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The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-04-05
SMALL FARMERS.

An American paper presents a very
pleasant picture of the value of the beet
industry TO a community:
Before the sugar factory was built,
Lehi, Utah, was a very ordinary settle,
ment; its picturesque surroundings and
fertile soil did not make market for
the farmers products, and up to the
date of the establishment of the sugar
factory there was little more than a
bare living for the farmer; he had no
bank account, his taxes were not al
ways paid promptly, he owned no COM
Portable carriage or pleasure vehicle,
his lines were hard and unpromisins
las is too true in the case of all out
lying farming villages, no matter
where they are located. But the su-
gar factory came. A cash market, at a
fixed price, was given him for his beets.
Seven years have passed. A bank with
700 depositors exists, largely farmers,
and when the writer visited this most
interesting community the balance to
the credit of the depositors exceeded
$4,000, although it was at the end of
the season and just before marketing
the beets, hence the time of all times
when cash on hand should be the least
amount. The banker said We have
no delinquent taxes; the farmers are
not in debt as class; they all or near
ly all own comfortable carriages; their
homes though simple are comfortable;
pianos and other luxuries are not I'M
common. Farm values are high now,
whereas in the days before the factory
came, they were very low. The quail
~ of other crops with which they alter
nate their beets is much improved, and
the quantity is much greater An air
of thrift pervaded the entire commun-
ity. New homes were being built and
public improvements made, and Lehi,
Utah, stands today as living illustra-
ton of the results of a good market for
farm product to first hands with no
middle hands between
The underlying fact in the foregoing
statement is, the individual ownership
OF land, and homes by the farmers.
The price of beets is about that paid to
the German peasants for beets. The
farmers are competing with the cheap
labor of Europe, and yet they call or
nearly all own comfortable carriages"
Such farmers can be relied on to
make good laws. They make backbone
for the State.
This is the class of men we need
here. We do not blame the planters
because we do not have them. But we
need them, and it is quite time that we
set about getting them.
We need them with annexation, we
need them especially without annexa-
ton.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-04-05
Railway Bridges and Line.

1t is understood that as a result OF
observations taken after the recent
general storm on the island, Mr.. Klue-
gel, chief engineer of the Oahu Rail-
way and Land Company, Will run some
new route lines and revise some bridge
plans. There will be an especially care
Jul investigation between Waialua and
Kahuku. The Waimea gulch has a.
ways been a problem. Now the water
has made a stronger showing there
than ever known before. For this rea-
son some important changes will ke
made in the vicinity Of the gulch. Such
a storm as that Of last week would
have carried away some of the line If
the road had been in operation on the
survey first made
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-04-05
THE BOGUS PETITION.

The natives who concocted and car
ried 10 Washington, the petition
against annexation, undertook to play
the American Senators for fools. 1t is
a pity, looking at the matter from the
native standpoint, that some Of their
haoIe friends did not whisper in their
ears that the Senator'S were not born
idiots" The fraud they have practiced
is so transparent and ridiculous. the
very lowest pot-house statesman
laughs at them.
One would expect that even if these
native leaders took the Senator's for
fools, that they would have suspected,
and been on their guard against that
indefatigabIe worker, L. A. Thurston.
They know that he is a terror to his
opponents. They know that he has a
genius for discovering the weak points
in his adyersary's case. They know
that his activity is measureless. And
they know that he is eternally vigil
ant At least men Of ordinary intelIi-
gence know it. The petitions show
thai they, these native leaders, have
not even ordinary intelligence. They
might as well in the first instance, have
sent Mr.. Thurston a formal notice in
writing stating: I'VE shall take peti-
tons against annexation TO Washing
ton, with large percentage Of bogus
signatures. Please be on the lookout"
II the natives were not in almost
hopeless ignorance Of the situation,
they would see at once, how utterly IN
able they are to make any advance IN
der such leadership. They will be de-
ceiYed and thwarted at all times. and
in all places. Men who play sdch fool
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-04-05
LAND TITLES.

