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THK GARDEN ISLAND TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1914
HE GARDEN ISLAND
TUESDAY MARCH 24, 1914
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L. D. TlMMONS
K. C. HorrKR
Editor
Manager
The Ad Club's Visit
Next Saturday morning Kauai
will receive the Honolulu Ad Club
with representatives from Maui
and Hawaii, at the landing in Wai
mea, and for two days will essay
the part of host to the banner
"booster" organization of the
capital city. We believe that the
Garden Island is ripe for the im
pressions usually left in the wake
of Ad Club tours; and, moreover,
that there is a. widespread feeling
of interest in the tour throughout
the country from Hanalei around
to Mona. Barring inclement weath
ei (which is unlikely, anyhow) the
plans that have been made will
undoubted e n s u r e the comfort
and pleasure of our guests, and
the indications are that events will
be so rounded out that they will
leave here with excellent impres
sions of the island and of our
people.
The excursion through (a n d
series or events at various places
will serve to draw the good people
of different communities together
for a common purpose which in
itself will be pleasant, and desir
able. It will give us a chance to
touch shoulders with our neigh
lors, and at the same time to elicit
inspiration from a body of men
wno are more or less engagea in
modern business thought and acti
vities. Out of it all this community
should gain ideas which may prove
of value in concentrating and pro
moting political, business and even
social effort in the future.
To the Ad Club we would say:
"Gentlemen, you ate thrice wel
come, r-njoy yourselves. Tell us
what you are what you are seek
ing to accomplish; what good may
come to the people of Kauai as a
result of the adoption o f your
ideas, and what you term 'the Ad
Club spirit.' We are ready to learn
to be shown' if you will. While
doing all this, remember that we
have much for you to see on the
Garden Island. Keep your eyes'and
ears on the alert, and endeavor to
glean in your more or less rapid
tour correct impressions of our
scenery, our individual efforts and
accomplishments, our roads, our
schools and our people. Do this,
and your visit, we feel sure, will
be long and favorably remembered
on both sides of the channel be
tween us."
The New High School
Soon after the Ad. Club excur
sionists have been sent on their
way with better impressions of
Kauai and Kauai people than they
have ever had the opportunity of
possessing before, a public meet
ing will be called for discussion of
the part thisS island must take in
the successful establishment of a
High .School. The grounds and
buildings have already been secur
ed; the teachers may be provided;
the course of study may be mapped
out for us.
But if the school is to be made
a success right from the' start,
there are duties which must be
ptrfornied by the people of Kauai.
First of all, there must be united
approval of the high school idea.
The public must grasp, mentally,
the importance and value uf the
institution anil wnat it will mean
I
in the years to come. It will start by the equalization board? More
small, yes; but it is one of those j loans?
institutions that will grow rapidly, ; -
in the matter of attendance and in. Tiik letter ot" Assistant S'lperin
usefulness. It is the duty of the tenJe-nt Carr, published elsewhere,
people to fel a deep, personal in-iin regard to the proposed daily
terest in its success: tilk it up, or,
to use a slang expression, "boost
it."
The next duty of the people of
Kauai will be to set that it starts
out with a reasonably large num
ber of pupils. Quite a few ate al
ready i n sight, and more will
Appear after the summer examina
tions. If all who are qualified to
enter high school are sent here,
in place of being bundled off to
Honolulu and elsewhere, where
no better facilities, in tnnnv res
pects, will to be offered the insti
tution will be a great success from
the first day. Try to bring that
very thing about; it is well worth
working for.
Tun prompt and unanimous en
dorsement of tlie Nawilwili harbor
proposition by the Honolulu
Chamber of Commerce is quite
satisfactory for two reasons. In the
first place it brings to the front
and center a powerful ally in thc
battle for this important improve
ment, and. in the second place
(and equally satisfactory , perhaps)
it proves the sincerity of the Ho
its offer, a few weeks ago to assist
the Kauai Chamber of Commerce in
nolulu Chamber of Commerce in
anv scheme, or plan, it might de
sire to put through. It is not like
ly that anything can be done at
this late dav in the present Con
cessional session; but surely mat
ters are so sliaping tnemselves as
to give us a strong front at the
beginning of the next Congress.
