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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-20
CHINESE REFER TO FIGHT ON LAND.

CHINESE REFER TO FIGHT ON LAND
~ rronaon. Auf 20.-The Berlin cores ndent of
e Daily Nc~' had an interview yesterday with
c.n''h m.noer Of he Chinese Embassy at the German
a- The ficial said that the Chinese would
, 7" every way 10 avoid naval battles with the
srmrSinese Hehoped that the Chinese and japanese
In cao would ,etie the event Of the war In Corea.
n. se the decisive encounter should take place In
Si, E peninsula there would be little doubt Of Chinas
be- y. sy. he fought that military operations would
soun, n,'pshned p rom September until January on ac-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-20
M ATTACK WEI-HAl-WEI.
.xrsE REPAIRING FOR AN ASSAULT
ON HE FORTIFIED CITY.

7R RADrION HAS HELD THE PLACE IN
,cx,RI.E-APAN's SQUADRON IN THE
er1r OF Ir-CHI-LI-FEEIANG RUNNING
The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-03-13

power. Ii the present labor sys-
tenn is maintained, wages must re-
main as they are.
The only way in which the plan
tation industry Of this country can
be put upon a different basis is by
the adoption of a scheme similar
to that in partial use at Eva. The
cultivator must have direct in
terest in the product. If Chinese,
Japanese and Portuguese find it
profitable to take up holdings, raise
cane and sell it to the mill, we do
not see why industrious American
farmers cannot do the same thing.
This would not, perhaps, dispense
with the need of japanese, who
would still be employed, but it
would give Hawaii what it needs,
class of small farmers.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-03-13
WAGES OF FARM LABOR IN THE
UNITED STATES.

Those who are interested in the
vital question of encouraging i'm
migration from the United States
would do well to carefully study
the following tables of labor
wages, taken from report No. 4 of
the United States Department Of
Agriculture, published in 1892.
These figures show what the
chances are of immigration of far
mers from the United States to
these islands. Those who are dis
posed to fight the planting interest
should carefully consider the stu
alton of this interest if American
wages are paid here. 1t may be
seen that the average rate of wages
in California in 1892 was $3.50
per month. Farmers will not
leave that State and settle in these
islands unless the same or higher
wages are paid. 1t is useless to
expect it. Our political institutions
must be constructed with this fact
kept in mind. If there were free
trade in labor these islands would
be largely depopulated, inasmuch
as the labor market of California
would quickly take our laborers.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-03-13
MORAL EFFECT.

1t is an error to suppose that the
dangerous persons" act was
launched for moral effect only, or
that if passed no use would have
been made of it. AS a matter of
fact, its passage would have very
decided moral effect" and this eff
feet is something that judicious
legislator would be sure to count
on in advance. But the effect
would naturally fail if there were
not fixed intention on the part
of the lawmakers to reinforce
the moral" effect with something
more tangible whenever necessary
1t does not require very pro-
found knowledge of legislation to
inform one that all laws are passed
for their moral effect. 1t would be
absurd to imagine that the OBJECT
of a penal statute is to secure the
punishment of criminals. That is
mere incident, though a necessary
one, of its operation. The object
of all criminal laws is not the pun
ishment of criminals, but the pre-
vention Of crime. Laws which do
not accomplish so much fail by
Just so much of their end.
Discussion of the passage of the
dangerous persons act, however, is
at present somewhat premature, as
in pint of fact the act has not yet
heen passed at all. If it should be
eventually passed the Government
should charge itself with the duty
of usakiug the law feared and re-
,pected, as all laws should be.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-03-13

\ GENTLEMAN remarks that
nothing will come of the ADvER-
Users suggestion that some plant
er offer $50 a month for white
laborers, because the planters will
not give it and the white men will
not take it. No doubt there is a
great deal of force in this remark.
The white men, however, who claim
that they can work in the cane
fields under the tropical sun Of
Hawaii, and who say that they
would do so if properly paid, can
al least square" themselves by
making an offer to the planters,
and putting these in the wrong.
No one will claim that the planters
are bound TO pay dollar more for
stripping an acre Of cane than they
can get it done for. Mechanics,
tailors and shoemakers all get their
work done as cheaply as they can.
Competition forces Us all down TO
bottom figures. On the other hand,
all will admit that the planter
should give preference to the eau
casian, if the Caucasian will strip
cane at as low a figure as the Mon
golian. Bring the matter to a prac-
teal test, and settle it.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-03-13
KANGAROOS.
The Bishop Museum Receives a Lot
of Valuable Specimens.

