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k. . iv HAWAIIAN GAZETTE KODERIOK 0. MATKEBOI, EDITOR Entered at the I'ostoflice of Honolulu, II. T., Second-Class tnnttcr. Issued Tuesdays and Fridays. - . Subscription Kates: Per Month .23Mrr Month, Foreign .S3 Per Year 3.00 Ver Year, Foreign $4.00 Payable Invariably in Advance. CHARLES S. CRANE. M wager. TUESDAY new one are included in the following list: Sugar. Cheese Meat Wool yarns Wool blankets. Wool underwear Wool clothing Wool dress goods for women and children .. Cotton clothing . , Cotton tnblo damask .. Cotton collars and cuffs . Cotton stockings , Cotton underwear, . Trimmed lints . . Brooms Oil cloths Wheat Potatoes v: Cabbage Beans nnd lentils Beets Nearly all other vegetation, uuiurai siaio Vegetables sliced or other Former law. 1S.3 per cent. Tea , Free. Coffee , Free. Salt. . . . , 1 pound, 7 cents Bread "5 jier ceut. Milk flalion, 2 cents. Cream tfallon, .r. cents. Eggs. , Dozen, C cents. Butter Pound, 0 cents. uaimcai round, 1 cent Flour. Barrel, 45 cents. round, uccnts. 10 per contr ' 79.70 per cent. 72,00 per, cent. !)3.00)jper;cent. 79 per cent. 99.7 per' cent. . CO per cent.. '10 per cent. . 01 per cent. . "(iflior cent. . Oujicr cent. . SO per cent. . . '10 'per ceut. . . . -II per cent, . .. Buslu?l, 25 cents. , . . Bushel, 25ceiits. . . 2 cents' apiece. . . Bugheb 4fi cents, . . f Si." pf rteonf. , 2.1 per cent. wise prepared -10 per cent.". Pickles 10 per,, cent. w Vinegar, gallon "U. cents. ' ' Apples, peaches; quinces, cher ries, piums ana pears, green or ripe Edible berries Lemons, limes, grapefruit. Bushel, 2." rents. Quart, 1 cent. f oranges Pound. 1 cent. Molasses ..M,rflS.5 per cent. Cuttlo .7' fcnfl,', M.7I5. f"ieP , Kiieh, 7fi rents to tl. Darlcy Bushel, 30 rants. Macaroni... ,.., Pound, b J'ouUry Pound, 3 cents. Haw woal 13.00 per rent. &CTOHKR 121 NEARING,THE LAST STRAW. The wireless this .morning carries a news item from Washington of great import to Hawaii, to the effect that the free toll provision of the bill regulating the tolls of the Panama Ganal is to be repealed, for the tim6 being ht least. The excuse advun'ced for this determination credited to President Wilson is that it is necessary to learn first what the upkeep and running expenses of the canal arc to he before granting special privileges to vessels in the coastwise trade, but the probable reason fo'r the determination is in the fact that Great Britain has been pressing for arbitration over the alleged discrimination in canal tolls, as opposed to the provisions of the treaty which gave to the United States the right to build the canal as hu American undertaking. At this time of international stress, Uie President is doubtless unwilling to allow the diplomatic' difference with. Great Britain to gff any further. Whatever the reason, the decision will effect Hawaii gritvely. The American-Hawaiian had decided to commence using the canal foi the transportation of Hawaiian sugar" to New York and Philadelphia nnd the freight rates were being adjusted jin the basis of free pas. sage of the canal. The difference between noi tolls nnd the regulni rates will amount to about $501)0 a cargo and this will, naturally, have to be paid; by the Hawaiian shipper. The extra cost may wipe out the difference in freight rates that Hawaii was to receive. Whatever happens in Washington, apparently, operates against this Territory. The ono thing for Hawaii left is to apply for and work for a ruling classing these Islands as not coastwise. If tin sugar growers here must compete with the world, the least the federal government could do would Be to give us an equal chance with other sugar producing countries for cheap freight rates and the free right to travel to. and from tint United States mainland. The last advantage Hawaii had is to luftakeii ilway, but every one of the disadvantages of being includedas an integral portion of the United States is left. Porto Pico and the Philippines, ranking as mere possessions arc soon to he iu a better position