The need of a law for granting land
titles becomes more apparent every
year. The able report of Representa-
tive Robertson makes it clear. 1t is un-
just, absurd, and impolitic that there
should be any more difficulty in deter
mining the title of land, than it is in
determining the title to horse. Latent
defects in titles cause uncertainties in
values, and involve much expense in
ascertaining true ownership. In the
United States, the imperfect boundaries
and titles to lands covered by Spanish
grants, amounting to many millions of
acres, caused so much loss and annoy
ance, that few years ago, Congress
passed laws, by which, in a speedy
manner, the titles to these grants could
be judicially determined. The object
of these laws is TO enable any one
claiming title to a grant to bring into
Court, by due process OF law, not only
those openly claiming title in opposi-
ton, but all others, and to compel them
to substantiate their claims.
Cases are constantly occurring here,
where the most careful examination
of titles by expert lawyers, does not
disclose defects of titles. Interests
vested by the marriage relation, are
often especially difficult to ascertain.
The records of deaths and marriages
have been imperfectly kept. The con-
sequence is that it has become quite a
Tade among the native lawyers, we are
told, to hunt up flaws in titles and put |
the possessOrs of property, who have
paid full values, to much expense and |
annoyance in protecting themselves.
The tendency in all progressive coun-
ries is towards making simple and per-
,ect all land tenures.
The report of the Judiciary Commit
ZEE of the House is valuable one, and |
should receive careful examination.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-04-05
EXEMPTIONS FROM TAXATION.

: The question of exempting church
property and property devoted to char
table uses, from taxation, become:
more perplexing every day. The theory
OF taxation was formerly tmperfeetly
understood, and even at the present
time is far from satisfactory.
( But there is tendency to accept one
general proposition on the subject, that
only property owned by the Govern
ment, for the benefit and use of all
should be exempt, Just 50 far as this
rule is departed from. it permits dan
gerOus precedents to be established. Il
enables sectarian interests to obtain
preferences.
The State Regents of New York re-
Gently published the fact that the value
Of the property and endowments of coll
leges. professional institutes and tech
meal schools has increased within
seven years from s3s,O45,6O4 to s77,14S.-
s44, or nearly doubled. The theory OF
exemption relieves much of this prop,
erty which is entirely sectarian from
its share Of the burden Of supporting
the Government Moreover, it casts
upon the many, the total population.
the entire burden of protecting all prop
erty. This means unequal burdens. It
is difficult TO draw the line between the
charitable and non-charitabIe institu-
tions. The more complicated the So
cial forces become, the more numerous
the questions arise. Then sectarfan
disputes arise. Owing TO the wisdom
and business forethought of the leaders
OF the Roman Catholic Church it pos
sesses more property in many of the
States of the American Republic than
other denominations, and therefore de-
mands larger exemption from taxation. |
Churches and institutions for chair,
table uses, excepting those owned by |
the Government for the common bene> |
fit of all, should not be themselves, the
objects Of Government charity. Con-
TO the expense of their own
they stand on the same
ground as do all other interests. A man
who does good with his money does
not ask for exemption.
Our large mixed population calls
upon Us for special care in this matter.
II the rule OF exemption is extended,
there is no reason why the Asiatics
should not receive the benefit from it in
the maintenance of organizations in
tended TO enforce the doctrines OF /
Buddha and Confucius. Some people
would be rather shocked if a Young
Mems Buddha Association" or a
Young Mems Confucius Association"
should ask for State aid, by exemptfng
their. property from taxation.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-04-05
GRANT AND THE SOUTH.

The committee in charge of the cele-
bration of General Grants birthday, in
Galena, have invited Emory Speers, a
Confederate Colonel of Kentucky to
deliver an address on the occasion.
The Illinois papers generally approve
of it, as it clearly emphasizes the grad
ual close of the animosities created by
the civil war.
Though Grant fought and conquer
ed Lee, and broke the hearts of the
men and women of the South, the one
touching, almost trivial, incident of his
interview with Lee on the surrender
at Appomatox gave him a warm place
in the Southern heart We aIlude to
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-04-05

