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

Rentucky. Illinois, Ohio aRd Missouri
distiIlfng End brewing interests. thu
members CT the state legislature re
Trained from considering the l&quol
question in any particular when the
special session Of the state Legislature
VAS held at Baton Rouge. The mem
bers 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
kdHor question was specially barred
In contrast with that treatment I,
will be recalled that when the fIasl
tariff biH reached the United States
senate Democratic votes from this
same group OF states-Kentucy, Ohio
Illinois and Missouri-which we're
careful to look after the welfare o!
whiBkey, beer and tobacco, ana not hes.
itate 20 destroy the leading industry
CT Louisiana. In fact, the leading ad-
yocates OF free sugar, with Senator
James in the Forefront. hailed from
this group oftstates.ss' SER ,-'.>.e-
:F-Why should our people in the SUI
gar growing seetion OF this state en-
ter Into Hrfrdee with the agents OF
these interests In Louisiana, If in re-
turn these interests spur on their rep
resentatfyes In the national Congress
to aestf0y usf riffs II d i've question
III fssA menace, ana sft behobEes our
people 70 take immediate action. IL
our very Industrial existence Is to be
the leadership Of the Kentucky Sena-
tor, then Louisiana might as well let
Il be Known thai we VIII meet the Is
sue By making war In turn upon them.
LouisisRa l4at curbsd Sugar Trust. -
Ally 81 tvklokey Trust. :" -
1--WE tried for years t0s placatef our
iAveteFate enemy, the present ally of
Senator James, the Sugar Refining
Combine. Ali OF our efforts at per-
sllasi0h were useless and we RccOmp-
lisled nothing until we fnailgnrated q
policy OF defiance and reprisaI srhen
We succeeded In passing the three
antitrust bills which have relieved
tiB from the domineering tactics Of
the sugar trust, :. 4. '.'S
We should meet the whiskey peo-
pie and the brewers in the same way.
Seemingly, they have felt secure in
the belief that the oosmopol itan popll.
latiOn Of New Orleans and South
Louisiana would never Join with the
balance of the South In the prohibit
ton movement In n way; they were
Justified In this belief because South,
Louisiana has been singlfiarly free OF
anything approaching sumptuary leg
islation. rs " ~
-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
CT louisiana can niake this state alb
solttely dry and the sIiquof interests
would view that Communication with
deeper regret than the loss Of any
other Southern state. ~ 80
y Personally am IN favor Of letting
them know that II they throw down
The gauge of battle We are willing to
take It up. but no one would regret
seeing this question injected into state
p6litics more than !. So ..,Ss rs 4 !,
C6ndltIohs III louisiana, Porto Rico q
and Wsstefft states Not Like Hawaii.
IT Is trde that senator James refer
red espeefafiy td conditions ii Hawaii.
/ am not familiar with those condi.
ti6ns. 4 know that the Ha%siians and
the other cane sugar interests In the
Pacific have been conducting tehir
own fight Id their own way. Their la.
Dor ana other conditions afe different
from ours. But do know that the in
diistry In neither Louisiana. Porto
Rico nor the western beet states cal,
possibly exist much less expand un-
der the policy that Senator James pro;
poses. : 4 ~;
-H 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 we'll prepare for battle.e The Hat
waiiafs cannot fight hack because
they have no vote In Congress and the
prehibition question In their group OF
islands affects the general question
only to.d negligible extent Bot state.
wide prohibition in Louisiana; and
Louisiana votes at washington when
the Hobson amendment TO the Gonsti.
tuition comes up for determination,
are another matter. We can retaliate
and3if we are forced with oar back to
the wall we propose to meet this issue
We do not propose that the Louisiana
sagar industry, which Is d legitimate
industry, shall be destroyed. "rH'% -
In conclusion, Dr., Youag. said that
kis careful observation in the North
convinced him that in no section we're
the agricultural 6ppor tunities so prom.
Using as In louisiana And nowhere
did he find that the work of develop
nient and cooperation was going for:
ward to The snnie extent as IN the
southern part of THIS state 49, -.
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