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THE PACIFIC COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER:
HONOLULU, SEPTKMl'.EK 1, 1899.
TH PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
W. N. ARMSTRONG EDITOR.
FRIDAY
SEPTEMBKK 1
IMMIGRATION.
A correspondent in. another column
asks some searching questions about
the importation of laborers from Italy.
TJio planters may be able to answer
them with more or less satisfaction.
It is said that the theory upon which
Italian immigration is encouraged is,
that the first few hundred immigrants
will be so kindly treated, that they will
encourage their friends to join them
here; that each well satisfied immi
grant will become an agent for the
plantations in securing other immi
grants, and then the business of the
Jabor supply will take care of itself
without the interference or direct aid
of the planters. This i3 now the course
of affairs in the United States and else
where. Out of the 15,000 Portuguese now
living on. these Islands, over 8000 of
them are natives of Portugal and its
dependencies, and their friends and
relatives must number many thous
ands. Why are not these Portuguese
immigration missionaries, urging and
calling their friends and relatives to
join them here?
It is absurd to say that the Italians
will be better laborers and citizens than
the Portuguese. It is stated on excel
lent auChority that out of the 10,000
and more Portuguese immigrants, not
one of them has been charged or con
victed of murder. Out of about fifteen
Italian immigrants, carefully selected
one ds now under charge of murder.
TJiis indicates the difference in tem
perament of the people of the two na
tions. At the same time, this unfor
tunate crime by an Italian cannot be
.held to be conclusive as to the general
character of Italian laborers, for it is
not. The Italians are more resentful
thian the Portuguese, but that is an
excellent quality when the resentment
is within bounds. We understand that
the employment of Italians will not be
lone in the interests of civilization and
humanity, but because they are, or
may be, the most available laborers
.now to be secured. The plantations are
in the hands of Protestants, and they
do not propose to fill the land with
lapists. in the interest of Christ
ianity. The reasons why the Portuguese,
-who are on the whole, a quiet and
industrious people, are not supplying
the plantations with labor, will oper
ate to prevent the Italians, or any
other class, from keeping up the labor
supply. If the conditions of the labor
era are now changed in order to secure
Italians, why are they not changed -so
as to secure the Portuguese who are
living here? If the inducements are
strong enough to move the Italans, why
are they not strong enough to operate
on the Portuguese, and encourage them
to send for their friends and relatives?
There is not any reason whatever offer
ed to convince us that the Italians will
be more accommodating and less ex
acting, or be more pliable than the
Portuguese.
After twenty years of experience with
the Portuguese laborers, which has
been, on the whole, satisfactory, it
seems to be unbusinesslike to go off
at a tangent in pursuit of Italians, on
a general guess that they will be more
desirable than the Portuguese. There
can be no more unscientific, or imprac
ticable theory of dealing with the labor
supply.
Moreover, the Italian immigrants
would not, for some time to come', per
haps three or four years, . become,
satisfied with their success so as to call
their friends over in large numbers.
The Portuguese, numbering some
thousands, should be in a position to
urge their countrymen to immigrate
and accept the liberal terms made by
the planters.
INJUSTICE TO TilK CHINESE.
ing for the loss of time and humilia
tion. The Secretary replies that he will pay
him nothing because the detention was
caused by the Hawaiian government
and not by the Federal government.
Evangelist sits down ou church music. !
The easiest disposition of the matter is j
to allow him to sit there. j
Mood's
SOB-DIVISION OF' THE BICKERTON HOMESTEAD.
THAT AWFUL SEASICKNESS.
! W'th tide of summer travel still
This conclusion of the Secretary may i turning oceanward, and the question !
not be in accordance with the facts of
the case. It was understood, at the
time, that the Federal government,
though its Special Agents here, direct
ed the arrest and return. It was also
understood at the time, that if the Ha
waiian government stood aside and let
the Special Agents adopt and enforce
their own measures in the case, it
would be reported to Washington as
"Are you seasick?" becoming the all
engrossing question or the day, the ob
servations of an Atlantic sea captain
are timely and of interest.
