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THE PACIiTlC nVP.IfHAr, ADYEUTISEB: HOOLuu, FEBItUAHY 12, 1895
Commercial
Advertiser
The Pacific
ud Every Morninj, Except
Sunday, by the
Hawaiian Gazette Company
At No. 318 Merchant Street.
WALLACE B. FARRIHGTON, EDITOB.
TUESDAY. : FEBRUARY 12, 1895.
rights in foreign countries, it will
be in duty bouna 10 give pruicuwun
that will inspire more awe than a
small vessel armed with a few
smooth-bore gune. The action of
Senator Quay, anticipating an
armed protection of the Nicaragua
canal, and of Senator Morgan for
establishing a naval station at
Pearl Harbor, are evidences of the
inauguration of a broad policy
worthy of the greatest republic of
the world.
Jimly Sopiej
The election of Stephen B. El
kins to the United States Senate
from West Virginia gives ex-President
Harrison an able friend at
the Capitol. It will not be surpris
ing if thft Harrison and-McKinley
- o ,
forces ioin drives in the Presiden
tial race of '90. With friends of
the, Elkins and Boitelle type,
Reed's followers will find opponents
of no mean calibre.
POINTS ON JAPANESE WAGES.
The chief reason for the great
increase in the sugar beet crop of
Germany is the great profit re-
CclVcvi I rum luoiiUiuvauuu v.n.-
States Consul Mason, of Frankfort
reDorts in 1894 to the State Depart
ment, that the sugar beet factories
paid dividends from 7 per cent, to
30 per cent., and in some cases,
which he cites, even larger divi
dends. The exceasive profits stim
ulate the industry and cause an
increased product'
Members of the American Con
gress are taking it for granted that
the representatives ot tne -t.ngii8n
Government are intimate followers
and supporters of the ex-queen,
and, upon .that as a basis, are
making extravagant . statements
which the more recent political his
tory of this country will not uphold
While it cannot be denied that in
dividual British subjects continue
the disposition to favor loyalty, the
: diplomatic relations of . England to
this country are thoroughly neutral,
as stated in a London dispatch.
While in ' view of tne - liberty of
speech allowed in American Con
gressional halls it Is a matter of no
particular, importance, individual
members are making themselves
liable to be called to account by
their opponents, if from no other
source. The cycle of political
change has brought about a pecu
lia condition which will, doubtless,
surprise Americans when they
come to know the facts.
BROAD FOREIGN POLICY.
Frank G. Carpenter, in a recent
letter from Japan, gives a very
cood idea of the barriers which
confront the Anglo-Saxon in the
possibility of coming into direct
competition with Asiatic labor. He
states that although wages have
been increasing since the modern
civilization has come into Japan,
they are still very low, and the re
duction in the price of silver just
about cuts them in half. The
figures which follow are in Japanese
currency, and if they were in
American money they would be
just half of what is here given :
Common laborers receive from
10 to 20 cents a day, and the men
who pull carts and practically take
the place of our dray horses get
from 10 to 15 cents. In the cities
the prices are higher than these,
but farm laborers often receive less
than 15 cents a day. Carpenters
get from 40 to 50 cents. Head
cartmen receive from 25 to 40 ce'nts
a day, and paper-hangers get from
10 cents upward. Blacksmiths are
paid from 23 to 38 cents, and
painters about the same.
Many boys work for about 10
cents a day, and, it is stated, that
the clerks in the stores who get $15
a month thought they were doing
exceedingly well. Many clerks
work for their board and their
clothes, with the understanding
that after an apprenticeship of
about ten years the merchant
will give them a small stock of
goods and allow them to start out
for themselves.
. The. laborer now receiving from
$2 to $3 a day, after the most
casual study of these figures, can
well - appreciate that a problem of
no mean proportion confronts him
as the influence of the aggressive
Japanese begins to be felt outside
the motherbuntry.
. .
To Explore Greenland.
The result of the vote upon the
Nicaraguan bill, which was to have
been taken on the day following
the latest advices of the Coast, is
awaited with no little interest.
With the United States in control
of the Nicaraguan canal, the, im
portance of Hawaii as an outpost
of the Western Coast is enhanced
another degree, and the necessity
of a more tangible attitude than
that of non-interference put beyond
the shadow of a doubt. The day
has gone by when the United
States can rest quietly with no
broader foreign policy lhan is con
tained within 'the Monroe doctrine
- that has done duty for so many
years. While it is not necessary
tor that country to go about seek
ing what weak and insignificant
country it may devour with a view
to becoming a colonizing power,
there are outlying districts of the
North American continent over
which the nations of the world
have acceded, sometimes willinslv.
the right of the United States to
exercise a moral suzerainity, and
lurtnermore, as these come to oc
cupy a more prominent position in
tne commercial world, to admit the
right of a physical suzerainitv.
