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Tho Art OF Progressive C~onhscation.

The bill providing that the price of gas
b q be reduced by five cents n thousand
feet for five years seems to find favor with
the Republican statesmen at Albany, and
has the one merit of being less summarily
conflscatory than the measure for making
gas cheaper proposed by the Hon. JACOB A.
CANTOR. The most plausible defence of the
bill is that it is supposed to be for the
greatest good Of the greatest number. The
users of gas are many. Tit manufacturers
Of gas arc few. Therefore the manufacturers
Of gas, the persons who hold stock in the
gas-manufacturing companies, are to be de-
prived Of 20 per cent. of their profits
and of the value Of their property, and
they are to be robbed gently and gradually,
at the rate of 4 per cent. q year. So q humani-
tartan pickpocket might take a gentleman's
watch chain, but allow him to carry the
watch until the next visit. Surely gradual
confiscation, going only to the extent
of one-fifth, is not q process of which any
'fair.minded owner of property ought to
complain; and corporations ought to count
themselves very lucky IL all their property
is not taken away from them and their
directors are not fined and imprisoned in
the bargain. These are times of stern and
indignant virtue, of the sort easily practised
by running corporations.
II the gas companies reduce the wages of
their workmen at the rate of 4 per cent. a
year for five years, doubtless workmen will
be able to get moro than even by burning
an extra amoun of gas.
1t remains for the statesmen at Albany to
bring forward plans more important to the
welfare Of the greatest numbe than even
this progressive reduction in gas will be.
Gas Ia not an absolute necessity of life. Oils
much cheaper, almost as cheap as daylight.
Such has been the wickedness of the Stand
ard Oil concern, which is famous in con-
temporary history az q trust because it for
mally ceased to be a trust some years ago.
II gas costs too much, folks can use oil, and
the majority of persons who don't live in
cities and a very large number of persons
who do live In cities use Oil for Illuminating
purposes. But meat Is usually regarded as
q necessity for strong men, unless they are
of the vegetarian persuasion; and milk is a
necessity for babes, n bread or its equiv
alent and clothing for everybody. Will the
statesmen at Albany neglect to reduce the
price of bread and milk and meat and cloth.
lngf House rent n coal, too, must be
reduced. Cut rents 20 per cent. every five
years, and no man will rebel at the size of
his gas bill. We regret to see the states
men at Albany pothering over comparative
trifies. They ought to unite upon a Joint
resolution like this:
q" Whereas. Ths cost Of living is too great; and.
Whereas. The consumers outnumber the produo-
ers; bo It
"ResoIUed. That the price Of everything except labor
10 hereby reduced 20 per cent, and the price OF every
article produced by corporations. trusts. monopolies.
or combinations Il hereby reduced 90 per cent"
Statesmen should learn to be thorough.
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In explaining why bicycle accidents are
usually serious to persons on foot the Evening
telegram says:
IA man Of $50 pounds weight, and moving at the
rate Of ten feet per second (about seven miles an
hour. has . momentum Of 1900 pounds, without
counting the weight of his wheel. This is s~urlcicnt to
have surprising effect on the ordinary pedestrian. A
collision between two 160.pound riders, wheeling at
the moderate rate OF seven miles an hour. would re.
suit in q smash.up with q force Of 5000 pounds. No
wonder bicycle accidents are often serious -
Our contemporary doesn't state what would
be the average depressing effect II a plump and
frisky wheelwoman, going at the speed named,
should knock down a humble, unsuspecting Pc
destrian and, after riding over his body, uncon-
sciously sit down on him as he lies PROSTATE
with perhaps q dozen wrecked spokes in his ribs.
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whence It Sprung.

