Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-08-23
ATTORNEY BLOU CLOSELY QUESTIONED BY SENATORS PROBING EnOS LOBBYISTS
THfos Light ON WORK OF HAWAIIAN DELEGATION And THE OTHER SUGAR INTERESTS

largest one, mas lo,5UO acres OF cane
land, 10000 acres of pasture and
waste land, which 1t owns in fee sim.
pie, and 1t rents 2,4OO acres of cane
land, and of forest and waste land
200 acres. What you want to know
is how much cane land ii owns. II
owns 1880 and leases 2.400. That
is the largest concern, and they go
down, of course, to a very small acre
age.
Senator Walsh. That document
that you have gives the names OF
these corporations?
Mr.. Ballou. assumed, when
picked 1t up, that it gave every cor
poration in the islands. II IL a manu-
al OF the Hawaiian securities, COM
piled and issued by the Honolulu
Stock and Bond Exchange, April 1,
1913. 1t may be that some of the
corporations would be omitted because
their stocks. are not listed on this ex-
change. have in the room here a
statistical list of crops from Hawaii,
which, II / may get, may refresh my
memory.
Senator Walsh. Very well.
Mr.. Ballou. Answering now your
question from a printed statement Is
sued by the Hawaiian Sugar Planters
Association, would say that the pres
emit output OF the Honolulu Planta,
ton. Co, the one that refines its own
sugar, is 1913 short tons
Senator Walsh. Without referring
to the letter which is your authority
OF employment, please tell US in a
general way what the duties are with
which you are charged here in Wash
ington.
Mr.. Ballou. ! am the general repre-
sentative of the Hawaiian Sugar Plan
ters' Association here. am charged
with the duty Of keeping them inform
ed of any legislation pending, propos-
ed, or even. departmental rulings af-
fecting the sugar industry in Hawaii
in particular, and / should certainly
notify them Of anything affecting Ha-
wall in any way. Besides that, acting
usually under instructions In any par
ticular case, look after their inter-
ests in respect to legislation here and
in matters coming up before the de-
partments,
Senator Walsh. Who was your pre-
decessor in the present position that
you occupy?
Mr.. Ballou Francis M. Hatch.
Senator Walsh. How long had he
been occupying that position?
Mr.. Ballou. Between six and seven
years, If remember correctly.
Senator Walsh And prior to that
time?
Mr.. Baliou. Prior to that time Mr..
william Haywood.
Senator Walsh How long has this
sugar planters association thus main
tanned representative here In the
city Of Washington?
Mr.. Ballon. Since about 1899 or
1900. according to my recollection
Is or IA years
Senator Walsh. What other parti-
cular legislation has the sugar plan
ters' association or the sugar planters
of Hawaii an interest IN than tariff
legislation?
Mr.. Ballou Principally immigra-
ton legislation.
Senator Walsh. How are they in
in immigration legislation?
Mr.. Ballou. Simply in the effect of
any given piece of legislation on i'm
to Hawaii. For example,
was busy last winter on this immiSra-
ton bill which passed both Houses
and was vetoed, which contained lit.
eracy test The bill as originally in
troduced expressly exempted Hawaii
from that literacy test. That proyi-
sion was dropped out by mistake in
the Senate, and when / learned OF
that / appeared before the House
ON immigration and tried
10 have it reinserted in the bill
Senator Walsh. l understand in
general way what it was. What was
The particular. interest of the sugar
planters in that particular bill and ID
the amendment or provision which
you desired incorporated?
Mr.. Ballou. The PARTICULAR interest
Of the sugar planters was that a lit
sracy test that immigrants should
read and write should not be applied
20 Hawaii upon the ground that we
we're there attempting to build up
white citizenship as, against an already
predominant Asiatic citizenship and
should not be handicapped by liter
Icy test and that the people we
ould get to go to the islands were,
Is "a matter of fact, largely illiterate
armers.
Senator Walsh. From where?
Mr. Ballou. Mostly from Portugal;
some from Spain and some from Rus.
ia When say Russia mean 81.
,eria more especially.
Senator Walsh. Any other legisla-
ion which you call to mind, except
he immigration and the tarin legis-
alton?
Mr.. Ballou. No; not since l have
leen here, with one exception. My
PREDECESSOR was instructed to act in
sort of advisory capacity in opposi- |
ion to a private bill, whereby a pro-
noter in Hawaii was seeking to get |
old of water which one of the plan
atoms already had. and was using |
nder claim of right was not very |
ctiye in that because it concerned
My one plantation, but the attempt
ias considered so unwarranted by the
ugar planters that they authorized
heir representatives to give such adj.
ice to the attorney here on the
round as should be necessary.
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