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THK OARDHN ISLAND TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1914
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HE GARDEN ISLAND
TUESDAY MAY 26. 1914
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0i K. C. Hoi'PEK
Decoration Day
Decoration day (May 30) is one
of the noblest and most useful me
morial occasions we have. By
showing respect for those that lived
and died bravely, we fill with
patriotism and ambition the young
and the strong.
Respect for the dead that were
good or great is an incentive to
goodness and those things that
make for greatness among the liv
ing. And respect for the dead, which
Decoration Day emphasizes, is
powerful in reminding men of their
duty to those that live and need
help.
Unexpected Objection
Strange as it may seem, an ob
jection has been raised to the pro
posal that pupils in tlie lower
grades (or, more specifically , down
to the first grade), below the sixth
grade, be received into the "select"
department of the new high school.
lJns question lias heen gone
over so many times, and so thor
oughly, and the last settlement of
it seemed so generally satisfactory,
that it is surprising and disappoint
ing that harping should now be
introduced. The only effect o f
bringing up the question again
may possibly be a further delay
in plans for the high school; and
it is to be hoped that those persons
who may differ from the very
large majority on a point so un
important to them (and all import
ant to others) will gracefully ac
cept the situation in the interest of
the community at large.
In order to provide instruction
in the school for pupils below the
high school grades, it w i 1 1 be
necessary for parents to pay the
salaries of teachers. The parents
of nearly sixty children have al
ready signed an agreement to do
that, and certainly the spirit mani
fested and expressed wishes of those
parents in the matter should lie re
spected .
The high school proper must of
necessitystart with very few pupils,
so that the select school attach
ment will in no sence be in the
way, but, on the other hand, will
lend interest and vigor to the for
mer. In course of time it may
come to pass that the high school
proper has pupils enough of its
own to go it alone; and then it
may become desirable, for one rea
son or another, not now apparent,
to separate the select school from
it. But until that time does come,
the arrangement last decided upon,
and above indicated, should be al
lowed to go on unhindered.
No More Filipinos
The information comes from
Honolulu that the importation of
Filipinos into Hawaii for labor
purposes has been stopped. We
are glad to hear it, and for more
reasons than one. Labor in the
cane fields is becoming more effi
cient the longer the laborers stay
with the work, in consequence of
which fewer and fewer will be re
quired as time goes on. Gradually
the inefficient (whether fro m
physical or other causes) will be
weeded out; ami as the Filipinos
are notoriously the mos'i inefficient
labor we have, that nationality in
the cane fields will suffer first and
greatest. Therefore, it need not
be surprising that the army of un
employed Filipinos in the Islands
is gradually augmented rath e r
than decreased.
Another reason we are glad that
no more are coining this way is
that the Filipinos as a class fill the
police court records with most
of larceny and petty deviltry. The
per. cenlsge of the .criminal class
among llieni is entirely too large,
and we would almost rather have
no Filipinos at all than to be com
pelled to stand for their criminal
element.
The Sugar Situation
When the final clean-up is made,
it need not be surprising if it is
found that Kauai has gone 12,000
tons of sugar above the original,
official estimites. These figures
may not , at first glance appear
large, but in dollars and cents they
amount to a very great deal to this
island. Figuring the remainder
of the crop at 3.50 (which seems
fairly reasonable at this lime) the
excess of production alone would
add $870,000 to the revenues from
Kauai's sugar crop, which in it
self would more than offset the low
price at the beginning of the cam
paign, and actually place the aver
age above (considerably above) the
market figures at this date last
year, prior to the definite appear
ance of the reduced duty cloud on
the horizon.
The situation brings to mind
however, the probabilities had the
conditions prevailing a year ago as
to duties been allowed to remain
as they were. Sugar figures at
this moment would have been any
where from 35 to 40 cent;; per cwt.
above those of last year and a re
gular old-time ''boom" w o u 1 d
have been on.
Undoubtedly the situation will
have the effect of boosting sugai
stocks on the market, although
with the day of absolutely fixe j
sugar coming nearer and nearer, it
cannot be hoped that stock prices
will ever again reach bases former
ly prevailing.
Vocational Training
Newspapers rf the mainland are
just now giving considerable serious
consideration to a report recently
issued by the educational division
of the Russel Sage Foundation,
which has made a study of all the
boys above the age of 13 years in
28 American oities, and has reach
ed the conclusion that too much
attention is being paid to what is
popularly termed vocational train
ing and not enough to the funda
mentals of education.
