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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-02-25

There are a number of references
to matters pertaining purely to the
city of Honolulu which indicate
that His Excellency is not believing
that municipal government will be
established, he has perhaps already
a veto stuck up Mr.. Cooper's chair
In regard to county and municipal
governments he furnish the Legisla.
ture with the novel Information that
it has a right to establish such gov
ernments and he sends the following
paternal and warning suggestions:
This is an enterprise requiring for
its success a high degree of patriot
ism and civic intelligence. Careful
study OF local conditions and the
experiences OF other communities in
the creation and administration of
municipal corporations are necessary
to safeguard the country against
costly mistakes. Many problems
will arise in the consideration of
such Legislation that are difficult of
solution, calling for sincere deliber-
alton. ,.
There are important questions to
be weighed by you in the consider
alton of this subject. Should such
local governments be established ia
communities that do not ask for
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-02-25

Message to offer any suggestions
We refrain from mentioning the
matter, because we also know where
Mr.. Dole is standing, 1t is not the
first time he has made an a. nigel
OF himself.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-02-25

The Governor also states that
with our present surplus and the
monthly revenues from other
sources the government will be out
Of funds" And yet this pet of the
missionaries, who have billion
with which to bride Congress, i'm
pudently ADVISES increases in sala;-
les in offices and wholly forgets
the day in June in 1884, when he,
representing a ''loyal" opposition,
thanked King Kalakaua for, in a
royal message. urging the Legisla-
ture to economic.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-02-25

The unfortunates have not motto,
ed that their condition as to their
surroundings and the comforts of
life is improving" nor their rstions,
poi, their steamer servioe or the
quality of their beef. The Lsgisla-
ture will undoubtedly send a COM
mittee to the Settlement without
any suggestion from the Governor
of course if the almighty Board
of Health will graciously permit
them to land.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-02-25
1900 LOTS
= IN
KApIOLANI
I R A G I
FOR SALE.
-+t-.=t+

#@%@f
The Kapiolani Tract ex-
tends from King street to the
Beach. A road 60 feet wide
will be opened on the east
side of the property adjoin-
ing the Kamehameha Girls
School said road will extend
to the sea.
Crossroads will be opened
between blocks. Every lot
will have a frontage On a
road. The elevation varies
from forty feet high to ten
feet high above sea level.
No swamps around the
premises. No freshet will
enter the property.
There is an offer to buy a
part of tie property by a
great manufacturing COM
pany. The chances are the
offer may be accepted. There
is every reason to believe that
the prices of lots will increase
in a short time. The owner
of the property will give all
chances to purchasers to
make money on their invest
ments.
The ground is superior to
any tract in the market.
The premises are situated
within one mile and a half of
the Post Office.
The Government water
pipes are laid along the upper
portion of the property.
The prices are the cheapest
OF any tract within two miles
from the center of the city.
The terms which will be
given to purchasers will be
the best ever given by any
real estate dealer or broker
during the last twenty years
in Honolulu. .vf.;.
For terms or more particu-
lars, apply to
S. N. Kanakanui,
Surveyor and Manager
OF Kapiolani Tract Co.
,,9
". G. Achi & Co.,
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-02-25

The claims of the people illegally
imprisoned in 1896 by the Dole.
Cooper crowd are not referred to.
Probably the Legislature knows
enough about them making it IN
necessary for the man who wrote the
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-02-25

Words like those have come from
those who admired the late Ali,
and who are still mourning her
death and the fale of her country.
But any legislator would be justi.
fed in denouncing the hypocrite
who sent those words in an official
document. Dole, the arch-conspira-
tor against Hawaiian independence,
the traitor who, while a Justice of
the Supreme Court, violated his
oath to the Aliis and foreswore his
honor, his manhood and his duty
dares to approach this Legislature
with cant and crocodile tears visi-
BILE in such paragraph. His lack
OF tact has again been proven by his
reference to the young princess.
Hawaii will mourn for their dead
Aliis, for their buried flag and for
the independence of their country
without any message" from the
man, who today stands in his glory
as the spoiIer and destroyer OF all
which was dear to them.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-02-25

