The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-01-25

as some OF you KNOW, CLERK III lilS Seu-
eral merchandise store OF Mr.. II. Dimond,
on salary OF $40 per month. l think
it needless to tell those of you who know
me that | have worked hard all my life.
| have never been a political aspirant-
never was volunteer candidate for legis-
lative honors. l do not stand before you |
tonight from choice OF my own, but as /
a representative OF a large number OF |
people who are at present dependent Tor /
their living upon sources OF supply which |
flow from enterprises largely OF my own |
creation, built up and conducted by me |
since | came to this country OF my adop- |
ton. To-day, though the times are |
hard and every reasonable effort is being |
made In this country to stem the de-
Ginning tide, siXty-one men receive $3.50 |
every month from enterprises under my
personal control and exclusive of the in
terest have in the railway. The Oahu
Railway and Land Company is owned
by the bond and stock holders, all of
whom are residents of this country ,,and
| they are a great many people. This en-
| terprise, which came into existence with
no little difficulty and through my own
personal effort, is guarded by an able
board of directors who have chosen me
for general manager of the company's
interests. We have in the employ of this
company a steady force of 1873 men, to
whom is paid $4,000 per month, making
total monthly pay roll of $40, 900 to 1914
laborers, mechanics, clerks, bookkeepers,
engineers, superintendent, managers,
all OF whom are employed through me.
A payroll of $4,000 year, to which
add the Government taxes $4,000, paid
| directly from these enterprises, makes
fol % Iich of
| AS a very large number of these en-
| ployees are men of families, it is safe to
say that from $50 to 400 men, women
and children receive their support and
savings from the source named. From
| these people and their property the Gov
eminent receive another large amount
in taxes, and still another lot OF working
| people are employed by the above
| named employees, and thus it is we see
| there are 1000 and perhaps 1000 people
| in our little community supported in
! part or in whole through the enterprises
of one man. What will you do with this
one man, this enemy" of yours? Kill
him? Tie his hands by bad legislation?
Refuse to give him chance in the coun-
ellis OF the nation, by giving the place to
men who have never done much for
| themselves and little or nothing for any
| body else? Men who pay not more than So
to $45 taxes year, and who if they save
money from their earnings make haste
to send it abroad and invest it where it
will pay taxes to another and not to this
country? Men who are self-appointed
candidates for election are very apt to
say anything that will catch votes; they
try to antagonize the poor man by telling
him the foreigner comes here poor and
soon becomes rich. If you are Influenced
unfavorably by such senseless prattle, a
moments reflection will lead you to see
that the social ed rich enemies are men
OF ability, enterprise and integrity, which
qualities enabled them to bring capital
into the country with which to work, but
in every instance such men have given
employment to great many Others, ..and
in some instances the employees have
done well, when the principals failed.
Your interests, the country's interests,
are best served when any and all who
come to our shores are pros
porous you do not want idlers. beach
combers, the driitwood and curse
of every country to come here, do
nothing, remain poor, exc out an exist
ence at the expense of others, as far too
many are doing to-day, and spend their
worse than wasted time in sowing seeds
of discomfort and strife. | am only one
of the many foreigners who have pros
pered in this country through hard work
and close application to business, and
through our prosperity the country has
prospered l do not indulge in bitter
feelings personally towards any one in
this kingdom, but so far as Mr.. Ashford +,
Bush, and Wilcox used their influence
to prevent the passage OF the treaty OF
free trade between this country and
America two years ago, just SO far they
are responsible to-day for the suffering
of those who have been thrown out of
employment and for the general depres-
sion that has cast dark shadow over
this country. To-day we are all in the
one ship OF state, the man at the helm
took his course from q Canadian passen-
ger, refusing to listen to the voice Of the
pilot, and so we have drifted on to a
shoai Our once staunch bark is leak
ing badly, and gradually keeling over.
II she goes onto her beam ends she will
be total loss to the present owners.
J The underwriters will sell her at public
auction, and if some enterprising
Yankee bids her in, she will no doubt
) be got up in time, but she will then sail
} under the American flag. Now, as the
} largest number OF our crew are Hawai-
!, ians and you do not want to give up the
} ship, take friendly suggestion from an
old sailor who is one of you, who has got
his all in your ship, and we will get her
: afoat again if we can, and my word for it,
boss, she'll carry the Hawaiian flag. Get
your kedge anchor out and drop it over
; near the Cliff house, run line OF free
trade from the port bow and make fast
} to the kedge if the line is little short
} at first, unbend some OF your running
gear and splice on. AS soon as we get
her into deep water you will haul in your
: slack, and there will be so much Oft that
YOU will have to build new warehouses
around the Custom House to hold it all.
Run your hawser for d cable over the
, stem and make fast at the most conven-
lent point on the west coast of America.
Now all hands light ship. There are
250,OOO tons of false sentiment; over
with it lads on the shore side. Some OF
you boys get a hand spike and force all
the starboard ports open, and let those
) piles of new constitutions slide into the
: mud there, from whence they came
thew help form q bulkhead. Nowtake
a big pile of those surplus road boards
J that are of no use and pitch them over
, they may come in handy for sheathing
up the bulkhead. That budget over
there marked Liberal Party" what do
| you say? Weighs nothing and contains
nothing but few bladders OF wind and
a constitution for new republic? Well,
over with it. We have no room on our