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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-15
.HONOLULAN TALKS
ABOUT SECURITIES

1.-THE bulk of paying properties in the
Hawaiian Islands is owned by Ameri-
cans. perhaps as much as four-hfths,
said Honolulu man en- route to Eng
land the ether day. Money is tight
there. because of the great demand for it
in developing numerous new enterprises.
L know of a party of Englishmen who
were passing through Honolulu recently
and invested s1o,eoo They will probably
send more money there before long. SUI
gar is not bringing the fancy prices OF
| last year, but there is still good mar
gin of profit in its culture Some OF the
opportunities for investment are very
good, shut their value does not seem to
/ be appreciated in this country. For in
stance, the bonds of the Oahu railroad
paying an interest of per cent, do moi
begin to sell for the premium they
would command under similar circum
stances in the United States The roae
is a very profitable property, and it
| warehouses and terminals alone woule
sell for the amount of bonds issued Th'
same thing is true of other well-estab
Ilished enterprises in the islands that
might mention. But with the exploita
Il ton of Hawaiian securities. look TO
a change for the better in this regard.
kansas City Journal
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-15

within the spirit and the purpose OF
the regulation.
And further: -
Is there any warrant Ior tue
SUMPTION that Congress intended TO
.iYnDose a duty upon material aIter II
had been used and become practlcally
worthless, simply as penaily LOT us
retention upon the vessel! Inc Stalule
is silent upon this point, ana the liner
ence to be drawn from this silence IS
purely a matter of construction, 10 pc
determined by the general spirit ana
intent of the statute. AS IL is not TO
be presumed that an injustice was
Within the legislative intent, Wherever
a statute is capaple OF eWo cuns ss. "
lions. one of which would work mani
fold Injustice, and the other would
work no Injustice, it is the duty OF the
| courts to adopt the latter. lLau wv
! Rew VS.. United States, IA Y. s., A. 59;
| 70 Sup. ct, SIT, 36 L., ed. $40, and cases
| cited In accordance with these prln-
/ cinles the court will consider that the
section in controversy applies only to
material that is useful for the purpose
for which it is intended to be used
/ 1t was judged accordingly that a
/ shipowner was entitled to the cancel
lation of duties on yellow sheathing
metal which had been in use more than
fo11r years, Notwithstanding he had al
! lowed it to remain on the vessel and
accepted the consequent lower rating
The merchandise seems also to be en-
i titled to exemption from duty under
4 section 5 of the tariff act of 1894 which
reads as follows:
Section s-That all articles of foreign
production needed for the repair OF
American vessels engaged in foreign
& trade. including the trade between the
4 Atlantic and Pacific ports of the Unit
ed States, may be withdrawn from
bonded warehouses free of duty, under
such regulations as the Secretary o.
, the Treasury may prescribe.
Following the authority cited, tint
protest is sustained and the collector.
decision reversed, with instructions t
Ireliquidate the entry accordingly.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-15
ASCENSION DAY.
To Be Observed Thursday Morning
by Second Congregation.

There will be a celebration of holy
communion at $50 o'clock on Thursday
morning for the Second Congregation of
St. Andrews Cathedral.
During this month the great festivals
of the church will fall-Ascension Day
on the 18th and Whitsunday on the 18th
The observance of Ascension Day is the
assertion of all believers in that article
of their faitn-'I believe that Jesus
Christ ascended into Heaven and sitteth
at the right hand of God the Father AL
mightyp Coming as it does on Thurs
day. the public celebration is left to the
very few. Holy Thursday. as this day is
sometimes called. was almost forgotten
for many years, but after its revival,
there seemed hopes that its observance
would become general, but in many
places we fear it has fallen off again.
In England the custom of the children
of the schools beating the bounds of the
parish on this day is still continued.
Whitsunday or Pentercost is the Festi-
val of the Holy Ghost. This is the &C
tual birlIJay of the Church of Christ,
and should be observed with every mark
of faith and devotion and joy in be-
lieying.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-15
Consolation for a Widow.

