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The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1909-04-09
LESSON FROM THE Steel TRUST

The steel the prominent member OF large family
OF infant industries which have yet been weaned from potec
ton pap bottle which they long have nourised unntenonaly
presenting excellent arguments against
present protection which enjoys SAYS the Oregonia London
cable acceptance BY Glasgow Corporation OF bid
BY the Lorain Steel Corporation supply rail and plates
S295 per delivered Glasgow harbor The
submitted that of English firm which hitherto supplied
nearly all of Gasgows requirements Its bid the rails
and $50 for the fish plates The stock argument against
the steel tariff that would wages
Of the American steelworer order the competition OF the
foreigners
This argument quite feuay disposed when an Ameri-
ship steel rails 500 miles by miles
and deliver them the foreign nearly per
less than they be sold BY the cheap labor against which
infant industries demand much protection The
rail buyer also has this transaction glimpse what effect the
protective tariff has his These rails which
Glasgow of S295o per delivered are
obtainab the mills in tins country for less than S2 per The
rail and steamer freight from Ioran Glasgow including Tehand
ling tdewater, will than s. per ton
This only OF many constantly being ngo
tated large part Of them the discrepancy between American
price and the foreign price being much pronounced To
probably due the attitude OF Mr. Carnegie Mr. SWab
Il feel just Andrew Carnegie does that matter American
labor make the best steel the world and with
pete with the world know that the American pro-
duce steel given than Others We have
nothing fear from duties because the best goods
that pay worren mcney than any other
nation but YOU always have pay skilled wone the highest
wages" 8et5
In of the dire predictions regarding Of nkerin
tariff and the fear expressed
employment for the American steelworkr until the settled
interesting the present condition the market The
volume OF business fabricated and structural steel for the month
Of March the largest recorded single month
of the month there pending orders for than
of stees rails With these facts considered excellent
five any treatment which 1t receive the hands Of the tariff
evisonists
The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1909-04-09
A NEGLECTED FACTOR

still takes keen interest the financial
question related trade the Orient and the following letter
the New York Sun the result of keen observation supplemented
4 By long experience and much study
1T my privilege attend the meeting tonight OF the New
Economic club the subject discussion being Americas
commercial relations with Orient Fully 400 representative
lem of the unprecedented fall the exchange with Asia
which has been the leading feature OF the last two never
referred and this meeting of the Economic club Be
August and December 1905 silver fell 20 cents
ounce-he greatest by all the history OF that metal
How the Shanghai merchant compelled to give taels
for FIVE gold dollars sovereign buy from when in
August 1907 got gold dollars five and half taS
"he replies circular your conuls in Asia III May
last by Secretary with hardly exception disclose that the
entire trade of China convused because of the fall exchange
object the widest lines which involves industrial
compeion the arreacng racial Importance passed
silence meeting of the Economic club
His Exceency Tong Shoa the Chinese envoy Europe
gave me as the reason why should adopt the currency
India that the fall in silver (wages China being
hghe) represented the difference between the labor twenty
mill the old exchange and mill
hands
exchange remains low today certain that in
fifty China will roll steel rails the world
possible that public opinion will content with discus
Commercial Relations truncated that OF tonight
.sMORETON FREWEN.
New York, March 30.
course mention of silver is horrng eastern
ears but the subject with China exceedingly live at
the present moment the world In the end the erusng
conres may not only able supply all their but
lowing ceapne labor large share OF the trade OF
the world There much food for thought IN the suggestion OF
Moreton Frewen.
The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1909-04-09
PROGRESS OF AHE TARIFF BILL

