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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-11-26

of his factory in Manila and utilize
cheap Filipino labor to make cheap
article to sell in the cheap market OF
the Orient That is the right idea.
There is no use trying 10 persuade the
Chinese to pay-for quality or finish.
STANDARD OIL IN CHINA.
The Standard Oil people have found
this out. They came into this market
twelve years ago and introduced their
kerosene in tins. Their competitors
from Sumatra, Russia and Rorneo
bring their cheap oil here in tank
steamers, pump it into reservoirs, and
distribute it in bulk. Although the
Americans furnish the best quality of
oil and deliver it in the neatest and
cleanest manner, the Chinese prefer
the bulk oil because of its cheapness.
Consequently the Standard Oil Com
pany is now establishing a tank sys-
tenn and will soon be ready to deliver
oil in bulk like its competitors.
In America the poor family general
" has its own oil can and seldom buys
less than a gallon at a time, while in
China the average amou3t purchased
at one time is a gill Ga thirty-secondth
part of a gallon). The crudest kinds
of lamps are used generally being an
ordinary tin can with a piece of rope
for a wick. The greatest economy is
exercised in using even this make
shift of a lamp, the poor family light
ing it only when necessary and ex-
tinguishing it the moment they can get
along without it. The average Ameri-
can who earns good wages and enjoys
the comforts Of life has little cOncep-
tion Of the terrible poverty that exists
AMONG the Deonle of China
CHINESE DO NOT EAT BREAD.
1t has been about thirty-fve years
since American flour was introduced
into China, and its sale here has grown
very slowly because its use is in the
nature of a luxury rather than neces-
sitv. 1t is not made into bread, but
appears almost altogether in the form
of small cakes which are purchased by
the people during festivals or holidays.
The usual form is a small bun coated
with sugar. The business is not con-
trolIed by large bakeries like those we
have in America, but is in the hands
of individuals who make up a tray of
cakes and peddle them on the streets.
During the boycott a substitute Of rice
cakes was introduced to take the place
of those made of American flour. These
substitutes were sorry affairs. being
nothing more than rice mixed with
sweetened water then Drowned on both
sides. but the revengeful Chinese
bought them instead of the flour cakes.
Within the last four years q number
of modern flour mills have been built
in China. There are six in Shanghai,
and the largest one in Asia is now be-
ing erected in Hongkong. This plant
will have a capacity of two thousand
barrels a day It will be equipped
thrcu with American macn'1e"v
and will be in charge Of American
millerS. The company expect to get
their supply of wheat from China, In
dia and Australia. They will use some
American wheat if they can get the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-11-26

securities. The foreigner doing bust
ness in China needs to protect himself
as fully as he can, because it is GER
tain that insincerity is one of the most
pronounced national traits of these peo-
pie, and most of them are likely to be
dishonest if not held strictly respons-
ible
Chinese money is utterly battling to
the foreigner, because the money
changers juggle it's value so constant
~ that there is absolutely no stability.
The coins of smaller denomination,
called cash, are made of copper and
it takes about sixteen pounds of these
metal chips to equal an American dol
lar. This money has holes in the
centre and is carried around in strings
of five hundred or a thousand. AL
though thousand is the unit, the
money changers of each province. and
of each community. make their own
IA ties, so that if you pay for q thou
sand cash in one place you may get on
~ 900, or in some other locality only
700
THE COUNTERFEITER'S PARA
Disc.
The worst feature of the monetary
system in vogue in China is the large
amount of counterfeit money in circu-
lation. 1t is no unusual thing to see
buyers in the market with two strings
of cash, one of good money and the
other counterfeit. The dealers are
willing to take counterfeit money for
articles of little value in the hope that
they may be able to defraud some I'M
suspecting customer later on. If you
enter cash shop after dark you at
once arouse the suspicion of the in
mates. They imagine that you have
bad money or you would have brought
business transaction between two Chi
namen consumes much time. First
they haggle about the price, and after
settling that then comes the tussle in
regard to the rate of exchange.
When the fiuctuation of exchange in
China is considered it is a marvel how
business can be transacted at all. In the
last two years the country has had
series of nine fluctuations between ex-
IRENE points ranging from three to
sixteen per cent. How it IS possible
for the native merchant to buy his
ware in one kind of money, and take
the risk of disposing of them for a
specie which is so uncertain as this, is
beyond the understanding of the Amer
lean. A high Chinese authority writ
ing on the subject says: TT is high
time for all interested in the prosperf-
ty of the trade of China, such as the
government, banks, importers, export
ers, guilds, jobbers and retailers
Continued on Page -
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md you will have merrier Christ.
THAT MINNESOTA GAME.

