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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-02-29
The new HARBOR SCHEME. |

Commissioner WakchCld's scheme
handling the waterfront business
rough the construction of bulk-head
larves and providing for prompt
spatCh and transportation of car
'es is one Of the most COmprchens-
and practical that has ever been
1t before the public.
Commissioner Wakefield not only
avs a very interesting, very elab-
ate and very practical plan, but he
so does what is so frequently lack
lg in governmental proposals, shows
ow the most expensive part of it can
done with the money that Is avail
ble--and money saved into the bar
ain.
In preparing for the future growth
{ this port, 1t Is recognized that the
apidity of our advancement must de
,end on the facility with which car
;oes are dispatched as well as the
lumber of berths for ships. On the
ace of il, the bulkhead wharf, as
against the slips, once proposed fol
he section between the Alakea wharf
and the Oceanic dock, provides for
the accommodation of the cargoes Of
as many ships as can be berthed EX'
perience with the Alakca wharf is
that the structure is not large enough
to take the cargoes of two large
steamers disCharglng at the same
time. One large cargo jams it to ca
pacity. Thus one side of the sill
becomes practically useless,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-02-29
LASHES HUSBAND WHO
FLOWED WITH WIFE

KANSAS CITY, February lyon
belong to by-gone days; you don't de-
serve to haze a wife" declared Judge
Walter A. Powell of the Jackson
County Court, at Independence, as he
addressed Lafayette Choaic, a farmc"
whose wife had sued him for divorce,
alleging he had tied her to II harrow
aud beaten her because she could not
keep pace with the horses.
"a man who is cruel to his wife
and family has not place in society.
! therefore grant Mrs. ChOate di-
vOrcc and award her Sl2 week ali
mony," said the court.
. ChOate admitted on the witness
stand he had hitched his wife to the
harrow, but denied that he had been
cruel to his two small children.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-02-29

ties which mas become cheaper as the
years nave rolled by IN 1910 the
wholesale price OF sugar was io''
cents per pound IN 1884, IL was o'Si
cents per pound III 1884, o'2' cehts'
IN l'oo' II Tell as low as BOZ cents
whiie IN 1910 II came down 10 a'''
cents pound. LOOK at the recent
history oil sugar prices win snort
age III europe prices went soaring
Wheh the peet sugar factories OF the
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-02-29
EVENING. SMILES

"Why is it," queried the fair widow,
that they always say a man pines
for woman"
II suppose" growIed the fussy
bachelor, ITS because pine Is about
the sOftest wood there is"
willis: My son was spending so
much at college that | told him he
must cut some of his Injuries.
Gillis: Did he do It?
Willis: Yes; he writes me that he
has been cutting glasses ever since.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-02-29
SUGAR and HIGH LIVING costs.

Except for his silly assertion that
Hawaii employs contract" labor in
the production of sugar, a correspond
cnt writing for the American Sugar
Industry, published in the interests of
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-02-29

ne OwnScli he true,
I will follow, ~ the night the
day.
canst not then he false to an,
mrn.
shakespeare.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-02-29

Willie: never make any noise
running downstairs, grandma.
Grandma: That's right. That's a
good boy.
Willie: Yes'm. always slide down
the banister.
She lin a dispute over some fig
ures): | tell you I'm right.
He: And ! tell you you're wrong.
She: Didn't | go to school, stupid?
lie: Yes, and you left II stupid.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-02-29

Having lived through such eras of
high prices in the past with compar-
alive silence, there is little question
of our ability to survive the present
trying situation. especially as regards
sugar.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-02-29

the beet sugar cause, gives some very
interesting and accurate data regard
ing the price of sugar to the consum-
err in the United States.
II is well recognized that sugar has
advanced in price less rapidly than
any other food product, until the SEN
sational jump occasioncd by the
drought in Europe.
The writer quoted says: "Until
recently sugar in this country has
been the lowest-priccd food commod-
ity of equal sustaining power. Even
now, beans, for instance, cost more
than sugar pound for pound dry
weight when placed upon the table
THE sugar bills of the American
people amount to $3.50, 100000 a year,
or more than 100000 per day for
each working day in the year.
"Why do not the American people
produce all the sugar they consume
in this country? H..
at is well known the source OF suG
ar production in this part of our couh-
try is entirely from beets. and IL the
crop were increased to 100000 tons
instead of the present 100000 tons.
there would not be the least neces-
sity for going abroad for sugar.
THE high cost of living is no myth,
but sugar is responsible for no part
of it, for the following nine articles
which themselves have advanced
steadily in the last fourteen years,
each of them would buy much more
sugar in 1910 than in 1896, as shown
below:
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-02-29
Waterhouse Trust
Real Estate for Sale
MANOA VALLEY

