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The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-05-19
THE SLUMs OF
KAPPA, kauai

Zone of the cOmpensatiOns for iv-
ing on the other Islands, so far away
from the amenities and delights of
Honolulu, is the assurance of plenty of
fresh air and clean, wholesome, rural
surroundings. And yet here on Kauai
We have slums as unwholesome and un-
sanitary as anything you have in Ho-
nolulu, writes j. NJ. Lydgate from
the Garden Island.
For many years-forty or fifty
the only available fee simple land at
Kapaa has been confined to three or
four small kuleanas, aggregating less
than an acre, and during all this time
desperate scramble has been kept up
10 seem to keep on these kuleanas and
squeeze the growing town into these
limits. This has put special premium
on the natural tendency of the Oriental
to gregarious and unsanitary herding,
and the result is a combination of con-
gested living, rank smells and bad
drainage, such as is dear to the heart
Of the Oriental, but very shocking to
anyone else, and cries aloud for speedy
remedy.
1.-The old residents have romantic
memories of a time when there were
miniature flower gardens and front and
back yards in the little town-when
there were fragrant breaths of hello
trope and verbena blown elusively on
the evening air-but these have gone
long since, and more insistent odors
now prevail.
SHACK has been added to shack,
rOokery to rookery, and gambling den
to gambling den, until neither air nor
sunshine, nor decency. nor law, pene-
traJe the interior, and intricate, wind
ing rat-hole passages call for the cour-
age of an explorer.
1.-The village is built on a low sand
fat. absolutely without drainage, and
lacked by a salt swamp. OF late years
pipe water has been available, but well
water Is cheaper, and there are many
wells In the closest proximity to foul,
overlooking cesspools and sinks. In
some cases both the wells and the cess
pools are within the dwellings, aecessi-
bic by means of trap-doors through the
floor, so that both may be available for
domestic purposes without going out
of doors. Garbage and filth of the
most odious and repulsive kinds abound
everywhere in the narrow alleyways
and assail the senses Of the stranger
most nightly. but do not seem to dis
turb the resident in the least.
such unwholesome sanitary eondi-
tions are standing menace, not only
TO the particular region where they pre-
vail. but TO the whole surrounding popu-
lation, and sooner or later, if they are
not ameliorated, they viii certainly
prove disastrous. Now that the gov
eminent Is opening up a new town site
at Kapaa, it is to be hoped that this
condition of things viii be remedied. 3"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-05-19

lions for the last day were $121 900,
and up to midnight of May Is, s362.T73.
This is a record. These figures are for
Honolulu only. For the rest of the
island only partial returns have been
made About 100000 in all is expect
ed The collection of taxes this year
seems to have been accompanied BIZ
less of disturbance to business than
usual, which may be attributed, per-
haps, to the increasing returns from
sugar.
THE SANITATION CAMPAIGN.
An agreement has been reached be-
tween the Board of Health and the
Board of Supervisors, by which the
sanitary inspectors of the former and
the garbage department of the latter
are to work in harmony in a cam
paign for the thorough sanitary clean
ing of Chinatown, block by block.
AROUND THE ISLAND ROAD.
There is a renewal of the agitation
for a thoroughly good carriage road
around this island. A great part of it
is already a fact. What is needed are
connecting links. County Engineer
Gere estimates the cost at $4,000.
FORTIFICATION WORK.
The Hilonian on Wednesday brought
five ffteen-ton mortars for the battery
at Diamond Head and a quantity of
the mountings for them. This vessel
will bring the remainder of the ma
teri9ls for the mounting.
Bids for hauling cement to the Dia-
mond Head fortifications and for
building a lighter to carry material to
the Pearl Harbor Notifications were
let by Captain Orwell during the week.
WANT A BATTLESHIP HAWAII.
The Chamber of Commerce has ask
ed the President to name battleship
Hawaii, when all of the States have
been honored in this way.
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ROBERTSON SAYS He
WILL Be AT CONVENTION

