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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-18
NORRIS OPPOSED FOR INTERIOR PORTFOLIO

AS the arBulletin predicted some time ago,
the increasingly bitter fight for the secretary
ship of the interior under Wilson has caused
many of the wise political heads among the Dem
.ocrats to talk of retaining Secretary Fisher
Gov. Norris of Montana is the latest to feel the
effects of the opposition in his own party. A
few days ago Norris visited Wilson and imme-
diately all the host of unofficial cabinetmakers
picked Norris as likely choice for the interior
portfolio. Then the fasteners and southerners
broke loose with charges that Norris is decidedly
too friendly with the great amalgamated copper
political machine of Montana. Whereupon a
Washington correspondent sent this out over the
wires:
"In this connection there is a considerable
movement in favor of the retention of Secretary
Walter L. Fisher. 1t is, of course entirely non
partisan in character, but is backed by good
many persons who supported Wilson in his CAM
paign.
zone of the movers in the Fisher campaign
said today that he did not understand that Sec
rotary Fisher was even informed as to what was
being done. He was certain, in any case, that
Fisher had no responsibility whatever for the
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CHRIST AND FLOGGING.

Editor Honolulu Star-Bulletin,
Sir:-In your issue of Jan: 18th APP
pears an unsigned lettezfEin which ref
erence is made to the "flogging" by
Jesus of the decorators of the temple
In Jerusalem. Hence, the writer in
fers, greater crimes in modern times
should not be treated LESS heroical-
ly"! But the deduction, if meant Sc
riously Il imagine it was stated only
to draw some of us OUT, is so unWar-
ranted and illogical that it deserves
attention.
Setting aside the doubtful value OF
the record in which this statement is
found (St. Johns Gospel, we may
we'll enquire whether this castigation
Of the money-changers was consistent
with the attitude assumed by Christ
throughout his life towards evil-doers,
and with his own gentle acts on so
many occasions, when offenders Sc
verely condemned by others, came to
him for appeal.
Resist not him that is evil we are
told elsewhere, but WhOsOever smit-
eth thee on the right cheek turn to
him the other side also. Judge
not that We be not judged" are only
two of many hundreds of sayings
which interpret the spirit of Jesus
doctrine of peace, patience, forbear-
ance, non-resistance. In many, many
instances recorded, the sweet Charac-
ter and temperament of Jesus are
shown, rendering good for evil, turn
ing away the angry word by soft
answer. We are told by an exponent
of Christs message that the fruit OF
the spirit is LOVE, JOY, PEACE,
LONG-SUFFERING. KINDNESS, FOR
BEARANCE, FAITHFULNESS, MEEK
NESS, SELF-CONTROL.'
But this day, close to Passover, full
of the heroism of his great sacrifice
and of the sacredness of Gods sane
tuary; tried by vexatious cares, and
perhaps himself not in the best physi-
cal health, he comes to the temple
and finds the Jews engaged in buying
and selling, carrying on the petty
trades he saw so much Of outside.
Without a moments thought OF his
position or message, he loses his tenn
per, makes a "scourge of cords casts
out the sheep and oxen in no gentle
manner let us be sure, pOurs out the
money (much in the way earnest re-
formers have emptied whiskey casks
that did not belong to them, and
overthroWs the tables.
He did Just as any angry man
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Old. Docs Talk
VISITING RELATIONS
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My boy. if you want to keep the af-
! lection Of all your soliCtous relatives
back East who think so much Of you
who love you for your sterling. manly
qualities, and send you messages Of
IapprOval because you are wOrthy,-if
you want to keep these uncleS. aunts
and cousins loving. just go on being
an independent, self-supporting young
man. For the minute you don't you'll
get jar which may result in railroad
spine, and place you under the pain
full necessity of asking for a few dol
lars of the money you have been pay
ing the accident insurance company
for the last ten years.
Just try it and see!
Call on your uncle in New York,
look rather seedy. and ask him for the
loan of 500 for six months, interest
at 1919 payable quarterly: then see
his countenance lower, notice the tenn
perature in the vicinity take tumble
observe how all the tender buds of af
lection are suddenly nipped by frost,
remember the sound of your innocent,
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EDITOR
ident of the growers association. W. 7. Clark
told how the SYstCm has been built I'D:

