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THIS HAWAIIAN hi AH, THURSDAY, JUNE 1C, 1910.
DAILY AND SEMI-WEEKLY.
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DANIEL LOGAN EDITOR
THURSDAY 10, 1010
THE RAILROAD RILL DEALS WITH STEAMERS.
In the railroad bill as it passed the Senate, there is a regulation
covering through routes which includeH water lines that are connect
in" carriers. There is also an especial provision made against the fix
ing of a lower rate by a railroad for the purpose of destroying water
competition. Tossiblv it is in connection with these items or the bill
that the inclusion of the Hawaiian inter-island steamers was pro
posed, for thev connect with railroads, more or less, on the different
islands, and the railroads are in competition with them to a consider
able extent between ports of single islands. At this writing it is not
known here whether the inter-island amendment was inserted in the
bill. Perhaps the inter-island steamers are included by implication
under the parts just mentioned. It may be that the silence of the
steamer representative, who, it is understood, went to Washington
to oppose the proposal, may be due to his having been shown that the
inclusion of the steamers would be only a matter of fair play to them
instead of oppressive interference. Unless steamers were put under
the supervision of the commission, there might be difficulty in pre
venting railroads from unfairly competing with them. It would cer
tainly appear strange if railroad rates were controlled for the pur
pose of protecting steamers, and steamer rates not be controlled so
that the competition of railroads, where it existed, should not be de
stroyed.
Whether the proposal to bring the inter-island steamers within
the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission was insti
gated by local railroad people or not is of small concern to the public.
It is difficult, thougll, to accept the pleading of the steamer people
that the inclusion of inter-island traffic in the control of the commis
sion would be either unjust or oppressive. The local railroads have
not found the governmental control disadvantageous but rather the
contrary. Being a common carrier that has received many govern
ment benefits, the steamship company should be amenable to such
government control as will ensure equal terms to all shippers. At all
' events, the item of publicity of rates would establish a very desirable
understanding at all times between the public and the steamship
company that enjoys a monopoly of interisland traffic not likely to be
disturbed by the appearance of a competitor.
A most desirable improvement in wireless telegraphy for sleam
' ships is that which is reported of the installations being made on the
transports. This is the sparkless system, having the great advantage
of being noiseless. The sparking system disturbs the rest of passen-.
gers. There are also operating advantages claimed for the sparkless.
Uncle Walt
The Poet Philosopher
"Tomorrow," said the languid man, "I'll have my life insured, I
guess; I know it is the safest plan, to save my children from distress."
And when the morrow came around, tltey placed
TOMORROW him gently in a box; at break of morning he was
found as dead as Julius Caesar's ox. His widow
now is scrubbing floors, and washing shirts and splitting wood, and
doing fifty other chores, that she may rear her wailing brood. "To
morrow," said the careless jay, "I'll take an hour, and make my will;
and then if I should pass away, the wife and kids will know no ill."
The morrow came, serene and nice, the weather mild, with signs of
rain ; the careless jay was placed on ice, embalming fluid in his brain.
Alas, alas, poor careless jay! The lawyers got his pile of cash; his
wife is toiling night and day, to keep the kids in clothes and hash.
Tomorrow is the ambushed walk avoided by the circumspect. To
morrow is the fatal rock on which a million ships are wrecked.
Copyright, 1910, by Geo. Matthew Adams WALT MASON.
at least, have Oriental labor which would keep its contracts.
Rut we want no Oriental labor. Subdivide the ranches.
And if lack of transient labor compels that it is a good thing
for the State.
The action taken by the liquor liceuse commissioners to restrain
the sale of poisonous compounds in substitution of the various alco
holic beverages of di Heron t names is commendable as far as it goes.
Absolute prohibition of all that kind of drink would be better, as the
more conspicuous label prescribed indicating the bogus stult will
really not make a great deal of difi'erence with a large class of drink
ers, especially in the country districts. Natives there say that the
imitation gin not only "burns" in the throat but keeps "burning" in
side, while water taken to put out the fire only spreads it with fury
throughout the system. Pending a general prohibition law, which is
comparatively distant even if the plebiscite gives the mandate, the
commissioners should use their absolute power of refusing licenses to
put all dealers in bogus liquor out of business.