than we are, with 'ill our Territorial status. ... ..TARIFF RATES AND INCOME TAX. The New York and Washington papers 'of September 30, received in the last Jiiail, contain digests of the report of the conferees on the Tariff Bill, signed a few days later by the President and now in force. Copies of the bill as as law are expected on the Lurlinc, on Tuesday. The report of the conferees was accepted by both house and senate. In its final shape the free list includes ferro manganese ore, cheap grades of iron, cattle and other food animals, wheat. Hour, (lax. hemp, sugar Refining machinery, school books, sand-blast niaehinery, indigo dyes, moving picture films, cement and asphalt. The tnrifl on automobiles, originally fixed by the house at forty-five per cent, wasmadc thirty per ccnUon machines valued at less than $2000. The free-wool and free-sugar features remain as originally passed. On a few articles increases are made and there are said- to be in a number of paragraphs apparently providing reductions, jokers which will operate to keep the rates, high. The live per cent rebate provision on goods imported in American shins is retained. me more important clianges trom the tariff to the J.i, J'A New law. The mine, until March J, 191 i, then reduced to 1 ceut u pound. Free after May 15, 1910. Fjee. F?ee. Fi ee. 25 per cent. Free. . y J . Fiee. '.'. 2 ' cents. Kl cent. ,' i Free. 2 Mi. cents, Free. , . ,' , J '18.90 per reut. 30,90 per ceut. 35.70 per 'cent. 35 per ceut. 35 per cent. . 30 per cent. 25 per rent. 30 per cent. -10 per rent. 30 per cent. 10. per cent. 15 pur cent. 20 per rent. , Free, Free. F ee. 25 cents. 5 per cent. 15 per cent. ' " 25 per rent. 25 per. ceut, 4 cents. 10 cents. Vj cent. ' - Vi cent. Free after Mar. 1, 1911 Free. ' Free. 15 cents, 1 cent. 1 reut. Free after December 1. Tho liieoma tax provision as finally agreed upon is as follows: Incomes below M0O0, exempt from 11100 to fJO.OOO, one per emit ; W0.000 lo W0.0P0. two pur emit ; M0.000 to .7fi.000, throe per eontt 7,000 to iHOll.OOO, four uunt ; .1100,000 tn .iWO.OOO, live pur tmnt i 250,000 to )O0,()O0, six pin: emit t above 500,000, svmi per omit. The income of married perKwucwIII be exempt up to $,1000. No on account of children will be allowed. In pvory uumi the tax 1 not lo bo levied mi tho Willi's iiieuine but on (bo aiiiiiiuil above tho exemption limit. Thus u ulnulc man bavin iWrWinn ii,i ...m bo taxed as follows i MQ0 xmii.t, on $1T.000 oiih pe until s on 8000, two w cent , u total of $8Ti. I'.ui loy ' will b iwmlml Iu pay liiunino Uxm on the lai of mitow gm hjij Mm h, In tlia Miiiio way )) wUo hjndl ihe um utUw a ib$ mm "'"" !"V "' mami umunji. itaquMNI WWJ m 1 JfiJJkftUMVU t 1 tH.'i HAWAIIAN TI'KMJ'Y. I HKI 21. 10.i inrome, nor will life iuiuraiiee paid to the lienellelsiy or returned to the jiiHiired pemon as a paid-up policy. HusilKs men pit) only on the net Ineome of their lumiuuiMPM, but must not include personal nxpcjiscs nor money spent for permanent Improvements as business expense tn be deducted from gross income in nxrortnlnlug the net amount. " . . . ONE SOLUTION OF BEEF PROBLEM. Prof. Thomas Shaw, who went to England recently and bought twenty-three cows for .1. .1. Hill's farm near St. Paul, declares that the beef supply problem of the United States can he solved by stocking our farms with two-purpose cows. That is to say, cows good for dairy and beef purposes both, lie further declares that the federal government and State experts have been falsely teaching fanners that it does not pay to keep such cattle; that they should either go in for dairy cattle or beef cattle strictly. The result of this teaching, says Professor Shaw, has been very injurious to the country, for it has greatly reduced the number of beef cattle produced on farms, frays the Washington Star. AVith the division and settlement of the great ranges of the West that used to feed thousands of beef cattle, it has become all the more necessary for the farmers' to raise a few head of cattle for the markets. Hut