Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-04
"MAXIM" HITS AGAIN

Editor Honolulu Star-Bulletln,
Sir: 1t is getting to be sort OF
how old was Ann" proposition to an
swer X Y. e., especially his last
lengthy mass Of balloon essence on
the coastwise shipping laws. He has
departed from the subject almost to-
tally, and goes off at tangent on
some statement that has no conclud-
ing feature or conveys any meaning
that will help the public along. In
fact, in the very first paragraph of
his latest he again takes upon him.
self the very humorous duty Of speak
ing for other people, saying, Such
stuff has no weight with reasonable
people" He certainly must be talk
ing on behalf Of somebody else.
X. Y. rs letter does not seem to
have enough logic in it to call for an
answer. | quote from the fourth para
graph:
Nov about that dare that Maxim
has 80 much to talk about and which
shows that If he does not know that
there is any amount of people here
who. dare not advocate the suspension
of these laws, he knows very little
about the conditions here"
Any chance for argument there?
Why does he not tell me of the con-
ditions here if I know so little about
them. l will give him credit for not
going any further with that state
ment whereby he would give people
a chance at him. Foxy Grandpa. AS
said before, there is no chance for
argument there except, that, if | be-
longed to that miserable clique Gf
, there is one here} that does not dare
to say its soul is its own. or advo-
, cate any sane proposition that would
seem to be of marked benefit
to this territory, would crawl into a
hole some place and stop the hole
, up with cigar butt. wonder il
age to advocate the suspension Of the
coastwise shipping laws over his own
signature? If. he has not. then he
must be one Of those who don't dare"
to own up that he is a man, free
born. It is, just possible that he
might have some more dividends snip.
ped off, ....,. ,..
Come, X. Y. H.. let's tell our true
names. You lead off as you started
this thing. 49,
x. Y. Us preamble about the Japa-
nese contracting canegrowers Grip
ping the plantations is so silly that
it would put me in sthe. same class
to touch upon it. os Plantations pay.
ing dividends and j, profits that are
written with seven figures, and paying
managers hundreds of dollars per
month for the use of their brains to
prevent just such conditions are sure.
ly crippled. Oh, piffle.
Again he says:
II notice. TOO, IEat Maxim has got
me down this time as sailor; but I
should Judge by the tone of his letter
that he is one himself, and that he
knows more about handling a Delay
ing pin or a marlin spike than he does
about the coastwise shipping laws"
Perhaps / am a sailor, in which
event am certainly more of a Judge
of the advantages OF the coastwise
shipping laws than X. Y. q. 1t may
lie a part of my profession, but we
will let 1t pass at that. 1t will also
be noticed in the last paragraph OF
his comedy Of errors that he also
thinks am "one of the powerful
crushers-sugar barons." ,(Quite a
6ifferencet between that and a sailor
l. should hate to go TO bed every
night acknowledging that I could be
crushed like an eggshell Financially
by somebody else in the shape of d
man. Has K. Y. q heard of anybody
that has been crushed "flatter than u
pancake" by any of the plantation
owners? l suppose X. Y. z. refers to
plantation owners when he spouts
about getting crushed
When poor little Japanese cane
growing contractor can cripple the
plantations, and ride rough-shod over
us with their seven-seaters. why, X
Y. q. should take courage and not feel
all the time that he might be easily
converted into a shape that would alb
sorb maple syrup.
This last spiel of x Y. rs should
be treated as a lawyer does certain
cases where there is no contrary evil
dence worth considering
honor, l pass up the witness"
Now just a word or two on the sub
ject that started this talk-fest. There
mas never been an act of the United
States legislators that has not pro
duced satisfactory results to the citi-
zens of this country. The cOastwiSe
law was the child of deep thought ana
consideration by those who were leg
islating for the future. They knew
what they were about. They certain