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The advocate., 1894-06-27


least billion dollars would be paid in
currency issued for that purpose. Per-
sonally l am opposed to any bonds; but
if the remaining 4 billion dollars drew
interest at 2 per cent, the interest
charge would be only so million dol
lars, against 226 million dollars paid
now by the roads, which would save
lag million dollars yearly in interest,
which, added to the above, would
make the total savings by the people
$40 millions of dollars per year at once.
But it is said by objectors that the
employment of so many persons would
perpetuate party in power. This idea
is carefully fostered and put forward
by mOnOpolists, who, at every age Of
the world, are ready to oppose great
reforms by special pleading, and by ap-
peals to false fears natural to the con-
serVatism Of mankind. Forty years
ago, millions of our people, the vast
majority of the nation, admitted the
intolerable evils of African slavery,
and were willing to abolish it, but they
were held back because they were made
to believe it could not be done without
anarchy and massacre. They feared
that the emancipated slaves would
rise en- mGSSe, attempt to exterminate
their former masters, and deluge the
South with bloodshed. This argument
was put forth by able men, as well as
by party expediency, and the vast ma
jority honestly believed it, just as
many now believe that One-twentieth Of
the people, if employed by the govern
ment, would perpetuate a party in
power, against the will of the nine
teen-tWentieths who were not in public
service. Well, the war came; the
slaves were emancipated. None Of the
fears of alarmists were realized. No
slave attempted any insurrection.
Then those men who had so feared
said to themselves: Why, l might
have seen there was no such danger.
One might see that millions of crea-
lures, desirous Of freedom, would not
rise up and become murderers because
their condition was improved, and l
might have seen that 4 millions Of
negroes could not hope to exterminate
six times as many whites, and, there
fore, they would make no attempt OF
the kind. None of the evils which
monopolies point out ever happen.
Gold men of Wall street have cried out
for years that even limited silver coin
age would ruin the country, but it has
not done so. But there are many other
complete answers to this objection
about perpetuating party power. The
ownership of railroads by the people
would, instead of perpetuating the
power of any party, be a cause for the
defeat of any unfaithful party, much
sooner than now. The reason why
government officials sppear to have un-
due activity in politics is because they
are the only persons outside of monop-
olies, who always feel their interests
directly connected with the administra-
ton. This is so because the mass of
the people find that the government
does not perform any function in any
branch of industry. But the moment
the whole telegrsphic and transporta-
tinn business passes to public direction
The advocate., 1894-06-27