dent of the growers association. W. 7. Clar
old how the system has been built up:
Having obtained something tangible to SELL Clark
decided upon system" which he would try to
teblish. His first step TO go direct to st. Paul
and lay before James J. Hill outline of the plan.
The master railroad and empire builder quick
10 the value of the scheme. He readily consent
to give letter to Mr. Van Veachton president of
tie largest bank in Chicago, which has az
gregating $250,00O,OOO The big financier was
quested by the railroad magnate to lend every pos
sibe assistance to the Wenatchee Valley Fruit Grow
ers' Association. Then things happened in quick
cesson.
Clark went to Chicago told the bank his plan,
asked for letters to leading banks in principal cities
of the east. Armed with these, he and Manager Co.
burn, accompanied by Directors Grant Patton and
Harry Shotwel proceeded to establish selling sys
tom Each local banker asked to name the most
reliable wholesaler of fruits and groceries in his
city In every instance the local bank agreed to ad
vance money to this local agent, great the
confidence reposed in the agent selected b. the
citation.
Twenty of these agents in many large cities of
the cast were secured Each of them agreed to han
die specified number OF carloads. More agents
could have been named but the pool of LOO carloads
was subscribed by these twenty. The association
has more fruit to SELL but could have handled
double the amount received
Arrangements for storage were made in Duluth,
Kansas City and ST Louis chiefly, the idea being to
store the apples on this side Of the consumer in or
der take advantage of the storage in transit priv
iicge and deliver carload of apples anywhere in
TIE United States twenty -four hours notice, d.
rect from cold storage, and through rate from
Wenatchee.
Agents are allowed 10 cents per box without ref
eTence to sale prices. This amount added to the
cents allowed for association expense in assembling
the fruit and supervising its distribution, making Is
in ALL Is the total expense between the grower
and the retailer In other words, Is cents and the
retailers profit compose the whole amount which
must be added to the producers price in order to de-
tsrmine what the consumer must pay for Wenat-
chez apple. IL = j.
Association directors alone have the power to fix
tie wholesale prices The management receives
daily reports from It's agents and they advise what
prices will get best returns but they get exactly the
same profit 10 cents per box, no matter what the
sale price They have nothing invested. Their only
direct interest is to sell as much fruit possible.
This plan defers the date of settlement for the
grower but it is the key to the proposition Final
settlement is possible for the grower until spring.
although he has received 10 cents per box above ex
penses thus far but the management is thus in COM
mand Of the situation at all times 4
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LETTERS ON TIMELY TOPICS