The Bishop Museum has received
large number of additions to its
stock from Australia. Among them
are the skins of thirteen kangaroos
of eight different varieties, snakes,
and some other animals which bear
strange names. The things are
not all unpacked yet. These val
liable acquisitions are the fruit Of
Mr.. Brigham's late visit to the
South, being received from the
Sydney Museum in exchange for
various articles from Hawaii.
Mr.. Brigham complains of the
inadequate attention given the
Museum here in comparison with
those of Australia and New Zea-
land. Each colony has its own,
and it provides sufficient force of
scientific men to take charge. In
New South Wales, where the Mu-
scum is only about twice as large as
the one here, there are no less than
five men of scientific attainments,
besides the attendants. Another
thing which hampers the Museum,
according to Mr.. Brigham, is the
exorbitantly high price of alcohol.
A crab, which he wishes to bottle,
would have required $50 worth of
alcohol. Mr.. Brigham admits the
crab was large one.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-03-13
THE PARTY CONSOLIDATED.

We are pleased to be able to
inform our readers this morning
that the negotiations which have
been for some time in progress be-
tween the American League and
the Union Party have been brought
to a successful conclusion, result
ing in an amalgamation between
the radical and the conservative
elements. The organization will
be called hereafter the American
Union Party. The name means
not that the party is American-it
is not, it is Hawaiian-but that it is
the party of American Union. 1t is
in the field to stay until uRion with
America is q fact, and not a word.
The membership of the Central
Committee is increased by the ad
dition of eight members Of the
American League. A few changes,
of no great consequence, are made
in the platform.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-03-13
LET THERE BE PEACE.

Notwithstanding the severe
straining of the relations existing
between the Provisional Govern
ment and the American Minister,
we believe that harmony should be
restored as quickly as possible. If
the great American lion cannot
persuade the little Hawaiian lamb
to lie inside of him, why not let
him lie gently by his side ? We do
not advise Mr.. Dole and Mr.. Willis
to rush into each others arms with
such violence as to produce COM
bustion of their clothing. We sug-
gest no scenic reconciliation. There
are simple ways of shaking hands
across what came near being a
bloody chasm. Let both Of these
exalted persons put themselves in
the hands of their " friends" who
will delicately arrange the details
of a lasting peace between the two
scowling nations. The friends are
the "Cocoanut Club" of Hawaii.
Its mission on earth is one of peace
and reconciliation. 1t appeals to
no arms, but to a subtle fluid
which, if freely taken, disposes the
consumer to generous deeds and
kindly feeling to al, men. Gener-
ously taken by Mr.. Dole and Mr..
Willis, on the same spot and at
the same time, We have no doubt
that as the genial warmth of this
vegetable liquid courses through
tneir respective veins they will, to-
gether, pull the curtain over the
" solemn duty" the "beheading
programme" the attitude" in
quiry, the voluminous "specifca-
tions," and. side by side, stand be-
fore the multitude and sing a JOY
Gus song of peace and reconciliation
which our own poet, paid promptly
by the month, is now composing,
under such enthusiasm for the
good of the cause, that we have
chained him to the floor lest he be
carried away in completing the
chorus, which will be sung by the
choir Of the old Fort Street Church
with a volume which will reach
and reverberate in all the valleys
Of Oahu.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-03-13

