Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-03-17
OUT TO CAPTURE
CALF 0RNIA'S
Sentiment

To capture the commercial senti
mcnt OF California is the object of an
effort that took shape "A. the meeting
i of the Sugar Protection COMMITTEES to
day, F. Dohrmann, Jr., vice chairman
| of the trade extension committee oil
the San Francisco Chamber of Com
merce, was present and consented to
be the bearer of resolutions for sub,
mission to that body. which Ed Towse
and ]. p. Cooke were appointed as a
committee TO draft. -. 49,. .......
Chairman George r. Carter intro,
duced the subject, mentioning that
California was asking support from
Hawaii for two eXpositiOns in 1915.
He quoted communications that
showed some of the leading fruit pack
ers of California to be in favor of free
sugar, and he said that California had
always derived great benefit from
these islands. 1t was surprising to
him that California had not done more
than she had to save the main indus
try of Hawaii. Figures could be adj:
duced showing that California sup
piled the greater part of the millions
Of dollars worth of merchandise Ila,
waii imported from the mainland
E., A. Berndt suggested that Mr..
Dohrmann, who was to leave for home
On Friday, be made the personal re-
preventative of the campaign on the
coast. ...=.-. 49,. -. ...-+.
Mr.. Carter, while asserting to the
nnh N
should be backed up with statements
from local merchants that were
heavy buyers in San Francisco. H..
F. l.. Waldron thought the cam
paign should also be taken up with
Mr.. Alexander, of the San Francisco
office of Alexander & Baldwin, and
Captain Matson, president of the Mat!
son line. *...:. f.. -. : T.. ~.
Mr.. DoRrmann spoke of the absorb
ton of other large organizations by
tie San Francisco chamber, which
made it a more influential body than
ever. He thought the San Francisco
papers might be, enlisted in the cam
align. ......,......, II ...r,,
The chair then appointed the com
mittee already mentioned to draft res
olutions for submission to the San
Francisco chamber. - -. .....
Before the arrival of the chairman
after the meeting opened, Mr.. Cooke
read extracts that had been compiled
from Judge S. H. Ballou's brief for
the ways and means committee of the
late house. These are to be issued in
an edition of 5000 copies for the use
of correspondents. ...--... - ........
Mr. Carter now read extracts from
the statement of Delegate Kuhio,
which he regarded as having excep-
tional force from the fact that the
delegate was acting as representative
of the common people, holding, as he
bad put it himself, no brief from the
sugar planters, who had their own re-
preventative in Washington. t was
decided to print $500 copies of this
summary of the delegates arguments.
Arrangements were made to pro-
cure a list of the senators and repre-
senatiyes OF the present congress, and
this will also be published for the
benefit of those taking part in the
campaign. r.. .,:.. .E...'. -.
1t being reported that the public
service rooms would not be avail
able for headquarters, as the build
ing was shortly to be demolished to
make room for the new Brewer estate
building, the chairman undertook TO
see if the office Of the Cooke estate
on Fort street could be procured.
The matter of finances having
again come up, Mr.. Carter expressed
himself against having the sugar men
pay all of the expenses. 1t should be
o movement of the people. Mr.. Carter
for the chamber of commerce and
Mr. Berndt for the merchants associ-
alton were finally appointed as a
sub committee on finances. ~ ...
Mr.. Towse reported lines of COM
-muhication discovered for reaching
Secretary Bryan, also certain. senators,
end read list of local organizations
already at work in preparing cores
po1 ence with. their connections on
tn ainland .:.. ....-... .....~...-..-.
Carter suggested calling a
m hing with the committee of all
that are now taking an active interest
in the campaign. He told of an offer
of assistance rendered by Mr.. Hede-
mann manager of the Honolulu iron
Works, an establishment that pur-
chased hundreds of thousands of dol
lars worth of material for. the manu-
facture of sugar mills for Hawaii, the
Philippines and Formosa, trade with
mainland firms that would be knock
cd on the. head if-the sugar tariff was
removed. 49,. I'D. =
II WAC deoided IN call in some Of
the workers at the regular meeting to-
morrow morning and hold another
similar conference at four o'clock in
the afternoon. ..-. .. 49,.
Those taking part in the meeting
were Chairman Carter. J. P. Cooke,
Il. A. Berndt, j. A. Gilman, F, l., Wal
dron, Ed. Towse, w. H. Rabbit and
Mr.. Dohrmannt .-....
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