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INDUSTRY

The profit is manufacturing profit
only, and is determined by deducting
the cost of salaries, wages, fuel, raw
materials, insurance, taxes and mis-
cellaneous expenses from the value OF
finished product at the works. In
case of mainland profits revised fig
ures may affect the percentages slight
", bat not sufficiently to modify the
two important facts here shown. First,
in Hawaii, as elsewhere, capital in
vested in smaller enterprises earns as
much profit-and generally more prof
it on the average-than capital invest
ed in big undertakings. Second, though
average profits are higher in Hawaii
than in the United States as whole,
on account of the lower wages pre-
vailing in the territory and conse-
uuently lessened liability under the
proposed compensation act, the costs
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We face a crisis: our industrial heart
has ceased TO beat because presi.
dent OF our great republic has sai0
that in three years we must accept
free sugar. His statement would not
bear weight except that he is sup
ported in Congress by political par
ty which is in the ascendency and
has obtained its working majority,
not because It's tenets have been
adopted by the larger half of our peo-
pie, but because thine and proper
prospective will show. that they
came into power from the internal
strife of their opponents. We Pro
gressiyes believe that professional
politicians secured a strange hold on
the great Republican party and all
the common people in breaking that
hold forced the leaders of that party
into a death struggle. Therefore
those now in political control err In
assuming that their policies have been
wholly endorsed by the great Ameri-
can people. Be that as it may, 1t is
safe to say that. no such industrial
crisis has occurred in Honolulu since
1898 when Captain Brown discovered
our beautiful little harbor and named
il Fair Haven"
The Meaning Of II All.
What does this declaration of our
president mean? In simple terms ii
is that Java with its % millions of
people, the most densely populated
portion of the globe, and the island
OF Formosa, with its overflow from
The Japanese empire, both shipping
their products in the subsidized ships
Of other nations, can send their sugar
into the United States of America un-
taxed
In figures, the statement means
that IL the theory is correct that the
removal of the tariff on sugar will re-
duce the price of sugar correspond
ingly. then sugar (if selling at today's
price of 3.45 or 500 per short toni
will sell for S33 less. that is, based on
today's price, it will sell for $36 a
ton, and as we produce sugar under
The present conditions at an average
of SIS. we would lose on a crop OF
$40. 1000 tons S11 100000. This is the
situation that we are asked to face,
and to which we may be obliged TO
adjust our industrial existence. 1t is
no wonder that the clock of the mayor
Of Honolulu which hangs on the wall
has stopped.
Fellow citizens!
We are told that this policy is to
be adopted In order TO give our peo
Die cheaper sugar. We are not told
that In carrying out this policy We
shall be free to obtain our necessities
in the worlds cheapest markets, but
only that the world shall be free to
sell its sugar in our market. We are
not even told that at the end of three
years we can ship our produce OF
travel in the subsidized ships of for
e;gn nations which touch our shores
"TiIlers of the Soil"
We, in Hawaii. are tillers of the
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EXPERT ON COMPENSATION DISCUSSES SENATE BILL

OF that act could be insured against
for less than upon the mainland. All
that cannery owner with 100 en-
ployes need do TO prepare for the law
would be to take out insurance that
unless some rise in rates untustified
by mainland experience occurs-would
cost him between $3.50 and 1915. A
printing office with thirty employees
could buy adequate protection for less
than half that sum, or say $125. By
forming mutual indemnity fund a
group of employers could materially
lessen these charges.
II the small employer keeps prop
erly insured. the question Of his sol
yency is no longer vital TO the injured
employs so long as the insuring COM
pany or association Is in q position TO
meet it's obligations. Under the pro-
visions of the hin now before the leg
islature the court may order the In,
surfing company to deposit at once in
the hands of a trustee sum suffi,
Gent to meet any deferred payments
due for accident, and thus provide
against the contingency that the COM
pany may in the course of the period
the payments are to run become In
solvent, though solvent at the time
tie accident occurs.
OF course the expediency Of leaving
tie employer to insure in private COM
panies. or of forming q government
insurance fund, or of providing for
optional or compulsory indemnity
funds formed by associations OF en-
ployers under government supervi-
sion, are all questions related to the
compensation system but are not nee
essarily part of the system itself. The
insurance question Is one that can De
taken up later. after the territory has
lad two or more years experience
with the act now proposed--and espe.
cially after we have learned how lib
eral a rate casualty companies now
IN operation are willing to give terri
torial employers. Big business organ
izations, like the Planters Associa-
ton, are in position at once to pro-
vide for the. risks incurred in sugar
mills, at landings. and on plantation
railways under the proposed law, by
authorizing assessments to pay actual
liabilities incurred, practically without
administrative expense and without
the need Of creating a reserve.
= The German system OF government
supervision and compulsory insur-
ance has not been adopted in the
English common law countries for
reasons sufficiently understood by
lawyers and publicists, although 1t Is
probably absolutely the best system
anywhere in operation. Under that
! system, however, employees do mol
share IN the cost of providing against
permanent disability and death, which
are the main features of the law pro
posed for Hawaii. In Germany the
/ cost Of compensation under these two
heads falls upon the employers. ex
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Honolulu, March 80.

