Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-12
WILSON Welded
TO FREE SUGAR
IN Three YEARS
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Despite the presidents positive re-
fusal TO recognize their contentious
the six senators frankly told him they
would vote for free sugar as a last
alternative when the schedule came
before the senate for action.
Ii was a curious coincidence that as
the six senators wrestled with the
president and sought To prevent free
sugar the house discussed the OBJ
noxious schedule and later adopted 1t
by an overwhelming majority. Three
OF the Louisiana Representatives de-
serted their colors at the last minute
and co-operated with the free sugar
Democrats. Each and every amend
ment proposed by those opposed Ia
free sugar was quickly voted down.
kuhio's Speech a Hit.
A feature of the debate in the house
was the speech made by Delegate
a modicum of time in which to pre-
sent the Hawaiian situation he made
good use of It. He told in succinct
language existing conditions in the
territory and predicted the turning
over of the islands to Asiatics in the
event of all duty being removed from
sugar. He said white men would be
unable to maintain themselves on the
islands and would be driven out and
the sugar industry turned over to
those who could afford to conduct
plantations on cheaper lines. He said
the wages paid all white employees
must necessarily be lowered. He
urged consideration for the ruin that
threatened Hawaii
At the same time letter was read
in the senate from the Bishop of Hon
olulu. II was addressed to Senator
Works and formed a supplement to
one presented to the senate some days
ago. 1t declared that the japanese
would soon dominate all things in Ha-
waii if sugar became free. He pre-
sented some facts and arguments To
demonstrate that with the present
large population of Japanese, given at
so 900, it would be easy for them to
secure control of the sugar industry
and through it exert domination over
the islands.
Senator Thornton's Position.
Mr.. Thornton of Louisiana is the
first senator to come out flatfooted and
announce his opposition to free sugar.
In explaining his position, Mr.. Thorn
ton says:
81 am in thorough accord with the
view expressed by President Wilson
that a tariff bill should be so framed
as to encourage competition and pre-
vent monopoly. But the pending tariff
bill, in so far as it concerns sugar,
will have just the opposite effect. The
provision for free sugar, without
doubt. will put the entire control OF
the sugar industry of the United
States in the hands of the big refiners.
At the present time they are meeting
with very effective competition from
the domestic sugar industry. It's eff
feet has been, and now is, to cheaper
the cost of sugar to the consumer.
"The admission of the refiners them
selves under examination before vari-
Gus congressional committee shox
that for several years they have been
annoyed and embarrassed by the rapid
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into the profits from the operation of
their refineries for several months
each year. They have declared that
without tariff they have nothing to
fear from the competition of foreign
refiners. They are seeking the re-
moval of the only competition from
which they have anything to fear.
in view of this situation. 1t is easy
to see that free sugar will result Only
in the destruction of competition. and
the opening of the way to the estab-
lishment of burdensome and oppres-
sive monopoly. able to impose its will
upon the public, and to exact higher
prices from the consumer"