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access to opportunity. That is the req son I am opposed to monopoly, not be- cause monopoly does not produce some excellent results of a kind, but it is in- tended to shut out lot of people who ought not to be shut out; and I believe that democracy is the only thing that vitalizes whole people instead of vital, izing only some of the people of the country. I am not fit to be the trustee ot prosperity for this country; neither are you: neither is any group of men fit to be the trustees for the economical guidance of this country. I believe ir the common man. believe the genius oi America to be that the common mar should be consulted as to how he is gov erned and should be given the same op- portunity with every other man under his government. I believe that that spirit is the spirit of the average busi- ness man in America, because although ii is current theory that the President ot the United States is a very much se- cluded person; a good many people talk to him, assure you, and he takes par ticular pains to know what toe people are talking about who do not talk directly to, him. Nobody who has been bred in the atmosphere of American societies from one end of this continent to the other can mistake the spirit of the aver age man, and l am for the aVerag ge man. The country consists of him. He is the backbone of the country. The man who is above the average uses him and ought to respect his tool, ought to respect his instrument, ought to respect the veins through which the very life blood of the country flows.
 BUSINESS FUTURE
 Now, with regard to the future oi puslness In this country, no man can speak With confidence because it hap pens that the distressing months since the great European war began have put America in peculiar relation to the rest or the world. It looks as if We would be the reserve force of the world in respect to financial and economic power. It looks as if in the days of re- construction and recuperation which are ahead of Europe we would have to dc many of the things, many of the most i'm portant things which hitherto have been done through European instrumentalities
 NO man can say just how these matters are gong to shape themselves, but every man can see that the opportunity of America is going to be unparalleled, and that the resources of America must be put at the service of the world as they never were put at it's services before. Therefore. 1t is imperative that no i'm pediments should be put in the way of commerce with the rest of the world. You cannot sell unless you buy. Com merce is only an exalted kind of barter. The bartering may not be direct, but
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MRS. CRAWFORD'S LUNCHEONS FOR MISS JOHNSON

Mrs. George Gordon Crawford was hostess at a delightful luncheon yes terday at 1 o'clock at her home, and the charming honoree upon this occasion was Miss Josephine Johnson. a de- butante
 A graceful arrangement of pink rose buds centered the table and dainty cards bore the following names: Miss John son, Miss Leonora Hassinger Miss Katherine Ledbetter, Miss Jean Camp bell, Miss Margaret Moore, Miss Eliza beth Wyman, Miss Dorothy Davis, Miss Elizabeth Locke and Mrs. Crawford
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MRS. LEFTWITCH IS
 CLUB HOSTESS

Mrs. Littleberry Leftwitch entertained the members of the Friday Luncheon Bridge club at her home this week and the rooms were prettily decorated with Killarney roses and ferns. Luncheon was served preceding the game and a pair of silk hose and box of crepe de chine hand kerchiefs were given as trophies of an interesting game.
 Those present were; Miss Leila Baker, Mrs. Walter Hooper Mrs. John Stone Hoskins, Mrs. DeWitte Lightner, Mrs. Robert Cannon, Mrs. Warren Lewis, Jr., Mrs, Isaac Houser, Mrs. H, M. Tender son, Mrs. Walter Ryan ana the hostess.
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MIR. AND MRS. INDUCTION
 CIJJR HOSTS

Mr. and Mrs Gordon Moughon were at home in Norwood to the members of the Friday Night Five Hundred club The house was prettily decorated for the event, and following the game and awarding of prizes a dainty buffet SUD- per was served
 Those present were: MT. and Mrs. Gregory Johnston, Mr and Mrs. Arthur Boyer, MT. and Mrs. John Wood, Mr. and Mrs. c. T. Mayfield. MT and Mrs. C. c. Blackwell and Mir. and Mrs. Moughon.
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Concerning Domestic Science


