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THE GARDEN ISLAND TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1914
THE GARDEN ISLAND
TUESDAY VV.tt. 3rd, 1914
Issued-Kvery Tuesday.
Entered at the post office at
.Lihue, Kauai, as second-class
matter.
Subscription Rati-s $2.50 Per
Year, $1.50 for six months
IN ADVANCE
Advertising Rates, 75 Cents
An Inch Per Month.
L. D Ti.mmons
K. C. Hoiter
Editor
Manager
The Chamber of Commerce
Is it not easily possible that the
Kauai Chamber of Commerce has
failed to gain ground as rapidly as
it might on account of the infre
quency of its sessions? To keep up
enthusiasm in, and promote the
effectiveness of, such bodies as
Chambers of Commerce and Mer
chants' Associations, it has been
found necessary, in other com
munities, to maintain a degree of
activity constantly. This cannot
be left entirely to committees; for
the secret of success of the organi
zation lies in a steady glow of en
thusiasm throughout the entire
membership. And that interest can
only be attained, in a desirable
ratio, by the frequent touching
of shoulders, as it were, by and of
the members themselves.
There are no two ways about
this. At first an organization of
the character of the Chamber
of Commerce may start out with a
big whoop, a brass band and a big
and enthusiastic membership
roll. Everybody predicts a brilliant
future for it. But when it begins
on a program of occasional" meet
ings, leaving such routine as may
come up to the judgment of com
mittees (however good those com
mittees) it right then and there
transfers its sun from the brilliant
orient sky to the western horizon
Unconsciously, imperceptably , the
work and value of the organiza
lion will lessen under such cir
cumstances, until finally its influ
ence and effectiveness in the com
inunity are nil.
.Let the Chamber of Commerce
hold its regular sessions as now
provided for in its rules, in Lihue.
In the meanwhile, let it be known
that invitations for intermediate
meetings, once each odd month (to
take partly the natureof "social ses
sions"), will be in order from War
mea, Koloa, Ilanaki, Kapaax, Ele
ele and other places, the dates of
such outside sessions to be fixed
by the executive committee. A
program for monthly meetings for
a whole year in advance might
easily be made in this way.
The effect of this arrangement
would be to bring the Chamber of
Commerce directly to the atten
tion of the people residing in the
different communities of Kauai,
and to distribute enthusiasm in re
gard to it all over. And as enthu
siasm begets enthusiasm, and re
bounds and enthuses the enthuser,
the effect upon the original mem
bers of the Chamber would be all
to the good. On the other hand,
unless something of that sort is
done (however distasteful the idea
may be), history will repeat itself
for the millionth time in similar
cases, and the organization will
eventually (although may be not
soon) literally go to seed.
Mr. Wm. G Irwin
Although not a resident of Ha
waii tor some years, Wm. Q.
Irwin, who died in San Francisco
last Wednesday had the right, by
virtue f interests here, to be still
considered an Island man. Some of
his best friends are in the group
not a few being here on Kauai.
By those who knew him best, the
death of Mr. Irwin will be sincere
ly regretted.
In business, Mr. Irwin was a
pupil iif the late Clans Spreckcls.
and was probably one of the best
friends the Sugar King ever had.
He began his carter in Honolulu
as desk clerk on a small salary,
from which he advanced rapidly
to position after position of res
ponsibility. Mr. Spreckels said
many years ago that he intended
to make a millionaire of W. O.
Irwin; and his influence probably
had much to do with bringing that
state of affairs about.
Mr. 1 1 win developed into a
business man of considerable fore
sight, but, most of all, possessed
in a marked degree that faculty
of accumulating wealth tube noted
in financial leaders of the world
at this day. His bull-dog lenacity
in business elicited the admiration
of friends and caused no little
worry, betimes, to his competitors
Room Badly Needed.
A most unfortunate state o f
affairs, in the matter of room, ex
ists in the school house at Koloa
The school there long ago outgrew
its home, and for quite a time the
rooms have been too small for the
comfort of the classes. Matters
now, however, are even worse; for
the rooms are no longtr able to
hold the crowds of children, and a
class is bunched on the out
side. During the wet, cold spell
through which the island has just
passed, conditions in the school
were exceedingly bad, and another
such weather visitation is appre
hended bv the teachers with dread.
It would probably not cost a
large sum to supply housing faci
lities adequate to requirements for
some time to come. Of course,
everybody knows that the Super
visors are hard pressed for the
wherewithal to meet necessary ex
penses for the present, but it is to
be hoped that enough m a y be
spared to meet this small but pres
sing requirement.
Very Poor Economy
Territorial Treasurer Conk
ling has announced his intention
of "economizing" by slashing off
from $250,000 to $600,000 of the
money appropriated for carrying
on the work of the departments.
