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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-23
Special Orders.

| HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF
HAWAII, Honolulu, H. T., Sept. 10,
1911.-1. Lieutenant Colonel Wilson
Y. Stamper, Second Infantry, will pro
coed to Honolulu and report to the
Dictrict Commander for special duty
in connection with the determination
of data for establishing the boundary
Of the Fort Shafter Military Reserva-
ton.
Lieutenant-Colonel Stamper will re-
tain his present station, and such quar-
tiers as are available at Fort Shafter
will be provided for him by the Com
handing Officer of that post.
The travel directed is necessary in
the military service.
2. Second Lieutenant Frank NJ. An
drews, Eighth Cavalry, Aide-de-Camp,
is appointed summary court officer at
these headquarters.
By command of Brigadier General
Macomb.
c. c. CARTER,
Captain, General Staff, Chief of Staff.
Army and Navy Orders.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.-Army or
ders: First Lieutenant A. S. Bowen
of the medical corps will proceed to
Fort Smelling for temporary duty.
Upon the completion thereof he will
proceed to San Francisco and take a
transport sailing from that place about
December for the Philippines, as or
dered.
First Lieutenant Bowen is granted
a leave of absence for one month, eff
fective upon the completion of his
temporary duty at Fort Smelling.
Works Hardship on Army.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.-According
to General Grant, commanding the
Eastern Division, the recent. law of
congress giving 212 additional officers
to the army for the purpose of detail
ing that many regular officers to the
organized militia of the various states,
though intended as a benefit, has prov
ed to be a distinct injury to the regu-
lar army, and especially so to the in
tantry branch of the service. His con-
clusion is based on his experience that
officers detailed to the militia are Sc
lected always because of their efIicien-
cy and their places with the regular
troops are filled by young and mex
rerienced newly appointed officers.
Every effort has been made during
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-23
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ordered from New York City some time
ago for the purpose of supplying water
from the Kaimuki Reservoir to the large
tank at Hilonan Boulevard and Will
helmina Rise at an elevation Of $40 feet.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-23
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-23

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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-23

HNHIS WATER, famed for its
sweetness and purity, will be
raised in a four-inch main and
distributed in lateral pipes to every lot on
the HILL We have already commenced
on our power-house and trust that we will
have the entire plant in working order
within three weeks. We will then invite
the public to witness a demonstration of
the far-reaching utility of our service.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-11
LNLEORN GANE LAMN.

The Conservation Commission is re.
quired by the act creating il 10 report
to the Legislature before January j.,
1912, bill to revise and consolidate al
laws relating 10 fish and game II has
Just requested the assistance of tie
sportsmen Of the state in ''codifying tlf"
fish and game laws, and securing uni
"fOrmity. simplicity and sanity IN those
statutes, TO the end that there Shall be
ultimately fewer laws and moro lsn
The commission has done We'll in ap-
pealing 10 the spOrtsmen in that fashion.
If it can obtain their cooperation IL
framing the necessary law and after
ward in keeping It unchanged. it VIII
have done much better. Tinkerin2 with
the fish and game laws is ore of the
favoritc pastimes Of Legislature not
especially because the legislators like 60
do il. but because some of tn cuuStit-
uents Of one Of them want the law
the rest of the lawmakers want - help
him out. Scores Of changes in wua- is
supposed 10 be Il general law ar. made
each year. As n result. il is legal in
one town 10 shoot certain game birds.
while in the neighborinG town In an
other county such shooting Subiec'S the
sportsman TO Il heavy penalty; or TO
catch game fish earlier in some county,
or in q different manner. than thc laws
permit in an adjoining county. The fish
and game laws. in fact, have been and
are crazy quilt affair. Good reasons
exist for permitting the catching Of
trout on Long Island earlier than in :hc
Adirondack counties. and there lra sim
liar proper cases Of Discrimination be-
cause of geographical conditions which
must appear in any proper law.
"Uniformity. simplicity and unity" of
the fish and game laws. however. will
be obtained when the Sportsmen of the
state cooperate with the state authori-
ties in preserving and enforcing those
laws. 1t is Ia be hoped the COnserva-
tion Commission will be able to convince
the organizations to which il is app al
ing that such uniformity and simplicity
I'm the game laws are 10 the SpGrtSmou's
advantage
New-York tribune., 1911-12-11
4 REAL DIRECT PRIMARY LAW.

