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HONOLULU STAR-BULLETINf WEDNESDAY, Juno 4, 1013.
RILEY H. ALLEN - - - - - - - EDITOR
WEDNESDAY
pn in x.-Tln mins Oa rl v I ( v
JL'NE 1, 101o ort unitH s. Other cities not lnoiv happily-
n "... . ,. . , . .. . . Jplaml than" tin? Crossroads of the Pacific air
Cenius is an infinite ca juicily for tnkiny spciulin-r millions where w propose to spend
thousands. . . ":.;: .v-'--;:
What some of these other cities are cioiii" may
he jjatheieil from the followii
did from various sources:
There is sound sense and.inojT,ssiveness in Anticipatin"; the oiieiiiug of the. American
the surest ion made to the supervisors last ni;ht .. Panama Canal, wore than l,0CO,C00.')00 is 1m
that the city should equip more playgrounds for -'nig seiit for improvements at various ports, of
UORE PLAYGROUNDS i
statistics ..jrath-
YOKOHAMA PAPER
decks japan m mm
H A S R EM E D Y i jOFBlSpijTE
V A R SECRETARY
' (Continued from page oneV V . diPte between the board of
. . v v t & . .. , harbor commissioners and Customs
including the right to vote, irrcspec-" Collector R. Stackable. as to their
tive of their 'race, color or previous respective rights on the' lot lying be-
the.childiin of llonolalu.
Honolulu has been stirred up within the last
the world so as to hotter handle deep sea com
merce. .' This movement is universal the United
w davs hv the revelations of the dance-hall states, Canada, South America, Europe and
evil.. The jmod citizens, the home-loving juid elsewhere. Ftr this purpose Los Angles has
homedvetiuus citizens, have heard with horror pllil itself to siend 10,000,000 if t-apahle
' administration niav ho smired. an Francisco
learning to frequent a resort that is declared' to
be a pit of iuiuity. And to end this condition,
some substitute for the allractions of the dance
hall must lie provided. "
Kaymond IJobins, that exfnrt in civic social
conditions, told the men of Honolulu that the
: city is not doin its duty unless it provides open
air spaces and legitimate recreation facilities
for its youth. .
His words come home with forceful impact
now that Honolulu is confronted with the neces
sity for furnishing wholesome amusement in
stead of vice-sugostin, fetid enticements.
The chairman of the boys work committee of
the, Men's Club of the Episcopal diocVse', Mr. II;
A. Giles, and one of the committee's experienced
- social workers, Mrl J. A.. M. Johnson, reinforce
the plea for playgrounds made 'by Raymond
Kohiiis. Mr. Johnson, who has worked in the
&n me great city as Robins- Chicago Avorked
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nun iuu uuwBuujn uuu iuu uij;ui'uus mm',
declares that it is better to spend a thousand
dollars in providing a playground than a thou
sand'dollars in building an annex to tlio jail,
or in hiring more policemen. ,
IJehind this declaration there is the fact that
an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of
cure, and if this liolus good in disease of - the
body, does it not hold goodj you fathers and
mothers, in disease of the soul? Is it not better
-'- : .
; to give attention to the young girls and boys,
standing at the cross-roads between good and
evil conduct, than to punish the man and woman
calloused with years of sin?
The work urged last night by tlie Men's Club
is, work that Honolulu has already found good.
The Heretania street nlavcround is a definite
factor for social imnrovement in its section of
Uhe city. Honolulu should have a large -and
wel developed system of, playgOmnds, adminis
tered by young men and women full of the en
thusiasm and understanding of youth who
can attract "and hold the younger hoys and yJrls
that come to them. ' The board of supervisors -is
just as much charged with the duty of handling
"this problem as -With the duty -of handling the
ixilice department or the fire department.
More playgrounds is one plan for fighting the"
dance-hall and kindred evils. Social circles all
over the city, where boys and girls can be given
, evening of wholesome entertainment, is another
plan that might be developed. The playgnvujids
idea is offered in specific form and can be car
ried out quickly. ; i -
.Then why not get them?
GET THE RIGHT ATTITUDE
i. 'Memlrs of the city's waterfront force will
find little -public sympathy: with -attempts to
block the plan proposed bj the harbor board of
usinjj a launch system for the transportation of
pilots to and from the vessels coming here.