It developeel from the investiga
tion that more than half of tliese
boys were in and below the sixth
grade, and were progressing abnor
mally slow. They are not promot
ed because they are found to be
unable to keep an average pace,
and show a lack of the elementary
instruction which is conceded to
be so essential. The investigation
also showed that only one fathei
in six was living in the place where
he was born, and that but a trifle
over one-half of the boys were liv
ing in their birth places. This
lattet observation would hardly
apply on Kauai, but the point is
well worth considering, when it is
remembered that all peoples of the
western world are more or less
migratory .
It is admitted that vocational
training in Germany . has heen a
great success; but it is pointed out
that Germany's peipulatiou is not
only very stable as to residence,
but its industries are intensely loca
lized and a great part of the popu
lation is frequently connected with
a single industry . However (and
that is the point), even in Ger
many it is seen to that the funda
mental, elementary education is
souud anel practical.
Our school curriculum in the
Islands is admittedly good, but it
needs revision (as the new super
intendent of education and Cover
or Piiikhaui have
the e-nd I ha1, a
pointed out ) te
:,:v.' de.d of the
woik imposed upon young children
by faddists may be eliminated, and
that there be more and better work
in the fundamental:,.
A rich i;t'ND of material awaits
the rcsearchf u! attention of the
Kauai HisPrii al Society. Hun
dreds of interesting bits of bislni y,
having impoilanl bearings on
general facts which may or mav
not have been published, are to be
gathered from "old timers" .and
from old. documents and letters;
and when these are all assembled
they should afford a rich field for
exploitation by the student of Kau
ai history. We predict a most inter
esting future for the society and
bespeak for Us wor"k.the cordial
endorsement of the public.
Till? STATEMENT of S ll C f i f f
Crowell, of Maui, that he can econ
omize by cutting oil 17 policemen,
whose services his department may
dispense with without seriously
crippling it, is. highly interesting
over here, inasmuch ns Kauai has
only 18 policemen altogether.
Either Maui lias had far too many
policemen in the past, or Kauai
has had (and h is) loo few on the
force. The matter is probably well
worth looking into a little further.
The Armi, report of Supervis
ing Principal Bnxlie, extracts from
which a re published elsewhere
in this isssti?, supplies food for a
world of good, earnest, hard
thought. It is therein shown that
onlv 44 American, British and
German children attend tne public
schools of Kauai and with the
Portu.-'itese added I he total is only
664, on, of r,"0.i on the island.
Why? The qusetiou i next to use
less, for you. reader, and your
neighbor and everybody else
knows why. The tacts are that
the taxpayers of this isianel are
pa iisg for the public schools and
then paying for the eeliieaiiou of
their own children outside of them.
It is a p e c u liar condition of
jffairs a condition that spells in
i nst i v : in big letters; and can only
be remedied by the high school
with a big select school attach
ment at Linue.
One oe these years some one
will start a movement to grow
fl o w e r i n g vines on walls or
trelliswork at both sides of the
road from Lihue store to the Fair
view hotel. He will be almost
laughed at at first, but finally, after
i world of pcrsevcrence, his efforts
will be successful. So splendid
will be the effect that a popular de
mand will arise to have the same
extended on down to Nawiliwili;
and, in time, that too will be done.
People coining to Lihue will then
get their "first impression" from
the beautifully flowered driveway
through which they will enter the
town-an impression that will never
leave them. What a splendid
advertisement of Lihue (of the
rife, lit sort) such a road would be!
The following interesting
statement inicgarel to sugar is
made by Willetl !c Crav, writing
under date of May 7: "We may
mention here as a matter of in
terest that an influence in promot
ing the advances ot the week is
thai many of the purchases made
of Cuba sugars-by operators, both
for Europe and for the United
States, have been made -to cover
sales previously made by these
operators on the short side of .the
market. These short transact ions
have now been mostly liquidated
bv the recent purchases, and the
market can be considered on a
normal lxisis of supply and !e
mand." All of which s h o u 1 d
make the present advance in price
the more encouraging.
Governor Pinkham advised
the homesteaders of Maui to raise
the supplies required for their own
consumption. There is the keynote
o f success in homesteading, under
average conditions, in this Terri
tory. The homesteader who can
I produce the articles that go on his
.nlown table, and raise pineapples,
sugar cane o r other staples for
i cash, does now and must continue
to btxeeed. The reminder of the
Governor is a good one for all Ka
u.ii homesteaders to consider seri
ous', .
j Tin- i:e m.th m-.cord of Kauai
i in the month of April was of a
most satisfactory character. Th
hardest light of all the island
(and the whole United States for
the matter of that) is against tuber
culosis, and it is a satisfaction to
know that on Kauai this disease is
being reduced to a m i ni m u m.
