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The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1908-12-10
PUPUKEA LOTS SELL
At VERY GOOD PRICES

The contract for the construction of
the road in the Pupukea and Pupukea-
Paumalu homesteads will probably be
signed today. Mr. Baumann, the sole
bidder, has brought his bid down with
In the amount available, which is about
$4,000. As soon as the road is assured
the Land Commissioner will advertise
the lots which are yet open to the
public.
Three lots in this tract to which titles
have been secured by hOmesteaders
have been sold recently. DIR. E. C..
Rhodes sold lot No. y for a price ap-
prOximating $4,000. The improvements
on this lot are considerable.
Richard Edward Lockwood has sold
lot No. ) to j. z. Looney for $4,000, and
LooRey has sold a half interest in it to
the Oahu Pineapple Plantation Com
pany for paid-up stock in that corpora
tion.
William Horace Stroud has sold lot
No. for $4,000, and the purchaser in
addition is to assume a mortgage of
$4,000. o. 7. Boardman is the pur-
chaser
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1908-12-10
SECRET TARY's OFFICE
HAS LARGE RECEIPTS

The receipts from government reali-
cations in the Secretary's office for the
seventeen months of the present bien-
nial period are 5000 more than the re-
ceipts for the entire twenty-four
months of the last biennial period. This
increase is due principally to the in
creased number of applications for GER
titcates of Hawaiian birth. These in
creased applications come chiefly from
the Japanese.
The receipts of this Office from gov
ernment realizations will probably ex-
ceed the appropriation for the incl
dental expenses of the office.
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1908-12-10
Macfarlane Surprised.

lection and makes er1me out OF WhaC
it is the citizen s right to do.
Macfarlane Surprised.
F. w. Macfarlane stated that he was
surprised some of these reasons had not
been advanced before when the matter
of suspending the law had first BEEN
taken up and the Alameda had BEEN
the only boat on the local run. Since
that time the Matson line had put onl
the Hilonian, the Lurline and was now
promising another handsome boat He
didn It want it to be supposed that the
Chamber was an organization that
changed its opinion every twenty min
utes, and advised sticking to the de-
termination reached at the last meet
ing.
Question Put and Carried. "a
After call for the question, Presi~
dent Cooke put the amendment to the
amendment, the resolution introduced
by Mr.. Lowrey. The vote stood: For:
the amendment, 10; against, IA.
Final Japanese Report. w
G. NJ Cooke, before the regular bus1--
ness of the meeting had been taken up,
made a final report on the trip to Japan
taken by the Pacific Coast Commercial
Commission, of which he had been
member. He urged the necessity of
the commercial bodies here returning
in measure some of the hospitality
shown their representatives in Japan
whenever any of the japanese hosts
passed through this port, and advocated
also the assistance of the local Cham
Der in the plan to have Japanese rep
resentatives come to America on
similar mission.
He related briefly some of the evil
dences of the great hospitality shown
the party in Japan, instancing how the
Emperor had had a special stand built
for them from which to watch the
Emperor IS review of $4,000 troops, this
stand being the first ever erected for
anyone on the right of the Emperor's
own stand.
He then presented the Chamber with
two Illuminated addresses, one in Jap
anese, presented him by the Japanese
commercial bodies; the other in Eng
ish, copy of one presented by the
visitors to their hosts These viii be
framed for the Chambers room.
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1908-12-10

Nleper, phone 916, will answer all
calls promptly, move baggage from
hotel or dwelling to trains or steam
ers. and furniture from house to
house. Satisfaction guaranteed in
every instance.
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1908-12-10

Our Brownie cameras, made by the
Eastman Kodak Co., are high-class ar
tieles, aud make very acceptable
Christmas presents. Prices are from
81 TO $12. Honolulu Photo Supply
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1908-12-10

is now in a position to put itself right
before the people Of the United
States -
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1908-12-10

protection; it goes far and beyond pro-
lection and makes crime out of what
it is the citizen s right to do. -
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1908-12-10
Stearns' Headache Waters

hand 1t is well keep box the house all
without This viii they
Headache Waters that will nav to
nsistO having and other
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1908-12-10
Ridiculous Position.