Honolulu, March 80.
Editor Honolulu Star Bulletin,
Sir:-At the hearing upon work
mems compensation on Wednesday
March 10, certain points were raised
that for want of readily accessible in
formation could not be discussed sat
isfactorily, and yet that are Of much
public interest.
The most important of these points
was the request of employers having
| fifty or less workmen to be exempted
from the law. This point is vital be-
cause such an exemption. being class
legislation, might render the law nm
constitutional, and its inclusion in the
bill be only an indirect way Of killing
the proposed act.
No exemption of this kind occurs in
any of the laws in the fifteen states of
the Union having this legislation, nor
in Europe or Canada or Australia and
New Zealand. 1t is true that in some
states employers having five or less
employees are excepted, and Kansas
makes its act optional with employers
having less than fifteen employees; but
upon different principle. They are
exempted on the ground that occupa-
ttons where so small a number are en-
gagged, where the employer usually
works in company with his men, and
where power machinery is seldom
used, are not hazardous occupations
within the meaning of the law. No
contention has ever been made that
where forty or fifty men are employed
conditions need be less hazardous
than where a greater number are
working; nor can the exception of es-
Establishments of the size mentioned be
justified on any principle recognized
in legal decisions in relation to this
class of legislation
Moreover the argument that the law
might put employers of this class out
of business, by saddling them with liza
bility burdens they could not meet, is
not supported by experience with the
law on the mainland or In Europe. j
am not aware of single case, in any
country where workmen's compensa-
ton is in force, where this has hap
pened In addition the last census
figures indicate that the small en-
ployer-if we concede the term to the
establishments of the class mentioned
lis better able in Hawaii than on the
mainland to stand the cost of compen-
sation.
The following table gives statistics
for the year 1909 of five small and
one comparatively large industry. se-
lected because data were at hand IN
their case to show average wages and
profits, and also what it would cosi
to insure against accidents under q
.workmen's compensation law, assum
| ing the rates to be the same as II
British Columbia, where an act SINH
lar in general provision to the propOs
ed Hawaiian law is now in operation
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soil. Already energy and capital have
been spent in the preparation of our
fields for the. sugar crop of three
years herce. We have literally mil.
lions of dollars already invested In
crops for the following two years, and
like all producers of wealth from the
soil we must take in advance the risks
of weather and overeproduction. I'm
like the manufactured, We cannot can.
Gel our orders for raw material. dis.
charge our labor, and limit our losses
TO single season, but like the farmer,
we have to take the risks of the fu.
ture, and il is this that makes our in.
dustry hazardous even without the
uncertainty of tariff legislation.
The People Protest.
Under these circumstances, how
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Tense In damage suits. OF fellow ser.
want. assumed risk and contributory
negligence, instead OF passing the pro-
posed compensation act This might
possibly benefit attorneys. as Il would
leave the determining OF damages for
accidents at at present 70 litigation.
But II would burden employers with
heavy additional casualty Insurance
costs. probably greater than the pro-
posed compensation bill. and give the
workman no corresponding advan-
tage. Employers would be subject 10
jury awarded damages. that being un-
certain In amount and at times excess
i've, would be exceedingly costly to
insure against. while the injured
workman. as at present, would receive
only the lawyers leavings. In New
York state, IN 1907, under the old la
bility law. Of $ig2,35S spent BY S1f
firms for accident expenses. the IN
sured employees received by S104,6SS,
or 81 per cent During the three years
ending with 1908 the premium receipts
of nine casualty companies doing bus
mess in that state aggregated ss3.b1S.-
SIS, and the amount they paid out In
insurance 10 IHjuIcu WI Autcu WN9
only $3.50, f95, or IS per cent Of this
amount. In nearly q third Of the &C
cident suits investigated attorneys
fees alone-not including other Judi
cial expenses exceeded one-half the
amount recovered by the injured work,
ers, and in over twO-thirds Of the
cases they exceeded q quarter Of that
amount. The proposed abolishing Of
the common law defenses while desIr.
able In itself. and while made part OF
the compensation laws OF several Of
the states, would not increase the pro-
portion of damages granted BY the
court that goes to injured employees,
or lessen the economically unnecessary
costs OF the employer under this head.
Moreover. and this point IL Of great
importance from the humane stand
point. under workmen's compensation
the injured workman or his family ~
ceive their money ct once, when they
need IL most, and not At the end Of
prolonged litigation.
VICTOR s. CLARK.
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are we to act? Are we to sit down in
despair? Are we to mourn our mis-
fortune in silence? After seventy
five years of struggle to maintain
American commercial supremacy here
in the middle of the Pacific. Are we
70 give up in despair?
Have the anemic tendencies of life
in the tropics turned our blood yell
low? Have the traits of our
American ancestry become impetent?
Have we no red blood left? Ladies,
ant gentlemen, ;ais very meeting
Is our protest. Here, calmly, but with
determination, we have done that
which it is proposed to do for eus.
Silenced the heartbeats of. our indus
trial life. but let us here consecrate
our efforts to resuseitation OF thar
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NOTICE.

