The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-12-13
December ~, 1894.


abroad caused by the
reports which reach
the foreign press through the
medium of correspondents benc-
hicial to the country? In the
mercantile community such re-
ports, whether true or false, cause
unrest. Among the thousands of
people who are seeking new To-
CaitieS in which to settle and to
whom Hawaii offers untold ad
vantages they act the same as a
quarantine flag in an infected
community. No merchant cares
to send his goods into place
where he believes business is
constantly interiered with by
political revolutions. The farm
er does not want to build house
in a country of which he hears
nothing but Conspiracles, revolu-
tons and volcanic eruptions.
This country has been we'll adj
vertised as to its geographical
position, but in the interest of
immigration it needs to be on
entirely different lines.
Through the things enllme-
rated and with the addition OF
religious dlssentions which are
now being unwisely ventilated
in the columns of the press, the
world is scraping acquaintance
with Hawaii, but is it well ?
Does any one immagine that the
commercial interests in the Cen
trail American States have been
benefited by the revolutionary
efforts of the Ezetas, the Glen
fuegos' and others OF their bands.
Mexico is today fifty years be-
hind the times due largely to the
constant aggitation since the
death of Maximilian. Capital
wanted to go across the Rio
G.a1de, but capital is timid,
Hawai- suffers today from the
5; me apparent cause; thousands,
pc ,hapS millions of idle capital
is in the United States waiting
to be invested-if it was toe
timid to cross the Mexican Dor.
der it is too timld to cross the
Pacific to Hawaii. If there is tC
De a revolution and the events in
which are to be written in blood
let it come and have it over
with and settled forever and
aye, this constant Kissing in
the pot without its coming to
the boiling point is monotonous
and detrimental to the business
interests OF the country. But in
the the interests Of peace and fol
the benefit of humanity and tC
prevent a ruthless waste of BLOOD
it would be better-and nine
tenths of the business people vii
agree with us, to let the differ
enCes be settled by the ballot
rather than the bullet.
Those Dietz Oil Stoves are
great. One of them in home
will prove as good an invest
ment as anything that may be
tried. They burn very little oil
no bad oder disCernable; and nc
heat. We have them with all
the fixtures and sell them cheap
enough to warrant your buying
one. In a elm ate like ours you
do not want any artificial heat in
your rooms. You get it with an
iron stove; you avoid it with a
Dietz.s,
We have an assortment OF
Hanging Lamps suitable for
Christmas gifts. The styles are
different from anything we have
ever had and we believe they
will be appreciated. They have
Rochester burners; decorated
domes and founts and the brass
work stamped in handsome pat.
terms.
Onyx tables never go out OF
style; shapes may change a bit
out the onyx is always iashion
able. We have half dozen very
pretty ones; some of them really
elegant. You can't get them fol
a dollar, but you get full value
when you pay the price. Some
of the tops show the odd pranks
OF nature in shaping the veins
and in variation of colorS.
If you want to give a Christ
mas gift in silver let it be an
article on which your friend may
realize if there should be a
squeeze. Solid ware always has
It's value as bullion while plated
goods have not. Solid spoons are
more serviCable, they will last
for ever, while with plated
spoons time will remove the
maske and show the low grade
metal underneath. We have
both kinds, the best in either.
We think our styles as good as
are made.