w. III. McTnerny supported Mr. Cas-
ties resolution, referring to the ridicu-
lous position the action of the Cham
Der had placed it in and the awkard-
ness of the position the action had
placed Hawaii s friends at Washington
in. He believed that the opening of
the doors to travellers from all vessels
would bring more business to the Mat.
son line than the exclusion of the for
eign liners from the trade would.
There were number of other speak,
ers. Z. X. Myers favored standing
pat, F. B. McStocker thought the sus
pension of the law would force the
American shipowners to meet conditions
here and w. r. Castle explained that
when the Coastwise laws were passed
there had been no Territory of Hawaii
and none expected. He also wanted to
know what right Congress had to
maroon any citizen in the middle of
the Racifc. In reply to some of the
points raised by Mr.. Tenney, he said:
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1908-12-10
Relief From Headache Is Yours If You Want 1t

box of your chemists
andt take oneof little
twenty bu over and
that it does what it should headache
No oonen needst to sufe fromh headae when
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1908-12-10
Operating at a Loss.

J. F. Hackfeld kokuaed the ideas ex-
pressed by Mr.. Tenney and drew atten-
tion to the fact that at least one
American line operating in the Pacific
was being run at a loss. He stated
that he could not understand the posi-
tion of the Governor at Washington,
and thought full explanation of the
change of position of the Chamber
should be supplied him.
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1908-12-10
Compromise Suggested.

l.. Tenney Peck stated that he was
a firm believer in the American prin-
ciple of protection and thought that it
should be recognized in transportation
as in other things. In order not to ap-
pear to be at variance with the Presi-
dent, the Governor and Congress, how
ever, he was in favor of some sort of a
compromise, which he believed could be
worked out without any loss of dignity
or sacrifice of principle. He suggested
the advocacy of bounty for every
passenger carried on an American bot
tom or a custom tax on every ticket
sold for foreign bottom. The matter
might be arranged in the mail con-
tracts, also, on the same principle. as
extravagent prices are now paid for
carrying mail into sparsely settled sec
tions of the country.
81 do not believe in this absolute
prohibition against American citizens
travelling on vessels not flying the
flag" he said. "That is not
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1908-12-10
Hawaii Has Rights.

Regarding the statement made that
the repeal of this act could be called
special privileges and that thereby our
right as a Territory might be taken
away from us, | cannot agree. These
Islands were annexed under contract,
not by conquest. We have equal rights
with the United States. The resolution
of annexation had to be ratified by Ha-
waii as well as by the United States
and that resolution gave us certain
rights that Congress cannot take away
from US. If any Congress should ever
attempt to, the Supreme Court of the
United States will protect us.
E'As to our local conditions, I sup
pose you all read the statement made
short time ago by Mr.. Schwerin as
to what might happen to the Pacific
Mail. There are some who said that
that statement was 'guff, whatever
that may mean, but [ believe it was
statement made in earnest. namely. that
the rules and regulations of the Inter
state Commerce commission were oper-
ating so against tht Pacific Mail that
the result might be the withdrawal of
the line from the service. What would
that mean to Hawaii?
"What condition are we in, anyway,
with the uncertainty and with what
vessels there are crowded at times so
that we cannot travel, which frequently
happens. The only just and proper
course to be taken is that outlined in
the bill now before Congress, which
is not special legislation. The exemp-
tiOns asked for in that bill are for
every citizen of the United States. not
for US in Hawaii alone. The Chamber
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1908-12-10
Shingle Reviewed the Case.

R. W. Shingle, who had been in
Washington and taken part in hav-
ing the bill for Congress framed, re-
viewed the history of that legislation.
He related the agreement made with
Messrs. Dearborn, of the American-Ha-
waiian, and Mr.. Hartman, of the Pa
cifc Mail, to install ventilating plants
on their line for fresh pine transpor
tation and the agreement of Governor
Frear to not press for perishable
freight clause in the exemption asked
for. Mr.. Shingle had to grope for the
word "ventilating" when he needed
it, and one member, noting his desire,
suggested Hhot air plant as what was
promised.
Mr.. Shingle stated that he was salts
fed with the promises of Captain Mat
son and would support the nonsupport
of the suspension now of the Coastwise
10
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1908-12-10
Lowrey's Amendment.

