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Are You?
Are you a Christian ?
Are you a citizen?
Are you a prohibitionist?
(>n your sincerity as a prohibitionist,
on your honor as a citizen, on your faith
in Christ, fail not to do a full day's work
the twenty-sixth of July.
You have a vote, you have an automobile you have a horse and carriage, you
have a telephone. Make them count that
day for a better Hawaii.
J. G. W.
The Kamehamehas.
Kamehameha built a new council house
and called his chiefs together to consider
the liquor question. In closing the council he said:
"I command you every one to go home,
each
to your own district, and destroy
Office Expense
every liquor still which you find. DistillPalama Settlement
Portuguese Work Income
ing and drinking liquor are tabu from
Preachers' Training Fund
this time forward."
Tomo
Then he ordered that the new council
Wailuku Mission
Wailuku Settlement
house be torn down. He did this to show
the greatness of the decision that had
$5617.98 been made there, and to show that the
EXPENDITURES
liquor question was never to be open for
discussion again.
Chinese Work
$ 375.25
This was no "missionary trick." MisSalaries
622.50
997.75 sionaries had never been heard of in HaEnglish-Port. Work
36.45
waii.
Salaries
1094.50
But it was statesmanship. And it was
1130.95 Christianity.
Friend
83.40
He was only one man. But he could
80.25 see and think and fight.
General Fund
Hawaii General Fund Salary
3.75
The people had no vote. They only
Hawaiian Work
64.50
had
to obey.
544.80
Salaries
609.30
For what the king did and commanded
Hoaloha
47.25 his name is written in history, KamehaInvested Funds
1.00 meha the Great.
Japanese Work
103.50
Nearly a hundred years have passed.
Salaries
923.00
1026.50 Things have changed. Kailua is no longKalihi Settlement
342.75 er the capital.
Council houses are no
Kawaiahao Seminary
1.50 longer built of grass. Congress is king.
Maunaolu Seminary
2.75 Every Hawaiian voter is a high chief.
Mills Institute
1.00
As in the time of Kamehameha 111.,
Office Expense
48.93
liquor has been forced into the Islands,
Salaries
549.00
597.93 not only by Frenchmen but also by
Palama Milk Depot
.25 Americans, Rritish. German, Chinese,
Palama Settlement
166.00 Japanese and Portuguese, against the
Preachers' Training Fund
50.50 will of the Hawaiians and to their mortal
Tomo
33.00
Wailuku Social Worker
75.00 injury.
Congress has called a great council of
(5250.83 chiefs to assemble on July 26 to consider
Excess of receipts over expendthe liquor question. Will you have proitures
$367.15 hibition instead of licensed saloons ? That
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No. 7
is the question of Congress. Every registered voter has the chance to answer Yes
or
No.
The liquor men say it is a missionary
trick. They lie. They lie intentionally.
If it be a missionary trick it is the
wisest, kindest, timeliest trick that was
ever played in this world. It brings the
Hawaiian voter to the front, as a king in
his own right and his own country, to
speak his wish and have his wish about
the betrayer, robber, murderer of his
people.
Trick or no trick, what will he say?
The success of prohibition on the 26th
of July will crown the Hawaiian voter,
before the eyes of the American people,
Kamehameha the Greatest.
The failure of prohibition on the 26th
of July will make this territory a "rich"
man's government indeed, and send the
Hawaiian voter shuffling into the jungle
of graft politics, with the title of Kame
hameha the Least, fast, lost.
Kamehameha the Greatest will mark
his ballot. YES.
Kamehameha the Least will mark his
ballot NO.
J. G. W.
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What Will the Hawaiian Voter Say?
It is the business of the government
the public health. The saloon
the enemy the natural defenses against disease.
It is the, best
friend of cholera, pneumonia and tuberculosis. It actually causes 50 per cent of
the insanity. It attacks children who are
not yet born and murders millions in their
infancy.
One of the surgeons of the Red Cross
Hospital in New York reports that he
has made a study of two groups of families, one group having drinking habits
and the other group abstaining. He is
not a temperance lecturer, but a scientific
student. He reports that in one group of
ten families of drinking habits there were
fifty-five children. Thirty died in infancy,
three of heart disease, four were insane,
seven were anaemic, eight were tuberculous, one had diabetes, three had very
poor teeth, three had adenoids.
Only
four were normal. Of the total two were
excellent in their studies, six were fair,
and seventeen were deficient.
In ten families of abstaining parents
there were seventy children. Two died in
infancy, two were neurotic and anaemic,
to preserve
betrays to
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Wanted, a Definition.
lous, sixty-four were norma.l In study,
It is not probable that Honolulu likes
fifty-six were excellent, ten were fair, prize fights less than it did a year or so
only two were deficient.
ago. It is beginning to be wondered
()f the children of" the abstainers 90 here, however, whether it is quite "the
per cent were normal.
thing to like them. Not that we know
Of the children of the drinkers, "3 anything more about them. So far no
one has yet been cornered into giving a
|>er cent were abnormal.
definition of a prize fight—least of all,
course,
most
of
such
evidence
Of
the
is suppressed in the cemetery; and of the I'. S. authorities. And the frankly
against
course th« examination of other groups bad city of San Francisco closed
might show considerable variations of them! There certainly is some humor
such figures. But the saloon is surely the in it for 1 lonoluhi sports.
It was stated that Governor Gilletl
crudest of infanticides.
California, quite early in his relations
of
But, we are told, the statistics of the
with
the big fight, was intending to get
not
a
show great per a
Census Bureau do
legal
opinion as to whether the encountcentage of deaths from alcoholic drink.
er planned was to be a prize fight or not.
discrepancy
true,
and the
That is quite
As nothing further has been heard of
between the Census Report and the esti- that phase of the question we conclude
is
mate of the temperance lecturer
very
that somebody convinced him that the
wide. I hit the temperance lecturer's fig- priziest
fight of them all was—a prize
within
the
truth.
ures are probably well
fight.
The friends and physicians of those who "But what is a prize fight?" How would
die of drink conceal the fact if possible.
it do to ask the U. S. Attorney? He
Alcoholism gets into vital statistics un- knows, for he is probably correctly reder many aliases—heart failure, Blight's ported to the effect that be would Stop
disease, diabetes, tuberculosis, pneumonia the
Jolmson-JefTries pleasantries in Honand acute indigestion.
olulu after the first blow bad been struck.
The most distinguished of English We are glad of the position you take,
actuaries, after years of investigation Mr. Attorney .and perhaps it would be
more gracious not to ask you "Why?"
publishes the following statement:
where
of
15
and
20
save
that something of this sort may ballages
the
"Between
every other
ten total abstainers die, eighteen moder- pen again—is happening
month. Is the Fourth of July a trifle
ate drinkers die."
"Between the ages of 20 and 30, where more sacred in your mind than Decoraten total abstainers die, thirty-one mod- tion Day? You were quite enthusiastically in favor of that Memorial day fight
erate drinkers die."
will
Just the difference
T.etween the ages of 30 and 40. where youamountremember.
prizes or in enin
money
of
in
die,
moderate
forty
ten total abstainers
constitutes
a valid
trance
fees
hanllv
drinkers die."
distinction, does it?
