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HONOLULU STAE-BULLETIK, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBI21 23, 1917
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RILEY H. ALLEN - - - - - - - - - - - - EDITOR
FRIDAY ...... .SKPTPIMBEK 23.- 19lT
FOR EVERY TRUE AMERICAN
Tin- htrikiu feature of Honolulu's activity imme
diately following the outbreak of the European war,
wax the prompt and liberal response of our jieople
for the relief of the dintmed among the belliger
ent nations and the neutrals who? homes had been
wijed out by the warring forces.
Honolulu then led the whole United Htatet, in it
liberality.
Jince our own country has entered 11m? war, our
lead has been steadily overcome by the enthusiastic
and determined men and women of the mainland,
fellow countrymen who are in the tight for America
and in it to win.
. " Honolulu has done well, but there has been noth
ing unusual in the amount of money or the wide en
thusiasm with which it has given its money in the
service of the Ked Cross.
Tomorrow, Saturday, the :20th, is the day when
Honolulu as a city has its opportunity to show
what its real sentiment is toward the United States
of America.
The apiKal is patriotic and personal. Every man
woman and child should give according to their
ability and in proportion to the sincerity of their
lovaltv to the United States.
Let us know where the citizens of Honolulu stand
Let the record determine whether Honolulu real-
ires that the country is at war, that it is our war.
that our bovs are at the front and it is our cause for
which they are fighting.
Give for the Red Cross. Enlist'. Establish your
Americanism by getting into line for the fight, and
for the care of the sick and the wounded.
Floating the Great Bond Issue
Steadily the men administering the government
of the country are coming to realize that when they
have a product to offer the people, they must present
the nation's business in the name manner that has
proved successful in the upbuilding of the great
merchandising enterprises of the United States.
This remark is suggested by the moves now being
xnade for the second Liberty Loan campaign.
Frank Vanderlip, president' of the National City
:Bank, giveo his undivided attention to assisting Sec
retary McAdoo in floating this loan. Mr. Vander
lip brings to the campaign all the experience of
bond merchandising as carried on by one of the na
tion's greatest combinations of capital. A, flood of
bond salesmen will doubtless be sen through the
country, -v
Xo one doubts that the loan will be floated. But
mere can ue no quceuvu iuui mw vmwfe
salesmanship would be much more efficient if the
field were prepared by a preliminary campaign of
" - m , Al 1' 1 J
paid publicity by means ox wnicnme peopie wuum
be thoroughly informed. i
It is a plain matter of business, present day,
modern business. ;
Biff Business for many years thought that it could
get along without publicity. Later the mistake was
recognized and Big Business began to systematical
ly "work", the mediums of publicity for free write
ups and stories in which the influence behind the
. J A4 11 W CLO &AAJVSVU . - :( .
Then came a second awakening when Big Busi
ness found that the only way to gain the confidence
of the citizens of a republic was to tell the story
straight out, ray for it, let everyone know who stood
sponsor for it and 'then repeat the statements fre
quently so that the people might know the facts.
Every man and corporation whose business
ri tntPi tn this
IUUKUUIP iw oujiumb , .
method of -procedure. This is naturally the result
because the principle on which the action is based
is fundamentally sound. .. . Yon must let the people
know what you have, you must convince them of
the value of your product you must tell them why
they should buy and then repeat It again and again
peiore you can expect mem iu ue rcuuy y uituaov.
Average men and women of the United States do
rot save. These Who do save are not generally ao
quainted with bonds. Many loyal men willing to do
r.nything for the country often feel that the big
Hnanclers will. take care of the big bond issues.
Therefore, the seeming indifference. Therefore the
::ocd for systematic, educational repetition secur
cd by carefully planned and systematic publicity..
The entrance of Mr. Vanderlip into the campaign
recalls that the general publicity policy of the Ifa-i
tinnal Citv Bank has been the policy of indirectpub-
licit that had to be discarded by the railroads, tKe
telephone companies) the Bethlehem Steel .corpora
lion. The plans for the Liberty Loan may include
r. course of action showing a readiness to profit by
t! 3 euccesses of these great nation-wide enterprises.
