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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-06-04
JAPANESE IN
THE NORTHWEST
Not So Satisfactory to the
People as the
Chinese.
advertiser Correspondence, Copyright
by Frederic j. Easkin.)

by Frederic j. Easkin.)
SEATTLE, May 19.-There are more
Japanese IN Seattle than in any other
city on the mainland of the I nited
states, and they are making their
presence felt in the commercial life of
the northwestern metropolis by rapidly
pushing into every line of business.
They have fifty tailoring establish
ments. sixty eating houses and restau-
rants. forty barber shops, two banks
and two newspapers. They also have
numerous rooming houses and hotels,
shoe factories, bakeries, meat markets,
groceries and general stores. They own
and operate employment agencies, ex-
press and transportation lines, printing
offices and laundries.
lnasmuch as the japanese are to be
found in such great numbers in this
particular American community, Ii will
be important to know what sort of
impression they have made upon the
people among whom they have come
TO live. For weeks past these letters
have been dealing with the situation
from foreign viewpoint, telling what
Americans have to say who live
among the Japanese in their own
country. Now the opinion of Americans
who have had experience with the
japanese in the United States will be
given. One notable feature of the race
question on the Pacific Coast is the
way the people here at once begin to
compare the Chinese with the Japan
csc, always to the detriment of the lat
ter. At one time John Chinaman was
much abused person out this way.
but since he has been excluded and the
Japanese allowed to come into the
country in swarms. the good reputation
of the Chinaman has increased a thous-
andfold.
1 called at leading real estate and
renting office in Seattle to inquire
what kind of tenants the japanese
make. The head of the firm received
me and there was no mincing of mat
tiers in his reply. "They are no good"
he said emphatical1y. They are so
unreliable and tricky that they almost
worry the life out of US. 1t takes twice
as many men to handle their business
as it ought to. We used to get along
so well with the Chinese that we went
after the business of the japanese
when they began to come in, but we
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-06-04

soon found to our sorrow that although
! they are both OrientaIs, there is q yasi
! difference between doing business with
la japanese and q Chinaman-"
What is the difference between
/ them?" I venture1 TO interrupt. Be-
fore he could answer. a Chinamar
| came in the door and lined up before
| the counter where a young lady clerk
was writing receipts for rent. The
head of the firm touched a button and
told the boy who answered il TO show
the Chinaman into the private office,
where this conversation took place bet
ween them. John, your lease is up
on your house. Do you want to stay
there another year?" Yes, I take
him one more year if you bring new
roof and make the rent no more big"
said John. "How much is it you pay?'
asked the agent Il bring fifty dol
lar month plenty quick if you bring
new roof. Can do?' The anxious
tenant was told that the roof would be
brought" right away and that settled
the matter.
This particular Chinaman had been
tenant nine years and had never been
late with his rent. The firm did not
even nave d Witch cG LCCI1iCtlt Win
him, plain understanding of the terms
being all that was needed. When ask
ed If this might not be an exceptional
case, and if some japanese might not
have been just as prompt, the agent
replied: I'VE have had years of ex-
perience with both of them and we
found that once a Chinaman enters
into an agreement he will generally
f-1o - "a
will not keep any contract that he can
break, if it is to his advantage to get
out of it,
One of the principal lines of work
that attract the Japanese is domestic
service, but in this they fall far short
of being as satisfactory as the Chinese.
One great objection to them is that
they are unrelia bic and will seldom
hesitate to leave their employer in the
lurch if some more lucrative position
offers itself elsewhere. Impudenee
is another charge made against them,
many instances having been reported
where housewives have had to tele
phone for their husbands to come
home at once because the Japanese
servant had become insolent. However,
it would doubtless be unfair to claim
that this was a general fault of the
japanese in domestic service.
The universal complaint about them
seems to be their lack of interest in
their work. They invariably have a
book around somewhere and are study
ing and working with their lessons at
every spare moment. Of course their
ambition to gain knowledge and inn
prove their station in life is commend
Ia hut hn dn11h ~ hot
1t detracts from their value as SER |
wants. When they accept employment
as menials they ought to obey orders |
and do the work assigned them with |
4 proper spirit. Instead of this, the |
average japanese domestic takes his /
situation merely as a makeshift and |
all the while he is perfol ming a SER
wants tasks, he does so with the full |
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VIM. G. IRWIN & CO., LTD.