It would seem
At a recent convention of the Catholic hardly probable that the unlikelihood of
( )rder of Foresters, a benevolent order
a "knock out" actuated you in removing
with a membership of a quarter of a mil- the stigma of the prize fight from the
lion, it wa> voted to exclude liquor deal- Orpheum performance over which you
ers from the l)enefits of the society. There spread the .American aegis. Most all of
was no spite about it, nor fanatical de- these performances end. we read, by
nunciation of the liquor dealer. It was reason of the failure on the part of one
simply a cold financial proposition that of the parties to "come up to the scratch"
the liquor business is on the graveyard at the end of the count. Would we be
end of life insurance. This is the sixty- ji stified in calling such a consummation
fifth benefit association in America to a "knock out"?
take the same action. There remains but
It is rather perplexing. Could the difone society of the kind that will receive ference lie in the relative prominence of
liquor dealers into membership.
the "pugs" involved? No, that won't
over
Hado. There is one other explanation posMany scourges have swept
that the
waii, measles. smalli>ox. cholera, etc. But sible to the "lay" mind, viz..
the
prize
of
rounds
determines
But
number
these ran their course and stopped.
rounds, say,
Let
fight.
twenty
besides
fifteen.or
rests,
and
trade
never
the liquor
and joyous
its direct destruction, it is an active part- constitute quite an innocent that
a legal
ner in all the other causes of decimation. passage of arms—more than
Mayto
Reno.
offense
to
be
chased
away
tried
The Hawaiian kings of early days
as
clarity
so,
but
the
doctrine
lacks
be
with
some
success.
it.
and
expel
hard to
or
attorney
the
authority.
Will
unias
will
With annexation to America came
a national reversal suffrage, and the Hawaiian voter some one make for himself
a
one
weigh these
Let
such
?
he
putation
got the word of power. What will
beyond
formulate
and
elusive
elements
26?
say on Tulv
what
just
'
of
peradventure
tin
shadow
J. G. W.
one had rheumatism, one was tubercu-
July, 1910
THE FRIEND.
combinations of them constitute a prize
fight.
The writer docs not feel over strongly
or. this matter. He confesses to hardly
more than curiosity to see what Honolulu is willing to stand in this and other
kindred questions pertaining to law enforcement.
He felt strongly once and
is now quite recovered from a somewhat
painful experience in a search for public
opinion on the subject of prize fights
where none seemed to be. And now?
Perhaps we will be humble enough to
get our instruction even from San Francisco. All in good time, which is God's
time.
T. R.
.
Hawaii's Opportunity.
S. Congress neve laid a quesof such interest before the people of
any territory as has now been presented
to the people <>f Hawaii in the question
of prohibition.
We will not say that it is the last call,
for the ruler and guide of nations is forbearing, and merciful, long-suffering
even to the unthankful and unmindful.
And the promiscuous sale of destructive alcohol poison is sure ere long to be
prohibited by every nation for its own
It is simply incredself-preservation.
ible that the world of the enlightened future will regard with indifference the
present condition of all who are frequent
partakers of alcoholic drinks.
But, says one, it is not promiscuous
sale that is contended for. What we
want is a license system that will prevent promiscuous sale and regulate the
sale of healthful drinks.
The Friend claims that the license system has had full trial for a century or
two, and has proved a failure in every
land where national and international
commerce has sway. License to sell the
seductive and destructive poison of alcoholic drinks is simply a permit issued by
a government to certain ones in a community for their own financial profit to
sell what brings ruin, misery, demoralization, or death to a large proportion
of their customers. That the slightest
benefit ever comes to one from the use
oi alcoholic drinks as a beverage has yet
The IT.l
tion
T
to be shown.
In vain we ask the advocates of the
license system what benefit ever came to
any human being from the habitual
We
drinking of alcoholic beverages.
seen all our lives the deplorable results of dram-drinking, and today it is
evident that the early extinction of a
large portion of the Hawaiian people
will ensue unless prohibitory legislation
be enacted. Yet they are not alone in
feeling the seduction and meeting the destruction of strong drink.
have
�To them who abstain the scripture
s.iith: "Thou shalt not be afraid for the
terror by night, nor for the ants that
tlieth by day ; nor for the pestilence that
ualkcth in darkness; nor for the destruct on that wasteth at noonday."
( >n the 26th of July we may by our
votes save many precious people from almost
inevitable destruction.
5
THE FRIEND
July, I'HO.
O.
11. G.
The Bishop of Kakaako.
It is doubtful whether half a dozen
persons in the Islands have first-hand,
or even realizing hearsay knowledge of
the great work of I'. W. Rider, the apostle to the submerged in the bottom of
Honolulu, where the Atherton family
has built a settlement house, and provided for its maintenance, in which nightly this knightly man of faith preaches
Jesus Christ the Savior of drunkards,
the hope of hopeless wives and the lover
of homeless and worse than homeless
children.
Grim business it is, too, preaching love
and help and cleansing in the sag of Kakaako, where the brewery, two licensed
saloons and fifteen or twenty "blind
pigs" belie the love of God and man, and
seem to prove the omnipotence of cruelty
and dirt. Impossible for faith that breaks
training, even for a day.
Hut this man does it. and does it with
a cheer. Salvation with a whine in it
would be dead doctrine there. He believes it. That saves him and his meet
ings. 1 le knows the saloon. He knows
how to get away from it. I le has no illusions about ''personal liberty." He gives
all. He wins. His wife goes the pace
"Help somebody, and sing at your work,
for God loves the world."
In this most needy and disorderly section no policeman ventures save on call,
and such as come on call get out again
as soon as possible. The police court is
part of Mr. Rider's parish. His recommendations to mercy are rarely disregarded, for he is as truthful as helpful,
and as level-headed as he is kind. His
word is as good as a bond with the magistrate. He is constantly up as cash
bail for the down and out.
Nothing much ails Kakaako but the
drink—the drink and what goes with it.
Naturally Mr. Rider hates the saloon,
and in the present campaign for the plebiscite he is the busiest campaigner in
the city. The searchlight of his stereopticon flashes the wounds of the body politic before the eyes of many audiences.
The light is fearfully eloquent.
Mr. Rider is one of a class of rescue
workers numbering thousands in American cities —the Red Cross Society in the
licensed pillage of the saloon. F'very
man of them and every woman of them,
In the lK'tter days
is a prohibitionist.
now drawing near their worth will be recorded and in the final accounting their
reward is sure.
J. G. W.
with him and does not look back. His
audience shows no cleavages of race, or
creed, or trade. Twenty or more nationalities are regularly represented—cosmopolites of disaster. Age sits with knotted
hands and wonders at his message. Fray-
ed, ruined youth slips low in chair and
listens; and pretty children pitch the high
treble of infinite pathos into the songs.
It is terrible—and beautiful.
They call him "Father." and Mrs.
Rider "Mother," who in turn call them
by their given names. "Who struck you,
Susie?" "Father, let me come in ; Jim is
drunk and says he will kill me." "Mother, can you give me something to feed
the baby? Joe gets seven dollars a week
and gievs me two, but has just taken
that away." These are scraps of the
spiritual conversation of this diocese.
The meetings are but the high tide of
the day's work, before the life of the
district turns back to the Magoon block,
the "low water" of home life in the city.
The work of faith and labor of love never
shut down.
The Bishop of Kakaako rules by riirht
of apostolic success. The only ritual is
P.W.
RIDER
The Missionary Fathers
of Hawaii
An Address Delivered at the lughty-
eighth Annual Conference of the
Hawaiiian Evangelical Association at Kailua, Line
26,
1«)10.
Fathers landed on
the shores of New England.
In 1820 the Missionary fathers landed
on the shores of Hawaii. The former
came to America seeking freedom to
worship (iod; the latter came to Hawaii
for the sole purpose of upbuilding the
kingdom of (iod and spreading the knowledge of salvation through His Son.