The Evening Post has just walked up to
b consciousness that the demagogical
assault On so-called trusts and monopo-
lies" is an "anti-property craze = but
Processes to be in ignorance of the cause of
1t. This Is what that Mugwump has to say
on the subject, In the course of an article
full Of the deepest agitation:
I'VE have had nothing at all Ike II before In this
country. and It has sprung up and ragged with all the
fury of . true erase. coming no one could exactly say
whence. and tending no one could exactly predict
whittier"
Whittier 1t Is all tending can only be sur
missed, but there Is no doubt whence IL
came, or VIII re the responsibility for gener.
.tink IL rests. The originator and most &C
1--WE promoter of tho craze was GROVER
CLEVELAND. and he was assisted in his
malign enterprise by his Mugwump idol
aters and supporters.
In MI. CLEvELAND's message to Congress
In December last he used this incendiary
language: .
Another topic in which our people ~righttully take
adeep Interest may DO hero briefly considered. 70.
fer to tho existence OF trusts and other hugo aggre-
cations OF capital. the object OF which is 20 secure
tho monopoly OF some particular branch OF trade. in.
dustry. or commerce.. and TO stine wholesome COMPETE.
ton. When these are defended 1t Is usually on tho
ground that. though they increase pronts. they also
reduce prices, and thus may benent tho public. 1t
must DO remembered. however, that a reduction OF
prices to the people is not ono OF tho real objects OF
these organizations. nor 10 their tendency necessarily
IN that direction. II II occurs In . particular case. II
10 only because 1t accords with the purposes or inter
eats OF those managing the scheme.
"Buch occaaional results fall far short OF oompen.
eating the palpAbls evils charged To the account OF
trusts and monopolies. Their tendency Il TO crush
out individual Independence and to hinder or prevent
the free use OF human faculties and the full develop
mept Of human character. Through them tho farm
or. tao aTttsdH, amd the email trader Is IN danger Of
dtsIod0nsAt from the proud position Of bsinO h6
osSa master. watchful OF all that touches his country's
prosperity. In whi1 hs hAS en- individual lot and In
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It'll time a stop should be put to the reckless
driving or many young men on our crowded thor
o~ughfares ], myself. have seen several young men
In covered wagons wheel about while driving with
out looking out to see II they were likely TO run over
any one. Such drivers arc . menace TO the life and
limbs OF pedestrians"
This was the remark of Magistrate DEUEL. of
the Yorkville Police Court tho other day, after
timing a driver % for colliding with three bicy-
clists and knocking them off their wheels. On
the same day the driver OF a bakers wagon ran
into and demolished a buggy, and in trying to
escape knocked down a child, the wheels pass
ing over its neck. On Wednesday two cy.
clists. a man and a woman. wero run
down by q coach on Fifth avenue. the wheels
passing over both legs of the woman. On FRI
day another Wheslman was thrown from his Sad,
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tsrested IN all that affects the advantages Of busines'
Of which he Il . factor. to be relocated 10 the level OF
. mere appurtenanoe TO n great machine, with little
free viii, with no duty but that of passive obedience.
and with little hope or opportunity OF rising In the
scale Of responsible and helpful citizenship"
But Mr.. CLEVELAND began his dema-
gogical fermentation OF the anarchistic
enmity to property several years before. In
his speech at Madison Square Garden on
July 20, 1892, accepting the Democratic
nomination to the Presidency, he said, re-
ferring to the murderous Homestead rioters:
"our wortingmen are told the tale. oft repeated in
spite Of is demonstrated faisity. that the existing
protective tariff IL . boon to them, and that under its
b~cneHcent operation their wages must increase. while
a. they listen scenes arc enacted in the very abiding
place OF high protection that mock the hopes OF toll
and attest tho tender mercy the workinsman receives
from those made selfish and sordid by unjust govern.
mental favoritism."
Other incendiary expressions Of hat care
fully and deliberately prepared stimula-
tion Of "the anti.property craze" were
these:
Turning our eyes to the plain people OF the land,
We nee them burdened as consumer with q tarin
system that ~unjustly and relentlessiy demands from
them, in the purchase OF tho noccssaries and comforts
VI hAtte i eAitouah aiN ACh v tAo "oAVa heAe
and steady toll, while the %cxactions thus wrung from
them build up and increase the fortunes OF those for
whose benent this injustice IL perpetrated.
1--WE see the farmer listening to n delusive story
that nils his mind with visions OF advantage. while
his pocket is robbed by the stealthy hand Of high pro-
lection"
After all this demagogical talk about the
injustice of protection, GROVER CLEvE-
LAND, when he was elected President, went
to work, with the help of Prof. WILSON, to
make a distinctively protective tariff In
his message to Congress in 1893, he said Of
this bill that he was satisfied" that it
would, sin the near future, though perhaps
not Immediately, produce sufficient reve-
nue. to meet the needs Of the Government"
Actually this tariff has produced a deficit
of over 800, OOO, ZOO. Disaster without
precedent in the history of this republic has
followed it.
In that same message Mr.. CLEVELAND
started the assault against trusts and
monopolies" by recommending a tax upon
"incomes derived from certain corporate
investments" Then came the unconstitu-
tiona income tax, in which the "anti-
property craze" found expression.
How, then, can there be any mystery as
to the source whence it sprung with all
the fury Of a true craze"3 1t is a legacy
left us by Clevelandism. 1t is the fruit Of
Mugwumpery.
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A Report Corrected.