As seems to be a sort of habit in
the Islands, he starts out by pro
posing a big cut in the appropria
tion for public schools. This is just
the opposite to wdiat should be
done. The schools (particularly
those in the country districts) are
now down to bone and marrow,
and to submit them to a policy of
further economy would be extreme
ly unfortunate. It is to be hoped
that in dealing with this matter, a
number of other things may be
considered before the public schools
are placed in the way of the econo
my axe,
The Kaiser's Birthday
Germans the world over fore
gathered, at one hour or another,
last Tuesday in honor of the fifty
fifth anniversary of their Emperor.
The present ruler of the German
Empire, although a less strenuous
character than in his earlier life, is
really a more important and con
spicuous world figure today than
ever before. He has "ripened,"
so to speak, with his years; and to
his sound judgment, and the wis
dom of his policies, must be
creditted much of the prosperity
and progress of the Fatherland in
the past decade. Not the Germans
alone, but this is one instance in
which the whole world joins in the
sentiment; Long live the Em
peror!"
Helping Hand Needed
Mr. Desha, secretary to Dele
gate Kuhio, states elsewhere in
this issue that the Nawiliwil harbor
matter will be considered by the
Committee in Congress in "a
month or so." This does not mean
that the item will be recommend
ed. In the meanwhile, Delegate
Kuhio is speeding to San Francis
co and it is to be hoped that he will
be in Washington in time to appear
before the Committee, and sue
ceed in landing the appropriation
Without all the pressure that can
beb rought to bear from Hawaii,
the item is likely to again fail and
Kauai be minus an harbor for a
long time.
The selection of Mrs. Lipi Kealo
ha Kula, of Koloa to be the Kauai
princess in the coining Floral Pa
rade at Honolulu will meet with
general satisfaction. It seemed to
be the island's desire that the prin
cess this time be a native Hawaii
an, and it is doubtful that a more
graceful rider could have been se
lected than the lady who lias been
chosen by the committee. It now
seems that Koloa is to supply both
the princess and the basic feature
of Kauai's float, which may well
cause the old town to throw her
chest out.
The rate of $8.00 fixed by the
Inter Island S. N. Comnanv far
the round trip to Honolulu during
the Carnival is quite satisfactory;
but it is extremely doubtful that
sufficient passenger accomodations
have been provided. An unusually
large number of Kauai people had
already planned to goto Honolulu,
b( fore the low rate of fare had been
taken i Uo consideration, and now
that the expense of the trip is to
be so light, the number of those
going over will be greatly increas
ed. It is t be hoped that the Steam
ship Company has carefully figur
ed out this matter, and that the
low rate of fare may not be offset
by the discomforts of overcrowding.
W. L. Bass ("Dutch Standard"
Bass, as he calls himself) is flood
ing the plantation offices of the
Islands with literature on the sugar
situation, m u c h of it bordering
closely on what may be termed an
effort at blackmail. The idea of
Bass seems to bo to induce the plan
ters of Hawaii to pungle up for his
campaign at Washington; but if
the man has no more brains than
are manifest ed in his circular
letters, his help would probably be
more harmful than his enmity. A
recent attack on J. P. Cooke and
another on the Battelle process of
refining are the champion speci
mens of asininity reaching this
office in a great while.
It docs seem that not enough
support is received from Honolulu
in Kauai s ficht for an harbor.
This matter interests the capital
city greatly. Let the Honolulu
Chamber of Commerce, the Mer
chants' Association and the Hono
lulu Ad. Club get busy and help
us out. Resolutions urging the ap
propriation by Congress would
carry weight just now, inasmuch
as the matter is to be seriously
considered by the committee in a
short time.
Foreman Morse, of the Harbor
Commission, has recommended at
Honolulu that $3,000 to $4,000 be
expended for improvements to Ni
wiliwili wharf. All users of the
wharf know that it has been in
bad shape for a long time, and it
is to be hoped that the expendi
ture will be authorized without de
lay. Concrete pillars, in place of
piles, as now proposed, will make
the foundation permanent, which
will be very great economy in the
long run. Let the work begin at
one-.
School Inspector Raymond
states that if Lihue will supply the
building, he will see that the high
school is established and main
tained. That is an advance in a
favorable direction, and gives the
people of Lihue something of a
tangible character to work on.
Hawaii with her volcano scene
and Maui with her silver sword
display will attract lots of atten
tion in the Floral Parade at Hono
lulu. But just wait until Kauai's
Spouting Horn turns the corner! It
will be something new and that
is what the people will be looking
for.
Delegate Kuhio actually got
away from Honolulu last week,
and from all accounts was headed
toward Washington. Now, if
someone does not spring a luau or
two in San Francisco, there is still
a chance that he mav beat adjourn
ment to his seat in Congress by a
neck.
Promoter H. N . I'aviw nn
nounces that he will "save the
stockholders" i n Humauma Oil
Company. We feel no hesitancy
i n assuring the gentleman that
quite a number of Kauai investors
in his company will not object to
being saved.
