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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-05-27
under The Cocoanut Tree
BY H. M. Ayres.

And Kishun Dassn't!
600
Papa tia still reigns supreme as the
champion hotrock hopper of the
Southern seas.
900
Anyone ought to be able to negoti-
ate lurid lava had he the cold feet
that the recent proud son of the Far
East seems to bRve suddenly con-
tracted.
600
Even the jolly, jolly press agent
had look of abject penitence on his
truthful countenance this morning.
600
The prize offered for the correct
solution of problem recently pro
pounded in this column was a pint of
wrinkles, not pint of wrinkles as our
handsome and usually correct printer
made it appear.
~ ~ ~
Can a tired dog strike a match on
his pants? No wrinkles for such an
easy one as this. tu
900
The young lady who wrote-up the
Sheffield choir for the morning pa,
per is righteously peeved because the
distinguished party gave a mere must
cal performance instead of an exhi
bition of the latest European styles
in wearing apparel If the matter
were followed up it is probable thai
the promoters of the affair could be
made to return ticket purchasers
their money The thing that most
astonishes us, however, is that the
choristers could sing at all in theii
travelling clothes.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-05-27
Uncle Walt
The Poet Philosopher

might and down the and talk the hours while
people, whom improve the busy day. might Vital
Topics dwell discuss them through my hat and bore
WHAT'S folks fare you we'll but what's the of that?
THE USE might repeat the tales hear the gossip and the lies and
bring the sad and bny poor creatures eyes.
might make fun of mpsons Clothes Mrs Qugways hat ridi
Guile old Wrgers but what's the of that? might display
stock of guile and prove that great and show that am full of
bile envy and of hate might produce my empty pouch and
the puoat and be hrsa all round CROUCH but whats the
of tat I've noticed that the chap who's an to coa the old
song which winds with the sad refrain whatever is is
about many friends old Thomas cat whose chant
at mi hour ascends-here that
Copyright 1910 ny Geo. Matthew Adam" WALT MASON. .
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-05-27
KEEP UP THE WHARF TAX.

The Star hopes sincerely that the collection of the shippers wharf
will not
The plan satisfactory the public would be to reorganze
the Wharf Tax Committee continue the old of
the fund be directed the usual corporate body dealing
with stockholders
The best interests of the considered whole require an
and there easier and equt
able way than through those business interests that
stake keeping the healthy and attractive to
tourists
Why that the will go and then conhne the
strictly to these objects, in the order given:
l. Public sanitation.
Promotion.
Then if an epidemic all the machinery of sanitation
could brought play and when there chance to
mote the tourist trade be hesitation because of cant
The Washington herald., 1911-12-21
PRIMARY IN ALABAMA.
Democrats Also IndOrse Underwood
as Presidential Candidate.

Birmingham, Ala. Dec. 2o.-The Demo-
cratic State committee comprising
twenty-three representatives, at its
meeting here to-day, unanimously voted
to hold a party primary on April l, 1912,
TO elect delegates to the State conven-
ton. The convention will be held on
April 10.
Representative Oscar Underwood was
unanimously supported by the members
OF the committee as the next President
OF the United States. He was indOrsed
by the members of the committee as the
most powerful man on his past record
now available to the Democratic party.
Those who attended the meeting pre-
dicted freely that with the holding Of
State primary, Mr.. Underwood's name
will undoubtedly be sent to the national
convention for nomination to the Presi-
dency. 1t was stated that the floor
leader of the House had already attained
a strong hold on the Northern States
through his reputation of William Jen-
nings Bryan, and his candidacy would
mean the selection of a man who was an
acceptable compromise between Gov.
Harmon and Gov. Wilson.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-21
The House.

