The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-02-02
HlLo MAY GET ITS MONEY
Kinney Opposes FairchiId Bill
McCrosson May Bid for
Leiehua Water.
By Ernest G. Walker.
lMail speclal to The Advertiser.l

Sugar Trust continues its sittings but
the hearings will probably be conclud-
ed before this letter reaches Honolulu.
w. G.. Cook of New York, well known
to the sugar planters of Hawaii, has
been n witness before the committee
and probably will return here again
for further testimony. Mr.. Willett, OF
Willett & Gray, also well known to
those of Hawaii interested in sugar
production, has been a witness in re-
cent days. R. p. Rithet is on the way
here from the Pacific Coast to testify
but has apparently been delayed by
the storms.
1t is felt here that the testimony
brought out has been favorable to su-
gar producers but it is not expected
that this will be convincing to the
Democrats on the committee. They
brought few farmers here from Colo
RADIO some time ago, who testified that
the manufacturers of beet sugar got
all the profits and that the growers
of the sugar beets, otherwise the
farmers, obtained no particular benefit
from the industry. This was followed
by testimony of a great number of
farmers who declared that the Colo
rado testimony was misleading and
that the industry was of great benefit
to the farmers
Good Tariff Arguments.
Republicans of the committee have
laid the foundation for good arguments
against the reduction of duties. Rep
resentative Kinds of Maine, developed
during the testimony of Mr.. Willett,
that sugar is one of very few commo-
dities, the price of which has not been
advanced materially in recent years.
This was shown to be the case in spite
of the fact that sugar has been "hot
housed TO use favorite expression
of Chairman Hardwick of the investi-
eating committee-fo for many years and
by many governments. 1t has been
protected by duties, encouraged by
bounties and all that.
Nevertheless it is not unlikely that
the committee viii recommend re-
duction in duties on sugar. That is
expected in any event. What the
Democratic house and the Republican
senate will do with reference to n re-
vised of sugar duties at this session is
still very much of a guess. No one
attempts to say what the prospects are
at least no one whose word is of
any weight at the Capital There has
been talk of revising the sugar sched-
ule but the ways and means commit
tee is taking no steps in that direc
tion for the present.
Lorimer May Be 1t.
With the changes in the chairman
ships of senate committee, over which
the senate leaders have been dicker.
iAg for several weeks, it now looks as
though Senator William Lorimer of
Illinois, who has been under investiga-
'tion as to his right to seat, would
head the committee on Pacific Islands
and Porto Rico. This is the committee
that handles much of The legislation
affecting Hawaii in the senate. Many
changes in chairmanships have result
ed from the death of Senator Frye of
Maine, who was the chairman of the
committee on commerce. All Repub-
Mcan senators have chairmanships and
when an important craftsmanship like
that on commerce is vacated ii causes
a shift all along the line and senators
sometimes hesitate, as they have been
doing this session, whether they will
retain the chairmanships they have or
accept others that may be vacated.
Money May Come.
The report of engineers of the Army
on the survey of Hilo harbor extension
has been delivered to the chairman
of the house committee on rivers and
harbors. This was brought about in
time for the committee s consideration
after deal of energetic work on the
part of the Delegate and Mr.. McClel-
Ian. There is hope of obtaining some
thing on the forthcoming rivers and
'harbOrs bill for Hilo and also for Ka-
hului. The report ON the survey of
Kauai harbors has been received but
these will be too late for the house
committee TO give them consideration
this year. 1t is felt however, that
this will result in no disadvantage to
that project because the house demo
cratic caucus has voted not to allow
any appropriations for rivers and har-
bOrs this year that are new projects.
There will be a hearing before the
board of engineers of rivers and har-
bors, which is an adjunct to the Office
of the chief Of army engineers on Mon
day, February 5, when the Kauai har.
'bors may be discussed by those inter
ested in improvements.
Mccrosson May Bid.
Secretary stimsons report, holding
that the federal government owns all
the rights TO water at Waianae-u uka
will undoubtedly kin the McCrosson
bill of last session before congress.
The secretary favors the construction
by the government of its own plant
and the sale of the surplus water to