some years to come. Given the
present heterogeneous elements,
however, and there is no need to
regret the presence of the Portu-
guese. They furnish incomparably
the most desirable laboring popula-
ton which has ever been in the
country. They are industrious and
prolific. The rising generation is
proving itself Il genuine product Of
the soil, skilled in English, know
ing hardly any other mother
tongue, and no mother country ex-
cept Hawaii.
The stamp of civilization has
been set upon this country by che
Anglo Saxon. 1t is he who has
given it new language, he who
has made its laws, its government,
its religion, its social ideas and
measures. The Anglo Saxon by
the force of intelligence and en-
ergy, has put his mark upon fla
waii, making it potentially an
American commonwealth, Homo
lulu subtropical American town.
In this atmosphere of American
life and ideas the Portuguese are
growing up, taking their tone and
opinions from their surroundings,
and furnishing the raw material
for good American citizens. We
firmly believe they will prove an
element of strength in the future
civilization of the country.
As to the purposes of the Gov
eminent in the matter, we do not
doubt that they are sincere, and
that everything will be done to
secure Portuguese. The attitude
of toe unemployed Portuguese,
however, is somewhat discourage
ing. 1t is anomalous, not to say
absurd, to send out of the country
for Portuguese when the unem-
ployed of the same race who are
already here, decline the work that
is offered. The prejudice exist
ing among the foreign popula-
ton against plantation work
is unfortunate, though not al
ways unfounded. 1t is one of
the great obstacles in the way of
raising the plantation standard.
Managers, however, can themselves
do much, and some of them have
done much, to increase the comfort
and attractiveness of plantation
life, and thus remove all justifica-
ton for any prejudice which may
exist against il.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-03-13
FARM WAGES WITHOUT BOARD.

The foregoing figures tell their
own story. The rate of wages paid
to white men in Hawaii would
naturally be regarded by the Cali
fornia rather than the Eastern
rate. The California rate is pro-
hibital. The sugar industry
here can only succeed under such
conditions as will permit success
full competition with other cane
producing countries, in all of which
the reward of labor is low. 1t
cannot be other than low here, IN
less some system is devised by
which high wages are combined
with exceptionally great productive
The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-03-13
TIE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

We publish on our first page,
three letters from three teachers of
Hawaiian schools, which deserve
the attention, not only of the
Board of Education, but of all
thoughtful men and women. 1t is
gratifying and encouraging to
know that there are teachers in
Hawaii SO filed with an intelli-
gent and serious conception of
their duties, as these three plainly
are.
The new Board of Education
has a very grave and a very diff
cult task before it. For two years
and more attention mas been
drawn in the public press to the
necessity of fundamental reforms
in the schools. Not only has there
been a crying need of better
methods, but of better men. The
character Of the persons to whom
the care of youth has been en-
trusted has sometimes been of the
most depraved sort. There are
undoubtedly many such teachers
still busily engaged in debasing
the youth. They should be weed
ed out with an unsparing hand.
The duty is not pleasant one but
it must be done.
Two qualities are required of the
present Board Of Education-intel.
ligence and courage. Few persons
doubt its possession of the first
quality. Upon its exercise of the
second will depend, in a large mea-
sure, the estimate formed of it by
the public. No doubt a radical
course on the part of the Board
will excite much friction, and will
raise up a host of enemies. These
are ills which must be borne. The
reorganization of the Board was
undertaken with the intention of
securing a reorganization of educa-
ton, and the efforts of the Board
should not slacken until that end
is secured.
We look forward with great con-
fidence to the work to be accom-
plished by the Board. 1t is armed
with clear knowledge of its duties,
is fortified with the experience of
intelligent teachers, and is well
aware of the expectations which
the public has formed.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-03-13
A WORD FOR THE PORTUGUESE.

