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THE GARDEN ISLAND TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1914
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THE GARDEN ISLAND
TUESDAY NOV. 17. 1914
Issued-Every Tuesday.
Entered at the post office at
Lihue, Kauai, as second-class
matter.
Subscription Rates $2.53 Trr
Year, $1.50 ior six months
IN ADVANCE
Advertising Rates, 75 Cents
An Inch Per Month.
L. D. Timmons
K. C. Hopper
Editor
Manager
As To Sugar
As the new year approaches, it
becomes more and more likely that
satisfactory prices for sugar will
obtain throughout 1915. Of course
at this stage nothing is absolutely
certain-there being numerous
"ifs" to reckon with; but surely
the outlook is for a strong market
for an indefinite period-probablv
for several months. In the past
twelve weeks opinions as to the
future of sugar have been based
upon peace or war probabilities.
Even in these calculations, howev
er, it had been assumed that a
turn one way or the other would
have been reached ere this. On the
contrary, the European sky is no
clearer than it was three months
ago, and it seems more likely today
than evcrthat the war will last quite
a long while yet.
v .Continuation of hostilities would
Jikely ' mean the abandonment of
beet sowings in Europe. Beet coun
tries would probably plant such
lands as they are able to cultivate
in wheat and other essential food
products, and give no attention to
sugar, or other agricultural items
for export. England and the Unit
ed Suites would be forced into com
petition for the insufficient tonnage
of Cuba, the East Indies and Amer
ica, with the most natural result
that the market would continue to
be eiy strong.
Although it is hard to figure the
outlook in a n y other way, we
should remember that it is "the
unexpeced that happens"; and
surely the sugar market has some
most peculiar and unaccountable
ups-and-downs. I n Hawaii w e
sljoiild ' be constantly prepared for
tljj puexpected, the unusual hap
pening. The economies begun a
year ago should be consistently
maintained on all the plantations.
Under n o circumstances should
temporary or even prolonged flur
ries be permitted to bring about
unusual or reckless expenditures,
or a relaxation of business caution.
In times like these business men
the world over are "watching their
corks'', to use a familiar expres
sion; and it should be the same
way in the sugar business. In the
time of our temporary prosperity,
let us continue to economize and
prepare for an evil day which may
easily be outs at no distant time.
The McBryde Reduction
It is a matter upon which opin
ions may differ, but to our mind
the affairs, or status, of McBryde
Sugar Company have really been
little affected by the reduction of
capital stock from $4,500,000 to
. $3,800,000. That the preferred
stockholders have been benefitted
slightly is admitted. The stock li
ability has been reduced $700,000,
and if a dividend is ever paid to
the common stockholders, that di
vidend will be increased in propor
tion. But it is to be remembered
that in order to make this slight
increase possible, t h e common
stockholder has already surrender
ed one-fifth of his property.
The change probably brings the
day of a small dividend sliglrlv
nearer; but had tlie reduction not
taken place at all the same desti
nation would eventually have been
reached, and most probably in a'
far more satisfactory manner. Of;
course the proposition is rather j
"fetching'' on paper at first glance'
and doubtless brokers and specula
tors will take advantage of it. Hut
'lit' the same time we are, frankly,
unable to see how, in dollars and
cents, the common stock of the
company i. worth very much more
than before the reduction was
made.
McBryde Sugar Company will
eventually be on its feet and, with
ordinary market conditions, will
pay-probably pay well. But it must
first work itself loose from the
shackles of imperfect and improp
er organization at the start. And
that will take time. Squeezing
common stockholders to get rid of
the water in a corporation is about
as effective as trimming the toe
nails to relieve the toothache.
A Threatened Nuisance
Information has come to this
paoer that a branch of the Ameri
can tobacco trust has completed
investigations with a view to plas
tering the Island of Kauai with
bill-board advertising. Their plan
is to beg, re it or lease small ground
spaces along the public highways,
at frequent intervals, the induce
ment being quite attractive to the
land owner. Having acquired the
free use of the land, the great,
flaming bill-board follows.
Kauai is noted for her beautiful
scenery, and we are hopeful that
it may not be despoiled in this
way. If there is not already suffi
cient law to prevent such desecra
tion, our supervisors should see
that there is sufficient law at an
early date.
Don't let Kauai get in the grirv
or the bill-board as have sections
of Honolulu. 1 he time to stop it
is before it starts in. Nip it in the
bud. It is harder to get rid of
than lautana when once it fastens
its grip upon a community.
