The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-15
CANAL TO SWELL
WORLD TRADE

Berlin correspondent telegraphs
summary of an article in the Berliner
Tageblatt by Herr Ballin, the head of
the Hamburg-American Steamship
Company, on the probable effects in
the worlds trade of the opening of
the Panama canal |
Herr Balm is not inclined to at
tach great importance to the schemes
of new lines projected by some Eng
lish and German shipping companies,
which he says, are only acting like
man who tries to reserve a seat by
laying an umbrella upon it,"
The first result, he thinks, will be
the transfer of the immense traffic
from the Atlantic to the Pacific from
railways to steamers. Even if the
railways engage in a rate war, Herr
Balm says, he sea route will be
cheaper.
Another result, he predicts, will be
rapid economic development of coun-
tries on the west coast of North and
South America.
On the whole, Herr Balm does not
appear to expect any great advantage
to Germany from the canal. He rec
ognizes that part of the German trade
especially the nitrate trade on the
west coe5t, will pass through the ca
nal. He said that the extent of the
) movement would depend on the canal
dues and upon whether the Americans
followed the principle of making the
route advantageous to foreign ship
ping in order to develop a commercial
marine of their own to learn by ex-
perience the conditions which govern
p its maintenance and protection.
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from the postal service, as we'll as
from the district He was in Waiohinu
last week, with DR.. Schwallie, and
family, for the first tine in twenty
years.
w. Wagner, a former resident of
Kau, is in the district again.
Geo Kawaha, of the Kau police,
l. rounded up two blind pigs in the plan.
: tation camp at Naalehu, Sunday morn
l. ing, March II. They we're japanese
u women and being caught in the act OF
selling booze and accepting the cash
l. for same, were arrested and compel &c
e to put up $3.50 bail which they for
fe.ted on the following day. The pc ice
s captured in all fifty-one gallons of the
d vilest kind of swipG as well as twenty
y two gallons of cheap wine, ten gallons
II and thirteen bottles of Japanese sake
II and nineteen bottles of Primo Pale
o Beer. The police know of six or eight
other illicit sellers of booze in the
e same locality, but they VIII probably
/ lie pretty low for awhile now. 1t is
d Capt KGwaha's intention, however, to
n keep his eye on them and he will get
them eventually.
d J. D. Lewis, successful bidder on
Il the Napoopoo wharf, accompanied by
T L. Very of Hilo, spent Sunday night
e at Mrs. McCarthy's on their way to
p Keolokekua to look over the ground
= preparatory to starting work on the
g new dock
FL We note that County Engineer
e SouthwOrth recommended to the sup,
e erv,sors that the Honokaa Jail be torn
D down and a new one erected. Wonder
s. what he would recommend as a rem
G edy for the Wiaohinu courthouse and
l. jail, if he should, by accident, got a
h look at it, The residents of this place
y would be more than willing to trade
courthouse, Jail and cottage for a
e building as good as the Honokaa Jail,
i and might be induced to give a little
to boot.
DIR. Thompson was called to Pahala
the fore part of the week, on account
of the illness of DR.. and Mrs. SchwGl-
lies youngest child.
Mr. and Mrs. Lou Rogers returned
from Honokaa, after the death Of Mrs
: Rogers dear mother, March II, The
community deeply sympatbiaes with
her.
work is being dCAe no on WalO-
hinu roads.
Mrs. John Macombor, a former re
sident of Waiohinu, died at H;lo,
March 90 She is mourned by many
relatives and old friends here
Mrs. Awana Akana is still very sick
She will leave for Hilo as soon as re-
X covered.
HAMAKUA.
John Kakai, the expert rat-catcher
b of Hilo, has been in the district show
ing the rat-catchers the proper way TO
: setting their traps
t Fred Knudsen of Kukuihaele is i'll
e with grippe and is under Or. Browns
d medical care.
l. The Portuguese Of Honokaa had
mass in their church. Good Friday
e Mrs August Ahrens and Miss Der
e tina Ahrens are expected to return
S from Honolulu next Wednesday.