To THE EDITOR oy THE sUs-Str: The doubts ex.
pressed by you last Saturday a. to the truth OF q 10.
port that q Mrs. Sarah Richards, who recently died at
West Milton. Saratoga county At the age OF SO Year,,
was the widow OF 4 soldier of the American Revolu.
ton. arc justified by certain data obtained by me.
Mrs. Richards " as not the widow OF a Revolutionary
war soldier. Her husband. Plat Richards, was born
In l7s3; served for q short term in the war of 1919,
enlisted in lsl4. and left the army at the end OF three
months. He was married TO his o Ncond cousin Dec.
IL. 1891, by the then rector OF Christ Church. Ballston
Spa. He died in 1890. AT the time OF the marriage
Miss Sarah Richards, instead OF being very young, was
In her forty-second year, and he was o.. This will
show that at the time OF his enlistment he W a about
81 years OF age.
Having oniciated ut the funeral OF Mrs. Richards in
February last, your comments led me to search
through tho old books Of the parish. OF which l have
been rector for thirteen years, and the above stAtis-
ties are the result. CHARLES PEDESTRIAN.
CHRIST CHURCH RHcToRY, BAIIsToS SRA. March 80.
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We see It reported that "Gen. JAMES
II. WILSON Of Wilmington, Del, whose command
captured JEFFERSON DAVIS at the close Of the
civil war, is slated for Minister to Russia"
and we hasten to say that such an appointment
will be highly approved by the whole Intelligent
public Gen. WILSON is a man OF immense
experience In public affairs, and Of wisdom and
patriotism equal to every exigency. Moro than
that, he knows Russia and enjoys an extensive
acquaintance among Russian public men. Wo
have repeatedly had occasion to commend Presi.
dent McKrNIEY's appointments, but never moro
emphatically than in this instance.
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From SLripos,

"The earth Is the Lords" should he made 10 read
"The earth Is tho wheelman's." His latest acqnisi.
ton Ia the space between the bride path and tho
with benches; was not only a resting plsoe. but was
the delight OF children and of persons pushing baby
carriages. But the merry scorcher now has full pos.
session. and the pedestrian, with eyes like a hunted
fawn's, Il driven TO the narrow aid awalk. where thu
crowd is SO dense that he can hardly elbow his way
Sin IT."
1t Is a pity that so many wheclmcn overlook the
rights and comforts OF laymen. and a still greater pity
that so many public %oniclals. through fear Of the hi.
Cycle vote" or lack OF backbone. are so eager TO grant
every demand made.
The wheel Is a delight In the eyes OF Its rider. and a
vehicle In the eyes OF tho ~law-don't make II a nui-
sAnoe In the eyes OF everybody else.
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A current nuisance is the practice, dimin-
ished Of late, but still not wholly abandoned. of
FASTING advertising posters upon the ash bar
rels. boxes. and cans which people put out on
their sidewalks. 1t may not do much good to
the advertiser, since whoever looks at them
may associate them with garbage-can and ash
barrel merchandise. But it is q violation Of the
property rights OF citizens, who are entitled to
have their cans and barrels and boxes, when left
on the sidewalks, protected from these stealthy
defacers OF what. by comparison with their addi-
lions, are objects of art.
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Restore Order I'm the Park Hoard.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suS-Sr: Accept my CON
eratulations on the energy with which you arc OBJ
Jectins to the perverted use OF tho promenade along
Riverside Drive. I ride a wheel myself. but certainly
do not sec the necessity for President McMilan's in
%novAtion.
The path has been taken from the people and espe-
cially the children, who need Il. and has been given 10
the wheelmen. who were happy enough without It.
The absurdity OF the new arrangement seems very
apparent, and | wish you success In your efforts TO-
ward tho return OF the so-called bicycle Path " to
its proper and Appropriate uses S.
WEST END AVENUE, April 3.
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An artist OF remarkable genius has been for some
time past in this city. in the person of Mrs. Ellis
Rowan Of Australia, and many botanists and artista
have examined with extreme pleasure the vast collec
ton OF water color drawings which she has made
from tho fora OF Australia and New Guinea
The beauty Of the flowers Is surprising. and the re-
hnement and skin OF the pictures almost equally I'D.
mirabie. A large part OF the collection will be er.
hibited at the Museum OF Natural History in Manhat-
tan square on Monday and Tuesday evenings next
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ale by being struck by . cab. He only escaped
being run over by catching the shaft Of the vehi-
clio as no fell. He was Dragged nfty feet and was
badly cut and bruised.
The cycling season has scarcely begun. yet
reckless drivers and cyclists, who were so prev
alent last year, are already in evidence. Is there
no way of checking the practices OF devil.may-
care fellows of that sortl
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According to the Chamber Of Commsroa.