In 1(>20 the Pilgrim
The first company for Hawaii sailing
from Boston, October 23rd, 1819, in the
brig Thaddeus, consisted of Hiram Bingham and Asa Thurston, ordained clergymen Samuel Whitney and Samuel Buggies, teachers, Thomas ..olman, a physician; Klisah Loomis, a printer; Daniel
Chamberlain, a farmer, and their wives;
and also three native Hawaiians named
Thomas llopu. William Kantii; and John
lb.noli, who had reached the shores of
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THE FRIEND
July, 1910
New England, and were now returning individual to profess faith in Christ, re- these envoys from Christendom. To evwith this missionary company to their ceiving the rite of baptism from Mr. ery one came the call according as God
native islands. Besides these three Ha- Kllis at Lahaina on September 16, 1823; had given him. Never was a louder call
waiians who were identified with the and she is counted the first fruit of gos- for men of varied attainments. Nearly
mission, was George G. Kaumaulii. son pel teaching in Hawaii. Two other wom- all were called upon to administer medien of high rank. Kaahumanu. for some cal aid to the sick. In some cases the
of the ruler of Hawaii.
The Thaddeus touched at Kawaihae years regent, and Kapiolani, may be lady was the beloved physician of the staMarch 30, where it was learned that Ka- counted as among the most distinguished tion. A missionary, son of a farmer, who
mehameha was dead, that his son Liho- and helpful agents in the advancement of in youth had been an efficient helper on
the farm, might now aid his people in
/iho reigned, and that the tabu system the gospel of the group.
'The three missionaries, Bingham, showing them how to make an ox-yoke,
was ended. Leaving Kawaihae the brig
arrived at Kailua April 4. 1820. But the Thurston, and Whitney, with their wives, how to train the steers into useful oxen,
missionaries did not take up residence on remained long years in these islands, and and how to handle the plow. Another
shore until permission was granted by the were, with the succeeding missionary re- who excelled in mechanical ability or
King Liholiho April 12th. Upon this enforcements, under divine guidance, the tact, would teach how to frame a bedday, having gained full approval. Rev. power which dispelled the darkness of stead or a table, how to make a chair,
Asa Thurston and wife, and Dr. and heathenism and transformed these island- or a chest. But few of them escaped thf
Mrs. Holman took up their abode in a ers into an enlightened Christian people. work of erecting buildings for churches
grass hut in the village of Kailua. The
'The American Board was guided by and schools, setting the first example of
remainder of the company proceeded in Providence to make thorough work in heme building other than the grass hut
the Thaddeus, and landed at Honolulu, Hawaii, and to this end within forty of the past; while the ladies imparted to
years from the landing of the pioneers, their sisters the high art of sewing, and
April 14, 1820.
Upon the death of Kamehameha in sent to this group of islands, then hav- taught the whole community to make
May, 1819, there succeeded a season of ing a population of perhaps 120,000, fifty civilized clothing, and so brought into the
bacchanalian indulgence on the part of ordained men with their wives, six phy- family of nations the well clad people of
chiefs and people alike, in which the sicians with their wives, fourteen teach- today.
We may remember that in the earlier
trammels of the tabu regime were felt to er-, five printers, three single ladies, and
be irksome, and the whole system, includ- twenty-nine wives of the assistant mis- days there were no stores where clothing
ing idolatry and priestcraft, had broken sionaries, including wives of second mar- and equipment of any kind could be purdown and been entirely overthrown; the riages, making a total of one hundred chased. And further, a voyage of 18,000
high priest. Hewahewa. himself apply- and sixty-three persons, not counting miles requiring five or six months in sailing the torch to what had been a most sa- four persons sent by the American Board ing ship around Cape Horn, was the
cred collection of idols.
The leading at a later period. These men and wom- shortest and only road to the marts of
wife of Kamehameha. Kapiolani, mother en surmounted greater difficulties and civilized man. The coasts of Oregon.
of the two succeeding kings, was a leader endured trials' of faith and patience be- California, Mexico, and South America,
in this overthrow of the tabu, herself yond the lot of the average Christians of occupied mostly by half or quarter civilized Indians, afforded no comfort to the
breaking the code by eating with her son any age.
No steamship had
Kauikeaouli. who later reigned as KaAs their numbers increased by the ar- far-off missionary.
meameha 111. Hawaii was without a re- rival of successive reinforcements, two yet begun to plow the ocean, and abbreviligion. Truly the isles were waiting for families were usually located at one sta- ate the length of ocean voyage. At the
his law.
tion. Twenty main stations were occu- very beginning no merchant had yet
The Hawaiians, like a large portion pied, and perhaps eighty out-stations; ventured to risk his wares in a commun)f humanity, were hero worshippers. Pat- thus covering the entire group with a net- ity in which no law but the dictation of
riotism, as in many lands, was manifest- work of ministry, teaching and example. unenlightened chiefs was known. Ined largely in devotion to their chiefs. The
At the three centers of Honolulu. La- struction was yet to be imparted to both
sway of Kamehameha had been firmly haina and Hilo. were established various chiefs and people in the rights of ownerestablished on all the islands, with the plants for the advancement of missionary ship and the usages of civilized society.
exception of Kauai. Upon his death his work. At Honolulu a printing office
It may be asked why the American
son Liholiho became heir to his father's with bindery; at Lahainaluna. near La- Hoard sent so large a number of missionpower, which was shared in some degree, haina. the institution of learning combin- aries to so small a field, when the vast
with his mother Keapuolani, and with ing the character of high school, college continents with their teeming millions of
Kaahumanu. Upon the petition of the and theological seminary, with industrial benighted people were lying in the darkfirst missionaries to King Liholiho, for training, and at Hilo the boys' high and ness and misery of idolatry and superpermission to reside upon the islands, the industrial school, which has contributed stition. In reply, a missionary father
earnest advocacy of the king's mother, and still contributes to the upbuilding of said, an individual husbandman could
Keopuolani. together with that of Hewa- the character of the islanders.
cultivate but so many acres, and it mathewa, the former high priest of idolatry,
In the earlier stages of missionary de- tered not whether those acres lay on an
turned the scale in favor of the mission- velopment the missionary was to the peo- island or 'a continent. However, in the
ies.
ple of his station, preacher, pastor, school world's history the inhabitants of islands
The favor of many of the higher chiefs teacher, physician, law professor, road have exerted a greater influence than an
together with the early public profession and bridge builder, the trusted guide and equal population upon a continent. Here
of Christian faith, of some of them, were friend. Was any one ill. had any one it may be remarked, that at that time,
of incalculable assistance in advancing met with an accident, had any household there were very few points at which
Christian knowledge, and in the upbuild- an unseemly brawl, the appeal for help, Christian missionaries could find enaid sympathy or power came at once to trance to heathen fields. And again, in
ing of the churches.
remarkable feature of Hawaiian con- the missionary. The response to these the economy and philosophy of missions,
is was the high respect in which wo- calls of a people in the mazes of change very many problems have been worked
of high rank were held. Keopuolani, from savagery to civilization, varied ac- •out, to the advantage of all the succeedridow of Kamehameha, was the first cording to the training and attainments of ing modern missions of Christendom.
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'The success of this favored mission to
Hawaii has been an inspiration to the
missionaries in every benighted land for
the past half century. The power of the
Gospel to purify, elevate and transform
individuals, and races of men, was never
better manifested.