Thirty Republicans signed
an agreement join with the and defeat
Payne tariff bill complied
with They feel confident of adding least twenty
The nsugen list If their hopes hghted hopes have
been before the Payne bill will be amended beaten We would
prefer the latter for choice The amendments which would make
the Payne bill into really decent and practical tariff would
change the thing that father wouldn't know it. and tmd
like Dae would shrek that the specter of British
free trade had been raised in the precincts sacred Dinges
says the Denver News.
And assued the thirty insurgents contemplate such radical
amendments They coffee and kept the free list and in
that they right For the their desire be
get section of the tariff steal for their immediate constituents Three
Of the nrgent thirty from West Virginia and they deter
mined have duty per though
the heavens fall By the of the Payne bill coal would be
admitted free by reciprocity treaty. and these heroic West Vr
gnans that calamity Other members deter
mined that there shall be chance to get lumber into the country
DUTY ee still others still other gratis and nearly all seem
10 have united in demanding duty of So per pig IRON
And thus the merry goes Every interest evrey group
o producers who organized enough send lobby Washing
ton carefully considered the making of tariff schedule The
simply considered all 1t possible only
be that the oucy against taxing the breakfast table, and against
fhe glove stocking will have little effect 1t almost
that outrageous duty demanded pig iron will be adopted
this in spite of the fact that pig is made cheap in
than anywhere else earth The duty and steel
is protection struggling American industry Steel has
made fifty monare where gold and silver together have made
Still less protection American labor Labor the free
list only important product stay there The duty
iron and steel simply bounty paid domneering and
pt group OF interests group of Interests which has done
corrupt national politics and lower the standard of living
workers than any other American politics since the slave
ogarchy duly buried Appomato For every days that
congress listening the steel lobby the protected steel mills kill
three and MAIN and cripple the Pttsburg district
The injuries mention
But labor repeat duty free while steel and iron demand and
get protection
Ida Tarbes question of Who makes the tariff being slow
" answered. the this time Official The interests
make it.
The racket and the spoutng dies
The Interests and their loot depart
Still stands the faker's mammoth prize
The tariff graft we know by heart
All the day, it's with us yet,
We can't forget, can't forget
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-02
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The jurors Of the federal court are
excused until Friday, December 3.
The vestry Of St Clement 5 church
VIII meet in the parish house at eight
clock this evening.
Hawaiian Tribe No. /, I. O. R. NJ.
will meet in X. of P. hall at half.
! past seven this evening.
The Red Cross stamp committee re-
ports $1,000 IN sight. The committee
expects to clear off the stamps by Fri
day.
A fine parlor organ has been present
ed to the city and county jail by the
trustees Of Excelsior Lodge of Odd
Fellows.
Mrs. P. L. Viewers second lecture
on the modern drama, GA Doh 5
House, : viii be given this afternoon
at three o clock at the Y. ". C. A.
rooms.
Deputy Sheriff Charles Rose is back
at the police station for duty after
being laid up for about ten days with
a badly laeerated foot received in a
runaway accident
Olive Branch Rebekah Lodge No. 2,
[. 0. O. F.. viii meet in Odd Fellows ;
hall at half-past seven this evening.
There will be nomination of officers
after which there will be card
party.
Bathers complain of the growing
coral patches at Waikiki. 1t would
seem to be the height of good business
for the bathing resort proprietors to
do little blasting, now that the tourist
season has set in.
Central Union church will give an
unusual Christmas program. The choral
Will be preceded by a Biblical represen-
tation of the nativity arranged by
James II. Wilder. At meeting of the
church officers Mr.. Wilder read a rough
draft of what he had prepared
The board of trustees of the Y. NJ.
c. A. met yesterday and drew up a
form of proposal to be made to the
board of trustees of the Honolulu
Library Association and turned the
same over to the Y. M. G. A. trustees.
B. +. Dillingham; and F. J. Lowrey,
trustees, were present at the meeting.
The proposal is practically for an ex-
change of property, the Y. M. c. A.
property being assessed for $500 more
than the library.
The Woman Guild of st. Eliza
beth's church, Palama, viii serve a
hot Chinese luncheon on Saturday,
December II, from half-past eleven
until two o'clock. This luncheon was
originally announced for the fourth but
has been postponed to the following
week on account of the sale to be held
by st. Clements parish house on that
date. The patronage of people inter
ested in the settlement and missionary
work carried on at st. Elizabeth s
church is respectfully solicited by those
in charge
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-02
BUSINESS LOCALS.