According to the Chamber of Commerce,
tho charter for the Greater Now York threatens
the city with bankruptcy. That is Its opinion.
But since the Appellate Court vetoed tho under
ground rapid transit project, which had been
guaranteed by the Chamber OF Commerce as an
absolutely safe investment OF the public money.
on the ground that 1t would bankrupt the city,
the opinions of that Chamber on financial ques-
tions have lost 80 much weight that their judg-
ment may not seem of much consequence to
some people,
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From the Rochester Democrat and Caronicio.
Tho hearings that have been held 10y the Senate
Finance Committee upon Senator Ellsworth's excellent
bill for the requirement OF Adirondack lands have re.
yeaied . growing tendency on the part OF all con
cerned to abandon the policy of land grabbing aud
forest destruction and turn attention to a System OF
practical forestry.
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From the Louisville Euenin0 Post.
Mas Maud AinSlie entertained the Economical
Luncheon Club yesterday At / O'Clock.
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PAau.-Kiosqus No. IL. Near Grand Hotel.

" our Jftsnds ,oho favor us ,cith manuscripts for
psbhcatton svtsA to Aavs rejected articles returned,
they must IN oil oasss send staups for that purpose.
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Ths Motto or the Day

FfoA the Globe Democrat.
AUEsAtsE 81. Louis 4 Shs motto.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-01
WV. DIAIODIS
Against Japanese

Merchants the Anglo
Saxon dealers in Honolulu
have had to compete in the
sale Of fine china and lacquer
ware; until now we could not
compare with them in the pur-
chase of these lines, conse-
quently the trade has been
exclusively handlee by Japa-
nese merchants.
Some time ago we saw an
opportunity to procure these
goods at low prices and in
exclusive designs, decorated
especially for us, we are ena.-
bled to-day to offer the finest
grades of japanese porcelain
ten, breakfast and after-d nner
coffee cups in strictly Euro
pean patterns. The price
ranges from a quarter to a
half what French ware is sold
for.
Lacquered trays sell from
25 cents to so cents. Beauti-
full paper napkins 20 cents
hundred never have been sold
for less than doubl- in any
japanese store. The finest
made are sold by us at IS
cents a hundred. Assortment
Of stock in this invoice com.
prises after dinner cups and
saucers, moustache cups, tete
a tete sets, chocolate cups,
breakfast coffee cups and
saucers, bon bon sets, indi-
vidual sugar and creamers,
mush sets, cracker jars, rose
jars, chocolate pots, tea cad
dies, bread and milk sets, odd
plates, vases, tea pots, bread
and butter plates, jugs of all
sizes.
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the strongest grounds could prevent
following this precedent, and Japan
has no such case. What is feared
most is Japanese influence in the
Senate 1t is rumored that Japa.
nese officials have canvassed the
Senate, with the result that they
now claim they can prevent ratifi-
cation OF the treaty by the present
Senate.
Senator Morgan to-day introduced
a bill for the annexation Of the Ha
waiian Islands. The bill provides
that the islands shall become q
Territory OF the United States in ac-
cordance with the terms of the re-
Gently negotiated treaty. The date
set for the extension Of the laws OF
this country over the islands Is the
4th Of March, 1893, but it is specific
ally provided that they may be put
in force at an earlier day If Con-
gress so directs.
Senator Morgan said that his bill
was intended to carry the annexation
treaty into execution in case it
should be ratified by the Senate, or
to provide for its ratification by the
joint action of the two houses in
case the Senate should refuse to act.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-01
WATERFRONT WHIsPERINas.
Breezy Notes Blown Across the
Waves.

