The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-05-03

that were able 10 survive would have
to resort to cheap labor 1t would mean
n disturbance of the Industrial life of
the Islands and would check the efforts
already made to encourage a Cauca-
sian civilization.
Mr.. George Mex. Mcclellan, who has
been present during the sugar hearings,
has just been informed that the Rus
slan immigrants at Honolulu will not
be deported. This decision has been
reached by the department of com
meree and labor after numerous heaz-
ings. Mr.. Mcclellan had three ses-
sions with the solicitor of the bureau
of immigration, two with the commits.
sloner of immigration and one with
the assistant secretary of the depart
ment. The decision as finally reached
was announced with the understanding
that hereafter the territorial board
would be careful not to induce immi.
grants to come under conditions which
could be interpreted as in violation of
the contract labor law.
Delegates Speech.
The speech made before the senate
committee by the Delegate on the free
sugar Dill was as 1OllOWS.
'Mr. Chairman, and members of the
senate committee on finance: As the
official representative of the Territory
of Hawaii in Congress, am here to
present some reasons that seem to me
important why the bill "a. r. 2l213)
abolishing the tariff on sugar should
not be enacted into law.
1.-THE considerations which / shall
urge upon your committee, relating par
ticularly to the Hawaiian Islands, are
not merely economic and financial;
they are beyond that to questions of
craftsmanship concerning the attitude
of strong nation towards its insular
territories; they vitality and funda-
mentally affect the future of an island
people who voluntarily surrendered
their own sovereignty to become ter
ritory of the United States.
81 do not appeal to you primarily
on behalf of the sugar planters, who
have the largest amounts of capital
invested in that industry. AS Dele
gate from lat Island Territory my
purpose is to show you the inevitable
effect of this legislation on our COM
munity as a whole, and particularly on
the Caucasian and native Hawaiian
citizens of our Islands.
ro, az nr..u
S'oe'
Sapltai mas lts rights ana is en-
titled TO 1alr consideration, out atter
all, the man of wealth can always take
his money and go elsewhere to enjoy
it, even though as in the case of Ha-
waii, he would lose large part of
his capital IN making tne transfer, and
would ieaVe our island community I'M
BUT WIN the mass OF our
for, the case is different: INV nurnose
is to try to show you what the effect
of this legislation would be on the
rank and file of those who constitute
the citizenship of our Territory.
"Congree3 has the power to enact
legislation that will paralyze the in
dustrial life of its Island Territory and
insular possessions; but I do not be-
lieve it ought to do SO without at
least frankly facing the probable re-
suits and recognizing what it is about
to do. Hawaii, under its own indie
pendent government, was a prosperous
community. 1t voluntarily ceded its
sovereignty to this country believing
that congress as the arbiter of it's des-
tiny would always give fair considera-
lion to its welfare; when therefore, one
house of congress has already passed
4 bill whose effect will be to wipe out
sour-ffths of the main and well nigh
sole industry of that country, I deem
t my duty to place the facts fully
before you so that the congress shall |
lct with full knowledge of the condi- |
ions and with undivided responsibility
% '"e iesui'S 'n"' must Ioiio"'
Not Mere Profit Cutting.
eff this were merely question of
down the profits of the Hawa.
ian sugar planters. / would leave it
o their ATTORNEYS to argue the ones.
ions of comparative costs and the /
roper tariff rate to best maintain tbe /
low price of sugar which the
american consumer has enioved dnr;ng
he past twenty years. while still build.
ng up a large American sugar produc-
ion. But the question now before