Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-12-01
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conducted an elaborate and agrees
i've publicity campaign in the City Of
Washington, having for its objects
the following
1. TO refute the false statements
made by the Eastern refiners advo
eating free sugar, especially G.. A
spreckels and #. G. Lowrey.
2. To set forth the facts regard
ing the importance OF the domestic
sugar industry on its merits
B. To furnish our friends In and
out OF Congress with material for ar
gument and to encourages them to
make as hard q fight against free su-
gar as possible.
This campaign proved all the more
justifiable when the Representatives OF
the different sugar interests were
practically denied hearings before the
congressional committees. having the
bin under consideration. s.
In this connection, too much credit
can not be given to exGpyernor
George r. Carter. Messrs. Ed, T0wses
Fred L. Waldron. Emil A. Berndts O.
G. Swain and those associated with
them as q special committee, for the
strenuous work they performed In
arnusing our own people to true
sense of the impending danger to ev-
cry line Of business in this territory.
A result. hundreds of letters were
written to the great manufacturing
and mercantile concerns and others on
the mainland, by persons representing
every phase Of industrial and social
life In these islands, Many Of these
communications brought forth elo-
quenf appeals to members of Congress
from all sections OF the country.
against policy so unjust and so de-
struetiye to the trade relations be-
tween the territory and the mainland.
You an Know the result only too
well In spite of all the work that
was done and Of all the pledges which:
had been made, free sugar Is now a
part Of the law of the land to become
effective May /, 1916.
The work done. however, in the
fight against free sugar has not been
al IN vain. A good Foundation has
been laid for further efforts; the rep
r6sentatives Of the great domestic
sugar interests have been brought in
closer touch than ever before and
have learned how to work shoulder
70 shoulder for the protection Of their
common fntereets The fight must go
on until reasonable degree on pro
lection Is restored and we must do
everything we can within reason to
cooperate with our brethren on the
mainland In educating the voters, es-.
peiaily In the sugar growing states.
up to true realization of what their
interests are and how disast,ously
they will be affected by ruinous COM
petition with cheap foreign sugar.
EXPERIMENT STATION WORK.
Much to the regret of every one con-
nected with the planters association,
Mr.. e. F. Eciart resigned as director
OF the experiment station in April
He had been connected with the Sta
ton for IL years and served as d.
rector Cor 10 years. Under his effs
cient management, the influence Of
the station steadily increased, the
scope OF its activities broadened, and
q very high standard has been set in
the work Fortunately for us, Mr.
Eckart has not left the territory and
we hope to still profit from his long
experience, especially at meetings Of
this kind.
Mr.. H. P. Agee, as Mr.. Eckart's sue
ceasor, has already demonstrated, in
the six months since he took charge,
his fitness for the position and his
ability to keep up the pace that has
bcen set by his predecessor.
THE WORK OF THE STATION. Il
! In looking back over the history of
the experiment station, the work ac-
complished can be roughly classified
as defensive and aggressive. The de
fensiye work may be said to have be-
gun with the great achievement of DR..
Perkins and Professor Koebele when,
by the introduction Of parasites from
Australia. they prevented the leaf
hopper from wiping out the planta-
tions. The last great feat, in the de-
fensive line, was Mr.. Muir's, in sue
cessfully introducing a fly parasite for
the borer beetle from New Guinea
Mr.. Muir is at present in Japan search