"My remark that 1 would not be
able to get to Chicago in time for the
meeting of the National Committee has
evidently been misunderstood and made
the foundation for the story that L
could not get away in time to attend
the National Convention said A. G.
NJ. Robertson yesterday, when asked as
to the contrary reports about his plans
and the cabled message sent to Kuhio
concerning his supposed inability to
reach Chicago.
81 will be in Chicago in plenty of
time for the convention" he said,
"and viii join the others there. Lane
and Robinson went today on the China,
and the other delegates and alternates
viii leave shortly.
81 have got no further word regard
ing the seating of our whole delega-
ton, nor what moves the Territorial
delegations from Arizona and New
Mexico propose; nothing further than
that they are eleeting a delegation Of
six, the same as we proposed to do"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-05-19

payable May speculation temporarily
this dividend does not exhaust nrent funds available for dividends and
the marketing going conditions
and remain quite optimistic those which
dividend possible
felt, during the
H. c.. S. TO INCREASE DIVIDEND
There strong belief Hawaiian
dividend materially The
dividend 65 cents share month for some time Alexander Baldwin the
have taken
dividend undoubtedly strictly techni
~ true But there is the best OF reason Tor Deg that there mas een
Francisco AMI those in these
Islands the question of increasing the dividend and how much There
even very nrm Oehe hat one local director gave as MS Judgment % @
dividend should be raised dollar SHARE and that another eighty
cents share as the proper figure for dividend
definitely conditions
plantation
marked advance during the week stated that market quotation
which week $50 a considerably
June
A RAISE PIONEER DIVIDEND EXPECTED.
There believe that Pioneer dividend will be materially
shortly This plantation paying cent month
be increased notably perhaps doubled June July The stock of
tins plantation has been steadily advancing
INTEREST HoNoKAA.
very interest HOnOkaa of late
there marked advance the quotation of than
dollar past Friday block 200 sold for
funding
which looked askance
proved ITSELF and because onder basis has given the stock upward
impetus
JUMP IN PEPEEKEo
phenomena jump quotation
Pepeeo
Pepekeo steady
only natural that should feel influence
conditions. But the stock widely held
in stock o the
DEALINGS
transactions Paauhau during the
outside the stock market On Wednesday there the
blocks shares (buer s75, Friday of 80
marking
Two weeks this the financial conditions
showing that last with smaller than
year profits
increased the quotation
sgoneup a
McBRYDE AND o1AA
MBryde Olaa both been held
trading
tho rlnnt
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Company will declare a dividend of 5
per cent July l. Assurance of a divi-
dend at that rate was made some time
umns two weeks ago.
THE SUGAR MARKET,
The sugar market seems to have
been one of expectancy rather than
activity, and there were some fea-
lures which tended to arrest any
upward movement. These, however,
were purely market conditions hav-
ing nothing but a present effect Alex
ander & Baldwin received a cable mes
sage from New York. dated May Is, as
follows: Receipts are heavier than ex-
pected for spot or nearby sugars; fav-
orable weather in Europe"
On the 18th the following cable mes
sage was received: "Beets II 1-2 firm;
three months hence quoted at an ad-
vance of l 1-2 pence; there is rather
a better tone to the New York market
This beet sugar quotation was con-
f1rmed yesterday by the cable advices
to the Sugar Factors Company.
THE WORLDS MARKETS.
The latest mail advices regarding
market conditions are from Smith &
Schipper to Alexander & Baldwin I'M
der date of May l. These in large de-
gree anticipate the tone of the cables
received May Is and 10 given above
Smith & Schipper say:
'fOur maket has been quiet with buy
ers and sellers awaiting further devel-
opments. Sellers are offering May
shipments in limited way on the basis
with buyers holding off. The only sale
which has been reported was one made
last night of 1900 bags Cubas in port at
2.795c elf. basis 90, less lighterage, the
equivalent of 4.42c duty paid, which is
the prevailing spot quotation. 1t looked
yesterday as though these nearby sug-
airs might sell at 1-32 to Lice decline,
and the fact that the American Sugar
Refining Company stepped in and took
them at current prices caused rather
a better feeling among holders. There
has been no pressure to sell and as we
see it there is not likely to be any.
There is not much unsold sugar in
Cuba, so the remaining stocks are
easily financed, and as the Cubans have
great faith in the future of the market
they are willing to wait until refiners'
necessities force them into the market.
1t is generally thought that refiners
have not more than supplies enough
to last them until the middle of June
so that they must purchase quite free
" of the remaining Cuba and beet
sugars to carry them until the Java
sugars begin to arrive the latter part
Of August, September and october. The
spot market closes firm on the basis of
4.42c duty paid for 90 centrifugals, 3.92c
duty paid for SO Muscavadoes, and
367c duty paid for SO molasses sugars
period. The worlds visible supply is
3, 10000 tons against 3,530,O00 tons last
year.
CONDITIONS IN CUBA.
The same authority says: There has
been no news of special interest from
Cuba. Messrs Willett & Gray yester-
day received a cable from their cor
in the Island, reading on
different days this week partial rains
fell in provides of CamagueZ, Santa
Clara. Matanzas. and Hawaii. No
general rains yet. BY this it would
seem that there has been some relief
from the drought
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-05-19

