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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-27

1t is unnecessary to discuss the alb
surdities contained in the following
extracts from a letter in a Kansas
paper signed by A. Jeanette Walter
at Seoul, Korea. The Wild remarks
on various things the writer thought
she observed in Honolulu are all that
give the extracts local repmntable
value, the most provoking being
the references to some old bishop"
to CLOTHES" and to temperature.
There are missionary societies in Ho-
nolulu which would readily pay for
the young lady's maintenance at Seoul
for year if she could produce a rec
ord of more than 80 degrees heat, or
even of 80 fiat more than once in
lifetime, in Honolulu. However, let
her talk, and here she goes:
at 1870, November 10, our boat
the Nippon Maru-left the port at San
Francisco and we watched our native
land recede from view. There were
nineteen girls on board going out un
der the auspices of the Womens For
eign Missionary Society-four to
Japan, five to Korea, two to Manila
and eight to China-and several
others under the parent board. The
sea was rough, the waves high, and
nearly all of the passengers sought
their berths Immediately, some from
necessity and others as a preventive
measure.
November 16 l slept fine all night,
although the sea was rough DR. Rob
bins of the Topeka branch and my
self were the only girls that appeared
on deck the next day. Neither of us
suffered any inconvenience after that
time, but enjoyed every day of the
voyage, and spent nearly all the time
on the deck, sewing, reading, writ
ing, talkinn, playing games, and hav-
ing a general good time. Many of the
others were not so fortunate, but
were finally able to come on deck, one
by one, to join us. We did not feel
far from home, because we had a
wireless paper published every day on
board.
con November 81, when taking my
before breakfast walk, fifteen times
around the deck, | beheld land. We
began passing little islands of the Ha
waiian group early in the day They
were very beautiful. Perhaps all we
could see would be a mountain rising
out of the sea covered with trees, q
few houses and an occasional light
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-27

ambition. If the people of Hawaii, and
the sugar planters in particular wish
to bring the islands up to the actual
standard of an American Territory,
some substantial inducement must bel
offered to labor, for both field and mill
work, in the way of increased wages
and better working conditions. Wages
should not, of course, be increased be
yond a point where the business of
raising sugar can be conducted profit
ably; but it is evident that a con-
siderable increase can be made and
the planter still receive a good return
on his investment The standard of
living of the American, and of the
European also, are very much higher
than those of the Oriental, the Porto
Rican, or the Filipino. This difference
between what is required to content
the American as distinguished from
the other lGborers mentioned has of
itself a strong tendency to set so low
standard of wages and living as to
discourage the Americanization of the
islands. | am satisfied that no ex-
tensive beneficial results will flow
from the work of the territorial i'm
migration board until il receives CO.
operation of such kind and degree
from the employers of labor as will
make it worth while for the European
induced by the board to come to the
islands to remain there. This is proved
by the fact that many of the Spaniards,
Portuguese, and Russians who here
tofore have been imported by the
board under the exception to the Fede-
raj statute have remained on the is
( lands only a very short time, some OF
them long enough to obtain funds
/ from relatives abroad or friends on the
mainland with which to make the com
( paratively short voyage to San Fran
cioco, where better wages and living
conditions await them
"The Bureaus attitude with respect
to the importation of aliens for settle
ment in the Territory is this: So Ions
as care is exercised in the selection
of the people and they are morally
mentally, and physically fit to enter
under the law, there is no objection
to their introduction but it believe:
that, in view of the conditions exist
ing in Hawaii (Which were mentioned
in detail in my report of January last
but which can not be repeated here
for lack of space, no one who has
the permanent interest of the Terri
tory at heart should encourage the in
production of Asiatics or OF diseased o
{ pauperized European settlers
Discussing ALLEN Contract Labor
ers," Mr.. Keefe reports IN Hawaiian
cases as follows:
Case of Hawaiian Sugar Planters
Association.
AN agent Of this association, VIII
it seems was employed to recruit Ia
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-27
The New Spelling

