Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-03-11
HAWAII UNITING TO PROTECT HER WELFARE

people are lmpefl1leu by Inc aftacK on the sugar
tariff, and Hawaii must fight for that tariff
1t is not a question of huge profits not a
question of high prices of sugar to the consumer.
The sugar industry of this territory will fall il
the tariff falls-and there will be no reduction
in the price of refined sugar The sugar trust
taking its toll as the raw sugar passes through
its haiids on the way to the consumer, will get
thc benefit
These are self-eyident facts to the people OF
Hawaii, for the people Of Hawaii know the con
ditions from first-hand observation But they
are not selffvident facts to the people of the
mainland, not unanswerable arguments by
themselves = to the congress that is now prepar
ing to revise the general tariff schedules.
The Star Bulletin has Urged for many weeks
that the businessmen of the islands unite in a
systematic campaign to bring before congress the
truth and the whole truth concerning Hawaii's
absolute dependence on the sugar duties Only
BY such campaign can congressman get an in
tslligent grasp on the subject Only by such q
campaign can the clouds of misstatement, OF
false statement and understatement, created by
those who will benefit hugely by the removal Of
the tariff, be driven away from the minds of the
Representatives and senator's
Former Gov. George r. Carter hit the nail
sguarely ON the head when he said to the direct
ors Of the Merchants Association yesterday aft
erncon: ss
81 can go to Washington and talk my arm off
and cannot make as much impression as some
personal friend Of a senator whom he has conf
hence in could make with letter. Find the
channel which win be most effective to reach
these men"
This is no time for apathy; for oyer-confidence
ii the existence Of an invisible power to safe
guard Hawaii, for no such power exists The
safeguard for Hawaii now is the energy, the ag-
eressveness the intelligence of her people in de
cIaring for the protection of their homes, their
business and their future welfare
It must be realized at the. outset that this
fight is to be waged and wonson facts. Hawaii
must place before congress the facts on raw
sugar production facts, as touched upon
By Mr. Carter yesterday, that sugar has been the
only commodity in general use whose price has
dropped instead of rising for the last twenty
wears The relations of the sugar trust and the
tariff attack mustsbc made plain
And how to do It?
Primarily, this is a fight of individuals, or
ganized into a campaign for their individual
homes and individual businesses every one of
which will suffer from a slash in the sugar
schedule.
And every Individual here should consider
himself committee of one to write to a con-
gresham friend on the mainland, to business
associate, to client personal friend, setting
forth the facts.
1t is fight to be waged not by lobbyists in
secret but by citizens fighting in the open for
their intimate prosperity. And for this reason
former Governor Carter is the man of the hour
for Hawaii Those who know Carter know that
when he goes to Washington it will be not as a
representative of planters merchants or any par
ticular business interests but as representative
of the people of Hawaii and in their name he
will make his fight And he will make it
shrewdly and well.
The people of Hawaii have been asking for
action for many months The large business in
terests were slow to respond. 1t has now come
to the point where the seriousness of the situa
ton is generally understood and the people
themselves are going to the front
And how about the Democrats?
This is a Democratic national administration
1t is a "Bourbon year" The Democrats in Ha
waii are coming to.strength
What are the Democrats of Hawaii going to
do for the protection of Hawaii? In the nation
al congress there are sitting Democrats from ev
ery part of the country. Certainly the organi
zation and prominent members of the party here
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