The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-09

Hunger. or desire for good things
must drive most Of us to effort EquaI
pay for equal time won't get gooa
work. Day men would often sleep boz
the cane if II were not for the luna
The contract method is best both Ton
employer and employe. The MORE
WORK MORE PAY principle MUST
be inserted. otherwise we labor like
men working our poll tax The sing
song "by the day must give way to
the rapid by the job, by the job.
Desert" has rightly taken the place
Of need" i'm the socialist motto:
From each according to his ability to
each according to his desert Labor
unions that prevent discharge of lazy
men are not socialistic We must
learn to put able business men in
charge. Larger pay for larger service
will bring the demand of the day,
business efficiency This, only this,
will prevent the grievous waste of the
peoples money without good result.
Do we realize the superior service
our present benehcent socialistic bust
ness department, the postofice, is Civ
ing us? 1t is unthinkable that a pri-
vate capitalistic corporation would, for
two cents, carry letters from Key
West to Alaska, from the philippines
/ to Labrador, from the American post
office in Shanghai to any postoftice in
the United States or Canada, or for
/ five cents to almost any part Of the
world; or establish free rural delivery;
| or send mails so frequently; or deliver
tons and tons of congressional matter
for nothing; or carry thousands OF
tons of magazines to us for almost
nothing. Yet, under Hitchcock, it does
this enormous work at profit, and
did it under previous men at small
loss. Is it not reasonable to expect a
like multiplication of service If the
people, instead of private corporations,
owned and ran for themselves rail-
roads that would not parallel each
other and still pay 10 per cent on wat
cred stock; telephones that would put
in the best appliances and still be
within reach of the ordinary house,
holder; a telegraph at every postothce
at fraction of present rates; an ex-
press business that would not give
three rates at the same office, on the
same day, on the same package. CSee
Outlook, p. BAL, February 10
Are not such blessed results worth
working for? Can't we overcome diff
ficulties? Yes, we can, and, undel
Gods evolving guidance, we will. Oul
first great duty to ourselves and ouI
= children is government ownership o
= the above great services. Our secont
duty will be to learn to manage then
+ properly. We are now far behint
> other nations, but can catch up. w,
are not destined to get great good b,
hasty revolution. We must labor, w
Il must wait, we must educate. Perhap
t we must refuse the ballot to the III
> educated.
5 The very magnitude of governmen
service, including the above, would al
o solutely extinguish patronage, no'
nearly extinct in the Postoffice De
e partment Political control could no
would not be permitted.
h Let Lincoln's immortal words il
J. spire us: ut is for us to be here dedi
e Gated to the great task tina
0 this nation, under God, shall have
: new birth of freedom, brinf
d ing forth government of the people
n by the people, for the people"
r. H. E. KELSEY.
e Kukaiau, Hawaii, March 8, 1912.