Modern Bungalow and half acre of
land. Wei improved with plants and
trees.
Bargain price for quick sale,
MAKiki DISTRICT
Modern Bungalow and 10000 50. It.
of land In the Makiki District.
Price reasonable.
Cash or instruments.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-21

land" They hesitate for moment,
to the audience of 100000 900 that
everything IS going smoothly in the
preparations for the coming big show"
and then disappear to, plunge anew in
TO the work of getting reaoy for the
convention.
These are the men who have charge
of the buiiness end of the show. For
almost a year they have been working
to make it a scenic success. Only in
cidentally are they concerned with the
man who viii be the main figure after
the delegates go home. They do what
they can to make it possible for him,
or for some one else, to be named in a
decent, orderly fashion, and then they
sit back in their armchair3 to wait for
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-21

thinks ought to be accomplished, with
out any fuss or flummux. The leader
Of the committee on arrangements IL
Harry S. New OF indianapolis, who is
also worker OF clasl.
Some folks may think the chairman
Of the arrangements committee, ,It3
the power to name at least the tenn
porary chairman Of the convention, is
the rea big man of the monster gath
ering. Others award the palm TO the
permanent chairman, invariably a man
of the highcs. rank in hil party.
Others believe the secretary Of the
national committee, who has various
duties of the greatest importance, is
on the pinnacle of convention fame.
William Haywa1I, formerly OF Ne
braska and now of New York city, is
the holder of that office in the Repub-
lican party. He is a young man with
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-21
BY CHARLES N. LURE

There are two sides to a national
political convention. One of them, the
hunt for delegates, stands out before
all men. 1t is pictured daily by the
moving picture machine of the press,
and millions attend the performances
in al corners Of the United States. It
is. especially in a year like the present,
spectacular and audible 1t engrosses
public attention so that at timel even
baseball is forgotten.
The other part of the performance
goes on principally behind the scenes
At times the chief actors in it appear
on the stage, running from wing to
wing in a desperate hurry, like the
White Rabbit in alice in Wonder
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-21
HONOLULU AFTER
PERU BUSINESS

The following is from a report by
Vice Consul Genera, Chandler, Caia0,
Peru:
During the calendar year 1910 and
1911 between 100000 and $3.50, 900 was
spent on new sugar machinery in the
Peruvian Department of Lambayeque,
this being the nest conservative esti-
mate tina; the writer can make after
many pers onal inquiries. Fully SO per
cent Of this went to Fawcett, Preston
& Co, of Liverpool McUnie, Harvey
& Co., of Glasgow, and other firms in
the United Kingdom
! In November, 1911, representative
of the Honolulu Iron Works began a
personal aggressive campaign, visiting
sugar estates and exhaustively study
ing the situation The writer was in
formed by at east three different peo-
pie that this was the first time a Unit
ed States firm engi ged in making sug-
ar machinery had sent a special rep
resentative to Peru. The campaign
proved successful, and this would seem
to be the only logical way to get This
business.
American Plows and other Implements.
"A study of the different articles in
use on the estate of Senior Don AntarO
: Aspillaga showed several Americ IN ar
ticles among them. The three American
disk plows were sold by Senior Don
Manuel Alverez Calderon, a graduate
of the Maryland Agricultural College.
| AS was pointed out by Mr. Charles NJ.
Pepper, in his report on trace condi-
tons, especially agricultural machin-
cry, in Peru Csee Daily Consular and
Trade Reports for Feb. /, 1909, the
eleven young Peruvians who have
studied at agricu tural colleges in the
United States have done much to
spreao the knowledge and sale of
American goods, Complain was
heard of the lightness of these disk
! plows for hard use on very difficult
soil
All sugar grinding machinery was
from Fawcett, Preston & Co, of Liver
pool. Some of il was installed in 1878
I and is still useful The traction en-
gines were from John Fow'er, Eng
land. The Edwards centripetal drying
machine came from the United States,
land gives satisfaction. the boilers
were Babcock & Wilcox. Two pumps
of the Worthington Pump Co Utd0,
London, were installed in 1911. Tor
ritos oil is used exclusively in the
sugar mill. The small tank cars for
sugar while in liquid state came from
the United States. A steam engine
from the Delamater Iron Works, Penn
i Continued on Page Twelve)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-21
Of TYPEWRITERS AND
OTHER DELICATE MACHINERY