they haven't been doing this to any great extent, Profess or Shaw finds, and this is one of the chief reasons for the decline in he meat supply, and the high cost f He deals' vigorously with the "ex Of beef. ports" who have. been teaching the farmers that it does not pay to keep dual or two-purpose cattle. Among other things, he says: "Those men mean well, but they do not know. They would not knowingly mislead, hut,' being blind on this matter themselves, they have led the blind, -hence the leaders and the led are both lying in the ditch. Those meli are certainly responsible in no little Jegree for the high prices of meat. They have discouraged the from growing' it. They have thus inflicted great wrong on, their i'el lows,. but it was because they did not know." ' Professor Shaw found in England that dual cows bring about twice is high a price as others, the reason being that they produce' both lairy -products and beef. The twenty-three diinKeows bought foi lames .1. Hill cost. an average of about .500 apiece and weighed from MOO to lf)00 pounds. Professor Shaw says they will produce on nn iverage about 8000 pounds of milk a year. His arguments in favor of the dual cow as ii Solution of our meat nrdbleni are quite impressive. Certainly he is right abouUtbe passing of the range on which used to be produced so many beef cattle. The small farmer can not afford to raise purely beef cattle, lie must have cows that produce milk for his riwn use and- for the sale of 'uitter. Does if pay a farmer better to keep purely dairy cattle and rrow no cattle for beef.? Professor Shaw thinks the dual breed more i'1'ofitablc. The difference in butter fat will be more than made up by the- value of the yearling or two or when sold for beef. '&V, James J. Hill is of the same, opinion as Professor .Shaw, and-Mr. Mill is a very far-sighted man. Kenorts of the herd of twenty-three lual cows recently placed on Mr. Hill's farm near St. Paul should be if profound interest to the fanners of this country. 1 PREPARE WAIKIKI FOR TOURISTS. Within a comparatively few weeks the tourist season will be in full blast, with every prospect of the season of J913.14 being the best Honolulu has ever liad, iu which good fortune the entire' Territory will share. Honolulu has been preparing for the rush in many ways, but there is one important exception. TlniUfs in the fact that the bathing beaches we are advertising in out- promotion literature, on our Mid-Pacific Carnival posters and postcards and in nil our other advertising are very, very far- from being as perfect as thev might well be. In the first place the beach at AVaikiki is dirty; 'n tho second place the coral lifts been encroach upon -:o much of the inshore wading spaces that there vis positive danger to the limlilii'ni who would .try the waters that Duke Kahananioku has made 'famous. At the present time, before the Seaside and the Moana bath houses, there is so much bristling coral, concealed the shallow water, that it is-almost an impossibility to wade out -o swimming depth without being cut, and a coral cut 'is something o remember. Kvcn before the 'Outrigger Club beach there are i)inc coral patches to catch the .unwary stranger. Inasmuch as the business of catering to tourists is a great part of the business, of the beach hotels, and inasmuch as the swimming .it Waikiki is 'one of the great things that bring.Jouri.sts hero and keep them satisfied while here, it would seem like, good business for these hotels to blast out their coral from- before their bath houses. At the very least they should post signs to warn the malihini swimmers against wading around where iho live coral grows. ONE BRIGHT SPOT AMID. MURK. The banana claims commissioners bave done a difficult task well snd the thanks of the Territory is due them. TJie Advertiser has had no sympathy with the various claimants and still less for the various agents wlrti worked up the claims, becaus' we believe that Ihe sacrifice of the banana plants iu this citv at a time of veev nrnb. i:tblo danger