The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-04-20

price at which refined sugar has sold
has been too small to- Justify a divi.
dend on the entire capital stock.
The company will resume the pay
ment Of dividends on its common stock
as soon as the normal difference be-
tween the price Of raw and refined
sugars IS restored, and the director
believe that such resumption win oc
cur very soon.
They knew precisely when this re-
sumption would occur, since that event
depended svlely upon the determination
o. this same refining combine. Yet in
the tissue Of falsehood issued yester.
day this statement was made:
During the first six months of 1914
consumers in' the United States bought
their sugar lower than ever before. the
average price or refined sugar being
S-9l cents per pound. This
was a matter Of genefal comment, and
was equally gratifying to manufaetur.
ers and consuIners.,,
The dupiicity praetised By fhe sugar S 4
refining tfhst eab soon as the European
war broke outawas 'expiained to this
house by the gcntleman from Mich.
gan Mr.. Fordney) apfew days ago.
~ They seized upon. IL fas the opportu,
nifty not only 10 recoup all the losses
that had been incurred while cam
paigning for cheaper sugar. but 70
add millions to their already swollen
and tainted fortunest sTf,!5s
Planters Bwindlod af ssS s3
They doled out 4 barrel Of sugar To
each retailer In August on the pre-.
text that their supplies were limited,
but In October, when they attempted
to dragon the Louisiana farmers into
accepting less for their crop than il
vas worth, they brazenly exhibited
warehouses in alisthe distributing cen
ters which were glitted with sugar. "a
One Of the inostd infam0ds' features
of the unwarranted rise they forced In
the price Of sugar last summer was
the loss they 0ccasi6ned the house
wives and farmers Of this country.
They began forcing mp sugar early IN
August, when the good women Of
America were ON the eve yof canning
and preserving fypitS and vegetables
for the coming yehfS AS 4 r6s1It Of
this chieanery, thousands Of tons of
fruit were allowed to spoil, millions
Of dollars were wasted, aud the very
people whom they. had deceived into
believing that they would furnish
cheaper sugar were made the victims
Of their greed.
But such practises on the part of
the sugar refining trust, which is now
seeking TO east doubt upon my mo:
lives are not to be wondered at when
q Is remembered that the United
states attorney general in recent re-
port charged them with having prae.
tised "A long-eontinned system Of de.
trauding the government of un
,aralleled depravity. -
A. TO Governor Carter
In this attack upon me the refining
interests sayi
ftCuriously enough, the next day
Governor Carter Of Hawaii, Congress-
man Broussard's ally in the effort to
retain the. high duties on sugar, more
DIRECTLY stated the situation. y 4 :
! am proud to number such spien-
lid Specimen of sturdy American man.
hood as Governor George r. Carter of
hawaii among my personal friends, but
never discussed the sugar situation
with Governor Carter, save once In my
life, and that only subsequent TO the
issuance Of the Governor 3 and my
statement quoted by Lowry.
The people Of Hawaii have not been
cooperating with the cane sugar grow.
srs Of Louisiana, Texas and Porto Rico
in the death struggle they are now en-
saged in with the sugar refining trust,
and while | believe that all the sugar
producing interests under the Ameri,
an flag viii eventually realize the wis,
lon Of rtanding together and present
ing a united front to their common
enemy, yet there is no more truth 10
DESIGNATING Governor Carter as my. ally
in the sense intended by the re6ners'
circular than there is in many OF the
,ther false statements with which they
have persistently sought TO deceive con
gress and the consuming public.