We hope President Wilson has
been correctly quoted by Judge
Wilder in the matter of protect
ing Hawaii from serious injury as a
result of the proposed ultimate re
moval of all duties now imposed
upon foreign sugars. And if the
President has been correctly quot
ed, we hope he will live up to jhis
promise. It will be recalled that
he made a similar promise to Gil
bertj. Waller immediately after
his nomination by the Baltimore
convention. Perhaps in the rush
of events succeeding the conven
tion, the President lost sight of
the latter; but surely the same con
ditions do not now exist and the
results may be different.
In dealing with the so-called
"unemployed situation" at Ilono
lulu, it would be well for our wor
thy, charitable-minded friends over
there to inquire as to where these
people were last employed, and
why they left that employment
Spaniards and Filipinos are leav
ing the plantations by wholesale
and drifting into the city. They
are leaving good homes, steady
work and satisfactory wages.
May it not be Mat they are being
lured into the city by mischief
makers, who are making false re
presentations and promises to
them? If the matter were sifted
to the bottom, the results might
he highly interesting.
uy cutting on an nour oi spare
time at Hanalei, it would be pos
sible to have one. two oi three
well-informed citizens accompany
the Mauna Loa s excursion party
aiound Kauai, landing at Waimea
Should this escort be men able to
point out and explain different ob
jects of interest, the treat would
be an exceptionally fine one and
would be appreciated.
Thb Ad. Ci.uh will be acconi
panied to the steamer at Honolulu
next Friday night b y Berger's
band. What's the matter with re
ceiving the excursion party at Wai
mea with a Kauai band?
On account of lack of revenues
from taxation sources, the Terri
torial government has for several
yars, at more or less frequent in
tervals, been forced t o borrow
money for public improvement
purposes. What is to be done now
that the total of realizations from
overland mail service on Kauai is
the signal for renewed and more
strenuous effort to obtain this con
venience. Kauai must make up
her mind not to lose anything she
goes after. When it is decided
that a thing is desirable, and a
start is made itr the direction of
obtaining it, the people of the is
land should hang on with a bull
dog's grip until the purpose is fill.
Iilleu. It tins daily mail service
between Hanalei and Kekaha
(both wr.ys) is required and desir
ed, the island can get it by con
stantly "plugging away' at the
proposition. Let the battle proceed.
Tun work of organizing for the
comiiig baseball season on Kauai
is progressing ' n a satisfactory
manner. This year very little
money will be required, mid it is
to be hoped that the public will
come up promptly with the amount
needed. Good baseball will help us
forget about the low price of sugar.
A fine spirit has manifested it
self all along the line in the mat
ter of preparing for the entertain
ment of the Honolulu Ad Club,
and it is to be hoped that it may.
be kept up until the affair has been
made a great success. Kauai has
shown her ability to "get together"
and do things, and we have every
reason to expect that as good, or
better, record will be made on the
important occasion now so close
at hand.
Passengers In And Out
The following departed by the
W. G. Hall last Tuesday afternoon
for Honolulu:
L. D. Timmons, II. Fernandez
W. II. Fernandez, Mrs. W. II.
Fernandez, Mrs. Poo and child,
Mrs. Knhlman, Master Kuhlman,
Mrs. A Peters, Dr. II. L. Lyons,
S. S. Peck, Lang Agock.
The following arrived from Ho
nolulu by the Kinau Wednesday
morning:
C. A. Brown, August Ilaneberg,
Mr. and Mrs. C. Orth, MissThomp
soti, Miss Beakbane, f. B. Fernan
dez, Mr. and Mrs. Ho Fee, Mrs.
Deverill, J. P. Cooke. Mrs. J. M.
Lydgate, Mrs. A. Leonard, H. C.
Waldron, J. K. Farley, F. O. Boy
er, II. M. Harrison, Miss Booge,
Mrs. F. Weber, S. Kondo.
The following arrived at Kjw.'nti
ports by the W. G HallFriday
morning: J
S. Robinson, Francis Gay, lohn
Souza, Leon Quonsan, S. j. Pierce,
V D. Timmons, J. F. Child, Mr.
and Mrs. II. A. Reichilt, Miss
Mau, Miss Fushiyama, j. C. Dort,
A.C. Wilcox, Lung Chai and vife.
Mrs. R. Fountain, Matoel Correa,
Rose Rodrigucs, Inoshijta, Y. Ka
wasaki, Jessie Silva, Mjary Fernan
dez, Sain Seleiwie, V, Pollock,
T. S. Choy, II. Ilirokawa. K. Na
kara, Antone Fraza dud 43 deck.