Tlie mission to Hawaii was a democratic body, swayed in some measure by
directions transmitted by mails brought
by sailing ships via Cape Horn. The immense distance from the officers of the
American Board necessitated the committal of many questions to the vote of the
mission as given at the annual general
meeting. Very many weighty matters involving the location of families and the
disposition of forces, were settled by vote
of the mission, which body was distinguished for its unity, forbearance, and brotherly kindness.
The great success of the mission in reducing the language to writing may be
noted. A kind providence guided to the
adoption of the Italian sounds in the
use of the vowels, a, c, i, o, v, and of the
consonants h, k, 1, m, n, p. w. With these
twelve letters all the sounds of the Hawaiian language were so accurately represented that an adult could learn to
read in a few days. The people were astounded and delighted to find that they
thtmselves could acquire the power to
convey thought by writing. As a consequence we find that the nation learned to
read in a day; their principle reading
book being the Bible. A phenomenon unparalleled in history. 'This ability and
eagerness to read was acquired in the
schools established by the missionaries,
and which laid the foundation for the
present unsectarian system of government common schools.
The lessons to be gained by us of today from the example and experience of
the honored fathers, are many. In the
first place, they were men of high ideals,
unselfishly working for the enlightenment and uplift of the people around
them. In the language of Paul to the
Philippians, ''Pressing toward the mark
for the prize of the high calling of God
in Christ Jesus." In them we see the
unifying effect of a high ideal. This
ideal we find expressed in the language
of the missionary journalist of the voyage of the Thaddeus: "That work for the
salvation of souls is the best work this
side of heaven." Their successful career
of spiritual and moral victory shows the
guidance of the being who directed his
followers to "Go" and teach all nations,
and promised to be with them through all
time.
The mission to Hawaii took its rise in
the thoughts of kindness to Opukahaia
and his Hawaiian associates, found
adrift, friendless, homeless and ignorant,
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these islands, and the books upon Hawaii
which we now read were then unwritten.
They were wholly unacquainted with the
awakened care for the friendless strangers, then the purpose to impart the knowledge of God and of salvation to these
waifs, and to their far distant countrymen. The Christians of America awoke
to the long neglected duty of carrying the
light of life to them that sat in darkness
and in the shadow of death.
This holy purpose sent forth the little
company that embarked on the brig
Thaddeus, and this same purpose in the
hearts of those missionaries and their
successors led up to the glorious success
the record of which may now be read of
ali men.
Above all, the coming of the missionary Fathers to Hawaii was an act of triumphing faith. None of them had visited
Central Union News
eminent
of the group, and but little of
dangers and distress of a voyage in a
crowded and very small craft. They
knew nothing of the language or the govthe heathenism they were to encounter.
Theirs was a venture upon an unknown
career of great dangers, appalling discouragements ; an act of implicit faith.
Like Abraham they went forth at the
command of God, not knowing whither
they went. Through faith they trusted
God. and he failed them not. He was a
present help in every time of need.
Let us be followers of them even as
they also were of Christ.
cept Christ and start their college careers
Iias
avowed Christians all the more signi-
ficant.
May the Good Spirit, to whose
gentle persuasion they have now yielded
their wills, lead them on into ever richer
A. A. EBERSOLE
experiences and guard them ever and
keep them from stumbling or falling, is
the wish and shall be the prayer, we are
sure, of their ministers, teachers and
parents.
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Annual Service of Music.
Another feature that helped to make
June 5, a "Red Letter Day" at
Central Union was the inspiring service
ot music given in the evening. We have
had excellent music all the year but the
choir outdid itself that evening. Solo
parts were sung by
Sunday.
Miss Eva Lindeman,
Good News Indeed.
Miss Jesse McCormick,
Miss Estelle Roe,
,
Mrs. E. A. Mott-Smith.
Mrs. C. S. Wright,
Mr. George A. Brown,
Mr. Harold Clark,
Mr. Philip Hall,
Mr. C. S. Livingston and
Mr. Arthur Wall.
The choir was fortunate to have not
only for the evening, but for a month
past, the assistance of Miss Lindeman
of San Francisco.
Her magnificent soprano voice added
very much to the effectiveness of the anthems and especially the duet, trio and
semi-chorus, in which she took a leading part.
It was unquestionably the finest musical service given in Central Union for
The best piece of news that any
church can have is to be able to tell of
large numbers of her young people turning to Christ and applying for admission to church membership. Just this it
is our privilege and joy to report. On
Sunday, June 5, forty were received into
church membership and all but four of
these came on Confession of Faith.
F"or several months past there has been
evidence of a deep spiritual interest
among the older scholars of the school.
Our young people were made the subject many a year.
Great credit is due Mr. Stanley Livof special prayer. The blessed results
followed. The fact that a number of ingston, under whose able direction the
these young people leave this summer to choir has been brought to its present
enter colleges makes their decision to ac- 'high standard.
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Dr. Scudder's Farewell Message.
No doubt, many of the readers of The
Friend who did not see Dr. Scudder's
"Good Bye" published in" the Calendar
of June 5, would be interested to read
it, and also to have his itinerary. We
take the liberty, therefore, of republishing it in full:
"Dear Comrades of Central Union
Church: Our English parting salutation
is the most beautiful and expressive of
all farewell words, goodbye—(iod be
with you. This is the prayer of your
minister and ininistress. ()ur pathway
lies hence to New York, then through
New Haven to attend a college reunion,
and next to Boston, sailing on the Romanic ; from that port on June 25 via the
Azores and Gibraltar. It will be a great
pleasure to receive messages from
friends of Central Union while en route.
:
I etters may be ma le don the Siberia
|une H addressed S. S. Romanic, Boston; thereafter the general European address at each of the following cities will
Mail
be "Care 'Thomas Cook & Son."WilhelUtters to Rome up to sailing of
mina lime 22\ to Milan up to sailing of
Chi vo" Maru July 2; to Chamonix, Switzerland Up to sailing of Asia on July 9;
to Lucerne. Switzerland up to sailing of
Mongolia July 2s; to Oberammergau.
Bavaria. Germany, up to sailing of Korea August 6; to Amsterdam. Holland,
up to sailing of Nippon Maru. August
20: to Paris Up to sailing of Siberia August 27; to Liverpool up to sailing of
China September 3. After that date and
Up to sailing of Mongolia ()ctober 8. address 20 Myrtle street, Winchester, Mass.
We shall cast our votes for prohibition
on Plebiscite morning In Milan Cathedral, and shall be in Bellagio, Italy, when
the result is known here early on July 27.
The larger section of the trip. July 29
to August 29 will be spent in the Alps.
In Boston the centennial of the America
Hoard and the National Congregational
Council will be attended. We trust that
the Wilhelmina, arriving November 1
will bring us back to Honolulu. We believe that during the summer a large
work will be done here through God's
blessing and under the ministry of Mr.
EbersoTe and Dr. White. Let the splendid spiritual movement so evident today
grow in volume every week. Though absent we shall be with you in spirit. Inasmuch as many ask for our itinerary it is
appended. Faithfully your minister,
DOREMUS SCUDDER
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July 7-13—In and near Naples.
July 14-18—Rome.
July 19—Pisa.
July 20-22—Florence.
July
July
July
July
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Both morning and evening audiences
2.^-25—Venice.
26—Milan.
27—Bellagio.
29—Simplon Pass.
July 30-31 —Brieg. Fiesch.
Aug. 1-s—Rhone Glacier. Grimsel, Meiringen. Grindelwald, Murren.
