Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-05-18


Pinkham in his address at the Chm
Der of Commerce dinner to the con
gressional party last night sandwiched
this comforting assurance in with
some sharp criticism of Hawaiian su,
gar men and corporation conditions.
. The governor especially raped the
capitalization law of the territory, de.
claring that IL allows "stock-watering'
freely and that though he had hoped
the law would be abolished at the last
session Of the legislature. II still
stands. -"...
- He also criticised the anti-free su,
gar campaign of the Hawaiian plant.
ers, and the manner OF its presenta-
ton at Washington. -. :...
He complimented the 1915 legisla-
ture on its spirits and achievements
and paid much attention to army
needs, particularly in camp and for.
tif1cations sites and in roads.
The governor said: 81. s.. 49,.
"Mr. President, Mr.. Secretary, Hon
orable Senators and Representatives
and Members of the Chamber OF
Commerce:
Vital Problems Presented. f..
ut is with profound appreciation
that, through the courtesy of this or.
ganiZation, | am privileged to greet
our distinguished guests who legislate
for and are the ultimate authority in
this great American republic
Among the pleasures of this won.
derful group of islands, and the glad
ness of nature and the hospitality OF
its people. which you have expert.
enced, you surely cannot have been
convinced there are to us no tremen.
dously vital problems.
:As governor of this territory, my
first duty is to the inhabitants thereof.
and that duty, in its first essential is
to present the fundamental facts as to
physical existence on these islands.
The president of the United States,
in personal conversation with myself,
inquired particularly as to basic mate.
rial conditions here.
When the proper time arrived, I
directed our agricultural authorities
to report on the actual fundamental
agricultural facts relating to this ter.
ritory.
Their report / transmitted to the
legislature in a message, read in per.
son, April %, last.
Copies have been furnished every
member of Congress visiting these isl.
ands, so you are able to realize our
peculiar limitations without my here
your time
by joint resolution of the legisla.
ture the governor is directed to for.
ward to the secretary of the interior. I
and through him to the president
copies of the message, so they may be I
equally well informed These instruc- !
tons have been carried out.
These islands are not self-contain.
ed and the efforts of generations have +
not yet succeeded in making them 1
even approximately so.
"A community in order to exist must
be able to purchase those necessities
t cannot produce
Where Living Comes From.
Ninety per cent of our needs are
supplied by the money secured from 4
wo items of production, sugar and
and only 10 per cent from
every other source
. Our reliance for SO ~ per cent of
,ur income is on 259, 1922 acres OF land,
which produced in the last fiscal year
i39, 500 and in our most prosper.
JUS year $54,07S, $50 In cash or its
equivalent.
From September 9, 1876, to Janu.
Try 1, 1915, the United States of Amer.
ca has given the protection of its
markets to 9,305,732 tons of Hawaiian
ugar expressed by $2S7 ,5S5,316 in /,
luty RENTED or advantaged.
= Except, during the removal OF the
44.S0 per ton duty and free sugar,
Or period of three and one-half ;
ears, under the Mckinley tariff, Ha.
iaii has not suffered under any tariff ;
yer in force. .
avs Facts Twisted.
For a period of time in the years /
913 and 1914 temporary worlds /
of sugar brought the iney.
able consequence, to wit, a depres. 1
ion in prices, the effect of which, in |
lese islands at least, has been twist
d to suit questionable motives, and I
as been attributed to possible tar. I
I condition several years off and one {
Ot likely to materialize, as I have re- {
eatedly asserted during the past IS
lonths H.. y
From the president of the United n
tates and the secretary of the in =
'rior learned there was an earnest Q
ssire to do no injury to the territory
Hawaii. .- n
They we're receptive to any true s
I'd specific representations Hawaii b
light make and there were two and 3
le-half years in which Hawaii might n
AXE them known. These highest of. 8
,ials did very properly resent mis- a
and diseourtesy. N
Believing the proper time had ar. ii
we'd and the methods have adopted (,
Use, the papers now go forward to q
e secretary of the interior under
e authority and mandate of the leg. 81
lature. :,
await Handicapped. 81
Hawaii is entitled to have known d
j transportation handicap, as com :,
red with its great competitor, Cuba
they both seek the great consunl