Though some of the pilots 'themselves object to
the plan, preferring to stick to the antiquated
whaleboasystem, they have not shown any good
reasons, for their attitude. They have argued
t h a 1 1 he wh al e-b( a t is sa f er t h a n t h e I a u u ch for
taking pilots from '-liners in motion, but even
when the harbor board considered a plan of
using a whale-loat equipped with a gas engine.
bond issue :f $0,000,000. Iondon, the world's
greatest port, pi otkises " to spend on improve
ments on the Thames 70,000,000, one new dock
costing $10,000,000.
Seattlexhas lanned a port expenditure which
will ri quire ah outlay of $20,000,000. '
.Montit-al has siK-ut ?17,000,000 and is plan
ning great extensions.
The government of Chile has authorized a
?20,000,000 loan for port improvements at Val
paraiso" and San ..tVntonio. Valparaiso alone is
to spend $12,000,000 to $13,000,0 00. This means
improvements of the most modern and efficient
character! With the improvement of Pacific
ports go proposwl important extensions in Pa
cif ic coast and trans-Pacific ship services.
Halifax is liscussing the outlay of at least
50,000,000 forport improvements.-:
Peni, as a pro-American country, has the port
improvement spirit, but not yet the wealth or
trade for extensive expenditures, such as are be
ing planned by Argentina, Brazil and Chile. In
five Brazilian ports the great sum of $12,000,
000 may be, devoted to port development. In the
next five years $25,000,000 will be spent on
docks at Buenos Aires. - ;
:' . Hamburg, which is finishing the ' worhVs
greatest steamship,Imperator? is preparing am
ple accommodations for the new type of passen
ger vessels )-r". ' ::'r '::',;.;;-:'" .:-v:: "
The cityot Havre, France, is making port im
provejnents vljich will cost $20,000,000. The
port of Boulogne, France, is similarly spending
$0,000,000. Tlie port of Calais, France, is also
(.under development. ; - ,
Yokohama, Japan, 1 preparing for the Amer
ican Panama canal ,. with expansion oT harbor
limits. Many improvements are under way at
the various American and other ports on the
(5ulf of Mexico. xC-"
The latest project of the commissioner of
docks of the city Of Xew York provides for port
exj)enditures amounting to nearly $85,000,000.
In 1913 Pfiiladelphia will probably spend
about $3,250,000. . :
Boston fs starting in on great port improve
ments requiring an outlay of $9,000,000, for
which the'appropriation has already been made.
Charleston, S;- C.,; will erect municipal docks
and warehouses. ;
- ' New Orleans plans a cotton warehouse call
ing for the possible expenditure of $0,000,000.
Congress" has allotted to Port Arthur, Tex.
$2,000,000 for port improvements. ;:"
Port improvements at 3Iobile an? also "-fully
commensurate with the functions of that gate-,
way. ''.' ";'- C'-:'7- ' ; ' . :
Better ports mean bigger and better ships.
In 1912 the total gross ship tonnage built in the
.United States was 292,108. Shipyards in the
marit Hue countries have been working nearer
full capacity the past twelve months than has
been the case for several years.
condition of servitude The moat
substantial bar to the scccess of this
course vrouM be racial not. racial
prejudice, as Japanese publicists, in
chidir.g Count Okumd, describe i but
racial incompatibility. However, the
nearer Japanase have grown to Amer
icans socially, the less becomes that
Incompatibility, and 'the necessary
tween the Allen & Robinsoa and the
Oceanic wharves is now to tie submit
ted to the secretary of war, with the
merits of the ciaims of both parties
set forth in full. '
For the harbor board 5 Governor
Prearv probably will tappear as coun
sellor, that body by resolutions yester
day instructing Chairman J. W. Cad-
five years preliminary residence of a .well to ask the chief executive to
candidate for naturaliiation would
undoubtedly tend somewhat'to bridge
the chasm. At the same time, it may
be pointed out that Japanese in
America" do' not appear to approach
the, Americans socially, but live to
gether isolated preserving their own
national customs and even incul
cating them on the newjapanese gen
eration which, constitutionally, hav
ing been born on American soil, is
place the affair before the cabinet of
ficial at Washington. ,
This lot originally Avas territorial
property,, but, Avas taken over by the
war department- in 1S91," without, re
compense to. the territory. For two
or three years ft was used for coal
storage, but in the last twelve or thir
teen years has lain idle, so far as the
war; department Is concerned. 1
During this latter period it has been
composed of young American citizens. leased by the secretary Of war to
Indeed a somewhat 'slim method of
evading, this , alien land-ownership
law, if enacted, would be for Jap
anese owners to transfer their prop
erty to native-born Jananese. But, bi
any case, this question may' direct
Japanese attention generally to "the.
advisability ' of-, greater sociar -approximation
by Japanese In America
to the American people as a neces-
sary preliminary of tocial acceptance.
