Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-07
NCARN SPEAKS
FROM SHOULDER j
At CLUB Lunch
CONTINUED from page oneJ

tO1d MIN Inat was AFRAID so.
Now my conception of a business
man is simply that he is business
man. Go to New York and the first
thing they ask you is How much
money have YOU In Boston, they
ask you where you were educated, and
IN the South they want to know who
Your grandfather was. II you go
West, they say What can you do?'
and that is good place to go. 1t is
rot necessary for ne to urge upon
you arg better business methods than
you already have. In Honolulu you
have been making tracks. and your
methods are above criticism. The
man who stops here should not be
afraid TO settle.
But the one fault is that a real
busine Ssman does not have to devote
all his time to business. | have heard
that in these islands there is more or
less criticism Of the president and
the members of his cabinet because of
the fact that they do not realize the
relations existing between these ISL
ands and the mainland. L don't blame
you for this criticism While we are
considering this fact, let us remember
that we have relations with the Unit
ed States and are a part of the United
States. Why should conditions here
be different from those on the main
land? If we are a part of the United
States. let us by all means be a part.
The business interests of Honolulu
have made it one of the most attract
i've cities in the world. You know
how to treat strangers; you have
made it place which attracts tour
ists-you and the Lord, for He did a
part of the work. But the business
men have done their part. ....
Honolulu is as much American asi
any city on the mainland. A man
said to me recently: BE careful inl
carrying out your duties in Honolulu,
for you might offend someone II
ready story the other morning tol
the effect that I had been out in the
country looking for violations of the
law. did take a trip down the coun-
try, but / am not getting out my hoe
and digging down into the ground;
there is too much sticking out. ~
:. "You have a successful city here
from a business star'lpoint; no one
need come here from the mainland
to show. you new methods You are
up to date, and, / assure you, l am
glad to be here. If we have been an
nexed to the United States, let us
be part of it. in spirit as wellsas in |
maine. We want to strive to make |
American citizens out: Of these Who'll
have not had the chances which you
have had.
st urge you to make this city a
proper place in which to raise your
boys and a place to invite other boys.
1t is true that am believer in tenn
pefance. There is not man here
who is not a believer in temperance,
although some look ON it in a differ
efit light from others. Business men
have done more for temperance han |
they have for any other project which
they. have attempted" l.
Mr.. McCarn, at this stage of his
address, told an interesting story of |
two college boys, one of whom Sc /
cured a position in bank after grad |
uation, and tile other who, because he
was offered a good salary, ran a |
same Of chance. The boy in the bank |
made good, while the other failed ut
-erIy In life. His story was an excel |
lent illustration of his point relating
to business men and their efforts tot
make their city one fitted to bring
their boys up in. |
"As long as liquor is sold legiti- |
mately in Honolulu" continued Mr.1
"the government will not in
terfere But we must stand by our
statutes and stlt'e to uphold the |
spirit of Amefic;Ilism. Give a part
Of your time then to helping to pro- !
tect your neighbours boy on the ques- |
ton as to whether these islands have |
been annexed to Asia or to the
United States, and strive to make
your institutions strictly American"
Beside Mr.. McCarn. those at the |
speakers table were E. A. MOtt-Smith,j
R. w. Breckons, L. A. Thurston,
George Angus, d. l.. Conkling, w. H. !
Mcclellan and l.. l.. McCandless.