year or so from the life of every one
who has to acquire their written langu-
age, whether as an infant, after learn
ing to speak it, or, as foreigner,
while learning to speak it. To the
Chinaman it is not quite as bad as it
is to the Englishman to learn the
Chinese language, who has to learn
the individual sign for every word with
no guidance at all from it's forms. The
spelling of our Latin words gives a
fairly good indication of how we pro-
nounce them, though we do not pro-
nounce as the Latins did, but that of
our common Saxon words is chaotic.
The same spelling represents half a
dozen different sounds, and the same
sound is represented by half dozen
different combinations of letters.
Where this movement is at fault is
that, by the process adopted, it would
take centuries to emancipGte the Ian
guage, making continuous war against
continuous prejudice. What is want
ed is completely phonetic spelling
such as was adopted for Italy by the
Academia della Crusca; such as Spain
adopted for her language two cen
turtles later; such as came into Ger
many in Luther's time. Amy one who
can compass the pronunciation can
learn to read one of these languages
in a few hours. Indeed, there are few
intellectual exercises in which one
gains so much knowledge at such
small cost 1t should be part of every
high school course. But he who would
read English has to learn every Eng
lish word separately. There is nc
measuring the extent of the handicap
which this disability puts on the dom
nance of Anglo-SaXon ideas. We
learn from China that the Republic
proposes that English shall be taught
! in the Chinese schools. If President
Sun wants to confer the greatest pos
sible educational boon on his owl
people, and If he is not averse tC
making the greatest possible gift t.
the English race, he will appoint
commission to establish a phonetic
spelling of the English language. Once
in use anywhere, such spellinl
would necessarily spread, so grea
would be the advantage of it.
Slmpifed Spelling.
The London Times, Of January II
4 CONTINUED on page ten.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-27

Montreal Witness: The London
Times, the last paper from whose ira
ditions it could be looked for, has
complimented the Nova Scotia Depart
ment Of Education on having practic-
ally adopted in its Normal School The
,simplifed spelling. The London jour
nal of Education, on the other hand
ridicules the proceeding, and says it
is wonderful how many papers urge
other papers to adopt it. To do so,
the Journal adds, would ruin the Times
in a month. Possibly it would as the
Times has lived for long generations
on the support of the philistine ele-
ment in British society, whose one
faith is in the tenet that everything
British is right, and who would think
that England, dear old England, was
going down the hill if she should drop
the out of her honour. 1t is true,
However, that a number of publica-
tions, popular among the better class
simplified spelling as far as it has been
urged by the Simplified Spelling So
ciety, without, so far as we know, any
loss of favor-or should we have said
favour, for that is the way the Eng
fish papers still spell it.
Our objection to this simplified
spelling crusade is not that it is not
right. 1t is eminently in the right
direction All the charges that have
been yet set afloat have indeed been
returns to usages that were current
before DR.. Johnson set his heavy stamp
of authority on countless abnormali'
ties. Before his day there was no rule
of English spelling. Shakespeare and
Oliver Cromwell spelt the same word
in a variety of ways, and We OF TINS
generation should surely DO free tc
choose the one which best represents
the words as we speak them. We re
gard these simpifed spoilers as en-
gagged in a great campaign, If only
for their assertion of freedom from one
of the most unfounded despoisms ina
ever shackled a great race. once re
move the lacredness Of the johnson
spelling, or rather of its present on
spring, and the whole structure mus
fall. English people, accustomed L
the grotesque collocatiOns of letters b
which they arbitrarily represent thel
words, do not realize, and indeed r'
fuse to see that they are stealing
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-27

borers in the Philippines, induced two
aliens to come to Hawai- from Macao,
China. and was charged with having
induced still another to come under
similar circumstances. When the mat
ter was brought to the attention of
the association by the United States
attorney on the basis of a report made
to him by the inspector in charge at
Honolulu, the association disclaimed
having given any instructions to the
agent to recruit labor elsewhere than
in the Philippines, but admitted their
responsibility for his acts, asserting
however, that one of the aliens had
been sent under a mistake as to his
nationality or some other misappre-
hension
The case was compromised by the
association paying a fine of $4,000, a
sum sufficient to cover the statutory
penalty in the two cases for which
responsibility was admitted; and, as
by this arrangement the Government
was saved the trouble and expense
of prosecuting, it was regarded as
altogether satisfactory The aliens
were deported
Continued on page eleven.)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-27
R0OSEVELT'S BROTHERIN-LAW
ASSURES TAFT OF SUPPORT