whose sense Of the proprieties is out
ragged. That and nothing more. 1t
was undignified and unChristlike. 1t
was one of the acts which happen so
much more frequently in the lives of
other men, when a man fails to live
up to his standards. This exhibition
was not intended to be embodied in a
precept, or made the basis for exam
pie. 1t was a nerve-storm quite hui
man and accountable. We have all
done worse with less proyocation.
other, unwarrantable perhaps, has so
offended us that we have slapped the
offender Oh the mouth, or given him
a pummeling.
After it, when calmness came and
chance for reflection, We realized
that we had suffered lapse OF dig
nifty and influence; that the incident
did not fit in with our theories and
preachments; but the act was spon-
taneoYs and human, and, in some
sense, indicative of the, predominance
of right-feeling in the human breast.
saw Sir Wilfrid Laurier in a court
room slap an attorney over the mouth
because the latter made an uncalled
tor nasty remark regarding Mr.. Laur-
ier's family life. The impulse came
like a fash, and surprised everybody.
Mr.. am Ter, the gentle, suave, patient,
kind! So it was with Jesus and
while his Indignation was we'll found
ed, what he did was not worthy of
him. Though often pleasing and
plucky, no act of retaliation OF this
sort is best? The better way is Jesus
ordinary way. His unusual act was
inconsistent with his beautiful pre-
cepts, and his ideal life-standard.
If anything would convince one of
the humanity Of Jesrr, such very hu-
man weaknesses should.
But for any logical mind to compare
such manifest impulse, such a spon-
taneous burst of human temper, to
the regulated, systematic flogging of
men for specified offenses against So
ciety, is highly ridiculous, to say the
least.
AS an offense in itself, that Of the
Jews was Tin view of their character
and traditions) really a small one;
not crime at all, and Jesus punish
ment thereof was unprecedented and
impulsive. If we are going to have
reasons from anybody for the estab-
lishment of the whipping-post in Ha-
wall. trust that they may be better
than this example set up by our anon
ymOus writer.
E. S. GOODHUE, M. D.
HolualOa, Jan. IA, 1918.
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PERSONALITIES

FIRST LIEUT.. CHAS. C. DREM-
MER, medical corps. Schofield Bar
racks. has been transferred to Fort
Shafter, to fill. for the time being. the
position Of post surgeon.
MISS IDA LEE DUNCAN, OF Wash
ington, D. G., normal school lecturer
who has been touring the world the
last two or three years collecting
data, has come to Hawaii. to conduct
studies here during the next month.
During visit at the office Of the
governor Friday morning she declared
that nowhere had she found a climate
comparable to that OIL. Honolulu.
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FARMERS GETTING DOWN TO- SYSTEM

Homesteaders and small farmers of the ter.
ritory are coming closer and closer to the prob.
lem of controlling their own distribution as we'll
as their own production On this principle such
great private businesses as those of the Armour
Packing Company and the Standard Oil Com
pany have been built The financiers behind the
businesses saw the wisdom of eliminating the
middleman. Now all over the country, farmers
are combining in associations of various kinds
with the object of handling their products from
the time soil is broken until the checks for the
sales pass through the banks
A notable development of this principle is to
be found in the organization of fruit-growprs of
Wenatchee, in the eastern part of the state of
Washington. This section, rapidly coming to
the front as the greatest apple-producing coun-
try in the world, has had it's troubles with mid
dlemen, but finally the formation of pool
among the producers allowed the growers to get
the maximum of profit from their work
The story of how this was accomplished is
inspiring. Hawaii of course, has not the same
conditions in the way of many markets in big
cities, ral-hauls and competition with associa-
tons of middlemen, but the underlying princi-
pie, that of controlling distribution we'll as
production, is the same. In a recent address
before the Wenatchee Commercial club, the pres
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, 1t Is therefore to the enterprise oil
the Bishop Museum that we are in.
debted for this extension of scientific
investigation.
Incidentally, may be allowed to
say that while the study under con-
sideration is based upon snails, the
results have a far wider scope. They
bear upon the origin of these islands
in the remote past, and their develop
ment up to the present time.
Very truly, p
@ II. A. PILSBRY.
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TAG DAY PROCEEDS

Editor Honolulu Star-Bulletin,
Sir:-In the present controversy
about the Kings Daughters Home did
IT, ever occur to the ladies that the
money given on Tag Day was for a
home at KAIMUKI-notif for the Allen
property? If they take the Allen prop
erty, they have received money under
false pretenses.
Furthermore, l hear on very good
authority that the Allen house is rot
ten, and full of the wood-borer.
ONE WHO GAVE FOR
KAIMUKI
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Holualoa, Jan. IA, 1918.
CREDIT TO BISHOP MUSEUM

