The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-02-09

abundance of sauerkraut and wurst, and
other things, not emitting few bot
ties of Scotch to add fro to the speeches
and songs and on the evening of the
celebration the German community Of
Hilo was all there, worked up to the
proper pitch of enthusiasm. 1t was
'Juchheirassasai
Die Deutschen sind da;
Die Deutschen sind muthig,
Sic rufen, Hurrai"
Everything was in trim for n Jolly
evening; but unfortunately local legal
light had been chosen, at his own re-
quest it is said, to propose the toast
of the evening, the health of the Ger.
man Emperor. He had promised to
study up the subject and present quite
unique appreciation of the pushfut
Kaiser. And so he did. His address
was certainly unique for such an occa.
sion, and quite took away the breath Of
those assembled.
He began by giving brief and origi.
nal history of the German people, who,
according to him, are of Asiatic origin,
"allee samee Chnaman.o At this
point, several Germans were observed
to BIO squrming, but natural politeness
forbade them interrupting. When, how.
ever. the orator went on to describe
the Emperor as having been n regular
Gear, who had only the other day been
brought to his senses by the German
people who, he informed his hearers,
were on the point of revolution, German
flesh and blood could not stand il, Fin.
ally, when the unperturbed orator gave
as n toast, hThe German People
Down with Kings and Emperors, the
air became lurid with explosives, and
nearly everybody was on his feet,
shouting and gesticulating.
Apparently, the legal luminary had
imagined that he was addressing an
Anarchist Club, and he wore look
of injured innocence when several
members left in dignifled silence, by
way of protest against the execrable
taste shown in making such a speech.
A few of those who remained got up
and in vigorous speech repudiated the
imputation of being Chinese, spoke in
warm terms of the many splendid quail
tiles of their beloved Kaiser, and gem
orally gave particular Sheol to the mis-
guided orator, finishing up by drink
ing " Hoch der Kaiser' in proper style.
But the ruffled harmony of the even
ing could not be restored, and a cloud
enveloped the subsequent proceedings.
The beer barrel allured in vain; the
wurst and sauerkraut failed to please.
Every now and again, as the recollec'
ton of the Grafton required to them,
those present gave vent to ordinations
that sounded like "Donner und Bit
zen,' or "Potztausend. -
1t is safe TO say that on future occa-
sicns of this kind, tho club will be
careful not to entrust tho toast of the
Kaiser's health to a free-born citizen
of the United States, no matter though
he be member of the club.
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out, 'Our revenues from customs will
be reduced through United States
products coming in free and supplant-
ing duty-paying imports from other
ceivo benefits enabling an increase in
internal taxes equivalent to the loss. :"
McGovern on Free Trade.
Chauncey McGovern, one of the press
agents of the ConstabnIary band, who
is known all over the Orient, author of
"Sergeant Larry and "By Bolo and
Krag," is an enthusiastic advocate of
free trade for the Philippines. He
lean goods so that American manufac-
tured goods may be imported into the
Philippines as they are into Hawaii,
without duty. They also want the duty
taken off Philippine produced sugar.
Mr.. McGovern argues that the removal
of the duty on the sugar will not af-
feet the sugar produced in the Ha-
waiian Islands
The present output in the Philippines
is sold mainly in Oriental countries,
and particularly China, and tie rate
of increase in production will never be
so large that it will compete with the
mainland markets for Hawaiian sugar.
but will still go to China, only at New
York quotations, which price will Ire
paid by Oriental consumers. The CON
sumption of sugar in the United STATES
is so large that the importations are
extremely large from other countries.
Mr.. McGovern feels that the relief
from duty on Philippine sugar, the in
creased revenues to planters from their
output, will lead to better trade with
the United States, and that Hawaii
will be the gamer. He anticipates thai
more ships will call at Honolulu, bring
ing more people to our doors.
AT present the Philippines prOeures
four-fifths Of its cotton supplies from
foreign countries because the duty on
American goods is tho same and tine
channels of trade have led elsewhere
previously. Every European country
derives greater trade benefits from thu
Philippines than the United States.
The taking of the Philippines by Amer
lean forces caused tho bulk of trade to
be taken from Spain and diverted to
other countries, mainly of Europe, Mil
lions that now go to purchase supplies
in foreign countries would be diverted
to the United States by the with
drawal of the duty on imported Amer
lean goods.
Mr.. McGovern has had an interesting
experience in the Philippines. AS a
newspaper man, he was arrested for
libel, but he says that in the old days,
the "days of the Empire" news.
paper man was not thoroughly so I'm.
less he had been arrested for libel ana
imprisoned, or at least sentenced. Very
often they did not know that they had
violated any particular law until they
found they had run up against sec
tion of Spanish law. Mr.. McGovern
was sentenced to four months impris-