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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-11-19
HOW NEN ZEALAND DOES
THE INCOME TAX IN THAT COUN-
TRY.
Tax Increases With the Incomes.
Some Americans Would Have to Pay
Millions Under the System.

The people of New Zealand recognize
the fact that wealth is produced by in
dustry, and do not permit capital to re-
tain too great a percentage of the pro-
ducts. If a man has an income of $4,000
he would pay 2@ per cent tax on $1,000
of it, or $S7.50-the first $1,000 being
exempt. If this income was $4,000, he
would pay per cent on the second
s., 900, or $3.50, making his total tax
1897. 80.
In New Zealand income taxes are not
unconstitutional. If they were so de-
clared, in all probability the first thing
the people would do would be to amend
the constitution. Under similar laws
our rich men would have to pay in
creased taxes, and our men with mil
lion-dollar incomes would pay a still
larger proportion, until the taxes would
amount to millions. When we reflect
that it is impossible for any man ever
to really earn a million or half million
dollars by his labor, we see that these
laws are just.
Let us remember that $40 a day for
300 days in the year only amounts to
5000. At that rate, which is all, prob
ably, that anyone ever really earns. 1t
would take 1862 years to earn million
dollars-which rather exceeds the aver
age length of human life in these days.
New Zealand's method of taxation
gives a large fund for public improve
ments and has a tendency to prevent
the concentration of the nations wealth
in the hands of a small percen-
tage of its people. The laws there are
made in the interests of the many in
stead of the interests of the few. They
are made to protect the rights of hu-
man beings in preference to dollars. If
our Government is really to be for the
greatest good to the greatest number,
we should place the laW-maklng power
in the hands of the people, that they
may have this peaceful but powerful
weapon with which to protect their
moral and financial interests.-H. r.
Orcutt in Social Service" New York
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-11-19
PASSENGERS.


Per S. S. Doric, November 49, from
the Orient.-For Honolulu. l.. ID. Nath-
an, ID. l.. Nathan, Miss G. =. Thomas s.,
l.. Gouckheere, Mrs l.. ID. Nathan, MiEs
Davis, Miss NJ. B. Fannings
For San Francisco: L. A. Payn, NJ.
G.. Ammens, L. s. n, Mrs. T. G. ALI
son, Lieut. G. /. Bickford, r.. A. Alfred
Gilka- Boszan, John r.. Bradley, Justus
Briggs. r. Dodge, Mrs. A. ID. Drew,
Mrs. Lucy Brown, J. ID. Kamess, j. w.
Games, Mrs. John George, II. -. Green,
r. Happier ID. II. Mercer, X. Wanjo,
Otis A. Poole, Harold V. Pratt, ID. j..
Radigan, Or. Rennie, Miss Roberts,
Charles 5. Schilling, J. Schauer, Mrs.
J. Schellaberger Miss G. 5. Burnett A.
d. Drew, Master Clement Drew, Miss
Helen Drew Charles ID. Findlay, J. w.
Games, Jr., Miss Gill, Miss A. Bager,
r.. Keihl G. II. Poole. Rev. c. S. Reed,
Mrs G. S. Roberts, j. Samson, r.
Schmidt, J. G. Scott, c. Kwai-Yat and
servant.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-11-19
DURABILITY OF TIM8ER.

Now that there is so much talk about
the durability of Australian timbers,
it might not be out of place to consider
some other hard woods that are nearer
to hand than the Karri and Jarrah for
ests Of Westralia. There is in the Brit
ish Museum a life-size wooden image
of Rameses 1.-THE famous SesOstris-
which seems to be i'm a perfect state of
preservation. AS this particular RAJ
meses flOurshes over thirty-two CEN
turtles ago, we may fairly take it that
this piece of timber from the Nile val
ley is at least 5000 years Old, and it is
practically certain that it has passed
through many trying Vicissitudes such
as being buried among ruins, submerg-
ed i'm Nile floods, and the rest. Westra-
liam wood enthusiasts who have lately
been boasting that Jarrah can stand
the wear and tear of fifty years or
more had better ponder this. And our
authorities i'm Egypt might do well to
see If there are any forests available
for cutting down by Dongola bend or
through the Soudan,-London Chroni-
Gle.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-11-19
DoR1C FROM THE ORIENT.

