Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-04
SAYS PRESIDENT
FAFORs TARIFF
REVISION Soon
gcohtinued nom page one,

1t transpired during the day tina
the president expressed his views Of
this matter in q letter Co former Gov
/ Cox Of Ohio, who wrote to Mr.. Wilson
proposing the creation Of q tariff com
mission. Mr. Cox il q Democrat ant
lin his letter he expressed the view
/ of q vast number Of Ohio Democrat
whose advocacy Of tariff commission
was q conspicuous feature of the 20
llitical developments Of the last Con
Igress. s.
Wilson'S Letter. t -
president wilson's reply 70 MI
Cox. hitherto unpublished, Follows:
The White House.
washington, Aug. 81, 1915.
MY Dear Governor sincerely
appreciate your letter Of August
"a the matter Of which It speaks
has been very much III my mind
and my thought is This: The full
powers OF q tariff commission arc
already lodged in existing organs
OF the government: most of them,
and really more than the former
commission had, In the Bureau OF
Foreign and Domestic Commerce
of the Department Of Commerce
and others tpowers Of investiga-
tion chiefly In the hands of the
new Federal Trade Commission.
Perhaps it would be better if
these various powers were assem-
bled in the hands Of one bureau
or department. hut aside from that
think the machinery exists for a
thoroughly scientific treatment OF
tariff questions. II anything IS
lacking to give these powers eff.
cheney, am, of course, heartily In
favor OF doing It. u.
Please accept my warmest re-
CARDS and much sincere apDrecia-
ton of your interesting letter.
Cordially and sincerely YOURS.
tSignedl WOODROW WILSON
Some Of the presidents advisers
are opposed to- any tinkering with the
tariff at session which will adjourn
upon the eve of the presidential cleo.
ton. They fear that the animosities
invariably engendered by the overaau.
ing Of the tariff would spell the ruin
of the Democratic party at the polls. z
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The New Orleans Times-Picayune
OF September 2s gives news of the
fight on behalf Of sugar that win be Of
particular interest to Hawaii. The
noted southern paper says:
GOV. HALL URGED TO SEE
PRESIDENT IN SUGARS BEHALF
Using the long distance telephone
and backing up this swift means Of
communicate with special delivery
letter in which q full presentation Of
the urgelcyof the cause was made, re-
preventative men of the city have re-
dnested Gov. Hell to hasten to Wash
iRgtcn and 5riHg to bear on President
Wilson the influence necessary to save
the sugar Industry Of Louisiana.
Porto Ricc,s, Work.
The sugar men were aroused to the
need Of prompt action in the situation
by a Washington despatch In The
TimeslP ieayune wednesdays, telling Of
the activities Of Arthur Wager COVER
nor CT Porto Rico, In the interests Of
the planters of that island. Mr. Ya-
ger, it was said. visited the President
and expressed the hope that the sugar
provision Of the tariff law would not
go into effect next April. as planned
He held that It would do ,great harm
in Porto Rico, and Chat j postnoIe.
Iifent Of ifs effective date would be of
much assistance TO the planters.
Louisiana planters hold that as
Porto Rico is urging its claims to as
sfstance from the Federal government
1t Is time for Louisiana to DO the same
thing. The planters believe that Gov.
Hail. as the states chief executive, is
the proper official to represent Louis
iana's vast sugar interests in the APP
peal to the President for q postpone
ment of the sugar clause of the tariff
law. ts+ as3g.s , r s3t,a,>t. " ..--
Louisiana My Not Pant. %'.4e4.-. -
Unless the bouisiaHa planters re-
ceive some assurance that the sugar
provision of the tariff law viii not go
into effect next April, there will be no
of sugar in Louisiana In 1916,
This was the statement made by one
ct the representative. sugar men of
New Orleans Wednesday. J.
Z The planting for the 1915 crop
would represent ain expenditure Of S..
ee0, 900, and If the sugar provision of
the tariff law Is to go into effect in
1916, we might as wen take our ST.
000. 600 and throw It into the river, as
use # for planting" he said. 4
Senator RSnsdeiI Leads Fight. - .+
: Senator RaflsdeI1 is making prepare
lions to take Up tie fight OF The sugar
men of Louisiana in washington. Fri.
day morning at 9 O'Clock there viii be-
an important preliminary conference
Of the, Louisiana sugar men IN one of
the private rooms Of the Grunewald
Hotel. At the conference Senator
Ransdeif viii meet the planters from
all over Southern Louisiana, and dis
cuss with them the bestsmeans to take
N the Champaign that probably will be
made this winter. .,-'' -
While NO plans have as yet been
made for a visit of Gov Hall to Wash.
Ingt6H to confer with President WIZ
son on the sugar provision of tile tar
tn law, it is UNDERSTOOD" the governor
Is ready and anxious to help the plant
Brs i1f< the present emergency in
every way possib1e.
Miss Alice Wilson of Baltimore,