Aug. (>-12—Interlaken, Geneva, Chahmonix.
Aug. 13-20—St.
Leuk, Brienz,
Luc,
Zermatt.
Pad
Lucerne.
Aug. 22-2f)—St. Gotthard,
were unusually large, and every one
went away enthusiastic. Aspecial effort
isbeing made, by extensive advertising
through bulletin boards, posters and the
distribution of invitation cards, to reach
the non-church going people, especially
The
for the Sunday evening service.
splendid response tlVe first Sunday is
most
encouraging.
Annual Meeting of Woman's Board.
One of the big events of the year at
Reicheuau, Central Union is the annual meeting of
Kunkels, Thusis, St. Moritz. lnssthe Woman's Board, which this year fell
bruck.
on Tuesday, June 7.
Aug. 30-31 —(Jberammergau.
As usual the forenoon was given over
reports from the various departments:
to
Dresden.
Sept. 1-—Munich. Prague.
Hawaiian —Miss Green.
Nuremberg. Heidelberg. The Rhine.
Chinese —Mrs. F. Damon and Mrs. E.
Sept. 10-14—Amsterdam. The Hague.
McKenzie.
Antwerp.
lapanese—Mrs. 0, H. Gulick and
Sept. 15-18—Paris.
Miss Julia (iulick.
Sept. 20-23—London.
Portuguese—Mrs. Soares. and the
a
four
Edinburgh,
auxiliary societies;
Sept. 23-30—Trossachs.
few English cathedrals, Oxford. StratThe Missionary Gleaners, of Central
1 nion Church;
ford.
( (ctober I—Sail from Liverpool on S. S. Seminary;
Devonian.."
'The Lima Ko Kua of Kawaiabao
The Aurora Band, of the Portuguese
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Church:
The Coming of Dr. White.
'The W'ilhelmina, arriving Tuesday
morning, June 14. brought to Honolulu
Dr. and Mrs. Frank Newhall White of
Chicago. Dr. White is to supply Central Union pulpit for eleven Sundays,
the first half of Dr. Scudder's absence.
At the mid-week service, June Id. they
were given a most cordial welcome.
Words of greeting were spoken by the
assistant minister, who presided at the
meeting, and by Mr. P. C. Jones, speaking for the standing committee who had
invited Dr. White to come; by Mrs.
Theo. Richards, president of the Woman's Board; by Mr. Ed. Towse. superintendent of the Bible school: by Albert
Parsons, for the Christian Fndeavorers;
by Mr. Rath, superintendent of Palama
Settlement; and by Mr. Super, general
secretary of the Y. M. C. A.
Dr. White l>ore up under it bravely
and responded most graciously.
On the Thursday afternoon following
an informal reception was tendered Dr.
and Mrs. White on the beautiful lawn
of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Richards,
where many friends gathered to meet
and
'The Kin Ko Tau Fui. of the Chinese
church.
a*
At 12 o'clock a sumptuous repast was
served in the Parish House, many coming in for this who had not been able to
attend the morning session. The address
of the afternoon sess on was given by
Mr. Joseph Richards of New York, on
'The Laymen's Missionary Movement."
Mr. Richards was present at the organization of the movement three years ago
and has been in intimate touch with it
ever since. He could speak from first
hand knowledge. His address was most
interesting. We all felt that the time
had come for the men of Honolulu to
fall in line and take a definite part in
this effort of the Christian men of America to evangelize the world in this generation.
Mr. Richards' address was a fitting
compliment to the forenoon's report of
what the women are doing.
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For those Japanese Servants?
them.
If the first Sunday is any criterion to More than we think, perhaps. Let them I
judge bv —and we see no reason why read a Christian paper in their own I
it SROttld not be—Dr. White will surely tongue. It is THE TOclO. 50c. a year. |
do a most effective service while here.
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July. 1«>10.
FRIEND
Men Working for Men
In the last issue of The Friend we announced a campaign to secure 100 new
subscribers and readers for our national
magazine "Association Men," these to be
secured in three days. We got the 100
and ran the number up to 140. ()ne of
the fine feature of the publication is the
daily Bible reading notes, which excel
anything we have ever seen. Thousands
of men in all walks of life are following
them and getting daily benefit. Those
who have no plan of daily Bible reading, and want one cannot do better. Drop
us a card and we will order for you.
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The School Boys.
'The Grammar School Athletic League,
organized by the Young Men's Christian
Association, has closed its first season. It
was a success and the league will be a
permanent feature of Honolulu boy life.
'This spring seven schools entered ball
teams to play for a trophy offered by E.
(). Hall & Son. St. Louis College won
championship and the cup. When the
Kaahumanu School held its closing exercises, the boys
the school presented
Mr. Larimer of the Y. M. C. A. with a
silver medal as an expression of their
appreciation of his services as coach.
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The Soldiers.
'The religious meetings held at the Marine Barracks every other Tuesday are a
The attendance never
great success.
runs under 100. and is generally about
125 or 135. Rev. A. C. McKeever gives
the address. Recently he asked for an indication that the meetings were doing
some good. Some sixty men raised their
hands to tell him that his work is appreciated. This is not the only evidence.
We know of men whose lives have been
changed, and who have found the better
The Association regards these
way.
meetings as one of its most fruitful lines
of work.
of work to the Association, and enlargealong several lines. Some of these
things should be done at once, others can
wait a while. Just what our program
should be is the thing to be worked out
by this commission. It has also been urged that the Y. M. C. A. do something
for the Russian men in Honolulu. These
men are going to make good citizens,
and some organization must undertake
the work of assimilation and instruction.
The Association in the States has worked
out an approved method of teaching English to foreigners. This method will be
used in Honolulu. 'The point to be decided is whether the Association or perhaps Palama Settlement shall undertake
the work. 'These two organizations always work together, dividing fields so as
to never overlap. Within the next few
weeks some decision will be made as to
which of us shall undertake the new
work.
ments
Vote Dry.
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The writer is in favor of Prohibition
because after nine years as an Association secretary he is convinced that the saloon is the worst enemy he has to fight.
Prohibition seems to be the only way to
kill the snake. Whether it prohibits or
not, it gives us a legal right to fight the
saloon, which now has the legal right to
defy us. Grant everything that has ever
lieen said against prohibition and prohibition remains the one way of fighting
saloons. The drinking men we have to
work with would be saved from temptation were there no bar rixims, for they
are not the sort that would seek blind
pigs or import liquor. "Prohibition does
not prohibit" is the word of an unthinking mind, deceived by a clever alliteration. This typewriter does not typewrite
either, nor does my saw saw. But men
that want to can make typewriters write
and saws saw. The same with prohibition. Away with this foolish cry alxwt
"does not prohibit."
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What Next?
At the last meeting of the Board of
Directors a commission consisting of
Messrs. W. A. Love, Ed. Towse. and F.
D. Ixiwrey was appointed to study the
report of Mr. John F. Moore, who was
here reecntly from New York, and report of the Association what lines of enMr.
largement shall be undertaken.
Moore recommended several new fields
board, etc. This will give the men a
wholesome way in which to spend the
noon hour, and a comfortable place in
which to eat. Here the Y. M. C. A. Bible
class will be held, educational talks and
occasional concerts given. Having work-'
ed in the shop for two years without
equipment, we will welcome this aid to
welfare work. Last issue we re'Kirted
the (). R. & L. Co. providing a Y. M. C.
A. secretary for the men of the road.
What will be the next step toward a bet-
,
PAUL SUPER
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The Iron Works.