My wife, Minnie Silva. having left
my bed and board. win not be re-
sponsible for any debts contracted BY
her. JOAQUIN SILVA,
April sth, 1913.
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Oahu Lodge, /, /. o. G. r, viii meet
in the Central Union Bible School
Room the first and third Tuesdays
at haif-past seven p. m. b A.
SoARES. Chief Templar.
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WAGES PROFITS COMPENSATION INSURANCE IN SIX
INDUSTRIES, UNITED
Milford chronicle., 1913-07-18

Mrs c Z. LOwber of Albequirk, n. NJ.
were visitors here on Sunday.
Miss Mary Cochran, of WhitesvilIe. .anC
Miss Helen Cochran, ef Philadelphia
have been guests of Mr.. and Mrs. r. E.
Stout and other friends here this week.
Geoege W. Collin spurchased a Stude-
baker car ef Frank L. Hardesty on Sat
urday.
Joseph H. Waller, of Connersville, Pa.
visited his parents Saturday and Sunday.
a business meeting of the Epworth
League Cabinet was held at the home Of
the President, Mrs James K. Sapp. on
last Thursday evening Important plans
were discussed and decided upon regard
ing the progress Of the work. after which
refreshments were served. The next
Cabinet meeting will be held the third
! Thursday evening in August. with the
4th wee president, Mrs F. w. TAYLOR.
The theme for the half hours service
ot the League on Sunday evening is
he Hidden Springs, - led by Mrs. G.
Y" Collins, followed by a short sermon
" the pastor.
Rev. and Mrs. Ernest Hallman and
on RAYMOND, started for their home in
sewlsville, Indiana, on Monday. after an
vacation.
Milford chronicle., 1913-07-18
MAGNOLIA

! Lloyd Stout, of Philadelphia, is spend.
ing his vacation with his parents.
Ralph, McIlvaine has secured the prin.
cipalship Of Cheswold public schools.
He Is graduate of West Chester State
Normal School Class '13.
Miss Cara McIlvaine entertained 7
B. Eeip, Of lansdowne, Pa. on Sunday
Miss Annie Grace has returned from a
five week visit with relatives in and
near Philadelphia.
Mrs. w. 4. Davidson and children. Of
Bellevue, arelvisiting Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
w. Wilcutts
Nh and MIS- William Roe and Nfr
and Mrs. William Swartz, were enter.
tanned by Mr. )and Mrs. Lawrence Roe
on Sunday.
Lohand Conner goes 10 PhiladelDhia
next Monday 70 enter the employ of the
PENNSYLVANIA railroad at Broad Street
Station.
Mrs. Francis Tinley and Miss Beseie
FINLEY Of Philadelphia, are quests ~
Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Paradee and M and
Mrs. c. H. Paradee
MIS-. Clara Minner, Of Wilmington ;s
the guest Of Mr and Mrs Charles Crace
An auto party, the occupants beino I
James H. Jester Mr. and Mrs Tohn W I
Wright, and Mr.. and Mrs. c. II pa-s
iiee' enjoyed ths day at Rehoboth sun
7 7. Williams and family are eniov-
ng an outing az kits Hammock. and
lso have with them Mrs. Edgar Fvars
nd son Jack, Of Buckhills Fails. Pa
Mrs T. +. Lodge, OF Rising Sun and !.
Milford chronicle., 1913-07-18
BRIDGEVILLE