Just what disposition the United
btates will make of this right is
left for that country to decide, but
it is not probable that the kindly
disposed nations will stand by
many years and silently witness or
consent to a dog-in-the-manger
policy or one subject to the whims
of political partizanship. The day
will come when James G. Blaine's
jingoisms" will be looked upon in
& very different light by the Amer
ican people irrespective of party
affiliations.
As the nation grows and its'citi
zens scatter and obtain property
Ottawa, Ont., Jan. 24. J. B.
Tyrrell, head of the Geological Sur
vey Department of Ottawa, who
has just returned from an explora
tion in the northern barren lands of
Canada, has been asked by Profes
sor 8 tein.er, head of the Geological
Survey, to lead a party to Elles-
mere Land, situated in the north
west corner of Greenland, across
Smith Sound from Inelefield Land
ing, the most northerly mint
reached by the Peary expedition.
ne party will search for two
Swedish naturalists who have been
lost on Ellesmere Land. Another
object is to make a survey of the
north and west coasts of '.Ellesm fir A
Land. The party will' sail by ves
sel to Baffin's Bay, Davis iStrait
and the treat northwest .nflRflaro.
The terminus of the passage will
be much further north than th
point reached bv the Peary expedi
tion. Tvrrell has obtained rxvr mis
sion from - the Dominion Govern
ment to undertake the trip.
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Mayor Sutro. of San Francisco.
says the police department is rotten
to the core, and investigation into
all branches of the municinal eov-
ernment will be made.
DRESSED TO KILL!
He is, no doubt. The result shows it.
The damsel prefers the better dressed
man S jch result is a matter of course
when the suit is made in our well known
faultless etvl lvr- tQ;i; ..:i i
best cloth. With us both material and
tailoring are above criticism. And we are
S?IS t.Uitf, ver and Pants
at a pig reduction
CETFee our Pants for $5.
MEDRIHOS & CO .
HoM street, opposite King P.m
The Hawaiian Gazette Compact
robber "
February 4, 8g5.
The outlook for the sugar
industry in the United States
is at least blue and how it is to
be made brighter is beyond
the ken of the average man.
The nation cries out against
any further tariff tinkering, the
farmer uses his voice against
the . bounty and the sugar pro
ducer of Louisiana has grown
hoarse in denouncing free
sugar as an insult to American
industries. Verily the pro
ducer and the legislator are
between "the devil and the
deep blue sea." Nor is sugar
the only staple that is sailing
in troubled waters; closely
allied to it is the meat industry,
between the United States and
Europe there has been a sort
of interchange of commercial
relations that has been consid
ered, generally, mutually satis
factory, but, if the United
States will not sweeten its
coffee with German sugar
Uncle Sam cannot expect
Uncle Fritz to gorge himself
on American spareribs. Ia
this instance retaliation works
harder on the United States
than it does on Europe. How
long can the American pro
ducer continue selling sugar at
a half cent a pound under cost
of making? And where is the
remedy except in cutting off
the production and planting
the fields with something more
profitable. There's no help ,in
legislation; to add to the duty
would make the situation
worse for. the legislators
through the power of the trusts
that would be worked against
them. Influence 'cannot be
brought to bear . upon the
European governments Jto re
duce the bounty because the
interests of their people are at
stake and must be protected.
Take off the duty and the
position is worse because the
day of bounties to the produc
er of any particular article in
the United States is buried
with the dead past We would
suggest that the matter be
submitted to the committee on
dehornine hydraulic rams, 'in
the American Congress and
let them find a relief.
The Clauss Knives are with
out question the best thing in
tne world lor cutting warm
bread or cake; best because of
the facility with which they go
through the materials. For
young married ladies who per
sist in baking their own bread
these knives are particularly
recommended because all
weighty effects are removed
oy tneir use.
A fish scaler for a quarter
is one of the best investments
you can make because its ,use
saves time. Besides the scales
are more thoroughly removed
from the fish than with a knife.
We have received another
invoice of the large size Pansy
Stoves. We consider this the
best wood or coal stove on the
market because it is a quick
heater, and uses very little fuel.
We've sold thousands of thm
and every one has piven satTc-
m q wkj
faction. The price is easy for
an article as good as this, liie
Dietz Oil Stoves will arrive
within the next two weeks. If
you prefer using oil to wood
or coal the Dietz is the best
stove we have ever seen for
the purpose. If you contem
plate buying a new oil stove
wait and examine the Dietz
It will broil, fry or bake as
well as the best coal stove you
ever saw, perhaps a little better.
"What
GOOD MOENING!
WE
HAVE YOU TJRIED
1st, The Eye;
2d, The Foot;
MA
3d, The Purse.