The Doric arrived from the Orient
this morning. The vessel left Hong
kong October 20 and Yokohama, No
vember 9. The news of the death of
Ii Hung Chang was received in Yoko-
hama. 1t is believed there that the
great Chinese is really dead this time.
The vessel encountered heavy head sea
coming over which accounts for her
being late She has 1850 tons of freight
for this port, which is about the record
for the liners. She brought 1876 japanese
in the steerage for Honolulu. She has
a number of through passengers. The
vessel is scheduled to sail for San
Francisco at 8 p. m. today but will
probably be detained.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-11-19
DEPARTING

Tuesday November 10.
Stmr. Mauna Loa, Simetson, fci La
haina, Maalaea, Kona and l<au ports az
D. m,
Stmr. Claudinc Parker, for Mau!
ports at p. mn.
Stmr w. q. Han q. Thompson, for
Kauai ports at p. m.
S. $. Doric, Smith, for San Francisco.
at p. m.
Wednesday November 20.
Stmr. Kinau, Clarke, for Hilo and
way ports at noon
$. S. Ventura, Hayward, for the COL
onies probably sail in evening.
Stmr. Kinau, FreemGn, for Hilo and
way ports at 8 p. m,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-11-19
co. D ELECTS CIVIL OFFICERS.

HILO, November 15.-Company d has
elected civil officers for the coming year
as follows: Secretary, O. English;
Treasurer, w. II. Beers. The commit
tees appointed by Captain Fetter are
Investigation, Sergt. Meme, Joe Cook
w. Ragsdale; Finance Lieut.. LudlOtf
David Reinhardt, James Pollack; Ar
mory, Sergt. Osmer, Corporal Kaanohe,
Charles Akou; Range, Sergt. Weight,
Corporal Herring Hall, Lieut.. Beers,
Sergt. Eaton and Corporal Lyman. The
Company has received word that its
new arms have been shipped.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-11-19
IHE KASH" Co., LTD
TWO STORES, TWO STOCKS.
p. o. Box 558.
TWO TELEPHONES.
Main SO and
Main 376.
Thanksgiving 1904.
ATTRACTIONS FOR THIS SEASON

Wherever novelties, rare luXuries for
your table, We're to be found, the deli
cacies of all climates, they have been
purchased and forwarded to Honolulu.
Whatever was new for your table,
your cooking the little conveniences for
your kitchen, your bath room, your tot
let table.
Here you'll find the rarest soaps,
brushes and bath accessories; all that
is late and new in the world of fashion.
AT this seaOn we are receiving new
nuts, TaiSinS, fruits,
mackerel, figs, honey cake,
preserves, bon bons, dinner faVors
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-11-19
intelligence


Tuesday November 10.
IS. IS Doric. Smith from che orient.
OF port at dayllghmt
IS. 81 Sierra. Huudlettc. from the Cll-
Ouips. due.
Wednesday November 20
s. 8. Ventura, HAYWARD. from Son
Francisco. due In morning.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-11-19
THE KASH" CO, lid

QUESTION-What are Suspenders
used for?
ANSWERS-To keep your trousers
up.
Don't you need a pair for each pair
of your trousers? If you do we have
some crack-a-j jacks. Just opened them
out.
WE KEEP OUR EYES ON THE
FACTORIES
We buy all of our merchandise direct
from the Manufacturers.
OUR CLOTHING is widely known
for it's make. fit and wear.
OUR HATS are of the best material
only.
OUR FURNISHING GOODS are the
latest patterns, the most stylish and the
best productions of the worlds MAX
ings.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-11-19
Foreign Steamer Time Table

The Following are the arrivals and
departures Of foreign Hteamerai
leave Honolulu Tor b. D. or Victoria.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-11-19
information
d. HACKFELD & CO., Ltd. Agts.
Oceanic Steamship Company.
TIME TABLE
For SAN FRANCISCO.
FROM SAN FRANCISCO.

this port
The age-herald., 1901-05-26
Ihe consiltutional Convention.