1t is reported that Prof W. Libbey
of Princeton College. will visit these
Islands with a corps Of students within
a short time, and study the shells and
fossils, explore the caves in which bu-
rails were made in old times. and col
lect biological specimens. Professor
Libbey is a young man, the son OF a
partner of the late New York merchant
A. T. Stewart, and the posSessor OF
great wealth. He is one Of the noble
men of the United States OF which Pro-
fessor Agassiz is another example, who
are using their wealth for the general
benefit Of mankind.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-04-05
The People Believe
What They Read About Hoods
SarSaparilIa
Their Faith in This Medicine is
Grounded on Merit
They Know 1t Absolutely Cures
When Other Medicines FAN

dood's Sarsaparills is not merely a sim
pie preparation of SarsapariIIa. Dock
Stlllingia and little Iodide of Potassium.
Besides these excellent alternatives. n
also contains those great anti-bilious ana
liver remedies, Mandrake and Dandelion
1t also contains those great kidney rene
dies, iva Ursi, Juniper Berries. ana
Pipsissewa.
Nor are these all. Other very vaIuabIe
curative agents are harmoniouslv cor,-
oined in Hoods SarsapariIIa, and II 4
carefully prepared under the personal
supervision of regularly educated phar-
macist.
Knowing these facts, is the abiding faith
the people have in Hoods sarssparilIa >
matter of surprise? You can see wbv
Hoods sarsapariIla cures, when otber
medicines totally, absolutely fail.
Z" My little girl was afflicted With
eczema and suffered for seven years. She
was attended by physicians and tried
many different kinds Of medicine with
out relief. After taking a few bottles Of
HOODS Sarsaparilla she was cured Ms
EMMA FRANKLIN, Honeoye, New York.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-04-05

There can be no better illustration OF
the progress of education, and the crea-
ton of wants, than the letter OF a ma
tive or part-native woman which We
publish in another colmun. As a merely
literary production. We suspect that few
of the white residents could improve
upon it. A woman who can write such
a letter is entitled to better wages t5an
that of a seamstress.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-04-05

No doubt Christian civilization owes
duty to them. It has not yet
discharged all Of that duty. It is a
farce indeed to educate these Hawaiian
girls to the need and appreciation of
better homes, Of better living, and then
when they are ready for them, find
them no ways of meeting the new
needs. This is immeasurably the hard
est task, and it has not been fulfilled,
because it means a broader insight into
the relations Of religion, education, and
wants"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-04-05
THE VAIL OF A HAWAIIAN.

The remarkable and pathetic letter
of a native woman, which appears in
another column, is worthy of a most
serious reply. 1t is clear and sirgu-
larry comprehensive summing up of The
situation. from the native standpoint.
She challenges Christian civilization to
justify itself in its dealings with the
natives. Can it do so?
The author is. however. not correct
in all of her statements of facts. II is
not the descendants of the missionary
teachers that have driven the natives
to the wall. as she believes. II is a
condition of things; the geographical
situation, the reciprocity treaty, the
terrible thirst for gold in Christian
countries, the willingness of the ma
tives to part with their homesteads,
their own thriftlessness, the peaceful
but relentless racial conflict, that crea-
ties the painful situation of the author
of this letter, and of her associates.
She must remember that millions of
women in Christian England and Am
eriean are. from the cradle to the grave.
confronted with worse conditions. The
distress of innocent women and chill
dren, pitiable and Interchangeable, in the
great cities, has not been relieved, to
any large extent as yet, by the power of |
the Gospel of Christ. The Hawaiians.
in a much less degree, have their share
of it. Thousands of American seam
stresses. educated to have wants"
would regard the condition of the in
telligent author of this letter as almost |
a tropical dream, in comparison with /
their own miserable surroundings. The
author, let us admit, justly complains
of the competition of the foreign wo-
men. So too, the sewing girls of the
cities of America, and the sew
ing girls of London complain of the
killing competition of the Russian
Jews. The native women are not
alone
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-04-05
CANE AND BEET.