Jim Barry outpointed Joe jean
nette.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-05-19
AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER MANS
EXPERIENCE WITH DIAR-
RHOEA

Mr.. S. G. Mathers, publisher of
Chronicle, NormantOwn, Queensland,
says: Chamberlain Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy completely cur
ed me of chronic dysentery from which
I had suffered for years. 1 feel con-
hdent that this remedy also saved the
life of my infant daughter, who when
teething was severely attacked with
diarrhoea and was given up by the
doctors" For sale by Benson, Smith
& Co, Ltd, agents for Hawaiian Is
lands
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-05-19

MBryde Oaa have both been held the highest
exceedingly optimistic report
the nlantati
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-05-19
TRAINER REDDY.

Joe Reddy, the well-known local fire.
man, has, it is said, been engaged by
Louis Warren to train Bruner and In
digo for the Hilo races. Tom Patter-
son. who has had charge of the Honou-
hull stable until quite recently, has re-
signed.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-05-19

The visible production to the end of
March was 663 900 tons, with the April
production for the entire Island about
$4,000 tons, so it will be seen that in
our estimate of March Is, when we
figured 10000 tons production for the
month of April we figured $4,000 tons
too high. This makes a total produce
ton for the Island to the first of May
close to 100000 tons, and we do not be-
lieve that the production from now on
will exceed 100000 tons, which will
make the total crop about 100000 tons.
The number of Centrals grinding has
been reduced to S5.
FROM EUROPE.
From Europe THIS same authority
quotes a correspondent: There is
nothing new about the sowings except
that they are late this year. The
weather is extraordinarily cold here,
we are having snow, and we hear that
the same conditions are ruling on the
continent, which are seriously inter
fering with the field work"
HONOLULU REFINED QUOTED.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 24.-De-
Ild1u lOI Is SOOu Win
changed prices. Quote both refineries:
Cane in bags, $500; Beets in bags,
$500; Honolulu Plantation cane in
bags, 5.70c.
RUSSIAN SUGAR FAILURES.
The failure of the two largest sugar
manufacturing and refining firms in
the world, Charitonenko & Sons md
the Cherkassky Refining Company, is
announced from Odessa. The liabili-
ties of the former amount to S16,500,-
600, and the later about Sc, $50, 600. The
crisis in the Russian sugar market is
due to a great extent to the restriction
of exports, production being greatly