WHAT ELSE CAN YOU
EXPECT ?
ALO
T0.01M
POWDER ?
McINERNT'S
SBOE SO? ORE.
E F. WICHMAN
f A MAP OP THE
J HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
GOES WITH EACH
t BOTTLE.
Fort Street.
JUST A FEW W0BDS
on a subject
which we know will interest every one:
For years we have done the fine watch
repairing in Honolulu.
Difficult work of every description
which had formerly been sent to the
Coast, was first properly . handled in our
Repairing Department. Such work as
CHMSG KEY TO STEM WINDERS
repairing complicated watches of every
description; demagnetizing ; making by
hand any lost part of a complicated
watch; in fact any difficult work pertain
in e to the repair in 2 of fine watches ia
our especial forte.
The number of watches which find
their way into our Bepairing Department
after having been through the hands of
numerous EXPERT8 (?)is beyond belief.
Whilst we are at all times ready
and willing to do every conceiv
able kind and condition of a job
would it not pay you better to
bring your watch to us in the first place
and be assured of an honest amount of
work at a reasonable price, rather than
take it from one to another, causing you
delay and annoyance, to say nothing of
the greater expense?
We Charge Less
For Perfect Work
Tie Hobron Drag
Company, Limited
PBOPRIETOKS.
VALUE OF BALL BEAMING.
An experiment with ball bearings
was recently made in Canada. A street
car fitted with ball bearings was drawn
a distance of several hundred feet by
men pulling on the three strands of or
dinary sewing thread. A carriage
manufacturer put another style of ball
bearings on the axles of a coach ordi
narily pulled by four horses. A trained
dog was hitched to the pole, and he
drew the coach around the xard with
little effort. Daily Bulletin.
than you have been used to paying for
inferior work right along.
As a matter of f act,the expebt( ?) who
cleans your watch with a pair of bellows
and a crow-bar for 50 cents makes more
money than the honest workman who
does an honest job and v charges an
honest price.
Because your watch is returned to you
running fairly well, it is no criterion that
it has been properly repaired. The great
annoyance attendant upon the repair
ing of a watch, is that 99 out of 93 cannot
I teii 11 tne wort is well done but are
satisfied if the watch is keeping some
where near the correct time.
Who can see the jewel protruding half
way out of the plate, or worse, sunk down
through the plate, fastened in with a
little glue, or hammered in with a sledge.
How otten - the bxpbbt grinds off the
broken staff, sinks the jewel a little
lower, tells you -he has put in anew
-staff and charges you a little less than
the price and you go on your way rejoic
ing. But some day you will discover the
fraud, such work cannot last lone. It is
dear at any price, which you soon dis
cover to your sorrow.
Moral: Make no mistake; take it
where you know it will be well treated
and that is the Repairing Department of
H. F. WICHMAN.
Something New.
Our Imperial Ball-Bearing Axles can
be adjusted to any Carriage or Hack.
HAWAIIAN
CARR1
MANUFACTURING
1XD1I1
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COiMPIY
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NO.. 70 QUEEN" STKEET.
Feed,
thfe Coast
Hia Hauaflan Hirta Co. m.
iiu? u i la ok. icLiiriiPii inirn i r 1 i ,
1 m
ana nave opened up a complete stock of
Groceries. Everything and anything
from surar to the choicest of luxuries.
ly motto is to give VALUE FOR
VALUE. Everything new and fresh.
Come and get my prices and be con
vinced. 3. H. GUY,
Cash Grocer.
Hotel and Union sts , opp Arlington
Hotel. 3859-3m
Jas. W. jBergstrom,
FlANO, PIPE AND RIED ORGAN
Tuner and Repairer. Orders left a;
1 brum's Bookstore, will receive prompt
attention. 3866-v
H. E. McINTJEE & BE0
IMPORTER8 DEALERS IN
Groceries, Provisions and
EAST CORNER FORT AND KING STREETS.
New Goods received by every packet from the Eastern States and Europe.
Fresh California Produce by every steamer. All orders faithfully attended to, and
Goods delivered to any part of the city free of charge. Island orders solicited.
Satisfaction guaranteed. Postoffice Box 145. Telephone No. 92.
YOU MUST.
HAVE TO
MAKE GOOD
CKOPS.
THE HAWAIIAN FERTILIZING COMPANY keeps always and constantly
on hand all the well known CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS and offers them for sale at
the lowest market rates.
They manufacture complete High Grade Fertilizers to any special formula and
guarantee the analysis, and all that other firms do.
Planters would do well to write the undersigned before ordering anywhere else
A dollar saved is a dollar made.
JL. F. COOKE,
Proprietor and Manager Hawaiian Fertilizing Company
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