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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-02
Smith Against It.

President Smith took the floor and
opposed the idea of annual sessions of
the Legislature.
"The principle involved is bad, =" he
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-02
HOUSE

Continued from Page one.)
although another hill now on it's way
to enactment does.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-02
Bad Leper Law Tabled.

Kaniho's Dill prohibiting the segre-
CATION of any leper to the leper settle
receiving treatment, etc." was tabled
on report of the Health Committee
"with the, consent of the introduc err "
Kaniho has grown tractabe and the
impossible has happened. Kanho, as
well, agreed to the laying on the table
of a petition presented by him relating
to lepers and insane persons.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-02
Committee of the Whole.

The House went into committees of
the whole at half past two, the first
items taken up being those in the
Public Works Department for mainte'
nance of public property. These passed
at: Oahu 81 900, Hawaii $500, Kauai
$1,000, and Maui $1,000.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-02

IOois
The Food Commissioner salary
passed at 1925 month and the meat
Inspector and veterinary and the milk
and dairy Inspector were chopped out.
Medical and Quarantine Service.
The item of bacterologist and pathol-
ogist at $l75 brought On long debate
in which Kaleiop attacked DR., Me
Donald as a man who had never attend
ed meteorological school and Ka,
niho likened him 10 the man who ran
the Logan ashore and didD I know his
business. "The public demands that
we throw this man ont, - said Kaniho.
Kamahu said that he hoped the Ha-
waiians would not do anything to show
other people that they were not ready
to take their place among civilized
people.
Shingle warned the members against
doing anything that would place the
public health in danger and bring about
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-02
Bills Signed.

Notice was given of the signing of
House Bill IA, Act 80, to provide for
the acquisition of private property fol-
public purposes; House Bill 152, Act So
to protect purchasers of real estate from
fraudulent conveyances. and House Bill
127,, Act 81, to provide for the DISPOSE
ton of funds received from the sale
of certain public lands.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-02
Refunding Bill Approved.

A communication from the Mer-
chants Association, enclosing reso-
luton which was said to be "not only
the expression of the association, but
of the greater part of the community
as well,' was read. The resolution
said that the association was decidedly
opposed to any amendment of the Or
ganic Act to allow annual sessions OF
| L Legislatnre.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-02

The Public Expenditures Committee
amended Fairchild Is resolution to make
all government offices keep open from
eight in the morning until five in the
afternoon by making the closing hour
half past four O'Clock. The report also
knocked out the annual twoweeks
vacation.
The committee recommended the pas
sage of Fairchild IS bin covering the
matter of general expenditures of ap
preparations, and recommended tablinl
Moanauli's resolution to confne one
man to one job. The proposed consoli
dations of Offices would make such 0
resolution hindrance.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-02
Kaimuki Hospitality.

The Waalae, Kaimuki and Palolo
Improvement Club invited the mem
beers to visit the site of the Kaimuki
reservoir, suggesting Saturday after
noon for the trip, to be made at thu
expense of the club. which will have
automobiles ready when desired.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25

years ending with 1906 only 4.632
per cent.
This of course includes the weak
plantations with the strong, but this
method of computation must be used
TO gain an accurate knowledge of
general conditions.
Certain fields of particular planta-
lions have given world record-break-
ing yields. yet the average yield per
acre for the eighteen months crops
in Hawaii is only 4.i03 tons per acre.
Computing this yield on basis Of
equality with sugar countries like
Cuba, where crop natures in the
twelve months, the average yield of
Hawaii is but 1885 tons per acre.
These figures indicate that, had
the protective tariff on sugar been
reduced one-half a cent-a pound for
the five years ending with 1906, all
the dividends paid during those years
would have been wiped out and have
left the entire industry without any
return on the investment after allow
ing for depreciation.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25