"A great many passengers." pays
this man who knows, "tome aboard
loaded with medicines for the preven
tion of seasickness, but I never knew
anything succeed yet except careful
db ting. Women are more subject to
Favorite
Cathartic
Pills
an unfriendly act. So that government j seasickness than men but, on the
furnished the physical force to accom-j other hand, they stand it better. A
woman isn't so much tortured by the
pangs as she is worried by the prospect
of becoming dishevelled haggard
and draggled. She fights to keep up
appearances as long as she can hold
up her head, but a man gives up at
once and makes a great rumpus and
takes to his berth. There he grumbles
and groans until he is well enough to
go on deck again.
"When a woman finally takfs to bet
room she invariably" asks thre ques
tions. First, whether people ever die
of seasickness, then how many miles
we are from shore, and. lastly, when
shall we get there."
plish this illegal act. It was made a
cat's paw in committing an outrage.
The only honorable and ju-5t course
for our local government to take is,
to pay the expenses of thesf Chinese
who have been falsely imprisoned. The
Flag is only honored when every citi
zen sees to it that 't covers no in
justice and under its shadows the poor
est man is protected in his rights,
about which there is no dispute.
KKY1VAL1ST MOODY.
In another column is published some
interesting correspondence b?tween
SMr. How Duck and Secretary of the
Treasury Gage.
Mr. How Duck was a passenger from
China on the Coptic in January last,
and held a permit from the Hawaiian
government which gave him the right
to return to Hawaii. On arrival here,
he, with other Chinese, were refused
permission to land by United States
Special Agent Brown, with the ap
proval of Special Agent Sewall as it
was then said. He with the others who
were refused permission to land, were
not informed of their right to appeal
to the Secretary of the Treasury, and
.were forcibly sent back to China. The
Secretary oi the Treasury on hearing
uppeals from the decision of Special
Agent Brown, made in similar cases,
reversed his judgment and permitted
the holders of permits to land.
Mr. How Duck returned to China,
and on being informed of this deci
sion, again took passage to this port
and was allowed to land. He, appealed
to the Secretary, asking to be reim
bursed for the expenses incurred by
this forcible detention. He asks noth-
Itevivalist Moody has set himself up
as a final judge in the matter of church
music. He is so confident of his own
opinion as a teacher and interpreter,
he feels that he may speak with
authority on the subject of music. He
said a few days ago in the North field
Conference, "If God is going to give
us a revival he will break up the sing
ing that we have in the churches now.
You go into most of the churches now
and you will find them having 3 choir
for which they pay a high salary and
they either go up so high or down so
low that you can't understand what
they are singing about."
Mr. Moody is disposed to take pes
simistic views of many aspects of
man's moral nature. We are all of the
opinion that the church music of the
present day is seraphic in comparison
with the music of the ancient choirs,
with a fiddle accompaniment. Some(
may remember the congregational
singing in churches which formerly re
fused to allow choir singing. It was
a sort of "go as you please" affair, and
the singing of the hymns ended, much
like a horse race, in which the different
animals crossed the line at the close,
at their leisure and according to their
speed. There is no evidence that the
Creator does or does not prevent re
vivals, owing to the quality of the
music. Many of the deacons whose
"election" was almost guaranteed, dis
played voices in comparison with
which the vocal efforts of a bull were
rapturous notes. If revivals hung upon
their efficiency and grace as musicians,
the gates of Heaven would never on
golden hinges turn, and the deacons
would inevitably be consigned to the
"lost."
What would Mr. Moody say if he
entered one of our Chinese churches
and listened to Old Hundred rendered
in a Mongolian symphony? Would he
bar out revivals because it did not
suit him?
Evangelist Moody has become ex
ceedingly fat during the last ten years.
The prerogative of a fat man is to sit
down on everything near him, and the
Nothing
So Bracing
AS
PURE AIR
"Calumet" makes the light
est, sweetest and most
wholesome bread
and pastry.
mm
If MADE BY
IV )
R1!? Baking
Powder
NONE SO GOOD.
Everyone enjoys it; your health de
pends upon it. You can just as well
have it as your prudent neighbor. Old
and young alike endorse it.
DISINFECTINE
With the heat of summer comes the
foul and disease producing air from
the cesspool, vault and cellar. You
must be on your guard agaiiist the ac
cumulation of trash, garbage, etc.; it
is dangerous to have around.