4 REAL DIRECT PRIMARY LAW.
Recent attacks on it in the courts and
the request of state Chairman BarGeS
that Attorney General Carmody give Of
ficial Interpretation To its obscure and
contradictory features have called az
tention anew 10 the imperfectiOnS of the
direct primary law adopted by the
Democratic Legislature last summer
That measure was n Slap-dash. hastily
thrown together bill, adopted al the end
OF Il bitter fight because Murphy of Tam
many saw that only in that way could
he prevent the passage Of a tighter and
better one. 1t was denounced by Re
publicans and Democrats alike for its
imperfectionS.
Suggestions are now being made uD-
state that this law be amended 10y the
new Legislature, even before it has been
put into operation. Amendment would
be so thanklesS a task that only those
fearing q workable law are likely 20
bother much with it, There is a far
simpler and more effective way-to wipe
out this Murphy misfit and adopt in its
place the Hinman-Green bill which Gov
ernor Hughes advocated. That measure
is a statewide, real direct primary bill,
which has been under discussion in the
Legislature and by the public for three
years. Its principles are understood as
those Of no other bill intended to abolish
party conventions in this state have been,
and it has commanded more legislative
strength than any other genuine direct
primary bill. In view of the pledges Of
both political parties on this issue and
the approach of state campaign when
they will have to give an account of
themselves. the Legislature which they
divide between them might well pass
that bill TO replace the one which Murphy
foisted on the public.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-11
TAXING THAT WHICH ENDURbS
Correspondent Urges Decreased VaIua'
tion on Perishable Buildings.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: II has been made perfectly clea
| that I'm the main the SulIivan-Shortt Dill -
intended to reduce the rate OF all taNauon
on buildings in New York City until II ~
| only half the taxation on all lands. or TINS
eminenuy rational proposition Professor
John B. Clark has said: Tho proposed
measure IS more than an entering wedge toi
the single tax, which II fully applied. would
mean the complete confiscstion Of property
| in land"
Taxation is not conhscation. and the mere
fact that all taxes collected were taken Tor
| land alone would not and could not alter
! this because taxation is in its final reck-
oning no more or less than moneys requisi-
! toned for governmental expenses, Whlch al
| together amount 10 a very small percentage
Of the market values Of the properties taxed.
Every one knows this. even though they
may not favor or even comprehend the
single tax idea.
What I'm the world can be more rational
than reducing the tax on buildings and in
creasing it on the land in cities? city real
estate is not made up OF unchangng es-
| sentials, but OF two main factors which arc
durability and are therefore directly op-
posed as market values Of prime conse-
quence. OF these one IS the land, which
becomes marketably more valuable because
OF everything favorable that goes on around
It and on it, whether the owners Of the land
do things that are favorable 70 It or not,
and the other is the money earning struct-
ures put on the land which, by natural de-
cay. finally become utterly worthless, 50
that they must be replaced by structures OF
increased and timely valuations.
Taxation is best maintained by taxing
that which does not deteriorate but does in
crease in value by natural processes which
literally cost nothing City lands fully
constitute this kind Of thing; city houses dc
not.
An essential feature Of this whole matter,
especially emphasized in the views expressed
of it by Professor Clarks references 10
homo making and homo buying, appears
to have been missed alike by all your corre-
spondents IL is this: Home buyers properly
so-called are practically non-existent in
America to-day. This is especially true of
our urban populations. Thousands on
thousands, perhaps millions, buy lots and
build houses on them called homes or buy
houses and the lots on which they are al
ready built and designate them as their
homes, but they are not homes in the true
sense OF the term, simply because they are
merely the temporary habtations in which
their purchasers abide until the time comes
when they can be and are disposed Of for
profit
ALFRED LAURENS BRENNAN.
Now York Dec 3, 1911
New-York tribune., 1911-12-11