presses from s649,710 in 1897 to 49,,
100000; and machinery Of all kinds,
from $29,442,SS4 in 1897 to approx.
mately $115,O0O,OOO in 1912. These fig
ures do not include automobiles, of
which the years exports will amount
to about S27OOO,OOO; mowers and reap
ers, which will approximate $4,000,
coo; ana threshers, which will approx.
mate 100000.
Most of the typewriters exported
from the United States are sent to
Europe, where business and industry
have long been in a state of high
development. In certain of the newer
communities, however, such as Can,
ada, Argentina, and Australia, this
class of manufacture finds a large and
growing market. Basing the figures
for twelve months upon the ten
months figures already compiled by
the Bureau of Statistics of the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor, the eX'
ports of American typewriters to the
United Kingdom win be between 49,,
$780, 900 and 100000; to France, about
$1,50O,000; to Germany approximately
$75O,OOO; and to all other Europe lit
$75C,OOO ana all other Europe lit
tie over 100000, Nearly 100000
worth will 90 to Canada, about $500,
900 worth to Argentina, 100000 worth
to Mexico and Brazil, 100000 worth
to Australia and other British Oceania
100000 worth to the British East In
dies, 100000 worth to Cuba, and about
$4,000 worth to various other coun
tries located in every part of the ciyif
lied world.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-21

the conventions "Well done!" Some
times they get it Always they earn It,
Who will be that main figure" in
the Repub lean convention it is, of
courte, impossible to tell at the time of
writing. Whether the administration
of William Howard Taft will be in
doLjed in the most effective manner by
his denomination, or whether the ma
iority of the delegates in the conven-
ton will give their support to Theo-
core Roosevelt, former president, has
been "on the knees of the GODS" as
the old writer's had it. Other names
have been suggested, and two other
men, Senator Robert Marion La Fol
lette of Wisconsin and Senator Albert
B. Cummins of Iowa have made cam
paigns for delegates. Associate Justice
Charles Evans Hughes, former gov
ernor of New York has been named by
friends, but months ago he expressed
the opinion that man on the highest
bench of the United States shou not
seek political preferment, even for the
highest office in the nation.
The delegates represent all shaoes
OF Republicanism, from the conserva.
tism Of Taft to the progressiveness
OF Roosevelt, Cummins an0 La Fol-
lette. In spite of the great numbers
of delegates won before the conven.
predecessor, the Iowa man and his
predecessor the Iowa man and his
Wisconsin colleague both asserted
weeks ago their determination to re.
main in the fight to the finish.
Much Work Is Necessary.
Let no man think that attending to
the details of a convention of 1918
delegates, the same number of alter,
mates and several times that number
of spectators, is an easy task. Take
the matter of seating them alone. Civ.
en- an auditorium seating at the ut.
most Hiss with comfort-and that
means stretching the capacity of the
Chicago Coliseum until the walls al.
most bulge ana creak-how are you
Cying 10 satisfy al least $4,000 de-
mands fCh seats? Again, getting down
to details, given 20OO seats for dis
posal to Chicagoar5, how can YOU ac-
commodate 100000 citizens of the big
town anxious to see the great show
These things are settled before the
convention assemblies, and the sigh of
relief that goes up from the workers
almost equals the noise made ny the
delegates of a state when its favor
tie SON is named.
( Long before the conven ion meets
the national committee and the com
mittee on arrangements assemble in
the city chosen by the former body
and look over the ground. Suits of
rooms are engaged in a leading hotel
and hotel men, restaurateurs, band,
masters, printers, engrayers, builders
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-21