Total capitalization. ........ lOS98, ,781, ,l2O
The total revenues for the year
were. ..,............s.ss......S 1199,J22,O0S
Expenditures reported. ............. 1147,781 1893
Which were made up as follows:
INTEREST 230,1y96o2
Rents and interest paid. 59,129,92l
miscellaneous s..................... 35174y ySS3
lPretended) operating expenses. 714,S7Sy8S8
Dividends. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 82y3OS,516
Total l...........,............. 1147,78l 1893
Excess of total revenue over pay
ments was $51 1896, $3.50, which if added
to the $82,3OS,616 above mentioned,
and also paid in dividends, would have
made total yearly dividend on this
watered capital stock apparently less
than per cent. So if all the railroads
were under one management they
could by their books compel the courts
to prevent any reduction of present
charges. When we remember that they
can increase bonds and stock almost
at pleasure, it is easily seen that they
can defy any attempt at honest regu-
lation.
The total honest value of these rail
ways is very little, if any, over billion
dollars. But as these bonds and this
stock are held by what the law calls
third parties, the court adopts the rule
that it cannot disturb vested rights,
therefore it viii give interest and di-
Vidends on watered stock.
The tendency to consolidation is so
great that in short time all our rail-
ways will be in very few and finally in
one company. Imagine the political
despotism of such a syndicatel AT
present, although there are on paper
over 1900 companies, yet forty-one
companies operate 1882 miles, and
seVenty-four companies receive 30 per
cent. of the amount paid for railway
service. G. P. Huntington has an
nounced his desire to see all railroads in
the United States under one syndicate
thus they could more easily escape
every attempt at control; and to evade
the last vestige of any law which can
affect them they will soon be under
one management.
A portion of what can be saved an
nually by government ownership is
stated in the Arena by Mr.. Davis, a
practical railroad man, as follows:
Savings from consultations of de.
pots and STATS. ffs..................,.S 5 20000OO0
Savings from exclusive use Of short
est routes. ..,..............,....... 100000
legal expenses .....:;.....::........ 100000
Savings from sbrogration Of the pass
sion system ........,............... 100000
priced offCers and staffs. 80. 100000
Savings by disbanding traffic asso-
ClAklOnS.. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 4,OOO,OOO
dents, etc. ..t,s........,.....t.'... 100000
Oficers and solicitors, esc. 80. 100000
ing sccounts.. ....................... 800. - 100000
Total. .sl600OOOOO
In addition to this there would be
saved:
The annual political corruption
fund .........!e................i....s U 100000
Secret rebates to directors, etc, who
nationS. ......,... 100000
All dividends and surplus. ........... 1SOOOOOO
Total. S214 900
Add Mr.. Davis figures, s,.,.,,.....,...1 160OOO.OO0
Total, .Sg74O 100000
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to abolish slavery. There every dollar
was outgo. No basis was laid for fu-
ture income. But we can obtain all
the railroads for less than that sum,
and in addition save the people over
q billion Of dollars per year at once, in
tolls, and more and more in the future,
and at the same time substantially end
a source of corruption which will sub
vert the republic if permitted to con-
tinue.
Let us examine figures:
The railways had on January l, 1891,
in the United States, 163, ,42O miles of
road, capitalized as follows:
Capital stock. 464O,2S 57S
Funded debt. ....................... 51O5,9O2,O25
Unfunded debt. 376,A94297
Current debt. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 71,145.22O
Total capitalization. ..... slO,S98, ,7S1, ,l2O
The total revenues for the year
were. ..................S 1,199,722O58
Expenditures reported....:. .;..... 1,147,7S1y yS9O
Which were made up as follows:
interest .............,.........$ ,6S2
Rents and interest paid. ........... 5912992l
Miscellaneous s...................... 35,174ySS3
lPretended) operating expenses. 714,S7S8SS
Dividends. Observation-Disclosures. S2,3OS516
IoCal OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1,147,7Sl ,S9S
Excess Of tntal raVanun over nav
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-03-30

REPORTS are conflicting about
the success of the Midwinter fair,
but it is admitted on all sides that,
if the results have fallen short of
what the projectors looked for, it is
because of the weather and not of
the show. The glorious climate
OF California" is always at its
worst in San Francisco and this
year it has made its metropolitan
appearance under exceptionally
cold and moist conditions. There
is hope however that the next
three months will see SUMMER
skies and larger receipts at the
fair gate,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-03-30
How he Got out of a Crow d.

In a very crowded meeting, where
the audience could scarcely breathe,
a man exclaimed:
81 want to put question to Mr..
Binks" (the candidate).
well, sir" replied he; 81 am
here to answer all questions"
Then, what did Mr.. Gladstone
say in 1902"
That is an absurd question, he
said SO many things"
Never mind; what did he say
in 1902" Here there was great
disapprobation," and tumultuous
cries or Turn him out!"
II again repeat" exclaimed the
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-03-30
TWIN BEDsTEADs.
A Substitute for the Double Bed which
Is Unhygienic.


Is Unhygienic.
Fashion has given its sanction to
the use of the single bed, and large
numbers of the so-called "twin bed
steads" are now in the market,
many of them made of costly
woods, rich with carving. They
are so designed that when placed
side by side the effect is that of one
wide bedstead, whereas a separate
spring-mattress and bed clothing
are provided for each one.
1t is well known that the double
bed is unhygienic, and medical
journals have been condemning it
for some time past, one writer
claiming that injury to one or the
other of two people sleeping in this
way is sure to result in time. Par
ticularly is this true with regard to
the young and the aged; but by
use of the twin bed they may occu-
Ply the same room and sleep side by
side without harm to either.
There is no class, perhaps, who
need the refreshment and rest
which comes of occupying a bed
alone so much as household
servants, and they are the people
of all others who are condemned
to the very poorest sleeping ac-
commodations.
In city houses this is notably the
case, and in one home known to
the writer the five servants are all
obliged to sleep in one large room
in the basement. In every other
respect much kindness is shown
them, but in order that the family
may be lodged l1xuriously they
must suffer. By the use of single
beds the members Of a family who
now occupy separate rooms might
be made very comfortable in one,
thus providing an extra room to be
given up to the servants.
1t is far wiser and filter to show
consideration in this way to those
who serve us than to be constantly
making presents of money and cast
off clothing-a practice which
never fails to have a demoralizing
effect.
Two iron bedsteads, painted
white, each three feet wide, placed
side by side, look we'll if dressed
with a spread of pretty light-colored
chintz and rotind bolster covered
to match. This is the neatest and
most tasteful way of arranging a
bed in the daytime, and seems to
be coming into very general use.
The old-time valance has also been
revived, and this, if used, should
be of the same chintz as the
covering, or all in white if the bed
is so draped. 1t is particularly
suited to the iron bedstead Just
mentioned and may easily be
fastened about it, but it must be
daintily fresh and free from rust,
otherwise its revival would prove
a disadvantage. Picturesqueness
should always be a secondary feat
ure in bedroom. -Harper'S
Basar.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-03-30