The Constitutional Convention now in session at Montgomery Is the most important gathering of men held in Alabama in many years. The dele gates to this convention are to make a constitution under which the State of Alabama will be governed for per haps the next century. Every citizen of Alabama is interested in the pro- ceedings. The Age-Herald will tell the full story day by day as the convention proceeds with Its work. Mir. E. E. kersh, The Age-HeraId's regular Mont gomery correspondent, will be upon the field as usual, and MT. Frank H.. Miller of The Age-Herald staff, one of the ablest writers in Alabama, will re- port the details and tell the story of the convention each day.
 The Age-Herald will attempt no stenographic report. There would be too much useless matter-too much that the public would not care to be burdened without 1t will tell the story day by day In an attractive form and the public will be able to get the work of ths convention as 1t occurs, without wading through a dozen or more columns of useless matter and motions daily.
 If you want the story of the Con- stitutonai Convention as it really is and will be, you must get The Age. Herald daily.
The age-herald., 1901-05-26
HISTORY OF ALABAMA.

Prof. L. D. Miller has published his- tory of the State of Alabama, and the book is being pronounced one of the most complete and valuable stories of this States past ever issued. The volume con- tains 4O9 pages, and is printed by Roberts & Son of Birmingham. The author is an Alabamian who has been connected with the schools of Calhoun in capacities rang ing from teacher to county superinten- dent for the past twenty-five years.
 A thorough review of the part this State has played in the worlds progress is given even from the time of DeSoto's first ex- pedition to the last Spanish-American war The pages are alive with interesting facts told in excellent literary style. Off, cial records are relied upon for a greater part of the story of the civil war; and they, added to the personal experiences of the author, from a new and true side of the great struggle. A number of illus trations embellish the book, and in the next edition it is stated more will be added to it.
 Professor Miller is receiving commenda- tions from all persons reading his his- tory, and 1t will doubtless be accepted by many schools as a text book later.
The age-herald., 1901-05-26
Trade on the Warrior.

A recent Tuscaloosa dispatch says:
 The Warrior Coal Company has pur- chased the steamer Martha M, and will run regular packet line from this place to points south of Tuscaloosa. The first run of the Martha M was made today, and its destination was Demopolis, with Josh Baker as captain. This will give Tuscaloosa quite a convenience in the way of river freight and passenger trans- portation. As soon as all of the locks are completed on the Warrior river this character of business will be greatly in. creased.
 There is beginning, small 1t is true, but still a beginning of great movement in the mineral district of this State. "As soon as" may be a pretty big 'if," but big country is engaged in building the needed dams and locks in the river that bisects this district.
 It is quite the fashion to sheer at Warrior canal" but the people of d completed work in the Upper Monon- gahela, from which come to New Or leans great fleets of coal barges. The Lower Mississippi is supplied with coal brought out of the canalized Mo nongahela, thus enabling a district two thousand miles away equipped with barge facilities to outtrade a nearby district that lacks water trans portation. The men who sheer may ilve to rejoice in a canalized Warrior -canalized even to the gates, so to speak, of this town.
 What Tuscaloosa is preparing to do Birmingham will repeat even in the matter of local trade, while fleets of Darges and tugs engaged in the export trade will fill the rest of the new chan nel. Those of little faith now will then see that the government engineers know when a river and a trade are adapted to each other. A river that has no heavy articles like coal and iron and steel to be carried to mar ket has small opportunity against the railroads, but the railroads on the other hand have no chance at all against the rivers in the moving of heavy articles.
The age-herald., 1901-05-26
pisFRANcHIsINe THE NEGRO.

From the Philadelphia Times Dem.)
 The constitutional convention which is In session in Alabama has for Its chief aim the disfranchisement of the negro voters of that State. Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana have in recent months changed their fundamental law with this sole ob- ject in view, and the federal constitution has been trampled under foot in each in- stance. If the negro Is to remain citizen with suffrage privileges he should be pro- tected in that right by federal statutes. If the separate States continue to disfran- chise him the penalty of loss of represen- tation should be enforced. Negro suffrage in the South has not been a success, and this failure is emphasized by the disregard of the nation of the fragrant violations of the express spirit and letter of the federal constitution.
 For better to legally decitizenize the negro by repeal of the franchise law than to discredit our basic laws by total in- difference to their reckless notification.
The age-herald., 1901-05-26
INDIVIDUAL REVISION.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 The Presbyterian General Assembly has reached the battle royal of the session the question of revision of the creed The opposition Is naturally strong, though in yesterdays debate 1t presented a very weak argument for leaving the Confession of Faith as it is. That argu- ment, in support of the motion to dis miss the subject, was that because the Presbyteries are not all of one mind the urging of revision tends to create com troversy in the church, and controversy Is not good for it. That is dangerously near to begging the whole question.
 It Is obvious that controversy has al- ready been engendered. to be stopped on- ly by granting or refusing revision by decisive majority. It is also apparent from the discussion in open session that, whether revision is ordered or not, number of clergymen have already re- vised their individual creeds most radl- cally. In fact, one declared boldly that certain doctrines are not generally ac- cepted fin this enlightened age" It is too late to evade the controversy. The question should be decided either in the affirmative or negative, and if in the lat ter the church may find it advisable to proceed against some of it's leading lights on charges of heresy.
The age-herald., 1901-05-26
Cut in Freiuht Rates.

