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THE GARDEN ISLAND. TUESDAY, MAR. 4. 1919
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ANY ANl KYFKY
II Kauai First, Last and all the time.
(iOYKKNMKNT . Tt'KSUAY
MKAsrUKS KEXXETII C. HOPPER, Managing Editor
AT ALL I J h U K
T1MKS. TUESDAY MARCH 4, 11)1!) KAUAI
.t iiu:ssic, .v disguise
This epidemic of Spanish in
t1urii7.il is j;oi n to do much to
break down tlu walls of separnt
ion iM'twcen classes and nitcH in
our midst. One cannot go into
these simple homes and sympa
thize with and minister unto their
trouMe ami anxiety without com
in); to know ami understand them
iK-tter. Esixiiallv one cannot
have to do with the little eh i Id ten
veritable little brownies, without
comiiijj to love them.
And this sentiment works lioth
ways. Presumably they are.
more or less, affected the name
wuv, and when we come to ap
reciate and like them, they too
will come to appreciate and like
us. And so we will Ik1 all more
or less knit together iu lioiids of
a common appreciation, ami a
oi iinon fellowship.
How widely this runs it is very
hard for us to say. There is a
contagion of good, just as there
is of evil, ami a good deed done,
like a good seed sown, may bring
not one, hut many crops, some .'to,
some fill, some 100 fold.
There are too inanv influences
that scatter seeds of dissension
and disaffection, we may well lie
grateful for any that draw us to
gether. The Senate Takes a Hand i
Continued from page 1)
was postponed from time to time
and lias not yet been held: and
"Whereas the said alien enemy
custodian controls the said S.071
shares as aforesaid, as trustee for
such alien enemies, and turn in
structed hisNncal representative in
Hawaii to eliminate from the board
of directors of such company, cer
tain American citizens representing
large interests in the ownership of
the stock of said corporation: and
"Whereas one of t he directors so
ordered to be removed, to-wit:
Charles A Hire, has for many years
been n representative and senatoi
in the legislature of this Territory
and is now a senator of this Tcrii
tory at the present session of the le
gislature; and
"Whereas the purpose of the
change iu the directorate of said
corporation, according to the plan
adopted by the said alien enemy
custodian, us carried out bv him
with respect to other corporations
the stock of which was controlled by
aliens before the war, is to Ameri
canize said corporal fon and effect
the control thereof in the hands of
men of unquestioned loyally; and
"Whereas the contemplated re
moval of the said Charles A. Pice'
pursuant to the instructions of said
alien enoniy custodian in the sum
mary ini.nner aforesaid constitutes
an imputation not only against tin
oanaeitv and ability of the aforesaid i
member of this senate, hut tends
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CUOVJ IW V. I ' V HUH III. l'mtUI"
ty ar: an American citizen; and
"Whereas the said Charles A. Bice
has, by his public career and eon
duct during the war, shown his uu-
questioned patriotism and staunch
loyalty to the Cnited States; now,
therefore, be it
Delay Js Asked
"Resolved by the senate of tin
Territory of Hawaii, that A. Mit
chell Palmer, alien eneinv custodian
lie requested to postpone or cause
to he postponed, the. election of
oflicers and directors of Lihue Plan
tation Company, Limited, until Un
said alien enemy custodian be afford
-ed an opportunity to ascertain tin
fact of tliL- loyalty and patriotism
of the said Charles A. Iliee and tin
fact that there is no foundation for
cause of removal of the said Char
les A. Rice on account of any ques
tion as to his Americanism or loyal
ty; and be it further
Messaye To Delegate
"Resolved that a copy of this re-
the valve of a local
director
Naturally we are not in a posi
tion to go into the question as to
the Lihue Plantation directorate.
That is a matter which must lie
decided liv the stockholders and
those directly involved. Hut it
does seem unfortunate that the
policy of having one local direc tor
resident in Lihue and familiar
with the conditions on the place,
could not he retained.
There are many problems com
ing up all the time in connection
with a plantation like Lihue, in
which the interests not only of
the corporation are concerned,
but of the general public locally,
in which the intimate knowledge
of a local director is of great
value. Mull a local director is
an important factor on the board
even though he had no consider
able knowledge of the sugar busi
ness, and when he is a practical
sugar man of large experience in
addition his value is all the
greater.
THE T RE ATM EST OF FLU
In the treatment of Spanish
inlliienza the essential thing is to
take it in time. Immediate treat
ment almost always results in a
mild attack and a speedy recov-
The Consumption of Sugar
There has been a steady decline
in the consumption, of sugar dur
ing the last few years in the
United States that is very mark
ed. In 1!)14 it was 8!) lbs. per
capita, SI in I'll., SO in 1!)10, 78
in l!17,and 73 in litis. Perhaps
there are some people who will
say that our consumption of sugar
before the war was too great.
Surely any such heresy will not
find favor in Hawaii. Ami our
urgent advice, and our fervent
prayer, will be that America may
get back to the large consumption
again just as speedily as possible.