INSURES
No skill is required to have the air
about your home pure. The cost is tri
fling and effect is wonderful. Diein
fectine as prepared by us will serve the
purpose.
PURE
We jhave It prepared in quantities to
supply any or all demands.. We will
deliver to your home, if within the city
limits, a trial bottle at 25 cents. Don't
neglect to order a bottle at once.
It is easy to purge, but that is not what
is wanted. A mild but Bure and undis
turbing cathartic will set Nature to go
ing, and relieve the head, the stomach,
the liver and all the organs of the body
CURM
from the many and dangerous evils of a
clogged corporeal drainage.
Hood's Pills CUni" Liver Ills, sick head
ache, biliousness, constipation, without
purging, without pain, without violence.
Iiver Ills
Hood's Pills are the only pills to take
with Hood's Sarsaparllla. Sold by all
druggists. 25c. Sent by mail on receipt
of price, by C L-ood & Co., Lowell, Mas,'
TIMELY TOPICS
Aucust i ith. :899
The Burglar
Is enjoying a regular picnic here just
now, and no matter how much he may
be hated and despised, he cannot be
blamed for "taking things as they
come." It is nature his own peculiar
one, no doubt. The nature of the po
liceman is shown in the speedy man
ner in which the burglar is sought aft
er we were almost savins, caueht.
However, "Safe bind is safe find," and
the
VICTOR SAFE
FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF
Is the best of the bunch. We have
them in various sizes.
Fisher's Steel Ranges
Give satisfaction wherever used. Our
stock is a large and well-assorted one,
"ranging" from the "Small Family" to
Hotel and Restaurant sizes.
From "Pele's" heat to "Klondyke"
cold is but a step, especially when one
of our
Refrigerators
kf Lots 5 .
Om 391 I g I
. ' ii n o no
K H G
S Z
Is kept in the home with one. of
aforesaid ranges. Our
the
Ice Chests
AIR.
Those who are familiar with th
article order it by the gallon, which
proves beyond all doubt that it, is the
proper thing.
Manufactured only by
9
SOLE AGENTS.
Are built on the latest and most . , ap
proved styles and are as 'useful for
"keeping" things in as a safe. ' Food
is always fresh and sweet when one Is
used.
OO
Aermotors
Will catch every breath of wind, run
easy and need no attention. We have
Pumps of all sizes and Fittings for
them, also.
Hand Pumps
Just the ideas for watering stock and
for irrigation purposes.
STAR KEROSENE OIL,
PETROLEUM,
MACHINE OILS,
BUILDERS HARDWARE,
WrATER COOLERS,
For Steamers; sizes from 2 to
12 gallons.
BLUE-FLAME OIL STOVES,
O. K. LANTERNS
And Globes and Chimneys for j
same.
TUMBLERS
At from 60c. to $2 per doz.
ROCHESTER LAMPS,
' Nos. 2 and 3.
SCISSORS
(Seymour's) in great variety.
inese nneiy improved Lots Tor sale. !
Location excellent. Lots planted with choice trees'and?
shrubbery. Prices reasonable. Lots i, 2, 4 and 5 are sold..
Lot A Beautiful Lot. Best bargain in town. Easy
terms to purchase
oo
Inquire of
Brace Waring & CO. pr-
- - - 1 .- -
ARTBSIRN WELLS 2
l. E. PINKHAM, CONTRACTOR.
Office With the Pacific Hardware Co., Honolulu H. I.
Estimates given and contracts made for wells on any of
the Islands.
SIX NEW PLANTS' StlJISft$fiSi&
drilllers.
Re&4 tlhe jMveirtSseiiv
75 Cents a Month.
MosqunStoMee
Will Drive Mosquitoes Avay.
Cures the Bites!
Brings Comfort!
OSaH"V AT-
1 iiiii lit
Limited -
307 FORT ST.
ecoj
1
Benson, Smith &
Go,
LIMITED
Fort and Hotel Streets,
WRING
AL
RATIONS
RLTERHT
RLE
i At Kerr's Q,ueen Street Store will be the place where all can secure
in every LINE,
sacrificed to secure it, .
Room must' be had, so EVERYTETN must
QUEEN STREET,
B
KERR
IMPORTER.
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