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TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-11-16
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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-24
EMPLOYMENT in
Hawaii REGULAR
ALL YEAR round
Federal Investigator in Report
Points to Favorable
Conditions .

1.-THE following statement Is from
the report of the United States Com
missioner Of Labor Statistics, Or
Royal Meeker, presented to the 64th
Congress, as the result of Or. Meeker's
visit and Investigations here. The
conditions he found are essentially
such as, obtain today. II will be motto.
ed that he emphasizes the opportunity
for steady employment in Hawaiian
pIantations.] ~
No forced unemployment occurs in
Hawaii, as in most other sugar coun'
tries, to affect the regularity of lab
crers. The custom of retaining the
whole plantation force throughout the
year has been continued since the days
of indentured labor, when such a po-
Icy was compulsory. Although the
practise of thus boiling workers when
their labor is not absolutely needed
makes the cost of producing sugar
more in Hawaii than it otherwise
would be, and higher than in countries
having a flexible labor supply, under
existing conditions it is not likely to
be changed. The only departure from
this custom occurred year ago, when
the price of sugar was very low. One
plantation then inaugurated the plan
of laying off its surplus hands a few
days each week and paying them a
sum sufficient for their subsistence
during the time they were thus neces-
sarily idle. The company saved about
$1,000 a week in this way, but its eX-
ample was not followed by other man
ayers. However, one other plantation
sometimes advances the means of sub
sistenee to men and families whom it
desires to retain in the neighborhood
pending the conclusion Of contracts
with them for planting cane.
The real variation in the plantation
labor force from month to month is
less than per cent. In 1914 the mini
mum number on the pay roll of plan
tations reporting to the Hawaiian
Planters Association was 44,117 I'M
November and the maximum number
was 46,663 in July. But more than
1000 Of the additional July employees
were school children, who usually work
only a few days month, and 300I
were women, who are also less reg
ular laborers than men. Moreover, |
during the grinding season plantation
pay rolls are padded by the duplica-
ton of hands who shift from contract
to day labor and the reverse as old
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-24
ADMINISTRATOR
AIRED WITH
OTHER Countries
Contrast With Other Cane Proc
ducing Lands is Brought
Out

FIN July, 1915, detailed study Of The
Hawaiian sugar industry was begun
by group Of federal experts headed
by Frank ]. Sheridan, special agent Of
the bureau Of foreign and domestic
commerce, assisted BY other agents
of the bureau. The report Of the fed
eraI board was made last March and
In printed form has just reached Ha-
wall. IN their report these agents
confirm to 4 substantial degree the
figures complied by local plantations
as to wages, bonus payments, costs Of
production, etc. The following state
rnent and accompanying tables bring
out graphically the more regular en-
.pIoynnent OF Hawaiian plantation Ia.
Dor, showing that there Is no such
long idle period here as IN other cane
producing countries.l
Over 81 per cent of the field hands
engaged in the production Of sugar
cane In the Hawaiian Island are OF the
Japanese, Chinese, Korean and Fill
Pine races. Native Hawaiians furnish
Q per cent, Porto Ricans per cent,
while Portuguese, Spaniards, Russians
and Americans aggregate Il per cent.
Women and children, who are em-
ployed as field hands, are 81 per cent
of the total.
In Cuba about 81 per cent Of the
agricultural workers are native white
Is per cent are foreign white and
about 80 per cent are black, mixed. or
yellow. Women and children field
workers are over per cent Of the
total. In Louisiana field hands, with
few exceptions, are OF the negro race
and q per cent of them are women
and children.
In Porto Rico sos per cent Of tina
field hands are native or foreign
white (including those Of Indian and
white origin and 49.4 per cent negro
or mulatto.
The wage tables show mat the daily
average rate of wages Of field hands
engaged in the planting and cultiva.
ton of cane was highest in Cuba, be-
Ing S1.26 per day. The average IN Har
wall was 81 cents per day; in Louisi.
ana it was Is cents per day, and In
Porto Rico it was SO cents per day.
For cane cutting the average daily
rate in Cuba was highest at $3.50 and
lowest in Porto Rico at an average
Of 10 cents per day. In Louisiana il
was $1.21 and in Hawaii $1.04
In the hauling of cane the average
a
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-24

