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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-13
SHOULD SUGAR BE TAXED !?
well take NJ

The Review of Reviews in Il temperate and
thoughtful editorial, comes to the conclusion
that the tariff on sugar should not be removed
The Review of Reviews says:
'While it remains, of course, question of
Judgment to be solved in the light Of full expert
ence there is much reason to believe that the
farmer, as well as the ordinary citizen of towns,
will be better off with free wool and a thorough
revision of Schedule X. When it comes, to the
question of free sugar, however, the factors in
the case are quite different. The tariff on sugar,
while incidentally protecting the cane-growers
of Louisiana and the beet industry of the west,
is to be regarded chiefly Il matter Of public
revenue. In our opinion the sugar tax is good
thing, and might well be maintained as a conve-
nient way of giving the government Il large and
constant source of income. 1t ought net, of
course, to be a heavy impost. The bill as intro
duced keeps a moderate tariff on sugar for three
years, and then abolshes it. This would seem
good compromise to make at the, present time,
since it leaves ample, opportunity for the next
congress to decide, in the light of revenue expe-
rience, whether the three-year period should be
further extended or not. SThe beet sugar men of
the west say that if only the tariff can he kept
up little longer they will be able to supply this
country with all the sugar it needs, at rates low
or than those for which cane sugar can now be
produced in the West Indies. But they have al
ready had considerable period in which to dem
cnstrate this, and it would seem as if the beet
sugar culture of America ought not to be so per-
ilousy dependent upon a protective tariff. Go
ing back over long period of years, the sugar
interests have not made a very favorable impress
SIGN upon the country by the arguments and
methods they have used at Washington. IA
doubtedly our western farmers need the sugar
beet to add to the variety of their crops; and it
is to be hoped that the beet-sugar industry can
be maintained and further developed in this
country
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-13

his incubator iiI hopes Of saving the.
Eggs tiles I'M the Chickeu business.
you know Aunt Minnie was IN the
dining room and had all her silver
ware in a Euany sack, and was iust
going To tie il up when the wall itgokes
Aunt Minnie called to Uncle Fraa6
and said. Run. Frank run lie
wanted her te 20 upstairs hut she did
net want to 90, 50 be had 10 follow
her: She still had hold OF the sack
Of silyerware. They had to go out OF.
the south door aud then clear around
To the north Aunt Minnie said as she
turned the corner that she glanced
back to see if Uncle Frank was com
ing and She said that size saw a house
coming toward her and il made her
run all the faster, Uncle Frank had
boots on. and was about three feet
behind her The watcr caught up with
him. When Aunt Minnie got To tho
church and UP on high ground she
tainted
But Doctor Thomas, who had
brought Uncle Frank un from the
store. and had tied his horse at the
nitehinS rail. was just coming around.
the house Ia unite He rushed up I'M
tied the horse. and turned his head in
the direction of safety. nut the sud
den rush Of water confused the horse.
aud it backed up and was drowned. Ia
the meantime. Doctor Thomas had
grabbed the hitchiHg railins, cXpecting
every inmate to hear it 80. The first
rush Of water went above his waist.
He stood there about fifteen or twenty
minutes until the water had gone
down to his knees. Then he carefully
made his way around TO a bush and
then stem by step, he reached the
house. He Eunted around the house.
trying to find some dry clothes to put.
on Finally a man with a rope around
his waist got to the house with dry
clothes for him.
Later the railing which he had held
onto washed away leaving hole ten
feet deep
BalIville bridge is being fixed and
We will be able to drive across in a
week
Mamma !. told everything else and
things that wrote. too, but ! just had
to write something We had two
weeks of vacation instead of one. so
nv that time the water had gone down.
When school began Miss Treat was
very sick, and Mrs. Edith Sandwich
was our substitute for two weeks
This is the first week Miss Treat has
been back. / have to walk almost
every night now and at least part OF
the way sometimes in the morning
You can't imagine how much | want
a bicycle. especially in the afternoons.
because / don't feel SO fresh as do
in the morning. Down town the re-
lief committee has thousands OF dol
lars and still want more. Mamma
said she thought some would be richer
than they were before, and ! begin to
think SO myself.
think something must be the mat
ter with me. because usually write
one little page to you, but today
wrote five times that many. | think
will have TO stop as | have said
enough to last until see you.
Gccdby, from
EVA IIAFFORD.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-13
LETTERS ON TIMELY TOPICS

