Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-07
SUGAR MEN Of
TERRITORY ARE
JOYFUL TODAY
indications That Planters WIII
Agree Entirely With Admin.
istration's Plan for Retention
OF Duties, Though Until Fur.
ther Details Come no DeI|n.
tie Statements are Mad.
GREAT PROSPERITY FOR
PRODUCERS Is F0REc hS'

Despatch from Mainland Show.
Enthusiasm With Which
News Of Secretary Mct1oo. .
Recommendation IS Recc'.
ed There; Local Stock Mar
ket Reflects General 0pI'n
ism and Sugar Stocks Go h.
TAssociated Press By Feaeral WIssI...|
SAN FRANCISCO. Calf
Oct. THE San Francisc.
Call Post says today that I||.
news that Secretary McAdI.
has recommended to the pres.
dent the retention Of the pr.
emf duty Of a cent q pound b.
sugar as an imperative roto0.
measure has aroused great ca
#thusiasm here. It will m1..
that Congress will Be asked .
repeal the present Law obo|'..
ing the duty on May I1|.
Even with the reduced tariff
on sugar this year, the war and
IS stimulation 81 prices h1I.
more than offset The |o..
which would naturally re..|
to the producers
Probably q year Of the ero1
est prosperity is ahead for tie
industry, it is declared.
w. r. Harrington Of Homo
lulu, who has recently return
from Washington, confirms The
news that the tariff viii prob
ably be retained.
Hawaii's sugar men and bus|n1..
leaders win almost without doubt a..
eept with hearty accord the plan I..
the retention of the existing 1u.I.
tarif euntil normal conditions are n.
stored as announced bf 8ecI.|||.
OF the Treasury McAdoo Yesterday
This, together with the plain Iso.||
Of almost Overwhelming JOY and IfjI.
for the future, are the two D1|n1I7.
impressions gained by the 1|1r.UI'|.
tin IN talks with businessmen 81 |..
noIulu today
ff.f7rf1. .t.t...--t- -
forthcoming, for ii the first place
number Of the leading sugar men I|@
now on the coast. and IA the second
place, details OF Secretary IcAdr0.
plan are not yet available The ftIeI
al belief seems to be that there Al.
no strings tied to the plan. but I1.|.
is q quite apparent disposition % U.|
until more facts are IN.
But though the news as yet ls mo.|.
er. there IS no question ol the |||
that flashed over the territory M.|.
the StarBuiIefIn announced n an e..
ira yesterday afternoon that Mr.. .[
Adoo would recommend the reIen||."
Of the existing duties On Hawaii
staple.
An Associated Press despatch 20
Advertiser last night reiterated |||
news cabIed 10 the 8tal.Hu||eI|n earl.
yesterday afternoon This NOR.
Judge Sidney III BaI|ou. the I61I|....
tative n Washington 81 the HaI..
Sugar Planters Association. sent
eabIesram repeating ltt news + ...
said today that Judge E1||o11 cable
gram brought no further detail. |'
the proposed adn|n|tIIaI|11 41|'..
Sugar men. while tt4f| RI .||.
de1niteIy what The planters a.. ..
to do. agree that the outlook
tFemeIy promising and |||| b. |.|
basis ol what IS now known Hawai-
can second the motion Win I0|.
nifty
rThis Is IS much as Hata'| con-.
hope for more than many have .0...
Tor, said one Ne||.|nIor|IoI cI1..
today There II 10 reason Why
territory cant back ID very |..|
the plan Secretary .c4ICI propose.
and which undoubtedly VIA meet .'..
the presidents approval
News Bears on coptr0oI I'I||.0.
Information.
Tbai the news received 1s.|.|I./
by the Star Bulletin Ie|1I|I. % ne
fact that Secretary q TIE Il..|||
1LcAdoo has recommended keeping
the laIiI pn sugar until such ''.| |.
conditions are m1Ic settles. .
keeping with statements that G0||..
OF P|1Ehau has made - |.|'...
times ii public places /. the .
an interview given out ~ the I||.|'
Or today 70 representative oI .'.
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