T h e Republican Central
Committee has asked for sugges
tions in regird to its proposed
rules and regulations, and w e
modestly arise to p r e s e n t one
which we think, if carried out,
will be of value to both the com
mittee and the public. Our sugges
tion is that the i tiles, as they now
stand, be handed over to some cub
reporter at Honolulu with the sim
pie instruction: "Condense them"
The cub will be gone about one
hour and fifteen minutes, and will
then return with a set of rules and
regulations one-fourth as long as
the committee's draft; covering
completely every point in the ori
ginal, and expressed in such ways
that the average citizen will un
derstand what is meant.
Friends of E. B. Bridgewater
on Kauai (and there are many,
we feel assured) will sincerely re
gret the enibarassment into which
he has drifted (o r, perhaps,
"plunged" would be the better
word) at Honolulu. The whole
trouble arose, apparently, out of a
subscription contest a pecies of
those freak "splurges" of news
paper men, or papers, which are
undignified, in the first place, and
are so fruitful of dissatisfaction
and criticism in the second. Well
wishers of Mr. Bridgewater will
hope that he may satisfactorily ex
plain matters. Some good may
come to the community as a whole
out of the case, however, if it
serves to re-emphasize to news
papers generally ' in the Islands
that subscription contests do not
improve at all the otherwise fairly
clean atmosphere of Hawaii-nei,
and might well be eliminated from
future programs.
Subscription Contracts
Although not feeling itself
legally responsible for the busi
ness acts of E. B. Bridgewater
as lessee of The Garden Island
newspaper (the lease agreement
expiring with each year and being
finally terminated Deceube r
31, 1914), The Garden Island
Publishing Co, recognizes the
fact that quite a few people may
have, without a distinct know
ledge of the tacts, and in perfectly
good faith, negotiated loni term
subscription contracts with M r.
Bridgewater during a recent con
test carried on by him, and for
which money was paid over to the
promoter thereof. To recognize
such oontracts and assume respon
sibility for their fulfillment, would,
as the public may readily see, mean
a considerable loss to the stock
holders of this company. At the
same time, The Garden Island
Publishing Co. covets the fHemi-
ship and confidence of every per
son on Kauai; and, if necessary, is
willing to shoulder what seems to
be an unusual and unfair burden
in order to perpetuate the esteem
held for the paper in our island
community.
Therefore, after going over as
carefully as the records would per
mit, the subscription contracts en
tered into bv Mr. Bridgewater dur
ing the progress of the contest
above referred to. we have decided
to assume responsibility for the
fulfillment of the same; hoping
that our friends will rc-cognize
now, and continue to recognize,
the fact that The Garden Island
Publishing Co. has bttn innol
cently drawn into the matter,
and is to be the sufferer for the
errors o f a personacting in an
independent capacity and on
his own behalf. To use a vulga
rism, this Company has 1 een
"stung"; but it would rather have
it that way than to have its friends
unfairly treated by a person tem
porarily in charge of its property.
When the notice hitherto pub
lished, disavowing these contracts,
was written some three weeks ago.
certain facts in connection with
the ability (or inability) of Bridge
water to protect the persons who
had contracted with him for sub
scriptions ranging over a long
period were not clearly understood
in this office. Mr. Bridgewater had
announced his intention of start
ing another paper on this island,
and stated in this connection that
he would fulfill these old contracts
with his new publication. Citcunr
stances have since come to light
which indicate the impossibility of
any such paper being started, and
would seem to bring the matter of
the subscription contracts back to
the starting point.
To sumarize. therefore, the posi
tion of The Garden Island Pub
lishing Co. in the matter is as
follows: (1) It never has, and does
not n o w admit any legal
responsibility for long-term sub
scription contracts entered into by
K. B. Bridgewater during the life
of his temporary lease of The Gar
den Island newspaper. (2)
Bridgewater was, and is, respon
sible personally for all such con
tracts, but seems to be unable to
fulfill the same. (3) For the pro
tection of its friends, and in order
that it may retain the full measure
of their confidence and esteem in
the future, this Company assumes
and takes over the subscription
contracts referred to, and will en
deavor to fulfill th .in in the same
good faith as was probably felt bv
the subscribers when they negotiat
ed the same with Mi. Bridgewater
All persons holding receipts for
subscription nionev paid to Mr.
Bridgewater during the contest re
ferred to, the same being paid for
a newspaper to be delivered over
and from January 1, 1914, are re
quested to show the same at this
office in order that their names
and terms of subscription may be
duly entered in the books of The
Garden Island Publishing Co.,
and proper receipts of this Com
pany for the unexpired period of
such subscriptions may be given.
The Garden Island Publishing
Co., Ltd.
By K. C. Hori'EK, Manager.
Hawaiian Tobacco
Dr. Jared Smith, the Hawaii
tobacco man. has received advices
that five bales of his tobacco sold
in New York at 65 cents, and one
bale of wrappers at 75 cents. The
average net price for Hawaiian
tobacco sold on the nninland four
years go was thirteen cents a
pound. It will thus be seen that
Hawaiian tobacco is coming to the
front, and there may still be a fine
chance for it as a small crop on
Kauai.
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