IIow the businessmen of the country can aid now
r.d prepare for the future is very well stated in an
litorial published by the Daily Financial America,
t deserves careful reading by the embloye and the
: -.ployer. ; It follows: ,
, Mr. Vanderllp's vigorous characterisation of the
American people as a lot of economic Illiterates
shocked many persons. Was It deserved? Let us see.
Some months ago we entered upon a war which will
entail' the expenditure by us of money In volume larg
er than ever before since man came upon the earth.
-Ave studied the subject hurriedly, saw that one of the.
first needs waa to get money from the workers of the
nation in continuous streama during the war and, so
- deciding, we put out $2,000,000,000 of the Liberty Loan
with the expressed purpoae of baring the wage
earners of the country subscribe for it There Vas a
, great flurry f patriotic effort, and, In the end, the
issue was SO per cent over-subscrlbed. In the thou
sands of shops, factories and offices employers took
for their employes which were to be paid for
r in weekly instalments, a certain percentage of the .
worker's wage being deducted each' week.
Now we get news from various parts of the coun ;
t r nf race-eamers Quitting jobs in order to get the.
money that had been deducted from their pay en
velopes on account of the bonds.
We get word, too, that immediately after the first ;
' hurrah effort in which the patriotism of their men
was appeaiea to employers ceasea urging uoeriy
bonds on their people and have been content to let
'the matter rest until the next bond issue.
Now we hear from bankers that it will be necessary
to have the next bond issue on a 4 per cent basis to
attract wage-earners. Employers who are questioned
on the subject say the same thing.
The truth is that neither the banker nor the em-
' clovers know what they are talking about in this eon-
Section. The tankers may know the investment mar
vt but they do not know the workingman. The em- :
fUJlr . have given evidence of their.- lack of kno wl
eden" the department of human thrift.
lit us set down here and now a few of the cardinal
v-wTMnies to be observed if you want a wage-earner
; t? save-not save today.or this week, but every day
; CrWtWdeduct the money from his pay envelope,
r I' ite the money but give to him a certificate, a
-?:Tr some evidence of payment It would be
well if this certificate could be redeemed at any time.
Coupons are good. A few Americans have been edu
cated through cigar and department store purchase to
save, or what seems to them to be saving.
3. Make every establishment where many persons
are employed a forum for the discussion of thrift
. 4. Instruct employers in the value to them of hav
ing their employes save and thereby become better
men.
5. Instruct employes how the habit of saving stead
ies a man, makes of him a better workman, a better
citizen, a more trustworthy person, increases his self
respect, gives to him more of the creature comforts
and the real joys of life and makes him more likely to
get promotion and larger wages than the careless or
untrustworthy workman.
All the 4 per cent bonds or 4H per cent bonds or 5
per cent bonds issued or ever to be issued by the
United States government will not develop the habit
of systematic saving in the American workman un
less the American banker and the American employer
get down to fundamentals and present the subject to
the workman In a way that hits his Imagination in a
patriotic way and claims his best effort as a man.
In advocating a 4 per cent bond for the next gov
ernment issue the bankers and employers are blunder
ing as egregiously as they did when they supposed a
hip, hip, hurrah campaign of a few weeks was going
to plant the Liberty Loan among American workers
and make it a simple matter thereafter to put out
bond issues in the same wy which the wage-earners
... would absorb.
The government has not begun to tap the money
reservoirs of the workers of America.
In 1910 there were more than 30,000,000 males en
gaged in gainful occupations in America. More than
8,000,000 females were so employed. Today there
probably Is a total of 42,000,000 persons so employed.
In 1910 In manufacturing industries alone there were
8,000,000 persons employed. .