A correspondent in this issue OBJ
jects, with reason, to an attack
which has lately been made upon
the Portuguese colony. 1t would
doubtless be a convenient thing.
politically, if the population of Ha-
waii were of one strong, unmixed
stock. The country would be rid
of a problem or two which promise
it goodly portion of vexation for
The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-03-13

THE views Of the Star upon
water-power are excellent in theory,
but they do not suggest any great
familiarity with the conditions
which prevail around Honolulu.
This city will never ne run by
water-power. Mr.. Thurston, how
ever, would be pleased at this
reviva! of his plans, for he always
had & certain "hankering" after
reservoirs and dams. Upon the
island of Hawaii, however, the case
is far different, and with the CO.
operation of the electric current We
may expect to see the splendid
streams of the Hilo district operate
Z railroad from Hilo bay to
Kohala. The enterprise only waits
upon settled times in order to pour
in its millions and quadruple the
population of Hawaii.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-03-13
4 COMMERCIAL PARALYSIS.

On the 1et OF February, there
was deposited in the banks of New
York city the sum of S547 ,594, 400
OF this sum S129,OOO,00O brought
no interest whatever. Money on
call " loan brought at the rate OF
only one per cent. per annum. These
facts indicate the paralysis into
which trade has fallen. Money
borrowed on "call" is subject to
the sudden and immediate cancel
lation of the loan by the lender,
and therefore, the borrower refuses
to pay as light rates Of interest as
he would otherwise pay. Cheap
money" at the great commercial
centres, always indicates dull
times. The majority Of people do
not understand this, and are badly
deceived by the phrase. When
money is, in this sense, the cheapest
that is, when the rate of interest is
the lowest, it is, then, the most diff
cult to borrow it, for the reason
that lenders will not loan, excep-
ting upon the very best, the " gilt
edged" securities. The majority
of commercial and speculative
transactions are carried on upon
personal credit. After the occur
ance of a panic, distrust prevails,
owing to the failures of business
enterprises, and those who have
money hold it tightly, and refuse
TO loan excepting on the few and
best securities. Even those who
are able to furnish such security
do not borrow, because they could
not use the money in any profitable
manner, owing to the general re-
fusal of all classes to venture into
any new schemes or enterprises.
The rate of interest rose in the
large cities, last August. to fifty
per cent. per year. 1t has now fdi-
len to four, and even one per cent.
These violent fluctuations indicate
the feverish methods of conducting
business in modern times. After
these periods of distrust, and over
speculation pass away. money
comes again gradually into demand,
and the rate of interest rises. The
rate of interest, however, for abso-
lutely safe investments is generally
in the large prosperous
and will continue to DO
The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-03-13

Now that public interest is CEN
tered upon matters educational,
We deem it an appropriate occa-
sion to present our readers with
the text of very valuable paper
by Mr.. Townsend, upon Pestalozzi,
the greatest of all educators. Half
of this article appears this morn
ing. and the conclusion viii follow
tomorrow.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-03-13

The attention of the ADVERTISER
has been drawn to the fact that no
one deserves more honorable re-
membrance in connection with the
Honolulu Library than the late
George Lucas, who began the
movement, and headed the SUBJ
seription list with q generous dona-
ton.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-03-13

THE cumulative vote is not an
untried experiment. 1t is an es-
tablshed success in more States
than one, and is universally recog-
nized as an innovation in the d.
rection of Just representation.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-03-13
;3()7
March IL, 1894.

Every smoker knows that
when certain brands of tobac-
co, cigars or cigarettes are
first introduced to the public
their quality is superior. The
finest leaf is selected and un-
usual attention is devoted to
the treatment and manufac-
ture. Being a superior arti-
Gle for the money than the
consumer has been accustom-
ed to smoking the sale reaches
enormous figures. In six
months the article becomes
known by the name rather
than for its quality, because
once the demand is created
the manufactures looks out for
"a way to recoup himself for
the expense of introduction by
advertising and the extraor-
binary quality of material
used. Usually drugs are re-
sorted to because of their
rheapness and seductive quail
ties and the consumer seldom
notices the difference until his
health begins to fail. So much
for tobacco.
There are other articles that
meet with the same sort of
treatment, but who would
suspect that axle grease was
one of them? One brand has
been on the market so many
years that it is sold entirely
by the name, quality has moth
ing to do with it; we sell it
and every other dealer does,
because some people want it,
but we have a better article
for less money in Monogram"
Axle Grease, for which we are
sole agents for the Islands. A
drayman whose wagons carry
tons and tons of freight during
a year has been using it for
the past three months pro-
nounces it superior to any
thing he has ever tried and our
arrangements with the manu-
facturers are such that they
are obliged to keep the article
up to its present standard.
We have it in large sized
buckets which sell at S1.75
each or in small wood boxes
sold singly or in cases. This
grease has been tried side by
side with other makes and
proven better in every respect.
We would be glad to have
your order for a box, a bucket
or case.
The HAWAIIAN HARDWARE Co..
The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-03-13