MANILA, April 2O.-The widow of the
murdered Captain Lara of the native po-
lice, who was assassinated last year, has
been granted the sole privilege to run a
cockpit in Manila as remuneration for
her unfortunate bereavement. This does
not appear to be much, but it really
amounts to a great deal, as the income
of a cockpit annually is not small fg-
ure An ordinary cockpit brings its own
er a profit of 5000 or 10000 pesos a year.
In this case. however, Mrs. Lara has a
monopoly, as no other pit is allowed to
run. and her income will be considerable
in consequence.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-15

Avoid colds by drinking Kentucky
Favorite' whisky. Spruance, Stanley
& Co.. San Francisco. proprietors.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-11

all
a formed
Legislatures the
boiler plate
tter how good.
in
public judicial proceedings other
State constitutional provision that strange to the
in good NTH Carolina
read
be
divorces
a
effort to reform
helping
will be short time
that lax ideas the sanctity Of marriage
the State
soaled higher law" and
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-11
STANDARD OIL Dividend.

Thus far this year the Standard Oil
Trust has paid dividend of 40 per cent
and it is expected it will pay so per cent
before the year is out. Mr.. Rockefeller
owns 40 per cent of the stock, which
aggregates@$1OO,O 100000. From 1891 to
1895 1T paid dividends Of IL per cent an
nually. In 1896 it paid 81 per cent; in
1897 it was 33 per cent; in 1898 it was
80 per cent; i'm 1899 it was 33 per cent,
and in 1900 it was As per cent. No Won
der Mr.. Rockefeller says he believes he
is happier than if he We're poor. Com
pared to him, Croesus was beggar.
The greatness of the Standard Oil
Trust rests upon the broken fortunes
and hopes Of thousands of independent
oil concerns that it destroyed in the
earlier years of it's growth, and to its
unchanged policy Of crushing eompeti-
ton wherever it appears, no matter
how or at what costs.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-11
RANsOM's AND HILLS EULOaIEs.

The Roanoke Chowan- Times last week
said that Gen. Ransom's eulogy of
Vance was as eloquent as Ben Hills
eulogy of Robert E. Lee. Here is Ben
Hills eulogy of the great soldier:
when the future historian comes to
survey the character of Lee he will
find it rising like huge plain OF hu-
manity, and he will have to lift his eyes
towards heaven to catch its summit
He possessed every virtue of the other
great commanders without their vices.
He was foe without hate, friend
without treachery, soldier without
cruelty and a victim without murmur-
ing He was a public officer without
faults, neighbor without reproach, a
Christian without hypocrisy, and man
without guile. He was Caesar without
his ambition, Frederick without his
tyranny, Napoleon without his selfish
ness and Washington without his re-
ward. He was obedient to authority as
a servant and royal in authority as a
true king He was as gentle as a wo-
man i'm life, pure and modest as a virgin
in thought watchful as Roman vestal
in duty, submissive to law as Socrates
and grand in battle as Archilles."
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-11
THE spirit OF DEMOCRACY.

We published some days ago a def
milton of Democracy given in Congress
years ago by "Old Bill Allen,' as the
great Ohio statesman was called Be-
low we give David Bennett Hills def
milton of the spirit of Democracy:
ut respects the vested rights of capt.
tai, and at the same time sympathiZes
with labor oppressed. 1t has no alliance
with corporate interests; neither is it in
league with demagogues who disturb
society and agitate for the mere sake
of agitation. 1t does not regard the pos
session of wealth al crime, nor even
as badge of honor; nor does 1t consider
poverty as either a disgrace or virtue.
1t makes no war upon classes, but OPP
poses corrupt and vicious systems
wherever they are found
This is in line with the declaration
of the Maryland platform. The Demo-
cratic party throws every protection
around corporate interests as around
individual possessions. 1t demands in
return that such interests shall not use
the government for obtaining special
privilege
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-11
THE POLITICAL ASPECT OF THE STRIKE.

