The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-11-05
ADDRESS 70 THE VOTERS
MERCHANTS ASK THAT WILCOX
BE DEFEATED.
Point out That Irresponsibles i'm Office
WIN Destroy Prosperity-Appeal for
Good Men.

/ The following letter has been issued
| by the merchants and other business
| firms of Honolulu to the electorate of
the city:
To the voters holding business rela-
tions, by employment or otherwise,
! with the Undersigned:
| The business houses of Honolulu have
seldom, if ever, as body, taken part in
the elections of the country The GER
| tainty, however, Of serious and lasting
Injury to the good name of Hawaii and
her commercial interests and prosperity
| if r. w. Wilcox is elected to the Con-
gress Of the United States, and his fol-
lowing to the local Legislature, on the
9Th of this month, impels us to this pro-
/ test and appeal. The fact that the bust
ness community of Honolulu, represent
| ing such divergent interests, has un-
hesitatingly come together as one man
against the Wilcox ticket furnishes con-
IVincing proof of the utter undesirability
of that ticket and the complete absence
of confidence in its personnel This pro-
test might well be addressed to the
country at large, but it has been
thought best that it should be confined
substantially to those whose direct re-
ilatons with the business interests rep
resented by the undersigned would
make the defeat of the Wilcox ticket
. q matter OIL special concern TO Ineln.
! We are Informed that hundreds of
laborers around the docks and in the
warehouses of the city, employed by us
either permanently or from time to time
when we have work to give, are being
lied by Mr.. Wilcox and his following to
believe that they are under no obliga-
ton to safeguard and protect the in
terts of those who furnish them en-
ployment, and that the employer and
Tor nlOVa have no interests i'm common.
/ We wish to call the attention of all
others receiving employment from our
houses, and of all receiving credits from
us, that our ability to furnish employ
ment and to give credits rests solely
upon the prosperity of the country and
the confidence of capital, both here and
abroad, in the stability and integrity of
our government. Should Wilcox and
Ibis following secure control of the coun-
try it would stop the influx of capital
from abroad and drive out an immense
amount of capital now employed in the
country and furnishing remunerative
employment to thousands.
In brief, any injury to the business in
terests of Hawaii as whole must In
evitably reach and injure every man to
whom we are now able to give employ
ment. To our Hawaiian employees, and,
in fact, to all HawaiianS we say, Pay
no attention to the Senseless and mis-
CnleNOuS accusations OIL w llCOA anu HIS
! following, that we are enemies of the
| Hawaiian people. We have steadily
4 given Hawaiians the preference when
! ever we have had work to be done. We
are now paying hundreds of thousands
of dollars yearly to Hawaiian employees
and we hope and trust that we will be
! able to continue such employment and
increase it. We ask in return of you
that you should realize that our ability
to do this depends largely upon the Sc
lection of wise and able men to admit
mister the government so that conf
dence in Hawaii and her business in
| tereSts may increase here and abroad.
And We urge you, in your own interests
| as well as ours, not to arrest the deVel-
| opment and progress of the country by
helping to place in power men who all
ways have and always will bring trou-
bic and disaster to you.
H. HACKFELD & co. LTD; Paul
Isenber, president.
VIM. G. IRWIN & CO., LTD; by it's
vice president w. NJ. Giffard.
CASTLE & COOKE, LTD; E. D. Ten
ney, secretary.
F. A. SCHAEFER & co.
! THEO. H. DAVIS & CO., LTD; F.
NJ. Swanzy, director.
HONOLULU IRON WORKS CO., by
F. NJ. Swanzy, president.
c. BREWER & co, LTD; f. F. Bish-
J op, treasurer.
NJ. S. GRINBAUM & CO., LTD; c.
Bolte, vice president.
THE BANK OF HAWAII LTD; by
Chas. NJ. Cooke, president.
CLAUS SPRECKELS & CO.; E. 1.
Spalding
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
HAWAII; W. G. Cooper, cashier.
UNION FEED co. LTD; r. w. Mac
farlane, treasurer.
NJ. w McCHEsNEY & SONS.
McCABE, HAMILTON & RENNY
CO, LTD; by its manager, w. c. w.
| Kenny
ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, LTD.
j. P. Cooke, treasurer.
ALLEN & ROBINSON per P. Muh-
lendorf
WILDER'S STEAMSHIP CO., by S.
B. Rose, superintendent.
WILDER & Co, LTD; per w. c.
HUsTACE & CO., LTD; per Gerrit P.
Wilder.
LEVERS & COOKE.
OAHU RAILWAY & LAND CO., by
B. F. Dillingham;.
PACIFIC HARDWARE CO., LTD. (;
by B. F. Dillingham;, president.
| CATION, NELL & CO., LTD; Robt.
Cation, president.
| JAMES A. HOPPER.
e. PECK & CO., LTD.
A vote for other than the straight re-
publican ticket is vote lost.
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