The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-03-18
THE vON.HAMM YOuNu
COMPANY, LIMITED.
G.. G. VON ifAMM.

COMPANY, LIMITED.
G. &. NON HAMM,
Managing Director
II IL believed that Mr.. lov will IN
In line and take action along the pat
indicated 10y Mr.. Won Harm. Tor Mich
IAN is larger producer Of beet suga
aud. as In Hawaii. 70 IL the sugar none
hat helps TO make tho automobile h
lustry prosperous.
Work Which Counts.
Then Fred l.. waldrou, of Fred /
Limited, agents hero for IN
Western Pacific Railway, wrote a lcttC
10 Traffic Manager Lomax of that roa
yesterday, which should not only hav
: great influence in this fight for
great industry, but encourage Other
here TO 60 aud do likewise. The lei
.or is as follows;
Mr.. +. l.. LomaN, Passenger Traf.
fc Manager, Western Pacific
Railway, San Francisco, Cali.
fornia.
NV Dear Mr.. LomaN:--I fully
realize you have troubles of your
own and | would not add to your
many problems, were it not of tho
greatest Importance to, not only
myself, but to each individual Of
this Territory.
Our people are now straining ev-
cry effort to keep from becoming
law, the present legislative agita
ton in Washington, to place sugar
on the free list.
This letter is not plea to pro.
tect the men in this country who
have been made fairly wealthy by
their consistent and scientific appli.
cation of hard work to build up
the sugar industry to n perfection
second to none, but it is n plea for
help to our entire populace which
as unit is dependent directly or
indirectly on sugar.
AS an instance, I own not one
share of sugar stock but on the
other hand my business depends
directly on the success of sugar in
these Islands.
| will endeavor to condense
few arguments why the present
tariff should remain against for
eign sugars.
Most important; it would not re-
duce the price of sugar to the con-
sumner, for the reason that after
killing the growing of beet and
cane sugar in the United States,
the Sugar Trust, of which we are
no part would have absolute con-
troll of the foreign product, which
(making the U. S. Merchant
Marine flag, if possible little
more ragged would enter the Uni
ted States in foreign bottoms and
incidentally suicide tonnage under
the American flag to the tune of
the carriage of over a half million
tons of sugar per annum from Ha
wall to San Francisco and New
York and like quantity of mer-
chandize to Hawaii from your
ports, an increasing share of which,
by the way, comes via our friends,
The Western Pacific Railway.
On account of the climate, soil
and in some instances transporta.
ton, Hawaii can not convert its
cane plantations into grain fields or
successfully grow and market other
crops.
The protection to American
sugar in Hawaii has made possible
an exchange in commerce of over
eighty million dollars per annum.
Free sugar will certainly be fatal
to this showing.
The Western Pacific Railway
Company, without doubt has some
more than ordinary influential men
in Washington and the object of
this letter is to reach these men
through your good self and Mr..
Adams. Enlist their efforts, not to
legislate millions to few individ-
uals of the Sugar Trust, but have
protected this sugar industry which
is helping to support directly and
indirectly, thousands of Americans
and Furthermore, in connection
with the sugar from Hawaii, sup
porting the strongest remnant of
the American merchant marine now
afoat.
Inasmuch as these ships are
feeders for the railroads, l
know you will give the matter, not
only some thought, but also good
action, even if not quite as strenu-
Gus as when fighting for terminal
track rights.
/ am sending copy of this let
ter to Mr.. Adams and thank you
both in advance for any action
you may take TO the end of con
verting some of our national leg
islature. With my most sincere re-
spects, 1 remain, yours very truly,
FRED L. WALDRON.
Individual influence.
But it is not letters alone that tn
committee is seeking to have reach tn
men of the country, persona
friends of Hawaii on the mainland ar
% be enlisted in the fight for proteC
ion and it is believed that many vii
'espond.
Among the persons who are to b
lsked TO take in this campaign will b
1t least one woman, the Princess Ka
now in the East, who vii
,e requested TO boost for protection I
he greatest industry of her nativ
and, and it is believed that she vii
prove strong factor in spreading tn
doctrine of life to this industry a
against the Democratic program of dc
tructiOn.
INIrn0hI IhlLIc