Another forward move in the direction
of brotherliness. The Honolulu Iron
Works have planned to provide the men
with a recreation room to be fitted up this
summer. The room will be equipped with
tables and'chairs at which the men can
eat. magazines, newspapers, trade journals, phonograph, piano, and games such
as checkers, chess, dominoes, shuffle-
ter 1 lonoluhi ?
Building.
The remains of the Library have not
yet all been cleared away, but we have
assurance that no time will be lost in
clearing the lot. 'The accepted sketches
are now in Mr. Ripley's hands in Oakland, and soon he will return to Honolulu
with the final plans. We have preferred
before building instead of after the plant is up. This is
less expensive. But when the plans are
shown the public will feel that our delays have been justified. We now feel
certain that ground will be broken about
the first of August.
to do our thinking
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Summer School.
Summer classes in bookkeeping, short-
hand, typewriting, and French are being
conducted. Over 40 students are en-
rolled. There is continual demand for
educational work, hot weather or cool.
The attendance at classes is good.
New Members.
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.
An average of 30 members a month
are joining the Association, pushing the
membership over the 700 mark and
arousing the ambition of the membership
committee fo rhigher mathematics. This
work is well organized .and has been for
some years. New plans are being worked
up for use just before and at the time
of entering the new building. After our
new plant is up and we have more to offer, ti will be hard for a young man to
come to Honolulu and not be asked to
join the Young Men's Christian Association. The limited number of ways
and times in which a man can come to
the city makes it possible to develop a
scheme of locating practically all of
them, through co-operation of baggage
and hotel men. This is being planned.
A membership of over 1000 in the new
building is certain, and it will not be long
till the new building is the great social
center of young masculine Honolulu.
Those who have invested money in this
organization bought good stock.
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Range Lights
By
July. 1010
FRIEND
JOHN G. WOOLLEY, LL. D.
In so far as I am responsible for the
calling of the plebiscite or concerned
about the result of it, my eggs are all in
one basket. I bank on the Hawaiian voter. His good sense, patriotism and pride
of race will see him safely through the
whirlpool of corruption, flattery, deceit
and detraction that makes the present
campaign apparently so problematical.
Being a tried and convicted malabini
I admit that my knowledge of the people
may be su|>erficial, and my judgment less
reliable than that of one who came earlier. But at any rate. I stick to my opinion, and get encouragement by finding
that it Improves with age.
'The feeling has grown u|>on me, even
while my knowledge and my admiration
of the remarkable group of white men in
the lead of Island matters have increased. It is quite possible that I have exaggerated the immediate possibilities of
the Hawaiians. and have done scant just'ce to the ''missionaries." Hut today after a good deal of very informing exexperience, my view remains unchanged.
Our Hawaiian fellow citizens need and
deserve our democratic, brotherly cooperation in the outworking of their own
political development, rather than generous tfifts of money, churches, and exemption from responsibility.
My knowledge of the Territory at first
hand dates back ten years, and my only
business here lias been the study of the
|Kople, from the standpoint of a political prohibitionist. From the first I was
more interested in the Hawaiians than
the whites, because this is their country,
there were more of them, they were plainly failing to grasp the greatest values to
them in American progress, and the
whites were no novelty, were better developed in selfishness and better trained
in the manly art of self-defense.
During my first visit to the Islands I
got the impression that the attitude of
the whites towards the Hawaiians combined too much loose criticism with too
little co-operation, and although possibly
it was none of my business, I resented it.
This plebiscite is the Hawaiian people
in a life and death struggle for a chance
in the great future now opening to their
own country. It is a mean heart that is
not touched by it. It is a dirty hand that
is rased against them. If the matter
were merely a problem in finance. I
should rather trust the whites. If it were
a question of laborious application to an
unpleasant undertaking, 1 should rather
follow the Chinese or Portuguese. If it
were a thing of fighting courage and selfsacrifice, the Japanese would be better;
for in all these ways the Hawaiian has
practically dropped out of the, race. But
it is |x>litics—the one sphere where the
Hawaiian still has the elements and implements of power, and a chance to get
back into the game, even on the lines of
former failure. He himself has raised
the issue, although the initial action in
C< ngress came from a tourist who had
been stirred to action by the desperate
plight of tlK' 1 lawaiian clientele of the
saloon.
The liquor business was and is doing
as much harm relatively to the whites.
But this is not so apparen tto the visitor,
they are so few in comparison to the llaw.'.iians, and they carry their liquor better. Wliat caught the attention of Senator Johnson was the tragedy of the Hawaiian race losing its grip upon the lov-
liest land on earth by the most pitiful of
failure—drink.
The Johnson Bill would have passed,
and would have been enforced as a measure of mere humanity. But in the nick
of time the Prince, embodying in himself
and his office the history, the potentiality and the future of his race, stepped to
the front and defeated it by demanding a
test of
the Hawaiian people.
In effect
his proposition was: We don't want to
be saved by others. We want to save ourselves, and vindicate our twentieth century manhood and fitness for self-government.
The joint resolution was coni|K>sed in
the chambers of the Hawaiian delegate
and passed in both houses as his measure.
Then the Hawaiian Prohibition League
was organized in Honolulu, of its own
initiative, and it]K>n working plans of its
own devising. When the convention of
one hundred met to organize the People's
Prohibition League, the Hawaiian members demanded a snapper on the end of
the platform putting up to the Federal
government the question of importation.
The whites did not propose it, and a ma-
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July. 1910.
jority of them were opposed to it as being foreign to the issue raised by the
joint resolution. But the action of the
Hawaiians showed brains, conviction
and political sense : and the whites fell
in behind the men who had the best claim
to lead and the votes.
'The striking feature of this campaign
is. that the men whose )>olitical fortune
is at stake, and who hold the voting power in their hands, are leading, and the
sturdy, trained and dominating whites
following. In this I think the conduct of
the whites is worthy of all praise. With
splendid and astonishing unanimity they
waive their personal preferences and get
in behind the Hawaiian advance, and if
the white vote were in control the verdicl
of the ballot would be banishment for the
social traitor, the saloon.
"wet"
But will the Hawaiian voter stand the
strain? The plebiscite campaign is no
pink tea for ladies. It is a man's game
and a hard one, and the Hawaiian must
answer for himself. Brutal insolence and
utter contempt of high manhood will
spend unlimited money, and bestow unlimited jobs on the corruptible. The fake
argument factory will run day and night.
The bums and the weaklings will be
herded like cattle to the polls.
be told that ships will stop
and the tourist traffic go astray.
:re blather, of course. No ship will
these islands, nor any tourist miss
the world centers of beauty and
because of the lack of saloons. I
picture of the brewery or adverit of the saloons in the literature
Promotion Committee, and I pre-10 inquiry has ever come from a
settler or investor anxious to
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He will be told how excellent is the
present law—only not quite strict enough, and may forget that the men who
sing its praises now were damning it
within a year. He will be told how
"Woolley said" it was the best liquor law
in any state.
I will answer that right
here. I said nothing of the kind, but
this, that it is the best license law I ever
saw. P.ut it is a license law. It means
saloons and bottle joints, about 150 in
the Territory, for years to come—until
the Japanese voters outnumber the Hawaiians, and fasten the infamous traffic
on the Territory forever.
I le will be told that prohibition will
violate personal liberty. Well it certainly
lege.
He will be told that prohibition will violates life, virtue, happiness. Let him
not prohibit.
