The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-07
NEW FRIEND
COMES OUT
Oldest Paper West
of the Rockies
Enlarged.
POLICY OF THE
NEW EDITORS
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Take Lively Interest in
Anti-Salooa Fight.

The Friend. enlarged and with a new
title page, came outS Saturday under
the management of the Board of the
Hawaiian Evangelical Association. A
picture of the Rev. S. c. Damon, d. d.
who founded the paper in 1s4S. appears
as frontispiece. In his salutatory the
Eeditor says:
Under the new management it viii
remain distinctively religious paper
1t will be devoted to the presentation
of facts and discussion of questions
that relate directly and indirectly &c
the social moral, and religious life OF
the Hawaiian Islands. In this field
it will find its realm of service. So fal
as il may refer to politics, it will aim
| to be non-partisan and to discuss men
land measures on their merits alone
1t will try to give a full and frank dis
cussion of temperance issues, and will
lend itself to the extent of its power to
the cultivation of temperance Senti-
ment. In matters of religious belief 1t
will endeavor to present such facts and
maintain such a spirit as will be con-
ducive to the upbuilding of Christian
faith and character. In it's theological
position it will strive to be progressive
without obscuring or minimizing the
great facts of the Gospel that quicken
conscience and promote the personal
religious life. In a word. its ambition
is to be a helpful influence in the
maintenance here of intelligence, good
order, pure morals, and helpful
Christianity. Steps are already being
taken to greatly increase it's circula-
ton: and, as experience is gained, IT
will be adapted to the meeting of such
needs and opportunities as may pre-
sent themselves within the sphere OF
its influence. Former readers Will be
glad to know that the recent editor,
DIR. s. E. Bishop, still remains connect
ed with the paper as an associate edi-
tor. The page devoted to the Record
of Events viii be in his care, and other
contributions from his pen will appear
from time to time. His many friends
will join the managing editor in the
hope that he may long be spared to Ia
Dor in this connection.
GENERAL FEATURES
The subject of /Americanism. as 1t
affects Hawaii. is treated in a thought
full article which concludes as follows:
The limits OF this article do not ad-
nit of further discussion, but enough
has been said to show that the prob
lem of developing this Territory along
traditional American lines" as Pres
ident Roosevelt puts it, lies right at
this point. If this should be found to
be impracticable. then the test OF
Americaaism will come in ascertaining
whether or not it can be developed
along untraditional lines.
The liquor business will be a special
object of The Friends attack. Under
this head the paper says:
1t will be seen that The Friend ex-
poets to devote a generous portion of
space to the subject of temperance.
This is done because we believe that
the suppression of the liquor traffic is
one of the main objects to be achieved
before this Territory can enter upon
any career OF progress that will be
substantial and embrace all the people.
In our article on "AmericaniSm for
Hawaii" we have tried to show that
Americanism must be developed from
within. not imposed from without. We
must cultivate morality, intelligence
and industry as the basis for the
superstructure. The liquor
business strikes directly at these quail
tiles and undermines every one of
them. In another column we print the
law recently passed by Congress for
the protection of the native races in
certain of the Pacific Islands. In view
of the passing of this law, we venture
to make the suggestion to. our temper
ance people that, in addition to the
effort for suppression put forth here,
that we unite with the Reform Bureau,
whose fundamentally, large
~, this law was gotten through Con-
gress, and with other temperance or
CARNATIONS in the United States. in an
effort to secure its extension to the ISL
ands directly under United States con-
troll Let the facts be made clear and
reiterated before the American people
until il is thoroughly understood to
what a degree this traffic is causing
he extinction Of our native people and !
what an obstacle it presents to all |
progress here. in the hope
hat the only power that is really ade- |
Iuate to suppress il, namely, the Unit |
ID States Congress, may be led to act |
The government exploring party is !
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