On June 1 the rate on coal from this district will be reduced from s1.75 a ton to S1.25 ton. The rate once was $40, but never before has it been reduced to SIPS ton.
 This undoubtedly means that the battle against fuel oil has been begun, and it is believed it will go on to a finish. Under the new rate steam coal can at pinch be laid down in New Orleans at s2 ton, or fully one dollar less than Pennsylvania coal can be. It is plain that Alabama coal must be used to fight fuel oil, and that Penn sylvania coal cannot be used. This fact perhaps accounts for the recent purchases of Walker County mines by the Monongahela Syndicate.
 Between Alabama coal and Texas oil Pennsylvania coal can be driven out of the Lower Mississippi, and this is consummation most devoutly to be wished. Pennsylvania coal is out of its proper field when, taking advantage of water transportation. it is foated to the Lower MississipI/. New Or leans and all the Gulf coast will get cheap coal, but every pound of it will be Alabama coal. Small consumers at least will continue to use coal, thus avoiding the expense of changes in their boilers and the risks attendant upon the use of oil. There is no dan ger that less Alabama coal will be needed in the New Orleans district, but there is very great probability that Pittsburg coal will be driven out. alto gether.
The age-herald., 1901-05-26
Sunday.

This is the Seventh Day-"the Sab bath of the Lord thy God. In 1t thou shalt do no manner of work"
 So spake the Lord on the tablets handed down through Moses.
 How impressive the lessons! How lacking in doubt the meaning!
 The words: "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath" are so susceptible to misinterpreta- tion that philosophers, dreamers and every day men and women use it too often to suit convenience and inciina- tion. It means what it says-a day of rest. Rest from the struggles of every day lie, rest along the weary way to- ward eternity, rest at an oasis along a pilgrimage sometimes sad and dreary. sometimes earnest, hopeful and rejGvenating.
 The bells will toll today, and hun dreds. yea, millions, do congregate to hear the story of Christ crucified.
 The unbeliever makes it day of recreation, a day of relief from care and of labor. The Christian accepts 1t as day of rest-rest only from world ly cares-but not rest from a conflict between conscience and eternity He feels that he must bend the knee; that the priesthood must be listened to; that the Scriptures must be studied; and that numerous interpretations of Holy Writ must command his respect, his reverence and his obedience and loyalty. Yet with him there is joy If there be obedience. There is light, if there be love-love for the Master and always love where there be true religion. For in it's Mast analysis love Is religion. In the temples today the voice of religions will speak. There be guides to the house of rest who will tell you of the way. It matters not if they differ upon immaterial points. It is theirs to suit the carnate immaterial points; but all mean well and all lead the way to life eternal. "vox Populi. vox Dei-Listen, Look and Live"
The age-herald., 1901-05-26
EQUALITY IN SUFFRAGE.