That Carnival Poster
If the down-east idea of the
native Hawaiian had been left off
ef the new Carnival poster, leaving
merely the view of tropical foliage,
Waikiki beach and Diamond Head,
how vastly prettier and. more: faith
ful to facts it would have b en. It
is most unfortunate that a depraved
taste frequently asserts itself in
illustrations carried by magazines
dealing with Hawaiian subjects.
These things, while most unfortu
nate, are hard t o deal with or
check. But what is l o be said
anyway to or of magazine writers
when we send out to the world a
flaming poster, advertising our
principal carnival, which carries as
its most consjTicuous and striking
feature a suggestion that is false,
vulgar and a disgrace. The leading
teaiure ot last year s poster was
bad enough. This one is infinitely
worse. A Poard ot censors ot car
nival posters is, in our opinion, in
order.
In prepakim; bills for the com
ing legislature our new lawmakers
should give attention to the sub
ject of relief measures for home
steaders in various parts of the
Territory. In the past year home
steaders and homesteading have
been unusually luird pressed, and
unless something is done, the Is
lands stand to get a very black
eye on account of it. We believe
that the situation is such as to
justify drastic and specific legis
lation of a character helpful to the
Homesteader, and we believe the
public will stand behind such
measures.
The papers are wondering
what Joe Fern will do after Jan
uary 1, and we modestly arise to
suggest that he a n d Secretary
Miles start a circus. Miles has a
collection of birds and animal oddi
ties from Australia, while His
Honor is long on songs and the
latest hula movements.
W'E wonder if the Tripar:ite
Entente will have a little Turkey
for Thanksgiving.
The Time To Buy
Christmas Books
Biggest an.1, best lot of Christmas
1 o ks in the Islands. Noting bet
ter tor j'ifts. Kauai orders prompt
ly and carefully filled.
Arleigh' Crossroads liookshop,
Honolulu. Advt.
Do You Want
' The Right Thing
At the Right Price
Right Away?
Then come to-
McBRYDE STORE
for your
Christmas Gifts
or if you don't intend to give any Xmas presents at all, come
and buy something for yourself. We cannot attempt to tell
you here all we have.
Come and See Our Display.
Christmas novelties, the latest and best; Souvenirs to send away;
Hawaiian Jewelry, etc., in new designs; dainty and novel Jap
anese Goods.
A New and Complete Stock of Toys
McBryde Sugar Co's Store
s
Eollowing is the Thanksgiving
proclamation of President Wilson:
It has long been the honored
custom of our people to turn in the
fruitful autumn o f the year in
praise a u d thanksgiving to Al
mighty Qod for his many blessings
and metcies to us as a nation.
The year that is now drawing to a
close since we last observed our
day of national thanksgiving has
been, while a year of discipline
because of the mighty forces of
war and change which have dis
turbed the world, also a year ot
special blessing for us.
It has been vouchsafed to us to
remain at peace with honor, and
in some part to succor the suffer
ing and supply the needs of those
who are in want. We have been
privileged by our own peace and
self-control in some degree to
steady the counsels and shape the
hopes and purposes of a day of
fear and distress. Our people have
looked upon their own life as a
nation with a deeper comprehen
sion, a fuller realization of their
responsibilities as well as of their
blessings, and a keener sense of
the moral a.id practical significance
of what their part among the na
tions of the world mav come to be.
The hurtful effects of foreign
war in their own industrial and
commercial affairs have made them
feel the more fully and see the
more clearly their mutual interde
pendence upon one another, and
has stirred them to a helpful co
operation such us thev have seldom
practised before. They have been
quickened by a great moral stimu
lation. Their unmistakable ardor
for peace, their earnest pity and
disinterested sympathy for those
who are suffering, their readiness
to help and think of the needs of
others have revealed the m to them -
THANKSGIVING
PROCLAMATION
'.selves as well as to the world. i
Our crops will feed all who need!
food; the self possession of our!
people amidst t h e most serious
anxieties and difficulties and the
steadiness and resourcefulness of
lour business men will serve other
nations as well ts our own.
The business of the country has
been supplied with new instru
mentalities and the commerce of
the world with new channels of
trade and intercourse. The Pana
ma Canal has been opened to the
l commerce of the nations. The two
! continents of America have been
bound in closer ties of friendship.
New instrumentalities of interna
tional trade have been created,
which will be also new instrumen
talities of acquaintance, intercourse
and mutual service. Never before
have the people o f the United
States been so situated for their
own advantage or the advantage
of their neighbors, or so equipped
to serve themselves and mankind.