and not those that are brought here
for killing off pests of various kinds.
In regard to the utility of birds,
it is declared that each species per-
forms certain services in the economy
of nature which cannot be performed
so we'll by other species. Among
the Hawaiian birds there is said to
he but one insect-eating species; the
others, with few exceptions, are of
the nectar-feeding species, and as
these birds are very difficult to catch,
hard to raise, and almost impossible
to feed texcepting the fish feedersl
il is not thought that many of them
would be found to live long in con
finemen.. Among those birds that
could be introduced with profit are
said 10 be the California blackbird
The house wren. the hooking bird ;;
there is also an African bird that is
said to live around animals picking
eff flies and other insect pests.
Among those most useful birds that
have already been introduced is said
10 be the Chinese thrush.
But to return TO the aviary, almost
every. enc is OF the opinion that there
should DC one, and if there We're LETT
any more such men as Mr.. e. NJ.
Cooke, who gave the city the AGuar-
ilIm or even such men as Mr.. II. +.
Baldwin, VIC would hope TO get one
without much delay; and even as it is.
we do not consider the case hopeless
For it is hoped that many others Will
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-13
CALIFORNIA, NOT THE UNITED STATES

No matter what the Outcome of the difficult
and delicate California alen-land embrogio we
believe that the japanese generally will recog-
nize, as they have recognized in the past, that
CALIFORNIA; action is not the action of the people
of the United States.
There may be many in Hawaii who agree with
California's ultra-radical attitude; there may be
many i'm various states of the union that applaud
the fiTmness amounting to obstinacy that John
son and his political followers have shown; and
yet it cannot be questioned that the great major
ity of the people of the United States are utterly
against the spirit that the California legislature
is manfestng 1t is spirit that ignores a dam
ger0us situation of its own creating
A sentiment squarely against merely hostile
legislation prevails in Hawaii And we feel con
fident that the japanese travelling to the United
States and the Japanese here realize this fact
"peace if possible is not fair estimate of
local feeling "TheIe must be peaee-therc shall
be peace; Californias action is not the action 81
the United States" - that is more accurate
gauge of opinion here.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-13

Fremont. o Friday Evening AnrA
-. 1919 Dear Uncle Ferris I an
hot dnd yetlr last letter 5usr now Ant
will.try 10 answer ell The questions T
can think Of = /. =. q:
Easter Sunday We started To CHURCH.
nut without Easter clothes; lucky Tor
rs: because il began raining before we
cot there II was juse pouring down
IS if it never would sfof. after Sunday
school and church were over, hut We
had to go UP to grandmas TO get Ea&-
ter eggs did all the running hack
and forth in the rain from the buggy
10 the house, as had nothing en- that
would hurt As il was raining as If
il never would step. thought would
stay down till morning: because LkneW
that if went home ! would not get
hack in the evening for the Faster
exercises, and as couldn't be. absent
because our class had Fart in the pro-
gram. At the last minute in the even
ing they postponed it and a few min
rites after they did it, it stopped rain:
ing for the night ...-:... ... .
The next morning para came after
me with a horse beginning of Faster
vacation) as it was very muddy. We
drove around back of Uncle Frank
place (the old Moore pl&eel to see the.
sea wall. There was a Waterman all
the time there measuring. It was
within two feet of going over il then
and / can tell you it was awfully deep
People were afraid il would break. =
Tuesday morning papa and Mr.. VIII
son. his hired man. went to town as
usual. Put first. early In the morn
ing about O'Clock. Aunt Minnie Tn
Gle Franks wifel phoned IN and told
mamma that the watchr- III had uwak-
cned them and told them to get ready,
because they thought the wall would
break any minute and it would prob
ably sweep the house and everything
right away Mamma told paDa that
he ought to go down and help them
save things. He fooled around awhile
hut finally went He drove horse
which women folks can't drive. and
the single buggy. He tied near the
bridge on the other side. He and Mr..
Wilson went right up to Uncle Frank S
and did all they could putting things
cut Of the way Of the water. such as
putting the chickens and geese and
plenty of food to last I long tfhte IN
the barn. Fixing things i'm the house.
they were Just going back to unite
the horse and go on to town when the
wall gave away at about 10 a. m. Their
first thought was of Aunt Minnie and
Uncle Frank, because they knew they
were in the house John Swint was
down by Uncle Franks barn. and YOU
know how short and fat he is: | need
not tell you about that. PaDa sail
that he never saw anyone do SO much
sprintjng in his life. ~ =.
Aunt Minnie and Uncle Frank were
in the house when the wall gave away
hut thew didn't stay there very long.
Doctor Thomas had brought Uncle
Frank I'm in his buggy from the dru"
store about five minutes before and
Aunt Minnie came over from one of
the neighbcrs. where she bad been
staying because it wasn't safe to STAY
in the house Uncle Frank was inthe
GUNNER kitchen putting a lamp under
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-13