From the Memphis Commercial-Appeal. ~
 As long as any man, white or black, has saved to him the equal right of ac- quiring the suffrage by accommodating the qualities prescribed by law as pre- liminary condition for its exercise he has everything which the philosophy of Democracy or Republcanism requires that all men shall have equally. He can not demand, justly, that the requirements shall be fixed so as to pull other men down or to lift himself up to equality in fact as well as in right, in the matter of voting.
 Alabama will no doubt keep to this line of equality of right, voluntarily from sense of justice, or by compulsion, because the constitution requires no more than this, for the confusion of thought to which our Frenchman refers is not a part of that constitution. The kink is in the head of the humanitarians and not in the constitution of the United States.
The age-herald., 1901-05-26

mean the political death knell of a few little fellows who have broken into the convention. but it will be to the lasting reputation and credit of the men who really do the work. The expense of 1t is petty compared to it's advantage.
 The convention acted we'll and wisely in selecting John B. Knox as it's chair man. Knox is not only a man of brains and force, but he is genius as a pre- siding officer-Quick. firm, clear and fair. Under his guidance from the chair the convention will do business in regu- lar order and with dispatch.
 His speech is assuming the chair on Wednesday was a strong and forceful presentation of the matters to come be- fore the convention and to be acted upon for the best interest of the State It IS well worth every thoughtful mans reading.
 The plumbers strike Is still on. The journeymen plumbers are asking for s350 a day for eight hours work. don't know what they have been getting or what the trouble is but from the price the contracting plumbers charge, every one has thought that plumbers must be paid at least $6 day. The question now is, who has been making all the money that people who had plumbing work to do were forced to pay?
 
 see Astrologer Meyer, a new star in the Armament of the fal1irs of this coun- try, predicts great strikes, much blood shed, much loss of life and many riots for June in this country. Of course, such predictions are rank absurdities. There will be some strikes of course. There is never time when the country is without some strikes, and even plumbers strike, but the chances are there will be no strike in the Birmingham district. The labor leaders in this district are intelli- gent men and so are the employers of la- bor. The Birmingham district can afford no labor trouble at the present time, and it is entirely unnecessary for either side to begin agitation. Last year the mat ter of wages was anicably settled by meeting between operators and opera tives The same can be done again this year. Both sides. being reasonable men,
The age-herald., 1901-05-26

the earnest and eloquent theologians at Philadelphia are trying to ascertain which 1t is.
 Predestination and election and eternal punishment are all on trial, and the bare but unquestioned fact that these subjects relate to the un- knowable-that they are in fact but human theories-does not lessen the intensity of the Philadelphia struggle, or render the occasion less historic. Calvanism as understood by Cromwell and the Covenanters is making it's last stand in this world, and the only mono theistic creed is itself in danger of reformation in accordance with mod ern ideas.
 In a general way the modern be- liever wants more love, or rather mercy" in his creed than punishment or justice. The hades of the moderns is not at all the "hell' of the fathers of the Protestant faith. The old-time "hell" was long ago abolished in polite society, and if the Presbyterian Church softens its creed in that direction the Gehenna of today will become a very mild institution indeed.
 The questions that the Presbyterians are discussing at Philadelphia are questions that perplex and confuse at times all other Christian bodies what soever. These questions belong of course to speculative theology, for no one has come back from the unknown land to tell us about them, and the terms of the New Testament are alto gether too vague to enable us to definitely determine them. If Phila- delphia would simply ask the churches to strive more to bet.er affairs in this world and to concern themselves less with speculations as to the next world, 1t would offer about all the solution that the case really admits of.
The age-herald., 1901-05-26
but there Is no Immediate prospect of

but there is no Immediate prospect of a failure h demand.
 The truth is, the prices of iron and steel are like, nearly all other prices, bound up in the outturn of the crops. Everything comes out of the soil, and the production of the soil is all-con- trolling. Just at this time big crops of wheat, corn and cotton would oper- ate to sustain the prices of iron by in creasing, or at least maintaining, the heavy orders from the railroads and from agricultural implement makers. 1lese orders, together with the in creasing exports of goods into which iron and steel have large place, &C., count for no little of the immense con- sumption in this country. No one can see an end to this consumption if the crop outturns are heavy. At this writ ing each of the three great crops is Auli OA pAOlulSS, anu IuS 6dIuSAlh5 Ol tl great crop or winter wheat has actu- ally been begun in the South.
 The handling of the three great staple crops of this country is an i'm mense task, and the use of iron and steel attends every foot of the move ment. Over POO. GOO mnes of railways have to be kept up and equipped, and each year adds about 5000 miles to the aggregate. The railroads alone are enormous consumers of the great com mercial metal, and their orders for it will be maintained just as long as crops are large and a hungry and naked world wants them. The man on the farm is therefore the man behind the furnace stack and the steel mill.