plantation laborers will be discussed
by them as fast as they receive it
and, through the various channels,
will quickly go back to its original
localities.
The Japanese in plantations at pres.
ent owe the merchants more than they
did last year, as their living expenses
have advanced over and over again.
"A big portion of the Japanese boz
nus will, therefore, find quickly its
way to tie retail merchants and then
to the wholesale merchants. The
wholesale merchants viii in turn
transfer it to the banks in settlement
of their own accounts.
at may therefore, be certain that
the local bank deposits will be gen.
orally increased. by them and neces.
sary home remittances win be made
to support their families and relatives
in Janan."
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-24

contracts are closed and new ones be.
gun.
But while there is little forced I'M
employment in the sense that en-
ployes cannot have work if they want
it, the men themselves claim that
they cannot labor continuously at ar
dous field tasks without taking more
than their Sunday leisure to recuper-
ate. Naturally this depends upon the
health and physical stamina Of the in
dividual, but in practise few ordinary
laborers work the full month of 26
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-24

High wages and considerable
treatment have built up for Pion.
eer Mill Company Of Maui a body
Of employees as contented and
cheerful as the proverbiaI "happy
family" Herewith are seen some.
photos showing Lahaina eondi-
tons. Left above-New hospital
of Pioneer Mill Company, a mod
ern structure with every conven.
fence. Right aboVe-TyPe of
homes furnished skilled employees
at this plantation. Left below
Lahaina courthouse, on site Of old
Hawaiian fort. Center-Photo
taken shortly before conpietion-of
additional power house, now a
valuable asset. Right below
Home of Manager L. Weinzhein1.
er. Center befow-Pretty Homes
Of plantation Iaborers.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-24
JAP ANESE BANK
MANAGER SAYS .
MONEY REMAINS

Bonus money paid plantation Ia
borers finds its way back into the
hands of the local and retail mer-
chants in the opinion of S. Awoki,
local manager of the Yokohama Specie
Bank, who says:
Gas my experience indicates, it is
perfectly true that the proceeds OF
the bonus on the part of the Japanese
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-24

days. A computation made by the Ha.
waiian Planters Association at the be-
ginning of the present year showed
that the Japanese on plantations work
upon an average 21.9 days a month, or
"a per cent of full time, and Filipinos
work 18 days month, or SO per cent
of full time. Europeans are more
regular workers than the Japanese,
but smaller proportion of them are
engaged in arduous form O.. labor
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-24

Men with families are steadier work.
ers than single men, which indicates
that physical reasons alone do not
occasion irregularity. The influence
of family responsibility helps to &C
count for the better showing of the
Japanese as compared with the Fill
pinos, for many of the former are
married, while the latter are mostly
young single men and youths. -.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-24

CONTINUED on page I'D
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-11-22
Increasing the Vocabulary.

When you read book and come to
D new word, do you pass it by or turn
b the dictionary to learn its meaning?
An extensive vocabulary is one Of
the best indications Of education and
culture, and careful reading is one of
The most effective ways Of adding new
words. The use of the dictionary
ehould not be regarded as a task, but
AS q pleasure to be resorted to upon
Dvery convenient occasion. Some peo-
pie make daily study Of the words.
The ordinary individual Of fair edu-
cation, we are told, controls from 5000
10 5000 words. A modern encyclo-
pedia says that this estimate is too
high, even in America. An English
earm hand, it says, has a vocabulary
limited to 300 words. A distinguished
American educator believes that a
well-educated citizen Of this country
can control from 10000 to $4,000. The
best English writer's do not employ an
extended vocabulary, preferring to ap-
peal, as nearly as possible, to all
classes Of readerS.-COlumbus Dis
patch.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-11-22
SAM HARRIS MADE
DASH FOR LIBERTY
Man Charged With Theft of Valuable
Coat Got Away from Court Bail
III But Was Recaptured.

