Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-11

lKentacky. Illinois. Ohio and Missouri
distilling and brewing interests. the
members CT the state legislature re-
trained from considering the liquor
question in any particular when the
special session Of the state legislature
was held at Baton Rouge. The mem
befs Of the general assembly from the
sugar parishes. because OF these re,
| quests from the liquor interests.
agreed to a constitutional convention
! from which the consideration of the
Iiquur question was specially barred.
In contrast with that treatment it
will be recalled that when the last
tariff bill reached the United States
senate Democratic votes from this
same group Of states-Kentuey, Ohio,
Illinois and. MissoHri-wnten we're
careful to look after the welfare Of
swhiskey, beer and tobacco, did not hes
| itate to destroy the leading industry
q Louisiana. In fact, the leading ad.
yocates OF free. sugar, with Senator
James in the forefront. hailed from
this group Of states.
/ why siIoiild our people In the su-
gar growing section OF this state en-
ter into d truce with the agents Of
these interests In Louisiana, III in re
turn these interests spur on their rep
resentatiyes in the national Congress
| tb destroy us7 This Is a i've question
1T is d menace, and Id behooves our
people TO take immediate action. II
our very Industrial existence is to be
thfeatened by these interests under
the leadership of the Kentucky Sena-
tor, then Louisiana might ais well let
IL be known that we viii meet the is
sue By making war Id turn upon them.
Loulsisna Has curbed Sugar Trust
Ally Of whisky Trust. s *
We tried for years to placate our
inYetefate enemy, the present ally of
Senator James, the sugar Refining
Combine All or our efforts at per-
slasion were useless and we aecomp-5
lished nothing until we fnaugurated
policy of defiance and reprisaI. Then
we succeeded In passing the three.
antitrust bills which have relieved
US from the domineering tactics Of
the sugar trust. II
I'VE should meet the whiskey peo-
pie and the brewers in the same way
Seemingly, they have felt, secure in
the belief that the cosmopolitan popu-I
lation Of New Orleans and South
Louisiana would never join with the
balance Of the South in the prohibit
ton movement. In a way, they were
Justified In this belief because South
Louisiana has been singuiarly free of
anything approaching sumptuary leg
islatiOn.
But ii the distillers and the brew
ers believe that our people in the SUI
gar section are going to remain quies-
cent while their own representatives
at Washington accomplish our ruin, 1t
were well that they be correctly In
formed. The sugar belt by combining
with the present prohibition sections
Ef Louisiana can make this state abb
soiutely dry and the liquor interests
would view that contamination with
deeper regret than the loss of any
other Southern state.
Personally am in favor of letting
them know that II they throw down
the gauge of battle we are willing to
take 1t up, hut no one would regret
seeing this question injected into state
politics more than /. 8
conditioBs IN Louisiana, Porto Rico
and Western States Not Like Hawaii.
1t is true that Senator james refer
red especially to conditions in Hawaii
am not familiar with those eondi-
fions know that the HaWaiians and
the ether cane sugar Interests in the
Pacific have been conducting tehir
own fight ID their own way. Their la.
Dor and other conditions are different
from ours. But | do know that the in
dustry in neither Louisiana, Porto
Rico nor the Western beet states can
possibly exist much less expand UNI
der the policy that Senator James pro.
poses.
IF the free sugar forces propose 10
keep up the fight at washington to
accomplish our destruction under the |
guidance OF Senator James we might
as wen prepare for battle The Ha-
waiians cannot fight back because
they have no vote IN Congress and the
prob question In their group OF
islands affects the general question |
only to b negligible extent But state
vide prohibition in Louisiana, and |
Louisiana votes at Washington when
the Hobsoh amendment to the Consti-
tuition comes UP for determination,
are another matter. We can retaliate
and il we are forced with our back to
the wall we propose to meet this issue.
We do not propose that the Louisiana
sagar industry, which is a legitimate
industry. shan be DESTROYED" y
In conclusion, Dr.. Young said that
lis careful observation in the, North
convinced him that. in no section were
the Agricultural opp ortunities SC. prom
ising ais in Louisiana, And nowhere
did he find that the work of develop
Tnent and cooperation was going for
ward TO the same extent as in the
southern part Of this state" ~
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