We have not penned these few
words, because we entertain any i'll
feeling against the ex-justice, now
governor. We simply wish to ex-
press our admiration of his unlimit-
ed gall in thinking that this Legis-
lsture can be caught by his "tafry"
to the late Aliis eve like Mr. S.
B. Dole"
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-02-25

While the governor does not
make any suggestion in regard to
taxation he is Of course ready to
borrow money and says:
This reduction Of revenues makes
it necessary that considerable sum
OF money should be borrowed for
public improvements.
The report on the financial re-
quirements for the coming period,
contain statements Of estimates OF
the Government income for 1901
both by he Treasure and the Audit"
or-the total estimate Of the form
or being $2,3l4,000, and that of the
latter, S2,175, 800, These estimates
assure the government sufficient
funds for the satisfactory conduct
of the affairs OF the Territory, ex-
cepting in the matter of public i'm
provements, unless some unforeseen
public misfortune should occur call
ing for large expenditures.
AS the authority Of the Territory
to incur Indebtedness is limited and
finally subject to the approval of
the President it is desirable that
the Legislature should study the
question of increasing the current
revenues by methods which will
distribute the burden of taxation as
| fairly as possible and gradually re-
duee the necessity Of borrowing
money for public improvements.
The provision of the Territorial
Aot,-section SO, relating to loans,
limit the amount of indebtedness
that may be incurred 10 any one
year by the Territory, to one per
centum upon the assessed value OF
the taxable property of the Terri.
tory as shown by the last general
assessment. The assessmentfor the
year 1900 showed total valuation
OF S97, 491 ,594; consequently the in.
debtedness that may be incurred in
the first year OF the next biennial
period lie S974,915.84, and the same
same amount or more for the second
year. The total loan suggested IL
the Estimates is 81, 946,900, one-hall
OF which may be incurred IN, each
year of the coming period. ."
The message announces that the
unfortunate class, confined for the
public safety in the settlements Of
Kalaupapa aud Kalawao, it is q
satisfaction to be able to report
that their condition as to their sur
roundings and the comforts of life
is improving from year to year. II
is probable that more can be done
to alleviate the hardships of theiI
situation. Legislation providing
for appeals from the decisions oil
the District Magistrate whose juris
diction includes the settlement
would doubtless add to the content
of that community. Such appeals
except upon points OF law, should
be heard in the settlement. Any
other arrangement would seem tc
be impracticable under the circum
stances. 1t is to be hoped that The
Legislature will during this session
send committee of its members tt
visit the settlement aud report on
it's condition.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-02-25

The message, a, whole, ia most
excellent document, because it deals
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-02-25

His message shows not alone his
imbacility, but it supports the &C
cusations, often made against him,
of his being time-server and yet a
very poor politician. He dared in
his Message to the Legislature to
use the following words:
Public feeling was deeply aroused
by the death of Princess Kaiulani.
Her beauty and charm, the roman
tic incidents of her short life in con-
nection with her brilliant political
prospects as heiress presumptive to
the Hawaiian throne, and their
Illustration by no fault of hers, her
brave acceptance OF the new and
difficult situation, and the tact and
sincerity she displayed in her chang
ed relations with the Government
and the people, had won for her a
widespread interest and the respect
and regard of,the community. Her
sudden death coming when she had
vindicated her superiority to cir
cumstsnces and'ha with sweetness
and gentieness turned her feet to
the humber life, feeling that the
best things were still hers to live
for, and people were past recogniz
ing her nobility of character, was
most pathetic and at the same time
most favorable to the permanence
of tender and affectionats memories
OF her life and personal Qualities.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-02-25

The flushing words of the me. :
sage is very interesting. The Govern
or spring the following impudent
advice on the Legislature:
Tbs past with its records OF sue
cess and failure cannot be changed.
You may go to it for lessons but
YOUR work is for the future. You
can hardly fail in your legislative
procedure to make important prece-
dents. 1t is in your power to create
useful or injurious ones. When the
people of the future years shall talk
about the first legislature of the
territory of Hawaii, the frat Ha-
waiian legislature of the twentieth
century, their verdict of your work
will be such as you now lay the
foundations for
The Legislature has already estab
lished one important precedent"
and that was when it hoisted the
Secretary Of the Territory out OF its
hall and refused to permit the
Governor and his "Cabiuet" to iu-
terfere with its proceeding, "E.H3
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-02-25