Sam Harris, who is charged with
stealing $275 seal coat from the Fair
store, escaped from Jos. Hunt, a dis
trict court bailiff, at nine o'clock
Tuesday morning, just as he was be.
ing returned to the Jail from the
court room where he had been ar
r1igned. He dashed away from Mr..
Hunt, who was in the act of OPEN
ing the door to the Jail, and running
north i0mped over the court horse
ftHcc and took refuge in the Porrrs
niihhcr yard. Here he Law until 4.30
in the afternoon, when he stole away
from his hiding place, and darted
across the road, hiding himself in
some hay in a barn at the rear of the
West hotel. A woman saw him run
ming and altho she had not learned
that the man had escaped, she real
,zed that his appearance was suspic-
ious and she notified the sheriff. Mr.
Nedre'oe and B. j. Anderson, his dep
uty, Visited the barn and saw Harris
feet sticking out from under the hay.
The man was taken back to jail.
Mr.. Hunt was without a gun when
Harris made his dash for liberty but
says that he usually carries one when
on duty. He followed Harris to the
lumber yard but the man managed to
secrete himself so well among the piles
of lumber that officers could not find
hi"1, altho they spent hours looking
about the place.
Harris was arrested with his pal,
Zen Stone, after they had taken the
coat and expressed it to young wo-
man in Superior, Wis.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-11-22
LATE WAR NEWS

The famous Hindenburg line has
been broken to a five-mile depth along
a 32-mie front by the British forces
under General Haig. The British sur
prised the Teutons by making their
drive without previous preparation.
The British tanks preceded the infan-
try, breaking down the wire defenses.
About 5000 German prisoners were
captured and many killed.
In Russia, the situation is still in
doubt and the United States has held
up provisions for Russia until the af-
fairs are in more settled condition.
The Bolsheviki seem to be in control
in Petrograd and Moscow but they
cannot agree among themselves and
the feeling is setting in against them.
Kerensky has been defeated but he is
back with an army and no one knows
just what his strength is. The situa-
ton may clear up in Russia somewhat
after the constitutional convention is
held. 1t is reported that the Kaiser
refuses to treat with the Bolsheviki
concerning peace terms until after the
convention is held.
In Italy the German-Austrian army
has been checked temporarily at least.
Several thousand Austrians crossed
the Pave river and advanced towards
the Italians with their hands up as if
to surrender, but the Italians saw ma
chine guns coming behind them and
moved the Austrians down, attacking
many with bayonets and forcing 9TH
CTS into the river where they were
drowned. The Austrians attempted to
cross the river in boats but the Ital-
ians waited until they were in mid
stream and then shot them with ma
chine guns. The Germans have NOV
ed vast forces from the Russian line
to the Italian line and are now pre-
pairing for another great attack.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-11-22
FIVE YOUNG MEN TRIED
FOR WHITE SLAVERY
Sons of Prominent Grand Forks Citi-
zens Being Tried Before Judge Am
idon for Offense Against Lari-
more Girl.

The governments white slave case
against Roy Spriggs, VIM. Hogg, Paul
Williams, Eugene Coulter and Clifton
Bridgeman, charged with white slav-
cry, has gone to the jury and at this
writing the jury, after being out nine
hours, has not reported. The young
men, all prominent citizens Of Grand
Forks, are charged with taking a re-
spectacle young woman from Lari-
more from Grand Forks to Crookston,
in an automobile one night, and then
on the way home, making her get OUT
of the car along the roadside and sub
nit to their wishes, one after the
other.
In case the jury should disagree or
find the young men not guilty of the
crime, they will be arrested and taken
to Crookston to be tried for rape.
A number of Larimore women tes-
titled at the trial as to the good char
acter of the young woman. The de-
tense brot forth a witness, a young
woman who works in hotel, to show
that the actions of the victim had not
always been discreet.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-11-22
ONLY 1000 POUNDS OF COAL
CAN BE SOLD FOR HOUSE,
HOLD PURPOSES SAYS BAKER

Bismarck, N. D., Nov. 21.-Efective
tonight, by order of Fuel Admins
traitor Baker, not more than one thous-
and pounds of anthracite, bituminous,
coke or briquettes may be sold for
household purposes to any purchaser
at one time and the quantity of fuel
of any kind to be accumulated for any
purpose is restricted to the usual re-
quirements for period Of two months.
All purchasers, except jobbers and
retailers, are required to make appli-
cation in writing, setting forth the
quantity of fuel on hand and the
amount consumed monthly.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-11-22
WHICH WAY ARE YOU FACING?
Gan You Distinguish Between the
Grand or Commonplace, the No.
bic or Contemplate?

