The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-07-18
WILSON TARIFF To
HELP THE CUBiNS

A letter of recent date from Il Cuban
correspondent Of a local business man
contains these interesting paragraphs:
"There is enough vacant land I'm
Cuba to raise sugar for the world. They
got fine crop this year, but onsaccount
of the low price and the tariff, many of
them are only swapping dollars, and
kicking AS only these fellows can kick.
"They pack sugar in sacks that
weight 800 pounds and / understand
the freight to the United States is
fifty cents n sack-about 1926 ton.
You can easily see there is mighty lit
tie in it. | think, on the average, they
pay more for labor, fuel and supplies
of all kinds than in Hawaii They buy
no machinery in the United States. All
the sugar mill machinery comes from
the United Kingdom We in the Uni
ted States smoke nine-tenths of their
cigars, and if Wilson s dream of tariff
is realized, will boost them more than
| they ever dreamed Of ! fancy lot
of people, outside of the Hawaiian Isl
ands, will be glad to make change
long before next presidential election. -
age, " said Commander Grace last eve
ming. "We'vc had a splendid time in
Honolulu, but with two days coaling
and other duties everybody has been
kept busy. But some day, when we
return to Honolulu, / hope we may have
a longer stay We have collected a
large lot of trophies and we will have
many traditions to turn over to our
successors on the New Zealand -
! Commander Grace is the son of the
famous cricketer, Grace, whose features
are familiar to Englishmen all over the
| globe.
On the New Zealand, Captain Halsey
occupies the apartments prepared for
an admiral, They are large and extend
across tine ship, and remind one of an
English drawing room. Commander
Grace occupies the quarters which or
dinarily would be those of the captain.
They comprise a suite of three rooms
and sitting room and he'd room. But
for few rivet heads it is hard to
realize the coy apartments are aboard
a warship.
Calabash for the Battle Cruiser.
One of the handsomest trophies re-
ceived by Captain Halsey for the bat
tle-eruiscr FROM its Honolulu friends, is
a beautiful kOu calabash presented by
New IeaIanders residing in Honolulu.
The bowl was presented at six clock
last evening to Captain Halsey in per
son, the captain expressing thanks on
behalf of the entire personnel of the
ship. The inscription on the silver
plate attached to the bowl reads
Presented to II. NJ. S. New Zealand
by the New Zealanders OF Honolulu as
a token of welcome to Hawaii-of their
affection for the motherlapd and of
pride in the land of their birth
4 "Honolulu, July 10, 1913"
A gold crest representing a pine
apple stood out in bias relief on the
plate and at the sides of the plate
cocoanut palms are engraved The off
GERS greatly admired the bowl.
At the Theater.
One whole section of We Liberty
Theater was devoted to nearly three
hundred seamen OF the New Zealand
last night. 4 special vaudeville pro-
gram had been arranged, and the films
showed many American cowboy photo
plays and comics, which caused many a
laugh from the sailor section. Among
the performers from the ship who
graced the footlights was double
quartet of sailor hOrpipe dancers. This
was the real thing in hornpipes. The
Ragtime Trio made hit and showed
that the "rag' is just ms popular on
the ship as il is among American sail.
ors. Two barefooted women in gaudy
skirts danced the famed Hawaiian hula
To the accompaniment of gourd heater
aud chapter This part Of the program
was big success,
--.s. %.s.-
David l.. Meyer of Waikiki, Mani
who helped 10 make the recent Fourth
Of Univ nnlnhrniinn Ihnrn IL anrrcss- VIM