with December 1908, Hawaii import
ed from foreign countries merchan-
disc to the total value of $4,374,56T.,
of which s1,S64, 403. came from ia
pan, $G04,7SS. from British India,
$491,137. from the United Kingdom,
$4O3,123. from Chile, $353,177. from
Australia, and s2O4,9OS. from Ger
many.
All the domestic merchandise was
carried in American ships, and of the
total S15,2l7243. of merchandise
handled in the year, s10,325,666.
came through the Port of San Fran
cisco. $2,377,S69. through New
York and $2,214,474. through Puget
Sound.
OF the total $41,627,44S. that Ha-
wall sent to the mainland in the
same period. s2O,712,773. worth went
through the Port of San Francisco
and s2O,225.677. through Delaware
Breakwater, the latter being almost
exclusively sugar shipments for the
Eastern markets.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25
THE INDUSTRIAL EDITION.

The Bulletins Industrial Edi-
ton for 1909 is the third issue of
this character published by this pa
per since 1898, the year Hawaii was
annexed to the United States.
The data for the industrial section
OF this year has been obtained with
the same painstaking care of previous
periods. A representative Of the Il l.
letin has visited each sugar plan
tation of the islands and gone over
the ground either with the manager
or his assistants. The facts and fig
ures have been reviewed by both the
managers and the agents of the
properties, and every effort made to
assure readers absolutely reliable in
formation while telling the story of
an industrial progress in readable
form.
One of the leading plantation man
ayers of the islands writes the Il u =
I | n that the descriptions of the
various plantations given by this pa
per are the best he has ever read
Another tells us that he keeps the
latest issue of the b u | eft n Indus
trial Edition constantly handy for
| reference in plantation matters.
This shows that the work done by
the b u letin has been reliable,
and the ordinary dry detail of techni-
calities in the field and mill is han
died in an effective style.
Special attention is, of course, CIV
en- the sugar industry because II Is
the one great source of prosperity in
Hawaii. II is the industry on which
the financial life of every merchant,
every banker, and every other indus
try depends. New enterprises are
constantly being developed, but the
money to back them and test them
and put them on their feet has come
from sugar.
In dealing with these smaller
growing industries of the islands, the
Bull lett n has used the same care,
Pineapples and coffee offer splendid
possibilities II fostered in the friend
ly way that has made American pros
perity at once the wonder and the
envy of the world. The status OF
these branches of industry, also OF
tobacco, rubber, and other of Ha-
walls agricultural products is de-
scribed by persons specially interest
ed and able to speak with authority,
The edition Of this year sets a
higher standard than previous years
in the extent of the field covered and
the attractive form in which the
data is put before the reader. 1t IL
the only complete, authoritative
statement of the condition of la,
wallis Industries published.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25
AVERAGE SUGAR CONDITIONS.

1t is true that Hawaii has been
prosperous. Yet all too frequently the
Territory's industry Is judged by the
standards Of extremes that spread
abroad very wrong impression OF
average conditions.
Some Of Hawaii's sugar plantations
have paid very handsome dividends,
but the average dividend paid by all
sugar plantations on the total capital
invested In sugar was for the Ave
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25

OF course advertising pays. Bull
lc tin patrons are doing more bust
ness because they advertise in this
best medium of Honolulu and IIa-
wall More tourists are coming to
the islands because the Promotion
Committee has carried on an adyer-
Using campaign. The Hawaiian
pineapple crop Is beginning to move
because the producers are spending
money In advertising
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25

why attempt to retard the prog
rcss OF County government? All the
responsibilities Representative Shin
gle mentions are matters properly
controlled by each community. And
each community will perform these
duties properly when the power OF
taxation Is given the Counties and
the taxpayers wake up to public bus
mess.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25

As an evidence of the reputation
and standing of the EVENT. &
1t should be noted that
1t is patronized by the largest and
the smallest business houses of the
city. There is not a progressive bus
mess house in the city that is not
represented in the advertising col
umus OF this paper.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25

A copy of today's d letin will
go to every member Of the United
States Senate and House OF Repre-
sentatives. Each copy will have per-
formed its mission II 1t assist in
swelling the number of National leg
islators who. becoming more inter-
ested in what we have here. will find
1t necessary to come and see for them
selves.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25