Commenting on an interview given in Manila by General William
H. Carter, in which he represented that he was called to Washington
by a long telegram from the Secretary of War, "to try to put through
Congress several reforms on behalf of the army," the New York Post
waxes sarcastic on the spectacle of "a military lobbyist" having no
office but being "daily on his job" delighting Congress by coming to
its aid and instructing it as to what it should do for the army. "His
special duty at present," the Post concludes, "is to inform the mem
bers of the military committees why they should favor the bill for
more officers. We congratulate the Secretary of War on his 'kindly
thought of Congress. II is example ought to be followed. Let there be
a rear-admiral lobbyist for the navy, a forester for the Forestry Bu
reau, a financier for the treasury, and so on through all the list, to in
struct Congress as to its duties. How happy then will Congress be!",
' CHEAP LABOR.
Speaking of the report of State Labor Commissioner McKenzie, in
which it was held that Japanese labor or its equivalent was essential
to the development and carrying 011 of California's specialized agri
cultural industries, such, for example, as fruits and sugar beets, the
San Francisco Chronicle says, "The answer to that lies in the fact
that other .countries produce more fruit, vegetables and beets than we
do and do not have Oriental labor."
Proceeding to discuss the matter, the Chronicle develops an idea
that is not new to the readers of The Star. This is that the day of
cheap labor, as a basis of agricultural prosperity in any country, is
destined to pass away. . There is no economic necessity for large pro
prietary interests in farming of any kind. There is great objection,
from a social viewpoint, to any system under which the soil is tilled
and a country populated by a homeless class of toilers, while a few
wealthy families own the land and flourish upon the sweat of the
hordes of ignorant and depressed humanity gathered from the poverty-stricken
corners of all lands. Moreover, it shows a deficiency of
judgment and a lack of foresight for any country to stake its future
prosperity upon cheap labor in large mass. Humanity is everywhere
struggling upward and cheap labor when obtained will not remain
cheap. Countries whence cheap labor is chiefly looked for are one by
one awakening and developing and their standards of labor are rising
with their, development.
Queensland is proving that even in the sugar industry which has
been regarded as impossible to conduct excepting on a large pro
prietary scale the best prosperity lies in the cultivation upon home
stead areas liy the owners and occupiers thereof. This is what Cali-
lornia is coming to also, with respect to its specialized agricultural
industries. Admitting that the report of the commissioner is true as
to -the scarcity of labor, the Chronicle says there is no white labor
available in sufficient quantities, adding:
There is no escape from some kind of labor which can
board itself and which can be delivered in largo gangs,
under contract, if we are to carry on fruit and beet.growing
by units of 100 acres up. We can only do it as it is done in
other countries, and that is by the subdivision of farms into
units of such size that one family can work them. That is
going on. It is the only remedy for the condition. To make '
Oriental immigration easier is to develop Californa as an
Oriental country with an Oriental civilization.
For the owners of the great ranches cannot, as they expect,
continue. They will have to sell to somebody. The boss or
padrone system will drive them out. The bosses contract
at prices which make the cost of the products prohibitive, and
when the farmers are in a kink the men will strike for higher
wages. In the end the land goes to the Japs, who, for them
selves will work sixteen hours a day and skin the land.
The Japs are utterly independable and the Hindoos are
worse. If wo were going to have Oriental labor at all the
only proper course would be to repeal the Chinese exclusion
act, and exclude the Japanese and Hindoos. We should then,
THE SUMMER VACATION.
Spend the summer near at home
where you may be In touch with your
business and In dally communication
by wire with your family and friends
Halelwa Is the nearest place to the city
and the best piace ror recuperation.
The management offers reduced rates
to teachers who wish to get back
some of the frazzled energy that is
needed for the fall campaign and a
number of them have already spoken
for accommodations. It is a delightful
spot and everything connected with
tho hotel is first class.
HARVEST STORY.
With the wheat harvest only a few
weeks away, tho usual grist of harvest
stories are being put on the boards..
This rather new one Is circulating
around Kansas Just now, though it 's
a safe bet that It was written by
some Atlantic seaboard funny man for
a Now England magazine. A college
lad came to a Kansas farmer and got
a Job. About 3 o'clock a. m., he was
aroused and told to get up. About half
an hour later ho came down, fullv
dressed, and his packed suitcase In his
hand.
"Youidon't need to "take yourvallso
out lnti the fields," said the farmer,
soeking to give encouragement. .
"I'm not going to the fields," he
replied. "I'm going out to find a
place to spend the night," Kansas
City Journal.
Pine Job Printing, Star Office.
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