THE ReaHe EnyelQpediqHe of
Paris, in the issue of December
18th, last, contains the statement
that a ble6iScite has been held on
these Islands which resulted in the
defeat of the annexation measure
by vote Of 40, 900 to 1000. 1t is
evident from this that either the
ReUne exchanges with the HOlOmHa
or has been in correspondence with
Nordhof.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-03-30

3d. b enacted boy the Executive and
Advisory Councils of The Provisional
Government ol the Hawaiian tslandsi
Section Section 20 Of an Act en-.
titled "An Act Relating To- Internal
Taxes" approved December 2. 1892. IL
hereby amended by adding at the end
" said section ihe following words:
Provided however, that the Deputy
Assessor fur ihp District of Kona, Island
Of Oahu aha'i receive for his services
such salary rs shall from time to time
b appropriated, IN lieu Of commissions
upon the taxes collected in said District
Of Kona."
Section 2. This Act shall take effect
on the first day of July, A. D., 1894.
Approved this Goth day Of March.
| A. ID. 1894.
(Signed) SANFORD b. DOLE.
President of the Provisional Govern
ment of the Hawaiian Islands.
(Sigued) J. A. KING,
Minister of the Interior
! aa.lt
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-03-30
IN JAIL FOR POVERTY

There was something pathetic in |
the sight, yesterday, Of two Ha- |
waiians being sentenced to hard
labor in Oahu prison for the non
payment Of taxes. The cases, as
they were set down in the judges
docket. read as follows:
S. Uni Taxes, $3.50. Defendant
admits non-payment of taxes Says he
has no money. Defendant sentenced 10
IMPRISONMENT at hard labor till said
amount and costs 50 are discharged at
the rate of 30 cents per day.
Kaaihue. Taxes, $3.50. Defendant
admits non payment. Sentenced to i'm
pri.onment at hard labor till said amount
and costs lS2) are discharged at the rate
of 80 cents per day.
Neither of these men denied the
right of the Provisional Govern
ment to tax them and are there
fore exempt from blame and pun
ishment under that head. Their
cases are simply those Of poverty
and they are punished, not for
their crimes but for their misfor-
tunes. The same methods were
once employed in America, but
public opinion, acting through
State legislatures, stamped them
out, and now, i'll most States, the
man who has nothing is not on the
tax roll; and the man who owns
taxable property is, in final default
of payment, levied upon, but not
deprived of his personal liberty,
The opportunity is also given for
men to work out their taxes on
the roads; and while the STAR is
not conversant with the results of
the experiments once made i'll the
same direction here, it is 10th to
believe that a provision Of this sort,
which works well elsewhere, could
not be made effective in Hawaii
At any rate it looks badly to see
poor men jailed because they can
not, however much they may de
sire to, meet the exactions of the
taxgatherer Morally speaking
the man who can, but won't, may
be fit subject for the jailor, but
not the man that would, but can't.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-03-30