The message, as a whole, is weak,
obtuse, and poorly drafted. 1t shows
plainly that the sender of it does
not understand yet tina. the people,
not the family compact, is running
the government of the Territory of
Hawaii,
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-02-25

The ire claims OF those who
suffered through the wanton de-
struction of property during the
alleged plague is dealt with as fol-
lows:
The matter of awarding damages
is one of such difficulty and delica-
oy that provision should be made
for the establishment of a court or
commission composed of persons of
integrity and conservative judgment
for this work.
The project of recognizing these
in damages being one OF govern
ment bounty rather than of legal
requirement, the Legislature is not
called upon to impede the progress
of the country in it's treatment Of
the subject, but simply to extend
reasonable and approximate relief
TO the innocent sufferers in this
great disaster.
Although the estimates cover an
aggregate amount near to the limit
of prospective revenues, large
part of the item for interest on gov
eminent indebtedness will probably
not be required, as the Federal
Government may be expected to
carry out the provision Of the joint
resolution Of annexation assuming
the payment of interest on four
million dollars of the Indebtedness
of the Republic of Hawaii This
reduction of that item will amount
to 1881, 726 sc. For the same reason
the interest paid by the Territorial
government since the 18th day of
June, 1900, in this account, msy be
expected to be refunded by the
Federal Government. This amounts
to S106,06944 There will therefore
be a saving in the estimates of
$487, 796 40, which will be available
toward the settlement OF fire claims.
1t can be thereby seen that the
Governor suggests that about half
ambition OF dollars through some
mysterious source will be available
for thoss who lost their properties
and homes, and we ask Secretary
Cooper to take chair in the Leg is
lature, and as one of Mr.. Dole's
henchmen explain the meaning of
the paragraph in the message re.
ferrng to the settlement of the fire
claims as being Of "the nature Of a
government bounty"
The claims of the people illegally
| imprisoned in 1895 by the Dole
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-02-25

THE INDEPENDENT, SO cents per
mouth.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-02-25
themY Should the whole area Of The

them7 Should the whole area OF the
territory be occupied by such gov
eruments, or should experiments be
made ia one or two localities before
going further7 What will bs the
approximate burden OF the aggre-
gate taxation of the city or county
and the territory on the tax psyer1
How will the small proprietor be
affected by such combined taxation,
and by the probable greater strin-
gency of municipal regulationsY
These questions are better answered
before than after the character OF
such corporations is Gually settled.
Probably the most satisfactory
method OF comforting such privileges
is by means Of general statute,
stating the conditions precedent to
the establishment Of such govern
ments, and the principles and limit
atious to be recognized in their
organization, under which any COM
munity within the conditions may
proceed to acquire corporate exis-
tence whenever it ehall 80 desire.
Should the Legislature find itself
unable, at this session, to agree
upon satisfactory legislation in this
matter, it would dobutless facilitate
the progress of the work in the
future if it should make provision
for the appointment and adequate
pay of commission of several per
sons to prepare a general scheme fol-
both county and city government
and report to tho next regular seq
sion of the Legislature.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-07-27
HELPFUL FARM NOTES.

Rural free delivery places the pro-
ducer in daily touch with the worlds
markets.
The first great lesson for the av-
erage farmer to learn is that no per-
manent success is likely to be achieved
unless pencil and paper are made to
show the cost of production, since
careful management and accuracy are
essential to success.
Success IN the Danish husbandry is
mainly due to the technical education
of the agriculturalists, which, in con-
nection with a cooperative system,
enables them to secure the advan-
tapes Of new scientific methods and
improved appliances, all OF which tend
toward profitable production.
The time has now come when the
successful farmer must study crop
statistics gathered from all parts OF
the world. The worlds supplies, sur
Mus or deficiency and crop prospects
of coming harvests must be taken in
to consideration. No Rip Van Wrinkle
methods will serve the progressive
farmer of to-day-Farra AID Fire
tide.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-07-27
TALK WITH FARMERS.
rhe Man who wrote II Il somethi ins
Of . Grovvler, But He Tells Moth
ing But the Truth.

