Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-15
MORE ABOUT THE coASTWIsE
SHIPPING LAWS.

SHIPPING LAWS.
Editor Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
Sir: 1t would seem. from the tone
Of the reply OF Fair Play THAT j
Lave started something along the line
of coastwise shipping laws. First, =
, wish Fair Play" 10 understand that
! am not speaking for all of us" as
he claims. but solely for myself and
! what |. individually and personally
think, so We, will let it go at that.
shall not go deeply into what Fair
few lines from his letter. Here theJ
are:
why should preparations be made
TO defend our coasts and shipping
with armies and navies if trade will
| ruin us? To be at war would be more
desirable; our shipping wouht be de-
! stroyed and then we would hdV~ ideal
protection; foreign competitiGE would
be eliminated; increased demand Ter
home production by home buyers
, would be a reality; American labor
would find lots OF employment; We
wou',l be bottled Up by The enemy
Fair Play" gives us a n4en'a| blue
print of conditions that ko"? never
happened. cannot happen aid will not
happen, and as for our eneIlies bot
Ting US up" we'll that needs no fur
Their comment 1t has been tlied but
| once, and it created considerable Ill
| feeling. / have no doubts about
Fair Play" being a good American
when he can for moment consider
such a state of affairs.
Fair Play has considerable to
say about suspcnding the coastwise
laws aL.l throwing aside OTHER forms
of protection. and letting foreign bot
tons do the work if they car do it to
! the advantage of Americans. Look
here, Mr.. Fair, Play" your meat has
been coming into ,tEis port in a for,
eign bottom with the ADDED advan-
tage of .Eayins The duty knocked off.
Is your butcher bill, any less than it
,, was three months ago? i.et on Your
Paris panel, ..fth
The, one and. only action Of the
Democratic party since il went into
power land it lacks bat few days
of being in power year--on"-Quarter
of its inniRg) has been to slice off
some of the protection Mat this coun-
try has prespeFetll ,undeF LII. genera
ton, after recovering IL from the
slump that the last Democratic adj
ministration placed, 1t, iasA So far9uite
a number Of institutions nave gone to
the WALL and there are many more
that are preparing ,ton ,::set out from
under" .,..s..,z.. g.. H..
/ disagree with Fair Play" in his
statement that every Purchaser Is n
producer. Every purchaser Is not q
producer, but a, consumer. There are
many that add nothing to the would
except the very, little cash they spend
for the necessities Of life. and the rest
of the world wou.l lave gJtten it
! through other channe.s if he mad
never been born. The thousands CT
starving people throughout the word
today, and even so near nome as III
San Francisco, that are consuming
bread by the ton, giving nothing in re-
turn for it, not even the equivalent in
labor that Fair Pay talks about,
are, in his estimation producers along
with the farmer who raised the whe'rt
that made the flour for the bread that
they are consuming.
The depth of "love of country Of
Fair Play" is measured by mis- as
sertion that protection 10 American
merchant marine is for the purpose
of giving few sailors JOS. 1t looks
to me as though it was Che best kil''
of prevention from this ;rritory and
the mainlarh becoming the poverty
stricken, disease-ridden h2i'-Eo,es as
can be found at any port n the world
where there are no marin" restriction
laws
According to Fair Play" tne Mat
son Steamship Company and otner
like companies that have spent mil
lions on vessels to make these islands
what they are today, and are snend-
Zig millions more to enhance Still! fer
Their our commercial value among ma,
tons. shoul be driven tO'the wall and
put out of commission so that lot
of foreign money kings could grow
little richer. at the same time giving
these islands a steamship service that
would not equal the cattle service OIL
the present American boats. Is that
fair play? Hang onto the cOastwlse
laws. Hang on like a bulldog.
MANN.