The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-07-30
great power for its good. -
All VIII Miss Him

great power for its good '~ !
All VIII Miss Him
81 nn.yoSeph p. Cooke had accomplished
much for Hawaii" said Judge Sanford
B. Dole, how much perhsps no one
knows. He had been commanding flo.
ure in our life for long time. The.
sugar industry. the business world, the
city and the Territory, all win miss him,
and many, are the individual citizens
who have lpst true friend.o 70,
a Kindly Man 4
~ ~ like to think Of him. said All
w. 7. Bott0mley of Bishop and Com
pany, "in his kindliness. He was a man
who accomplished much good and in
his busiest hours he still found time
for good accomplishments have come
across much that he has done, acts Of
kindness, benevolence and charity, and
it is that kindliness upon which I like
to let my mind dwell" ,.EEGgI
A Real Builder !
1.-THE sugar industry has lost a domis
mating factor in its affairs. Mr.: Cooke
had done wonders for its growth and
progress" said A.. Gartley Of c. Brew 81
or & Company. ,"He was a real buiids
or, a constructionist and cannot but be
missed" -: ,.... III
Realize Loss Sustained Il
eve cannot afford to lose many
more of our leaders" said f. A RI
Ross OF the'same firm, "and we have
none like him TO lose. The war is TAX.
ing some of our big men and death is
taking others.
GGThnsa Of -, -
ated with Mr.. Cooke know the power
which he was in the community, the in,
tluenre he exerted and realize the loss
sustained although 1t is doubtful i'll
full realization Of that loss has come. >,
One Of the aisuts 4
80 II. w. Waldron, e6mheritetI ON Ttbe9
loss the business world had sustained
and the important part which Mr.. Cooke
had played in, the building Of the sugar
industry. "He was one of the few
giants Of the business world. tower
ing figure in our business life. The !
extent and the importance of the posi-
tion he held in our life was such that
we have all of us sustained a personal
loss. He was man who would NOT
have been satisfied to die out of the
harness. -
Many Have Lost Friend
MANY are the persons in Honolulu
who have lost a trun and proved friend
in the passing of J. P. Cooke" said
Col. j. W. Jones. "r know of MANY
instances of his kindnesses, instances
where he went out of his way to be.
friend persons who were really in need !
OF the services he extended to them.
| do not mean charity, that h another
matter, but I do mean friendly acts
that sometimes saved from ruin or dis.
aster men who had no personal claim
upon him aud whom, in many instances.
he went out of his way to buoy up or
to tide over a crisis. ]. p. Cooke was
great friend to many, many people.
how many perhaps even he did not
know"
Worked For All Races
"J p. Cooke was the first supportcr
of the Pan.PaGifc movement in Ha.
wHii" said Alexander Hume Ford.
1.-THE movement was born In fact on
tire lanai of his home one evening after
dinner, some tea years ago, and he
has been loyal friend and supporter
from that day to the present. when
i'll health compelled him I'd withdraw
from all outside organizations, he mad,
a single exception and remained a di.
rector of the Pah-Pacifc' Union, which
he helped 10 organize, and only rerent
" aided in its work in material man.
nPr.
'The first courtesy received in
these Islands WAS FROM Mr.. Cooke. He
and ] and Jack London circled, The isl
and topPther and then was cementrd n
friendship between the three of us that
only death could break. J. P. Cooke
was one Of the three trustees of the
Outrigger Club. his aid making the
Of this organization posi-.
BILE, and he was always its friend, serv-
ing for some wears as a director.
"As | look back on the ten wears
have worked for this land ] love. there
is in everything that ] have worked
for that was WORTHY. the memory Of
]. p. Cooke as a friend, councillor and
advisor He was power for good, q
tive l"val friend and a man whose
friendship made one feel that in Ha.
waii were big men who were inter" sted
in all that was for the welfare Of the
community. Joseph Plat Cooke had
n wonderful power for good. end used
II 70 the best If his great ability. such
men can not be replaced in any com.
munitv, thev may serve as "V"mples
for those who come afthr. end ovrn in
? ""'he' lifN nro an inspiration to many
Of us in this" o.,
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When You Bat Too Much