The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-03-05
GOVERNMENT OF
CITIES IN u. S. IS
WORLDS WORST
crrom Tbur.ipy'. Adyertiscr)

their fathers father made FOR them.
You would also be- surprised 90 know
the amount from these great fortunes
which eventually finds its way back
into the nations treasury. Income
taxes, franchise rights, and other forms
Of estate taxation have been on the
rise Of late years, and there Is great
deal Of the big money that finds Us
weary way back to the public strong
box.
"But ! must get down to earth
again. ] have attended several meet
ings in Honolulu, and ! have been en-
ter.ained TO some extent while here. ]
can not ~ away from Honolulu and
say that distance lends onchant.
mcnt.' have enjoyed every minute
of my stay in this beautiful city, and
/ have let the sunshiny atmosphere of
the place ooze into my bones. II was
many years ago when w. r. Castle and
] were classmates at the School of Law
at Harvard University, and in those
days he impressed on me time and again
the beauties of Honolulu and Hawaii in
way that / could never forget. He
wanted me to come out here then, but
/ couldn't, and for thirty.fve years j
have been waiting and wanting to
make the trip. And now IN here, and
l am not disappointed. Every minute
have been treated to some new sen.
sation, / have enjoyed some pleasant
hospitality. and ! have been treated to
a sample of the Overlooking generosity
for which Hawaii is already famous.
1t has been the most delicious few
! weeks of my life.
81 stopped in number of cities on
my way here, and always ! found the
business men confronted with two great
problems, the first and most important
! probably, being the question of labor
Where are the rude laborers of the flu.
ture to come FRONT In almost all the
cities of the United States the question
of securing n sufficient number of com
mon labOrers is of great moment to the
business men. You have the same prob,
lem before you here. You look to
Italy, and you will find that wages
there have trcbled within the past few
years, and what workmen are left are
content to live in their own land when
they can earn trihe more than liv.
| ing. As to Portugal and Greeee-yOu
| can't depend ON these countries to fur
nish you with laborcrs. What is to be
done in the future is more than can
say, for it is a question that must work
out its own answer.
"The second problem which the bust
ness men of the cities of the United
States are considering is that of gov
eminent. Rotten, incompetent, graft
| ing, ignorant, insolent, government il
| found in almost every one of the big
J cities in the States. Look at San Fran
cisco, Boston, New York, Philadelphia
! Baltimore, New Orleans! 1t is posi-
| lively rotten. We Americans have pro
| duced masters in business, but we arc
rotten in government. The government
of the cities above mentioned is a re-
proach to the civilization of the age In
which we are living And even down
| here | read each morning in the paper
of Honolulu IS municipal troubles. II
is all rotten.
eve will never have good govern
ment until the power is put in the
hands of one man, or one definite sci
of men, upon whom the entire burden
of responsibility will rest, and on whom
all the blame can be laid. applause
| Gin our elections we must consider
things, not persons. And, above all
we must put intelligent, honest, organ
izing men in office.
Mr. Reed was frequently interrupted
| during the course of his address by
prolonged applause. The audience was
| with him.