Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-08-02

alleged lobbying Of sugar interests in
Washington. Former Governor Geo.
X. Carter Is being examined rs to his
connections.
Senator Reed Ind you represent
what yourself?
Mr.. Carter. ] am sent here, as my
brief shows, by the chamber Of COM
merce and the merchants association
and as the result of a resolution pass
ed at a mass meeting in Honolulu.
Senator Reed. You have an organ
ization Of all of these sugar interests
in the islands,?
Mr.. Carter. Yes.
Senator Reed. And that is called
what?
Mr.. Carter. The Hawaiian Sugar
Planters Association. They are or
ganized for only certain purposes.
Senator Reed. It is, an oFganiza-
ton?
Mr.. Carter. Yes.
Senator Reed. And do nearly all
of the planters belong to it?
Mr. Carter. They do.
Senator Reed. 1t has a president
and a secretary and a treasurer, I
presume!
/ Mr.. Carter. / presume so; yes.
Senator Reed. And, II understood
you correctly, it is through that asso-
| citation that the funds are being fur
nished for carrying on this propa-
| gandas that you several gentlemen are
engaged in, so far as your part of 1t
is concerned?
Mr. Carter Yes.
7 Senator Reed. And Mr.. Mead is the
man who draws the warrants or the
checks--who draws out the money?
Mr.. Carter. Yes.
Senator Reed. Going back mo-
ment. as / understand, Mr.. Ballou and
| Mr.. Mead and Mr.. Baldwin and Mr..
said TO directly represent Alexander
& Baldwin?
Mr.. Carter No; Mr.. Mead is the
statistician.
Senator Reed. Mr.. Mead is the sta
tistician of Alexander & Baldwin?
Mr.. Carter. Not Alexander & Bald
win-of the sugar planters associa.
/ ton.
Senator Reed. And Mr.. Paxton is a
broker?
Mr.. Carter. No; not at all. He is
the assistant manager of the firm OF
1 Alexander & Baldwin.
Senator Reed. And Mr.. Baldwin
/ represents that firm here?
| Mr.. Carter. Mr.. Baldwin is res
ident and an attorney at law at
Cleveland, Ohio, and he comes here.
Senator Reed. And his brothers
/ are interested in this, and he comes
1 here to represent them?
i Mr.. Carter. He is also interested
Senator Reed So Alexander &
i sentatives here of any one of these
sugar producers-direct representa-.
tives?
MIR. Carter. Yes.
Senator Reed. What is the capital
of this Baldwin & Alexander con
Germ?
Mr.. Carter. 100000. think
Senator Reed There are other large
kblanters there in addition, are there
not, or raisers of sugar cane?
Mr.. Carter. They are sugar fac
| tors. There are others; yes, ! have
| already given them.
i Senator Reed. Are Alexander &
Baldwin factors or producers?
Mr.. Carter. They are both.
Senator Reed. This Hawaiian Su
gar Planters Association
j Mr.. Carter. Pardon me for mo
/, ment / should like to have 1t made
| little more clear just what you mean
by producers" Alexander & Bald
win act as agents for the companies
that produce the sugar.
Senator Reed. They act as agents
Mr. Carter Yes; they are sugar
factors. do not know that you would
call them producers.
Senator Reed. So that Alexander
& Baldwin may be said to be the gen
eral agents of large number of the
! sugar producers of the islands?
i Mr.. Carter. The corporations that
produce the sugar. There are some
five Of them.
Senator Reed. What are the names
of these corporations that produce the
| sugar?
Mr.. Carter. That Alexander
Baldwin handle?
Senator Reed. Yes.
i Mr.. Carter. The Hawaiian Com
mercial & Sugar Co., the Maui Agrl
cultural Co., the Hawaiian Sugar Co.
of the island of Kauai; the Kahuku
Sugar Co., of the island of Oahu; and
the McBryde Sugar Co.
X Senator Reed. What is the capita
of the Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar
Co.?
i Mr.. Carter. ! have said, / think
$10, 000, 900. Mr.. Paxton can give yot
those figures. l think the capital IL
$10.000,000, and that has been paid
in.
4 Senator Reed. What Is the capita
of Maui Agricultural Co.?
/ Mr.. Carter. could not give YOU
4 that.
i Senator Reed. What is the capita
Of the Hawaiian Sugar Co.?
| Mr.. Carter. / think about $4,000,
i 900.
4 Senator Reed. What is the capita
of the Kahuku Sugar Co.?
u Mr.. Carter. 81 200, 900.
Senator Reed. And the McBrydt
Sugar Co.?
4 Mr.. Carter. ! do not know. 1 an
giving these from memory. They art