VIM G. IRWIN & CO., LTD.
SUGAR FACTORS AND
COMMISSION AGENTS
VIM. G. Irwin. President and Manaset
W NJ rsiffard. Second Vice-President
H NJ Whitney. - l 80 :
Richard Ivers. -
W. F. Wilson. y eA-'''N-
AGENTS FOR
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western sugar Refining Co. san
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E=-~H
AN AUSTRALIAN COMMERCIAL
TRAVELLER : STORY.

1t Is the commercial traveller who
finds the many changes of climate and
water irving. 3Ir. Chas. G. Chapman,
who represents a large Brisbane con
Germ. had been troubled for years with
chronic diarrhoea On one Of his trips
a fellow traveller recommended Cham
herlain : Collie Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. ana this Is what he says OF H.:
Il procured a bottle and experienced
great relief after taking few doses.
Before the bottle was finished I was
cured and have not been troubled
since This remedy is for sale by
Benson, Smith & CO., Ltd, Agents for
Hawaiian Islands.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-06-04

For over so years l have always kept
Ayers Cherry Pectoral in the house. Nv
father often told me that it saved nv life
when / was very young"
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Get my 100-page book, describing
Electro-Yigor, and with illustrations of
fully developed men and women, showing
how it is applied.
This book tells in plain language many
things you want to know and gives a lot
of good, wholesome advice for men
III send this book, prepaid, free, If
you will mail me this coupon.
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ire Insurance
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LTD.

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CORRECTION.

The manager of the Associated
Charities in her report for April and
May, inadvertently gave the financial
statement for one month only. The
following is corrected report of ex-
penditure:
For Strangers Friend Society..$ $500
For American Relief Society,". 61.o0
For Catholic Ladies Aid Society 5000
For Catholic Benevolent Union. 2ooo
For British Benevolent Society. 6.25
s242.2 5
There were 362 calls at the Office, and
the manager made fifty-six visits.
Grateful acknowledgment for dona-
tions of clothing are due to Mrs. F.
W. Damon. Mrs. H. ". Won Holt, Miss
Schaefer, Miss c. Meyer. Mrs Goodale,
Miss Parke, Miss Weir. Mr.. RaIph
Hosmer. Mrs. Levers. Mr.. 5. Emerson,
Mrs. Turner and Mrs Geo. r. Carter
A {. ].
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-06-04

Connecting at Kahuku with the O..
r. g. L. Co.'S 9:15 a. m. train from
Honolulu.
Returning, leaves Kahana ct 1:s2 p
m, connecting with the afternoon
train for the city which leaves Ka-
huku at 2:20.
JAMES ]. BOWLING, supt.
r. s. POELISTER, G. P. & T. Agt
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-06-04

three weeks the editor of The COMMONWEALTH
spent day Norfolk While the people in that fine city
. u.-, conscious of certain features of failure
ufco' 10 in the great exposition of last they
hopeful and energetic for much better things than
known They worthy ambitious for great
along than they have attned
unto enterprise Immediately before the people of the city
the proposition to raise by May 25th $780,
site and building for the
Young Christian Association They went to the work
with an energy zeal that bespoke from the first
hour Two men, including young and boys
aged old Joined hands and energies for the
of the task and at the end of the time they
had raised only but This was indeed
most energy shows that the people
Norfolk only hopeful for things but act
uay bringing them to All the land might learn lesson
from Norfolk Repning mistakes misfortunes will
help To be is not cupable in any per-
son or people regret things and in most
vmpahy just bit of time spent catching breath
for rum when the pulse again it is sensible to
lido as Norfolk donego straight at something great and
GOOD with purpose that not be thwarted hndered
Great is Norfolk greater still to be the achievements
of her good people.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-06-04
The Instinct Of Design.
youths Companion.)