in excess of home demand.
The Stock Exchange transactions of
the week have been as follows:
Mondays Paauhau, IS; % Nc
Bryde, ATS; Z Eva, 2S.25; Pioneer,
1874; 200 Oahu Sug. Co., $3.50; 6 Paia,
14O; 10 McBryde, AIS.
Tuesday-1O McBryde, 4.75; % Paau-
hau, IS; 1000 Honokaa, 11.5O; rs Ho-
nokaa, 1875; Is Waialua, 81; 10 Nc
Bryde, AIS; 20 Oahu Sug. Co, $3.50;
$1,000 Pioneer IS, 1O1; 40 Onomea, "a; %
Olaa, 4.S75.
Wednesday-25 Paauhau. 1879; SO
o. R. & L. CO., 100; 70 Oahu Sug. Co..
$3.50; 100 Eva, 2S.25; 500 Paauhau
(buyer 9O), 1880; 500 Paauhau (buyer
90), 1875; so Paauhau, 1925.
Thursday-50 Oahu Sug. Co., 2S.75;
100 Eva, 2S.25; 40 Olaa, 4S75; Is Paau-
hau, 1880.
Friday-20 McBryde, AIS; 100 Pine
apple. 24.25; 20 Waialua. 81; 80 Paau-
hau, 10; 200 Oahu Sug. Co., 2S.75; 200
Honokaa, 11.625.
Saturdays Paia IS, 100; $1,000
Paia 6s, 100; $500 Paia 6s, 100; 10 Pc
peekeo. 14O: $500 Paia IS, 100; 100 Haw.
C. & s., 91.75; 10 Olaa, AIS.
Dividends have been announced as
follows:
May 15-Hawaiian Sugar Co, l 1-2
per cent; Oahu Sugar Co., 1 1-2 per
cent: o.. r. & L. Co, ga per cent;
Pepeekeo. l per cent; Waialua, 1-2
per cent; and an extra dividend of 2
per cent, payable May 81, 1908, de-
clared by the directors of Eva Plan
tation Co.
COLLECTION OF TAXES.
The collection of taxes for the first
period seems to have gone on extreme
90
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-05-19
Commercial News
By Charles L Rhodes.

The market has been expectancy regard dividends
the the
dividend
payable May 81
dividend
felt
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-05-19
Bank Of Hawaii
LATED.

LATED
. -s.r-pa-a-ed Under the Laws OF the
Territory OF Hawaii
RADuP CAPTTAL.....S6 $500, 10000
SUEE-CS -------.-.--- ZOu,OOO.OO
WDTKDED FBOF1TS go. 1o2,617.so
OFFICERS
CAz-les y C0oke.-------.....-Pr President
z C. 1s-----.--..- -. Ntce-E President
= ~. ez-a.z--aue- md Vlce-PTesident
c z Goose. -CasIter
c Eus-lc=. Jr--------Assistant Cashier
= 3. DsuCu---------Assist Cashier
p e Dzmc1------...-...---- Secretary
DIRECTORS Chas. N. Cooke, P. c.
.goues e. IS. AIacfarIane. z. F. Bishop,
+. %. Te-uey. :. A. McCandless, c 3.
Athsrrd-. - 4 Cooke.
COACERCIAL AND SAVINGS DE
PARTAEENTS.
Et-i-t attention given 10 all branches
o. Banking.
UDD BUILDING FORT STREET.
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CoLLECTION or Taxes.

The collection of taxes for the first
period seems to have gone on extreme
" satisfactorily, so far, at least, as
Honolulu is concerned. The collections
for the last three days were consid-
erably more than 100000. The collec-
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-05-19
BREWERY RECOVERING.