One must own enough farm imple-
ments and animals to do his work
rightly. A poor man cannot own
horses valued at 500 each, but his
poverty is no excuse for poor, enact
ated. half-killed stacks OF bones"
Make barns more for comfort than
for style, but do not be afraid to
fix up your outhouses-barns, sheds
and chicken houses-so as to have the
appearance that indicates that we'll
to-do farmer dwells there. Build your
barns with plenty Of shed and imple-
ment room. Do all the fall breaking
YOU can. II need be, hire man with
team and plow to assist you. Do not
work your team to death. Do not
make the boys do the work while you
sit beneath the shade, idling away
the hours, and don't make your girls
oct out in the field to the drudgery OF
farm work. Do not say: swell feed
them for their work, and I'll just put
them to raking stalks or hoelng
corn" It is to be hoped young men
will see them if you do, and take pity
on the poor things. If they were
manly they would marry them to re-
lieye their father, and more especlal-
" to relieve the girls of their obnox-
ions parent. Give your sons ana
danphters q good school education Il
nothing more. Don't send them one
dav and stop them another; better
L..r them at home all the time. l
would tell you not to maltreat dumb
snimals. but that story has grown
old ever SO old, and yet the farmer
-,,;s+reats his stock just the same. he
saad. them little and beats them
mnch: while we all know it should De
80. versa.-M. Louis Mertins, in Pral-
RE Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-07-27
! heavy TAX sn Farmers.

A. recent Wisconsin dairymens
convention. Prof. Henry said thas
s sn,,+ in the oat crop cost the farmers
sn 81 .h.+ state more than 100000 an
o,,.1lv - and that they could avoid such
annrmous loss by applying simple
.ansdv to the seed grain, says the
ru:1sans;n Farmer. One pound OF ~
We ",ss oent forraaldehyde dissolved in 50
gallons Of water sprlnkiea p,,r U,s1 shoy. "
bushels Of oats and tnorougniy sno,
eled over, would kill the smu. spoa.s' a,
thus freeing the seed OF .ne .a, g,M
that causes smut. Seventy-nse cen,s
worth Of the drug wl,l treat 90 Dusn
els Of seed. The farmer VINO ano~s o;rs
about this simple and 1nexPenslss
remedy and fails to profit ,aart .ntreD
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-07-27

q riding cart, attaching it to the long
drawbar of the harrow, and it is prov
ing the most satisfactory method ever
tried. It adds but little to the draft
An extra horse may be put on it it
the team finds difficulty in pulling the
harrow-and the driver can better
manage his horses, as he is not re-
quired to keep constant watch of his
steps, and he is always at an equal dis
tance from them.
The cart uses some wide-tired
wheels, old corn planter wheels being
lust the thing. These wheels are
placed on an axle made on or bolted
to four by four, to which the seat is
bolted by means Of standards running
from the seat to the four by four and
to the brace between the shafts which
connect the cart with the long draw.
bar to which the evener and whiff1e-
trees are hitched. It might seem at
glance as though the whifaetrees
might be caused to bump the horses
heels and cause other trouble, but this
is not the case, as the weight OF the
cart keeps the drawbar and evener up
off the ground. Actual use in this re-
gion shows this riding cart to be both
practical and valuab1e.-Jim l.. Irwin,
in Ohio Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-07-27
LIFE IN THE COUNTRY.
Its Advantage, Moral and Pecunfary.
Are Not Appreciated by I'm
skilled City Laborers.