Miss Lulu Robinson, Of Smyrna. I
] spending sometime with her sister, Mrs
L. G. Welch.
Mr.. and Mrs. W H. Ouillen spen
Friday in Philadelphia.
Russell 6. Short spent Saturday anC
Sunday in Baltimore.
Mrs Everett Short, Of Wilmington. is
/ visiting at the home of M and Mrs. L.
B. Short.
| Virgil Wiley, Of Washington, D. c., is
the guest Of friends in town.
Miss Edna Nelson is the guest of Mrs.
Lewis Wright.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Hobbs and little
daughter Margaret, of Philadelphia, are
spending some time in town.
The hotel, known as the Columbia
House, which was sold at public sale last
SATURDAY was purchased by 5. H. Mes
sick.
Warren McAllen, who has been spend
ing some time in Washington, D. c.. has
returned home.
Miss Mary Messick is enjoying house
party at Salisbury, a part Of the time will !
be spent at Ocean City.
J. 7. Russell, Of near town, is greatly !
improving his home by having a new
front built
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. p Elliott have been
visiting near Georgetown.
Fire Of unknown origin DESTROYED the
arge and spacious barn of Webster W
Nlnder, of near town, Wednesday night
= last week. Four horses, three mules.
oFty tons of hay, harness, wheat. and {
i farming implements and several ont
were burned. We feel verv
orry for Mr.. Kinder, as he is a fne /
ian and has many friends, all of which
with him in this great loss. I
Milford chronicle., 1913-07-18
FARMINGTON

The Junior Order United American
.MechanIcs OF this section, attended church
mere on Sunday evening last, and the
Kew. Q. E. James preached a special
sermon appropriate for the occasion in
the NJ E. Church.
This little town is missing the business
push which the late William H. Murphy
exerted here for forty years.
There is no apparent effort to better
the condition of the public school build
ing before the schools open in the fall.
This should be looked after by every par
ent who has child to educate in Farm
intgon
Milford chronicle., 1913-07-18
CEDAR CREEK.

Our Sunday School was well attended
last Sunday, and we hope all members
VIII be present next Sunday, July 10th,
tnat we may decide when TO spend the
day at Slaughter Beach Sunday School
at p. m. Lesson Moses Called to
Deliver Israel" Exod. 5 : LA Col
den text Blessed are the Pure in Heart
ioT they shall see God. Matt. SIS.
Clarence Pierce and wife, of Whining
ton. spent Saturday and SUNDAY of last
week with his father, F. Pierce.
The Ladies Bound to Win Sewing Cir
Gle viii hold festival en- Friday even
ing, July 18th.
Prayer meeting will meet at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Emory.
Milford chronicle., 1913-07-18
FELTON,.

a The people were verv sorrv 10 learn
S on Frday last Of the death Of Nj 7ohr
BEL, OF Baltimore. He has operated the
p elton cannery for the past FIVE ears.
ne mad been sufferer for several weeks
WIN = caTbunCle, aside from the diabetes.
he was good man and well liked hv
all who knew him
] Mrs. Lizzie Warren and daughter An
me, spent Sunday with N1r. and Mrs.
I Edward Wright Of near Harrington.
Miss Lizzie Cooper Of Harrington. was
with her brother William Killen on Snn-
day
Mr.. and Mrs. William Sammons and
children Of Philadelphia, were the guests
OF Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Hargad.ne last
week
George LaisleT, who went to the JefIer-
son Hospital, Philadelphia, for treatment.
is not much improved at this writing
Miss Blanche Jarvis was the guest oil
Harrington friends on Saturday.
Mr.. ana Mrs. James E. Barcus are oc-
cupying their cottage at Bowers. Thsv
have as their guests Mr.. and Mrs. Rob-
ert Atkins and children. Of Chester Pa
MI and Mrs. James Kates. OF near
Mastens, spent Sunday with Mrs. Ksts's |
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Kellv
Inc Paradise base ball club PLAYED the
Harrington club al Harrington On Satur-
DAY. The score was l6 to , in favor Of
the Paradise club.
MI and Mrs Liston Webb and chill
dren, OF Bowers, were the guests Of Mr.
and Mrs. Julius Carson or SUNDAY.
James A. Butler attended the fupera1
OF his sister, Mrs. Jane Abbott. Of Cam
den, on Saturday.
MI and Mrs. John Carson and 6augb-
ter EIzabeth, and Mr. and Mrs. Georpe
larson ana children, visited the Kent !
county Almshouse on SUNDAY. They q
spent very pleasant day This is Mr.
owen $ nith year as overseer, and he is S
very much interested in the place as q
-VeIythlng seems 10 have the best of t
MI. and Mrs. Foster have returned to b
heir home at Chester. after spen5ino. a y
eW days with Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur EN-
Mrs. Hezekiah Masten with her SIM.
lay School class held a porch festival AZ f
ier nome on Main street Saturday even q
Miss Helen Hatfield. Of Harrington is s.
pending a few days with her cousin. "
Hiss Alice Sharp. Il
NJ and Mrs S. A. Harrington was
he guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Cba-ies Sn1itb u
u Sunday. <
MS. Maggie Melvin was the pues1 Of
rlends n Wilmington last week f.
MISS Myra Everett entertained Miss "a
uin Altwster from Baltimore. few
avs last week liz
Miss Reba Steffey has returned 10 her W
ONE near Dover after spending a fev
avs with Miss Mary Cook. N
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Vogel returned TO iu
lelr nome IN Philadelphia, after being al
ie guests Of Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Vogei az
Milford chronicle., 1913-07-18
.BURRSVILLE