After receiving the Presidents message
regarding the revision Of the wooden
schedule, the House proceeded immediate
ly to adoption of the substitute Senate
resolution for the abrogation of the
treaty with Russia. After short debate
the Senate substitute was unanimously
adopted on a viva vice vote
Representative Malby, OF New York
spoke against the resolution, declaring
that 1t would not accomplish the results
wanted, namely the admission of Amer
ican Jews into Russia, but he did not
vote in the negative on the final pas
sage. The Senate resolution adopted is
a milder substitute for the Sulzer reso-
luton passed by the House and it rati-
ties the action of the President in serv-
ing notice upon Russia. Representative
Sulzer himself moved the adoption of
the Senate substitute, stating that the
House Foreign Affairs Committee was
not jealous of the form OF the resclu-
uon. The results are what we are
after" said Sulzer. "and I hope the reso-
luton will be unanimously passed show
ing that we are all above partisanship."
wrangle ensued over the proposition
to print the VOiuminous report Of the
tariff board, which was sent to the House
in seven large packages. The Democrats
wanted the figures to be sent to the
Ways and Means Committee for sorting,
declaring that the record would cover
thousand pages If all the detailed data
were printed. Republican members
wanted the exhibits sent to the printing
Office Immediately. The matter went
over until Thursday
Representative Fitzgerald asked unani-
nous consent to send the urgent
deficiency bill to conference, but Repre-
sentative Austin, OF Tennessee, objected,
and this bill also will be taken up
Thursday. Mr.. Austin objected because
a separate vote was not allowed on an
amendment put in by the Senate appro-
priating $4,000 for the relief of the suf-
ferers In the Briceville CTenn.) mine
disaster.
The House spent considerable time on
routine bills. Among the number which
passed was one authorizing the sale of
dead timber from public lands
The Military Affairs Committee con-
tinued its consideration of the army ap-
preparation bills, but the other House
committees took a day off,
The Washington herald., 1911-12-21

state emphasizes all the more the prohib-
tive character Of the present secured
pound duty.
THAT an ad valorem rate is open to
grave difficulties from the point Of view
of administration and revenue, in the
case of a crude bulky commodity like
wool, produced in many remote regions
and finding its way into the markets
through SO many various channels of
trade.
THAT, Furthermore an ad valorem rate
would give high duty per pound when
prices are high; that is, when the con-
sumner most needs relief and the pro-
ducer is most able to bear competition.
With low price of wool, the duty pei
pound would be low; that is, at the time
when the consumer has less need of COM
peting woods and the producer is least
able to bear competition.
That the chief objections to the pre-
sent rate on the grease pound could
be met by levying some form of speci-
fic duty based on the clean or scored con-
tent of the wool imported.
THAT the necessary machinery for
testing at ports of entry could be INSTALL
ed promptly and cheaply, and could be
maintained efficiently at small expense" 4"
The Washington herald., 1911-12-21
GET WHOLESALE IMMUNITY.
Vote Sellers Can Take Advantage
of Generous OFFER.

Special to The Washington Herald.
Bristol, Tenn, Dec. 2o.-Judge Skeen,
who is conducting the grand jury inves-
tigation into the wholesale debauchery
of the electorate of Lee County, Va, to-
day announced a change of tactics and
issued a proclamation to the vote sellers
of Lee County Offering inducements for
them to come INTO court voluntarily and
confess. He stated that he will give as
many as desire the privilege OF accept
ing his offer. When the grand jury
convenes all who have not confessed
will be indicted, and Judge Skeen inti-
mated that it will go hard with them.
One hundred and fifty indictments of
vote sellers were to-day turned over to
Commemorative Attorney Ely, and
others will be given him tomorrow be-
fore the grand Jury adjourns.
Judge Skeen now hopes that several
hundred who have not been indicted will
take advantage Of his offer. He PROM
ised the minimum fine for all who con-
fessed, but as the Virginia election
statute is self-executing the act OF con-
fession or conviction pe-petually dis
franchises them as guilty persons 1t
developed to-day that Judge Skeen se-
cured the evidence for many OF the in
dictments from the vote buyers b. giving
them immunity.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-21
WEDDING Is HELD :
WITH SUBSTITUTE
BridegrOom-to-be Met at the
Door by Real Husband.

