Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-04-21
GOOD HOT SHOT
FROM Recent
VISITOR

tcomnittee an dotherS present At one
i of the recent campaign meetings will
pleasantly and gratefully remember
the inspiring remarks Of Mr.. Wend-
1 ling, a prominent lumber Tnagnate of
| San Francisco. That he has proved
as good as his word in the promise
/ Ct active cooperation he gave at that
time is shown by the, following cor
Tespondence: =. ~.
San Francisco, CAL. Apr. IL, 1913.
Dear Sir:-I am pleased to hand
you herewith copy of letter l have
written to Hon. Geo. E. Chamberlain,
United States senator from Oregon,
/ in connection with the proposed re-
i duetion OF the tariff on sugar A
| similar letter also went to all of. the
United States senators and repre-
sentatiyes in congress from Cali
fornia and Oregon and to the five
sugar senator's, namely Williams of
Mississippi, Thornton and Dansdeh
of Louisiana, and Shafroth and
Thomas of Colorado. sincerely trust
that my efforts may be productive Of
good results. =..: r.. IT,.
Yours truly, 1A
| G. X. WENDLING,
To Mr.. A. N. Campbell. Honolulu.
T. H.
San Francisco, Cal, Apr 4, 1913.
Ny Dear Senator: had
conference with you sometime ago at
the Pacific Union Club, San Fran
cisco, in connection with Mr.. Fred
erick Leadbetter of Portland, Oregon,
ond NJ. @ n Tnbrva,, Kb. n,,ar3;0u
of reforming the currency arose as a
discussion and at your request / adj
dressed you on that subject / re-
member with clearness at the time
that you remarked to the effect that
if anything Of special interest should
occur to me at any time, you would
be glad to hear from me. Il am there
fore taking occasion to address you
on what seems to me most import
ant question to the people of the
Territory OF Hawaii.
/ have just returned from a trip
to the islands, remaining there SO
days and during that time visited the
vorious islands and sugar plantations.
In conference with the various inter-
ests IN the islands found, generally
speaking, distressed spirit among
the people on account OF the proposed
reduction on sugar.
/ endeavored to gather reliable in
formation, so nearly as this informa-
ton is available or was, over the
short period of time / had in the is
lands. gathered the information
that the universal average cost TO pro.
duce sugar In the islands Is approx
nately $2.35 per 100 lbs. and that the
cost of producing sugar i'm Cuba is
about $1.S5 per 100 lbs. While I do
not youch for the exact accuracy of
these figures, am strongly inclined
to the opinion that the yare approx
mately sufficiently accurate for dis
eussion and comparative purposes.
First desire to say that all of the
products entering into the construc-
ton of the sugar plants in the is
lands are American made products in
the main, that bore the increase. in
price incident, and due to protection
in general. Steele, machinery Of all
kinds, locomotives, structural ma
Lerial, ETC., were all influenced in
price upward on account of having
been produced under protection at the
time of installation. Hence the cost
Of installing these properties in the
United States of America is material
iy higher than in other countries
such as Cuba having practically free
trade - !.~...=:'s s-stE:s #s
/ am of the opinion - that some
plantations would probably be able to
uyf1 fhnf hos 81 fnIlARr,f,.srr
lied duty on sugar. These however,
would be the specially favored planta-
! lions where the soil is particularly
fertile and where the expense of get
| ting water is the minimum There are
however, many plantations where the
soil is not the best and ethe yield
therefore not large and where water
IS expensive. These, in my opinion,
would be seriously crippled il, not en-
| tirely put out of business in the event
| the duty was modified "& +. )
It seems to me that a people who
! have the courage to subdue a forest
jungle, quarry out the solid blocks
| incident to that general region 60
| ing far below the surface and pump
| ing water from subterranean sources,
in many cases raising water to an
elevation of SCOTT necessary to irriga-
ton, and installing plants capable of
producing 10000 900 gallons day
g times the quantity of water used
by the city of San Francisco, by COM
parison) ar eentitled to serious con-
sideration at the hands of our present
| congress- in the matter of reducing
the duty on this product ...~
| maght Also say that the total
amount of sugar produced in the
United States of America is about
two-thirds of the total consumption,
and it seems to me that until such
time as consumption equals the pro-
duction that We should be extremely
| cautious in the matter of. legislating
| negatively to the prosperity of that
new and struggling country.
| also wish to bring to your at
tentio1 the fact that since the ex-
clusion of the Chinese from the Ter
Titory of Hawaii, under the exclusion
laws, that labor has become, generally