This it is not doing as speedily
as it might, ami as sugar people
would wish; ami "Pacts About
Sugar," in a recent issue, endeav
ors to explain why. It attributes
it to the unfortunate persistence
of good habits. 1 luring the last
year or two we have been urgently
trained to go slow on sugar; to
waste none, and use as little as
possible. Acting on this training
we have gol into the habit, as the
statistics show, ami our own ex
perience con linns, of using a good
deal less sugar than we used to.
And having formed this good hab
it, it is a little hard, and will take
a little time to get out of it.
It is a very easy thing, however,
;to acquire bad habils, so our
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RH'ES
CO AW
When corn ripens, drop all
oilier business ami m-IccI an nhiiu
'Lint supply of Mi d corn from the
standing stalks. The process is
loo important to be conducted iu
cidciitally while husking. When
selecting seed corn, give the pro
cess our entile attention.
the very best thai is lo be had
and preserve il well, am) your in
creased yields will return you
inure prolit than any other work
you can do on your place.
Solution, duly certified' be sent
the Delegate at Washington ;
that the president of the senate
instructed to cable iniiin , li.ip lv
the Delegate, the tenor of this reso
lution, requesting him to j.ivs. nt
the same immediately to the alien
enciucy custodian.''
ery. The temptation with a great
many people is to think they are
not sick enough to quit work or go
to bed; and that if they stick it
out they will tide over the attack.
This is a grievous fallacy; while
you wait the disease gathers head
wav and virulence. It fetches you
tinally, and yon have it bad.
The pitiful plea of parents and
friends whose little children de
velop the disease, is ''Can't we
keep them for another day, and
then if the fever keeps on we'll
let them go?" And the relentless
answer is, and must be, "No, they
must go now, tomorrow may be
too late!" And that generally set
ties the matter.
LOOSE STOCK OX THE ROAD
Wayfarers complain of the men
ace of loose stock on the public
roads, especially at night. Some
times it is a case not of avoiding
one or two animals, but of thread
i liar vour wav through a whole
herd with grave danger of a col
lision and a smash up.
The neighborhood of Koloa is
said to be one of the worst places
for this sort of thing, but there is
too much of it elsewhere as well
We trust that the proper author!
ties will take steps to aTiate this
evil.
Eggs and Milk for the Sick
With hordes of people in the
hospital, many of them convales
cent, and all of thein requiring a
nourishing diet of eggs and milk,
the problem of finding enough of
these staple articles for their
proper nourishment is a difficult
one, and contributions in this line
are very acceptable.
The parents and friends of the
invalids in many cases show a
very helpful spirit in volunteer
ing eggs for this purpose. One
mother the other day sent a long
way to purchase a collide of dozen
eggs, and handed them over to the
district visitor for the benefit of
her little girl who was in the hos
pital.. She did this entirely on
her own initiative and without
any suggestion from anyone. A
number of others have done the
same, and their gifts are very wel
come. :0:
Legislature wants to Knaw
That the lands of Wailua-uka,
Kauai, have been surveyed, and
lots appraised, and that the tract
will he honiestcaded just as soon as
necessary roads are constructed, is
the substance of a communication
sent to the house of rcprcscnsnlivcs
by Land Commissioner C. T. Bail
ey. The land commissioner states
that the Legislature will be askcif
to advance funds out of the general
revenues for the cons' -action of the
r ads
The coinmunicaton was in an
swer to house resolution 2!), asking
why the lands of Wailua-uka and
Ilanapepe had not been homestead-
ed in view of the fact that petitions.
for their opening had been pre
sented. A-i regards this matter, says the
land commissioner, Bertram (i.
Rivenburgh, fomier head of the
depariuciit, left no memoranda io
explain why the lands had not been
opened. lie says, however, that
then- is now a dispute over the lla-ll.ipeM-
lands on the question of
whether the tract has water rights.
Tbi- matter, In- adds, js in the
hands of the al torin-y-geiicral for
settlement. The Ilanapepe lands
are now being cultivated by the
Hawaiian Suar Co. under an
agreement eliteli d into with the
territory under the proclamation is
sued by the president .
Representative Rawlins moved
that the land ii pa It Incut be re
quested to send to the house a copy
of the sugar company s contract.
SETTLEMENT OF
XATIOXAL DEBTS
(Christian Science Monitor)
A most interesting situation
prevails concerning the position
of the United States iu its relati
on lo the financial affairs of the
allied nations. .The position of
the United States as a creditor
nation was brought about by the
exigencies of war. The Allies
were in urgent need of vast quan
tilies of products and supplies,
which the United States was call
ed upon to furnish. At the same
time, the United States has
bought back about 3,000,000,000
worth of securities formerly own
ed by'Europeans. While its ex
ports have been greatly increased
its import have diminished. The
United States has lent to other
nations approximately 10,000,
000,000. The interest payments
will amount to about $500,000,000
annually, a sum approximately
equal to the average annual trade
balance in favor of the United
Siates.bcfore the war.