get interested in. this subject, and will
devote so.1e of their leisure time to
prCrote /. for the childrens sake.
4 is net thought that the ayiary
CaHaot be built on a small scale, as
that would mean almost certain fail
ure for birds will get sick, and some
die off, and will have to be replaced;
besides. now kinds Of birds will also
be wanted II will also need an eNper-
iensed aFiaryist TO look out for the
birds and not only To attend to their
wants. but capable of doctoring them
in case of need But as they have an
here. there would prob
ably be no difficulty on that score.
Yours very truly.
GEO. OSBORNE.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-13

1.-THE Star-Bulletin invites free and
frank discussion in this column on all
legitimate subjects of current interest
Communications are constantly receive
ed to which no signature is attached
This paper will treat as confidential
signatures to letters if the writers so
desire, but cannot give space to
anonymous communications
Editor Honolulu Star Bulletin, =. -.
Sir: am glad TO say that Prof.
w. A. Bryan of the College of Hawaii,
one of the greatest authorities on
birds in America, is i'll favor OF an
dviary. ..:.,s..>. ..>:. +.
Indeed Mr. Bryan claims that with
but a little more expense. our fields
and forests could be made. bright with
The plummage, and our woods made
to resound with the songs of a great
variety of birds, and which would not
only add beauty and charm to the
scene. but these birds would prove OF
Great value in destroying the many
injurious insects. -. 49, -.
It is claimed that hundreds of
thousands of dollars each year could
be saved in this way #. if this were
done, 1t is also suggested that this
aviary be placed in charge Of the
College of Hawaii. as they have men
who understand the nature and the
insectivorouS food habits of birds. and
therefore could select only such. birds
as would eat the injurious insects,
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-13
POINTED

One of the most pointed comments on the
Democratic tariff plan that we have seen is the
following reprinted from the Wall Street Jour
nails account of an interview with Herman
Selcken, the German capitalist. Said Mr.. Sielc-
ken
"There is a tariff for revenue, Il tariff for pro-
lection, and tariff for politics. That is all the
kinds of tariff YOU have got. Now what kind is
this? 1t isn't |; tariff for revenue il reduces tile
revenue 1t isn't a tariff for projections, because
you dsaycw that There is only one other kind
there 1t is a political tariff, for the benefit Of
the masses to be paid by the classes
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-13

News was broughs fiom the Rig
Island this morning that the PahaIa
sugar min began grinding again yes
tcrday. after three months inaction
enforced Nv lack OF water for Tuning
purposes. II was also reported that
the entire Hamakua coast expert
cneed heavy rainfall yesterday af er-
noon and evening.
The hearing of Manuel Ferrciras
case before the United States comraIs-
sioner which was set for today. has
been continued to next Saturday Fer.
reira is accused of assisting in the
smuggling Of opium, a case growing
out of the discovery of cache of the
contrahand drug on Vineyard street
LIST week.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-13
EDITOR

plenty for domestic purposes, plenty To sell flr
CONNIE rcial purposes.
80 temporarily our old friend the water GueS-
ton is quieSccnt But just as soon as the weaf.1-
or gets a little dry and the level falls i'll Nuuau
dam and people begin using the hose and Sprink-
Ter on their lawns, the wafer question will move
in and make itself at home.
What steps are being taken to insure for i!o-
nolulu a permanent suPply-an ample supply?
This community needs the services of an
expert wafer supply engineer - man big
enough and forccful enough To give weight to
his recommendations. Honolulu has the habit
of calling loudly for recommendations and then
failing to act on them.
1t is matter the commercial bodies could
well take up
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-13
A civic COMMISSION and CIVIC PROGRESS