Now, therefore, I, Woodrow
Wilson, President of the United
States of America do hereby de
signate Thursday, the 26th of
November next as a day of thanks
giving and prayer, and invite the
people throughout t h e land to
cease from their wonted occupa
tions and in their several homes
and placesof worship render thanks
to Almighty God
In witness whereof I have here
unto set my hand and caused the
seal of the United States to be af
fixed. Done at the city of Washington
this twenty-eigth day of October,
in the year of our Lord one thou
sand nine hundred and fourteen,
and of the independence of the"
United States of America the one
hundred and thirtv-uinth.
Woodrow Wilson.
By the President:
Rohicrt Lansing'; Actintr Sec -
retary of State.
The W. G. Hall, which came in 1
Friday morning, sailed again the1
same afternoon from Koloa for
1 Honolulu
IMF
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The total of $26,000 of bonds,
set apart by the Governor for im
provements to Waimea wharf,
have been taken up by the Kekaha
Sugar Company.
When t h e subject was first
broached Manager Faye informed
Superintendent Forbes that if work
on the wharf could be begun at
once, his company would probably
take all . of the bonds. There the
matter rested temporarily.
On Thursday a meeting of the
directors of Kekaha Sugar Compa
nv was held at the offices of Hack
feld & Company, in Honolulu, and
the recommendation of Mr. Faye
was approved.
Inasmuch as the bonds were re
ceived by Treasurer McCarthy last
week from New York, it is quite
likely that the transfer of the
bonds has already been made.
Another sale of $5,f00 of the
bonds was partially negotiated by
Mr. Forbes while on Kauai. It is
understood, however, that there
will be some furthei correspond
ence on this subject.
Isenberg's Fly Catcher
When I Ion. Paul Isenberg was
last here he was through the meat
market at Lihue Store and heard
the men there complaining about
the flies, which they had difficulty
in keeping out of the place. "I'll
fix 'em", promised Mr. Isenberg.
When Mr Isenberg returned to
Lihue on Friday he brought with
him one of those new-fangled
Japanese, revolving fly-catchers
, and had it setup on the meat
; counter, lhe flies took to the
thing a t once-snd the catcher
: "took" them.
Complaint is made that the light
on the noint nc.ir X:nviii-.uili inC
not Uet-n lit sM.r;.l
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until a very Lite hour in the night.
AKEN BY KEKAHA
Bishop &: Co,
BANKERS
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Established 1859
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Hkad Ori-icu - Hoxou'U'
Branches at Hii.o and
WAIMEA, - KAUAI
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Transact a General Banking
and Exchange Business
Commercial and Travelers'
Letters of Credit issued avail
able in all principal cities of
the world. 1
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Intel est allowed at the rate
of 4 per cent per annum
on Savings Bank deposits.
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Interest paid on Time De
posits at the following ratei
.. 3 Mouths 3 per cent
per annum.
6 Months 3 1-2 per
cent per annum. j
12 Months 4 per cent
per annum.
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All business entrusted by-O
customers on other islands
receives careful and prompt
attention.
Paper
Paper Bags, Twines,
Stationery
TIIK LARGKST
PAPER HOUSED
IX TIIK TERRITORY
MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY
ATTENDED TO i
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AMERICAN- HAWAIIAN
PAPER CO., LTD.
Fort and Queen Streets, pi
GEO. G. GUILD. Vice Pre. & Mgr
L. Y. TIM
Has entered the rent ser
vice, aiid has provided him
self with a big
Five-Seater Buick
Special attention paid to
commercial travelers: " Rea
sonable rates to all parts of
the island.
'Phone 172
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YOU will always n'mciulier your trip
ACROSS
TIIK AMERICAN CONTINENT
If you travel via
The Scenic Line of the World
Through the
Feather River Canyon mid the
Royal (iurge.
Denver & Rio Grande
Western Pacific
ERED L. WALDROX, LTD., Agents
Honolulu '
Souvenirs
Wo neatly pack and mail
Hawaiian Souvenir.
Hawaii & South Seas Curio
Co.
HONOLULU.
By Authority.
Notice is hereby given mat Wil
liam Henry Rice, of LiluieAKauai,
has this day been appointed In
spector of Explosives for the island
of Kauai, with full powers , uvter
the law relating thereto.
Chas. R. Forbes,
Superintendent of Public Works.
Honolulu, Nov. 9, 1914. , 4-t.
FOR SALE
Singlecomb white Leghorn roos
ters, first class Pedigree stock, $4
and $5 apiece. Address P. O. Box
E, Lihue.
