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CANE FIRE

Releasing tomorrow, Sept. 8th.Hope you all had a safe and enjoyable Labor Day weekend. We're back again with another graphic driven tee that reaches into Hawaiian history, and for the most part, has a place in politics as well. Sugar cane, introduced to our islands reportedly in 600 AD by Hawai'i's first occupiers, was once a dominating, leading industry - turned into a bustling booming business by entrepreneurs Samuel Alexander and Henry Baldwin (Alex & Baldwin). Eventually, other sugar-production corporations manifested themselves, including Theo H. Davies & Co., Amfac, Castle & Cooke and C. Brewer & Co., which ultimately shaped itself into a commanding conglomerate known as The Big Five. The political issues arise from the prominence of a rising...

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