H.H. ... HHH Jd Nf
......I.
I.u ha uHs ..f.i Hi with
UM.uU, showed from ONE to Doe
other 0ut of the h1r a friend ac
c0mwn.d him and loaded him
with rerf.ochcs
"Whv jack whatever has COME
o. yUu' You're q good radical amt
YOU
Yes ! am q good enough mdi
cal
And you have no objection TO
Biuks, non yet 60 Gladstone
so. not as | know of.
Then. why did YOU make such
a fool OF yourself by repeating that
idiouc question
Because / wanted little fresh
air. and didn't know how else to
get ont of the place. ~ English ia
PR.
Dcspis, Not the Day Of small Things.
There was once a tiny grain OF
sand that had lain quietly for years
on the tar-and-gravel roof of a big
building.
Once a brisk breeze came along
and said to the grain Of sand
why don't you go out into the
great world and get acquainted with
the people, Nobody ever hears OF
you here. Come along aud let us
have a good time.
But the tiny grain of sand shrunk
back and said
4 II am such a little thing l should
get lost. l would stay here.
Your modesty does you credit, -
rejoined the brisk breeze but
modesty does not pay in this age
of the world. Come alongW
1t was so urgent about it that the
little grain Of sand got up and went
along with it.
Il And the brisk breeze carried il
b. gleefully over the cornice and down
the street and around the corner
and into the eye of dignified citi
zen who was climbing into his car
riage.
r And the digni6ed citizen tool
= out his handkerchief and rubbed hi
o eye hard, and the terrified littl,
grain of sand crept up between tn,
lid and the eyeball until it found ;
b spot it could crawl into and put
II itself right there.
q And all the rest of that day tn,
o dignified citizen rubbed his eye anC
groaned, and he lay awake all nigh
, and groaned, and the next day ht
It went to an oculist
It And the oculist hunted all owe
p, his eye and scraped it, and sail i
= was a serious case, and scraped i
some more, and hunted all over tn,
Il eye again, and at last he found tn,
5 little grain of sand in its snu.
# hiding place and pried it out, anc
g charged the dignified citizen $25.
= And the dignifed citizen tool
the tiny grain of sand home will
, him and glued it to piece of whit,
d cardboard and out it in a gilt franz
and hung it upon the wall of hi
e library, and he goes in there ever,
day and looks at the tiny grain c
sand and swears at it.
: Never think you are of no con
c sequence, dear children, becaus,
g you happen to be little.-CHitag
:, ZribHRe.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-03-30

THE fact that the natives are to
hold meetings to consider what
they shall do in regard to voting
at the Constitutional poll, would
seem to imply that they do not take
their orders from the small junta
which controls the Patriotic League.
That body notified them several
days ago to stay away from the
ballot, and it follows that if they
recognized its right to direct their
suffrages they would not be talking
about conferences on the subject
now. Political unrest is quite i'll
evidence among the intelligent Ha
waiians, and they seem to have
tired of clinging to a lost cause and
to have become DESTROYS of having
something to do with the develop
ment of the new era.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-03-30
WAlLUKU HOTEL,

furnish Carriages, Saddle Horses and Hotel
Fare to tourists who may wish to visit the
grandest sight and largest crater known
in the wOrld-CRATER HALEAKALA, or
House of the Sun. 1t being thirty miles
in circumference, two thousand feet deep,
ten thousand feet above the sea, and of
easy access, for the low price of S33 each,
which includes carriage fare from either
steamer Maalaea Bay or Kahului Bay and
Crater and Hotel fare, all of which is not to
exceed four days time.
p. S.-Any tourists who may wish to visit
picturesque lao Valley, the Yosemite of the
Islands, will be furnished with saddle horses
at the most reasonable prices.
w. GOODNESS.
276-ly
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-03-30
NOTICE RELATING TO VACCINATION.

The attention of Parents, Guardians
and Teachers is respectfully called to
Chapter LXNIT of the Laws of 1892. but
more particularly to the following sec
ton of said Act, viz;
Section ?. No child shall be adj
mitted to any private or public school
without producing certificate of vac
cination, or showing marks of success
full vaccination.
"The principal or teacher of any pub
lie or private school who shall admit to
such school any child without such
certificate or marks, shall be liable to a
fine of five dollars
BY order of the Board of Health.
WILLIAM O. SMITH,
President Board of Health.
Honolulu, March 20, 1894. 309-6t.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-03-30
~ AUTHORITY.


An Act no hNEEb sECtioN 30 or
An ACi tNritLtp AEACr RELAr
INC ru tNrFRNAL rhNts." Az.
PROVED DtCEMHER D. is,i
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-03-30
l. o. o. r.

HtNWuNY IOngE $50. 81. .MEF1e
m iiafmHnl Han. Ways Work Kihe sircci.
rlsft Monday. Hfl lrU visiting Hoiheft
1fe cordially invited toafpnd
AtnENu fJCA4. O.. o. UtHHiCk.
NuhIr Umud. Secretary.
De- N.F
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-03-30
Firc Proc Ga g
Burglar 1fooi safes
Steel Vaults, etc.


