The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-05-31
Iag3lal Hardware Cn,L'd
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Complaints against the Blu |
rcau of Information, if the /
newspape $ are TO be relied up !
on, are pi0ing up thick and fast
The trouble seems to be that pCo.
pie interested in organizing it are |
inclined to devote their time tot
their legitimate business rather |
than to side issues and neither
the government or the mer-
chants see direct returns suth-
Gent to warrant an organization
that would require salaried
clerks to transact the business,
The Bureau has been like a good
many monument associations; in
the beginning every one signihcd
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 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 a refusal. One of
them had the temeritv 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 mas
its return in some form. AdNer-
Using will do the business all
right, bul it cannot be done for
nothing; if the Paradise of the
Pacific is to be the organ of The
Bureau c Information, perhaps
its editor may be persuaded to
make things hum-for con-
sideratlOI.
While it may be difficult Tor
the aver; &c business man to see
/ direct ret nus from tourist tra"el,
it come, nevertheless. One
particular line may get most OF
the coin, in the beginning, but
the owner Cf that line keeps it in
circulaticn;the hackmen gettheir
portion and through them the
feed men get theirs aid so on
until finally 40 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
I particular instance where a man
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 VINO have no Aermotor
to help them out are going to
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 it is in use, We
have them in different sizes from
the S-foot pumping to the Io-loot
geared or pumplng-the S-toot
f 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 the
= old style and pays fifty dollars ;
= mile more than his neighbor
e who builds a Jones Locked. Hi!
f first impulse is to hire a small boy
/. to kick him. We've met lots o
f such people since we have beer
= selling fencing, but the mumbel
is decreasing, 1t is hard worl
to convince some people that 4;
new thing is better than some
thing old hot so with this tenC
; ing a great many people buy i
upon our representation, Will,
e others do tine vcni Vidi bushes
and leave the Vici to the fence
Eight cents for a stay and iiv
washers hat takes the place of
post that costs seventeen cents
a THE HAWAIIAN HARD
q WADE 90