was little enough for tho residents to make for the sake ot having for once clean jind sapit,ry surroundings, and the worth of the bananas was a small enough nrico to nav for the nnriimr n(T of the tons and tons of tin cans, niiKjk, bottles, old decaying carpets .urn me rest iiiiu was uiKeii out to sea at public expense by tho workers of the Wo believe that those wio campaigned iu tho last election on the banana Issut;, playing to popular ignorance, did Honolulu infinite harm, the last of which is not vet, and we believe that the legislature belittled itself when the members ied ui raising the price of expected support next November and appropriated for the settlement of the claims, surrounded as they were by all the stink of iCalnkieln and a few like him. But the commissioners in' whose hands was placed the settlements , authorized have handled their part of a poor business well. It would have been in keeping with the rest of tho itnsavorv mess if tho members had spun out their work to the limit of the" .salary appropriation nnd had so settled the awards as to leave no balance. That they have done neither is altogether to their credit. -. . THEY NEED WORK." Now and then the bottom scorns' to drop out of life for a mini or a woman and they are tempted tn say that nothing is left to make the game worth while. They get tho cart before tho horse, says the Los Angeles Times; They have mistaken some incident for the main event. The love and the friendshin iiIohl' tint w.iv mnv l.r. .. ,,.. tf the harvest, hut they are apart from tho sower and the planting. Work is the answer and the healing, When everything else fails, work remains. It takes a llnod of emotion and directs it into channels of usefulness instead of waste, It fixes tho attention on objects of pleasure and not of pain. It offers purpose and not neglect. It occupies itseir with facts and not with dreams, it is the objective and not the subjective. It eomes out of the dark and into the light. It may be. seen and touched, rt docs not vanish for n whim. It does not change for some other pursou. It never grows hitler nor old. It gives something to a man for all lie gives to it. Ho may N yu uiist uledly nnd never bo uiirmpiiled. We may praise life for a little while of health or love or triumph, but iu all Ihe forever of a mini's being the will to serve shall stand him in stead. J,e no mi eiifiiplain while hi work Is left lo hjm. Puilhonnnre, the in good fiihh (ImiIn the Kingdom In which nil thing are mlduil HaiMwuy k paying iwj Jjurt lyjJt vIUj lior ilmtilbJiiif ipj Pimm lias .u T M ?Ti . ' w QV l!J0,,, i " IwliW SiOm UJI, lllllil "" null 11 Bill I luuiu ir iu. I in mu aniiviirsn uiiininani. unim jjijjW' ilOWjj nuai nm i ........ ..: ..i:.. ",:. -,- , .-., imn huu jjji jiuiauw io no oaniTij)i)niti, TOO BAD THE BARS ARE DOWN. There is probably no good reason, from an Amcrjcaii legal why Mrs. Patikhurst should be barred oiit ot the I'nited tl tlttl lllll If tt'Itltlil lllat'll tim.ti n I M.itiisltkflitltM (kt.l i ,x ...liti 1. t.A 'i"iv"t in- i it miiiii jhiu iivi'ii fi iiriiiviniuiii uiil UF nilllliy HI IIH suffrage cause if President Wilson had stretched n point and tie- ..C.I...1 ....... !..... it.t.. -.1... . . ... .. i tl I.I . iiKiiiimi huh einiiierer oi violence, .'irs. I ansnursi is tilling lie cause for which mIim tn he ilivnlinir lint- I If., m mimli harm as Carrie Nation did the temperance cause. She is making I ridiculous. Hail the United States refused to receive her it would !flVII MllVfifl lllll A ltiriltillll tll.i i.liil.iit..i.iut.mil ,f l,n!.. ........ ..... ...,v . .i..... nu.i.iiinm i.ii. vittuiu i iinaiut:ii. ml lllllll "tier around and would have discountenanced the burning of private wie destruction ot, man niBtier, the tearing up or goli nks and tin smashing of racing shells, as performed in Oreat thus doing that which would tend to restore the Pankhurst tn minima iu .... n ........... - ,......,. ... ...w. .,v...,v,o. ....... m ..iiniituni in ill! II making tour and expects her fame as a freak to keep the box office busy. She has, no message fiir American women, who are scouring I1......1 ..!.. l.w H...I.. it .1 .. . in iiiuuuHiH more man me ' ! 