The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-03-14
CAMPAIGN TO SAVE SUGAR.

Getting down to brass tacks, hard
work and cast iron arguments in be-
half of protection for sugar, the prem
Ter industry of Hawaii, the special
lighting committee of the chamber of
commerce and merchants association
held its first session in the room of the
merchants association yesterday
morning and started things going with
whoop.
Ex-Governor Carter didn't lead in
prayer, but he did in about everything
else, though every member of the com
mittee put his shoulder to the wheel
for the good of Hawaii mel in this cam
paign. The meeting was a rousing one
and was enthusiastic. George r. Car
ter was selected chairman, and w. IL.
Babbitt, secretary.
subcommittee appointed included
Ex-Governor Carter, ON publicity, and
Messrs. Towse, Berndt and Babbitt on
organization, while the main commit
tee split in two as subcommittee, one
to report upon plan of campaign, and
the other to formulate creed to "show
the righteousness of our cause in clear
and concise arguments" according 10
the chairman. Meetings were held III
the afternoon in the rooms of the plan.
tiers association where the preliminary
work was considered and this morning
at eleven clock there will be a joint
meeting in the same place of the main
committee.
In a statement yesterday Chairman
Carter said:
Advocating Action.
1--WE had meeting this morning :"
| said Mr.. Carter, "and discussed dit
ferent phases of our work of creating
campaign which will stimulate lis all
and Undue us with the righteousness of
our cause. We want every individual,
in writing business or personal CORES.
pondence, to take up this question.
In the accompanying shots to fire
| we give a suggestion of a topic. Our
| committee must have record of the
work done, and we ask all who arc
| willing to put a clause in the letters
! they write, urging their correspondents
TO consider the question of the attack
on sugar, to advise us of the number
of such letters and to whom addressed
If any are willing we should be glad
! to have carbon copies of letters that
| the writer's are agreeable to have made
/ public.
eve are agreed on a number OF
things, the most important of which
was that we should formulate a plan OF
campaign, work it out in detail ant
announce it, setting time when il
should begin and when it should end
Any work done in advance is lust .lat
much gained, but this has got to be {
campaign conducted by the people OF
Hawaii. They must take the argu
ments adduced and make them thei
own.
"There is no telling in advanc,
which shot will 90 nearest the mark
A letter from the humblest citizen ma,
do the greatest good"
Two Bullseyes.
Two "shots' were issued yesterda,
by the committee, as follows:
{ Sugar is Hawaii's life. therefor
! yours. The people of Hawaii hay
$l5o,OOO,OOO invested in sugar, whic
is dependent uDon protection. Will yo
do your part2 Write to someone now
not tomorrow
Why attack sugar which has il
creased in price less than any othe
staple, when reduction of tariff o
other commodities would produce niue
SiN"bNi INohitN IbI JIG CONSUMER.
At noon today Governor Carter wi
make an address before the Commerclf
Club on the subject of protection t
the sugar industry of Hawaii and it
expected that there will be a large a
tendance.
States General Committee.
A estates General" committee {
residents of Honolulu who were forme
ly residents of States on the mainlan
is proposed by the organization con
mittee of the joint chamber of con
merce and merchants association NOV
ment to begin campaign against
sugar tariff reduction. The committt
consisting of Ed Towse, chairman. EN-
Berndt and w. II. Babbitt held a NEE
ing in the afternoon for the purpose
laying a plan for general and specii
organization and viii report this NOR
ing.
The committee believes the estate
General" idea will be sound ona al
through its instrumentality letters ms
be sent into almost every State in Il
Urion. reaching people who are inf
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