The United States leads the world
in the expectation OF typewriters. In
the single month Of April its exports
under that head exceeded one million
dollars in value as compared with
$13S, 232 in April, 1897, while for the
complete fiscal year which ends with
June the total will be about $4,000,
000 or eight times as much as in
1897, the earliest ear for which a
separate record of this trace YVES made
by the Bureau Of Statistics.
The growth in exports of typewrit
ing machines has been steadily main
tanned during the fifteen years cover
ed by the official record. In 1897 the
total expectation was $1,453,117 in
1902, $3,3O2,191; in 1907, $6,274,439
and in 1912, as previously stated, will
approximate $12,OOOOOO. From these
figures it will be observed that this
class of exports doubles in every five
years. For the entire perioo from
1897 to 1912 the aggregate expectation
of typewriters is typical of many other
intricately constructed and delicately
adjusted machines of American manu-
facture. OF cash registers, for exam
pie, the exports increased from SS13,-
C96 in 1900, the earliest available year,
to approximately $3,5OO,OO0 in the cur
rent fiscal year; scales and balances
from 1881 1886 in 1897 to 100000;
electrical appliances, including tele'
graph and telephone instruments, from
1851 1853 in 1902, the first year in
which a separate record was kept, to
S1l 100000; sewing machines from So,
34O,241 in 1897 to $1O,OOO,OOO; printing
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-21


on resolutions or some other big gun
is the most important figure next to
he pre- idential nominee.
The "Real Thing" Is Stone.
But they are ali wrong. The real
thing in the matter of power to make
or mar the national convention is the
sergeant. alarms, to whom the chair.
man Of the committee on arrange
ments delegates most of his powers,
reserving a large share of the glory
for himself if things go right and, if
he be of a mean disposition, laying on
the sergeant-at-arms most of the blame
if things are i'll arranged. Happily
for the G. o. p. it's sergeant-at-arms,
William F. Stone, collector of customs
in Ba timore, Is a man well fitted by
experience and ability for his onerous
task He was sergeant-at-arms of the
convention Of 1904 and 1908, and what
he does no, know about running a con
yention is not worth putting into a
manual on how gigantic as3emblages
should he conducted.
On him falls the Guty of arranging
for the reception of distinguished mem
bers of his party. He must appoint a
proper number, about $50, of deputy
sergeant-at arms, doorkeepers, ushers,
pages clerks, watchmen and others.
These posts are purely honorary. both
for the isergeant-atarms and his assist
ants, so far as direct remuneration is
concerned, but they carry with them
political prestige that is valuable when
political plums are awarded. Many a
nan in federal, state or municipal Of
fee has been helped thereto by service
at a national convention.
The Place of Convention.
The Chicago coliseum, in which the
Republican show is staged, is one Of
the greatest convention halls in the
world. 1t is the successor of the coli
scum in which the Democratic conven-
ton of 1896 was held ano which was
famous as the place in which William
Jennings Bryan made the cross of
gold" speech which helped so material
ly in bringing the nomination to him.
That edifice was destroyed by fire in
1905 tho G.
bui in 1900 on the site of the Libby
prison exhibit in the Chicago world s
exposition. 1t is on Wabash avenue
near Fifteenth street, a few squares
south of the hotel center and is reach
ed easily by street car lines.
The coliseum is 300 feet long and $50
feet wide. 1t has a self supported roof,
girded with immense steel arches, Civ
ing the interior a full sweep from
wall to wall without a post. There is
one great balcony arranged around the
four walls. There are, of course, plenty
of exits, andMr.- Stone has seen to It
that the lighting and ventilation are as
nearly perfect as they can be made
There has been some criticism Of the
acoustics of the great hail. but such
difficulties are probably inseparable
from the size of the building.
One of the principal places OF as
semblage in Chicago for delegates
and their friends is the Congress hotel
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-21

architects, chair owners. stand build.
ers, electricians, fagmakers, decora-
tors and tradesmen of various other
sorts are sent for and INTERCEPTED
about their abilities to furnish food,
lo'gingL and supplies for the conven-
ton.
TWO Men Of Importance.
All Of this means the expenditure of
time, money and energy in great guam
titles. 1t rests primarily in the hanos
of the chairmen Of the national COM
mlttee and the committee on arrange
ments, but is delegated TO another I'M
portant parsonage, as will appear later.
This year the former post of honor and
labor is held by Victor Rosewater of
Omaha, who succeeded the late John
F. Hill. He is young man with I'M
limited capacity for hustling and an
innate ability to get done what he
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-21

waioa was former. g,aoRn as the Au-
d'torium A"leX. The gold room"
of the hotel il shown in the illustra-
ton. 1t has been and viii be ia.
vorite &c herring place for many OF the
big men at the convention.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-21