4' - ( v aciu turowers or ... ..!.! ...Ml .. ..-.!. !.. t... il. Ii ..1.1 , . .... 'ngland will evt'r' gain by the Pankhurst route. There is no way o bar Mrs. Pankhurst out, nnd that's the pity of it. . ,., t ... : MICHIGAN'S WELCOME. If California. Hritish Columbia and Australia nro nil nn. posed to Japanese immigration, there are other places that extend the welcomitiKchandj notes Leslie's Weekly. Hrazil and Mexico nre loiug this and some American stated arc offering inducements to the Asiatics. For instniicn tfin TtnHln f'n.olr Mini,!,..,!. I., ,..,:.. i,... the heading "Michigan Extends n Welcome to Japan," calls attention to the area of fertile lands suitable to fruit culture -and the raising of crops which can be bouglrtC in Michigan nt from ijilo to f30 an acre. Michigan has no laws excluding thriftv Jnnnnese. and the Inquirer says they will be madOvelcome because "they would enrich the state directly in nronortion as thev nrosnnmil tlmm. selves." Our contemnorarv shows'-'its eood faith bv invitimr .T.nm. esc farmers to write to thpfl'itor who says he will take pleasure n directing tho stranger how to obtain fertile lands at reasonable Igures. i r ,. - . A NEW'DEPARTMENT FOR PUBLIC SERVICE. For some tilllO. ever since it. nnncnrnil nlnnr ihnt tlm iM.nui! ., Migar was to be removed or materially reduced and that Hawaii i. urn numi uu iiiul'u wiunuie necessity oi materially diversifying her agricultural industry, The Advertiser has been considering its nrosi'nt fpiitiirnu !(!, n timi. ,l.,.,..t.,w. i... .1 . . rj. i ........ ,,.. .. ..,, i.jfi.i Llliuil I, III IJU UCVUl' cd to the interests of small farmers, homesteaders and agricultural- imh generally, i ne main (iiuicuity in estaDlisliing such a department was iu securing someone (ptalifiedjp take charge of it, but this The Advertiser has been successful in doing, more successful than we had dared hope when the search jjegnn. This morning, Dr. .Tared CJ. Smith, who established tho federal experiment station in, Hawaii and Avho is known as one of the foremost agricultural authorities of the United States, joins the editorial 'staff, of this paper, to establish the new department and make it of the fullest practical use to the Territory. Doctor Smith needs no introduction to readers 'of The Advertiser or to the public of Hawaii generally. He has been of service to the. Islands in the past and, connected with this paper, will be of till wider service in the. future. ....' . ' ,MJUOEDE UVAS!" The Mexican constitutionalists hayadopted a 'new war cry, which, the Washington Star thinks; may be regiipded ns indicative, of the possession of a sense of humor not hitherto siispected. Fearing the destruction of. the city of Pipdras Negras by the anti-government forces in the event of its capture by the Federals, representatives of '.his country waited lipon the Constitutionalist leaders who have made, that point their .center and protested against such a course on the trround that lurce Ainennnn inf. .vi. etc wr.ul.1 U.o...,!,., i, .,: i .t the. conference polite consideration was shown to, the Americans i,m uinue wereV given mat tup city would not be destroyed. At the conclusion of the meeting, howqver, some of" the more impetuous of the Constitutiona'lisrs, Unable to restrafu their feelings, called out derisively to the. .American's as. they were leaving "Jugc de uvas!" .'Literally translated this means "grape juice." No explanation is needed. The expletive carries its own application. These hot-blooded Mexicans arc trying to insult the Utiited States. That is the long and short of it. Thoy, are trying to convey the impression that we are an unmanly localise an unalcobolic people. They have read the papers and they know that the present secretins of state of the United States is under some criticism because he refuses-to serve intoxicating beycragea'at dinner when he entertains