Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-07-07

4 Honolulu Conditions.
In the Honolulu community scarcity
of work Is occasionally cause of dis
tress needing alienation, and is espe-
ically so at the present time, with bust
ness dull and the dismissal Of num-
Der OF government employees under Its
policy Of retrenchment. The obvious
and best relief in these circumstances
is q supply Of work. This is not an
easy thing to furnish with the prevail
ing tendency toward economy among
employers.
start woodward.
Among the several things that might
be done in this direction, the establish
ment OF a wood yard in the center Of
some city block where the rent would
be low. is one. Such an enterprise
would require manager. who would
make purchases. take orders. look after
the woodsawing and splitting by the
candidates for employment, pay them
and keep the books, and a.two horse
dray, team and driver. Firewood to
Dt Wy tnt uuohtbst w bN
sold and delivered to purchasers after
being reduced to stovewood by the ap-
plicant for work. Provision for work
In stone cutting might be of service to
some. Gunny cloth might be procured
and the work OF making sugar bags be
provided. The opportunity of doing
plain sewing might be afforded women.
or these suggestions the wood yard and
the manufacture Of gunny bags are
probably the most practical.
Arrest Of Migrants.
Much has been done here to make
the constitutional pauper uncomfort-
able. The scarcity Of street begging is
Que. more than anything else. to the
Government policy OF preventing II by
the arrest OF such offenders as vag-
rants. House to house begging has
become almost obsolete through the
cooperation OF househoiders win the
Associated Charities. whereby such
applicants are referred to the manager
and an investigation made. II there
Is anything the pauper hates more
than work II is investigation and the
resulting exposure. The worthy appli-
cant has no reason to fear II.
Woes Of illness.
Illness In the families Of poor people
has much to do in creating n need Of
assistance. The serious interference 1t
causes in the household economy, its
expense, the anxieties attending 1t
which lower the productive powers OF
the other members OF the family, the
occasional costly funerals, all combine
to break down the family Independence
and ability Of self-support. Any i'm
provement of sanitary conditions by
the regulations Of authority or the lis
semination OF practical information on
the subject. whereby disease and the
death rate are diminished. cannot fail
to be influential both In retarding the
tendency toward pauperism and in d.
minishing the number of cases reQuir-
ing temporary assistance.
Protect the Young.
II all were honest. Industrious and
vlrtuous, there would be no pauperism
II cannot be doubted that the dissipa-
tons of an immoral life are not only
q direct cause Of want, but that in the
destruction OF self-respect which are
caused by them, they are fertile
source of the growth of the spirit oil
abject and willing dependence. II the
young can be shielded during their sus.
ceptible years from vicious Influences
very large percentage can be saved
from moral failure and its conse'
quences. II must be admitted that thi,
is a difficult enterprise and that in this
community 1t Is only partially accom-
plished. The law aims TO protect min
ors from the influence OF saloons BY
Furnishing saloon keepers who sci
liquor to minors, employ them abou
or permit them to frequent saloon
also keepers OF coffee, victualing. liquol
and billiard saloons and bowling oil
leys may be punished for allowing
school children to frequent such place
without the presence Of their parents
or guardians between sunset and sun
rise; also children under fifteen year
of age may be punished for being oil
the streets without the company OF al
adult between 8 o'clock in the eveninl
land o'clock in the morning. This l
known as the Curfew Law, and is no
enforced at the present time, II havin
been declared unconstitutional recent
In the First Circuit Court. After al
the best and most effective protection
of young people from vicious influence
Is In the environment OF a happy home
where harmony prevails and parenti
control is founded rather on affectio
and confidence than on force.
Banking for Poor.
few years ago, two or three brigh
men. one OF whom was a Roman Cath
Ollie priest, developed a new departur
In banking systems. They organize
bank among the peasantry OF Gel
many for their own needs. The dire,
tors. officers and clerks were peasant
and the capital OF the bank was owne
} by peasants. The beginning was sma