Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-11
SUGAR INTERESTS
lNLOUISIANA To
Fight FOR DUTY
Whisky and Brewing People
Charged With Seeking to
Get Tariff Off
INVESTIGATORS RAPS
SENATOR OLLIE JAMES
Says He Was Agent for East.
erl Refining interests When
the Bill Was Formulated

TIE DILL was Formulated
lThe following corresponds from
Washington, written before the cable
gram announcing that Secretary Nc
Ad0o win recommend the retention oil
the tariH on sugar, shows the work
icing done by the Louisiana sugar In,
terests.1 ~.
Bye. s. ALBERT.
Especial Star Bulletin Correspondence
WASHINGTON, d. C.. Sept. a.
An announcement has been made by
the cane growers Of Louisiana that
their state will accept battle with the
whiskey and brewing interests which
are charged with seeking to retain su.
Gar on the free list after May i, 1916.
10 necessary the people or louisiana
will vote FOR prohibition In that com.
f1enwealth as q reihke 10 their en-.
nmies In the same connection II Is
declared that DR.. r. o. Young OF
Youngsyillc, Louisiana, has made wide
research and finds that farmers and
businessmen throughout the United
States favor suspension of the free
sugar provision OF the tarifR act. DIR.
Young has q sugar factory and is vital.
~ interested I'd the matter.
IN relating his investigatIon OF con-
ditiDns and sentiment DIR. Young said
he had been especially pleased with
The sympathy expressed for Louisiana
BY bankers. businessmen and farmers
from al parts OF the United States
owen; the lnssAs she has sustained and
the Injntice she has suffered from the
free sugar legislation OF the last Con-
gross, as they expressed II.
Congress Expected to suspend
LEGISLATION.
Almost without exception the. men
70 whom I talked said IL was the opifl.
i3n in their localities that the new
CONGRESS- should and probably would
at the approaching session correct the
error It's predecessor had made. said
IN. Young. II talked with many fair.
minded and patrintic men who had
fayored 3 free sufar peliey two years
ekc. believing that whatever loss and
suffering might be fnflieted on the do
nestle producers OF sugar, would be
nfcfe than counfer-balaneed nv the
GREAT Saving that would result To the
fSinsaming masses az the country.
These men are now frank enough TO
hdmit their error. They say they have
fpen convinced nv the fact that the
lsttle CLIQUE OF seaboard fefners sin
the E9zt have pOcketed every rent OF
the s2a.0Dn, 900 that has been lost to
tue United Stntes tfeasufx since the
iaIIH was reduced. while ct the same
time these reiiners have doubled the
price af SMEAR 70 the ecnknmer.
Eurbpten War an Object Lesson.
.Etrtnnately for the American SD
edi pf06hceE the Fnr0nean war has
furnished practical tariff lesson.
fifInh1d 81 alf technicaiities and fhco-
REX. continued Inc Doctor sHdatll
promises of the reflners been realized
tho consumers would have received
fhe I'm benefit OF the % Far cent re-
durtiof that brea1ue AhTactive in March
last wear htfOfe hostilities bfake oft
md the United States markets void
lave felt none or the disturbing ef.
fects on the war. When E. F.. Dick.
fnson and Jules Godchanx warned the
seilatA cofhmittee in tlleisnring OF 191Rl
Of the effect q great foreign war would
some day have on nrices they were
almost laughed ont OF t6untenance hy
lie free sugar advocates. hut Z talked
with some men who recalled this incl.
dent as showing how little the subject
was then understood. The averaee
man now understands the subject bet ].
ter as a .resuit fatiie continued pub
Hcity given the sugar. question. He
knows thst all of the FOREIGN sugar
Imported into the United states for
more than a decade, with the eScen-
ton or an iilflnitesfmai Fraction. hae1
come from Cuba Java and South
American countries which are not a.
fected by the European conflict and
whose sugar production has not been
eurtailed since the war began. 8 a4s
The refners greedily pocketed the.
IS per cent reduction before the Euro
pean war started and that act ~ itself
turned public opinion against them
The fact that they have now doubled
prices although there has been no tiinI-7
mutton In the output from the coun.
tries cited as our sources of foreign.
supply has only served TO comnicte
the disfavor into which the refiRers
have fallen among all classes and in
all sections OF the country.
How THE Fruit Industry Has Suffered.
The best way to bring question
like this home to man VINO Is open
to conviction is to hit his pocketbook.
While was North, the peach crop
was Just beginning to come on the
market. was Interested in that crop
because / have been operating a. can
merry I'm connection with the Youngs.
VILE sugar factory for several years.
and wanted to Investigate that I'm
portant branch of the canning indus
try. AZ the convention and in my
travels, met scores OF representative
businessmen and farmers who told me
OF thousands of tons of fruit, repre-
senting millions Of dollars, that were
lost on the farms last year because
the refiners had advanced the price Of
sugar to such a point that they could
not AFFORD to can it These men CON-
planned that for a like reason they
would again be compelled to sustain
the same losses this year. They are
nm,v an.rm aaae esee nenaRnn \ !.