That raises at once the choose.
question of the quality of the Hawaiian He will be* told prohibition is dying
But assuming that there is a trace of |x>s-
sible merit in the tourist argument, the
Hawaiian voter has simply to make upIns mind which wax patriotism points
the line of his duty—to a weakness of the
occasional tourist, whom he never saw,
and probably will not see. or to the
strength and the life of his Hawaiian
neighbors, men. women and children.
He will be told that I am a newcomer
and a traveler, and the horrid truth will
have to be admitted. And if he would
rather disappoint one lonely malihini
than to put political prohibition |K>ison
in the runways of a whole pack of human hyaenas, let him that is his privi-
:
and
"dry" map
of THE UNITED
STATES, 1910.
majority. If he wants to prove that a Hawaiian administration of the Territory
can be bought, or fooled or defied, there
again he is within his rights to vote that
way.
He will be told that without the license
revenue, road work will cease.
If he
does not know now, that saloon money
never built a rod of road in any country,
it will be hard to teach him anything in
economics.
He will be warned of the tusks of the
terrible blind pig. If he does not know
that an eyeles smonster. that may be
hunted for, and found, is less dangerous
than the license dsaloon. the cleverest
hunter and violator of men and women
and homes that ever preyed upon mankind, and that prohibition means at the
worst, simply the -present litter of blind
pigs, minus the searchlighted mother of
the introspective breed of swine—licensed liquor trade, he has much to learn.
He has only to look
shows that the white
sunlight of prohibition has covered half
the continent in the last twenty years.
His vote is his own, let him cast it as
he will.
But let him realize well, that the real
question in the plebiscite is this: ARE
THE HAWAIIAN VOTERS CAPAP.LF OF SELF-GO\*ERNMENT? A
vote for prohibition answers "YES." A
vote for the saloon says "NO."
If the saloon wins in the plebiscite it
wins by Hawaiian votes. And the Prince
goes back to Washington to apologize
for his people. '"So your people want saloons," will be said to the delegate.
"What was the argument that convinced
them?" What will he answer? What is
the argument in favor of saloons? And
the Hawaiian people will move forward
to a lower place in national esteem.
If the Hawaiian race votes against
out in the States.
at the map. which
�prohibition, it votes against the old Hawaiian kings, against the light and knowledge of the law, and against the trend
of the best sentiment of the civilized
world, and drops out of sight as a serious
factor in the development of the Territory.
But if the ballots show a clear majority for prohibition. Hawaii will get the
l>est and highest advertisement in the
fact that she has had in all the years.
Her position at Washihngton will l>e
higher than it has ever been. 'The delegate from Hawaii will take his seat in
Congress with new distinction and more
powerful influence, and all the white part
of the ma]) containing the homes of forty
million people, will push the campaign in
Congress for better rules of Inter-State
Commerce, and fairer regulations in the
Internal Revenue, and the most potent
name in every speech and petition will be
,
Hawaii.
at
The Hawaiian Voter:
Will he stand up or stand in?
It is the business of tlve government to
protect the weak. 'The dram shop preys
upon them. In the sum total of its oppressions of the innocent and defenceless
there is no known deviltry equal to the
liquor business. The luxury of the liquor
dealer's family means leaky roofs, empty
pantries, rags and wounds in the homes
of many of his patrons.
This is not saying that the liquor deal-
er is such an utter monster as the case
would make h'ni seem. He is as much
debauched as his unfortunate customer.
Put in a different way. 'I'll cdrinkcr
lends to lose his honor and his chivalry
in the morbid craving tor the drug alcohol The drink seller tends to a similar
deterioration through the progressive
and absorbing greed for easy money.
P.oth arc to be pitied. Both ought to be
helped.
The recipe in use for a hundred years
for helping them is "moral suasion."
lint it fails. The saloon perverts men
more rapidly than persuasion converts
them. The business eats the hearts out
of its owner, even as the spilled beer eats
up the bartender's shoes. Put the public repugnance to "the trade" has kept
on growing. All the more, perhaps, for
all the years of failure. 'The fact has
grown clearer and clearer that the central
folly of the past has been in giving the
drain shop a legal status. The fight is
narrowed now to a contest of laws.
The last stand of the Tquor dealer is
high license. He will do anything, or
sacrifice anything, for that. "Mulct me
more heavily. Watch me more strictly.
Cut down my hours. Do what you will,
but give me a license," is the cry of the
He is a liberal spender.
drink seller.
1 le has courage. He has great shrewd-
July, 1910
THE FRIEND
12
ness. He has the genius of organization,
and no conscience to hamper him. His
license is the only solid ground beneath
him. lie lies with his back upon it. and
fights cat fashion.
He can never be
beaten at his own game. 'The license policy is his own game. "Metz & 8r0.," the
leading brewers of Nebraska,
say:
"High license has In-en of no injury to
our business. In our state we think it
bars prohibition. We are positively certain that were it not for our present high
license law, Nebraska today would have
prohibition. In our opinion high license
does not lessen the consumption of liquor.
If left to us, we would never repeal this
law. There are a great many difficulties
at first, for brewers and liquor dealers to
get a high license law in working order,
but after a year or two you will certainly
find it to your advantage over prohibition. We at first made a bitter fight
against its enforcement, but since it is
well enforced we would not do without
it."
The Presbyterian General Assembly.
'The Presbyterian Church is first of all
logical. Its elders govern it. It is not
emotionalyl eccentric. It cuts no capers
in polity or theology. It is practical to the
last degree. If there is any institution
that is financially and politically safe it
is the Presbyterian Church. Its latest
word ti|x>n the liquor problem is 'here
fore interesting and important, ii. view
ol the constant asseverations of the ii jnor
newspapers that the sentiment in favor
ot prohibition is dying out on the mainland.
'The General Assembly which '■;\- just
closed at Atlantic City took up the Honor
question and threshed it out with true
Presbyterian thoroughness. There Were
hotheads in the debate, and reactionaries,
but the proceeding never lost the deliberative character.
This utterance was the result:
"'The Presbyterian Church must ever
be the open, active and persistent enemy
of the liquor traffic in all its forms. We
declare any form of license under any
name or guise is permission and not destruction, and therefore unchristian. We
solemnly admonish our people to keep
themselves socially, financially and politically separate and apart frm the liquor
traffic, and to touch not the unclean
thing, to the end that this traffic may, by
organic law. be expelled from our land
and our people saved from its despoiling
influence." Which is what might be called cold comfort for those who discern
serve it ?
the signs of the times through a beer
YES,
tight,
vote
If you will
If you will not tight, vote NO—and glass darkly.
be the servant of the saloon.
'This letter of Metz &• Bro. leads the
chorus of brewers, liquor dealers and saloon keepers. 'There is no division among
them. 'They desire high license. They
desire it because it does not lessen tinconsumption of Tquor. Does the Hawaiian voter wish what the saloon
wishes? Congress says to the Hawaiian
voter: "I give you. at the expense of the
American people, a chance to express
your honest desire, uncomplicated by
questions of parties, or candidates, or
other publk matters. Which do you prefer, to tight the Tquor business or to
Our Young People
HENRY P. JUDD
A
POLYGLOT ASSEMBLY.
One phase of Christian work in these
islands, that of its cosmopolitan character, is often remarked upon by visitors
from other lands. A striking illustration
of this was the concert give nin the kahului Union Church on Saturday even4th. for the purpose <>f providing
ing funds for the traveling expenses of
the delegates of the Sunday School and
the Christian Endeavor Society to the
June
annual meeting at Kailua. In the audience were Hawaiians, Japanese. Russians. Portuguese. Filipinos, AngloSaxons. Porto Ricans, and representatives of other races. 'The program contained selections from the Hawaiian musical club of Wailuku. a quartet from
Kahuhll, a double quartet from Waihee
and a Filipino quartet from Waihee.
