The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-12-07

against us and must De combined a
gainst If the white is to survive. 1t
may even be stated that the white race
is proved inferior commercially, in the
respect that it cannot compete on
equal terms with the Oriental. | am
for admitting it,-and taking steps to
make I'D for the inferiority, which has
it's very admirable side. SO l would
like to see in Honolulu, a citizens
movement to patronize white labor
and home industry of our own race. |
admire the Japanese, but if l was
mechanic 1 shouldn't want his rate o.
wages quoted against me, if was a
storekeper l shouldn't want his store
for neighbor.
Have you ever heard of the scienti-
fic third degree? l think Taylor ought
to get some instruments and try it
on his guests, ending forever the in
evitable rumors of cruelty in jail
there never was a Jail without such
rumors, but when once police admins
tration is in the hands of psychologists
and they get thoroughly into the eX
element of psychic exploration, there
will be no more fun in blows, kicks,
water cures or lengthening of thumbs.
The scientific third degree is a psy-
Geological scheme in which the expert
menter rapidly calls off lists of words
and asks the subject to say at once
what they suggest,-and his time OF
reply is measured in fractions of sec
onds. Some words are frankly res
ponded to, without a seconds hesita-
tation for thought Others, suggest
ing something for cOncealment, cause
a pause For example the sudden
springing of the term little word 'elec-
ton" on 2 Home Ruler would ma
turally with tightening rapidity sug-
gest soft job But he would not say
it, of course. as he would not give his
immediate impulse-and the time lost
in making answer with his second
thought would stand forth revealing
a
concealed. Call off a long list of
innocent terms to Supervisor Kealoha
with the word luau in the middle OF
them, and would it not be found that
would be a second or two delayed
This is the scientific third degree. Il
, is mind-reading reduced to a science
The test is said to be unerring. II
= a general way, without the instrument
! which record exactly the moment o
7 an impulse to speak, it has long beel
, used by sharp observers, who hav
= drawn conclusions from signs of EN-
! barrassment hesitation, etc, in cross
9 examinations.
i OF course in criminology the difficult
is that hesitation would not Away
suggest guilt, though often very valua
o BILE as a detail, as in the case of
; burglar who robbed a room whereof
was a parrot,-in a long list of entirel
= harmless and innocent words it wa
= found that his response to bird" wa
: slow Quen sabe?
+ What a lot of fun we could hav
a with some parlor games of scientif
n third degree. The principle of della.
4 applies of course, to anything regard
s ing which the subject feels disposed t.
t be reticent, anything he would lik
. to forget. | would like to take Hol
2 lOway's time on dam, Whitehouse's OF
p public contracts, Carter's on politics
! Judge De Bolts on Supreme court, An
! drade on needless driving,-but the lis
| has no end. Suppose you sprung An
drews on Magoon? Imagine the breal
, caused in list of answers by yellln,
= Voting Contest in the ears of a certain
5 local editor; and try to conceive tn,
= long struggle for utterance that would
follow suggesting Rocks to Pinkham.
/, | see that Captain Lawless, former
ly first officer and then captain, of tn
old San Francisco-Honolulu ferry boa
Australia, has been honored by Brit
, ish scientific association for his inven
ton of a device having to do will
steering or taking observations from
vessels at sea, ! suppose it is tn
, same instrument he was working upol
when l travelled with him seven year
Z ago. He was chief officer then, and hi
:. hours Off duty appeared to be divides
. between "pottering" with a little mode
4 of an instrument, and reading MI
Dooley, who was just then coming int
4 his deserved fame. Lawless tried t
explain the device to me, but | am n
o navigator no astronomer, not much O
o a mathematician and various othe
. things, and his explanation was to
= much for mel preferred to tall
f Dooley and other books of which h
y had a store. simply gathered that n
bal yJprlyaJ IN tho daxipa for mo n