The Liberty bonds distributed among workers in
America do not reach S per cent of those engaged in
' gainful occupations. The campaign which Mr. McAdoo
engineered and which volunteers helped in pushing
along missed more than 95 per cent of the money
earners of this land. 1
Why?
. Because the persons who directed the campaign did
not know how to handle it With all due respect to
the earnest gentlemen who - gave of their time and
energies so freely and so patriotically the job was
botched, horribly botched. The people who tried to .
get the workers to subscribe did not know the Amer
ican Workingman. : Psychology is a much abused and
overused word. It may be used here just once. The
bankers and the employers did not grasp, the subject
from the point of psychology. v '
The government .can get from labor all the money '
' that labor should furnish to the government if the
government, the bankers and employers of labor will
present the subject properly to labor and keep teach
ing the lesson to labor until labor learns it. This Is
not the task of a week or a month but of years, possi
bly but every week will show progress.
This matter of teaching the people to save is one
of the biggest and most important constructively in
America, But for their habits of thrift the French
would have been wiped out economically and nation- .s
ally generations ago.
The Teuton has been forced to national thrift by the
Y nation.- ,' ' .'
- The German government compels him to save to
. safeguard himself against illness, death, old age, acci
dent, everything. If it had not been for this compul-
; sory thrift the German never would have progressed
, so wonderfully in commerce, finance and Industry gen-
, erally in the half century between I860 and 1910.
The wastes of those who do not save are not limited
to themselves. The non-eavers become a burden upon
the workers.' The amount of money Americans are .
forced to pay out in direct and indirect charity each
year because, the masses of the people have not been
taught to save Is colossi. . ',
We arv. outrageously backward in the lesson of
. thrift In Canada they teach children at school to
save. . They have banks in most of the schools through
the Dominion.
. Workers will save, be glad to save if the matter Is
presented to them properly. And they'll save for the
nation with a fervor they will rejoice in manifesting. -But
the subject must be put before ftu&i by men who
: know what they are talking about and who know the
hearts, the minds, the doubts, the weakness of those
; they are talking to.
- You cannot teach musie to the nation in a week or
two and you cannot expec. much progress If the teach
' era are amateurs and know no more of the musical art . .
than the persons they are trying to teach. . The illus
tration may appear harsh, but it is a fact that simple
. as the subject may seem the problem -of presenting
the saving Question to the workers of America so as
to get the best results, the most enduring results is
one to tax the energies of the best force of teachers
and salesmen ever organized in. America.
But the results to be achieved are glorious.
Why not go at this' mighty constructive work in a
good, workmanlike manner? We have a better oppor
tunity to reach the heart of the people now than we
ever had befcre or, probably ever, will have again.
Don't think for one moment' the war is going to end
dur financial problems. We are going to have our
troubles later on unless we overcome our national sin
of extravagance. It can be overcome only by teach
ing thrift to the American worker. There is the core
of a great machine for thrift in the Liberty Bond.
' Interest of 3 per cent compounded semi-annually
- is a fine, high rate for a great government the rich
est in the world, to pay. It never should pay higher.
Wage-earners do not buy government bonds to col
lect semi-annual dividends. What is the semi-annual
interest on a $50 bond? Just 87 hi cents.
Is it possible that the great bankers, the great em
ployers and the gentlemen of the treasury department
of the United States cannot see the government bond
question as the wage-earner sees it? Is it possible
they have not called in the specialists in thrift the
great students of the pension : field, of the savings
banks, of the insurance companies? .
Is it possible that they think they can get the wage
earners of America to overcome the habits of a life
time and become th Ifty bond-buying people Just be
cause Washington offers bonds to ..hem an,d the bank
ers and the employers say "take it?"
We shouldn't be shooked about what Mr. Vander
lip termed us.
We are economic illiterates.
