The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-08-20

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under that law. If II were put into
effect, do not know where American
sailors would come from TO handle
American ships. 1t would mean sus.
pension under a rigid enforcement.
! "The Pacific Mail was entitled, under
the act Of 1891, to four dollars a mile
for mails, for the Manchuria and Mon
eolia, big ships, provided - employed
American seamen, yet the company
could make more by not taking the
subsidy and by keeping its Chinese
crews. That is why IL kept the ORR
entails and did not take the subsidy"
Mr.. Spreckels spoke of the Sierra:
! ION her up voyage from Honolulu,
she struck some submerged object,
which dented the plates, corrugated the
biige keel, bent the tail-shaft struts
and resulted In the loss OF the shaft
| We are having these made, and are
increasing the bunker capacity so she
would be fitted for the Australian run.
No changes are being made in the
cabins. H w
No OIL IN Australia e..
1--WE have two reasons for increas.
ing the bunker capacity. Should the
government grant the subsidy we have
asked, the ship win be in position to
| take up the Australian run, if the sub.
sldy should not be granted, we will
have her as reserve should anything
happen to one Of the other steamers
so as to require that she be laid off
We cannot get oil in Australia, and
the steamers must take enough for a
round trip 'n. 10. ~.
If the Sierra is placed on the Austria.
Ian run the Oceanic company will re.
sumo calls at Page Pago northbound
These calls were dropped last October,
when the Oceanic line failed to re-
relve 100000 from the government, in
addition to the two dollars an outward
mile subsidy paid for mail service to
Australia alone. r..
1--WE askad>for 100000 wear for
"alls az Tutuila, northbound," Mr..
| Spreckels went on. al talked with
Mr.. Daniels on it. He said that 800
600 seemed little high, and couldn t
1 make IL 100000" he erplained with
slight grimaee 81 said If we
couldn t get $4,000, we would take
$40, 900, but nothing came of it. II
the government will grant US a subsidy
for the Sierra, we will make calls at
TutuiIa northwara without asking for
$50, 900. Otherwise, those calls will not
he resumed. II the Sierra goes on the
| Australian rNn. r'e c'an no additional
service to Honolulu. % II 3 ..."
Would KIN Hawaiian Industry g.
"The senator wished to know WIN.
and / replied that free sugar wonld
mean that the planters Of Lou siana
! and the Hawaiian Ialauds would go
out of business, and thus our supply,
ciit down, would be insufficient TO meet
4 the demand. Thus prices would go up,
and the consumer would not benefit
| "Before mon will invest their capt
tai in an industry, they need the as
surance of stable conditions. / said
TO the committee that California could
raise enough sugar for the nation, un-
der protection. Perhaps It was ex-
IRENE, but the full beet planting MIS-.
sible for California will not be done
so long as there is continued uncer-
tainty. We need assurance that con
gress will keep a permanent tariff for
at least twenty-five years, so money in
vested now could earn its principal
back. If we had such a definite IN
derstanding, the sugar industry would
go forward immensely. AS 1t is. no
man will invest his money in bust
ness that may be ruined within few
years.
Republicans Are Salvation
tShOuld a Republican president and
congress lie elected, | believe sugar VIII
be r stored to tariff protert ion"
"And will Republican president
lie cl"ctedi' Mr. SpfCckels was asked
~ believe any good Republican who
sal srribes to Republican prime pies,
can defeat wilson. Repre-" entative
Mann and Senator Weeks are the prom
inent candidates, | believe, If Senator
Root stands by his decision, given,
understand. in a letter, not to be a
candidat" FOR the nomination. Cum
mi"s is prominent.
"And how about Borahi" was the
question. 1~"
"porah is al rioht ANY good Re
publican is all right 1t doesn I make
much difference who he is. -
And that brought the question az
20 Roosevelt.
Roosevelt always will have fol,
lowing among the unthinking people, -
MIR. Spreckels replied "He cannot be
nominated He could not 90 into the
convention with following of any i'm
Portance Except for California, whert
the Bull Moose lives on, he would
have few delegates instructed for him
" But we hear that Governor Hiram
johnson may be a candidate for the
presidencvl'r
"On the Republican ticketi"
Takes Slap at johnson
eyes, said he, "There is repOrted
TO be movement to put him before
the convention for the nomination
T johnson has built up a machine bet
ter than the Southern Pacific ever had
in its best DAYS. He ancreased the
: BUDGET SO, NoO,"O in the last legislature
= He had law passed to free the masses
from the payment of a twodollar pol
tax, which brought in $l,000,000. That
} snm went to the schools, and they are
short now. He did this to play to the
ignorant and unthinking. They paid
. no other tax except the poll, and now
thew do not pay that"
The yacht has beautiful lines, and
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