Within a month Honolulu Brewing &
Mailing Company has sold as low as
SIS a share. For the past two weeks
the stock has been recovering steadily
and is now bid for at 81 advance over
that. At the time of the slump the
general explanation was fear of anti
liquor laws in congress that restricted
investments in it, and left the stock,
for the time being. without any sup
port. 1t is probable too that rumors
of a reduced net profit for the year as
compared with the year before had
something to do with it, But as the
adjournment of congress approaches,
the fear of antagonistic legislation for
a good many months to come is dis
appearing. and there have been reas-
surfing statements about the net earn
ings.
DIVIDEND DISCOUNTED.
That the probable extra dividend for
Eva had been pretty completely dis
counted before it was announced, was
shown by the fact that the quotation
remains practically the same as it was
a week before the dividend was an
nounced. The stock is firm, but only
slight advance is noted. But at the
present price the dividend is more than
s per cent on 1t.
KIHEI COMING IN.
Kihei stock continues to come in to
Alexander & Baldwin at the rate Of
several hundred shares nearly every
day. There is every reason to believe
that by July 1 every share of stock
except such as are forgotten by owners
or owners heirs. or is legally incapable
of being turned in, will be in the hands
of the agents. 1t probably never was
known that all the stock of a corpora
ton was ever turned in for any. pur-
pose within any limited time.
SOME ANOMALIES OF QUOTATION.
An examination of the stock ex-
change list in the light of readily at
tainable information regarding various
plantations will present some rather
strange anomalies. For instance, Ha-
waiian Agricultural with shares at 800
par value and paying dividends of one
per cent a month, is quoted at 1885, In
the same market Waimanalo. paying
3 1-2 per cent a month, is only bid up
to s175.
With the exception of Oahu, Haiku,
Paia, Onomea, Hawaiian Sugar Com
panS and Waimanalo, all the planta-
lions are paying the same rate of divi-
dend as last year.
oahu is now paying 1-2 per cent in
stead of l per cent. Haiku and Paia
paying but 1 1-2 per cent as against
/ 1-2 per cent last year. Onomea is
paying but l ~ per cen as against
2 1-2 per cent last year. Hawaiian
Sugar Company is paying l 1-2 per cent
as against 1 per cent at this time last
year. Last year it was paying L IL
per cent until May when it decreased
to l per cent a month, but in a few
months resumed the regular 1 IL.
Waimanalo was paying per cent
month until about the middle of the
year when it increased to IL per
cent.
There ought to be lots of money for
more dividends. Last year sugar
averaged 9.75. still some of the planta-
lions are paying less dividends this
year with sugar at what it is now.
THE KAELEKU DIVIDEND.
1t is expected that Kaeleku Sugar
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he instantly deduced that the VII
sion was about IS years old, clad in
dainty summer garb and lovely In
all respects to look upon. Duty
seldom sets a more disagreeable
task, but Thomas was equal to the
occasion. He stopped that fairy
vision.
Very coolly and haughtily the vi
sion demonstrated against such IA,
miliarity. Thomas hadn't been in
troduced. He merely suggested the
vision that it was against the regu-
latiOns to ride on the sidewalks.
The temperature took another drop
and the vision informed Thomas
that this didn't matter SO long as
it escaped the notice of police
man. Thereupon Thomas display
ed his star That altered the situa-
ton to such an extent that the vi
sion nearly tainted in Thomas
arms: Also it wept into tiny
lace handkerchief and pleaded for
mercy. II he would only forego
the privilege of taking her to that
horrid Jail this time the vision
would never, never do it again.
Sympathetically, though sternly as
becomes an officer of the law,
Thomas relented (playing that he
is in earnest is Toms long suit
and there's one less bicycle on the
sidewalks.
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CHURCH SERVICES