Having obtained certain con.
U.saipns from The
uotrne Hau Nar,iu co..
am now able toluotc Haurc
ON OH CLASSES Of SafD on Vault
work. at bottom prices Fot iu-
stance 10 will buy safe winch
Is thoroughly fire proof and
designed especially Tor use of
Lawyers Cashiers
ilOrtufs Post Masters
Dentists Milliounires
Lodges Saloons
small Merchants Farmers
and particularly FOR
Family usc,
for the protection of papers. sill
yer ware and other valuahles. 4
Safe expressly made for the
wants of the many, at a price
within the means of all.
Dimensions Of safe luutsidp) 90 inches
high, 10 inches wide and II inches deep.
Body and front of safe pa inches thick
filled with concrete lireproof material.
Door has three ilanges, fitted up with
patent combination locks Angle iron
front and back, bent round and welded
solid at all corners. The body plate is
continuous. Has as teel case box, one
drawer, pigeon holes, and place for
books extending the full height of the
safe. The safe is substantial, well built,
handsomely finished and an ornament
and useful piece furniture for any office
Let Me Quote You Figures on
other Safes.
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Jiaych rs, 1884,

Horch rs, 1884,
Some people are welded to old |
ways, others grasp new ones, we
are in the PROSECUTING business when
it comes to labor saving articles for
Plantation use. Thus far we have
had no trouble winning people over
to our side of the Jones Locked .
Fence. The following letters need |
no particular comment;
THE HAWAIIAN HARDWARE Co,
HONOLULU.
DEAR SIRs:--
/ beg herewith to add my name
to your list of testimonials i'll praise
of your HENDRY BREAKER.
During an experience of 10 years
in the cultivation of cane on these
Islands l can truthfully say, that
yours is the only pillow that l have
seen that will turn a furrow COM
pletely over, under any conditions.
Another point wherein it OK
GELS is, the shape of the mould
board is such that the pillow
will clean itself, not continually,
but say every 200 or 300 feet,
which obviates the necessity of
stopping the team; this makes a
very favorable showing in the
course OF a days work.
remain yours truly,
Z. E. CoNANT.
Mr. Conant tells in his letter
where time and money are saved
by using the Hendry Breaker.
The same may be said OF the
Hendry Double Mould Board
Plow; they are built on the la
bor-saving principle, and that
means money saving.
KAPAPALA RANCH, Kau,
Hawaii, March, 10, 1894.
E. r. HENDRY, Esq.
Manager Hawaiian Hardware
Co.,
Honolulu.
Dear Sir,
| have just completed some
three miles of the clones Lock
Fence" and must say that | am
very much pleased with it; in
fact, it is the fence for a ranch. |
had about a mile to construct
over "Pahoehoe," where it was
nearly impossible to get a post
down, and found in this case
especially the "Jones Fence"
was great saving of labor.
There are places in this fence
where the posts are at least Is
feet apart, and the space be-
tween filled with stays. There
is no sag to it, and it is as springy
as a wire mattress. | am con-
fdent that it will turn any ordi-
nary stock. / have some two
and a half miles more to con-
struct over a country where wild
cattle are very plentiful, and as
soon as it has undergone the best
there, will write you further.
If it will turn the stock on this
part OF the land, and | feel con-
hdent it will, you can rest as
sured that 1t will turn most any,
thing, except lava flow.
Very truly yours,
]. MONSARRAT.
We think this should convince
every user of wire fencing that
the Jones Locked Fence is the
best in the world.
The stays cost six dollars a
hundred the washers fifteen
cents a pound, or four dollars
and twenty cents per thousand.
THE HAWAIIAN HARD
WARE CO.,
3o7, Fort Street.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-03-30

AS our Piano Tuner and Repairer has
now arrived, we are prepared to take
orders for work, which will be executed
in the very best manner possible, as
without question we have secured lin
the person of Mr.. G. II. Harrison) the
most skillful and finished artist in
his trade who has ever visited the
Islands.
GY All work guaranteed. Tele-
phone us your orders at once. 81
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{, 81. WEIR & co., LTD
Queen ST, Honolulu, u, h.

llaWaiian Agricultural Co., Ongmea
Sugat Co.. iiouomu sugar TO. Wat
luku Sugar Co. Naihre Sugar Go.
Makee sugar Co. llaleakala karch
Co. Kapapala Ranch.
Planters Line San Francisco Packets.
Chas. Brewer a Co.'s Line uf Boston
Packets
Agents Boston Board Of Underwriters.
Agents Philadelphia Board Of Under
writers.
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