott
has done In discharging such won
dcrful man. Surely. this world win
come I" an end Of its orbit Ccvcn rs
our friend did) unless II can he in
duccd To reverse "A few turns. 50 as Ia
allow Mr. Scott to take hold OF the
lines where he had them previous to
that fatal day, now recorded In our
annals as the thIrticth day of Sep
TENDER, 4 u. 1871.
Then lie tells about how the cane
was stuck Into the ground by us In.
CRATES, and left to suffer aud pine
away for eighteen long months before
il was dug up and returned. Poor
cane, II must have suffered terribly
from neglect and nausea and malagtla,
hut that II not the whole story. II
DTS mod.sty would allow him To tell
how generous he has been To Ms he
can not very well have forgotten that
sometimes he did very generously give
us as much a. twice eighteen months
in which to raise a crop cane, thus
nc u-'ling ~ tho pleasure of. h"sdcs
the never FALLING three thrashlnrs Of
tho zane. another on or Two extra
tlrlshingS, Tor which. instead OF be-
mg duly, dc, o,cdly thankful, some OF
~ even worc the cpusc OF him being
called upon 10 EXPOSE his noble coun.
tcnDncc To rdiculc IN court and his.
dict'on IN print
THIS must OF course, look very
'thrashy" To opr great aud good
friend md backing In spice and flavor,
hat knowing that there may bc ms
much human nature IN one man ne
In another, II not more" and always
mindful that "a soft answer turneth
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