The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-10-22

dustry had been made by Kuhio. 81
honestly believe that Kuhio S attack
upon the sugar men of Hawaii had as
much as anything to do with the prepa
ration and the passage in the house of
the Underwood bill, - he said.
'Here was the situation: The sugar
trust had just heen caught red handed,
stealing a million and three quarters
from the government through false
weighing at the New York port of
entry. The whole country was incensed;
tho name of the sugar trust, with the
emphasis on sugar was hated, and
thy majority of Americans would have
been glad 20 land the sugar trust off.
Cias in the penitentiary. Then along
came Kuhio, declaring that the sugar
men of Hawaii had corrupted the
voters; that the sugar men of Hawaii
so dominated everyone that no man in
Hawaii dared call his soul his own;
that the sugar men owned the Gov
ernor, and that the Governor dare do
nothing the sugar men did not like.
| Kuhio himself, or through his agents,
painted the sugar men of Hawaii as
black as the sugar trust men had shown
themselves to be, and the consequence
was that everyone supposed that the
sugar men of Hawaii were just as big
lawbreakers, just as big thieves, as the
sugar trust men.
of Kuhio's talk had come from a
Democrat, perhaps it would not have
had the same effect, because it might
have been supposed that he were only
talking for political effect; but, coming
from the Republican Delegate from
Hawaii, it was taken seriously, and the
sugar interests here lost what friends
| they had. When the Underwood Bill
came up, none could speak in defense
of the sugar interests of Hawaii, be-
cause congress had before it all that
the Delegate had said.
"And when those charges came be-
fore Fisher, what did they amount to?
Nothing; absolutely nothing
That is how Kuhio did his best to
ruin the sugar industry of these Islands.
The Labor Question.
'Two years ago, judging from the
outpouring of labor that came at the
time of the japanese strike, we Demo
Gratis took the ground that there was
surplus of labor here and that the fur
further assisted immigration of labor
should be stopped Perhaps we We're
wrong; but we advocated the labor
plank of our platform conscientiously.
We are not opposing the introduction
of labor now. The prosperity of the
Islands has created great demand for
labor. The amount of building in Ho-
nolulu takes up big share of labor;
the federal government works take up
more; the territorial bond issue is fur
nishing work for morc; altogether there
is rather scarcity of labor now, not a
surplus, and we are not opposed to the
further introduction of Portuguese and
Spanish laborers. We still oppose the
introduction of Filipnos, just as the
Republicans have commenced to do.
"My work at Washington, if the
people see fit to send me, will be to de-
fend the sugar interests of Hawaii and
to do away with the bad impression
that Kuhio has given of the sugar men
and the main Hawaiian industry. Nv
own interests are in Hawaii, in sugar
and in land. and it is therefore as much
to my interests as TO everyone else IS
to help Hawaii and, add to its prosper.
ity.
Ny position is now well known,
and | am before the people. AS | say,
1t is up to the voters Of Oahu whether
! am elected or not. My political fate
is in their hands,"