The Pacific Mail Liner City Of
Peking arrived Tuesday evening
from Yokohama, in the smart time
of days. She brings large freight
for this port amounting to over 1900
tons, in which 5000 tubs of Saki
figure quite prominently.
The ship Aryan is more than half
loaded with sugar for New York,
1t is just possible that the Fuller
and the Aryan will leave port to-
gether. These two splendid Amer
lean vessels should cut out fine
ocean race to the Atlantic port.
Can you name the winner7
The bktne. Archer, Captain Cal
houn, sailed yesterday evening for
San Francisco, with 1450 tons OF
sugar. Castle and Cooke being the
principal shippers.
The shipment Of fruit per S S.
Australia yesterday was light one.
About 1000 punches OF bananas were
shipped by local agencies.
The schooner Transit brought
down 1000 cases of Pearl Oil for
@. Brewer & Co. The company
have now on hand $4,000 cases of oil,
No need for candles for some time to
come.
BY the large importation OF Japa-
nese champagne per City OF Picking
the government loses in duties about
$4,000.
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

TNHE UNDERSIGNED HAVING BEEN
Il duly appointed Admins rator uf the
Estate Of Annie X. Maha lu late of Waia-
lua, Oahu, deceased, notice is hereby given
to all creditors OF the decea,ed o present
their claims with proper vouchers If any
exists to tine undersigned within six
months from the date thereof or they will
be forever rred, and all persons indebled
10 said deceased are requested to make inn
mediate payment to W. IL. Wright at the
Tax Office, Homo ulu
A. S MAHANLU,
Administrator of the Estate of Annie X.
Mahaulu
Waialua. June 10, 1897. 81 lot oaw
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-01
THE TREATY IN COMMITTEE
Japan's Protest Not Likely to Cause
Any Serious Complications.

ANY SERIOUS complications.
WASHINGTON, June 23,-The Ha-
waiian annexation treaty formed the
principal topic OF consideration by
the Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations at its brief session to-day.
The treaty and accompanying pa
pers we're read and referred to
sub committee consisting of Sena-
tors Foraker, Davis and Morgan,
with instructions to investigate the
entire question and report to the
full committee. The papers read
included the protest made by Japan
against the annexation The docu-
ment did not call out much COM
ment, but all that was said was of a
character to indicate that the mem
bers of the committee did not re-.
gard it as likely to lead to serious
complications, though requiring the
most respectful consideration.
The subcommittee will consider
all the complications likely to grow
out of annexation, including tho SO
referring to the trade relations OF
the island This will involve
study of all of Hawaii's treaties with
other countries. The inquiry will
require considerable time, and no
effort will be made by the full COM
mittee to take the subject up until
the subcommittee shall be able to
report on all the details. The real
ization Of this fact has led the men,
bers of the committee to conclude
that it is improbable that the com
mttee "a a whole will he able to
pass upon the subject during the
present session. The complexion
of the committee is believed to be
eight for ratification and three
against it. There is a possibility
that the number of those in favor of
it may be increased to nine.
1t may be stated as extremely
probable that the matter will be
held in allegiance by the SUBJ COM
mittee until Congress convenes in
regular session next December, for
the double purpose OF permitting
the committee to make its invest-
cation as thorough as possible and
to permit the executive to exert its
best efforts through the use OF dip
lomacy to persuade Japan OF the
unwisdom of her course, 1t is UNI
derstood in this connection that this
delay is in accordance with the
wishes of the Administration as in
timated to members of the Senate.
The opinion was expressed in the
committee that a document of the
character Of that filed by Japan
would, il presented by nation more
nearly the equal Of the United
States, lead to very serious diff
culties, but there is general desire to
extend unusual consideration to-
ward the Asiatic state, not only be-
cause of the uniformly friendly no.
lations existing between that coun-
try and this, but also because it is
felt that Japan's success in her war
with China may have had the effect
of arousing a spirit OF combative-
ness which is not warranted in the
opinion of the members Of tho com
mittee by her relative size and i'm
portance as compared with tho
United States,