WASHINGTON, February lS.-Colo.
mel Charles MiTln Hammond of TIP.
per Lake, Cal, brother-in-law of Theo-
dore Roosevelt who was here today
on his way home, told President Taft
that he favored Taft for denomination
and reelection He added that Cali
fornia would be for Taft by a bigger
majority than the Republicans nomin-
ally have there. The gratitude of Cali
fornia to President Taft for securing
the exposition for San Francisco. Ham
mond asserted, would augment his sup
port in California
81 cordially support President Taft
for denomination and reelection"
Hammond said California will be car
ried for him Statements to the con
trary are misleading and designed for
the effect they may have elsewhere. !
endorse the Presidents candidacy be.
cause of his progressive policies and
because of the marvellous achieve
ments of his Administration He is
entitled to a second term in order
that he may have the opportunity to
carry forward the policies which have
done so much to help the country and
to maintain its prosperity.
I'VE OF California eve a debt OF
gratitdue to him for his generous help
in securing the Panama-Pacific EXPOSE.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-27
SUPREME COURTS DECISION
ON INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM

WASHINGTON, February 19.-Only
Congress, and not the Supreme Court
OF the United States, may object to the
initiative and referendum method Of
legislation in the States, so the Court
decided today
The tribunal held that the question
of whether a State still maintained a
republican form of government guar
anteed by the Federal Constitution,
after it adopted the initiative and
referendum, was a problem for Con
gress, and not judicial one for the
courts
The decision was based on the claim
of the Pacific States Telephone and
Telegraph Company, that tax upon
it, imposed by the initiative and refer
endum method n Oregon, was uncon-
stituuonal The initiative and refer
endum provisions in Missouri, Califor-
MIA, Arkansas Colorado, South Dakota,
Utah, Montana, Maine and Arizona
hung in the balance. An adverse decis-
lon would have affected the proposed
legislation of that character in many
other States
Chief Justice White announced the
decision Of the Court None of the JUS
tees dissented. The Court also gave a
similar decision in reference to an or
} dinauce in Portland, Or for the con
struction of a bridge.
Msts Are Dispelled.
The Chief Justice said that "a singu,
lar misrepresentation" had existed on
both sides of the case, but that the
"mists and confusion" were dispelled
by the decision of Chief Justice fancy
years ago, in which he disposed of the
| Dorr rebellion question. That was the
case of Luther VS.. Borden, he said
and decided that the enforcement OF
the guarantee of a republican form OF
government to the states belonged to
the political department of the Gov
eminent and came up, for instance, or
the admission of Senators and mem
bers of the House OF their respective
bodies.
The Chief Justice called attention tC
Chief Justice Fuller's opinion in the
controversy over the Kentucky Gov
eminent in the case of Taylor VS.
Backham and the case of Luther VS.
Borden.
Referring to the doctrine as lai,
down in these two cases, Chief Justic,
White said:
at is indeed a singular misconceT
ton of the nature and character OF on
constitutional system Of government
to suggest that the settled distinction
which the doctrine just stated point
out between judicial authority owe
justiceable controversies and Iegii
lative power as to purely political quei
tons tends to destroy the duty of tn
judiciary in proper cases to enforc
the Constitution. The suggestion T,
suits from failing to distinguish b.
tween things which are widely diffe
ent; that is, the legislative duty I
determine the political questions il
volyed in deciding whether a Stat
Government republican in form exist
T. and the judicial power and everpreser
! duty whenever 1t becomes necessar
in a controversy properly submitte
p to enforce and uphold the applicabl
provisions OF the Constitution as
each ana every exercise of govern
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-27
INSECTICIDE
DECISION NO. 6
Inert and Active Ingredients of Bor-
deaux Mixture.