The billboard controversy draws attention Ia
could he referred this and thousand other qrcs-
tions dealing with the City Beautiful.
The Oahu Central Improvement Club has its
useful sphere the Outdoor Circle is active AMI
effective, various committees of the commercial
bodies deal with promotion downtown streets,
trade and finance and subjects more CT less
closely related to city Improvement But there is
no body, no committee, no group of men and wo-
men delegated with the direct duty Of planning
a greater and more beautiful Honolulu, plan
ming, that is, on a scale commensurate with the
kind of Honolulu we expect to live in not many
years from now.
City growth proceeds in a haphazard fashion
city building is left to a medley of tastes and the
result is medley of styles; we have ragtime in
stead Of classic architecture on too many build
ings.
There is no group of men and women with the
taste and authority to pass upon matters of
bOulevards, bllboards, public structures, parks
and the like And yet the Honolulu of the future
will be measured not only in terms of sugar out
put, of touristpatrOnage of banks or trust com
panies or hardware stores, but also in terms of
civic buildings, of driveways, of vistas, terms
of beauty and aesthetic progress
There is, so far as we know, no official pro-
vision for such group, fora Civic Commission,
or whatever it might be called. But an unoffi-
cial commission, made up of citizens imbued
with the love of their city and desire to see it
progress along all lines, would WELD a mighty
power for good here To them could be referred
this troublesome billboard controversy and they
could pass readily upon its merits. They could
settle upon a business district within which the
billboard would be regarded as legitimate; out
side of which the billboard would be recognized
as encroachng upon beauty and taste. Neither
the man in the billboard business nor the people
now waging campaign against poster advertis-
ing could object to the formation of such a com
mission, and they could hardly fail to accept its
recommendations
The present controversy is bitter, needlessly
personal, needlessy wasteful of energy and good
temper, not to speak of money. In every dead
locked controversy, the natural, the logical re
sort is to the established principle of arbitration.
And such commission could perform this func-
ticn of arbitrating the difficulties now empha-
sized. The community would welcome any move
BY representative citizens, by the Merchants AS
ISOLATION, for instance, looking toward com
mittee or commission formed with the primary
purpose of planning City Beautiful and com.
promising this quarrel that is absolutely mimi.
cal to civic progress.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-13
LOCAL AND GENERAL

There will be meeting OF the mer-
chants association on Thursday aft
ernoon.
Judge Whitney today granted di-
vorce to Paula Dregoff. from Simon
Dregoff, whom she accused of non
support
"A Garden of Japan" cantata,
will be given at the Kamehameha
School fer Girls on Saturday even
ing, May II, at $50. Tickets for sale
at Thrums.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-13
LITTLE INTERVIEWS

TOM MERLEs-The show at the BIZ
jou is certainly the best that ever
hit these shores. and Manager Nc
Greer IS right when he says that II
clearly shows the difference between
taking artists" that are sent to you.
and going to the coast and picking
out to suit yourself.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-13

The promotion committee ought to send some
literature to Cleveland Three deaths from heat
occurred there on May =, and the weather for the
month so far has been hotter than AT amy time
for fortytwo years previous Meanwhile, cool
breeze and soft showers lave the Paradise of tic
Pacific.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-13

Nest Of the European war experts who coun
seed Gar Nicholas To hold on 10 Scutari were
carefully situated thousand miles or so from
tho firing-linr.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-13

Although the American diplomats stoutly
protest against knecbrceches and lackeys at the
embassies, nobody objects to- the Page AT the
Court of st. James.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-13

President Wilson's tariff game will make the
sweeten the pot
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-13
A WET WEATHER TIP

Honolulu is ENJOYING downpour Of rain.
There is plenty of water plenty for irrigation.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-03
Strange Sounds Come from Smithsonian Building