F. J. Lowrey reminded the Chamber
of the thousands of newcomers who
must be brought to the Islands within
the next few years through the opening
up of the new government works, and
also reminded the members of the fact
that the Promotion Committee, which
they were supporting, found that the
greatest drawback to getting tourists
was the lack of steamship aceommoda-
tions.
''It seems to me that we ought to go
further than is stated in the resolution
presented by Mr.. Castle, - he said.
1.-THE adoption of that resolution would
place Governor Frear in a very awk-
ward position, as it leaves everything
to him. / wish, therefore, to introduce
the following as an amendment to the
resolution -
Mr.. Lowery then presented the reso-
luton finally adopted, printed at the
head of this column
"We all appreciate what the Matson
Company has done in the way of pro-
viding favorable freight service, -
concluded Mr.. Lowrey, "but the pas
senger service is a secondary consider
alton with them,''
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1908-12-10
Galt's Speech Applauded.

J. R. Gait made one of the strongest
speeches in support of the resolution,
reviewing the history of the coastwise
laws and pointing out how every visit
ing Congressman and government Off
cial and secretary had seen the unjust
ness of their application here and the
unwisdom of continuing their applica-
tion under present circumstances. g Are
we now, at this eleventh hour, going to
throw down our friends in Congress
who have been working for us9" he
asked. eff so, how can we ever con-
sistently ask Congress ever again for
any legislation whatever7 How can
we assure our friends there that we are
not going to leave them standing alone
after another eleven months work in
our interest?'
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1908-12-10
B. E, Dil1ingham's Advice.

B. F. Dillingham; stated that the ques-
tion of not applying the coastwise laws
to Hawaii had come up when the Or
ganic Act was being drafted, and he
had been one at that time opposed TO
the application of the laws.
F'T am interested financially In the
Matson Navigation Company said
Mr.. Dillingham;, "but I am opposed to
the retention Of the coastwise laws in
the interest of the Matson or any other
line. I believe in. throwing open the
door and let the ninety million people
of the United States know they can
travel freely to and from Hawaii. [
believe that with open passenger ser
vice, where there is now one passenger
coming to Hawaii there will be te".
and the amount of possible traffic will
be so demonstrated that there will be
American ships built sufficient TO look
after it. | believe that every cabin of
every American ship now running here
and every cabin of the new Matson
ship, and possibly another one,. will be
filed through the suspension of the
coastwise laws. From a purely selfish
standpoint [ believe that it will help
every line if the embargo on passenger
travel be lifted for a short time at
least.
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1908-12-10

(Under the Electric Sign, Hotel st.1
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1908-12-10
SUSPENSION Of
COASTWISE LAWS
Continued from Page One.)

owe form Territory of the United
| States with all the rights and privi
leges of any portion of the United
States: We are asking now for a priv,
| ilege that other citizens have not got
| Now, if it is practicable to enact this
, exemption of Hawaii from the general
law, it is practicable to go much fur
ther. 1t will be practicable to cancel the
| Organic Act and to make of US a col
Ony, an insular possession, such as the
Philippines, and against us then, as
against the Philippines now, it will be
possible to levy a duty on our goods
entering the United States"
Mr.. Tenney then quoted from the
President s message and also read the
leading editorial from the Advertiser
of yesterday, emphasizing that portion
of the editorial which referred to the
desire of some to make the contract
labor law imperative in Hawaii.
q wish to say that I, for one, am
not In favor of the abrogation of that
law in favor of Hawaii,'' continued
Mr.. Tenney. 81 am not in favor of
any special legislation for the Terri
tory of Hawaii that eonfers special
favors on US that the rest of the country
is prohibited from having. Regarding
the argument of the disadvantage we
are in in regard to Cuba and Tahiti,
perhaps we are in disadvantage as
regards travel, but they don It ask that
Cuba and Tahiti be placed on parity
with us in regard to trade.
""The law is paving the way to
change in our status to that of an
1nG11l0F TnnScaSsian 1f 1ou g
ed it opens the way for every hayseed
member of Congress with a hobby to
to ask for special legislation to apply
to Hawaii with his freak ideas en-
bodied In it. When we are in the
position of an insular possession we will
get such legislation passed for US good
and plenty. We got some of the freak
ideas in our Organic Act and they have
been very bothefsome
We are asking for special privileges
for ourselves regarding steamship ac-
commodatiohs at the expense of large
interests in the United States who are
now receiving protection on their bust
ness, the same protection principle we
are now enjoying in these Islands. We
are saying: Hit the other fellow, but
be careful not to hit the place where
we live We. might as well ask for
free steel and free ships as for free
steamship passenger rights. We might
just as well ask for free Chinese coolies.
81 therefore move in amendment to
Mr.. Castle IS resolution, that this Cham
Der hereby reaffirms its action taken
at the last meeting.'
This amendment was seconded by E.
|. Spalding, who raised the point that
Mr.. Castle 8 resolution was in reality
one to reconsider and should be ruled
out under the former ruling of the
chair. Chairman Cooke saw a differ
enee, however, and ruled the original
raSnlntinn in order
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-23
Naughty! Naughty!