AT q popular seaside resort two
rows of seats stood back to back. One
OF these faced the ocean. A silver
moon threw luminous path across
the water, and touched with strange
radiance the breakers as they broke
IN foam on the sand. A red signal
Aght In the distance blinked its warn
Ing. Overhead the stars looked down
silently. Seated there one forgot the
the noisy jostle of the busy world, and
telt Hfe's beauty and majesty.
The adjacent seats faced in the op-
posite direction. The occupants looked
on merry-go-round and screen on
which moving pictures We're being
thrown. This bench was crowded. The
young people who sat there saw many
colored electric lights, In place Of the
moon and the stars, and listened to
the boisterous music Of steam piano,
rather than to the laundering melody
pf the waves. They laughed over the
fantastic pictures on the screen, I'M
mindful Of the sublime scene over their
shoulders.
These young people, 80 close that
their garments touched, carried very
different Impressions away from their
evening. They had been together, but
fhey had been facing different ways.
Some had seen the petty and belittling,
others had looked on the majestic and
uplifting and beautiful; and the life
of neither could be quite the same
after that evening.
The seaside episode has its counter
part in everyday life. We can see the
grand or the commonplace, the noble
or the contemplate, the uplifting or
the degrading. Which way are we
facing?-Girls' Companion.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-11-22
Scene or ROMANCE
Gatchina Palace Built BY Cath
crime II. for Gregory 0rIotf.
Former Grand Duke Michael and Pau
Alexandrovitch Held There After
Discovery of Counter Revolt.

Gatchina, where the former Russian
Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitct
and Paul AleXandrovitch were hello
Following the discovery of a counter
revolutionary plot, is described in the
war geography bulletin, issued by the
National Geographic society, as fol.
lows:
Built upon flat, marshy lands on
the shores of two small lakes-the
White and the Black-the attractive
town of Gatchina lies, 20 miles south
OF PetrOgrad. Its resident population
numbers between $1,000 and $4,000,
but in peace times it is popular sum.
mer resort for the wealthy classes of
the capital,
"Gatchina's only claim to industrial
distinction is porcelain factory, but
Its place in the sun of history is as.
sured by the magnificent imperial pal.
ace with its 600 rooms, surrounded by
q beautiful park, a quarter of mile
from the Baltic railroad station Of
the town.
MANY Americans have visited this
palace, which under the old regime
was open to visitors during the alb
sence Of the dowager empress, who
made it her residence.
1.-THE erection Of the palace, which
dates from ITO, recalls one Of the
most dramatic periods in the history
OF any European royal family. 1t was
built by Catherine II. as present to
Gregory Orloff, the young artillery Off
Ger who caught the fancy of the flu
ture famous empress while she was
still merely the consort of the half
imbecile Peter III. 1t was Gregory
Orloff, aided by his two brothers, who
effected the sensational coup d'etat of
July, 1852, in which Peter was seized
and spirited away to the chateau of
Ropsha, where he was eventually muir.
dered. Thus Catherine H. acquired
supreme power upon the throne.
'"rhe grateful and infatuated Cath.
crime rewarded Orloff not only with
the palace Of CATCHING, but with the
title Of count, a commission as adju.
tunt-general, then directOr-general and
finally general-in-chie of the Russian
forces. He might even have sue
ceeded in marrying the great states.
woman had it not been for the inter.
ference of Panin, the governor and
tutor of Paul, GATHERINGS son.
"When he assembled the throne upon
6n ~, of Il; no
the Gatchina palace as his favorite
summer residence and bestowed upon
the town municipal rights in 1897.
"The palace is q three-storied struc.
ture with one-story wings connected
with the main building by long colon
nades. It contains famous art gal
lery, theater and three throne
rooms.
Gregory Orloff did not bring his
days to a close in Gatchina. Upon
his return to the capital after an I'M
successful diplomatic mission he
found new favorite installed in the
winter palace. Subsequently he lost
his mind and died in Moscow. His
brother, Alexis, the actual slayer Of
Peter Ill.,, became a horse breeder
near Moscow after winning honors IN
the war against the Turks. he left
an immense estate valued at 5,0OO,OO0
rubles and 10000 serfs.'
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-11-22
Mamma Not Asleep.