Jared c. Smith, assistant agrostolo-
gfst Of the United States, publishes his
views regarding the sugar industries,
He says: The Hawaiian cane in
dusuy is a bugzboo conjured up to
scare the people. and IS being used as
such by men who have other ends in
view.
But his conclusions are not very
comforting 10 Us. He tells the Amert-
can people that Gaze sugar cultivation
is doomed 70 become extinct except in
those parts OF the tropics which have
exceptionally rich soil. and an unlimit-
ed supply OF cheap labor" He urges
the American farmer 10 believe that the
sugar beet industry viii finally crush
the cane sugar industry and therefore,
there is nothing TO fear from the indus
try in Hawaii. Consequently, there will
be no harm il annexation.
In proving his statement, Mr.. Smith
refers 70 the recent report Of the Royal
British commission on the depressed
condition OF the sugar industry Of the
West Indies. One recommendation
made by the commission, he cites, and
we refer 70 II, because It is in line with
our own views. 1t recommends the
establishment Of a botanic garden.
with branch stations in each OF the |
principal Islands, the whole under the
supervision Of IN imperial officer. Each |
botanical station should then be &C
lively engaged in the introduction AM
distribution Of economic plants. the
dissemination of Information in regard
TO the same, and each should be SUD-
piled with suitable men capable of Civ
ing the necessary instruction and as
sistance IN agriculture" It recommends
aid 70 vessels that viii transport fruit
10 foreign markets, and aid 10 those in
3rlit culture.
This is the advice Of an able com
mission TO whom was committed the
charge Of saving the West India colo :
MES from bankruptcy.
Our Own people. utterly dependent
upon the same industry, do not seem :
to realize that We need TO follow the
same in order TO diversity our own in
dustries- The sum Of $4,000 is pro
posed by the Legislature for the estab-
lishment Of an experiment station. The
sum is hardly sufficient to pay for the
quality Of brains that are needed for :
superintendent alone. The amount de-
signated is utterly Insignificant. in
view Of our necessities. The proposed
appropriation shows that the subject is
not grasped by the Legislature. The
American Congress refused. last year. :
TO vote money TO buy iron plates for :
the battIeships. = few days ago. II
voted s50000,00O for war preparation.
1t realized the critical situation. We :
must realize our critical situation. The :
United States can buy warships at once
with $4,000 900. We cannot buy in
dustries. They must be established by
hard, patient labor, by new and train :
ed men, by live and common senti-
ment and belief that through them, en- :,
tering the worlds markets, we may Sc :,
cure prosperity to a growing class Of
intelligent people on these Islands.
Had any persistent crank 20 years
ago pushed this matter, with the ap- i,
proYal Of the people, We would have es- =
tablished some Of these industries.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-04-05

persistently taught that the education
OF the head and hand must 90 together
Several weeks ago his disciple Booker
T. Washington. said in one of the great
halls of New York City: There saOui6
be a more vital and practical eonnee-
ton between the negro's educated
brain. and his opportunity for earning
his daily living" We need the new
baptism OF the race into the best ne
thods of agricultural. mechanical and
commercial life The negro looks a.
his barren soil, and his little hoveI. and
saws: Il can earn nothing" Booker
takes him in hand and re-
plies: Il will educate you so that your
little patch viii blossom like the rose.
He has already shown that il can be
done. The negro girl is taught TO sup
ply her wants. by the cultivation cf
flowers. She is carefully and persis-
tently taught that fat chicken ia
worth a dollar in the Northern market
while the average chicken OF the South
is only worth 20 cents or less.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-04-05
THE LIGHTHOUSE SCARE.

Senator McCandless has again dis
charged himself, like an invoice OF
Chinese fire crackers, over the impend-
ing peril TO mankind from the new
Diamond Head lighthouse. He has te-
come thoroughly frightened at the frail
structure, and he means to brighten ey-
erybody else.
When he stood by the structure last
week, in the solemn discharge of a
Senatorial duty, he spent the most OF
his time, not in inspecting, but in pre-
pairing 10 meet his God" if the struc-
ture toppled over, and his shrieks of
fear drove last Saturday an eminent
diplomat, and an eminent merchant,
both residents of Waikiki, over the
Pail to Maunawili until the crisis has
passed.
The Senator naturally feels that an
artesian well, built under his own di-
rectiOn, in the place of the Lighthouse,
and dispensing wholesome water TO
mariners, would be preferable to the
Iurid glare of lantern that invited
them TO destruction as if they were
flies.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-04-05