Norfolk, Va, Dec. 2o.-Lawrenceville,
Va, and vicinity is agog with excite
ment over the action of Miss Ella Will
kins, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Wilkins, one of the best known families
in the State, in fitting her fiance on the
eve of their wedding and marrying his
rival.
Henry Dobson, one of the principal
draughtsmen at the Newport News ship
yards, was to have been the bridegroom
last Monday night. Monday morning he
received a telegram from his intended
bride telling him not to come. But he
did, and was met at the door of the,
Wilkins home by w. B. Agnew, a drug
clerk, who said he had just been mar
ried to Miss Wilkins. Dobson left on the
next train. a number of guests from
distant cities had arrived to attend the
wedding. and the Wilkins home was filed
with relatives of the family. The orisY
inal reception and ceremonies were car
ried out, but with another bridegroom
No explanation has been offered by the
wilkins family, who are making everyy
effort to keep the news of the wedding
from leaking out.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-21
CONGRESS IN BRIEF.
Wednesday. December 20, 1911.
The Senate.

The Senate received the President s
message accompanied by the report of the
tariff board on Schedule X. in the tariff
act. Both were referred to the Finance
Committee.
sian treaty resolution.
Among the bills taken UP from the cal
endar and passed were the following:
To commission graduates of the Naval
Academy as ensigns Immediately upon
graduation; to enlarge the purpose of
the American Academy at Rome; to pro-
vide for the erection of a monument to
Maj. Gen. John Stark, OF Revolutionary
War fame, at Manchester. n. H; also
appropriating $4,000 for the erection Of a
monument to the late President James A
Garfield at Long Branch, n. ].
The Senate adjourned at AIS o'clock.
until noon Thursday
The Washington herald., 1911-12-21
ACID TEST FOR SENATOR.
La Toilette VIII Face Sunragettes
in PIttsburg.

Pittsburg, Dee. 20-The Western gov
ernors ran the gantlet Of suffragettes
here with good grace, but Senator Robert
NJ. La Toilette tomorrow must under
go the acid test alone. Leading women
Of Pittsburg are primed for the progress
sive hope when he arrives here to-mor-
row for his lecture on THE true Democ-
racy." Senator La Toilette will be the
guest of ex-senator William Flynn while
here, and the suffragette reception will
be in the hands of Miss May Flynn. Miss
Florence Harper, Miss Alice McCague,
Miss May Bakewell, Miss Marguerite
Poseton and many others who pinned
down" the Western governors last
week
The Washington herald., 1911-12-21
,Phone service Increased.

New York, Dec. 2O.-Miner NJ. Davis.
who was recently appointed superinten-
dent Of telephones Of the Postal TeIe-
graph and Cable Company, announced to-
day that his company had issued instruc-
tions to its construction department to
proceed with the erection of additional
heavy copper wires between all important
points Un the system of the company for
the purpose OF extending the telephonic
use of the same to the independent tele-
phone companies.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-21
Asks Change in Method.

The President, acting on the findings of
the tariff board recommends d radical
change in the method of assessing duties
on raw wool Instead of the present
specific duty on the wool in grease, he
recommends that the product be assessed
in terms Of its secured contents. This
will obviate the chief evil of the present
systematic discrimination due to diff
ferent shrinkages. In the case of manu-
faCtures of wool. he recommends gradu-
ated ad valOrem duties.
The findings of the report indicate that
the tariff does not enter so largely as is
popularly supposed into the high prices
of wooden manIfa Ctures. 1t seems, in
fact, that wool manufacturers in this
country have to a certain extent already
discounted the agitation for tariff re-
vision. For instance, the report shows
that sixteen English fabrics prohibited
from the United States on account of
high duties would have paid a nominal
duty of 1873 per cent If imported. Prac-
tiCally Identical fabrics of domestic make,
on the other hand, were sold at the same
time at a price only 81 per cent higher
than the foreign market value. In other
words, while the american manufacturers
had 1S3 per cent in their favor, competi-
tion has reduced the actual rate to 81
per cent.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-21
Junior MarIssmen Hold Match.

A rifle match for junior marksman
buttonsfor 1911 was held at the Business
High School range, Tuesday afternoon.
Those qualifying were Lieut.. Thomas
w. Miller, quartermaster of Third Bat
talon. who made II standing and ~
prone. and w. Davis, OF Company +.
who made 80 standing and 43 prone.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-21
Big Order Authorized,

The Joint Committee on Printing yester-
day authorized the Public Printer to open
bids for the purchase of %, 6OOOOO pounds
Of paper. to supply the big shop during
the coming winter. The joint committee
is composed of Senators Smoot, Page,
and Fletcher, and Representatives Finley,
Rarnhart, and Focht. This order is a
at the printery.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-21
ROSE EYTINGE DEAD.
weII-knOwn Emotional Actress
Once q Leading Lady.