 domestic science, I take pleasure in giving
  directly or Indirectly it is an exchange of commodities and the payment of the bal ances; and, therefore, there must be nc impediments to the free flow of the cur rents of commerce back and forth be- tween the United States, upon which the world will in part depend, and the other countries which she must supply and serve. And for the first time, gentle men, it happens-I believe providentialIy that the business men of America have an instrumentality in the new banking law such as they never had before for the ebb and flow and free course of the natural processes of credit. For the first time we are not bound up in an inelastic currency. Our credit is current and that current will run through all the chan nels of commerce in every part of the world.
 A gentleman present here today told me that he had done what I trust it is not his habit to do; he said he had been looking up an old speech of mine and that when I addressed the American Bankers association in Denver some years ago I said that I had been called upon g. little while before to speak to the bankers of New York on the elas- ticity of the currency and that I had replied that I spoke upon it with the more freedom because I know nothing about it.
 CURRENCY ELASTICITY Being a professor at that time on a salary, I was not in position to know anything of the elasticity of the cur rency. hope that he is ready to be. lieve that in the time that has inter- vened l have taken pains to find out something about the elasticity of the currency; for I was an enthusiastic supporter of the bill which finally es- tab1ished the federal reserve system, and I think that I understand it. At any rate, gentlemen, testing apart, it does furnish the business men of this country with an instrument such as credit never possessed before Credit is a very spontaneous thing. Its excur. sions ought not to be personally con ducted. There have been times in this country when the expedition of credit were personally conducted I could name some of the agencies where guides were provided. But if you are starting an enterprise in one part of the country, you do not want any guides; you rather resent guidance from another part of the country. And there were times when there were limitd circles in the eastern portion of our I more about business in the other parts of the country than the people who lived in those parts of the country. I always doubted them. I now know that they did not.
 DEMOCRACY'S BEAUTY
 "The vision of a democracy that | have is this that you must not be pre- sumptious enough to determine before4 hand where the vitality is going to come from. The beauty of democracy is that you never can tell when a youngster is born what he is going to do with you, and that no matter how humbly he is born, no matter where he is born, no matter what circum- stances hamper him at the outside, he has got chance to master the minds and lead the imaginations of the whole country. That is the beauty of democ- racy, that you do not beforehand pre-
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MIR. AND MRS. LAWRENCE TO HONOR VISITOR

MT. and Mrs. Joe Lawrence will be hosts at a dinner party at the Country club this evening complimenting Miss F'lorine Hodges guest, Miss Annabelle Dowd of Charlotte, N. C., who will spend the week -end with MT. and Mrs. Lawrence.
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MRS. BLACKWELL HOSTESS TO NORWOOD CLUB

Ihe "wednesday Bridge club was de- ~ uiIy entertained this week by Mrs C. c. Blackwell at her home in Nor l, wood. The members enjoyed an inter- estlng game of bridge, for which a pair or SIX hose was given as prize and later dainty plate was served.
 Those included in the courtesy We're. Mrs. W J. Lassiter, Mrs. c. T. Mayfield Mfs. j. 5. Roberts Mrs. John Wood @ Mrs' Gregory Johnston, Mrs. Frank Wood and the hostess
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MRS. DRENNEN'S LUNCHEON
 FOR MRS. CROCK ARDS CHEST

Mrs. Felix Drennen was a charming hostess of yesterday, giving an informal buffet luncheon at her nome on Waucoma street complimentary to Mrs. Mary Men del of Wheeling, w. Va, who is visiting Mrs. Frank Crockard
 In the dining room. where 20 guests en- joyed a delicious luncheon, the table was centered with a basket of narcessi and coffee was poured by Mrs Alfred Levert,
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k. M. T. CLUB SENDS OUT
 CARDS FOR HOLIDAY DANCE

The following interesting invitations have been issued:
 khe R. M. T. requests the honor of your presence at their sixth annual ball Monday evening, December 27 1915. at o'clock, Country club.
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MIR. AND MRS. PASSENGER SEND OUT CARDS

me Following cards have been sent out:
 MT. and Mrs. William Henry Hassing- er' CT MISS Hassinger, will be at home on | luesuay evening, December 2S. at 9 1 o'clock. Country club Please reply. ,,
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MISS WEISEL TO HONOR
 MISS MARY CAMERON