There are thousands who are willing
enough TO preach the Gospel TO the
negro and teach him in the Sunday
school. How many are there. besides
Booker Washington. who have under
taken the infinitly harder task OF laying
a basis for & decent religious life. by
creating industries for them. that
Will supply the wants" created by edu-
cation? In this is the need OF the mo-
dern missionary" here Christian civ
ilization bucks at il. just as a horse
bucks at a seven foot fence. Earnest
men. and especially women here wish
TO discharge their whole duty to the ma
tives. But duty today rises above that
of mere religious duty. It involves.
that of creating material prosperity
The Lord, in the Old Testament put an
increase in fOcks and herds along Side
Of an increase in Righteousness.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-04-05

One Hawaiian born became the apos-
tie of the highest duty of Christian civ
ilization to the American negro, and
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-04-05

Christian civilization may have done
a great wrong in educating people to
have wants." without educating them
how to supply these wants" Some of
the most serious thinkers today now
justly complain of the error, if not the
crime of educating the head in advance
of the hand. Surely enough, there are
millions of people in the free and hap
py'' land of America, who are despond-
ent and miserable because they cannot
supply their wants, under the same
conditions which would make Euro
peans wild with joy" We have on
these Islands Americans who are mis-
cradle, because they cannot supply
their wants"
The early teachers of the natives
acted according to their best light, and
if the natives only knew it, rendered
to them an inestimable service in es-
tablishing law and order, and social
justice. They had no despotic power to
keep off the white devils, as the British
Government does today in the FIJI
so that no white man, or Asia
tic can compete in many ways with the
natives, unless with the consent of the
enlightened Imperial power in London.
Nor would our natives have permitted
them to usurp the power to do so. The
natives, unfortunately perhaps, must
take their chances with the rest Of
mankind.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-04-05

The lighthouse is built on precisely
the same principles as those constructs
ed by the Lighthouse Board of the
United States Government. While the
weight OF the lantern and fixtures at
Diamond Head is only Is tons, the
structure can sustain a weight of be-
tween 40 and so tons. Scores Of sim
liar structures are seen along the At
lantic Coast. The methods of building
them are perfectly well known to Su-
perintendent Rowell, but not to Sena-
tor McCandless.
The Senator resembles an old farmer
from Pennsylvania, who visited his son
in Philadelphia, a few years ago, and
was shown for the first time, an ocean
steamer driven by propeller blade.
mo Jeems," he said, your old fadder
will go home If you make fool Of him.
That little wheel q the hind part Of
that ar ship can't move it an inch"
But it does" said Jeems. Jeans yo1
are liar" said the old man, and he
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-04-05

IS IS the Best-in fact the One True Blood Purifier
eIi si1 ior s.. G. |. Hood & Co. lowell ~.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-08-04

John F. Nelson, of this city, has dis.
tingaished cousin who is now with Gen
Miles in Puerto Rico. He is Major
Webb Hayes, a son Of President Hayes,
and the distinction achieved has not
been gained through his illustrious an.
cestry, though this would naturally
give him prominence. At the storming
OF Santiago Major Hayes was in the
thickest of the fight with his regiment,
the Sixth, and was slightly wounded.
However, he was able to 60 with Miles
to Puerto Rico and it was he who hoisted
the stars and stripes over the place at
at Yuaco. Some of these sons OF their
fathers have some of the stuff in them
out which the old men were made.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-08-04

Lately there has been quite great
deal Of complaint made to Mayor Viii.
kins by citizens whose midnight slumber
has been disturbed by parties of colored
serenaders. They say that the boys will
come under their windows and play and
sing and keep up continuous powwow
until morning. Several citizens who
have wanted rest instead of music in
the .. m. hour complained bitterly. On
Monday night a party of these dark.
hued serenaders had been out, possibly
to warble to their babies. and returned
rather late to town singing and bowling
and keeping up q continual din along
the street. As they came down High
street they began beating upon boxes
along the curb, raising terrible noise.
Police officers Keech and Fahrlander
met them IN front of Garrett & Ayres
drug store and captured three of them
Everett Williams, Son Dent and Tobias
Jackson. Frod Newlan, who was also
of the party, escaped. The boys were
arraigned before the Mayor and fined
81 and costs per piece. They were also
admonished 10 discontinue their mid
night ho1lings and to duck for cover
about eleten p. m. each night. He said
he didn't want them to 60 prowling
around the streets ct oil hours Of the
night smitting loud, disturbing and
soul-harrowins brsys. and he didn't pro.
pose 10 allow Il.