Ihe Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette
comments with rare good sense upon
tn1s subject. After calling attention
to the scarcity of farm laborers it
says: 1T is a subject for regret, not
only upon the ground that agricultural
interests are hurt, but it is distinctly
unfortunate for a large class of skilled
workmen in the various cities that the
Advantages and opportunities of farm
work are not more generally sought.
Work OF all classes in the cities is per-
formed in the main by specialists.
This is growing to be the case more
and more each year in every depart
ment OF professional, commercial and
mechanical labor. In the cities only
the people with well-acquired trade
or profession stand a chance in the
compe itions of life. Yet there is in
every city vast number of men who
are earning a precarious living by do
ing the hardest sort Of menial labor.
Their families are compelled to live
In narrow, squalid streets, and their
children are being reared in an at
mosphere that tends to produce moral
depravity. In the agricultural dis
tricts there are places for these peo-
pie which, compared with their pres
ent conditions, are positive Edens.
They would have to toll, but it is toll
under conditions of health and moral
cleanliness that compensate thou
sand times over for the exertion."
The next question naturally is, why
do these laborers not make change
that would be so beneficial to them
and their families? There are several
reasons. First, they do not realize
these advantages. The country wages
look low to them. The city papers do
not educate them as to the real advan-
Lagos of country life; on the contrary,
they are apt to poke fun at everything
from the country and to magnify the
city's advantages. Then, city laborers
are like all other classes of people,
they prefer to drift along rather than
change, always hoping for something
to turn up that will land them a
"steady job" at good wages. But prob
ably the greatest hindrance of all is
the gregarious tendency of humanity.
They prefer the city, where society Of
some kind is always to be found, to the
isolation of the farm. There seems
to be no cure for this. While good
many city people have turned to the
country of late years, the laborers
have not formed a large proportion OF
them.-National Stockman.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-07-27
eUE5E5
| |EA|Rl\.,G|,|AlpIDEN. \
- -: .slS}lal,a 4l,,, ls7,3is7Sz3Ss7s1s:y;
CORN FOR THE sILo.
variety tn Be Selected sh
nat shall Approach Maturity
Before Frost.

Inc more corn there is put into thu
$40 1ne greater will be the value Of
the product removed from the s;lo
mere IS popular notion that the an.
staging OF corn adds something to it,
value which is not contained s. +ba
original material. This no+;on W -
wrong, and the greater the feed value
OF the product put into the silo the
greater the feed value of the ensilage
w1il ne. Corn should be planted for
tne sllo but little, if any, thicker on
the ground than it should be planted
where the object is to produce grain.
Corn is distinctively sun plant. and il
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-07-27
Do Your Feet Ache and Burns

Do Your Feet Ache ana BurAV
Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot Ease,
q powder for the feet. It makes tight or New
Shoes Feel Easy, Cures Corns, Itching,
Swollen, Hot, Callous, Smarting, Sore and
Sweating Feet. All Druggists and Shoe
Stores sell it, Csc. Sample sent FREE: Ad.
dress, Allen S. Olmsted. LIE Roy. N. Y.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-07-27
Her False Note.

At local amusement resort the leo
turer is accustomed to wax eloquent over
the graces of certain fat lady who gives
many exhibitions day on stationary
bicycle. One night lately there was a tear
in the speakers eye and a quiver in his
voice as he told of mademoiselles appear
ances before the crowned heads of Europe:
eyes, there was the prince of Wales
FRIEND" he sobbed, with an emotional wave
Of his hand. "He saw her, loved her and
would have followed her to America but
sor the protestations Of his mother, Queen
Victoria"
"Yis,' supplemented the fair object Of
the princes affections. "Yis, he knowed
good thing whin he seen it." There
wasn't dry eye in the house.-Boston Rec
ord
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-07-27

Il il 50 thickly seeded that the sun
cannot reach all parts of the growing
plant there is produced a product
which is lacking in digestibility and
which is not relished by farm stock.
A few years ago some experiments
were conducted by the Cornell expert
ment station, the object being to de-
termine what method Of planting corn
produced greatest food value. Certain
plats were drilled in thick1y SO that
no ears would develop, others were
planted with the rows 40 inches apart
and with the plants close together in
the row, and other plats were plant
Cd in hills from three to 3H feet
apart. While q larger quantity of
produce was obtained per acre where
the corn was drilled in thickly, yet
it contained q higher per cent. of mois.
ture and was deficient in protein and
in fat.
While the money value Of the
broadcasted corn is not very different
from the value of that grown on the
other plat, this estimate does not take
into account the digestibility of the
various products.
The variety of corn which shall be
planted must be determined some
what by local conditions. In central
New York the Pride Of the North gives
very satisfactory results. Whatever
Variety is selected, it should be one
which shall approach maturity before
frost. The man who plants so thickly
chat he cuts it with the reaper is sure
" failing to get best results, says
Country Gentleman, in conclusion to
the foregoing advice.