that. however. il has been discovered
that the construction of the enormous
super erDrcadnoughtS and Drcadnought
cruisers will noccsSitatc the rebuilding
of docks or the construction of new ones
at enormous expense; probably sufficient
to call for some such extra approprla-
tion as that which is reported.
Not the least suggestive circumstance
is that this rumor concerning the BriI-
ish navy arises Just after the accession
20 the head of the Admiralty of man
who has been charged with coldnesS
toward naval expansion. If not with an
intention of checking naval growth: Dut
yet the rumOr Is not therefore deemed
at all Incredible. The fact is that there
are policies which cannot be changed
with Il change of ministry. and which
new ministries. despite ante-electi0n
/ talk. do not desire TO change. Liberal
ministers in Great Britain are supposed
/ TO be unfavorably disposed toward great
| expenditures for armaments. and some
of them have at times declared them
selves so. Yet Liberal governments go
right on with naval building, and the
most stupendous increase in naval OK
penditures in the history OF England 'r
any other country has been that made by
! the Liberal governments of Campbell
Bannerman and Asquith. as compared
with the Unionist administrations ol
Salisbury and Balfour.
II may he that these stories OF snip
building will he thought 10 confirm Mr.
MaXimilian Harden's prediction OF war
between the two powers concerned
and there may he significance in the de-
tail that British statesmen no longer
talk Of the two power standard,
meaning that the British navy must be
kept equal in strength to those OF the
next two powers, but Of the 1.-TWO 10
one standard meaning that it must
be kept twice as strong as that OF the
next power. to wit. Germany. Yet there
is much meaning in the homely say
ing that a watched pot never boils. and
it is to be hoped that the war which Is
so constantly predicted and watched for
will never come.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-11
THE GREAT SANE MASSES AND
AN Ant HILL.

The great sane masses of Georgia
have come TO their own rescue. Inc
slogan of Joseph NJ. Brown was the
sovereignty Of the people" The people
saw sovereignty had been contemptu-
ously Wrenched from them. They nave
resumed sovereignty. II is a cardinal
day in the states political progress when
her electors, tearing the blind OF dema-
gogue from eyes that have been closed
to the dangers T1enacing their liberties,
shear straight down TO the one para
mount duty of popular freedom without
which no issue can he scttled-Atlanta
Constitution.
Who shall say that self-government
lacks seriousness when it is possible for
an earnest newspaper like "The Atlanta
Constitution TO expend so much emo
tion over the triumph of virtue in the
re-emergence of Little Joe" Brown:
At this distance the frequent cardinal
days in the State of Georgia's political
progress upon which "thc great sane
masses of Georgia come 10 their own
rescue" are bewildering. The conduct
Of those masses seems purposeless. 1t is
like looking at that model Of self-gov-
erning communities. an ant hill. The
ants all run iii one direction for the
space Of an inch or so and then for no
conceivable reason turn around and re-
trace their steps. Having got back 10
their starting point, they set out afresh
in the original direction with unabated
energy Their seriousness is unmistak-
able, but what are they about?
Georgia runs two years Hoke Smith
ward, then turns around in its tracks
and goes to Little joe Brown After
a space with Little joe il scampers
back to Hoke Smith. and then again goes
to Little Joe" What does it mean!
Why. simply that the great sane masses
"of Georgia have come to their own
rescue" again. They occupy them
selves with making their own self-rescue
necessary and then accomplishing IT,
New-York tribune., 1911-12-11
THE JOB GIVER.

\ letter TO the editor which we printed
yesterday plainly proceeds from one in
the wilderness Of ignorance. Inasmuch
As it relates TO one Of the important
functions in our splendid local govern
ment--in fact, it might well be said tue
most important function as our local
government is administered--it deserves
attention. This is the substance Of il:
Can you tell why delegation OF twen-
ty-fiVe men representing the Delicates-
sen Association of New York went 10
Murphy 10 ask job i'm the Sheriffs Of
fee? why should Murphy consider the
request He was not elected Sheriff
and what has he to do with the giving
out Of the jobs: Is it not time that peo-
pie stopped bending the knee TO one who
holds no public Office and seek jobs from
those who have the jobs 10 give?
The inquirer's questions indicate that
he has hardly an elementary conception
of the theory and practice of government
as administered by Tammany Hall and
Murphy. The delegation OF the Deiica-
lessen Association went TO Murphy 20
"aSk a job in the Sheriif'S office" because
they wanted that job for one Of their
number. They went to Murphy because
Mr.. IIarburger. the Sheriff-elect, had
told them 10 see the boss" They knew
tha, Mr.. Harburger knew who would
give the job. SO they followed his advice
Apparently the inquirer has the old.
fashioned. almost obsolete. idea that In
voting for candidate on the Democratic
ticket in New York County the citizen Is
helping 10 elect Il principal. Nothing
could be further from the fact. as the
experience Of the Delicatessen AssOcla-
tion shows him. Usually the voter is
only helping TO put into Office some IIar-
burger, who tells the citizen 10 go see
the boss" when questions regarding the
conduct Of his Office come up. Our cor
respondent exhibits strange confusion
Of mind about the power conferred by
the holding of Office. What difference
does it make regarding the disposal Of
the Jobs in the Shcriff's office that Mr..
Hamburger was elected sheriff? None
a. Mr.. hamburger and the DelicatesScn
Association know. Those who have the
Jobs 10 give" are Murphy. the plural be-
ing used adviscdly
II our correspondent ever wants j".'
II ia 10 be hoped he is now 30 far enlisht'
New-York tribune., 1911-12-11

