The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-04-11
Mi11ionaireS and Laborers Rub Elbows
AT Rousing Mass Meeting For Sugar
Hundreds Gather to Hear Speakers Pledge
IL Support in Fight for Tariff;
Resolutions Adopted
(From "Wednesday Advertiser)

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that makes our industry hazardous even
without the uncertainty of tariff legis-
lation.
"Under these circumstances, how are
we to actf Are we to sit down in des.
pair! Are we to mourn our misfortune
in silencei After seventy-fiye years
of struggle to maintain American com.
mercial supp emacy here in the middle
of the Pacific, are we to give up in des.
pairf II
''Have the anemic tendencies of life
in the tropics turned our blood yellowf
Have the traits of our American an
cestry become impotenti Have we no
red blood left Ladies and gentlemen.
this very meeting is our protest. Here,
calmly, but with determination, We, have
done. that which it is proposed to do
for us. Silenced the heartbeats of our
industrial life, but let us here consecrate
our efforts to resnscitation of that
life. In this silence let us renew our
fealty to our flag and to our common
country. Let us here determine to re.
sist by every lawful means the applica.
tion of policy which means our indus.
trial ruin. Let us raise our voices in
protest and keep constantly protesting
until we reach final Judgment four
years hence.' ss.
Many Letters Written.
Ed. Towse, reporting on the letter.
writing campaign, said that twenty. one
meetings were held, many thousands of
letters had been forwarded TO mainland
addresses from all classes of business
houses, fraternal societies, commercial
and social organizations, various relig.
ious boards, and individuals, all of
which had been card.indexed. Thou
sands of letters had gone to tourists
who had registered at the promotion
committee for three or four years past,
this list being indexed; while senators
aud representatives at Washington had
also been appealed to direct. It was
believed that the letter-writing cam.
paign would be fruitful.
The resolutions offered by +. f.
Thompson were as follows:
Resolutions.
Whereas, the time limited for the
public meetings of the committee Joint
ly appointed by the chamber of com.
merce and merchants association. of
Honolulu to inaugurate and conduct a
duction by the congress of the United
states of the duty on sugar has ex.
PRED, and ,tE.
Whereas, said joint committee has
faithfully, energetically and intelli-
GENTLY directed its labors toward ward.
ling Off the removal of or material re.
duction in the present tariff duty on
sugar, without which tariff duty the in
iustries of this Territory will be para.
lyzed, its now cultivated fields will lie
fallow, and its local government be Sc
riously embarrassed ii not rendered in.
capable of carrying on its functions,
and /
Whereas, said committee has laborcd
without compensation or reward for the
welfare and need of the entire com.
munity: ~,
Now, therefore, be it resolved, by this
general mass meeting of the people
Of the Territory of Hawaii, held in the
City and County of Honolulu, on the
eighth day of April A. D., 1913, at the
hour of eleven O'Clock am. work and
labor throughout the city having ceased
for the purpose of permitting all classes
to be here presently, that the thanks of
the people of the Territory of Hawaii
be extended to said joint committee and
to each member thereof for its and
their faithful, energetic and intelligent
labor in presenting to the citizens and
to the congress of the United States,
this Territory's protest against the
abolition of or reduction in the pres
ent tariff duty on sugar, the prodnet of
its soil upon which it is dependent for
! its commercial and civic existence, and
Resolved Further, that the chairman
of this committee do forward copy of
this resolution to the President of the
United States and to both houses of
! cpngress. . a.-sf