The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-05-15
TOWN TALK
~ TIN NAN ABOUT TOWN.

but as there is a sense of the word
convicted /. e., that conviction of sin
that leads to repentance, the typesetter
will have to be given the benefit of the
doubt. Let us suppose that he thought
convicted better word than CON
nected," as written in the sentence. But
on the same day another local paper
contained the remark that Lloyd
Childs' departure for the Seattle ex-
position was distinguished by the fol-
lowing remarkable incident
"As the ship pulled away from the
dock, Childs waved an adieu from a
mass of LIES THAT obscured all but
his face and arms"
AS Childs is going to do promotion
work and boom the islands, this state
ment cannot be allowed to stand.
As a mere sugarstockless outsider,
possibly unfit to judge of matters ap-
pertaining to the saccharine world,
beg to offer my humble opinion that
the planters of this country began the
foundations for troubles sucn as they
are having today nine or ten years
ago, and that the troubles they are
having today are by no means the
only ones for which the foundations
we're then laid. A great political and
business mistake was made when the
mills throughout the islands were
cleared of nearly all the white skilled
labor. Ten years or so ago, every
mill had lot of white engineers, ma
chinists and other skilled workers
One after another they were gradually
weeded out as Japs learned to look
after machinery and for several years
past one might go all through a big
mill and hardly see a white man at
all. OF course money was saved and
perhaps some difficulties with unionism
we're avoid and it may be yet that the
balance will show on the right side,
though l doubt it. The men who might
have been settled here would have
been valuable now as loyal employees,
valuable all the time as citizens, and
the Japanese would not be Boosting
that they can tie up any mill they
select.
| understand that a bit of a misun-
derstanding with regard to the recep-
ton of Fairbanks is responsible for a
Chamber of Commerce failure to en-
thuse over the plan to invite President
n Taft. 1t is hard to imagine anything
smaller than such an attitude, but
am told that influential if not controll-
ing members of the Chamber were
lukewarm about inviting Taft because
they think they were not sufficiently
recognized in the reception of Fair
banks. AS to their comPlaint,-tht
Chamber invited Fairbanks, and tt
the Chamber he sent his acceptance
# Then Governor Frear interposed will
wireless invitation to Fairbanks tt
stay at his home. OF course the invi
tation was proper one and natura
one, but some of the members of thu
Chamber of Commerce thought that /
should have gone to their CUES
through them. Then there began tt
develop a soreness which seems to have
an aftermath now in a refusal Il
do much in movement to invite Taft
This is not only small, but absurd.
hope the Chamber will get a littl'
wiser, forget it's past grievance and i
it has any surplus energy left from tn
crouch developed by that grievance
devote it rather to seeing that it get
better treatment next time.
III -
In speaking of shipping | am calle
on to think of what Captain Mile
$ has done in this city in the past fou
or five years. | am told that when h
came down here he brought simply
pair of shoe strings in addition to
position with Captain Matson. Thos
shoe strings were made of elastic, how
ever. and have been stretched till the
have grown into a small feet of yes
sells, a half a dozen houses in the Ma
kiki section and a number of othe
things, some of which we know aboU
and more of which we would like
know about A thrifty Yankee, wit
an eye LOT SoOu Dal sam ''N'
Captain Miller as far as his bushes
deals go, and one of the best-hearte
~, reincarnations of a jolly old pirat
when you know him in private lif
He would have been a typical Bully
Hayes, had he lived in the proper tin
and sphere though he would have ha
many good qualities which would ma
made him resemble the jolly priest
the Robin Hood tales. All his frlent
here wish him the best of luck
each and every venture he tries. Il
cidentally he is to be congratulate
on his wisdom in keeping out of Il
scrap against the Inter-Island.
IIniLed SLatas Shinnine Commission