The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-23
WHARVES FOR
FISH MkRUS
Now Corporation
on Waterfront
i'm Honolulu.
Promoter Will Reap Rich
Profits From Japa-
nese Fishermen.
Get Rich-Q Quick Scheme" Wins
a Point Against the Navy
Authorities.

Don't 8 0Se you ever hearu or Johl
Henry's lobster trust, did ye? Well,
If We had I was goin' 10 say that this
here live fish corporation beats John
Henry's scheme all hollow. Fact is
that man Pain is a wonder. He's or
ganized them Jap sampan men into q
pretty cIose-hsted outfit The Japs
were to get together. so TO speak, and
drive the Chinese out of business.
They may do this here thing but can
tell you that they are all going 10 be
up against IT pretty lively
mate. sir" stood near the old channel
wharf yesterday afternoon and sur
veyed a portion Of the harbor IL which
there has been considerable activity Of
late The promoters Of Pains Fish
cries, Ltd or the Live Fish Corpor-
alton" have been doing things down
that way. Old Pete sizes Up the stu
alton in this wise
You see. this man Pain he's sort
Of next TO things He saunters along
these wharves looking for any old
thing TO turn up just ike you or me
would. You an I go long smoking
these here pipes and thinking kind of
leisureIy like. but he rides along in
his kerridge and thinks at a two-nli1l-
ute clip. He organizes this fishing
business and gets q hold Of d young
steamer TO go out and buy fish right
of the hooks along the reef But
bineby he kind o thinks that perhaps
his profits as a uliddleman won't be
extra heavy and like the man in a
poker game he decides he'd better git
another string for his bow. You know
when Z teller is q playing OF poker and
things come round SO he has an ace,
king queen ana jack Of clubs in his
hand bef0' the draw he feels sert OF
shaky. Some other fellow opens the
pot with q pair of jacks and he just
raises every other fellow out o the
game except the fellsr what opened
the pot on the Jacks Then they draw
cards The fellow what had the jacks
TO go IN On don't better EN-. Then the
teller what had the bob-tail-straight-
flush is looking for a ten spot Of clubs
mi ghty bad. Now you know II he don't
get that ten spot OF clubs he's mighty
glad 10 get another ace SOS ne can
beat tha other fellows jacks anyhow
This here Is q sort OF circumlocuted
OF CEILING IL sANs kLA II a4AA-N4e
my pint The King OF the Fish Trust
thinks perhaps that the commission
business won't pay. If 1t fails he
wants another thing. So he sees about
q hundred japanese sampans anchored
up against the sea wall near this here
wharf He ses 10 himself: BY
chirninay1 Amt this a free and inde-
pendent American country Now
here's a whole lot Of hathen japanese
Suppose they anchor there Who does
they pay for it
After eogitating this about minute
he goes to the navy station He dis
kivers that them Japs don't pay a
bIoornin cent for American privileges.
Then he pipes of 10 the admiral or the
Waterman or somebody al the navy
station about his great live fish idea.
His remarks are appreciated as the
vaporings Of an Illuminated man and
the navy fellow ses: Go ahead, my
good fren. just put your live shark
tars in that space and It win cost you
nothings.
Next day along comes gang CT
men and stakes They marks OF that
shallow water and here an there drive
p few dozen stakes. They connect