Hawaii County has at last come to
its senses. The people are demand
ing the appointment Of a County En-
ginecr. Had the proper attention
been given to public affairs during
the last two years their roads would
have been substantially built and
thousands Of their dollars saved,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25

A Gve-ccnt tariff on coffee will be
the American farmers opportunity
in Hawaii Porto Rico, and the Phil
ippines. And It will not cost the poor
nam cent more to supply his break
last table,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25

While Hawaii continues to take
pride in its publlc-sChooI system, no
Legislature will save money by re-
ducing the salaries of teachers or
turning little children out of school
by changing the age for compulsory
school attendance.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25
MARCH rs, 1909

cry against "carpetbaggers" in order
to win. The Bulletins candidate
Tor United States District Judge can
stand against anyone here or in the
states on his merits as citizen, Il
jurist. and an officer of the Govern
muut
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25

hawaii is the only island section Of
tho United States that has stood by
the American merchant marine and
thereby helped 10 keep the American
Flag from being wiped of the face
uI Inc WntcrH.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25

Ex-Governor Carter is about to
talk again. This time it IS the sa-
loon question. II he goes as far
astray on this as he did on the Amer
lean farmer, the people will he in
tcrested but hardly instructed.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25

Hawaii has no race problem though
fits population includes a great mix
Jurc of races. Every man is sup
.oscd to know that II is a part Of his
duty TO live at peace with his neigh
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25

Hawairs exhibit at the Alaska
Yukon Exposition viii involve an eX-
penditure Of fully 100000. That
means Hawaii will be well represent
ed at the great summer assembly of
people from all the world to see what
has been done in the New West Of
Amnrinn
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25

That resolution for annual ses-
aious of the Legislature should be
laid beside the resolve asking Con-
gress to suspend the coastwise ship
ping laws in their application to Ha-
----LL
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25

Little Willie docking Up from book
Say, pa, what's the dead of night?"
Pa--"The dead of night must be
ghosts, my SON"
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25
ELECTION LAW.

The Senate is sitting in Committee
of the Whole this afternoon, consider.
ing the election law.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25

n Is mighty poor business when
candidates for Office have 20 raise a
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25
HAWAII AS CUSTOMER OF MAIN
LAND MERCHANTS.

Few people Of the mainland appre-
ciate what splendid customer the
Territory of Hawaii is for the main
land manufacturer and even the
farmer.
Not only does this Territory buy so
largely in foreign markets that the
customs duties collected at custom
houses of this collection district
amount to more than a million and u
half Of dollars annually, but It is also
the purchaser of millions of dollars
worth of merchandise in the home"
markets. It should be noted in pass
ing that every dollar collected at our
custom house goes to the Federal
Treasury, Hawaii is not on the spe-
Cially-favOred basis of the posses
sions," Porto Rico and the Philip
pines. that have their customs reye-
Eues for their own treasures.
At the end of the twelve months
ending with December of 1908 the
statistics Of the Department of Com
merce and Labor SHOW that Hawaii
purchased merchandise In the main
land markets valued az Sl5,2l7,2i3.
And, verify, the butcher, the baker,
and the CaRdlcstick-maker came in
for a share Of the sales made.
To give a general idea of what our
people are buying, the following fig
urcs are taken from the statistical
tables, showing the total value for
the twelve months OF 1908 in each
instance:
Agricultural imple-
ments ...........$ 32,4OS.
Animals; cattle, hors-
es, etc. ......... 214,795.
Breudstuffs ........ 1,S30,077.
Cars, carriages, inclu-
ding autos ....... 4SS,611.
Chemicals, drugs, med
icines, etc. ...... 2SG,444.
| Clocks and watches. 1854.
Cotton manufactures,
clothing, etc. .... 1881, 223.
/ Fish, largely canned,
smoked, etc. ...... 32S,4SO.
Fruits and nuts, IN
Guiding apples, or
anges ........... 1SO,75S.
Glass and glassware. 96,710.
Iron and steel manu-
features ....... 2,329,255.
Leather and manufac-
lures of ....... 447s7s,
Meat and dairy prod
ucts ............ 653,1S2.
Oils, mineral ..,... 1,2l3,S4O.
Paper, manufactures
of ............. 2O2,52s.
q, Spirits, wines, malt
liquors ......... 522.sOs.
Sugar and molasses, 1883.
Confectionery ..... $4,000.
Tobacco and manu-
features of ...... 5273SO.
Toys -. .......... 26,216.
Vegetables ........ 2O1.O54.
Wood and manufac-
lures OF ........ S9l,lSS.
Wool and manufaC-
lures of ........ 207,S55.
Any business man can readily un
derstand from these figures that Ha
wall is a good market for the maj
with goods TO sell and the farme
profits from the purchasing power o
Hawaii in fair proportion with tn,
manufactures
During this same period endinl
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25