Bat it will be to our everlasting d'igr'ce if we re
. main so
BILL'S PURPOSE
10 PROTECT MEN
BUILDING HOMES
BIG
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DOES
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NOTYANT COURT
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ACTION DROPPED
Civil Rights Act Would Prevent
Foreclosure Where Owners
Are in Service
Young men of Hawaii who may be
called in the military draft or national
guard will be protected from fore
closure of homes which they may oe
purchasing on the instalment plan if
a bill introduced in Congress by Sena
tor George E. Chamberlain, chairman
of the senate military affairs com
mittee, becomes a law.
This measure is known officially at
the 'civil ngats bill" and would pre
vent court actions and foreclosures
against men while they are in the
army and navy. The bill has many
ardent backers in Washington and
was drawn up by Brig.-Gen. E. H.
Crowder with expert civilian assr
tance. Both Secretary of War Baker and
Secretary of the Navy Daniels have
written to Congress urging early and
favorable action on the measure which
is described as the biggest and most
needful thing that remains to be done
for the fighting men outside of the
war. insurance bill. This is what tan
civil rignts bill does tor the soldier or
sailor:
1. Prevents an alleged creditor
from obtaining a Judgment a ram at
him by default during his absence
irom home.
2. Prevents seizure of his home or
property to satisfv a iudrment rrant-
ed against him just before his depar
ture.
3. Prevents the statute of limita
tions from ODeratins to nrvnt a
fighting man suing for his just Cent,
aouid the legal limit expire durmg
bis absence.
4. Prevents landlords from dis
possessing his family' should they be
unable at anv time to nav mnt Hnr?n
hli absence.
5. Prevents foreclosure rnitlnt
htm all be has paid, on homes being
crousm oy soldiers or sanors cn tn
Instalment plan when
ordered to the colors
6. Prevents forecloanra
gages on his business or stock in
trade.
7- Protects hia clalma Aft mfnlvicr
or irrigation lands he has preempted
under the Federal law riuv. Mm
of the yearly payments required on
uca ciaims ana prevents claim jump-tag.
8, Prevents insurance rnmnant
from canceling his Insurance policies
u ub aeiauua in premiums in 'his
absence.
9. Prevents sale of his
satisfy taxes.
Majority Would Have Question
of Mayor's Appointive Power
Answered in Decision
Th.t thm nwlY ercanixed "effi
ciency party- on the board of super
visors does not desire the withdrawal
of the injunction suit brought by L.
L McCandless against A. K. Vierra,
superintendent of parks, it was offi
cially learned today. The members of
the new party are anxious to have
the suit fought to a finish so that a
decision on the question of Mayor
Joseph J. Fern's appointive powers
wilt be settled for all time and never
more be a stumbling block In the path
which the board hopes to make to
wards pmsress in tfce aear future.
Should thtf suit be dropped it will
i .r avo the board In a bad position with
rtgard to the appointment f. Jf,?ln
!Markham for the posiVro f parks
superintendent. At me 'iut moeuns
by unanimous vote the motion to ap
point Mr. Markliam was laid on ue
table until the McCandless suit had
been settled by the court. If It isn t
settled by the court the board will
have to rescind their previous resolu
tion but this the "efficiency party"
i does rot want to do.
t "it would be playing fast and loo
wiTu a question which will always
prove a stumbling block until settled
; by the courts," one of the members
of the "efficiency party" declared this
; morning.
So voti see. he continued, " we are
.lust aa anxious to have the suit
fought to a finish as Mr. McCandless.
In fact the city and county attorney
has been told to go ahead and tight
tor the decision so that the board will
. know where it stands on the question
of the appointive powers of the mayor.
If we don't get a decision it may tie
up some of our work in the future and
jthat we want to avoid if possible.
I VITAL STATISTICS I
BORN
GRAVES At I the Department hospi
tal, Fort Shatter, Honolulu. 8ept.
26, 1917, to Mr. and Mrs. John Wes
ley Graves, of Kaimuki, a daughter
Eleanor Mildred.
KOPA In Honolulu, Sept. 29, 1917,
to Mr.and Mrs. William K. Kopa,
of 1135 Austin Lane. Palama a son.