When a japanese cannot mold the
shape of an object, when he cannot
redeem it by a design. when, in fact,
he has no control over its creation at
all, but it is placed in his hands as it
is, finished, says the author of 'Kake-
mono," he will still contrive to add
beauty to it merely by arrangement.
Il first noticed this on board the
steamer going out" says Mr.. Ed
wards, where the japanese boy ar
ranged the extra blanket on the berth
in a new design each day. He fold
ed it into lotus leaves and chrysan-
themums, into half opened fans and
half shut buds. He had one wonder
full arrangement which, being patri-
otic, was more often repeated than
the rest. The blankets of the steam
ship company had at top and bottom
two wayy red lines on white
ground. By some wonderful twist
of his fingers the boy would folG
that blanket into the rising sun, with
the four red lines coming out of il
like blood red rays. He did it Sc
perfectly that recognized the fias
of Japan the moment | saw it."
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-06-04
Best PlaCe-The Country.
(Snow Hill Standard-Laconic-4

Country life has its drawbacks,
but it has it's great advantages which
overcome them. True, those who
live in the country are "Rubes" and
Farmers" and 'hayseeds' to the
cigarette smokers in town, but the
boast of business men in the world
today is that they were born on a
farm. Take away the surrounding
evils that beset the young men or
women on the threshold of life's
journey in the city, and substitute
the helpful influence of nature, and
you fortify them for the sterner
walks IN life. The few things which
they do not know about table eti-
quette and when it is proper to leave
two visiting cards and when but one,
they will catch onto much quicker
than city boys and will learn to prop
erly stroke the furnace or make
good bread. No boy or girl need be
ashamed Of living on the farm, for
if they have taken advantage OF
what it has offered they are well
fortified for after life.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-06-04
THE EDITORS LEISURE HOURS.
Observations of Passing Events.

THE prohibition election but there other things
this that will keep people interested the
oto THINE .hoa prospects of results While the prohi
~ 's ~ bition campaign has been partisan
and above politics altogether the public interests Immediately
before to be intensely political The North Carolina
State Democratic Convention will be the interest
people until June 24th and then their minds will
the National Democratic Convention Denver
Johnson and Bryan will be we'll organized and
battle along national will be waged
mans will for State interests in the State Convention
Charlotte.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-06-04

A man who is in perfect health, go
he can DO an honest days work when
necessary, has much for which he
should bc thankful. Mr. l.. G. Rodgers
of Bianchton, Pa, writes that he was
not only unable to work, but he
couldn't stoop over to tie his own
shoes. Six bottles of Foley's Kidney
Cure made a new man OF him. He
saws. Success to Folcy's Kidney
Cure" E. T Whitehead Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-06-04

Stomach troubles are very common
in the summer time and you should
not only be very careful about what
you eat just now, but more than this,
Won should be careful not to allow
YOUR stomach to become disordered,
and when the stomach goes wrong
take Kodol. This is the best known
preparation that is offered to the peo-
Die to-day for dyspepsia.or Indigestion
or Or anv stomach trouble. kodol d.
eests all foods. 1t is pleasant to take.
Il is sold here by E. T. Whitehead Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-06-04

Nature has provided the stomach
with certain natural fluids known as
the digestive juices, and it is through
these juices that the food we eat Is act
ed upon in such way as to produce
the rich, red blood that flows through
the veins of our body and thereby
makes rs strong, healthy and robust,
and it is the weakening of these dlges-
tive Juices that destroys health. 1t is
our own fault if we destroy our own
health, and yet it is so easy for any
one to put the stomach out OF order.
When you need to take something take
it promptly, but take something you
know is relablc-something like Kodol
For Dyspepsia and Indigestion. ko-
dol is pleasant to take, it is reliable
and is guaranteed to give relief. 1t is
sold by E. T. Whitehead Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-06-04

Just when a man notes that it is
raining and he won't have to NOW
the lawn his wife decides that it's too
cold to get along without fire in
the furnace. Ohio Journal.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-06-04
The Deadly HouSe-Fly.
New York Tribune.)