Winebago Press News:-You often
hear that expression, ooh, FOR the good
old days!" Bishop Berry demonstrate
ed by apt illustrations Sunday even
ing that those good old days." as far
as goodness was concerned, were
mostly mythical. Ministers drank,
church members considered it no dis
grace to get boiling drunk, cruelty,
greed and avarice were abroad on eV-
cry hand, royal caprice was law that
knew no appeal, women were treated
as the beasts of the field and many
of our modern advantages were I'M
thought Of The bishop said: This
is the best minute of the best hour
of the best day of the best week of the
best motnh Of the best year of the
best decade Of the best century that
the world has ever seen and tomor-
row will be still better!"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-23
Train Strikes Deaf Mute.

Wausaukee, Wis, April 21.-A deaf
mute, walking on the St. Paul tracks
near this city was struck by freight
train going at the rate of IS miles an
hour. The wheels passed over the
mans leg.
Sixty-tWo suits against the st. Paul,
Burlington, Northwestern, Illinois
Central, Rock Island, Santa Fe, Wa
bash and Great Western railroads,
charging violation of the % hour law
for protecting cattle, sheep
and hogs transported in cattle cars,
we're filed in the United States dis
trict court. In the cases filed the
fines aggregating $4,000 are possible.
District Attorney Sims asserted that
it was the intention of the govern
ment TO demand a maximum penalty
in every case.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-23
Devil Is Never Idle,

Grafton Record When a boy
starts to work in a printing office he
is Immediately made general manager
of the broom, he also carries wood and
water till his back aches, but he getC
a ticket to the circus and is never
absent at an Uncle Toms Cabin show
After he has wiped up the job press
and gone after the mail he is given
piece of reprint and an old compOs-
ing stick, an advertising dash for
rule and set to work. II he is a smart
boy he learns the business in about
two weeks, when he TIN oWs a handful
of long primer type in the BREWER
case and after the foreman pies three
handsful trying to make up the paper
with the mixed type the young mans
printing Office knowledge unravels to
the starting point and even back of
that. A few sad days follow, but he
soon works himself up into the A
class, when he is sent to the other of
flee for a round chase, or a handful OF
lower case periods. He soon has his
desire to feed the job press gr1tified,
but, after he has run the grippers on
the type and put the best font in the
office out of business, he has another
reverse after hearing the following
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-23
ANTI-GAMRLING CRUSADE.