Miss Mary Weisel will entertain q few friends informally this afternoon at 4 o'clock at her home to compliment Miss Mary Cameron, a bride-eIect.
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This was one of the most thoroughly delightful and enjoyable events of the present week.
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| Miss Annabelle Dowd of Charlotte. N | C., will spend the weekend with MT. and Mrs Joe Lawrence and after Monday will be the guest of Miss F'lorine Hodges 1 Mrs. Mary Ware of sewanee is the guest of Mrs Prestly Toulmin MT. George Eustis will arrive De- l cember 20 from V. M l. to spend the holidays with his parents, MT and Mrs. George Eustis
 Mrs. N. H. Burt has returned to Gads- den after visit to her daughter, Mrs The many friends of Mrs. Orline Ar hold Shipman will regret to hear that she is ill at the home of her sister, Mrs. J. L. Drennen, on Chestnut Hill.
 MT. William Shackleford will return from V. M. l. to spend the holidays with his parents, MT. and Mrs. w. c.
 MT. George Morris will come up from Auburn to be with his parents, MT. and Mrs. J. M. Cartwright, for the holidays.
 
 Mrs John Minge and children, who have spent the past two months at Faunsdale, have returned to their home in Birmingham.
 Mrs J. F. Hooper has returned to her home in Mobile after having been the guest of friends in this city for several days.
 Miss Madeline Jacobs will return from Ward Belmont to spend the holidays with her parents, MT. and Mrs. Solon Jacobs
 Miss Nell Mckinnon, who has been wis., iting Mrs. Sidney Lee, has returned to her home in Selma.
 MT. and Mrs. Milton H. Smith of Louis- vile, Ky, will arrive Monday to be guests of Mrs. George Ward for the Fai- son-Cameron wedding.
 Mrs. Wilbur Smith has returned from Decatur, where she was the guest of her parents, MT. and Mrs. R, G. Cortner
 MT. and Mrs. J. s. Pervear have come from New Orleans and have taken an apartment at the Ridgely for the winter.
 Miss Hallie Porter will come from Ran dolphMacon on the 20th of this month to spend the holidays at home.
 Miss Marguerite Lewis, who is a student at Sweetbriar, will spend the holidays with her parents, MT. and Mrs. R. C.. Lewis, on Crescent avenue. Miss Agnes Taylor, who has been the guest of relatives in this city, has re- turned to her home in Gadsden. SF Mir. and Mrs. Harold Ames of Gads- den are the guests of Mr. w. E. Mitchell. Miss Frances Adele Woodrow will come from Randolph-Maco on the 20th of this month to spend Christmas with her pa rents.
 Miss Miriam Smyer, who is spending this winter at Boucher college in Balti- more, will be with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Smyer, for the holidays Miss Leoa Nance, who has been the guest of Mrs. H. N. Morsheimer on Louise street, will spend next week with Miss Katherine Ledbetter.
 Miss Mary Chambliss Dryer, who is tanburg, s. C., will spend the holidays with her parents, Mir and Mrs. P. L. Dryer
 Mrs. Annie Donovan is visiting rela- tives in New York. Mrs. J. W. Hardie and son, welborn, are visiting her cousin, Mrs. Luther Max well, and other friends in Tuscaloos
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running politics upon the basis of or ganization rather than upon the basis of statesmanship and achievement. Or ganization is necessary to politics and 1t is necessary to business, but the ob- Ject of organization ought not to be exclusion: it ought to be efficiency The only legitimate object of organization Is efficiency. It can never be legiti- mate when it is intended for hostile competitive purposes. l have never entertained the slightest jealousy of these processes of organization which led to great and greater competency, but l have always been jealous of those processes of organization which were intended in the spirit of exclusion and monopoly. Because the spirit of exclu- sion and monopoly is not the Amer ican spirit The American spirit is a spirit of opportunity and of equal op- portunity and of admitting every man to the race who can stand the pace So 1 say that we have reason to look back upon the past of American busi- ness with some dissatisfaction but |, for my part, look forward to the fu- ture Of American business with the greatest confidence
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VIEWPOINT ALTERED