GARFIELD and Abraham Lincoln
would never have suffered political
suppression for the lack of a hun
bred dollars.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-03-13

Three days is very short time in
which to cure bad case of
rheumatism but it can be done, if
the proper treatment is adopted, as
will be seen by the following from
james Lambert, of New Brunswick,
Ills: Il was badly afflicted with
rheumatism 10 the hips and legs,
when l bought bottle of Chamber
lain's Pain Balm. 1t cured me in
three days. L am all right to day;
and would insist on every one who
is afflicted with that terrible disease
to use Chamberlain's Pain Balm and
get we'll at once" so cent bottles for
sale by all dealers. BENSON, SMITH &
Co, Agents for II. l.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-03-13
THE HONOLULU LIBRARY.

sketch of the origin and growth of
one of the most meritorious enter
prises ever undertaken in Homo
lulu. The beginnings of the Homo
lulu Library and Reading Room
were very humble, unpromising
even, and it is much that the fifteen
wears of its existence have wit
messed the acquisition of 10000
volumes, and the erection of a sub
stantial and appropriate building
to contain them. After all, how
ever, little more than a beginning
has been made. and the Library
needs a much larger endowment
fund and a much larger income
to properly satisfy the needs to
which it has relation. 1t has
building, but no endowment worth
mention, and the income from its
pitifully small subscription list is
practically entirely absorbed in
paying the running expenses of the
institution, though these are cut
down to the narrowest possible
figure.
The needs of the Library, COM
prehensively stated, are two-more
room and more books. The shelf
room is, at present, practically ex-
hausted, though a considerable
addition to it can probably be made
without enlarging the building it
self, and this should be done before
mourning any further expense for
building. The need of new books
is very great. At least $4,000
should be spent at once, not in the
purchase of the ephemer9 of litera-
ture. which are read today and
burned tomorrow, but in filling the
most conspicuous blanks in the
of history, science and
and in the classics of
English ard foreign literatures.
The judicious expenditure of the
sum indicated would add enor-
to the intrinsic value of the |
library, and would greatly raise it
in the public esteem.
The yearly sum now at the dis
posal IF the book committee is |
ridiculously low, SO that accretions
to the stock have to come largely |
by way of gift. Even this trifing |
sum is not devoted by the commit
tee to remedying the permanent |
defects, but is expended almost |
in the purchase of new !
publications, some of which have |
great value and some of which |
have none. While we cannot en-
dorse this procedure of the COM
mittee, it can plead for itself a very |
powerful excuse. The library is
dependent for support upon its pa
irons, and the majority are very |
much like the Athenians-always |
after some new thing. |
Their favor is conditioned upon a
constant supply of the latest novel
ty in travel or poetry or fiction, and
they insist upon novelty rather
than excellence. Now, few books |
last. The majority are as the good |
natured critic ambiguously des-
cribed them. They contain a
great many new and a great many |
true things. "But the true things
are not new, and the new things |
are not true" The result is that, |
to please "the general" the library |
is adding every year an array of
books which deserve nothing better
than In he thunbad ont of eyist
ence.
How is this difficulty to be met?
Plainly, only by making the library
independent of those who value it
merely as purveyor of cheap fc- !
ton. Either it must be literally |
endowed or its subscription list |
must be increased three or four /;
fold.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-03-13

Ex-Captain of Police Max
Schlemmer is again in town. He
has been on Kauai for some time.
He expects to remain in town in
definitely.