Brooklyn Standard Union-In his
speech against betting on horse races
within race track enclosures Govern
or Hughes said he did not believe in
making people moral by law nor in
attempting to stop ali the lawbreak-
| ing there was at one time. AS to the
| first proposition the governor never
theless believes a long step toward
| improving moral conditions among
| the young and thoughtless will be
taken if the race track betting is pro-
Inhibited. His arguments against the
I demoralizing effects of this form of
| gambling are unanswerable, but they
apply with equal or more force to
every other form of gambling. When
! the youth goes to the race track he
! must have an afternoon to himself
with the consent of his employers, he
must pay three dollars to enter the
track enclosure and his betting must
be done in public. If he is getting
beyond his means the fact cannot be
concealed from those interested in
him for any reason. None OF these
safeguards surround gambling at
cards or other games of chance after
business hours.
If race track betting is stopped by
law some men and women who now
gamble in that way will probably give
up gambling altogether, but the gov
ernor's belief in the impossibility of
making people moral by law must
convince him the result will be
chiefly to change the form of gam
bling Cor most of those who bet on
horse races.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-23

Abraham Lincoln in a Tenement!
In the American Magazine David
Grayson says, in Adventures in Con-
tentment:
"A city hammers and polishes its
denizens into defined model: it wor-
ships Standardization; but the coun-
try encourages differentiation, it
loves new types Thus it is that so
many great and original men have
lived their youth upon the land. 1t
would be impossible to imagine Abra-
ham Lincoln brought up in a street
OF tenements Family life on the
farm is highly educative; there is
more discipline for boy in the con-
tinuous care of COW or a horse than
in many a term Of school. Industry,
patience, perseverance are qualities
inherent in the very atmosphere of
country life. The eo-called manual
training of city schools is only poor
makeshift for developing in the city
boy those habits which the country
boy acquires naturally in his daily
life. An honest, hard working coun
try training is the best inheritance a
father can leave. his son."
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-23


Hewitt-A Chinese play lasts two
weeks.
Jewett-Then if a man has any eggs
to throw he'd better save them for
the last two acts.-Harper's Weekly.
Come up to the camp for a week.
The shooting is excellent. Plenty of
guides"
Really old chap. II couldn't
shoot a guide. '-Kansas City Journal
You promised to lay the world at
my feet
well, its there; you're not stand,
ing on your head, are you?"-Houston
Post.
Yes" she said defantly, q admit
that l kissed him"
Did he put up much of strug,
gle?" inquired her best girl friend
Louisville Courier-Journal.
81 see a man has been using his
automobile to cut wood"
That's nothing. Anybody around
here with a good machine cuts a lot
of ice. "-Philadelphia Ledger.
And I am the very first you have
loved, Bertha?"
"Of course you are. How tedious
Won men are Y0u all ask me the
same question. London Opinion.
Whit-How does the new mare
travel?
Skit-Fine. Took my best girl out
driving yest erday and she went great
Ny arms are sore from holdir g her
in.
Withholding who ILLUSTRATED
Bits.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-23
d Comparison,

A mining expert, one Of the WIZ
nesses called in an important case
was under cross-examination by a
rather young and conceited barrlster
The question related to the form
that the ore was found in.
Now. Mr.. B" said the counsel
"how large are these Jumps? You say
they are oblong are they as long as
my head?"
yes" replied Mr. B, but not
as thick. "-Pearson's weekly.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-23

tensive and valuable.
The museum occupies the entire
top (fourth) floor of the beautiful
and capacious new building of the
Wisconsin Historical society, and is
one of the greatest educational insti-
buttons 9. its nature in the north
west. 1t is visited by from $4,000 to
$4,000 people annually.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-23
The Host Could Not Leave.

At a large evening party one u
the gnests stood in the corner yavs'
ing.
"Are you very much bored, sir"
asked his neighbor.
yes, dreadfully." was the answer.
And your
ooh am bored to death. too"
How would it do to clear out TO.
gether?"
II am sorry can't. am the
host "-Democratic Telegram.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-23
Fifteen Teachers swindled.

Sterling, H., April 21.-Fifteen
school teachers of Chadwick and vi
cinity recently signed what they sup
posed to be application papers for
insurance, and now are compelled to
pay notes for $50 each.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-23
WATCH YOURSELF GO BY.

Just stand aside and watch yourself
go by;
Think Of yourself as che" instead OF
az"
Note, closely, as in other men you
note,
The bag-kneed trousers and the seedy
coat
Pick flaws; find fault; forget the man
is YOU,
And strive to make your estimate
ring true.
Confront yourself and look you in the
eye
Just stand aside and watch yourself
go by.
IS. W. Gilman Id Success
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-23
IN THE BEST OF HUMoR.

To be continued.