Honolulu, Jan. II, 1913.
Editor Honolulu Star-Bulletin,
Sir:-In your notice of my study of
Hawaiian snails in the Star-Bulletin
Of Jan. 18th note an omission which
would be trivial were it not that due
credit is not given to a Hawaiian in
stitution. My studies on Hawaiian
snails and the geological history of
the islands had been carried as far as
was practicable to me as an outsider
when the authorities of the Bishop
Museum invited me to visit the islands
so that the conditions could be stud
led on the spot. and also that advan-
tage might be taken of the great col
lections in the museum. 1t was
thought that by free interchange of
views with Dr. c. Montague Cooke of
museum staff and other Hawaiian eX-
perts the value of my volume upon
Hawaiian snails would be greatly en-
HANGED
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unsophiSticated, CONCEALED tears fall
ing with crystalline tinkle to the
floor. Al, my son, it's sad. but it's
all sure to happen.
If you haven't money when you go
a-visiting your dads aristoCratic con-
reCtions in Boston, turn back before
you start, my son,-at any rate, don't
get any farther than ST Louis.
If You can't appear as success in
life, with all the clothes society de-
mands, and money to jingle in your
pocket, stay away, my son, | beg of
you to stay away. 1t will be best. If
you don't you will live to regret your
foolhardiness and say with the proph-
ct of old:
Stay West-thats best
Unlest
You've got plenty of jingle under your
vest"
6::SSM&@3
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LACK OF CONFIDENCE"

While the Democratic county committee is
voting LACK of confidence" III Supp rvisurs Pc
trie, Mcclellan and Markham. the rest Of the
community is voting confidence in them.
1t is quite natural for the volrDtIypartisan
county committee to insist On Democrats for all
municipal offices. Only by this kind Of work
can the county committee keep up it's political
system,-the system relied upon to carry anoth-
eraclecti0n. The county committee is in the
fencebuilding business, and Of course it wants
TO build up just Az strong fence as possible
But this is not at all the point of view Of the
community in general. What the city demands
is officc-hOlders named on their merits, not on
their political records. If the Democratic cOun
~ machine leaders can put Democrats in office
who are just as efficient as the Republicans they
are trying to put out, the public would not quar-
rel with their methods But the actions of the
county committee during the past month have
not been such as to breed confidence in it's judS
ment of efficiency.
II was proposed to put a capable fre-chief
out of office and name DemocGlt who has
shown no qualifications whatever for the posi-
ton.
1t was proposed to put a capable building in.
spector out of office and put in a young man
whose appointment would be- at the most, mat
ten of experiment.
1t was proposed to put capable electrician
out of office and put in a political creditor of
the party whose ability is not matter OF unan-
imous opinion, to say the least. - =. -
AS to- the ease of the, city engineer, the .ques-
ton there was the wisdol1aof swapping horses
ii the middle of stream, feat that sometimes
succeeds but more often leads to 1nishap. City
Engineer Nhitehouse's ability is known; George
Il. Whittemore, the Democrat backed by q. j.
Waller and others, has made a fine record both
Ia private work and as member of the United
States engineering corps Whether he could
confront and solve the peculiar problems of thisl
city and county is the question over which hon
est differences of opinion arose. At any rate,
Whitehouse has made good in office, the other
man would be an experiment, and the superyis-
ors now under fire preferred to stand by a man
Of known merit and local experience
In themajority of cases where the Democrat
ic county committee has tried to force, the super
visors to partisan action it's Judgment has att
least been questionable.
Therefore, the vote of Hlack of confidence" of
the county committee will not be participated inI
by the majority of the citizens The majority,
il a poll could be taken, would come Overwhelm-
ingly to the support of the Democratic supervis-l
OTs who have the courage to stand for efficiency
against extreme use of the spOils system.
49, &E~sg@
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1.-THE Star-Bulletin invites free and
frank discussion in this column on all
legitimate subjects of current interest
Communications are constantly reeeiv-
ed to which no signature is attached.
This paper will treat as confidential
signatures to letters if the writer's SO
desire, but cannot give space to
anonymous communications
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-18