 American business has altered it's point of view and in proportion as 1t has altered it's point of view it has gained in power and in momentum have sometimes heard ,exhortations to the effect that politics ought not to be injected into business. It is just as important that you should not in Ject business into politics, because so far as the business of this country is concerned there ought not to be any politics.
 T, gentlemen, am a democrat, as you probably have heard, and I am mil 1tant democrat, but it is because I be- lieve that the principles of democracy will be of more service to the coun- try than any other kind of principles. Not because I believe democrats are better than republicans; it Is because think republicans are mistaken and democrats right, and I hope and be- lieve that I hold that conviction in no narrow, partisan spirit. find that am one of the few men of my ac- quaintance who absolutely believe ev- cry word, for example, of the Virginia bill of rights. Most men use Shem for Fourth of July purposes and use them very handsomely. but I stand before you and tell you that believe them. For example, the Virginia bill of rights T cite that because it was one of the first bills of rights; the others were largely modelled upon it or run along the same lines-the Virginia bill Of rights says that when government proves unsuitable to the life of the people under it q am not quoting the language. but the meaning) they have @ right to alter or abolish it in any way that they please. When things were perhaps more debatable than they are now about our immediate neighbor to the south of us, I do not know how many men came to me and suggested that the government of Mexico should he altered as we thought that 1t ought to be altered, but being a subscriber to the doctrine of the Virginia bill of rights could not agree with him. The Mexicans may not know what to do with their government, but that is none of our business; and so long as I have the power to prevent it, nobody shall butt in to alter it for them. BILL OF RIGHTS
 That is what I mean by being q democrat built on the original plan of the bill of rights
 Now those bills of rights say some things that are very pertinent to bus- ness They assert the absolute equality of right on the part of individuals to
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MT. George Eustis will arrive De- cember 20 from V. M. I. to spend the holidays with his parents MT and Mrs. George Eustis.
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Mrs. N. H. Burt has returned to Gads- den after visit to her daughter, Mrs Hal S. Dumas.
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RANDOM NOTES

Miss Annabelle Dowd of Charlotte, N. C., will spend the weekend with MT. and Mrs. Joe Lawrence and after Monday will be the guest of Miss Florine Hodges
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-11

MT. and Mrs. Milton H. Smith of Lous- ville, Ky, will arrive Monday to be guests of Mrs. George Ward for the Fai- Cameron wedding.
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Mrs. Mary Ware of Sewanee is the guest of Mrs. Priestly Toulmin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-11

The many friends of Mrs Orline Ar hold Shipman will regret to hear that she is ill at the home of her sister Mrs. J. l.. Drennen, on Chestnut Hill
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MT. William Shackleford will return from V. M l. to spend the holidays with his parents, MT. and Mrs. w. c. Shackleford.
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Mrs. J. F. Hooper has returned to her home in Mobile after having been the guest of friends in this city for several days
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Miss Nell Mckinnon, who has been wis., itfng Mrs. Sidney Lee, has returned to her home in Selma.
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Mrs. Wilbur Smith has returned from Decatur, where she was the guest of her parents, MT. and Mrs. R. G. Cortner
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Miss Madeline Jacobs will return from Ward Belmont to spend the holidays with her parents, MT. and Mrs. Solon Jacobs
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SOCIETY AND HOME TOPICS FOR WOMEN



  MT andN Other Affairs of YeserdayRandom Notes ESREy
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Mrs. John Minge and children who Fave spent the past two months at Faunsdale, have returned to their home in Birmingham.
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MT George Morris will come up from Auburn to be with his parents, MT. and Mrs. J. M Cartwright, for the holidays
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-30
DATE
FOR RECEIPT OF
SEWERPUMP BIDS

Postponement of the opening Of
bids from December z to December
% on the new pump and equipment
at the Kakaako sewer station was de-
cided upon at meeting of the Oahu
loan fund commission held at l o'clock
today in the Office of Mayor
Lane at the city hall. This additional
length of time was granted at the
request of several bidders here who
have stated that the time named does
not give them sufficient opportunity
to secure data from their manufac-
4turers.
Action was deferred on letter
from G.. K. Harrison, federal hydro.
grapher, who asked that an fnstru-
ment for reading water flows be In
stalled by the commission in the vic
Unity of the Luakaha weir, Nuuanu
valley!
Immediately following the meeting
the members left in automobiles for
an inspection of the proposed loca-
tons for new sewer improvements and
extensions.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-30
JAPANESE Plan
MASS MEETING
. and PROTESTS
Association Officers Decide Al
legged Lack of Police Pro-
lection is unbearable

