Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-07-18


and undesirability has been cast upoI
our island people. We. pledge ourselve.
/ to the utmost to do everything In oul
power TO combat this harmful and
false implication. T..
] WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
Believing that the continued disfran
C5isement OF women Is q relic Of in
| tiquity that belongs to other days, and
| that women never have maintained
! and never win maintain their moral
natural or legal rights save by the
possession OF political rights, We favor
the enactment Of laws granting equal
suffrage to them AS this is a sub
jeet upon which the territory Itself
' should be permitted to legisIate, We
: favor the submission to congress of
q memorial for an amendment to the
! organic act by which the legislature
Of the territory may have power TO
| act or may, should such q course seem
advisable, call q special election for a
submission Of the question to the
| voters.
TARIFF. :
BY 1914, the effects, of the in.
auguration Of the Democratic party
into power on the mainland during the
preceding year had reached this ter
ritory. Through the enactment OF their
evil principles of free trade into leg
islation, the output of our predemin-
ant industry was to. be marketed In
competition with the sugar OF the
world including those countries where,
| owing to the low standard of living,
wages are but a fraction Of those paid
TO the laborers Of Hawaii; and where
the cost Of sugar production, Is cor
respondingly less. The effect Of such
legislation was inevitable. With the
natural decentralization of our princi.
pal industry, ever the malnstay OF
these islands, prosperity vanished.
values deprecated, progress In all
business enterprises was retarded and
frequently abandoned, thus throwing
out or employment hundreds of work
ingmen formerly engaged in lucrative
trades, and bringing suffering Incl
dent to poverty and want into many
homes s..%--.. H. s-1--s+7
Through the wholly unforeseen in.
Eception Of the great war, and the
consequent increase In the price Of
sugar; and later through the enforced
restpraiion by. the Democrats them
selves OF q portion OF the protective
tariff in order to supply the urgent
needs of treasury depleted: through
extravaganza and false doctrine, the
Hawaiian sugar industry has again,
but entirely through chance. been re-
stored TO a position of prosperity.
Then, too. the appointment Of an UNI
usually efficient Democrat to the high
est executive office I'm the, territory
has somewhat mitigated the usual
rigors incidental to Democratic con-
troll. <...s = .s- ss1ezsfS -. So.
In expressing their choice at the
polls, the electorate viii be called upon
to choose between permanent Re-
publican prosperity, proved by experi.
ence to be the logical result of the
economic laws of protective tariff;
and q temporary Democratic prosper
ity which sprang from an accident,
and, as recent experience has con-
clusiyely demonstrated, is doomed to
prevail. only during tile continuance
of world conditions wholly abnormal.
I'VE especially urge the electorate
not to be miSed as to the true cause
of the present and uncertain prosper
ity; and through unerring discrimina-
ton in casting their votes next Nov
ember for a Republican delegate to
Congress and, Republican officials
throughout the islands, to ut once re-
cord their Endorsement and approval
OF the party OF progress and pros
perity; and their protest against the
continuance In power OF the party
again tried and found wanting"
MERCHANT MARINE. "
We favor merchant marine con-
structed by American labor and
capital and bearing the American
flag. We are unalterably opposed to
q government owned and government
operated merchant marine as unsound
policy and which surely will impose
heavy expense upon the country and
subject us to embarrassing internal
tional complications. We. favor such
legislation on the part OF the gov
eminent as may be necessary to en-.
able American ship owners to build
their vessels and sail them upon the
high seas in successful competition
WITH Tue m6TCuauI' NcooC1S VI OInOA
nations. 49, T.. -.s.>ss. -. -
We condemn the Democratic 1ad-
ministration for driving our merchant
men from the Pacific ocean. We pro-
pose the systematic extension OF our
markets into all quarters OF the
world. X. u. <sz .s., 81
CITY AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT.
We reiterate the pledge to amend
the charter OF the City and County
Of Honolulu to make it more progress
siye and modern in its general pro-
visions, Including the provisions as
outlined through other planks In this
document. ~
We further pledge our legislative
to amend such other coun-
ty charters within the territory, as the
legislative delegates from such coun.
ties may request. 49,. ~. -. !
PRISON REFORM
We favor the passage OF a law
whereby territorial prisoners having
dependents would receive remnnera-3
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