The maid was dressing four-year-Old
Bobby. His mother was resting in an
adjoining room. When she overheard
her small boy say naughty word, she
called in severe tones Bobby, what
do you say?" Quick as flash he re-
piled, "You are supposed to be sleep
ing, mamma"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-11-22
SCENES ON THE BATTLEFlELDS OF FRANCE

At the left is 4 group Of French SOL
dlers ready to fire on the retreating
Germans with machine gun cap
tured from the Boches. The pho
tograph was taken on the summit Of
Dead Man HILL the scene of many a
bloody conflict before the French final
ly wrested it from the possession Of
the enemy. Below are German prison.
ers of war scraping from their clothing
the mud of the trenches and shell
holes. The one at the right Is wear
ing q suit Of the latest body armOr de-
vised by the German war office. 1t
protects the wearer from bullets to
some extent, but slows him up greatly
In 4 charge.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-11-22
Fargo Girls Neck Broken.

Mrs. Ernest Tullis, aged 81 years, a
stenographer employed by the Stone
Piano Co., at Fargo, fell down an ell
evator shaft and was instantly killed.
It is believed that the safety gate au-
tomatically fell, knocking her down
the shaft. Her skull was fractured
and her neck broken. She was former
ly Miss Margaret Foss and was mar
ried at Crookston in February.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-11-22

and arm. Bruce was born in Minot,
June Is, 1895. He was the son of VIM.
Hope, one of Minot's early citizens.
Mr.. Hope erected the building occu-
pied by Jos. w. Rowan, South Main
street, and the building occupied ~
the Citizens Bank. He operated a
hardware store in this city and was
one Of our early postmasters. The
parents of the young man live at Ed
son, Alberta.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-11-22
What the Hawthorn SAYS.

There is road from the eye to the
heart that does not go straight through
the intellect. Men never dispute that
the hawthorn says the brightest and
wittiest thing about the spring-E1'
change.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-11-22
RUSSELL IS NOT OPTIMISTIC.

Charles Edward Russell, speaking
in Fargo, declared that Italy is out of
the war for good. The 100000 troops
lost ~ her were the flower OF her
army Those left are only her second
line, he declares. Germany now has
the back door open to France, he de-
cla,es, and the Teutonic advance must
be stopped or France will be crushed.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-11-22
Value Of Forests.

It has been estimated that if the for
ests of the earth were completely
stocked and scientifically worked they
would yield annually the full equiva'
lent to 100 times the present consump'
ton of coal.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-11-22
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT
FAVORS ARMISTICE

Petrograd, Wednesday-The Rus
sian government yesterday ordered
General Dukhomin, commanderin-
chief of the Russian armies, to open
negotiations for an armistice with the
commanders of the enemy armies.
The proposal to negotiate peace was
officially conveyed to the ambassadors
Of the allied nations at Petrograd.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-11-22
His Only Solution.

Richard was playing with a toy ma
chine. His mother heard an unusual
commotion and hurried to the room.
On entering she found poor Pete, his
doll, with broken head. In reply to
her questions as to what had happened
to Pete, Richard only shook his head
and mumbled each time: Richie, ruff
nook - = ~ u = -
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-11-22

Former Minot Boy Killed in France.
William Bruce Hope, former Mi
not boy, was killed while fighting with
an Alberta regiment in France. He
was wounded in the head, thigh, hand
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-11-22

Then ENGLAND will be surrounded OH
her island home and it will be up to
the United States to do the tricl;
alone. This is something for America
to think about.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-11-22

Fargo BARRIERS have increased the
price Of shaves to 20 cents and hair
cats to 40 cents.