Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-12
WILSON Welded
TO FREE SUGAR
IN Three YEARS
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Despite the presidents positive re-
fusal to recognize their contentious
the six senators frankly told him they
would vote for free sugar as a last
alternative when the schedule came
before the senate for action.
Ii was a curious coincidence that as
the six senators wrestled with the
president and sought to prevent free
sugar the house discussed the OBJ
noxious schedule and later adopted It
by an overwhelming majority. Three
of the Louisiana Representatives de-
serted their colors at the last minute
and co-operated with the free sugar
Democrats. Each and every amend
ment proposed by those opposed To
free sugar was quickly voted down.
kuhio's Speech a Hit.
A feature of the debate In the house
was the speech made by Delegate
! Kalanianaole. Although allowed but
modicum of time in which to pre-
sent the Hawaiian situation he made
good use of it. He told In succinet
language existing conditions in the
territory and predicted the turning
over of the islands TO Asiatics IN the
event of all duty being removed from
i sugar. He said white men would be
unable to maintain themselves on the
' islands and would be driven out and
the sugar industry turned over to
those who could afford to conduct
plantations on cheaper lines. He said
the wages paid all white employees
/ hA lnxrynr06
urged consideration for the ruin that
| threatened Hawaii
| At the same time letter was read
| in the senate from the Bishop of Hon
olulu. 1t was addressed to Senator
| Works and formed a supplement to
| one presented to the senate some days
ago. 1t declared that the Japanese
would soon dominate all things In Ha-
wall IL sugar became free. He pre-
sented some facts and arguments to
demonstrate that with the present
large population of Japanese. given at
| $4,000, 1t would be easy for them to
secure control of the sugar industry
and through 1t exert domination over
the islands.
Senator Thornton's Position.
Mr.. Thornton of Louisiana is the
first senator to come out aatfooted and
announce his opposition to free sugar.
In explaining his position, Mr.. Thorn
ton says:
Il am in thorough accord with the
view expressed by President Wilson
that a tariff bill should be so framed
as to encourage competition and pre-
vent monopoly. But the pending tariff
bill. in so far as it concerns sugar,
will have just the opposite effect. The
provision for free sugar, without
doubt, will put the entire control of
the sugar industry Of the United
States in the hands of the big refiners.
At the present time they are meeting
with very effective competition from
the domestic sugar industry. It's eff
feet has been, and now is. to- aeFscn
~ -. - - = $50 49, cnedre
'iie ..,S Noo' ~ Gar to the consumer.
~ admission of the refiners them
LsseIVes under examination before vari-
Gus congressional committee show
that for several years they have been
annoyed and embarrassed by the rapid
growth of this competition, which cuts
into the profits from the operation OF
their refneries for several months
each year. They have declared that
without tariff they have nothing to
fear from the competition of foreign
refners. They are seeking the re-
mQval of the only competition from
which they have anything to fear.
I'm view of this situation, It is easy
to see that free sugar will result only
in the destruction of competition. and
the opening of the way to the estab-
lishment of a burdensome and oppres-
siye monopoly, able to impose its will
upon the public, and to exact higher
prices from the consumer"