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On or about May 1st we
will move into our now quart
ers, corner of Hotel and
Bethel streets, three floors will
bo used to carry on our ever
increasing business, and we
will open with the finest stock
of House Furnishing Goods
ever imported into this coun
try. Our Showrooms will be
so arranged that you can tell
oxactly how a sot of furniture
looks when it is set up in your
own homo; Booths will bo
furnished completo with Par
lor Suits, Dining Room Suits,
Bedroom Suits, etc' Our Din
ing Room Furniture will bo in
sets with Bric-a-brac to match.
Odd pieces to match almost
iny set can almost always bo
had. Nothing sots oft' a dining
room as prettily as ono of our
Combination Sideboard China
Closets.
Our Bedroom Suits will
comprise Plain and Quartered
Oak with French Beveled
Mirrors, Plain and Curly
Birch, plain Birdsoye Maple;
Mahogany, and Emimcl and
Gold, and we have Combin
ation Wardrobe Chiffoniers to
match. A pretty Combination
Secretary Bookcaso is a handy
piece of furniture to have
around. These goods will bo
direct from the factory and
the very laUsl designs. 1 f we
don't happen to have exactly
what you want in the furniture
line, expert mechanic will
make it for you nnd satisfaction
guaranteed or no sale. "We
make a specialty of Cedar
Wardrobe.
Our Repairing Department
is complete in ovory particular.
First-class Upholsterers will
make your old mattress look
now, furnituro repaired at your
own homo if desired, Matting
and Carpets laid by experts
with dispatch. Special atten
tion paid to Renovating Par
lor Furniture.
Ourstock of Portier Curtains
aro the finest ever brought to
Honolulu. Wo have Tablo
and Stand Spreads to match.
Patent Spring Shades, Cornice
Poles, etc., aro littlo things
that you will need in furnish
ing your homo. Wo have a
complete stock. Our Hair and
Spring Mattresses made to
order have a i eputation in Ho
nolulu for fine workmanship
and durability. Honolulu peo
ple, can wo do anything for
you, do you want anything in
the furnituro line, it don't make
any difference what it is, come
to us. Wo can accommodate
you and will guarantee satis
faction in every particular and
at prices that will meet with
your approval.
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"AVhy don't you go to Africa, i
you don't like the country ? "
He replied: "I shall answer
that by asking you a question,
why don't the Japs go to Africa.
Tho country here is all right, but
the conditions of living nro not
all right. Wo wore brought hero
to Hawaii on tho invitation of
this government and arrived ahead
of tho Japs, and wo don't proposo
to tnko a back seat now if wo can
help it. "Wo consider that wo
havo a perfect right to look out
for tho. interests of ourselves and
families. Tho crowd of Chinoso
and Jnpaneso with which we aro
surrounded has for somo.tiino past
mado it moro and moro different
for Portuguese to exist on thoso
islands. Vo think tho time has
now como when wo must look
ahead a littlo, and ascertain what
wo aro coining to in tho future It
is bad enough now, but what will
it bo in a fow years? I know it is
tho custom for somo folks hero to
look down on tho Portuguese, and
treat them on tho samo lovol as
Chinese or Japs. You hear in
tho streets tho expression, 'Oh,
he's only a Portuguese?' Now, I
may toll you that altho' a ma
jority of my countryman in Ha
waii belong to tho laboring class,
still I would ask you not to forgot
that thoy consider UiomsoWes on a
higher piano of civilization than
tho Asiatics. "We havo an ambition
to get on in the world, as well as
other white settlors. And horo 1
may say in passing that becauso
wo belong to the Latin or Southern
European race somo of tho local
newspapers will not oven admit
that wo aro white. "Wo livo econo
mically, but as wo got on in tho
world, and accumulate a littlo
goods and chattels, wo altor our
stylo of living accordingly, just as
others of a similar class in Amer
ica or Europo would do. "Wo aro
a wino-drinking people, but wo aio
not a drunken race, as may bo no
ticed from tho Policopourt records.
And without boasting I may add
that tho Portuguese aro ono of
tho best of races for settling a
tropical country bucIi as this.Thoy'
aro thrifty, hardworking, poace
ablo and stand tho climato well."
""Well, did you seo that adver
tisement in tho nowspapors call
ing for 300 Portuguese laborors to
go and work on tho plantations?"
"Yes, I noticed it, but it looked
yory queer making its appearanco
juBt on tho evening provious to
our presenting our petition, and
in addition look at tho wages of
fered. They aro too low. "Wo
think that, considering tho high
price of sugar and tho enormous
dividonds being paid by tho sugar
plantations, tho planters can af
ford to pay such of our pooplo as
aro laborors, a living wage, not a
pittanco ouch as thoy offer to tho
rico-eating Asiatics. "Wo do not
think that tho United States mado
tho reciprocity treaty for tho sako
of a few holdorB of sugar stock,
but that tho laboring class shouki
participate to a small oxtont in tho
benefits derived from tho treaty.
If wo aro not to bonofit from it,
then tho treaty, so far as wo, as
votors, caro may as woll bo abro
gated right away.
"It must not bo forgot also that
tho Portuguese horo aro not all
laborors. "Wo havo amongst us
quite a number of skilled artisans
and mechanics, tradesmon and
storekeepers, including carpenters,
blacksmiths, stono masons, brick
layers, hackdrivors, oxpressmon,
florists, etc., and thoy too aro on
countered by tho cheap Jap pro
blem. I seo somo of the local
papers are always howling out for
American settlors to como hero.
How would Americans like to go
and work on tho BUgar plantations
and keep themselves ami families
on $10 a month. I should liko to
seo them try it."
"To roturn to Africa, do you
think that any of the Portuguese
w.ould caro to go to Africa?"
' "I do not think that matter has
boon BoriouBly considered. It ro
inuina to bo soon what can bo done
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