H. P. Robinson Jr. Of Paia, Maui,
4 has notice in this issue.
An Edison monograph is for sale.
See classified advertisements.
A young lady advertises for posi-
/ tion as milliner. See classified ads.
Il A case of Mrs. Kearns' Gold Medal
( preserves makes fine Christmas gift.
Order early.
Boys overeoat and shoes are for
sale at a bargain. See classified ad-
#vertisements.
A house at the corner of Kapiolani
and Lunalilo streets is for rent. See
classified advertisements.
A young Hawaiian or half Chinese
I is wanted to do light housekeeping.
See classified advertisements.
Palace Cafe, corner Richards and
Merchant, has been reopened by D.
#MacRae. First-class meals and short
orders.
Dat and Mossman have just receiv-
led a large collection of Christmas
cards which is now ready for your in
! speetion. Call while the assortment
lis large.
q If YOU have a house that You want
{ to rent furnished let Bishop Trust
company know at once. They have
Several applicants for furnished
Ahouses. Office on Bethel street.
q Gentlemen. who wish to make their
#wives a Christmas present of beau
ssiful hat, are invited to see the hand
some display at the millinery parlors
8of Miss Power, Boston building.
Have you had a glass of the famous
sA-Y-P which is now on draught at
the Criterion2 It is probably the best
lever served in Honolulu and It's like
sthe Criterion, you know, to serve only
the best.
IF your automobile, carriage or
swagon needs repairs or painting you
can leave it at the shop of W. w.
Wright Co.. Ltd. knowing that only
&the most expert workmen viii be en-
ployed on the job.
There is to be a sale of goods at
the City Auction rooms, Merchant
street, at ten clock tomorrow that
should interest everybody for the lines
include everything for the house and
fer men and women.
See the fine line of leather goods at
Hawaiian News Company. Numerous
leather articles imported especially fol
& the holidays are on display. You can
q find some nice things among this lot
to fiji out your Christmas list.
Be on the safe side and buy East
q man kodak films. They are unques
tionably the best films on the market
lend if you expect the best results
#gfr0m your kodak or camera you should
a use no other. Sold by Honolulu Photo
q Supply Company.
d Too great stress can not be laid or
Il the Importance in business transac
n tions of the instant communication at
8 rorded by the wireless. Many an i'm
s portant deal has fallen through be
Aause of the long intervals between
u mails. Remember wireless is instan
q taneous.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-02
GOVERNMENT WANTS
SHINPLASTERS BACK

Are you keeping somewhere in a
cabinet one or more of those old gov
eminent "shinplasters, which in the
DAYS of the Civil War circulated as
fractional currency? asks the st. Louis
Times.
There are millions of them out-some-
where. Not even the United States gov
eminent knows how many, or where,
and this fact makes itself prominent
in every statement issued by the treas
urv department from Washington. Ac-
cordine to the most accurate account
ing, lust $15,236, 721.2S worth of these
50-cent. 25-cent, 10-cent and scent is
sues of paper are somewhere. Ger
tainly since their issue in 1862, 1863
and 1864, notes of this amount have
not been presented for redemption.
In 1879. firing of carrying such enor-
nous figures under the heading of
"debt bearing no Interest," congress
sat up and passed an act declaring that
$S,375, 1874 worth of this fractional
paper currency was ''lost or de-
stroyed."
Likely this amount was a certain ar
bitrary percentage of the whole out
standing in that year. At any rate
$15.236. 721.2S worth Of shinplasters
have not turned up for redemption, but
every one of them was national gov
eminent s unlimited promise to pay
and as such the treasury department is
carving the obligation upon its books
less the $S.375,934 which officially il
has declared missing This leaves to
the account of debt bearing no IN
terest the sum Of $6,6S0,7S1.2S Of this
currency
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-02
AS HIS NEIGHBoR SEES HIM.

IF he is poor, he is a bad manager.
If he is rich. he is dishonest.
If he doesn't give to charity, he s
stingy cuss. If he does, it 5 for
show.
If he needs credit, he can't get it.
If he is prosperous, every one wants 10
do him a favor.
If he shows affection. he's a soft
specimen. If he seems to care for no
one. he is cold blooded.
If he is actively religious, he is a
hypocrite.
If he takes no interest in religion.
he hardened sinner.
So what's the use.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-02
BURNING UP MONEY.