II liz, perhaps, no wonder that Coach
Booth and the cornhuskers did not win
at Minneapolis on the football field
/ few weeks ago, and that the score
was so much against them. Booth at
least plays clean football and his team
Is taught to play no fouls. He has
made Minnesota and all Of the rest of
the western teams fear Nebraska and
the game Thanksgiving day shows
that the boys still retain some of their
old skill Concerning the manner in
which Minnesota works to beat Ne
braska, an article in Golfers says:
Nebraska had taught her rival, and
in the annual game between these col
cgcs last fall Minnesota played two
men who were entered for participa-
ton in this game only, and third who
was in college for football alone. Ush
cr l.. Burdick of Mandan, North Da-
kota, former Minnesota end, who
had left college in June, was solicited
to return by Mr.. Frank Force, sport
Ing editor of the Minneapolis 'Tri-
bunc," was promised position in one
of the Hcnnepin county Offices, and
came back for the Nebraska game.
He appeared for a short preliminary
practice; the style of play was
changed to his advantage and he
played at end leaving college imme-
diately afterward to return to his wife
and home in North Dakota. The state.
ment is made that he entered college
and paid his fees. If he did, the de-
ception was more complete.
Jordan, the writer, goes on to say:
Does Minnesota ever hire men out
right" asked
Il don't believe any one does that
any more" he replied. "Men hired in
that way are not good players. We
hired laundry-waEon driver once, a
big husky fellow (this mans name
was Irwin, to go out and play on the
team, but he was no good. The only
way to take care of men is to get them
Jobs where they have to work. Still
| remember case in which | was
deceived. | heard of a fellow and got
him $60-a-month job. He came
down, entered college and stuck for a
few days. Then he quit the team and
held his job
After all, Nebraska prefers clean
football to victories, and Booth is a
clean coach 1t is reported from Lin
coin that Booth has but to say the
word and no other coach will be even
suggested for next year.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-08

The Nebraska State Journal very
interestingly sums up Secretary Taft's
journeyings during the last five years
and says, This popular and ponderous
statesman is making record as a
traveller which has been exceeded by
few important officials. OF the five
and one half years which have passed
since Judge Taft left the bench to
become governor of the Philippines.
one year lacking five days has been
spent on the ocean, mainly in his trips
to and from the Philippines. Six
weeks have been spent on trains in
this time. 1t is estimated that the
distance travelled by Mr.. Taft in these
Journeys has been equivalent to four
trips around the world" One comfort.
man of Secretary Taft's avoirdu-
pois must feel sure that he gets his
moneys worth as he is transported
from place to place.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-08

