The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-25
CAUSES OF EMREzzLEMENT.


we have all been deeply grieved late
1 ly to see every few days in the papers
Iaccounts of young men being found TO
have used their employers money and
so to be guilty of theft. 1 am sure
| every right-minded person has felt
heart-sicR over such disclosures How
much of this has been due to a general
lextravagance in the past, how much TO
toe easy methods in business, how much
| to fast living and the reckless expen-
diture due to women and wine,' I
know not. have not investigated But
l should imagine that gambling has had
its share in bringing about these
Ilanlentable affairs.
II am creditably informed that there
has been a large amount of gambling
going on here in resorts which must
have been known to the authorities
for the reason that every one else
seemed to know of their existence.
Every little while we read of a raid be-
ing made upon Chinese gamblers and
that a score or a hundred of Orientais
have been hauled before the court 1t
looks as if 1t was considered q source
of revenue to collect the wholesale
fines or to get the forfeited bail.
WHY EXEMPT THE wlaTEsa
"But why have not the white gamblers
been raided? Why have not the white
principals and their dupes been taken
before the courts
rs THERE A PULL7
"Is it because such men have .pull'
which the others have not? I am
asking a question. 1 don't know the an
swer but I do know that young men,
Hawaiian and Caucasian, have been in
these gambling houses in throngs- I
have been told so by men who have
been there and have seen them. And
what is the result Young men losing
money and in the blindness of the gam
bler's passion seeking to make good
their losses by stalking money not their
own, and then with these losses facing
ruin and Jail-a blighted pros
pect while life was opening to them
its possibilities of honor and promotion
A CIVIC FEDERATION.
"Christian citizens should not in
apathy let these things go on. They
should raise such a comnotion that the
laws shall be enforced and the or
ganized evil driven out of our fair
city Public opinion aroused will re-
suit III law sGn1OA(CSt. AfCAE SAAOlA0 ~
formed here a civic federation compos-
ed of law abiding men. It has been
shown here that organization can
stamp out pestilence which destroys
The body. 1t can at least stamp out
he pestilence which htalks in the noon
lay and in the glare of electric lights
md casts body and soul into the hell
Il despair and ruin.
DON'T BET, YOURSELF.
"And further you can do your part
n private. You can take care that
when your son asks you where you got
rour new hat that you do not have
o say you won it in a bet, or when
le asks his mother where she got the
'retty ornament that she does not have
o say that she won it at progressive
uchre or hearts.
GAMBLING ON THE INCREASE
Everyone tells us that gambling is
realty on the increase. Christian peo-
lie should set their faces against it.
know that men say great deal of
BUSINESS is gambling. 1t is not in the
anne way. Risks are taken in stocks
tut this is not the same as when a
nan puts a stake on q gambling
able. There is a gambling spirit
Il much of this l know which often
aads to fraud. But it is not true that
Il speculation is gambling; a business
isk contempiates mutual advantage,
does not.
GAMBLING IN SPORTS.
'eThe gambling spirit follows our
ports. it is spelling much of our coll
.ge contests by making them carnivals
f betting.
"The Christian must war against
his evil in himself and in society.
DANCE HALL DANGERS.
sI might mention other things here
Thich endanger the young. Some time
go my attention was called to case
( a girl whose full confession I after
rards had of dance halls which were
imply traps 10 lead off young girls.
uch things as these we can stop and
re should make war upon them
The Bishop then went on to say that
he peace which Christ brings is not
l1tward but inward. It fills the heart
nth confidence, no matter what the
-arfare may be. It is a peace whieh
asseth all understanding because while
II seems at war the heart is resting
.renely upon God. The peace of God
i'll be shown in love. joy. gentieness,
,ngsuffering patience and confidence
the final triumph of righteousness.