foreign representatives. To tluvAverage Mexican this perhaps is a highly reprehensible course, and it may be that "jugc de uvas" Is conceived in a spirit of bitter affront, possibly intended to arouse the fighting spirit of tho American people. But, of course, the United States will not irn tn inu liiinnncn ., f.... !.,.' i.i.i.i ir....' van partisans, indignant that this country will not countenance the .1 .muni ufMiiiuiuiii in property, cast aspersions upon the menu of its vhief diplomatic oulcihl. Thd majority of the American people ipute thoroughly approve of, Mr. .Bryan fc procedure in this matter and will not. feel grievously annoyed because the Mexicans have laised the crv of "iiiLe de nvna " Mnr tu it fi, i, .i.:..: tration will .change its Mexican policy' in the least under the smart lit tlllll llVnlnmnliA.. - M' - -- . THE PASSmOHOUR. Sulzer will have plenty of time, now to show up the doings of Tammany, Huerta now has tho chance to nnnrecinti ttm Tti1tlir.nl .vrmn about the one who lives by the sword. Wouldn't1 it be nice if Mayor Fern would only stay away from Honolulu as much as this Delegate stays away from Washington f Klihio savs that be doesn't. Imme kw ilm ,m) ; d. i7..i,i I ransit Bill which went to congress in lils name. Wonder if he knows what, lip iu linitiiT viuiil u iMw..rt.,:n..ni ninJ::t.i' - " " I't.i.i ii iuiiiunaiiii!(ii, nilllliy ' 1U1 I We note that the rnavor snont nmi fiffnnn nonio out of his "entertainment fund" (luriricr the nast three months. What distinguished stranger did bo blow tho fifteen cents on? Now that the Democratic caucus has had its efforts crowned with success and tho 'Underwood Bill is law, the members of congress who voted for it are fice to '.face with the unpleasant prospect of going home and facing the music. While there" will be no Ad Club'nt tho watqrfront today to greet the arriving delegates to the convention of mill engineers, the men ivho make the wheels go round for Hawaii's leading industry may rest, assured that they are welcome to Honolulu. The best wo can wish thmn is that their convention and tlio gathering of the of the Hawaiian Kngiuecring Association may Im as successful as was the recent civic-convention and that they will go their mis ways after the husiuesa and the fun with as groat a vigor for tho work bofofe them as did the delegates last month, It is reported that Mr. Bryan, our secretary of slate, lias sue. reeded thus far in gritting two actual formal HKsmits to the peaeo treaty from wliloji ) 'jrxpeeU so much, says mi Those who have Joined with him i, higiilng this treaty are the minlMm of Pimamaitifd jliiateiiiiiH. Tim I million wlili IliMiu have not bum, ralifli'd'Jiy' (he, senate nor nro Ihoy likely lo lw. m llio only aijvantnp wmjhl ha m lliu ,m of llittsa ntpuWIftL jjqjjj yjgj tojww imiiiJiiK in 1m mid wlio BUDDHISM a STUMBLING BLOCK Japanese Investigator Hndi It So in Visiting Way of JapanescAmcrican Peace. E.lltor A.Uprtlfpr: 3tr. Yamamoto, who vialtoit AmeHon with XIr. Kbarn. in connpctioii with tli" hmi. !,... illlllctiltlcB in California, ia rcpresente.1 In tlip latest number of The Christian WotM, a weekly jmblirlieil in .tapaii, to have mid ns follows: "WIlO sllOUld 1)0 lietil riolinn.ll t.. t. tho Cnirforiilnn ilin!rit1ttoit T a. i. doing wrong in cxcluiling japanescf wi - rcjiiiKiiant ill tlio Jniaiicso jieojilc there I , My opinion ! that tho greater part of the blame U ' B'ao oi me latter. Onfc thine the Influence of Huililbl.ta. tiiliiK that the .Inpanese is not Ii peopla that could bo naturalized. Their narrow patriotism, idolatry and low moral condition jjave Americans that True it is that to a certain decree those are peculiar to Japanese, lllll Itinl. nrn trt1.. ln.l ...... ' "7 '".' --. iiisllKUieil DV some other agent, that is Buddhism." ...... .iu nut-, on io say wnat these Dudilhists are doing. "They build (.rand temples and establish schools. have a trVmen. dons influence, ns they arc at once priests and teachers, having control of relllflOll nn.t niliipftrlnt, t,..,.... it.. acting