Section eight Of the insecticide act
of 1910 reads in part;
That for the purpose of this act an
article shall be deemed to be mis-
branded: In the case of insecticides
Cother than Paris green's and lead
arsenates) and fungicides =! third,
if it consists partially or completely
of an inert substance or substances
which do not prevent destroy repel,
of mitigate insects or fungi and does
not have the names and percentage
amounts of each and every one of
ouch inert ingredients plainly and cor
rectly stated on the label Provided,
however, That in lieu of naming and
stating the percentage amount of each
and every inert ingredient the produc-
err may at his discretion state plainly
upon the label the correct names and
percentage amounts of each and every
eide having insecticidal or fungi
eide or fungicide insecticidal or fungi
cidal properties, and make no mention
of the inert ingredients, except in so
+ far as to state the total percentage
Of inert ingredients present
Some uncertainty appears to exist in
/ the minds of manufacturers and ship
pers of Bordeaux mixture paste and
dry Bordeaux mixture concerning the
method which should be employed in
stating the inert ingredients, or both
the active and inert ingredients in
these products as required by the law
The department, therefore, considers
it desirable to state it's position on
this subject for the information of the
trade.
1t s a well-established fact that the
fungicidal properties of Bordeaux mix
ture are dependent upon the copper
present in this mixture. The other
substances, such as lime and water
are necessary but not active ingre
dents, and these, with magnesia and
various other inorganic compounds
which may be present, are inert, since
they do not of themselves possess
fungicidal properties. It seems clear
therefore, that within the meaning o.
the insecticide act of 1910 the metal
copper is the active ingredient ant
the other substances present are tC
be regarded as inert.
The department is not empowered
by the insecticide act of 1910 to ap
prove labels, but in a purely advisor,
capacity, and in the interest of uni
formity, the following form of labe
for Bordeaux mixture paste or dr.,
Bordeaux mixture is suggested;
Bordeaux Mixture Paste or DR.,
Bordeaux Mixture.
active ingredient: Copper, pc
cent
Inert ingredients; Per cent"
It is to be understood that MANI
facturers have the privilege, if the
so desire, of giving the names an
percentage amounts of each and ever
inert ingredient, making no mentio
of the active ingredient, copper,
NJ Dorset, NJ. b. Waite A. L, Quail
lance, ]. X. Haywood, Insecticide an
Fungicide Board
Approved. James Wilson, Seer
tary of Agriculture.
J Washington, ID. c., Jan. 30, 1912.
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ton, a debt which the people Of the
State are eager 70 repay The State
is normally Republican, with a big ma.
jority and that majority will not only
be maintained for the President, but
it will Doe augmented by the enthusi.
astic support of the women voters, who
have but recently been granted the
right TO express their sentiments at the
polls
The strong Tart sentiment among
the womca of California is a poa erful
factor in the development Of the kind
~ feeling toward the President. which
has been in strong evidence for sew
oTal months. The cordial support &c
corded him by the press Of California
is an index to the trend of popular
opinion on the Pacific Coast"
Taft Secures all Delegates 20 Date.
NEW DIRK, February 17.--Appeud-
ed is % list of delegates to the Renub-
lican National Convention pledged 10
President Taft:
Philippines, >.
Florida, 2.
Oklahoma CFourth District, 2
Georgia, 26.
District of Columbia, >.
Virginia eighth DISTRICT, ,
Total, 46.
Total number of Delegates, 1916.
Needed to nominate, $50,
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crltIcIses the pefense.
mental power.


