The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-07-14

the direct primhrsa az tho means Of
choosinR by the people themselves be-
tween rival candidates for nomination.
| las the result Of Ills law and IN
conformity with the revised rules OF
the party we are here assembled FOR
the sole purpose Of Formulating the
platform Of the party upon which the
candidates for delegate to congress
and the candidates for the legislature
shall stand before the people in No.
vember.
"Any attempt TO use this oecasion
to the advantage or disadvantage Of
lany candidate for nomination win DO
contrary TO the spirit Of the primary
law and will be ruled ont Of order by
the chairman Of this convention
s'It Il an honorable thing TO aspire
to the delegateship to congress-
Let us approach the primary cleo
tion In September mindful Of The fact
that whoever then may be chosen otir
standard bearer, we must IN November
present ourselves a united force in a
real and vital political crisis.
= What Is this crisisg
Do I have 70 tell you that the ma
tional adipinistrntion Ia Washington Is
controlled by the Democrats, and that
from Oregon to Louisiana, from Maine
TO Hhwnii, the nation awaits with APP
prehcnsion the working ont in practice
lof tho nireadystoo-long list Of federal
statutes affecting the tariff, the euF
reAey, the railroads, shipping and ihe
lferstate tradc9
"In this part Of the United states
we sec some Of tho results OF Demo.
cratic policies There is contraction
in every lineof businesa Values have
lbeen cutin two. Dividends have been
reduced or suspended Development
work has been abandonod or postponed.
Hawaii faces a crisis in its indus.
trial life, because Of the crisis which
Threatens sugar, its chief industry
'eThis state of affairs we are told IL
/ psychological But I say TO you Il
is based on the indisputable fact that
unless altered by congress-, the law OF
the land now DEGREES that on May !,
I1016. sugar goes on the free list,
1.-THE Democratic free sugar police
was forced through contrary to the
platform Of the party, and IN utter dis.
regard of the welfare f'th0se parts Of
the United States which are tropical
or mbtfopieal, under the assumption
that such policy would benefit some
one somehow, and without knowledge
Of the fact that tho production Of sd.
gar outside of the United States ana
Cuba is already controlled by the bi9-
gest trust the world has vet seen. N
trust whichnpon the destruction Of the
domestic sugar industry will FIX the
lpriee to the consumer in the Uhitep'
States.
1.-THE men on the job ON onr sugar
plantations are not supine. They arc
facing the crisis like men. No effort
on their part is being neglected 70 re-
dnee the cost Of production. But with
the tariff protection lof one cent n
pound removed, how many of, them can
weather the typhoon Of free sugarg
81 am not standing here before You
this morning TO argue that property
should be protected Just because 1t IS
property. But do say that the pres
emit and future prosperity Of Hawaii
depends upon the success Of the sugar
industry
sfThe stevedores and iron workers Of
Honolulu by their shortened wages all
READY know that this is 500 If the sd
| gar industry is wiped out or perman
emily crippled by the Democratic free
| sugar. policy, disaster will come to the
merchant and poola alike, 70 tile school
teacher and capitalist But perhaps
Hawaii can survive the loss Of her main
Industry and perhaps in the years TO
como some activity now to us unknown
can bring again to this Territory an
export and import trade Of 10000
ANNUALLY.
est is however, reasonable to believe
that during any such industrial up
lheayal. the immutable laws Of eeonom-
les. which even a Democratic President
and congress cannot amend or repeal,
viii apnly in Hawaii the rule Of the
lsaryivai Of the httest to survive. The
Imam with the higher standard OF hvA
Limo will be driven to the wall and 20
/ down and out. The non.citizen with his
llower standard of wage and living
viii survive and this American Terri.
tory will become prominently ORIENT
lalised! There are those who say that
i this process has already begun. I
i A Political, Crisis.
sThus the industrial, crisis becomes
i the political crisis. "
i "The fight Of protest against the
Democratic policy Of free sugar for ia
wall is more than fight TO protect the
industrial life Of the Territory through
the sugar industry. NJ,
j cit Is in truth a fight for the very
preservation Of American citizenship "
self in this Gibraltar Of the Pacific.
1t would be weak-spirited and pnsll
luminous of us at this time to send
Democratic Delegate to Congress u
1 view Of what we are now facing.
1.-THE Democratic candidate will M
, doubt announce that he is opposed Z
free sugar. But If in November a Demo
cratic Delegate to Congress is chosen
by the electors of Hawaii, the Amer
lean people viii care not about his per
. sonal views. 6
do You think for moment that
Democratic Delegate from Hawaii IA
/ voring a tariff on sugar would be lis
, tened to I'M Washington, whore Demo
cratic representatives, and Democratic
senators from sovereign States with tn
! right TO vote for the President have Il
! this sugar question been denied tn
1 fright even TO express their view
against the administration policy an
! have been bound hand and foot by th
J caueuses.
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