Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-09-30
NO FREE SUGAR
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pelled to say believe there is good
deal Of politics mixed up in the mo-
tives of the sugar men in making
times so hard. They evidently want
to use the occasion to get absolute
control in Hawaii politically and
otherwise, and lead the people to be-
lieye that their only salvation now Is
| TO blindly support sugar agencies in
anything they want or demand be-
! fore good times can come. This Is
all a mistake. The power Of the
sugar agencies 10 defeat free sugar
outside of the money they can use to
conduct q legitimate educational cam.
paign among the American people
against free sugar does not amount
to a pinch of snuff, in other words, so
to 100 homesteaders going to Wash
iDgton and making a personal appeal
TO Congress against free sugar would
have. one hundred times more weight
than il every planter and sugar agen,
cy man in Hawaii should go there.
IN. fact, the planters fight against
free sugar was very lame one. so
far as their personal appeal or effort
was concerned. Their claim that they
wanted protected sugar so as to pro-
mote the Americanization Of the Isl
ands made people laugh. In this
fight against free sugar and for pro
lection and help from Congress ID
ether ways. the planters need the aid
and, cooperation Of the people Of Ha.
wall far more than the people need
them, and the planters cannot get
that help by now clubbing everything
In sight. and making hard times
worse fear that this financial
trouble of ours viii be taken BY the
planters as furnishing an opportunity
to grab public lands. water franchises
and what not. now held by them
simply on short term leases. The
way out Of the woods Is not to get
into any such more worse than we.
are now we should stand stronger
than ever for homesteads and in this
fight push to the front everything
that goes to the Americanization OF
Hawaii. and the less the people Of
Hawaii submit to unjust dictation by
the planters, the more influence they
will have In Congress.
Tells Of His Work tor Hawaii.
Asked a. to his part In the fight
against free sugar, and referring to
criticisms that had been made against
his inaction, the Prince said:
Il do not believe In running around
like q chicken with its head cut on.
and clustering blindly eyeryWhere and
to every body against reduction of
the tarin on sugar Some things had
to be expected from the Democratic
victory, and 1T was worse than use
less to go and talk against a reduc-
ton Of the tar1n. I would simply
have been making fool of myself
The one point was to stave on free
sugar II possible, and as free sugar
was coming simply by personal de-
mand OF the President waited on
MIN and had long personal inter
view with him. That interview had |
taken down from memory by q stem
ographer, and furnished the repre-
sentatives OF the planters there with |
tnis interview. The one point hoped |
might reach the President was that
free sugar, even in prospect, would |
have q strong tendency to drive
away the non-Asiatic population of
the Islands. and / believe made an !
impression on the President that may
bear fruit later on. The truth Is, this
sugar hight has opened the Presidents |
eyes to a good many things that lat |
er will lead him to raise no objection |
20 the elimination OF his free sugar |
program. The substance Of my inter
View with the President was used |
widely In the sugar debates in Con-
gress II also talked whenever oppor-
tunity offered among my fellow rep
resentatives against free sugar. The