Rev. John A. Whitman will re-
sumo his pulpit at the Swedish M.
E. church, corner Third and Wash
ington, tomorrow, preaching at IL
a. m. and 745 p. m. Sunday school
at 10. Young peoples meeting at Z.
At the recent convention of the
Swedish M. e. Epworth league,
held at Seattle, Rev. John A. Will
man was elected president Of the
state district cabinet. Miss Dorothy
Norun, also of Spokane, is second
vice president. Other officers are:
Rev Ossian Johnson, Bellingham,
secretary; August Anderson, Seat.
tie, treasurer and also first vice
president; Rev. X. Lundin, Seattle
third vice president; Rev. S
Moody, fourth vice president. The
convention meets next year at
Skagit City.
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time ago. His crime was not so
great as theirs. There was three
of them, hence their crime was
three times as enormous, and pie
Is valued at three times as much as
a loaf of bread. That makes them
nine times bad.
Will you inform me U'm from
Missouri) it is any worse for hun
CRY man to steal than for men who
are fed by the public? AS for the
preacher, you know that if he was
hungry and would ask God for a
yellow-legged chicken that the
chicken would come before "a
hours, but l don't lay the way OF
getting it on God. | suppose this
time he was pie hungry.
AS long as our voters insist on
putting such men in Office what
can We expect? Why, only such
graft as we newsboys got. If my
papa should vote for them after
this pie deal l would disown him,
for he always taught me not to
swipe anything, no odds how small.
He. says if would steal a penny
while a boy l might steal dollars
when a man, and if Judge Poin-
dexter would swipe pie from hun
CRY newsboys, what would he do If
he is sent to the capitol? Why, l
expect that he would devour the
capitol before he got back.
After the mayor got his pie-sack
full he had the liberality to bless
and break the remaining pie, and
pass it around among us newsies,
saying, Take, eat We all of it," as
though he thought We couldn't eat
a couple of bites. Well, | don't
blame those men any l think it
is the fault of their parents. B. Eu-
gene Franklin, a newsboy.
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PAY J. J. HILL
100000

GREAT FALLS, Mont, June 81.
j. J. Hill has sold his power
plants, water rights and realty in
this city for $10,000,000. The prop
erty was taken over by a syndicate
composed of Amalgamated Copper
Co. and First National bank of
Great Falls. The deal covers a
monopoly of power for 10 miles on
the Missouri river and real estate
comprising half the townsite.
The purchasers plan extensive
development of available water
power, which is practically I'M
limited
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KNOCKS OUT PIERCE
COUNTY CANDIDATES

TACOMA, June 81 Pierce
county candidates have been de.
moralized by a ruling of Prescott.
ing Attorney Rowland that nearly
all of them had violated the direct
primary law by their manner of ad.
vertising candidates.. On the
theory that Rowland will enforce
the law as he sees it the majority
of county candidates will be dis.
qualified. State Office candidates
here may also suffer the same
penalty.
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SHAME ON YOU
PIE PIRATES

Editor, The Press-Will you
kindly give newsboy space to tell
what he thinks of the crime COM
mitted by Mayor Moore, Judge
Poindexter and Rev. Hindley? Are
they made of any better material
than newsboys? If one of us was
hungry and was to steal a loaf OF
bread to keep soul and body to-
gether the authorities would try us
and send us to jail for 80 days, the
same as they did that poor man
that stole a loaf of bread from a
bakers wagon on Riverside short
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TRYING TO MATCH
AT1EL WITH SCALER

Kid Scaler and Abe Attel may
be matched for the near future. At
tel is a close friend of Johnny
Reid, who is now in the city; in
fact, Johnny is the clever Hebrew
featherweight's western represen-
tative, and Reid has approached
Scaler on the proposition.
eff the Jew fights me he won't
knock me out" says Scaler. 1t
would be a repetition of Scaler and
Gene Sullivan go last night. Scaler
is an awkward, hard fighting
youngster who can stay the limit
against a clever man like Attel.
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WANTS ANOTHER
GO WITH SCALER

The boxing game. which was
opened so successfully and clean
by Jack Kearns at the Occur
d'Alene theater last night will I'M
doubtedly go from a standpoint Of
finances. There was 1922 in the
house last night.
Both Scaler and Sullivan, who
furnished the fast six round wind
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SHOPS RUN FULL TIME

RENO, New, June 26.-On July
1.-the Southern Pacific will operate
its shops on full time, furnishing
several hundred men double the
employment they have had for
three months past.
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MORE WORK FOR THOUSANDS

PITTSBURG, June 27.-The
Homestead steel mills here ran full
blast today for the first full week
in several months. Two thousand
men are benefited by extra pay.
Between 1000 and 5000 more men
will resume work shortly.