New York Tribune)
A committee in New York and q
committee in Liverpool have publish
e i reports Of Investigations showing
that the common house fly is respon-
sible for an enormous human death
roll. This familiar occupant of our
homes, feebly combated with screens
and sticky paper, is one of the chief
causes of $50 deaths from typhoid
fever and 1000 deaths from other
intestinal diseases in New York every
year. He is not the originator of
disease, but the carrier of it, and all
his habits make him an ideal agent
to spread the germs of sickness and
death. One New York fly, captured
while ION the way to the nearest
milk pitcher" and put under a mi
croscope, was found to be carrying
100, 900 fecal bacteria or his mouth
and legs. Another specimen was
allowed to walk on the surface of a
sterile culture solution and in few
days the invisible zigzag tracks BIOS
somed into sight with a myriad bac-
terra of disease.
The dangers of the mosquito have
been pretty well advertised. No
doubt, the mosquito is a bad citizen
in the yellow fever belt. In this
latitude he merely conveys malaria,
which was responsible for only 459
reported cases and 81 deaths in the
metropolitan district three years
ago. The fly is mans greatest in
sect enemy in the United States.
He is just getting his deserts of rec
ognition as the leading villain in the
pathological drama. He begins to
loom up as a problem, the solution
of which will require not only local
but national efforts. He does not
seem small and insignificant when
we measure the stature of his deeds
and the means that will be necessary
to exterminate him. To destroy all
the wolves and grizzly bears in North
America would be easier. Plenty of
flies are killed by the present meth
DDS of traps, clubs and sticky paper,
yet allowing a slaughter of two
hundred in season for every man.
woman and child in the United
States, the total fly mortality does
not more than equal the progeny of
half dozen insects. Linnaeus OBJ
served long ago that three carniver-
GUS flies and their multiplying off
spring would eat the carcass of an
OK as fast as a lion. He meant it
literally, that the king of beasts
would not have the bones of the OK
licked clean-perhaps a matter of
three days-sooner than the swift
Matching swarms of larvae would
consume the flesh and get down to
skeleton. One able-bodied house fly,
laying her first batch of 120 eggs in
the beginning of May, will have
more descendants by the end of Sep
tember than Adam has been blessed
with since the shutting OF the gar
den gate. Her progeny will reach
into the sextillions.
1t certainly seems futile to attack
such an insect by individual slaps, or
even capture few hundred thous-
and on sticky paper. The only hope
full plan, as in the war against mos
quitoes, is to get after the breeding
place and to remove the sources
where the fly loads himself with bac-
terra of disease for dissemination
among mankind.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-06-04
The DOg-WatCh.
youths Companion.

youths Companion.1
The simplest facts, quite unchal-
lenged and taken for granted, are
often the hardest subjects for inves-
tigation. "Did you ever ask a sailor
or know-it-all why the dog-watch
is so called?" queries a writer in the
New York Sun, who has himself
made the experiment.
The chances are that the answer
will be. why, the dog-watch is two
short spells from four to six, and
from six to eight o'clock in the even
ing, to break the regular four-hour
watches, 80 that the same men will
not have to stand watch during the
same hours every day."
Simple and lucid. But why "dog?"
In hunt after an explanation, the
first question was put to the officers
mess of big battle-ship. Not one,
from the executive officer of quar-
ter of century's service to the en-
sign with his first stripe, could an
Swer.
A boats crew from the same ship
failed to throw any light on the sub
ject. although gunner's mate al
lowed that it might be they once
had dogs on ships. and they was let
loose when the watch was on"
An officer Of an Atlantic liner said
he never had heard SO silly a ques-
ton.
why, the dog-watch is the dog
watch" he exclaimed. There's no
why nor wherefore about it. It's
always been the dog-watch, and it
always will be-
Having had the matter so airily
disposed of by this officer, inquiry
was pushed to East River, where
may be found men who have been
going down to the sea in reality for
many years. The pursuit of the
dog" was useless.
Say" said a Harlem boatman,
whats the matter with trying
Fighting Bob? If he can't tell you,
the great American navy will lose
caste"
So up to Rear-Admiral Evans went
the query. And from Fortress Mon
roe came the answer:
"U. S. S. Connecticut, Sept. 2.
Dear Sir. l am unable to give
you the information you ask about
the dog-watch. OF course we all
know why the watch is made two
hours, but no one seems to know
why the name dog was applied.
yours very truly,
"R. d. EVANS.
At last a public library was resort
ed to. The dictionaries were merely
provoking. Five Thousand Facts
and Fancles" was the only book
found that threw light on the mat
ter. Its explanation reads:
"Dog-watch corruption of
dodge-watch. The dog-watches
were introduced to prevent the same
men from always keeping watch the
same hours of the day: hence on
these occasions the sailors are said
to dodge the routine, or to be doing
dodge-watch.'
1t may be added that Murray's
great English Dictionary gives a
quotation introducing the term dog
watch from a book published in 100,
but gives no theory Of the origin of
the term.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-06-04
NUMBER q.
Electric Flashes.
Electric News,)

