Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-11
SUGAR INTERESTS
NLOlHSIANA To.
Fight FOR DUTY
Whisky and Brewing People
Charged With Seeking to
Get Tariff Off
INVESTIGATOR RAPS
SENATOR OLLIE JAMES
Says He Was Agent for East
ern Refining interests When
the Bill Was Formulated

lHC DIN WdS TUIHtuldteu
The Following correspondence from
washington, written before the cable.
gram announcing that Secretary Nc.
Adpo viii recommend the retention OF
the tariff on sugar. shows the work
being done by the Louisiana sugar m
terests9
sy e. S, ALBEIT. 1885,.
Especial Star; Bulletin Correspondent
WASHINGTON, ID. c.. Sept. 24.--
An announcement has been made by
the cane growers Of Louisiana that
their state will accept battle with the
Whisky and brewing interests which
are charged with seeking to retain stl.
gar on the free list after May i, 1916.
II necessary the people OF Louisiana
VIM veto for prohibition IN that com.
nlcnwealth rs d rebuke TO their en-.
emies. In the same connection It Is
declared that DR.. RI. o. Young OF
research and finds that farmers and
businessmen throughout the United
States favor suspension OF the free
SUGAR provision Of the tariff act DR.
Young has a sugar factory and is vital
II Interested III the matter.
In relating his investigation OF con-
ditions and sentiment DR.. Young said
he had been especially pleased with
the sympathy expressed for Louisiana
bY bankers. businessmen and farmers
from all parts of the United States
over the losses she hiss sustained and
The inhitice she has Suffered from the
free sugar legislation bf the last Con.
sfegs. as they EXPRESSED II
Congress Expected to Suspend
Ltcitistlca.
Almost without exception the men
10 ulom talked said II was the opin-
ION ii their localities that the new
Congress should and probably would,
al the approaching session correct the
effcr its predecessor had made, said
DR. Yo1ne Il talked with many fair
minded and patriotic men who had
favored free sugar policy two wears
GEO believing that whatever loss and
suffering might be inflicted on the do
nestle producers Of sugar. would be
more than counter-balanced by the
great saving that would result 70 the
lp1snming masses OF the country.
These men are now frank enough to.
admit their error. They say they have.
.efn convinced bv the fact that the
little CLIQUE Of seaboard refiners in
the East have pocketed every cent Of
tue s200o0. coo that has been lost to
the United states treasury since the
tariff was reduced. while at the same
Tine these re6hers hSSe doubled the
price of sugar to the consumer
Eufopesn War IN Object Lesson.
.Fcrtunateiy FOR the American SUI
e1f producer. the EnFopea1 war has
furnished practical tariff lesson
stripped 81 all terhnicalities AMI h4o-
rles.r continued the Doctor. Had the
promises OF the refirers been realized
tho consi:mers wofid have received
The full benefit or the 2 per cont re-
auction that became hfscctip1 "a March
last year before hostliities broke o,,f
nnd the United States markets would
I1re felt none OF the disturbing et.
|ecls on the war When r. #. Dick
|ns0n and Jules Godchaux warned the
senate committee in the string OF 1872
III the effect a great foreign war would
some day have on prices they were
almost laughed ont OF countenaIce by
The free sugar adyoeates bpt J talked
with some men who recalled this Incl
dent as showing how iiftle the siibsecf
was then understood The average
man now understands the subject bet
ter as a result OF the continued pub
Lefty given the SMEAR question. lie
knows that all of the FOREIGN smear
imported into the United states for
more than decade, with the exeAp-
ton Of an iniinitesilnai fraction has
-. flsr1x a
American COMMITTEES which are not az
fetted BY the Enropean conflict and
whose sugar production has not been
curfailed since the war began.
The refners greedily pocketed the
Is per cent reduction before the Euro
pean war started and that actsof ITSELF
turned public opinion against then,
The fact that they have now doubled
prices although there has been no DIM
mutton in the output from the conn.
tries / cited as our sources Of foreign
supply has only served to eofnblete
the disfayor into which the refners
have FALLEN among all classes and in
an sections Of the country.
How the Fruit Industry Has Suffered.
"The best way to bring question
like this home to man who is open
to conviction is to hit his pocketbook.
While / was North, the peach crop
was just beginning TO come on the
market. / was interested in that cron
because have been operating q can.
merry In connection with the Youngs-
vile sugar factory for several years
and wanted to investigate that i'm
portant branch of the canning indus.
try. At the convention and in my
travels, met scores OF representative
businessmen and farmers who told me
OF thousands Of tons of fruit, repre-
senting millions Of dollars, that were
lost on the farms last year because
the refiners had advanced the price of
sugar TO such a point that they could
not afford to can it. These men COM
planned that for q like reason they
would again be compelled to sustain
the same losses this year. They are