MnJYER At the Kapiolaai Maternity
Home, Honolulu, Sept 33, 1917, to
Capt. and Mrs. George Ralph Meyer,
of Fort Kamehameha, Oahu, a
daughter Virrinla Roeet.
MCPHERSON At-' the Kaplolani Ma'
ternity Home. Sept. 25, 1917, to Mr.
and Mrs. . James McPherson, of
1682 Houghtailing road, Kalihi, a
son.
MARRIED
CONNELL-KAPUAA In Honolulu,
Sept 27, 1917, James A. Conoeil
and : Miss Agnes Molokini Kapuaa,
Rev. Samuel K. Kamaiopili, assist
ant : pastor of Kaumakapili church,
officiating; witnesses Mr. nd
Mrs.' Hughs E. McNabb.
5!ACHIDA-JACKSO.V-In Honolulu,
Sept 27, 1917, Bunch! Machida and
Miss Alice. Jackson, Rev. Samuel K,
Kamaiopili, assistant pastor of Kau
makapili church, officiating; wit
nessesMiss Frances M. McDer
mott, Seba C. Huber and Amoy Fai.
CORPUS-NEVES At Waialua, Oabu,
Sept 23, 1917, Liberto Corpus and
Miss Maxima das Neves, Rev.
Father Sebastian Kcnze, pastor of
the Waialua Catholic church, offi
ciating r witnesses Edward Amon
so and Oliva Magpiong.
NEW BUDGET OF
CITV VILL GET
The work of making up the financial
budget for the next three monins ror
th titv and county of Honolulu will
be undertaken at a meeting of the
finance and public expenditure com
mittee to be held this afternoon at 3
o'clock in the city hall. . '
E. A. Mott-Smith, chairman of the
committee, has Informed Supervisor
Ben Hollinger and Supervisor W, H.
McClellan, the other two members on
the committee, : that pruning will be
h order of the day. and that every
effort must be made to bring the bud
get within the amount on nana.
At present there is a huge appar
ent deficit and a real deficit amount
ing to S 9000 in round figures in the
city's finances. The budhet makers
expect to cut down this deficit o that
the city and county will be able to
open the new year with an even balance.
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PERSONALITIES
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DIED
DONOVAN At the Queen's hospital,
Honolulu, , Sept. 27, 1917, James
Donovan of Vineyard, near Kiver
street, unmarried, blacksmith, a na
tive of Ireland, aged 73 years, fight
months and 11 days.
ULUNAHELE In Honolulu, Sept 27,
1917, John Moses TJlunahele, of 1741
Liliha street married, librarian and
bailiff of the supreme court, a na-
MRS. M. D. HENDERSON, asiat
ant to Secretary Raymond C. Brown
of the Chamber of Commerce, will
leave for Hilo, Hawaii, on Saturday,
for a two weeks vacation
MR. AND MRS. WALTER M. KEN
DALL were among the passengers ar
riving by the Maul. They are stop
ping at the Young. ' Mr. Kendall ? Is
now a member of the bond house of
Clark, Kendall & Co., ot Portland,
Oregon. . . ' .
U D. TIMMONS. wetl known m.ws.
paperman and former auditor of the
Garden Isle, has been appointed 'edi
torial manager of the Maul News. - He
will fill the position until the return
of Editor Wnr Cooper,.; from- the
Reserve Officers' Training Camp ; at
Schofield Barracks. :
Further investigation of the circum
stances surrounding the dealt of Miss
Florence Berg, following a criminal
operation, was made by the graud
jury yesterday afternoon. - Ser
geant Brush, Sergeant MeisensabL
Werner Roehl, superintendent, of the
Queen's hospital; Carl Daub and Miss
Lora Henry of the Englesida hotel
were subpoenaed as, witnesses.
tive of Hana. Maui, 50 years and
one month old.
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WaiRlRl
Homes
Two new &nd attractive homes on Kalakaua avenue.