I'm the habit of sending convicts TO the
state prison. even for terms of less tlldn
one year: and under the new law, Wni"n
has only just gone into effect. they ca'-
not do this. Therefore. II IL argued '"'
law should he abolished.
The more enlightened view Of the case
will be that prisoners are not maze LOT
iails. but jails for prisoners. The queS-
tion is not that Of fitting the law aill
the treatment of prisoners to the real VI
supposed requirements of the prescht
penitentiaries and other so-called PENN
institutions. but that of fitting the penI-
tertiary system To- whatever law anu
treatment may be best for the prisoners
and for the state II would he mon
strous 10 illtreat prisoners and to infllct
wrong upon the community just because
the Jail or penitentiary accommodations
are unsuited TO anything else. II is not
the law that is at fault, but the institu-
tions.
The basic question Is, of course. that
Of the real purpose of penitentiary sell
lpIIttS. lilIt WIS NHtll tutSc NtiC WI
sidered TO be acts Of punishment and
nothing else The prisoner was simply
made to suffer. Society was taking ven
geancc upon him for his transgrcssion "f
its laws. \ more humane conception
now prevails The element of PUNISH
ment has not been altogether elimi'
nated--and if never should be-but
that of redemption has been introduced
and macnified Reform rather than -e-
venge is now the leading motive Of So
ciety in dealing with offenders. 1t Is
for the sake of promoting the reforma-
tion of prisoners that the indeterminate
sentence system was adopted, and it IS
likely to be maintained as long as hope
for the reformation Of any considerable
humber of misdemeanants finds ground
for existence.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-11
THE CHRISTMAS LIST.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: We have Christmas trees for the
poor children, Christmas dinners for the
newsboys and Christmas presents for our
servants and employees, but there is a
large and deserving class Of workers who
receive nothing from their employers and
nothing from their patrons, although the
latter are numbered by the hundred thou
sand. | refer to the car conductors, mo-
tormen, etc These men have hard time
of it at best. They are not always
courteous. but they certainly have enough
trouble every day 10 try the patience OF
a philosopher
Now that the Christmas spirit is present
everywhere, lee us make peace with these
people, and let us each sec that every
ticket seller, every ticket taker. every con-
ductor and every motorman receives an
extra nickel II only one passenger out
Of every five will do this, thousands of
homes will be made deservedly happy.
EUGENE V. BREWSTER.
nrool-i,.n nec 10 igIi
New-York tribune., 1911-12-11
COLD STORAGE AND PUBLICITY

COLD STORAGE AND PUBLICITY.
one Of Secretary Wilson'S suggestions
in his annual report is that cold storage
warehouses should be required by the
federal government 10 report from time
to time the amount of food products
which they hold Since the United
States could inquire only about the food
which had entered into interstate con-
merce, it is difficult 70 see how these re.
ports could be sufficiently complete 20
inform the public whether undue specu-
latiOn in perishablc food commodities
was going on or not. Large quantities
of butter and eggs, for example. Of local
origin would 10 doubt be kept on ice,
and about them no information would ne
obtained unless there we're cooperation
among the states TO protect the public
against the improper enhancement II
prices through the excessive holding
back of supplies from immediate con
sumption.
SO important is the part which cold
storage plays in distributing supplies
JDlOuSu 'u' Ntd' anu ~ cdoliS 10 10
legitimate function susceptible Of abuse
that the utmost publicity about it is de-
sirable. If Il system could be devised
by which the public could be kept in
formed as to the storage of perishable
foods public opinion might be depended
upon to deter speculation If not, the
laws against monOpolies, cOnspiracies
and combinations could be effectively re-
hands of the authorities.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-11
REFORM. NOT RLIENGE.