New York. Dec. 2c.-Miss Rose Ey-
tinge, a weIl-known emotional actress,
died to-day at the Brunswick Home,
Amityville, Long Island, where she has
been for several years in care of the
Actors Fund of America. Miss Eytinge
was for many years a leading figure in
theatrical life, and was at one time
leading lady of the Wallsck Company
and the A. NJ. Palmer Union Square
Theater Company.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-21

President Taft's long-awaited mes
sage on the wool schedule of the Payne
Aldrich tariff law, together with the
tariff boards report on this subject, was
sent to Congress yesterday. The find
ings of the tariff board amply justify
President Taft's Characterization of the
present wool schedule as "indefensible." )"
- The President declares in his message
that the report of the board showed
ample reason for the revision downward
Of Schedule K, in accord with the pro-
tective principle, and he accordingly
recommends that such revision be pro-
ceeded with at once.
PRESENT RATES UNFAIR.
The report of the tariff board holds
that practically all items in the wooden
schedule of the Payne-Aldrich law are
taxed at a rate of duty higher than
that which represents the difference of
the cost of production here and abroad.
This is true of raw wool as well as of
manufactures of wool. There are only
four items in the Payne-Aldrich woOlen
schedule the duties on which permit
their importation into this country.
These are raw wool, mems wearing ap-
parel, very fine quality, lightweight
dress goods for women, and Oriental
rugs Not only this, but the tariff
board finds that the method of assess
ing duties under the present tariff
law is faulty in the extreme and ope-
rates to exclude impOrtations of certain
classes of foreign woods which might
he used to displaCe substitutes now
used in this country.
The tariff board itself makes no rec
ommendation as to the rates of duty
that should be levied on raw wool or
The Washington herald., 1911-12-21

any of its manufactured products. 1t
has no authority to make such recon-
mendatiOns. and merely presents its
findings. The President also does not
attempt to name definite rates. 1t Is
possible, however, to deduce from the
tariff boards report what rates it re-
CARDS as warranted on the showing of
the differences of cost in manufactur
ing between this and other countries,
the prOfessed Republican principle be-
ing that the rate of duty should not eX-
ceed this differential.
3I-2 Cent Excess.
The board finds that the average cost
of producing raw wool in this country
is 91-2 cents a pound. The average cost
of production in Australia, the chief COM
pctitor of the United States, does not ex-
ceed cents a pound. The difference
1-2 cents a pounds the rate which
should apply to raw wool if this general
average of 8 1-2 cents is accepted. The
rate under the present Payne-Aldrich law
for raw material is II cents a pound, the
findings of the tariff board thus indicat-
ing an excess in the charge of 3 1-2 cents
a pound.
Based on last years importations. II is
estimated that this rate of : 1-2 cents a
pound on raw wool would be equivalent
10 an al NaIOrem rate or less than 90 per
cent. This was the ad valorem rate that
Senator La Toilette fixed in his wool bill
last summer, as compared with a rate
of about a per cent assessed by the
Payne-Aldrich law. The rate fixed by
the Democrats of the House in the origi-
nal Underwood bill was % per cent on
raw wool, the final compromise between
La Toilette and Underwood being 2S per
cent.
The tariff board findings have thus in
diCated the substantial correctness of the
duty fixed by La Toilette on raw wool.
There are about one-third less than the
Payne-Aldrich rates on raw wool and
also. If estimated roughly. on manufac-
tured products.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-21
SINCLAIR CASE HELD UP.
Husbands Testimony Thrown Ont
and RetriaI Ordered.