There is no question as to tin
financial integrity of any of the
debtor nations, or of their desire
to satisfy their obligations. There
is however, no little conjecture
as to the manner in which the
interest payments are to be made
There are three methods by which
payments may be met. These
methods are payment in gold, in
products, or in securities, it is
generally understood that the
payment of annual interest of
!?roM)00.000 in gold is not feas
line, net 'iiuse the total annual
gold production of the world, ex
elusive of the United States, is
less than S 100,000,000. Even
though it were possible to make
payments in gold it would not be
a good thing for the United States
to accept such payments, for the
reason that it would advance the
juices of all commodities in this
country, greatly increasing the
cost of living. Incidently it would
be
the means of checking exports
for the reason that, with higher
costs of production, it would be
impossible for goods produced in
the United States to compete sue
cessfully with those of other
nations 111 the markets of the
world. About one-third of the
world's monetary gold is already
held by the United States.
Nor is it considered wise for
the United Stents to accept pay
in cut in goods even if this were
practicable. The nations of Eu
rope will be engaged in work
of reconstruction for some time
to come. While they will natu
rally make a great effort to in
crease their external trade,
is
seems improbable that their ship
ment of goods to the United
Slates will be of sufficient volume
even to offset the rapidly increas.
nig exports of the United States,
particularly in view of the fact
that the productive capacity of its
industries has been greatly aug
mented during the imst four
yea rs.
It seems to be a general opin
ion among bankers that the most
practical way iu which the inter
est payments of other nations to
the United States may be met is
for the United States to purchase
the obligations of the debtor na
Hons. It is believed that the wel
.'arc of other nations, as well as
tin:! of the United States, would
be best served by the further ex
tension of credit by the Unitei
States to the debtor nations in the
shape of long term loans. The ex
port trade of the United States
can apparently grow iu 110 other
way. II is thus seen that the
greater the service which the
Uniled States can render the rest
of the world, the larger will be its
own share of prosperity. The war
has put the United States in
position to furnish capital and
products to oilier nations, and
si ill it has an ample amount of
bolh for its own industries, while
various other nations are yet iu
great need of capital and supplies.
The United Slates cannot well
prosper while its neighbors are in
Annual Report of
Kauai Plantations
l fair a ii an Snyar Company
The most interesting item in
connection with the meeting of
the Hawaiian Sugar Co., held
this afternoon was that part of
the treasurer's report which show
ed that after paying 540,000 in
dividends (18 per cent) and set
ting aside $4-5,000 for taxes, the
sum of 800,200.58 was carried for
ward to surplus, increasing the
balance as of December 31, 1917,
001,375.00, to 1,057,585.27. The
net .earnings for the year were
$1,031 ''00.58. During the year a
total of 52,570.55 was expended
on permanent improvements.
In his report Manager Baldwin
showed that the yield of sugar
had been 10,700.003 tons for Ha
waiian Sugar and 8538.437 for
Gay & Robinson, a total of 28,334.
50 tons. Of the (Jay & Robinson
sugar Hawaiian Sugar received
3735.500 tons, bringing the net
total of the plantation itself up
to 22,072.044.
Manager Baldwin stated that
Hawaiian Sugar had sent 300 men
into the army during the year,
and, later on, observed: "Our
ranks were thinned out during
these war times more than any
plantation on the island of Kauai.
However, as the men went to serve
their country, we were glad and
proud to give more than our
share."
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Kekah a Plan ta t ion
At the meeting of the Kekaha
Sugar Co., which was held at the
American Factors' office, Manager
II. 1. Faye reported that he had
obtained 18,'Jio tons ot sugar
from 2880 acres, being an average
of 0.50 tons of sugar to the acre.
He said that the estimate for the
year was 17,500 and the excess of
production was accounted for in
the fact that it was found best to
harvest a little of the ID 10 cane
in the 1018 crop. On account of
taking 1500 tons from 1010 in
this way. the estimate for the cur
rent crop is reduced from 18,000
to 10,500 ions.
Lack of fertilizer and its exces
ive cost have limited its use, said
Mr. Fa ye, with the result that the
cane is light and not giving the
usual results in the mill so far. So
far, 5700 tons have been packed
With respect to 1020 Mr. Faye
said: "This would have been our
last crop under our lease, but we
have secured one year's extension
of lease. We will therefore be
able to harvest a full crop of say
17,000 tons and the possibility of
harvesting about 10,000 tons for
1021, all depending on how long
time the government will agree to
let us operate the plantation and
how much land we w ill be able to
keep under cultivation."
Although he says that the gen
eral condition of the company's
property is very good, Mr. Faye
told" the stockholders that: "The
mill is sorely in need of extensive
repairs and installation of neces
sary new machinery. We need
cryslallizers badly, also a new
pan, new evaporators and addi
tional milling machinery, but we
can manage to hobble along for
the rest of the lease."
The lease of the lands of Ke
Kami plantation will expire 111
about a year and a half, when the
property goes back to the govern
ment, presumably to be home
steaded, as that is understood to
be the policy of Governor C. .1
McCarthy. The valuable mill and
lis site also becomes territorial
property.
need. It is not an act of philan
thropy alone which should impel
the United Stales to extend the
helping hand, but it is daily be
coming more evident, to thought
fill people, that the more quickly
the war-ridden nations of Europe
ire helped to their feet the better
it will be for the entire world.
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