The only newspaper in the state of
Nebraska, so far as we have as yet
been able to discover, to publish Pres.
ident Roosevelt's message in its com
plcte, unabridged form, was The Nor
folk Daily News. Omaha, Lincoln and
Sioux City papers cut down the mes
sage and brought 1t into this territory
yesterday. The News gave 1t in com
plete form and sent II out Tuesday
afternoon to this whole territory ra-
dating from Norfolk. In that way
people living north read the message
twenty-four hours quicker in The
News than in any other paper-which
is in keeping with the general policy
of the paper in news way every time
anything happens.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-08

offer too great opportunities and too
forcibly tempt frail man.
Time after time we read of county
treasurers going wrong; the O'Nelll
bank failure, though not political
office, signifies the same point. The
other day clerk for an express com
pany stole $10l,000 and fed, only to
be captured within a week and sent
to prison. Norfolk sent one man to
the Office of state auditor in Nebraska,
who went the same route.
And the one great point in It all, the
one fact to be remembered in connec.
tion with the whole political Office
seeking business, is that no matter
how clever the onlceholder may be.
and no matter how easily the oppor.
tunity presents itself to him to graft
and steal he will one day be caught
They are all caught, sooner or later.
Bernard McGreevy, president of the
defunct O'Neill bank, is in JAIL his
running mate, Patrick Haggerty, is in
hiding, fearing he will be caught AL
Towle has been removed from office
and disgraced-and so the list goes.
Politics, when a man has the force
of character of Roosevelt, with his
will power and his clear ideas of right
and wrong, offers a great field to the
young and free American. For the top
of the political ladder in the United
States Is as high as any one can go.
But before the young man starts to
climb that ladder he wants to paste
in his hat the names of those who
have started before him and fallen;
and he wants to remember that George
Washington knew what he was talking
about.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-08

The Christmas shopping season is
on, and people are beginning to get
busy with the gifts which are to be
made to friends. If the public would
only remember its friends do not ex-
pect expensive gifts, if gifts they ex.
pect at all, and that taste and de.
sire to please with some little trinket
that is appropriate. will he more ap.
preciated than gift which, though
costly, is useless to the recipient,
Christmas joys would be greater and
the public's pocketbook go around bet.
ter If YOU happen to know that your
friend has set of Dickens works.
don't, for goodness sake, deliberately
buy him a copy of "Copperfeld," and
expect him to be delighted. Try not
to give red flowers to the girl with
auburn hair and don't expect candy
to make the person with stomach
trouble, happy. Use a little judgment
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-08

Fremont says that it is perhaps just
as well to let so unchallenged the
statement from Norfolk to the effect
that the change made yesterday by
the Northwestern, in transferring Mr..
Walters to Fremont, is not necessarily
permanent. For" says the Tribune,
"it makes Norfolk feel better and
doesn't hurt Fremont" Norfolk is
now ready to admit that the change is,
in all probability, permanent. Nor,
folk further comedies that the changes
made some time ago, when division
headquarters were abolished at Ere,
mont and the general superintendency
moved here, are also permanent. But
that gives Fremont a chance to feel
badly and perhaps we'd better keep It
dark.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-08

1t Is great deal easier to be n
kicker than 1t is to be booster"
That Is why there are numerous kick.
ers II Is natural to follow the line
of least resistance. but it should al
ways be borne in mind that n capacity
for criticism is no capacity for action
and it is always the man who does
things who is held in high esteem.
The world is always in want of con
structive energy and the men who can
supply 1t are the most valuable mem.
bers of society.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-08
DANGER IN POLITICS.