The Homestead labor trouble Cleveland President 1892
early part of that
the confident But the strike in Pennsy
vania in an industry where the oed all the big protective
tariff bonus the tide administration Since that time the
millionaire
owners OF the steel industry planning and working for
combinations demands
labor and friends labor
rapid formation with lightning rapdty the
election
the powerful 1act pointed out
employed by the trusts
went to the polls called and Pros
Union Labor
Mr. Shan and
all MKneys election and
that concessions Instead
laborg voted for McK-
ley thereby selling their political in that election for mess " pot
they wish from the
When this strike over
the American labor and then let's
the trust all be eternal and everlasting hostility
the labor hold it's present position Mr.
political aspects
the worst and the
crush existence
e o a men"
the labor world ought
will respects itself and quits
the that owned
lby o roy orga
wish the of organized labor
the
t of the does not
not promise to stand with
these arbitration and all the
parties bound by its DEGREES the larger markets OF the world so
goods
which demand for American labor at renueave
otherwise conditions that
1t
and more before another presidential election
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-11
WHERE SHALL REST BE FOUND?

We do not speak of the rest of which
the people sing on Sunday in the churches.
but the rest that follows the day of hard
labor or the season of intense application.
That inquiry has reached the state of
Robson, and it seems that it is prompt
ed there by desire to be freed from
the mosquitoes, who in their supreme de-
sire to control North Carolina, have de-
clared they will "hold Robeson and save
the State" from those who would kill
out the mosquito by the general applica-
ton of kerosene oil. A farmer, living
at Philadelphus, writing to the Robson
ian, after detailing the hard work heavy
rains has put upon the farmers, says:
Now, when the battle is over, either
conqueror or conquered, the farmer fain
would rest his weary limbs in peace be-
meath some friendly shade or his own vine
and fig tree, there falls on his ears
sound, soft as an Aeolian harp, yet start
ling as a war whoop for it is in reality the
battle cry of the blood thirsty mosquito.
Sure the Italians stiletto nor the Span
iard's machette is not more painful nor
half so poisonous as the malaria charged
bill of the hungry mosquito. They rob the
day of rest and the night Of sleep. Would
that We might Danish his presence and
his species to the shades of oblivion"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-11

of the South are perhaps as discerning in
State Legislature as are their educated
neighbors.
But with the negroes of the black
belts of Alabama, Mississippi and the Car
olinas the case is quite different. Their
dense ignorance of all political questions
is relieved by no CLEAN of tradition. They
were permitted to attend no political
meetings when slaves, and since their
emancipation such appeals as have been
made to their simple prejudices and SUI
perstitions by their leaders have not
been calculated to confer upon them much
conception of the duties of citizenship.
The illiterate immigrants from Southern
Europe, who have no knowledge of the
political institutions of this country,
are no more fit to exercise the suffrage
than are the analyphabetical blacks of
North Carolina and louisiana But after
all the abuse and ridicule of the grand
father clause in Southern constitutions
there is something to be said in it's
favor. 1t is not designed as an invidious
race distinction. but as a means of equit-
ably solving a difficult political problem .
So liberal and sensible an argument
from Philadelphia paper was as unex-
pected as it is gratifying. If other North
ern papers would get as intelligent a view
of conditions before writing on Southern
problems, they would better show their
fitness to instruct
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-11
MRS. DAVIS AND MRS. GRANT.

The widows of the great men cannot
escape the penalty of publicity. Some.
thing like year ago there was quite
a controversy over the criticism of Mrs.
Jefferson Davis by Southern paper
because she lived in New York city and
spent her vacations in New England.
Now there is war of words because
Mrs. Sartoris has purchased a home in
Canada and Mrs. IT, S. Grant will go to
Canada to live. "She ought to live in
the South" said the critics of Mrs.
Davis. "She ought to live in the United
States say the critics of Mrs. Grant.
If these ladies wish to receive the
friendly interest and attention of the
men who loved their dead husbands,
they ought to live among the people
where their husbands won fame. If
they wish to enjoy a privacy in which
husbands can come, they ought to live
in other lands. In electing to live in
the North Mrs Davis thereby indicates
that she wishes to spend her last years
in retirement where no honor can be
shown her as the widow of the great
president of the Confederacy. In elect
ing TO live in Canada, Mrs Grant an
nounces that a quiet life free from
tokens of regard from her husbands
comrades is her preference. These
ladies have a right to suit themselves
in selecting place of residence. They
cannot ''eat their pie and have it, too"
and so if they choose to reside away
from the scenes of the greatness of
their husbands, they must not expect
to receive the regard and affection which
would naturally flow to them from the
men and women who were in accord
with the career of their husbands.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-11
IT Is A WHALE.