Driven to desperation by the alleg-
ed indifference and neglect of the
Honolulu police and detective forces,
Honolulu's large Japanese population
will hold mass meeting before Sat
urday of this week and determine up
on some drastic course Of action
which will protect them from contin-
ual assaults, holdups and robberies.
This course was definitely decided
upon last evening at an executive
session of nine of the directors OF the
Japanese Association of Hawaii, held
at the Central Japanese Institute on
Nuuanu street. At the meeting last
night nearly two score definite COM
plants against the police were taken
up and discussed. and as result two
courses of action viii be suggeted at
the mass meeting, either or both of
which may be adopted.
The plan most generally favored Is
for the Japanese Of the city to raise
"a large fund by voluntary contribu-
tions from people of their own race
a fund which will be kept alive by
stipulated monthly contributions-and
use 1t for the employment and equip
ment Of an armed Japanese police
force to guard the Japanese sections
of the city.
A second plan is to form a volun-
teer Japanese police force, and If pos
sible to effect some working arrange
ment whereby the volunteers can
work under the direction and partial
control of Sheriff Rose and his depu-
ties, and in addition to offer a series
of large rewards for the capture Of
any of the desperadoes who have been
terrorizing the Japanese of Honolulu
Night after night, say the complain.
ants, masked robbers hold up Japan
csc, or enter their homes and rob
them. The police give no protection,
and even when frantic calls for aid
are telephoned In to the station, the
officers tell them to "Come around
and report in the morning" they
claim.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-30
ENGLANDWILL RECOGNIZE YUAN
FCHLNA Will AID big WAR

8. From the entrance of China into
a war with Germany, China win be
released from paying the present loan
to Germany. England will recognize
Yuan Shih-Rai before the treaty is
signed. ~. IL. =.
4. Neither China nor England will
agree to sign treaty of peace with
Germany without the other nations
consent. ~. r. e.
5. The British government agrees to
send feet to the coast Of China to
protect that country from naval raids
by the warning powers. England will
assure China that no warning fleet will
appear in the seas of China. " ~
6. The Chinese government is to
supply the. requirements or the army
and navy. China will agree to send
troops to the front after the signing
of the treaty. ~. ..... :.
When the articles were announced
today the wires were kept hot between
PekiH and Shanghai, and leaders of
the monarchical party agreed to sub
scribe to the first FIVE articles. The
National party members stated that
they did not favor treaty in any
form, and were much opposed to the
plan. One of the leaders of the Ma
tional party, on hearing the an
nouncement, stated that Yuan Shin
Kai was selling China for a .kingly
crown.
Foreigners in China have opposed
the signing OF the treaty as it would
endanger business interests there
Prominent japanese in Pekin were OPP
posed to the signing of the six arti-
cles. stating that it would give Eng
land the upper hand In Chinese af-
fairs. Many Chinese believe that with
the present trouble in China, the ma
ton cannot afford to enter into any
agreement with a foreign power A
hot fight is expected before the treaty
is signed.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-30
Uncle SAM Will
PROBE ring OF
DOPE DEALERS
Federal Investigation to Follow
Issuing of Warrants for
Three Ex-Soldiers
As the first sten in an extensiye fed.

As the first step in an extensive fed
eral Investigation of the drug ring,
warrants were issued this afternoon
by the clerk OF the United States court
for Edward r. Jones, A. Clifford, A.
Williams and r. Page, all ex-soldiers
connected with the theft of AZ bottles
Of morphine, heroin and cocaine from
the hospital warehouse at Sclofield
Barracks en- the night Of November is.
The men are already in the city jail,
where they were placed last week af-
ter their arrest by Detective McDuffie
on complaint Of Capt Samuel 8.
Creighton, Medical Corps, Schofield
Barracks.
Jones has confessed that he broke
into the hospital warehouse and stole
the drugs, and Clifford has confessed
that he received the goods. Jones is
charged in the federal warrants with
burglary and Clifford with receiving
stolen goods and acting as an accom-.
plice. Williams and Page are charged
with dispensing the drugs
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Loves
Bakery


Transit & Land Company today BEGAN
a cross-examination OF Giles II. Gere,
superintendent OF the Bishop Estate.
who testified yesterday as witness
for the territory. The examination
was largely an inquiry about the meth
DDS and authorities used by Mr.. Gere
in arriving at the figures which, in
his estimation. show the rate at which
the various units Of the Rapid Transit
plant have deprecated since their IN
stallation. Further examination OF
Mr.. Gere was to be had this after
noon.