Gilbert j. Waller is Endorsed for governor 10y
the Democratic county committee Members of
the committee are careful to announce simuta-
neously that they will ndorse any good Demo-
crat.
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After the terrific blow dealt the supervisors
by the county committee last night, there must
have been deal of surprise to find the city gov
eminent still doing business at the old stand to-
day.
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Richard II. Trent declares he is not candi
date for governor. That, however, will not head
off the rumOrs that several leading Hawaiian
businessmen think good deal of him.
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ILLUMINATION of Pests Goes On" is the encOllr-
aging headline in the morning paper Tnfnrtu-
natev the story refers merely to mosquitoes.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-18

PhotO.Engraying of highest grade
can be secured from the STAR Bulletin
Photo Engraving Plant.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-18

The London Bar Association has refused to
admit women to practise. POrtia wouldn't have
stood much show with this aggregation.
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BchOIdjng the bIight c0HrfcH0ncc Df truth In
the quiet and StW aU Of dcIiyMtM studics.-
Milton.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1913-12-19
CLIFTON, ARIZONA

ing the present year that there is not sufficient water supply for all the land it was originally intended to include in the project. Some of the land must be eliminated. This task has been undertaken by a board of survey, now at work. There men never undertook a more diSa- greeable task. Whatever the board of survey does is going to be wrong; that is admitted in advance. The man whose land is eliminated can- not be expected to be satisfied"
 T want the farmers to undertake more responsibility under this and under all the projects. We want to transfer as much responsibility as possible to you. I am free to con- fess that in the past we have not consulted you often enough on the work that we were doing for you.''
 Director Newell briefly reviewed the history of the Salt River pro- ject. First it was intended that the government should build only a canal costing some $3,000,000. Then petitions asking that the height of the dam be increased poured in from the valley. The government was next, practically forced into buying the Arizona canal.
 T opposed the purchase of the canal because I feared that it would involve us in the construction nec- essary to complete the distributing system in the valley, which it did. It is still a question how much con- struction of distributing systems the
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1913-12-19
DIRECTOR NEWELL ASTOUNDS HIS
 HEARERS
Newell in Address Before the Govern ing Board Says Irrigated Land is
 Over Estimated.

Phoenix, Dec. 2-'Land prices un- der government irrigation projects are trending downward, not upward. Conditions under all the projects are better than they were a year ago; still the average price of land is lower. Prices are such that few settlers are being attracted to the projects. All development is coming from within, from the people who already own the land."
 So declared Frederick H. Newell, director of the reclamation service, in an address before the governors of the Water Users association this morning. He made number of oth- CT startling and important atate- mentS.
 "A grave problem has arisen in this valley" Director Newell went on. '1t has been demonstrated dur
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1913-12-19

n government should undertake. Per sonally, I think the farmers should do as much of the work them selves as it is possible for them to do. They are free from the provisions of the governments eight-hour law, for one thing.
 ''Here in the Salt River valley you have already taken steps to assume some of the responsibility that is rightly yours. You are going to employ an electrical engineer and an irrigation engineer, to chek over the governments figures and keep you advised of what is going on."
 Much of this mornings special ses- sion of the governors was taken up with a discussion of the cost of re- constructing the power transmission line from Roosevelt to Phoenix. D.. c. Henny, consulting engineer of the service and sent here specially to
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1913-12-19


 look into the matter, was present.
 It was originally estimated that to reconstruct the line would cost $64.- 500, but that there would be, sal wage of some SIP, 400. The exact es- innate of the cost, deducting sal wage was S52,063.
 Up to November 18th, $94,16S had been expended and it is estimated now that when the work is complet- ed the cost will be $114,207 Less salvage, it will be $102,200.
 Originally, the line was good one, with towers AZ 1-2 feet high and amply strong to carry their load Now, half the towers are being eliminated. Those that remain are being extended up to sixty feet in height, without any strengthening or bracing of the foundations.
 The governors are again in session this afternoon.