New York, Dec. 2O.-Supreme Court
Justice Davis to-day declined to confirm
the report of a referee recommending a
divorce in favor of Upton Sinclair, the
socialist author, against Meta Fuller Sin
clair. The court sent the case again to
the referee for a retrial.
During the original trial Sinclair was
permitted to testify to alleged confession
Of misconduct that his wife made to him.
Justice Davis holds that this testimony
was improper, coming from the defend
ants husband. and for this reason he is
not justified in signing the decree.
patent has been granted on a water
proof shoulder pad and body shield for
the use of men who carry ice or meat.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-21

Juvenile smoking has greatly increased
lately. and its effect will be most no.
tireahle ON the next generation.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-21
TAFT AND TARIFF
BOARD ATTACK
WOOL SCHEDULE
LOng-expected Message Sent
to Congress.
PRESENT RATES UNFAIR
Change in Methods Also Is
Recommended.
PRESENT RATES UNFAIR

Pointing Out that Tariff Board Has
Made Most Exhaustive InvestiEa-
tIon Possible of Rates and Com
parative Cost of Production, MI.
Remedial LegtsIatiOn at Once.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-21
MIdshipman UNIT, Quits.

The resignation of Midshipman Oscar
W. Leidel was accepted by Assistant Sec
retary Of the Navy Winthrop yesterday.
Lelders resignation Is due to physical dis
ability for further service in the navy.
He was appointed to the Naval Academy
by Representative w. A. Rodenberg, OF
Illinois, on July s, 1907.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-21
From sheep to Man.

from Sneep 10 MAN.
The tariff board, in its voluminous re-
port, followed the wool in an ordinary
ready-made suit of clothes, retailing at
S23 from the back OF the sheep to the
back of the man. 1t shows that the
farmer gets s223 from the $23 paid for
the suit, or a profit of IS cents: the manu-
facturer of the cloth gets A.54 and a
profit of o cents, and the wholesaler
who makes the suit gets $3.50. making
profit of $2.2S; the retailer gets S23 and
profit of $3.50. The profit of the retailer.
however, is gross, not net. The most in
teresting feature about these statistics IS
that the manufacturer of the cloth gets
only about a per cent profit. very much
less than the farmer who raises the
wool.
The President characterizes the report
of the tariff board on the wooden sched-
ule as the most complete and exhaustive
ever presented to a legislative body on
this subject.
The tariff board. in its report, shows,
besides the facts presented above, that
in the Ohio region II costs more than
in any other part of the United States
to raise wool, the average charge for pro-
duction being 10 cents a pound. In West
ern United States the capitalization per
head of sheep, exclusive of land, is $3.50.
upon which a gross profit of So per cent
was realized. In Australia, on the other
hand. at the present range of values for
stock, sheep, and mutton. the receipts
from other sources than wool are carry
ing the total flock expense thus making
the wool cost practically nothing.
The board in criticising the methods now
used in assessing duties on raw wool.
holds that there is no valid reason for
the discrimination that now exists as
between the woods of class l (merino
and cross-bredD and class CEnglish.
medium, and lustre). and that these two
classes could properly be consolidated.
Tariff Boards Findings.
The report adds as its findings:
That the present duty of 80 cents per
pound on secured wool is prohibitive
preventing effectually the importation of
clean, low-priced foreign woods of the
lower grades that would be exceedingly
useful in the manufacture OF woolens in
this country, and II so used might dis
place in large measure the cheap substi-
tutes now so frequently employed in
that industry. The fact that such cheap
woods are of such heavy shrinkage that
they cannot be imported In an unsecured
The Washington herald., 1911-12-21
LODGE RESOLUTION
PASSED BY HOUSE

Continued from Page One.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-21
WOOL MEASURE Is
WE'LL RECEIVED

Continued from Page One.
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excellent
All IHE A H. BEALl HARDWARE ".
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Ad.er,.slns Rates made Anown On Appncation.
The Names Fate.

The opinion of army engineers
who have Deen supervising tine TASK
Oh raising the Maine from the pot
TOM oi havana narbof cotHGIdesf "
a large extent with the llndlngs o.
the spanish board OF inquiry chat
investigated, the destruction Of the
ship and reported that its loss was
due TO an internal explosion. Inc
American engineers, now engaged
in lifting the vessel from its waterI
grave have submitted a lofma4
statement in wnich they express the
conviction that the Maine was torn
to pieces BY her own magazines ana
that the shock was SO great that y
destroyed all evidence OF any eAIer-
nal mine, if such mine had been
planted. This view leaves the slI-
nation where it was on the day that
the news OF the wreck was first re-
ceiyed in this country, that is, We
suspect that enemies destroyed 40
ship. but proof of our suspicious 20
mains to be disceyseoA