Criticises the Defense.
How better can the broad lines
which distinguish these two subjects
be pointed out than by considering the
character of the defense in this very
case? The defendant company does not
contend here that It could not have
been required to pay a license tax.
1T does not assert that it IVES de.
MED an opportunity to be heard as to
the amount for which it was taxed, or
that there was anything inhering in
the tax or involved any of its cOnsti-
tutional rights. If such questions had
been raised they would have been JUS
tiiable and therefore would have re-
CURED the calling into operation of
judicial power
Instead, however, of doing any Of
these things, the attack on the statute
here made is of a wholly different
character. It's essential political ma
ture is at once made manifest by un.
derstanding that the assault which the
contention here advanced makes is not
on the tax as a tax, but on the State
as a State. 1t is addressed to the
framework and political character of
the Government by which the statute
levyng the tax was passed.
1T is the Government, the political
entity which reducing the case to its
/ essence), is called to the bar of this
court not for the purpose Of testing
judicially some exercise Of power, as
sailed on the ground that its exertion
has injuriously affected the rights of
an individual because of the repug-
nancy to some constitutional limita-
;, ton, but to demand of the government
that It establish its rights to exist as
/ a State"
Bonds are Made Valid.
\ PORTLAND (Or), February 19-
The adverse decision of the Supreme
Court of the United States to the at
tack of the Pacific States Telephone
and Telegraph Company upon the
initiative law in force in this State,
and incidentally affecting the initiative
} laws of several other states was the
} outcome OF an attempt on the part Of
the telephone company to have the law
declared unconstitutional it being al.
, legged that the law is violation of the
Federal Constitution
The case grew out of what the tele.
3 phone company alleged to be excessive
taxation, and it was urged that the
p failure of the company to have a hear
r ing before the raising of its taxes by
t the initiative method placed the com
n pany at a disadvantage with other cor
S porations taxed after their representa-.
T tives had been heard by the State
+ Legislature. In this way, it was con-
3 tinued, equal protection Of the laws
G was denied. and that the government
G by direct legislation was government
, by brute force"
p Under todays decision, unfolding
r the present laws, millions of dollars
o of city bonds, issued under the initia-
l. tive provision, are made valid, and
e many other laws now in force are
5, given a firm footing. Had the decis-
It ion been adverse to the contention Of
y the Acknowledgement OF Oregon, il
d would have meant the death blow to
e the initiative and referendum laws OF
o oregon and other states which have
l. adopted the Oregon system"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-27
GENERAL KEEFE CRITICSES
THE HAWAIIAN SUGAR PLANTERS AND GIVES
SOME JAPANESE IMMIGRATION STATISTICS

There is considerable information
and comment regarding Hawaii in the
annual report of DGnl. j. Keefe, com
missioner general of immigration, to
Secretary Nagel, department of com
merce and labor, for the fiscal year
ended June 30, 1911, which was re-
ceived in yesterdays mail AS in his
last years report Mr.. Keefe INDUCES
in some criticism of the Hawaiian
sugar planters. Thus under the head
of Sources of and Inducements to I'm
migration the commissioner general
says:
Hawaiian Labor Conditions.
Another phase of stimulated and
induced immigration which has en-
gagged my very particular attention
during the past year arises out of the
peculiar situation concerning labor in
the Hawaiian Islands For many years
there have been two demands going
up from that island Territory some
times distinct and sometimes merging
into each other viz, Cd for the intro
duction Of white settlers and labOrers
with the idea of Americanizing the
islands, and (2) for the introduction
of cheap labor, American or European
if possible, but cheap labor of some
kind, in order that the principal in
dustry of the Territory, the raising
Of sugar, may be carried on success
fully Two organizations in particu-
lar have been engaged in these pro
jects, viz, the territorial board OF inn,
migration, & body organized under an
act of the legislature to stimulate i'm
migration in accordance with section
of the Federal immigration statute,
allowing Territories to encourage the
settlement therein of foreigners, and
the Hawaiian Sugar Planters Associa-
ton.
In December, 1900 acting under
your instructions, I msde a visit to
4 the Hawaiian Islands for the purpose
Of conducting some investigations at
first hand regarding certain allegations
and complaints which had come be-
fore the Department with respect to
the importation of laborers, their treat.
ment after importation, and allied sub
iects. Under date of January %, 1911
| submitted to you a detailed report
supported by various exhibits; but il
seems proper to recite here, in very
brief form, the conclusions at which
| arrived with regard to the more i'm
portant questions covered by my in
vestigation. That investigation | may
add, was conducted with an eye single
to the procurement of facts concerning
the importation of laborers, the wages
paid, and the conditions of life Offered
in the islands.
The sugar planters are either in
sincere in their declared desire tC
Americanize the islands or else theil
efforts are at cross-purpose with theil