There is enormous risk in the hold.
ing of political Office, especially for
n young man, but even so for the old,
and the man who accepts an office,
even though it is apparent that he
fights to get into it, is taking on him
self grave responsibilities which, in
many cases, are too heavy to be with
stood and which, as a consequence
many times break down the oflicehold-
er and carry him to ruin.
SO often has this fact been demon
strated, to the sorrow of the princi-
pals and their friends, in Nebraska
alone, that the young man of today
must measure himself pretty thorough
ly, and honestly too, before he would
venture into politics. George Wash
ington said that honesty was the best
policy in his day. Many people have
doubted his wisdom in it's application
to modern day business, but not a day
passes which does not bring in the
!telegraphic dispatches the most po-
tent arguments for George Washing
tons maxim.
Norfolk people and those of north
ern Nebraska generally were surprised
yesterday to hear that Register Petit
john and Receiver AL Towle in the
Valentine landoffice had been removed
by the president. The advices from
Washington say that the removals are
the result of sweeping land Office in
vestigations in this state, during which
1t was discovered that the local Off.
GERS at Valentine have, themselves,
set up dummies to make entries on
government land, and that these Off
GERS have been in collusion with H.
legal land fencers and have protited
thereby. There is no mincing of
words in the report of the president,
and the verdict must be accepted as
true
People here regretted to hear of the
downfall of Towle, especially, because
ne mas uStll hIOWu Ill lIllS
for many years. He was present at
the first spelling school ever held in
Norfolk and it is said by those who
were present that he was next to the
last person down, finally falling on the
word synagogue" 1t would have
been a blessing to Towle and his
friends if he had stayed down when
he fell over that word. But he didn't
He went into politics, securing a term
of Office as county clerk in Knox coun
ty and later was elected to the state
Legislature. After that he secured ap-
pointment to Valentine, and had been
there for eight years.
A few men could nave wlthstood the
temptation out there at Valentine, to
make false entries where there was
profit in it, but a great many more
men could not have withstood that
temptation any more than did Al
Towle. The opportunities were too
great And that Is the trouble with
many of our political Offices. They
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-08

School book publishers are at war
n Iowa and In Minnesota a state in
spector of schools condemns their po.
ltical pulls. There is no doubt but
that there has been tremendous
amount OF graft on the part of some
of the educational publishing houses
of the country in many OF the states.
It may be of petty dimensions in one
case but when the volume of business
transacted Is considered as whole,
II rises to tremendous proportions.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-08

There was n time when the North.
western road contemplated on run.
ming lts main line trains into NorfollS
from the east by way of the NJ. a. o.
tracks. Joining those rails east of town
md coming in by way of the Union
Pacific depot wouldn't this be n good
time to do something of that sort, now
that n new station must be built any.
way?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-08

Better mail service for Norfolk
would come with union depot Pco-
pie could drop letters into the post
Office at l2;15, noon, for instance, to
catch the castbound mail, where they
now have to finish those letters half
hour earlier. with the trains bringing
the mail to Norfolk avenue, 1t would
also mean that the mails would be
distributed n half hour quicker.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-08

II the three railroad companies lead
ing into Norfolk knew how much the
people of this city want and wish for
union depot, their ears would burn.
Could it be that that was what made
one of the old depots burn?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-08

The auctioneer who drew such a
charming picture of their farm that
the old people who owned 1t and
wanted to sell, decided to keep It. was
certainly possessed of the power of
eloluonCo.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-08
ATCHISoN GLOBE SIGHTS.

Youth is dangerous because it
thinks it knows everything it guesses
at.
The people do not have as good a
time on Thanksgiving as the turkeys
think they have.
Some way when a man SAYS: IS
see; I'll have to study about that" you
feel that he is going to tell the truth.
The people who can't sing very well
are always the ones most willing TO
give the voices to the church without
recompense.
A six weeks engagement will put a
lot of conceit into a man, but six min.
utes of married life are sufficient to
take it out.
There should be some consolation to
the turkey to know that when II
reaches it, it makes better SOUP than
anything that grows.
We suppose man is called "woman's
PROTECTOR" for the reason that he pro.
ects her from others imposing upon
1eT. preferring to do it all himself.
The average man is indignant IL he
accused of looking like an actor.
}ut YOU can please almost any woman
y telling her she looks like an actress
You are not doing as we'll as a good
oa'thy boy at night, If it isn't time
or vou to get up in the morning be.
-. on have had time to stretch out
and turn over.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-08

the civil war. New problems are up
which congress- must face. The issues
will be watched with interest and will
largely forcshadow the issues of the
presidential campaign OF 1908.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-08

1t is told of a Norfolk man that he
can never endure the odor of vinegar
at home in the slightest degree, and
that he sits in his office eight hours a
day, with a terrific odor of vinegar
permeating the air without ever even
realizing what ii is that he whiffs.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-08