Any business man can readily I'M
derstand from these figures that Ha-
wall is a good market for the man
with goods TO sell and the farmer
profits from the purchasing power of
Hawaii in fair proportion with the
manufacturer,
During this same period ending
Smyrna times., 1909-10-13
PASSENGER ELEVATORS.
Their Invention Made the Modern
Skyscraper Possible.

1t is certain that the earliest and the
most Indispensable of the factors which
have enabled the construction of the
mighty skyscrapers of today was the
passenger elevator and that this was
brought into use during the sixties of
the last century its first appearance
in New York being in the Fifth Ave
nue. hotel 1t was at about the same
time introduced into the Astor House.
then already a generation old. So OBJ
viOus was the utility of this device
that the wonder again is that it had
not been brought into practice long be-
fore. HOists are, of course. as old as
the Dutch warehouses, of which the
picturesqueness is enhanced by the
projecting cranes that worked the
hoists. doubtless as old as Archimedes
But hotels. even when the Fifth Ave
nue. was built, were conditioned in al
titude, as were all other buildings not
exclusively monumental, by the pow
ers of ascension of the unassisted hui
man leg. Five stories was the max
imum for commercial buildings, except
that an attical sixth might be added
for the discOmmOdatiOn of the janitor
whose name was Hobson and who had
to go where he was sent, which. nat
uraly. was where no paying guest"
could be induced to go. He and his
may have taken their outlook on life
from Sits or bullseyes just under the
roof In the cases of hotels the sixth
story was assigned to servants and
storerOOms. Tenants or inmates could
not be induced to climb more than
four flights of stairs and grumbled
grievously in the case of inmates Of
hotels and accused the hotel clerk Of
perfdy when they had to climb so
many. A device which would make
all the floors. even of five story hotel.
equally accessible, and so equally de-
sirable, was ii device vera sure of i'm
mediate adoption, so sure that the only
wonder was that the supply of IT
should have so Jagged behind the de-
mand. The beginnings of the eleva-
tors were. it is quite true, the begin
nings also of what in their earlier
stages were known as the elevator
buildings" s."-Scribner's Magazine
Smyrna times., 1909-10-13

Negress Had Lost White Child.
Marguerite Fink, the white child
rescued almost from the grave and
Smyrna times., 1909-10-13
Girl Il Weiahs s2s Pounds.

Weighing 625 pounds, although only
seventeen years old, Gertie May Davis,
from Wayne county, W. Va is in I'm
iOntown, Pa. with her father, Joseph
Davis. seventy-six years old. and who
weighs 140 pounds, and is the father
of twenty-five children. of whom TWEEN
ty-four are alive.
Davis has been married four times
Gertie's mother is still living. and
weighs 130 pounds. Gertie weighed 7
pounds at birth, 81 pounds when ten
months old, and 100 pounds at the age
Of three years. She has gained eighty
pounds in the last year.
She had a sister who weighed 72C
pounds when she died at the age Of
sixteen years Gertie's health has al
ways been the best. She attends a
school in the winter and travels with
her father in the summer.
Smyrna times., 1909-10-13
Arrested While Embracing Dead Wife