Electric News)
A Chicago inventor has patented
an electric device for rocking
cradle.
From statistics recently prepared
it appears that the great city of Lon
don uses annually 213, TIA, ,279 kilo-
watts of electricity at an average
cost of about 10 cents kilowatt.
Heavy electric traction of the fu-
ture, such as involves the equipment
of large trunk line railroads, will use
the new alternating current electric
motors. The motors are capable of
complete and efficient control and
are able in descending grades to re-
turn to the trolley line the energy
stored in the train instead of vast
ing it in heat and wearing out the
brake shoes. In other words the
motors will be turned into genera
tors when going down hill and the
current made in this way will be re-
turned to the line.
The speed of submarine telegraphy
is Illustrated by the fact that five
minutes are usually sufficient to
cover complete buying and selling
operation between the London Stock
Exchange and Wall Street. The dis
tance between these two points is
about 1000 miles and it takes the
message less than a minute for the
journey.
Chill is thinking of substituting
electricity for steam on a number of
important railroads. An American
engineer is figuring on the project.
There are S15 miles of electric rail-
way in Canada, with capitalization
of $75, ,195,476. The province of On
tario has 402 miles of track; Quebec
has 1913 miles; the maritime provinces
II miles and the far west 104 miles.
In 1907 the gross earnings were S12,-
635 ,906 and the operating expenses
81, 737 ,252.
Portland, Maine, is to be supplied
with electricity obtained from the
tides. Land has been secured on
either side of Black Bay and it is es-
timated that 25, 600 electrical horse
power will be generated. enough to
light the entire city, furnish power
for the street railways and supply
number Of manufacturing plants.
Cne Of shc e,ci..-.;es er;t..c.. cd by
the General Electric Company has
invented a device which will put an
end to the nefarious work of the in
candescent light bulb thief. 1t is the
custom, in larger cities, to steal the
new light bulbs from the hotels and
public places and resell or exchange
them for drinks in the cheap saloons.
The new device consists of socket
and key. After the new lamp has
been screwed in the socket it cannot
be unscrewed without the key. The
bulb will turn around but will not
come out.
An English electrician gets the
credit for devising a way to ripen
bananas by electricity. The fruit is
hung in an alright glass case in
which there are a number of electric
lights. The artificial light and heat
hasten the ripening process in pro-
portion to the number of lights turn
ed on.
In tie up-to-date butcher shop the
old hand meat saw is never seen. In
its stead small band saw driven by
an electric motor sewers the bones in
the leg of mutton, the rib roast or
even the old-fashioned soup-bones.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-06-04

Sick Headache and Biliousness r. =
lieved at once with Rings Little Liver
Pills. A rosy complexion and clear
eyes result from their use. Do not
grippe or sicken. Good for all the fam
ily. Sold bv E. T. Whitehead Co,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-06-04

Operation for piles will not be nee
esary if you use Man IAN Pile Remedy.
Put up ready to use. Guaranteed.
Price SOC. Try it. Sold by 4. 7.
Whitehead Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-06-04

If you will make inquiry it will be a
revelation to you how many succumb
to kidney or bladder troubles in one
form or another. If the patient is not
beyond medical aid, Foley's Kidney
Cure will cure. 1t never disappoints.
Sold BIZ f. T. Whitehead Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-06-04

When a man ceases to be interest
ed in his work, says the philosopher,
he no longer lives. Which may ac-
count for so many dead ones encum-
bering fairly good jobs. s.-Puck.