For the first time on first day in
congress, the representatives at Wash
ington yesterday had to receive their
floral offerings in the lobby. Hereto
fore they have received bouquets on
their desks. Isn't that rather hard
on the popular ones?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-08

1t now appears that the reason the
"Florodora" theatrical company can.
celled a date here last week by wire
was not, as the message said, that
three leading members of the COM
pany were severely ill.," but was an
illness in the treasury. The troupe
is stranded in Fremont, and cancelled
a date at Columbus as well.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-08

Minneapolis objects to Golfers
story of football graft in Minnesota
Golfers is now being denounced In
Minneapolis as yellow journal which
"raises h-ll and sells papers," but
which bases its sensations on thin
foundation of fact.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-08

It's an excellent thing to be popular,
but If one has to choose, it's more
excellent thing to be honored. There
are many men who can never be pop
ever they go.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-08

The Minneapolis Journal says that
the record Nebraska has made in pos
sessing the least percentage of illit-
crate children, is due to the eagerness
OF the children to read Col. BiXby's
sharp verses. Which is we'll de-
served compliment for the Nebraska
poet
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-08

Send your Christmas packages In
good season. in order that they won't
be delayed by the congestod traffic
along toward the last day or So
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-08

And now they say Reed Smoot has
lost his grip with his Mormon breth.
rem. Surely with the women OF the
country after his senatorial scalp, the
lines have not fallen to him in pleasant
places.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-08

II makes no difference how long you
nave nave been sick, If you are troubled
WIN Indigestion, constipation, liver
huhey troubles, HOLSTERS Rocky
mountain Tea will make you we'll az
cents. The Kiesan H.. e1,, -. '0
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-08

The value of persistence can scarce.
ly he overostmated as a factor In
success. Never give up is the secret
of glory"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-08

The simple life is the only one
worth living And yet many people
are possessed to spend both time and
money In trying to escape from 1t.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-08

Senator German Of Maryland Is pre-
pared to join his friend Dave lllll of
New York in the realms Of inocuous
desuotudc.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-08

Never in the history of the country
was there such prosperity as there Is
at present. This is attested by the
bank clearngs which exceed those of
any previous year.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-08

II was suggested Saturday after the
Northwestern depot burned here, that
perhaps Fremont hired somebody to
set the building aiirc.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-08

A son of millionaire kissed De-
troit girl, as she alleges. without her
consent, and she has sued him for $l0,-
600. Nothing like siezing an oppor-
tunity.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-08

indigestion, constipation, dyspepsia,
Muhey and liver disorders, and all
stomach troubles positively cured by
using HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea.
80 cents, tea or tablets.
The Kiesau Drug Co.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-08

Don't forget to think of union de.
pot Sometimes just thinking of
things. makes them come true.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-08

1t is generally admitted that the
coming session of congress. which
opens today, promises to be the most
important of any since the days of
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-08

1lris' II you want red lips, laughing
eyes, sweet breath and good looks use
MONSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea. The
greatest beautifier known. 35 cents
Tea or tablets. The Kiesau Drug %
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-08

vivid imaginations can make things
about as disagreeable as anything in
this world.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-08

Norfolk needs n union depot. and
now is good time to build II.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-08

Some way when man says: Let
see; I'll have to study about that" yo,
feel that he is going to tell the truth
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-08

The people do not have as good
time on Thanksgiving as the turkey
think they have.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-08

The people who can't sing very well
are always the ones most willing tc
give the voices to the church without
recompense.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-08

Youth is dangerous because il
thinks it knows everything it guesses
at.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-08

Telephones! Editorial Department,
No. 30 business once and job Rooms
No II ~
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-08

IF YOU CAN'T BOOST
DON'T KNOCK.
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Entered Mt tho pSstonlco at Norfolk.
Neb., ms second class matter.