The greatest achievement of this new
century is the building the Celtic"
the biggest steamship in the world. 1t has
accommodations for 1853 passengers. On a
single one of her nine decks there is
standing room for 40, 900 men. It is 700
feet long, IS feet wide, and has a depth
of 40 feet. She moves through the
water SO steadily that passenger does
not realize be is on the ocean The day
is not far distant when we all can take
an ocean voyage. They will have to
make the fare reasonable to get enough
such great steamships
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-11
MORE RURAL ROUTES NEEDED

Webster's Weekly says there are be-
tween fifteen and twenty free rural de-
livery routes in Pittsylvania county, Vir-
ginia. The highest number in any one
county in North Carolina is three. Why?
All the Senators and Representatives in
Congress from North Carolina have not
been as insistent and successful as one
Congressman from Virginia, Mr.. Swan
son. Let the people and the members
of Congress not be content until the whole
State is honey combed with free rural de-
liyerieS.
1t is wrong that one county in Vir-
ginia should have more routes than the
whole State of North Carolina.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-11
HOW TO GET TO THE TOP.

The youth who are told that they can
get to the top only by knowing how
to do something better than anybody
else" are liable to doubt the wisdom
of such advice when they read the Bos-
ton Herald's theory of how the presi-
dent of the Steel Trust came to get $780,
900 year. Heretofore it has been sup
posed that Mr. Schwab gained the top
because of great ability and unflagging
industry, but the Boston Herald re-
moves that notion with this explana-
ton:
"Schwab arose to the high place he
still occupies in the regard of Mr.. Car
negie by purely song and dance"
methods. He can play the piano and he
can sing the old Scotch melodies out OF
sight. This musical gift completely
won Carnegie's regard. When he was
sick Schwab used to go up and MARBLE
to him with dialect like a King Will
liam highball, and in Carnegie's mind
any one who can cackle Highland fash
ion is necessarily of the largest mental
caliber.'
Without rejecting upon the yeracity
of the Herald scribe, we would advise
the young men who wish to go to the
top to master his trade or calling rather
than seek promotion by song and
dance" methods. If for no other reason,
he should remember that there is only
one Mr.. Carnegie.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-11
DO TEACHERS IMPART FALSE IDEALS.

The Hndeonve Hustler telling children
them high
signaly
ers" Here is the lay to teachersby Hustler:
1T is one Of the strangest
eha d teach our bic schools should persist teaching the
their yteny in
Senator Rep
constantly of
old o
IF all this good breath spent in telling children
an ha their country homes to remain on the farm good and make
schools would be doing much good boy
getting
than any other life If man. our first impulse would
but of
teachers give advice calculated
taught look down unon and
audab zeal and rec,
While any teacher who would
teach the children look
charged the ambition
ways pointed out by the Hustler
the pupil Sometimes the
the moon the hope reaching
over-sed the
me gong to the city has ruined
no doubt that much
and brain has been
the boy to minence und are
crushed INTO hopeless slavery
While insisting that ideas into the
neads the children let
aim high 1t better
will dspel the false visions
have always lived reach the
Edwin osgood Grover draws
beautiful and it teaches
thhe each traveller find
with v m r h @ and "sn e
We n'" that some DAY We may stand within the suburbs
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-11
THE GRANDFATHER CLAUSE.