BOSTON, November 3. - Robert
Burns poems, chiefly in the Scottish
dialect, a rare octave printed by John
Wilson at Kilmarnock in 1856, was
purchased today at the auction sale of
the private library of the late James
Brown, publisher, by George Clark
of Kilmarnock, Scotland. The price
paid was $1025.
Mr.. Clark, who lives in Burns old
neighborhood, will take the book to
Scotland with him.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-02
PERSONALS.

Mr.. and Mrs. J. K. Kapuniai of Wal
mea, Kauai, announce the engagement
Of their granddaughter, May K. Ka-
puniai, to W. Irving Maby, of Homo
lulu, formerly of Hilo, Hawaii.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-02

These little people have been dressed
for the occasion by the ladies of St.
Clements Parish in variety of dainty
costumes; everything from the most ex-
quisite Partisan lawn down to the
simplest form of Waikiki bathing suits.
There will also be on hand a number
of pieces of old English furniture,
graceful in design and perfect in pro-
portion, which will invite your inspec-
tion, demand your admiration, and in
fact everything will be there which is
necessary for miniature housekeeping,
Even the harder is supplied with de-
Scious candy, made by the same skillful
and versatile fingers. This is an op-
portunity not to be missed.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-02
DON r.

Don t make costly presents to a
woman
For, if you do,
She, being human,
viii think darnsitemore Of the pres
ents than she will of you.
Act, then, the sage's part,
Modest priced and few;
Then her sunny heart
VIII futter round the presents for a.
minute, then fly to you.
John Ernest Warren.
ito
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-02

Magazine readers may find interest
in a notice appearing in the classified
column today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24

many as eighty or one hundred chil- dren attending her classes.
 By the Government.
 Tn time Mile. Bonnefois obtained Government recognition for her trav- cling schools, and many of her pupils passed the severe examinations for de piomas and were awarded places at Lyceos. Cardinal Perraud heard Of her wosix, sent for her. and obtained. for her a prize for her services in edu- cation. Tlie Society for the Encourage ment of Good Works also heard of her, and awarded her it's highest re. compense. Every year Mile. B0nne- foIs was to be seen in the midst of the fair at the Place de Ia Nation with her school wagon. Some nuns from the Picpus Convent happened to see her. and invited her to the convent, where the Mother Superior told her that at any time when she might need 1t, she would be welcome at the convent. But" said Mile. Bennefois, 1T will not come without my wagon. Then bring your wagon along" said the Mother Superior.
 A few months ago Mile. BonnefoIs fell i'll, and the report went around that she was dying. old age had could no longer bear the hardships of her rowing life. as when she was young. The nuns of the Picpus Con- vent at once sent for her, gave her warm room, medical attention, and every possible comfort, and her wag- on was not forgotten. The nuns had it brought. and gave it shelter as they did its owner, and this Is how they have for the last two months had a picturesque gypsy wagon in the court yard of the convent. Mile. Bonnetois from her room could sec her wagon, and perhaps 1t helped in her recovery, She is now nearly well again, having got over a secere attack of pneumo- mia. When able to go out little. her chief pleasure is to visit her old wagon, in which she still loves to spend Il CT time. and to recall the mem ories of her childhood and her life's great work. This work, moreover, will not die with her. She has found & successor, Madame Maudult, who will conduct the schools in her stead. !. pr. Bordas has discovered a new microbial terror. It Is not only the contents of a bottle of wine or spirits that Is bad for us, and even the most safe.5 For the new danger against which he lifts his voice lies in the corks. Of old corks used afresh and of the microbes lurking therein, he hardly has patience to speak. so Obvi- ous Is that peril. But. new cOrks are almost as bad as old ones. Dr. Bor- das finds that almost all cork trees suffer from a disease the microbes of which swarm in the corks which stop our bottles. What the disease con- sists oe in the tree. whether it is catching for man, and, if so, what the symptoms of the human variety of complaint are, is not explained. But the bacilli of the malady, whatever they may do to us, are dangerous. Dr. Bordas's conclusion Is that 1t is highly unsafe to drink from bottle which has been stoppered by an imperfecpy sterilized cork.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24

