Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-07
SPEAKS
FROM SHOULDER
CLUB LUNCH
Continued from page one)

! Now my conception OF q business
man is simply that he is 4 business
man. Go TO New York and the first
thing they ask you is How much
money have YOU In Boston. they
! ask you WHIT re you were educated. and
IN the South they want 10 know who
! Your grandfather was. II you go
West they say What can you do?'
/ and that is a good place 10 go. 1t is
/ rot necessary for ne 10 urge upon
You arg better business methods than
! you already have In Honolulu you
I have been making tracks. and your
IL ethOds are above criticism The
! man who stops here should not be.
afraid TO settle
But the one fault is that a real
businessman 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. | 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? II 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 a 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 as /
any, city on the mainland. A man
said 10 me recently: Be careful in |
carrying out your duties in Honolulu, |
for you might, offend someone II
ready story the other morning tot
the effect that had been out in the |
country looking for violations of the
law. | did take a trip down the ceun-
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 business standpoint; no one
need come here from the mainland |
to show you new methods. You are
up to date, and, l assure you, l am |
glad to be here. If We have been an
.nexed to the United States, let US
be, a part of it in spirit as well as in
name. We want to strive to make |
American, citizens out of these who
have not had the chances which you
have had.
81 urge you to make this city q |
proper place in which to raise your
boys and q place to invite other boys.
1t is true that | am believer in tenn
perance. There is not a man here
who is not a believer in temperance,
although some look on it in differ
ent light from others. Business men
have done more for temperance than
they have for any other project which
they have attempted"
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 the other who, because he
was offered a good salary, ran a
game of chance The boy in the bank
made good, while the other failed ut
terly in life His story was an excel
lent illustration of his point relating +
to business men and their efforts to
make their city one fitted to bring
their boys up in.
AS long as liquor is sold legiti-
mately in Honolulu" continued Mr..
McCarn, the government will not in
terfere. But we must stand by our
statutes and stla'e to uphold the
spirit of Americ;llism. 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,
r. W. Breckons,. L. A. Thurston,
George Angus, D. L. ,Conkling, W. H. 1
Mcclellan and L. L. McCandless.