1t seems scarcely suppOSable that the
indcterminate sentence system which
was recently adopted in New Jersey viii
be abruptly repealed in response 10 Il
few expressions Of dissatisfaction with
II. Yet some Of those expressions come
from sources which demand notice and
which doubtless exert much influence.
and it will not be surprising if pro-
posal for repeal of the law Is made
to the coming Legislature. Such move
ment can surely not prevail. at any raie
if legislators give the matter the serious
thought which il deserves.
The opposition TO the indeterminate
sentence plan and the demand for its
abolition rest chiefly upon the ground
that the existing Jail system ~ The state
i, not suited fo IT, or that il l. not suited
to the jaiis. Some of the counties have
not pcnilcntiarics of their own, aud are
New-York tribune., 1911-12-11
CRUMBS FOR THE DOGS.

TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: AS one of many members of the
same may ! ask your readers, now at the
approach OF the season Of special gifts. 10
remember the need of that refuge for
slrays. the Bide-a-Wee Home. Incorpor-
ated No. 4l0 East 3Sth street, New York
Mrs. II. L. Kibbe, president; Bevill Cham
pion, treasurer?
If there be those whose entire interest II
is 10 sweep the board, crumbs and all, may
it not he at least part OF ours to sec that
the dogs get the crumbs that are coming
10 them? Louise Michel, uncanonized saint
Of humanity, paused in her superhuman
fight for perishng Paris to save a wounded
cat.
To paraphrase the lines OF Jean Ingelow;
All must die. man dies by day and near him
uourns his mother
They dig his crave tread it down and go from
him full 10th
Tie brute Il dies at midnight. and the wind
means and no other.
And the snow gives II burial; and God loves
them both.
A FRIEND
New York Dec 3 lcil
New-York tribune., 1911-12-11

DEMOCRATS AND nUCKRA hERS.
Why are Chairman Graham and the
other Democrats on his committee un-
willing to inquire into the circumstances
surrounding the Dick TO Dick" letter
That alleged communication started the
investigation with which Chairman
Graham and his associates were Occu-
pied for long time. They report that
there is nothing in the accusation that
monopoly of Controller Bay was
obtained through official favoritiSm.
But they have declined TO inquire into
the origin Of the scandalous charges.
1'he writer of the magazine article VINO
alleged that she saw and copied from the
official files the "Dicll 70 Dick com
municatiOn has not been put upon the
stand and the Graham committee is de
termined not TO question her
The matter is worth inquiring into.
not because there is left Il seul that be
lieves such letter ever existed, but for
the purpose of finding out how such Il
story could have got into print Was
there deliberate falsehood? Or was the
author of the charges trickcd? What
confirmation Of accusations touching the
integrity even Of the President of the
United States did the Journal publishing
them require before becoming RESPONSE
BILE for them? Tn word, the subject is
a proper part of the inquiry and its in
vestigation would throw a good deal #
light upon undertaking. But perhaps
the Democrats, being engaged exten-
sively in undertaking themselves, feel
that it is necessary for muckrakcrs 20
stand together.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-11
A SUGGESTION TO big BILL

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: The efficiency Of the present force
of men and horses In the Street Cleaning
Department can be increased by 30 per
cent or more by replacing the one-horse
and one-man dump carts by two.horse
dump trucks, each attended by two men.
The carts now in use do not contain a
load Of two-thirds of what would be easily
conveyed by one horse if contained in a
four-wheeed vehicle avoiding the weight
and far of the shafts. With two-horse
trucks and two men TO o truck. the han
ding of the heavy ash cans by two men
would be an easy task
D. r. OFFLEY.
Nprl, neC 4
New-York tribune., 1911-12-11
Netp-Dp1:k drihn,H.
MONDAY. DECEMBER II. 1911.

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