Arrested While Embracing Dead Wife.
O. Charged with numbering his wife
in a fit of jealous rage, William Fish
er, fifty years of age. was arrested
in Philadelphia. He was embracing
the body of the dead woman when he
was taken into custody in the room
they had occupied. Fisher, who was
painter by trade, speaks nothing but
German and refuses to make any
statement.
According to other occupants of the
house. he had frequent quarrels with
his wife, who was about fifteen years
his junior and of whom he was in
sanely jealous. A shot was heard and
he appeared at neighbor's room and
is alleged to have said: Fix this thing
for me. have killed my wife and
now l want to kill myself" The ham
mer of the revolver had failed to work
after the first shot The startled neigh
Dor, under pretense of getting tool
to fix the revolver, went out and in
formed the police.
Smyrna times., 1909-10-13
EXHILARATING SPORT.
Dog Driving Over the Ice and Snow of
Labrador.


Winter driving with a team Of a
dozen dogs is declared by DR.. Grenfell
Of Labrador to be the most fascinating
sport ever enjoyed by man. His de-
scription Of it as quoted by James
Johnstone in his book, "Grenfell of
Labrador" is as follows:
Although there is no harder work
when driving over a rough country.
yet the bracing cold. the exhilarating
brightness of the reflected light from
the snow. the difficulty of getting bad
" hurt. however sharply one shoots
mountain side or even tumbles over a
cliff, the absence Of damp or moisture.
the fact that one can travel anywhere
in soft. light mOccaslns and in such
clothing as is most conducive to agil-
ity, without any reference to conven-
tiOnality. all help to vanquish any re-
aliZatiOn Of labor on long trip.
There Is infinite scope for skill in
choosing. tending and training your
dogs. also for both pluck and physical
strength in driving, and all the craft of
miles of virgin country. where at any
time any wrong turn will surely mean
a night in the open and perhaps a
temperature of 40 degrees Of frost.
Dog driving also teaches one what
boxing is said to teach. self control.
for of all the trials of temper one can
be called on to endure the worst is.
given a glorious day for travelling and
when one is in hurry. to have ones
dogs run wild. listening to nothing.
not watching anything. but tangling
with every stump and tree and biting
at everything that comes in the way.
As one man told me when | asked
him what kind Of n team he had: "I's
had to give EN- up. sir though loved
they well enough. Good dogs be that
wild it is too hard for to be a-handlin'
of 'em and be a Christian. too, sir"
Smyrna times., 1909-10-13

cared for during the last four years
by Mrs. Marie Fink, a negress, in Den
yer, Col, has been given into the
custody of her mother, Mrs. Charles
Backoff, of Chicago.
Mrs. Backoff arrived in Denver Sun
day after learning that the child whom
she had mourned as dead since the
time of birth was alive and had grown
into a healthy, beautiful little girl.
When Judge Lindsey, in the Juvenile
court, gave his decision little Margue-
rite screamed and begged to be allow
ed to stay with the colored woman.
The mother is given custody of the
child only as guardian and must pay
the negress $500 as recompense for the
baby's keep.
Smyrna times., 1909-10-13
saw HUSBAND
DEAD IN DREAM
Was Killed In Wreck and Sick
Wife Kept in Ignorance.
SEES SPIRIT RECKONING

Sick Woman AwOke Screaming, and 1t
Was Some Time Before She Could
Be Cuieted-He Was Bringing Medl-
cine to Her When He Met Death.
Smyrna times., 1909-10-13
Wrlaht Flies up the Hudson.

An aeroplane flashed past the white
dome Of Grants tomb, at New York,
and then, turning gracefully in mid.
air over the waters of the Hudson.
shot like a falcon back to Governors
Island, ten miles away. Wilbur Wright,
Of Dayton, o., thus placed his name in
the rank with Hudson and Fulton in
one of the most spectacular feats in
the history of aeronautics.
Over the mass of warships, from
whose decks the hoarse cheers of the
sailors were borne up to him in his
elevated seat, he flew for twenty
miles-ten miles up and ten miles
back-remaining in the air for thirty
three minutes and thirty-three seconds
and alighting at the aeYodrome with.
out a mishap.