James Morgan. wife and children were
motored 10 Concord Sunday by Charlie.
; Hignut, and there spent the day with
the latter parents.
Mrs. John Stevens entertained at her
home Friday. Mrs. E e Russell and
daughter Miss Iva. and Miss Eva a.
Thawley.
Messrs. Wm. Jacobs, Of Philadelphia,
j and Wilbur Jacobs, Of Harrington. were
guests Thursday Of the formers brother
, and family Mr. T. K. Jacobs.
A good rain would be gladly welcomed
as the little shower of Saturday has dis
appeared.
Mrs. Vim. H. Wooters. Of Hickman,
and Mrs. Ida Harrington and children,
OF Seatord, were guests q her brother
Mrs. W. g. Wooters.
Most farmers close TO town have com
pleted thresh.ng grain, while some ex-
pect to finish by the last Of THIS week.
Austin Stafford, of Trenton n. J., is !
spending his vacation at his brothers, |
Otis Stafford
Mrs NJ J. Cahau returned Sunday /
from very pleasant visit Wits her /
daughter, Mrs. Annie Downham of&Wv- !
Oming and Mrs Emily Baynard Of Mar
rington
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Roop, Of Denton,
and Miss Bertha Baker and friend Frank
Richards, Of Harrington, were guests OF
Mr. and Mrs Fred Otwell. NJ
The funeral Of Mrs. VIM Layton. Of 2
Hickman, bnt for many years resided {
near town, was held in Wesley NJ Z. +
Church on Wednesday a. N. at 10 O clock. a
conducted by her pastor. assisted by Rev.
NJ +. Wheatley. Interment was made S
IN the cemetery adjoining the church. L
She leaves many relatives to mourn her 5
loss as well as friends, as Mrs. Lavton
was highly esteemed by all who learned
TO know her. For many years She atten-
ded Wesley Church, the one she loved
until attl1cton seized her body which pre- !,
Miss Mollie Cahall entertained on .;
Wednesday Mrs. Garlic Baynard and q
laughter, and Mrs. Katie Smith. Of Har- y
-ingtou, Layton Baynard of Wilmington
ma Emmet Baynard. Of Wye Mills. p
Regular preaching service at 10. 80. and
sunday School at g. 80 SUNDAY morning s,
L Wesley VI. +. Church. This being =.
ne last service before the camp meet
ngs which will not likely be opened p,
'eIoTe the last Of August, Rev Melvin ~
vi take ms vacation during the camps.
MI and Mrs. Arlie Jacobs were guests an
ver Sunday Of relatives in Harrington. tsi
Miss Nettie Satterfeld has returned on
rom Matthews Va, and is home until
be fail
M and MIS- Tilghman Harvey pre- Pe
enteo their granddaughter, Miss Ruth &,
ath new piano on her twelfth birth
sv. ~
Edgar Morgan, of Denton, recently NJ
isited at the home Of Wm. Il. Sstter- NJ,
ED. ''a''sl M
F-ancls A, Porter sold a calf Thursday ,b-
y tz5.gO and r. H. Dill one for S25 50 ~
Norman Breeding at Hickman. 70,
Miss Fiorrie Dill has been under Dr ~
oloporough S treatment for the mast 5s.
EEK, but is improving. ~,
ne Pearl Gatherers" SoCetg of .l,e Z
: r. Church VIII hold its monthly ms. mo
sss meeting at Miss Hilda Tatrsnss s1s5
brownsville, on Friday evening. An NJ
6 requested 10 attend N