. "As for the second course open to
the Japanese government that of
granting landownership in Japan to
Americans on terms equal tothose on
which landownership In Great Britain
is granted to Japanese we have heVe
tof ore pointed out the desirability of
such reciprocity, but may be allowed
once again to emphasize tt- The
Stackable, who Ih iturn' has permitted
its xxie by private Individuals or cor
porations. Trouble arose -last year
when the harbor commission laid it3
fuel oil pipe line, supplying the various
wharves, across this lot Tlje commis
sioners declined'to sign a permit pre
sented them by Stackable. ;
r Jnstead; they - sought to obtain a
transfer of his lease to themselves.
Stackable would not consent to "this,
and the imbroglio has waxed and
"wanted for nearly a year, until yester
day a letter was received front the
customs collector stating that if the
permit presented by him was . not
signed by June 13 'he would notify
the secretary of war. ; "
The commissioners last year caused
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wording of the ' clduse in the Anglo- ; governor xo oea neguuuiw
Japanese treaty, of commerce and ha- ' .e war department for the transfer of
vigation of April 3d, 1911 affecting the title back to the territory, arguing
mutual landownership, is so clear , that Inasmuch as the federal govern-
that It may be quoted more fully than 'Blent no longer naa any apparent us
hitherto. Art. 1 declares
"They (the subjects of each of
the high ' contracting parties)
shall, on condition of reciprocity, ,
be at full liberty to acquire and
possess every description of prop
erty, ' movable or immovable,
which the laws of the country "
v permit, the subjects or citizens :
of any other, foreign country to -
' acquire, and possess,' subject "al
ways to the conditions 'and limi
tations prescribed by such laws.
They shall be permitted to lease
land for residential, commercial, '
industrial, and .other lawful pur-
, poses, m ,the- same , manner as ;
native subjects. : They, shall
. enjoy constant and complete pro ''
' tection and 'security for 'their'
poperty. '-'.-''"- ; -' ;
"All these ide rights, it- will ' be
observed, but particularly the righJL of
purchasing and owning land, are con
ditional t" on .reciprocity, - In., other
words,' a Japanese can only ' own land
in America under treaty on condition
that an American can own land in
Japan; v Yet as we know, Americans
cannot, own land in Jlan today, so
mat; as tMgs are, 'Japanese have no
specific ground
California's1 attitude to Japanese land-
for it the territory ought to have it
for public use. These negotiations
have not yet been concludedbut now
the governor will be asked to present
to Secretary Garrison the territory's
position in; the matter. ."
VMLTER Pfl;,lY
IS DEAD Mill
. loir lulss
Walter Pomroy, for many years the
foreman of the Advertiser printing
department, is dead. He passed away
at the Queen's Hospital this morning,
after being HI since Decoration Day
when he fainted on the streets. .
' Loved by many during his life, his
death wfil be mourned by many. It
was a year ago that his wife died.
looninr Mm alnno With his larcta fam-
for protest against Hy of chiiaren. Together they lived
le to Japanese land- , uQt- hnn-lo, nr, UToncarrjit .avpnne
ownershln in America. The Amen-.,. OMW ninms hcr Mr p.
can-Japanese treaty conspicuously had Iookei, forward to spending
omits to grant landownership to Ja- hia gummer vacation with his daugh-
panese or Americans in their respect- J ler and sonSf six of whom surTive
ive countries of the high contracting n!nj . .
parties, so that Japan jn this con te'n- M'r. Pomroy was foreman of' the
tion jias to fall back on the most-fa- Advertiser for' thirty ' years, and for
vored-nation clause.- which admits j vinr,jnf nf
i. " " w
her subjects to the same privileges in 1
company. Those' who have worked
That Ktefe rejKut, resurrected from the.
pigeon-holes of former Secretary Navel's desk,
is rather falling flat so far as injury to the sujrar
industi v in these islands is concerned. Tlunih
the" report nfakes ;rave charjres against the
plantciV tmitinent of labor,- its iirejudice awl
have not succeeded in makiiif: Keefe's notorious
document an argument against the sujjar-tariff.
