The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-04-08
HAWAII UNITED" IS
SLOGAN OF FIGHTERS

the community TO very keen sense of
danger, and to most strenuous deter.
mnation that Hawaii will go down
fighting if she has to take defeat at
all.
We have asked the community to
pause for an hour,' said Chairman Car.
ter "to hear what has been done; back
its representatives and consider the sit
uation. II will pause long enough later
on whether it wants to or not, if it
loses this fight. We are going to stop
the commercial clock of Hawaii today.
II win be symbolical of how it will be
stopped for us if free sugar legislation
is enacted. ~
The arrangements for the mass meet,
ing at the Young Hotel this morning
were completed yesterday with the Sc
curing of big sign Hawaii United,''
the borrowing of the largest clock in
Honolulu, which will be stopped at
eleven o clock, at which hour all bust
ness men are expected to stop business.
and the preparation of program for
the gathering.
10000 Letters, More Wanted.
II is estimated that not fewer than
10000 letters have gone forward since
the mainland-letter campaign started,
but the members of the protection COM
mittec say that today's meeting is not
Mt all to mark the close of the work.
There win be reports of what has been
done and Ex-Governor Carter will tell
something of what he plans to do, and
how his home community can continue
to hack him up while he is away. Car
tao ,,.i1 hpnl of tha mi ~ an
aud become its delegate, and o. C.
Swain. president of the merchants as
ISOLATION. will become the chairman.
Carter is booked to leave here on the
fifteenth. 1t is possible that by that
time the house will have acted, but the
fight in the senate. where the issue is
known to he close one, will be on.
The meeting today will be called to
order by Mr.. Swain, who will introduce
Carter. After Carter's address, Ed
Towse Of the committee will read re
port showing in brief where the work
has been done, and how many organiza-
tions and individuals have come into
the fight. oft seems,' said Towse yes
terday, "that for once Honolulu is
really aroused. All of us old-timers
know how hard it is to wake up this
community. But it is stirred this time,
and all elements are working together.
H'I had one business man tell me to-
| day that he was really so busy that he
| hadn t had time to write any letters,
| though he has strong acquaintance in
! congress. l told him that if the fight
was lost for Hawaii. he would probably
| have plenty of time on his hands a
year from now. He good naturally
! took up the point and promised to set
| his stenographer at work on sugar let
| ters.
Fasteners Getting It Now.
"Our heavy bombardment of letters
is reachirg the East about this time.
During the past few days thousands of
| letters from Hawaii must have been
opened all over the country. In all
sorts of ways these letters will show
! the plight in which Hawaii will be
placed by free sugar, and they will
show, also, in language to be under
stood everywhere, the sugar tariff argu-
neut as it applies to Louisiana and the
beet states. Thousands Of more letters
are on the way
Follow 1t UP.
After today's meeting it is the plan
of the protection committee to start
work ON follow-up letters and litera-
ture. 1t will also give attention to re-
! plies that come from the letters which
have gone forward. 1t was decided
yesterday to publish in new, con-
dcnsed form, all of the principal argu-
ments that have been brought forward
during the general discussions and let
ter-writing of the past few weeks. A
copy of this resume will probably be
sent to every name on the committee
list of those receiving letters.
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