The following sailed by the Ki
nau Saturday afternoon for Hono
lulu: George Humphrey. C. H. Lini,
Miss Lim, Master Lim, K. Ilorye,
V Mankowa, A Murata, E. C.
Ha, M. A. Nicoll, D. Leith, C. A.
Ahi, Mr. Murray, W H. Grote,
W. Zerz, H. Bruss, MissBeakbine,
Dr. Lyman, F. O Boyer, Mrs.
L. Akin, I. P. Cooke. II. Ilane
berg, E. Kopke, II. M. Harrison,
C. A. Brown, F. P. Pierce, Miss
Mae Brown.
Makaweli Happenings
Mr. Murray, representing one
of the largest sugar estates in Na
tal, South Africa, after having
visited all the principal sugar
countries of the world, left Kauai
for Honolulu last Saturday, en
roule for South Africa.
Frank Boyer, of the Dearborn
Drug Co.. paid a flying visit to
Kauai last week.
J. P. Cooke, manager of Alex
ander ec Haldwin, spent a couple
of days in Makaweli last week.
Mrs, Alex Hrodie, of Kekah;.,
gave a delightful buffet suppir
last Saturday evening to a utiinbtr
of younger set.
The Waimea sewing circle, com
posed of the young ladies of the
A Ray Of Hope
G'ooni which has hung over the
Territory of Hawaii for the past
year because of threatened Demo
cratic legislation which has dealt
the sugar industry the greatest
blow it had received in many years
will be materially dispelled, says
the Advertiser, of Honolulu, by
the publication of Judge A. A.
Wilder's interview fhowing that
President Wilson will not permit
Hawaii's principal industry to be
wiped out, but has realized that
the lea of the sugar planters that
a free tariff means the ruin of their
industry after ail was not the bun
combe which some of the Presi
dent's Democratic advisers have
claimed.
President Wilson has assured
Judge Wilder that in the event
that it is shown that the removal
of the tariff on sugar has not bcne
fitted the consumer, the tariff will
be restored. That the consumer
will not benefit bv the tariff ;ereo
val is already demonstrated. The
sugar producers today are receiv
ing within a fraction of the lowest
price ever paid for sugar, yet the
retail quotations, the prices charg
ed bv the grocer to the family who
buy a few pounds of sugar at n
time, are the same practically as
those that prevailed a year o r
more ai'o. It is admitted that with
sugar at present prices to the pro
ducer great hardships will be suf
fered by the growers of this Ter
ritory. Already the laborers, those
first t o suffer when depression
comes in any line of industry, are
feeling the blow here in Hawaii
True, there have been no material
reductions in salaries so far, but
the plantations 111 working out
their economies to meet the crush
ing effects of Democratic legisla
tion have curtailed their working
forces and lessened incomes for the
workingmen have been the result
w nar win be ne consequence
when the sugar of the cheap labor
countries of the world are shipped
in to compete with the American
product?
Further comfort can be taken
by the suga nvers and incident
ally every resident in" 'he Tciri
tory, in iflie assurance that comes
from Iresid-Mit Wilson through
Judge:' Wilder that even should it
be djcided that the tariff shall not
-replaced on sugar, the indus-
try here will be granted conces
sions which he hopes will act as a
partial compensation for the
damage which the removal of the
tariff has already caused the sugar
industry,
This is the first ray of encourage
ment Hawaii has received from
Washington since the present De
mocratic administration assumed
control. It means encouragement
for those who were fast losing hope
of saving the sugar industry here
and in the fulfillment of the pro
mise President Wilson and the De
mocratic party will show that thev
are big and broad enough to reme
dy the damage which a mistaken
policy has brought upon a great
American industry.
Why?
Why were the items for the im
provement of Nawiliwili harbor,
Kauai, and Kahului harbor, Maui,
left out of the house rivers and har
bors committee recommendations
in the bill reported to the house?
The improvements are badly need
ed. Jack Desha, Delegate Kuhio's
secretary, wrote to the Kauai
chamber of commerce under date
of February 28 that the bill had
been reported, without the local
items, to the house "the other day."
Delegate Kuhio's illness, which
caused him to leave Washington,
was learned of Here on February 25.
It is probable that the decision of j
the committee was reached urior I
to that time.
letin. -Honolulu Star-I5ul-
district, held the:r weekly meeting
at the seashore at Iloamuinu. Be
tween sewing, gossiping and eat
ing, sea bathing held its own. Miss
I'urtell was hostess of the occasion.
Used by
All the Dig
College Nines
If voii attend anv of
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