The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-05-25
hawaiian Hardware COLD
NAY e. 1884,

Nav %, 1884,
Complaints against the Blu
reau of Information, if the
newspapers are to be relied up
on, are piling up thick and fast.
The trouble seems to be that peo-
pile interested in organizing it are
inclined to devote their time toI
their legitimate business rather
than to side issues and neither
the government or the mer-
chants see direct returns sufh-
Gent to warrant an organization
that would require Salarled
clerks to transact the business.
The Bureau has been like good
many monument associations; in
the beginning every one signifled
his willingness to dig up but
time kills the desire. And this
reminds us of the contestant of a
certain will. She used to tell her
friends "if the good Lord only
help her in getting a verdict in
her favor she would contribute
literally to all sorts of charities.
After a time she won her suit
and got the money and lady men,
bers OF organized charities called
upon her for subscription only
/ to be meet with refusal. One of
/ them had the temerity to remind
her of her promises when the suit
was in court. That's true
enough" she replied, "but when
the good Lord gave me the
money he took from me all de-
sire to part with it,"
There is some remedy for get
ting the bureau out of its como
tose state; and if there is not why
not turn the business over to the
tourist paper published here and
let the proprietors OF it hustle
for a boom. Every legitimate
effort to bring tourists here has
its return in some form. Adver.
Using will do the business all
right, but it cannot be done for
nothing; if the Paradise of the
Pacific is to be the organ OF the
Bureau of Information, perhaps
its editor may be persuaded tC
make things hum-for con
side alton.
While it may be difficult ion
the average business man to see
direct returns from tourist travel
it comes nevertheless. One
, particular line may get most OF
the coin, in the beginning, but
) the owner of that line keeps it il
circulation; the haCkmen get theil
portion and through them the
feed men get theirs ahd SO or
until finally no person has enough
left to open jack pot. From
tourists themselves the hardware
people get nothing, but they get
it from others. We know Of one
particular instance where a mar
made enough money out OF
tourists to paint his house with
Hendry's Ready Mixed Paints
He expects to make enough out
of the next lot to build a new
, house, so the lumber dealers will
get their share.
The dry weather keeps on and
people who have no AermOtoI
to help them out are going &c
suffer for the want Of water. A
small sum OF money spent in one
of these wheels will come back
to the purchaser by way of in
creased crops, three times over
the first season 1t is in use, We
have them in different sizes from
: the Shoot pumping to the Io-foot
e geared or pumping-the 8-foot
. being used tor stock or where
irrigation is not carried on to any
considerable extent
The dealings in material fol
building the Jones Locked fence
. is large with indications pointing
skyward. Its no wonder! Here
a man who builds a fence on tn,
old style and pays fifty dollars
mile more than his neighbor
who builds Jones Locked. Hi
first impulse is to hire a small DO,
to kick him. We've met lots o
such people since we have beer
selling fencing, but the mumbe
is decreasing. 1t is hard worl
to convince some people that ;
new thing is better than some
: thing old. Not SO with this tenc
ing a great many people buy i
upon our representation, Will,
others do the VeM Viaf business
and leave the Vici to the fence
Eight cents for a stay and five
washers that takes the place of ;
post that costs seventeen cents