The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-05-12
SUBSCRIPTIONS BATES.
HoSoLULU. h. T. MAY Il. 1901
KING LOG AND KING sToRk.

ia the days of long ago. there lived
in the marshes Of which Esop wrote.
a nation Of frogs REshes and pond
lilies abounded The mud was soft
and bugs and insects were plentiful
Loving frogIets softly squeaked to
each other by the evening light. with
out fear OF invading waterfowl. while
big frogs with white waist coats and
generous mouths hoarsely croaked
their opinions upon public affairs
without disturbance from stones |
thrown BY small boys There was |
peace and prosperity supreme in Bac-
terra, for its King was an unambi
tious. quiet old cypress log and his
rule was gentle. inexpensive and light
But the frogs were not satisfied.
They demanded more culture, more
progress. greater light and sweetness.
They wished to be abreast of the
times. They were especially dissa-
tisfed with their quiet, conservative.
moss-covered King and they prayed
TO Jupiter for a change OF administra-
ton. The Olympian God was com
PLEASANT and granted their request.
He sent them a new King in the
shape of Stork. A Stork with fine
piumage and bright eyes. long legs
and an iron beak. business Stork.
whose practice it was to cut rates
and ruin rivals aud then buy up their
plants, consolidate them into a trust
and then charge customers all that
the traffic would bear. A Stork who
was all activity, all energy. all prog
ress. A Stork who could stretch his
incorporated legs over more marsh
land in an hour than old King Log
could have rolled over in a week.
The delighted frogs turned their
backs on King Log and shouted vel
come To King Stork, the brand new
sovereign. with two legs and bin
King Stork responded at once TO the
acclamations of his new subjects. He
responded as only Stork could. He
presented his bill to them. He pre-
scented It promptly and he presented
il frequently and, every time he pre-
scented il, there was frog called
into court-a frog who journeyed
down the neck of his King and re-
turned no more. King Stork break
tasted and dined and supped upon his
subjects. he caught them going and
coming. with land tax, water tax,
stamp tax. customs tax and internal
revenue tax he caught them. With
bond subsidies and land subsidies.
assisted immigration subsidies and
star route contract he smote them
With rings and syndicates be en-
vironed them With monopolies in
water. light and fuel he depleted them
With trusts in beef and sugar and oil
and. in every necessary of life. except
saloons whose motto was mo trust.
he ehoked them. With snares of eau
Gus and convention he brought then
within reach OF his unappeasabl,
beak and King Stork ywaxed fatter an,
fatter and frogs grew leaner an,
fewer
Then the frogs demonstrated. 4
logical creatures that they were. the,
aid rot know or understand the prope
relations between capital and labo
and they impertinently objected &
thus being made meat for King
They did not seem TO know that car
ital lives and grows OF the profits o
labor. They did not comprehend tn
insxorable laws OF supply and deman
and that ii was their duty to suppl
the demand OF King Stork for fires
frogs, and so. those who were ief
with one voice of terror. appealed
Jupiter TO take away their fery-eye'
hungry demon of King and Sgly
them back their old. harmless Lo'
But Log has vanished. Whatever b
tide he can return no more. for i
dustrial revolutions never 80 bae
ward. Yet. shall Stork therefore hay
his rapacious way unchecked. or shs
there again be peace. safety and ha
piness for the frogss Jupiter is CO
sidering that question today. He
considering ii not alone where u
thrift brawls fer an unearned shai
OF the aecumulations Of industry, a.
not alone where capital plots to pr
serve it's power: but he is consideriI
itlby the light Of furnace fires. He
considering il while he listens TO 4
clank OF hammers. the din OF spindl
and the roar Of FORCES. He Is CO
sidering 1t amid the shining gold
harvest fields. in the depths OF &