I'ir.l-" f li'iuij liiivo limn vi luTiir vniifwl ilint
the pilots grumbled and one of them openlv said , ,. , , , , ,
, . ; i, , ...'..seven the frantic efforts of free-tifde Democracy
tnai luey j won iu oppose any cnange. -
The launch system, it is estimated, would
ave alKHit twenty-five or thirty per cent f the
. -4i.A Jsa ::Li.n..o -4., : .,.'f Delegate Kuhio protests that never leforc
11 T mil 1 I III- I I II I P 111' I II 1 111! Ml l II1IIIIIII.IIII.1. -
The harlior loard is trving to establish prorn ss-iliavI,ostl
ive inethods here and t. make preparation for;as Ia, t-V Patronage. One cheerfully admits that
the vastlv incmiscl commerce of the futmv. lt;a"liu- tl,e (lel(,-a.tes tenun; of ice the Demo
is imiHrtant at the cutset to adopt the riglit at-jtlats llulu 1 much of a figure.
titude, and, the altitude of opjwsing changes, or
opposing even a trial of a new. system for which j This is 1
much is clannel,js not tlio right atlitude. .at leasr un
The harbor board is planning great things lor -
the fut nil and great things must le planned if The most insidious lobby we know of in
this citv is to kwp pace with its commercial op- Washington is that of the Xew Willard.
the kind of weather that brings out
rtv-seven oldest inhabitants.
America as Great Britain grants tolw; ' f5nH wh- rxiii what
Japanese In England But here, lt ' a loss they have suffered in his death,
must be noticed, that tne conditional, AIways kind and thoughtful, consid
character of. the British privilege also) fcrate of others, and ready to bear
extends to the granting of the 8anie!u-i,..e t ,
in America, The American-Japanese W?c .ita iii tn
ip.ost-favored-nation treaty clause ex-J w him n who now monm hfs dP-
yarture. And in his life at hdlne the
same forebearahce and even temper
marked n is actions.
The funeral will probably be under
the auspices of the Knights of Pyth
pressly stipulates that each country
shall enjoy any privflege that either
has granted, or rhay grant, to the sub
jects of any other state "gratuitously,
if the concession to that other state
shall have been gratuitous, and on the, las although . finite arrangements
sme ur equivalent conaiuons, u xne have not been made.- The body is ly
ccncession shall have been condi-: tnff Qf
tional." In the' British case, of
course, the concession of Japanese
landownership is conditional, and the
condition is reciprocity,
importance of Japan regarding this
California question from : the stand
point of reciprocity, and speedily re
moving the present bar to alien land
ownership in Japan, so as to strength
en her position in that , question."
A. W. Elliott, for nearly ten years
president' of the Southern Rescue
Jlission, has resigned, saying that the
underworld women prefer their, pres
ent life to any other, and he believes
there is no solution to the social evil
as a whole. . - ''- . -:-'- .r.-.' ' V"
Thirty still cleaners "at the Canton
works of the Standard rtit ("Vimmnv
Hence,;, the i at Baltimore have gone on strike be
cause the company refused to compen
sate them for the change in the color
of their hair. The Intense heat has
turned it either a Titian or rusty red
whatever the original coor. ,
A man of Newton county, Arkansas,
has broken the record for anti-mc?
suicide, being, at the age of !K5, the
father of 50 and claiming Jn ail 252
direct descendants. :.
Senator .Tillman of;, South Carolina
is , to make a speech !n the scnato
pleading for the passage of his reso
lution to abolish smoking in the cham
ber and cloak rooms.
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...$35CO
Residence Wilder Avenue. ......
Residence Anapuni . Street... . ; .
Residence Anapunl Street......
Residence Piikoi Street.........
7500 Residence 14th -Ave.,: Kaimuki.V 7500
4560 Residence 13th' Ave!, Kaimuki.. 4503
4850 Residence Young Street ...... 4000
6500 Residence Young Street ...... 3000
Also building lots and residences in alt parts of the city.
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VANITY CASES
"Oh, she knew her weakness, an the
addition of another vanity trule sure'
ly pleased her." LorJng.
I' Quit' the best in the je miry notions for '
the yen tie sex are the vanity boj-c rc
"take pleasure in suyyestinjf for yifl.
f Sterling Xih er and fof . viatic by r
fists for appreciat'icc xrearcrs, these boxes
' sill charm the fair possessors: -v
1 f
JL strike is on tn Washington
among the cabinet women against the
calling system prevalent at the
capital. They fll return calls only
to senatorial, diplomatic and society
circles. .' " ' . , '
A wedding coupii ia Lcj A:.,,!:s
were 'given an automobile charirrl
by 'over-enthusiastic frien3 who
even stormed the .Alexander Hotel,
and the-bride became so hysterical
that 'a'rysici& l3'st:r:. ,
10X7 SmtJoii, are ficj'ifey ' ;
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