,egal training. Others think the chair
man of the committee on arrange
ments, the chairman of the committee
on resolutions or some other big gun
is the most important figure next to
he pre- idential nominee.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-09
OHIo'S CONSTITUTION

Ohio is about to begin the work Of recasting it's constitution. To-day a convention assembled for that pur- pose will meet in Columbus. The membership of the convention is rep resented to be about 70 per cent. pro- gressive, and a balance ultra conser- vative. The initiative and referen- dunn is the chief matter which the progFessives are determined to write into the new instrument. The as sumption of these great powers by the people of Ohio will of course be hot ly opposed by the conservatives. The progressives appear to be divided among themselves over the recall for judges The recall for all other of fcers seems to be favored. Ohio is the first state east of the Mississippi River, to attempt a change in it's constitution by the convention meth cd since the direct legislation move ment took shape in the west, and Ohio'e action will be observed with interest by the people or other states
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-09

There seems to be no good reason why the Board of Education should not i'll the existing, and approaching vacancy on the board by the appoint naent of intelligent, representative women.
 The schools share with women the responsibilities of motherhood. It is reasonable that the mothers of the city should desire some voice in the management of an institution so closely related to their own duties and the welfare of their children
 The schools of Bridgeport have beens in the whole. well managed. But the73 will be better managed. most intelligent persons believe. if the man. aging body. the directorate so to speak. is in a position to receive the, advice and have advantage of the views and judgment of. one or two Competent women-two preferably. x
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-09
WHERE THE CREDIT FOR VOLUNTARY" TAX
 EQUALIZATION BELONGS-REAL AND LEGAL MAYORS

Post-and The Post is ect-that no other person or political party. had anything to do with the recent volun- tary exhibit of tax justice, the execu- tive is left, in sorry position. He is mayor de jure. but MT. Warner is mayor in fact. The public power en- trusted to him is overshadowed, ob- scured, and even concealed, by. the private power of MT. Warher.
 Yet it could scarcely be otherwise. Mr. Warner paid >liberally for the unique position that he holds, as the return of Republican campaign ex- penses prove. and his political fore men can scarcely expect to receive the credit that belongs to their crea- tor.
 It is to be hoped that much bene- fit will flow from the services of Bridgeport's de facto mayor, who reaps the glory and does the work wh-' the de jure mayor plays at be- ing chief executive.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-09
ROOSEVELT IS NOT GUILTY OF TREASON
 EXCEPT TO HIS OWN FORMER CONVICTIONS

Congress is committed to them. There is not only nothing treason able a.bout MT. Roosevelt's declara- tion that judges ought not to have veto over the peoples laws. but he self
 The fathers on building the Fed eral constitution four times refused to adopt resolution placing veto of laws in the Supreme Court of the United States. Jefferson was opposed makers of the Connecticut Constitu- tion did not give it to Connecticut judges The initiative, referendum and recall for judges means the sub- stantial destruction of such powers.
 The American people have been educated for more than a hundred years into the belief that they are sovereign. that all law is the product of their will. It was not reasonable to suppose that the people would long be tolerant of a system which assert ed that the sovereign will had been expressed finally in 17Ss and might not be again exerted except by such indirection as would certainly nullify it.
 If all the powers of government are inherent in the people, what possible objection can there be to their saying from time to time now those powers shall be exerted?
 If there is treason in this country it is on the part of those who deny that the people are sovereign, and refer to them as "the mob."
 The charge that lies against MT Roosevelt is that or proclaiuing as his own policies and theories of gov ernrr ent which he drowned upon and fought against, until the growing power of their adherents, made it a necessity of political opportunism 10 accept them.