The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-17
'ne nature of the case may demand.
Finding Work for Them

III Will be seen from the renor+ of IN.
,Iianager That the work of tndinp em.
10y hleht Tor those seeking II bas 10.
of ~. Important feature Of the work
monn. association. There is no insur.
,ho o obstacle in obtaining work for
nros IIuustrlous at all times, and i'm the
and az, thriVlng condition of business
I INDUSTRIOUS enterprise in these ISL
anus the difficulty is Slight. IT is how
49, rendered harder by the number of
49, OF inefilcient applicants who desire
a. without very strenuous working 10
G S1h them, or who, having no habits of
nTipuspy, are Incapable of steady labor
nant enterprise of furnishing employ
ton as VIII be developed by the assocla-
permit anu the lunus
Inc, Inc government must assist I'm the So
,h OF the question of what to do with
needs r,'t paupers. The vagrapt law
~ re'lslon for meeting this DUTY in
ene pest way. These people cannot be
,bn,' "eu 10 prey on the community and
eAIstlng laws the Jail is the only haven
aeserVed for those convicted of va
srahcy: The chaingang is better for
n',hI u 'nan ldieness and posing before the
puohc as needy objects of CHARITY The
prison and the chaingang, however. are
III some ways unsuitable for this class.
anu perhaps as result thereof but few
are sent there. A special statute for va
sIantsl somewhat analogous to the legal
provisions under which the Reform
school Is conducted, by which thew might
be confined and compelled to work for a
term, would. If vigorously carried out,
make Honolulu a very unponular Mace
TOT these gentlemen of leisure
Honolulu Easy Going.
Honolulu has been easy-goine in the
pS' III IN relauOif TO this subject. When
the CITY population was inconsiderabIa
lhe rev beggars who lived on the pubIic
were IN some cases, the former business
a ~ ~ OF those to whom they ap-
phtd, and generally were upon speakin1,
Terms OF more or less familiarity with
thtm. business men hated to refuse
,,hyse sohcitations and often paid regu-
AIRY AIRY weekly or monthly tax to these
llthulcahts, thus rendering hopeIessIy
permanent tendency to a life of dis
honorable dependence which they might
nave escaped but for such thoughtless
klndheartedness.
The different benevolent societios ~.
honolulu have done great deal of good
IN alternating the sufferings of the moor
W ana imperfect investigation into sap-
PHcatiohs Tor assistance, they have
uuuotIess added something to the devel-
oIment OF pauperism here
although there is at the present time
comparatively little of this element i'm Ho-
nolulu, the influences referred to above
~, perhaps others. have permitted and
ment as a feature of social conditions
III IL Is left to itself it will undoubtedly
under the new social outlook grow ran
Iuy anu become serious menace TO the
charitable work OF the community.
l would appeal to all interested i'm this
SUBJECT 10 throw their influence and
financial support strongly in favor of a
strlct and radical fight against pauperism
10 the end that IT may be eradicated
ana that Honolulu may be a city free
from the reproach and injury which will
De hXed upon 1t II Migrants and habituai
hehdlcants become permanent feature
OF our social system.