IF you are passing across the front
j OF the Smithsonian Institution at
midnight and hear strange cries COM
ing from the Byzantine. Norman or
rounded Gothic towers, buttresses,
battlements. groined arches and
cornices. keep your nerve. The moon
may be floating through the southern
sky. Now it will be hidden under
dense cloud masses, and then it will
burst through the black mist and cast
its silver sheen over the heavens and
the earth. Against all this, the long
red sandstone buildings, dark but for
a watchman's lamp in the central yes-
tibue. will be submitted. 1t looks
gloomy and lonesome. One almost
feels the damp and stagnant vapor
that would rise from the moat around
it, IL moat were there.
You can reassure yourself that you
are not in the depths of haunt
ed forest and before some dismal
medieval castle by looking northward
to catch the glitter of the lights in
the post Office tower or by listening
to the purr and soft ripple of the
fountain not far removed from the
northwest corner of the building.
The sounds that have stopped you.
and 1t may be, chilled you, come from
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-03
Cigarette Smoking Under Ban of Censorship

Mrs. John B. Henderson, who is the
arbiter of dancing and dancers in
Washington, has always been opposed
to the practice. 1t is said she re-
Quested fair smoker to go outside.
Lady Alan Johnston. daughter OF
Mrs. James Pinchot. Is one OF the de-
tenders of the weed, and smokes
when and wherever it strikes her
fancy. She even pulled her cigarettes
while riding in an automobile from
one place to another.
Lady Johnston struck the first note
in the battle some time ago. when
she offered her cigarette case to 9TH
er guests at luncheon. The hostess
was a crusader, and is said to have
requested Lady Johnston. who hap
pened to be the guest of honor. not to
smoke
Mrs Franklin MacVeagh, who has
recently completed her miilion-dollar
palace on Sixteenth street. has pro-
vided little balconies from her BALI
room windows for the men to smoke
between dances. If the lady guests
wish to smoke they have to go out
side also.
Miss Helen Taft, at recent lunch
con, displayed her displeasure openly
when cigarettes were passed.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-03

IGARETTE smoking by women
~ has come under the ban of CEN
sureship by society women in Wash
ington, who are leading crusade
against smoking and drinking in the
social set at the capital.
Mrs. William H. Haywood, who put
herself on record several years ago.
when she served only grape juice at
the debutante ball of her daughter,
Miss Doris Haywood. is one of the
leaders in the anti-cigarette move
ment, and is said to not permit WON
en- to smoke In her house.
Mrs. Levi z. Letter, who many
think is to be the social leader in
place of the late Mrs. John K. Nc
Lean, has also declared her willing
ness to aid the crusaders against
feminine cigarette smoking.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-03

VIZ ASHINGTON-I didn't make a
w bit of difference to Benjamin
Oswald Johnson aged six. what was
going on around his little head the
other afternoon. He was busy with
his own devices? This young Ben
Johnson stumbled around the floor OF
the House of Representatives while
the real Ben Johnson, from Kentucky,
and other legislators and statesmen
Numbered and argued over the legis-
lative. executive and judicial Appro-
priation bill
Little Ben is one of the five chill
dren of Representative Joseph John
son Of South Carolina He kept the
House of Representatives amused
from noon until 4:39 o'clock D. M.
when the gavel fell for adjournment.
Ben appeared on the house floor at
noon dressed in dark blue sailor
suit. His father had troubles of his
own. for he is in charge of the legis-
lative bill. and Representative Fow-
Ter. with his loudest voice. was out
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-03

not mortals-but from bats. There
are many of these aberrant insec-
tivorae or flying mammals. family
gallopithecidae. order of chiroptera.
in the shadowy hooks Of the Smith
sonian building.
Satisfied that no harm is near, you
fall to thinking OF James Smithson's
bequest of 1926; of James Renwick.
the designer OF this building. the first
of it's style not ecclesiastic. to be
reared in the United States; your
glance goes up to the top of the tallest
tower las feet above the asphalt. all
strewn with dead leaves. and your
mind goes back to the time when
President Polk and his cabinet and
hundreds of proud men, now dust, at
tended the cornerstone laying in 1847