SO that judgment upon him must not
 Representatives, of the provisional government made a tour of the island soon after Governor Magoon came into ofice. They went before the munici. pal authorities in each town, explained that the National Government would give money for Improvements and asked what was needed most. In one town where the plumbing in the hos. pital was out of repair so that there had been no running water for two years, the authorities could think of nothing they needed except money to
 build a museum to house collection of pretty seashells. Another town did not boast of single street which
 was not eighteen inches deep in mud.
 It most needed municipal band to play in the plaza. In one town the hospital was found to be in horrible condition. There
 was no running water and the filth
 was dreadful. In the same town, strange to say. the abatoir was found to be fin an ideal state of cleanliness. The hospital manager was asked Tor an explanation. He said the hospital would be fixed up next week. Then Ne asked the Americans if they had no- ticed the terrible condition or Inc abatoir. The Americans said that the abatoir was in q surprisingly good con dition. Whereupon the Cuban threw up his hands In horror and exclaimed; "But the front of fti It hasn't been painted for three yeare!'
 The Cuban admits that annexation to the United States would mean peace and prosperity. But he insists upon Independence with the dangers of con- stantiy recurring revolutions rather than submit to Anglo o-Saxionization.
 The Cubans want to be free that they may ''preserxe eheir ideals, fight on for their aspira tons. retain their in- stitutions = 2 The American, so the Cuban says.~eannot understand these ideals, aspirations and institutions. Ask the American who has lived long in Cuba and he will soIemnly declare that no such things are in existence. What the end of the battle between
 these two forces, will be is easy to foresee. The Latin cannot stand before his more energetic and less sentiment ItaI rival. Spain and America England and American had emerged from swaddling clothes. The position of the United Stateh and Great Brits ain in the world of today. compared to
 that of Spain and Latin America. is eloquent of the results of previous
 struggles. The Cuban must become Americanized, but he will not do it
 without q fight.
 (Copyright, 1909, by Frederic J.. Haskln).
 Tomorr0w--The Republic of Cnba. xII.--Odd Phasen of Havana Life.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24

1 the money. Thel American declines to learn another language, the Cuban must learn his. So every merchant must needs have two or three clerks who offend his ears by the harsh and grating jargon which they bestow upon American customers.
 And such a language! The Cuban, endeavoring to find the rules for spell- ing or pronouncing English words, has not given thanks for the superiority of his own spanish. The Spanish lam guage Is always the same, and the Spanish academy has absolute power over 1t. When the time came to re- form the Spanish spelling the academy simply sent forth an sdict that K" was to be turned into 'J." There was no more ado about it. What about | such reforms in English? Did not the 'honourable" English newspaper edi- tors make game of the honorable" Theodore Roosevelt when he attempted to fix the English spelling by spelling 1t ''fxt" and thereupon was 'nxed' by 2 people which spoke language which has no master?
 4 Cuban ofacer in the Treasury De- partment stole s1s9.0o0 of the public funds. It was during the recent pres idential campaign and the defaulter | was supporter of. Gomez who was elected. The unfeeliHg American at the
  found out about the theft and called the embezzler before him. The man admitted that he took the money, and declared that he sused 1t all himself, although there Is well-defined opin- l ion in Havana that much of 1t found l it's way into the Liberal campaign fund. The man went to jatI. and there | he is today.
 But he cannot understand why the American treasury official refuses to pay him his salary He Is an officer of the Government and needs it. He has written several letters from jail demanding his pay When the new Government comes in, he hopes ne will be included in the general amnesty pardon decree. which President Gomez Is to sign with a gold pen bought for l that express purpose by the Historic Liberal Association of Havana. A Cuban newspaper argued that the money was collected from the people. that 1t belonged to the people, and that the defaulter was one of the people.