There must be no let-up in the
'fight, however, until the White
Plague is a thing of the past on
this island.
C H I K E JUSTICE ROllERTSON
would undoubtedly be a great
power for the good of Hawaii in
Congress; but it is hardly con
ceivable that a man at the head of
the judiciary of the Territory,
with almost certain reappointment
awaiting him at the end of his
present term, should retire to
engage in a political squabble for
an office that, in-many respects, is
less desirable, and which must be
fought for every two years.
Word comes from Honolulu
that I .ill Inmau is organizing
an unusually strong team to bring
to Kauai on July Fourth. All ot
the men arc first-teamers uid
speedy, and the Kauai players
will have to bestir themselves to
hold down the aggregation.
St'f.AR prices today compare
very favorably with the quotations
on centrifugals and beets a year
ago. On May 23, 1913, raws
struck a low level of 3.26, having
diopped to that figure from 3 29.
Thus, all things considered, the
present situation is not half bad.
The salary of John J. Mc
Graw, t h e baseball player, is
$'j,000 a month. Almost anybody
wouldn't mind being termed a
"professional" for that little,
monthly stipend.
The Information that Senator
Knudsen would leave Berlin May
27 for Ne" York was published
in this paper last Tuesday, re
produced in a Honolulu paper on
Friday and duly wirelessed back
here a few hours later as red-hot
news These Honolulu news
sifters for the wireless service are
immense.
A prominent Japanese editor
of Honolulu has lost his position
because he was too religious, which
goes to show that it does not pay
even a newspaper man to be alto
gether too good.
Honolulu county has elecieled
to reinstate all of its former labor
ers on the.pay-roll. This reminds
one that the campaign is drawing
near and that a lot of votes will be
needeel.
J. P. Cooke states that only
40 per cent of Makaweli and Mc
Bryde sugars reached the market
during the low-price period, anel
that sixty per cent will come in for
higher prices. That is good news.
It is pretty hard for ordinary
mortals to argue against dancing
when the embryonic saints of the
church announce dancing as a
drawing finale for a church benefit
concert.
OFFICIAL WASHINGTON has had
the pleasure of meeting Judge
Wilder and "Soapbox" Barron.
Surely Abe Louisson, as Delegate
r 7 t ' - .
iiuiu nawaii, ougnt to make a
stunning impression over there.
Uncle Sam may be having an
awful time with Mexico, but, from
all accounts, he has nothing on
John Bull just now with the suf
fragettes. Undol istedly the men behind
the Progressive Party moueinent in
Hawaii are making a mistake in
butting into politics at this time
particularly that part of it affect
ing our status at Washington
They cannot hope to gain any
thing for themselves, and the re
sult of their work may be to let
in some person whom neither they
nor the general interests of the Is-
I lands would be willing to stand
! for Mr. Carter and his sup
j porters are toying with fire, and
(we sincerely hope they may have
I the good sence to go slowly before
j they force upem the Islands a re
' petition o f former experiences
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HOTEL LIHUE
(The Fairview)
Twenty-two elegant rooms
In Main Building
Three Airy Cottages
Cuisine unexcelled in country
districts
W. H. Rice, Jr.,
Proprietor
when we were represented in
Washington b y the late 15ob
Wilcox.
The MCHKVnii baseball team
had a glorious victory on the Ma
kaweli field Sunday afternoon.
They have a great pitcher, and
eight other "live onlcs". It must
be remebered, however, that in tlie
past it has taken Makaweli two or
three games in which to limber
up; a"d it may confidently be ex
pected that the fur will soon begin
to fly in the path of that team.
The season is still verv vouner.
By the way: At the meeting of
the Kauai beard of liquor commis
sioners held in December last, it
was decided to hold a public meet
ing in April for the purpose of dis
cussing the question of an amend
ment to the regulations which
would prevent licensed liquor deal
ers delivering their wares to cus
tomers. Although this meetine was
definitely determined upon, every-
ooely seems to have gone to sleep
in reeard to it. The
like to be heard on this matter,
and it is hoped that the license
board will apeedily arrange for
such a meeting. As the arrange
ment now stands, it is unsatisfac
tory all round.
The statement o f school -teacher
Brayton, of Honokaa, to
the effect that Superintendent Gib
son caused him to depart from the
course of instruction manned out
by the Department of Education,
may be taken with a lot of salt.
Why should Gibson have adoped a
policy in respect to Hotiooka school
which is at variance with the en
tire Territorial system? Absurd!
A junta form of government
may be all right for Mexi o, for
the reason that having all factions
out may prove more conducive to i
peace than trying to keep one f;.c-j
tion iu.
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