There were other issues. Remember Dole has an imperialist mentality from way back when they engineered the annexation of Hawaii. The Boxes were ceertainly an issue and the interests of the two large box factories were at stake.
I was glad to see them go for another reason: Their ships sped into Saman? Bay at 20 knots, and the whales could not get out of the way. They were a serious threat to the whales, and refused all the requests to slow down for just a couple of miles. " OH no, we can't do that! Schedules to keep, old boy!!""
While they did give agricultural work to the bateyes, they were pretty tight fisted if memories serve.
HB