members of '.lapaneso Societies' nr Mn.ll.. I1...I I1.I..1 .... ... iiiiiiiiiiisr. iKiiierents. The schools under the mnnagenieiit of tliosj people hnvo ns their motto 'Loyalty and Patriotism,' ami boldly eucouracr ing it, declare those virtues to be the highest hnmun obligations. If one talks about naturalizutiou, one, Is sure to meet their bitter comment as a traitor, tho act being regarded as exi ceedincli shameful and abominable by them. This is just tho point' whero the Christianity is attacked. If we say that we should abandon the narrow and truly plan for the future of the people, they will at once persecute us as 'socialists' or dangerous persons. "Again, they transplant the Buddhism from Japan without the least change. They make magnificent temples with glistening images and pictures full in them. Sometimes they hang up. the portraits of their Lord Ablott, or his wife, or other high priests, as objects of worship, and institute a wholesale superstition in many other ways. They have a peculiar skill in raising money tiom tho simple-minded men and worn, no. Some people are told that they would bo introduced to the Lord, Abbott if they pay .31)0. Others are persuaded to givo $-200 to get a cup of tea In one of the rooms of tho Head Temple.' The latter part of tho article reads liks this: "It may bo too harsh to attribute to the Buddhists nil the narrow ideas, supcistitions and moral corruption of our peoplo in America. Hut I am telling you tlio faqts. , .Buddhists havo surely n great influence .among them. Whilo they have a high respt ns men of religion, they also have a perfect control of educational wonlt. They hold up their ensign of 'Loyalty and Patriotism' or 'Protection ot Nationality' to stand against Christianity. They nro misleading the unlearned in defiance of tho opinions of those who nro truly concerned nbout the future of our people. They are altogether indifTercnt about sexual indulgences, which is .a serious siain of tho Japanese out there. Thoy connive at the shameful profession of tho girls, even considering their prosperity to bo,,a means of advancing tho power of the, nation. Thin Buddhists are working a serious harm among our brethren in l ' America." Now tho abovo statijiiciit is Mr. Vnmntnuto 's conclusion, which . ho has formed from his recent trip around the United States. It can be summarized ' again in the words .which the .editor of the paper ehoso for tho (Subject of this article, "A Serious Cause of tho Difficulties is iu Buddhists." Many thoughtful men will jgree with Sir. Vninamoto in their view that tho influence of the Buddhists is a great hinilranco to the progress of the Japaneso people in America, although there arc somo who want to please tho Buddhists and apparenth regard his view with contempt, it la repoited that tho Buddhists in Japan held a mass meeting at the Honganji Temple in Toljio, and resolved to send n protest to President Wilson. All very woll, but they must remember that their own priestB here no less deserve their strong protest than Mr. Wilson or tho Cnliforulnns, T. H, , SECOND HONGKONG OFF THE YANGTZE LONDON', October 1. The Peking correspondent of tho Dally Tolegrapu shows remarkable conformity with the Times iu preferring various reasom for an alteration of the British policy n China in the near future. He, however surpasses the latter by proposing ihe' exchange- of the port uf Weihalwel, which has for many years been sought by Uiiiui ns a basis for her new navy. i 'i'".' 'l1'""1 of T""" M1"B Wiu which Is situated Hear the coast off the mouth of the Yangtze rver lie says that the Muud It un excel, cut Imto and roadstead fi)f (1,5 mia. Ue. It could be made a second lonJ. Iiniig In the Pr Hast, foinniaiidiuif the wliolo uiiKle mid forming he (,nf dulloii for a mwrwr position for Kiil. lam), from whlidi the would lio eusblell to ;i'w' I"" eeonoinU intercut in middle China. IT NBvV W1M I'UlHbtnlnlii' Culie, I'bulnrit mid ItfUMxir i( til 1, ,,,., i,,.. r.,lwi.LU "Wnkum m Omajry ivrr';urltiLmm -- rmt uSKl"