Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-04-08

City Stops Business
For Hour to Voice
Demand Sugar
industry Be Not
DESTROYED

The people or Hawaii this morning
voiced their protest against the
threatened tariff-slashing program
contained in the plans now before
congress and supported by the Demo
cratic administration Hawaii's pro-
/. test was made at one of the most
notable public gatherings ever held in
the territory.
Honolulu United" proved the most
appropriate motto that could have
bee nadopted for the meeting that
wound up the series of public meet
ings held by the sugar protection
committee. At eleven o'clock this
morning the motto, displayed in large
letters over the platform of the makai
pavilion of the Alexander Young
Hotel roof garden, was faced by g
compact mass filling the hall For
some minutes all the hotel elevators
were rushing people up to the meet
ing. Before the assembly was called
TO order there were more than five
hundred persons seated in the payil-
ion, with scores gathered about the
entrance on both ends. 1t was con-
course of the leaders in commerce,
industry, the professions, the public
services and movements of community
welfare Included in the last-men-.
toned category were the ladies of the
Outdoor Circle of the Kilohana Club
and others of the older Honolulu fam
lilies.
A few of those present only can be
named, but these will give a fair idea
of the representative character Of
the gathering. On the platform were
Oliver G. Swain, president Of tho Tner-
chants association presiding; George
r. CarEer. schainnan zuf the snear proes
tectiontio ficommittee; w. H. Babbitt,
secretary of the committee; ]. p.
Cooke, president of the planters as
sociation and committeeman, and F..
L. Waldron, Ed. Towse and E. A.
Berndt, committeeman; Mayor j. j.
Fern and President H. L. Holstein of
tn house of representatives. Among
those in the body of the hall were
noticed e. F. Bishop, president of the
chamber of commerce, and Frank c.
Atherton, vice-president; Frank E.
Thompson, F. A. Schaefer, p C.
Jones, Rev. DR.. Scudder, Bruce Cart
wright, Robert Cation, Prof M. NJ
Scott, A. NJ NOVEL;, Principal Edgar
Wood, Principal Perley L. Horne, R. !
w. Shingle, John Lucas, DR.. II. ".
Murray, DR.. N. e. Emerson, Thomas
g. Thrum, G. F. Bush, Abr. Lewis.
Jr., A. ]. Gignoux, w. M. Giffard, H. /
Focke, Col. j. F. Jones, Marston
Campbell, Capt H. Berger, DR.. Vic
tor S. Clark commissioner of immi- /
gration), Hon w. J. Sheldon, Hon.
s. S. Paxson, A. N. Campbell, Joseph
o Emerson, Judge P. L. Weaver,
Arthur Coyne, ]. Lando, W. d. Adams,
w. J. Dyer, F. ]. Lowrey, E. o. White,
Robert Horner, ]. NJ Dowsett, w. !
Lamb. j. A. Rath, DR.. B. D. Bond, |
John H. Dred, p. Muhlendorf, c. C. |
Won Hamm, E. d. Tenney, W. H. !
Baird, J. G. Spencer, Robert j. Pratt, |
General John H. Soper, Alex. Lyle, W. !
c. Parke, c. A. Cottrill collector of !
internal reyenue), Capt. Gregory, /
Frank Halstead, Charles K Motley, |
W. C. Wilder, DR.. Morong, E. R. |
Stackable collector of customs), Ad-
miraI Moore, and H. Cushman Carter
The large clock OF the city hall, bor-
rowed for the occasion, was upon the |
table with its hands set at IL O'Clock,
symbolic of the suspension of busi- |
ness during the hour of meeting.
Mr. Swain, on calling the meeting tc |
order, said: -.
About three weeks ago it became |
very evident that ii was necessary /
for us, one and all. to take some ac- |
ton for the protection of the main in
dustry of Hawaii We felt that we |
we're producers-tillers of the SOIL
and that We lad a right to go to |
and demand adequate pro- !
lection for the chief industry of this !
territory. -:- ii.
'The Chamber OF Commerce and the !
Merchants Association came together /
and decided that the best man to be /
the leader of this movement was our I
former governor. George r. Carter.
I lApplause) The unanimous opinion
TN the street showed that the people !,
we're behind him aud would stand by !
him. The work that mas been done
since will be shown by reports to be
presented to you. ... T
The cables yesterday showed that
the administration and apparently
congress were against the. protection
Of sugar. The first consideration to
my mind. and believe to the minds of :,
all of you, as we'll as in the opinion of /
the American people. is that the in
terests of the producer should be re-
garded as paramount 1t gives me
great pleasure to introduce Mr.. Carter, ,,
who will address YOU (Applause)
Mr.. Carter spoke as follows: i
We Face Crisis. -.
Ladies and Gentlemen: We have
met today to pause, to stop and
consider our commercial situation.