There has been much discussion about
the grandfather clause" because it has
been adopted in Alabama and is under
consideration in Virginia. In Alabama. as
in Louisiana, both the Senators oppose
1T, doubling its constitutionality Law
yers of both States quite as able believe
1t will stand if anything that eliminates
the negro vote will stand The opposition
TO II by Senator Morgan is enough to
cause doubt in the minds of constitution
makers in Alabama and Virginia Senator
Morgan offers nothing better and the Ala
bama people are determined to try the
best measure to eliminate the mass of
negro suffrage as the vote of 81 to % in
the Alabama Constitutional Convention
for the grandfather clause" shows.
One OF the most sensible arguments
in support of the grandfather clause we
have seen is from the Philadelphia Rec
ord. 1t says: $50
"On grounds of equality it would be
rather hard to deprive of the suffrage
white men who have long been familiar
with its exercise. The illiterate white
men in Western North Carolina, East
Tennessee and other portions of the South
are quite numerous, but they have had
good political training. They have at
tended political barbecues and mass meet
ings and have heard Zebulon B. Vance.
Andrew Johnson, "Parson' Brownlow and
other noted public men discuss the ques-
lions OF the day. The political traditions
in which they were reared still abide
with them. Charles Lamb has spoken of
the wisdom in the face Of a man who
could not read and write. Daniel Boone
could not read, but what a mark he
made! He possessed lore that for his
purposes was worth more than the learn
ing of all the schools. In the long exer-
else of political rights the illiterate whites
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-11
CHURCH FEDERATION.

successful societies
working in
church. the
the Baps the United Brethren the Christian
Bible soete-the BTU
the American.
The first result of the conference was the organization
Union is the uniting OF the evan
comfy and effectiveness " ms
sionary
members from each OF the 0e
the Union Ihe EVanse
by all the churches working under ~
desired by the OF the mission
responsible fo particular
field AS the missions were
already at work and overlapping spirit
shown federation might
committee division Of terr0ryis sufficiently
for which the fed
tion vas
entering their
in the Philippine
comished by labor time
sose no'ss saaa
spons,bi for the
sss upe % @ ns n me
b the land the sehosts shall become
Ecia pangaa work in the
nes and Albay
psbyerians
M That Ts sas y sn vs ses
disaga pent the decision rest with the eSeeu
This movement and comment
eommendae wishes Christian
should
Should
M s,a,s na - u a noa ,asson - tho churches Of america
to
is greatly retarded the working independently foreign fields
a 'front.'
forces This step in the Philippines like reversal of this order of things
weededum
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-11
NORTH CAROLINA IN THE WAR.

The tempest in teapot" raised by
the incorrect publication that Major
Neathery had said North Carolina fur
nished only $4,000 troops to the Confed-
crate army subsidized upon the pu5lica-
ton of Prof. Hills letter showing that
Major Neathery himself had made the
number $4,000, the $4,000 having been
the original number at the formation Of
the regiments. We have already written
at length Of the excellence of DR.. ;ur-
RVS civil Government of the Confeder-
acy," but the Anglo Saxon calls our at
tention to these statement by DR.. Curry:
which are appropriate here:
after the battle of Chickamauga he sent
Longstreet's corps $4,000 complete suits,
and at General Johnson's surrender he
had 81, 900 suits of uniforms and stores of
blankets, leather, etc.
Before the war ended" he says, "the
commissary of North Carolina was feed
ing about half of Lees army
DR.. Curry's tribute to the love of lib
erty that has always characterized North
Carolina and evoked praise from Bancroft
is generous and warm. We quote:
''No organized community in America
is more distinguished than North Caro-
lima for conservatism, fidelity to engage
ments, sterling honesty and courageous
eviction to liberty. Her history from the
colonial period down juts out with eleva-
tions from the common level, showing ex-
ceptional. early and consistent protests
against tyranny and in advocacy of equal
ity and right"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-11
. UP TO McLAURIN.

Senator Tillman denies with vehemence
the charges made against him by Senator
McLaurin and de.es him to prove his as
sertions.
1t is up to McLaurin. He must prove
his assertions or stand exposed as SLAM
derer of his colleague.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-11

The Wilmington Messenger takes the
reports of very hot weather with de-
grees of allowance. The hottest day
this season at the residence of DIR.
Kingsbury the thermometer registered
S9h. If put near the suns reflection on
that same day the thermometer could
have been made to rise to 100. When
people feel very warm, they like the
thermometer to register as high rs they
feel hot.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-11

No union depot in sight yet.-Durham
Sun. Has your Chamber of Commerce
and City Council made demand on the
Corporation Commission to order the
erection of such a depot? If not, make
it hot for the Commissioners and the
railroads until they do justice by Dur
ham.