One a two-bedroom bungalow, the other a three-bedroom
bungalow. Each home is distinct and separate from the
other. Each has garage and laundry. Size of each lot
50x100 feet.
Price $4000.00 each.
Guafdian Trust Co., Ltd.
REAL ESTATE DEPT.
TeL 3688 Stangenwald Bldg.
FOR THE miLEil
"I positively affirm, as a buyer of ad
vertising, as a merchandising man. (for if
I am anything, I am a salesman), that ad
vertising, properly applied to articles of
merit, backed up
selling plans, is the most economic mans
of distribution to the retail trade that the
world has yet discovered." Sam C, Dobbs,'
the man who made Coco-Cola with advertising.
Paid Publieitv Will Do It
The general circulation of the 97f(fiL
Star-Bulletin for Sept. 24 was VI UO
FAMILY FOOD SUPPLIES NOT TO
BE SEIZED, SAYS
GOVERNMENT
WASHINGTON, D. C There is no
truth in a widely circulated statement
that the government expecta to take
food supplies from any family. Both
the food administration and the de
partment of agriculture Join in a state
ment to counteract-what seems to be
a deliberate propaganda to the effect
that the government intends to take
from every family all canned goods
-put up in excess of 100 quarts.
This is only one or tne variations
of the rumor, which has been wide
ly circulated. Another statement is
that thA rovernment has been urelnz
Hhe canning, drying and preserving of
fruits and vegetables so that they win
be in a convenient form for the gov
ernment to handle and- transport
when it takes them away from the
people. Further elaboration Is that
these goods are to be taken away from
the American homes and shipped to
England.
In one instance a motorist stopped
at a farmhouse to fill the radiator of
his automobile. In the course of con
versation he casually inquired wheth
er the farmer's family was canning
all the surplus fruits and vegetables
in order to help conserve the food sup
ply. He was Informed that the far
mer was not doing this because the
government Intended to take all the
canned goods away except a small
part of it actually needed by the fam
ily itself.
The authorities state emphatically
that no such course has ever been '
contemplated by the government. On
the contrary, both the department ot
agriculture and the food administra
tion are strongly urging housewives,
to can and preserve, especially at this
time, all surplus fruits and vegetables
In order that the households them
selves may have a cheap and plentiful
supply of food. -
The federal government has decided
to curtail horse racing in New South
Wales by 50 per cent Similar regu
lations will probably be applied to
other states. Boxing is to be limited
in each state to a maximum of one
contest fornightly and one mixed,
boxing and vaudeville performance
weekly. ' .
Using electro magnets, French sd
entists have invented a way to sus
tain . the .. vibrations of piano wire to
increase the sonorousness of pianos.
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Good
Homes
in aU pa of A city
$4250 Mnldld: - 7
House and 'let near Kewalo St. 3 bedreoms, built only
a short time. Modem. Large lot 60x120; trees, concrete
walks. Laundry. Ref. No. 330. f--
$3000' Kaimuki : : , ;o ' , r
Nice fy-room house on Wilhelmlna Rise, about block and
a half from car line. Lot 72x229. Recently built and
modern In every way. Lawn, shade trees, etc Chicken
yard In rear. . Ref. No. 322. . ' r
$2800 Kalihi
Not far from Kamehameha Girls' School, large e-room
house well constructed. Nicely set egt let 50x100.
Ref. No. 319.
' r RICHARD H. TREXT, PRES.
I. H. BEADLE, SECT. CHAS. O. REISER, JR, TREAS.
Henry Yaterhonse Trust Co., Ltd.
Have you seen our new Sub-division?
SPEEOKELS TBACT, 3RD SEBIES
New roads, sidewalks, curbing, water, sewer and'
gas. .
You can select a lot with growing trees and build
a home in one of the best residential sections in Ho
nolulu. '
Make an appointment to see these lots. We will
finance a house for you.
Henry Yaterhonse Trust Co., Ltd.
Real Estate Agents
Corner Port and Merchant Streets
p, O. Box 346 Telephone 5701