'The Filipinos were the special feature
of the program, and much interest was
manifested in hearing their quaint music
and listening to their dramatic representations of some romantic incidents in
Filipino history. It will surprise some
of our readers when they hear that there
is a growing C. F. society at Waihee
composed of more than twenty-five of
our brown brothers who join with their
cousins of these islands of the sea in
their mutual Christian fellowship. It is
a splendid example of what brotherhood
should mean to us all here.
A STEP FORWARD.
A practical question often arises in
�the minds of some thinking men as they
are looking forward to the time when
liquor shall no longer be sold at the bar.
Where shall the young men enjoy their
evenings? What substitute to the saloons are Christian men and women expecting to provide for men without any
home relations? It seems to many of
us that a large advance will be made
in the solution of all social problems
when places are provided for men and
Im>\s where they may find satisfaction
for their social cravings in an orderly,
attractive and uplifting way. In taking
away the saloons either by the act of the
License Commissioners as demanded by
public protest or else by a general prohibition law. we are removing the socalled "Poor Men's Club." We are depriving him of a chance to meet with
his friends in a social way and have a
good time, so say the advocates of the
saloons who maintain that there is need
for the saloon as a place for the men
to find social felolwship. What a challenge this is to all Christian men to
provide places that will satisfy the natural cravings of men for society, but
without the degenerating influences of
the saloons! How can you expect the
young fellows of our towns and villages
to keep straight and sober and clean unless you furnish attractive centers for
clean amusement and healthy recreation
that will deprive the saloons of an excuse for existence?
With these and similar thoughts in
mind, some of the leading men of the
seaport town of Kahului have been
working on B plan to establish a club
for young men that will give them a real
home in the evenings, a place where
they may read ami write and play games
of various kinds and talk with their
friends, and have some contests in the
gymnasium or bowling alley or on the
pool table. A building formerly used as
a garage has been leased for the remainder of the year and furniture has already
been installed and improvements made,
so that the boys and men of this town
are enjoying the privileges and pleasures which the club affords. In its roll
of about seventy members may be noticed representatives of almost every race
living in Kahului, while there are railroad employes, stevedores, store clerks
and others among its members. It is expected that the club will fill a long-felt
want in the community and that its success as a means for the social and moral
uplift of the men of the town will lie
unmeasured. The movement has been
identified with the Union Church, for its
meetings thus far have been held in the
church, its president is the pastor of the
church, and practically all the members
of the executive committee of the church
are enthusiastic members of the club.
13
THE FRIEND.
July. I^lo
It is wise for the church to be identified with all such movements that are for
the improvement of a community, else
why should the church have an excuse
for living?
\\ HAWAIIAN "CONEY ISLAND."
In order to raise money to pay off a
debt, the Ladies' Aid Scxiety of Kahului, assisted by several members of the
Ye ung Men's Club, gave a representation of "Coney Island" on the lawn adjoining the Kahului Store, on Saturday
evening. June 18th. It was an unqualified success, socially, artistically, and
The various Ixioths and
financially,
places of amusement were prettily decorated and the charge of admission was
low enough ty enable each one to have
a satisfactory time. There was a larg':
number present from Paia, Makawao,
rlamakuapoko, Puunene, Wailuku and
places, and each person seeni'.'d to
have a very good time. 'The receipts toother
taled the large sum of $.V5.00. 'This
will enable the ladies to pay off their
debt, anil will also furnish the Voting
Men's Club with a substantial sum for
the needs of the club house. It is pr >posed to make this institution an annual
affair, for the joint benefit of the Ladies'
Aid Society and the Young Men's Club.
A MORAL MOVEMENT.
The forces that make for sobriety
and order have not Ik-cii asleep on Maui
tin past few weeks, for there has been
going on a battle against the saloons of
the island, even if the sound of the warfare has not been heard from afar.
At the public meeting of the Board
of License Commissioners of Maui
County there were presented protests
from the residents of Lahaina against the
issuance of a wholesale license to a Japanese, from residents of Wailuku against
retail licenses, from voters of Puunene,
Kahului and Spreckelsville against the
issuance of any retail licenses in the precinct, from residents of Makawao against
the Makawao saloon. There were five
wholesale applications and eleven retail,
a total of sixteen. Although this is far
from what we would have, it is nevertheless an improvement over the days
before the advent of the License Commission. At that time there were fortyfive licenses. This number was immediately reduced to twenty-two and this
has been further cut down, with bright
prospects that the number of licenses will
Ik' steadily reduced if public opinion demands it. What is needed here as elsewhere is a strong sense of moral duty
and the willingness to sacrifice personal
feeling for the welfare of the largest
number. It is clear that the cause of
temperance is stronger today than ever
before and that the tone of morality is
rising higher and higher.
Hawaii Cousins
(Continued
from June Friend.)
Jan. 4, 1820.
the mouth of Rio dc la Plata. We
this morning experiencing a gale
from the north. The violence of the
wind has split several of our sails. We
are now running under bare jwles at the
rate of 7 or 8 miles an hour. We reel
to and fro and stagger like a drunken
man. 'The tossing mountains around us
skip like rams and the little hills like
lambs. The foaming surges lash the
trembling sides of our little bark and
drench her decks, while the rain like
hail pelts the poor sailors as they cling
to the whistling riggings, and the spray
of the sea sweeps over the surface like
the driven snow on a northern winter's
day. Put He who said to the raging
tempest, "Peace, Ik- still," can and does
afford us protection and give us peace
within.
WHALES AND SIIII'S OFF CAPE
HORN.
Jan. 13.
A school of whales appeared, extending along two miles, sorting and spouting, and making the dee]) boil like a pot.
Heavy gales from the S. W. have given
several of the family severe colds.
Jan. 19.
the
first
since
sounding
obtained
Just
are left Boston in 65 fathoms of water.
Three vessels are no win sight. Two of
the in appear like men of war, and the
third is a brig, whether friends or foes
we know not. but we are always grateful to see a sail, and when one appears,
we never fail to think of home.
A. M. —A huge spermaceti whale has
just apoeared and passed very near our
brig. His head appeared to be covered
in part with sea shells. After elevating
the upper part of his head and monstrous
back above the water repeatedly, and
through the large orifices on the back
pari of the head, blowing up the briny
our
spray, he descended and passed
stern, and after rising again to the surface, tossed his broad tail high into the
air and went down again to the chambers
of the deep; thus he obeys the voice of
()ff
art
God.
The maneuvering of the three vessels
indicate that they are whalemen—probably English.
FIRST LAND SIGHTED AFTER
LEAVING.
Jan. 25.
About 11 a. m. one of the mates aloft,
cheered us with the grateful note of
�July, 1910
THE FRIEND
14
"Land Ho!" The smile of joy and glow safety, nor shall whirlwinds nor storms
of animation appeared through our little prevent us from erecting upon it, in the
circle, and at 1 p. m. our eyes were grati- name of Jehovah, the Rock of our Help,
fied with a full view of the north-eastern the Ebenezer of the Owhyhean Mission.
part of 'Terra Del liuego stretching (3 o'clock p. in.) The wind rises
along six mile sor so on our right. This again ; all hands are called; the waves
is the first we have seen during three lift themselves up; and our little, trembmonths, since our dear native shores re- ling, tottering bark with its invaluable
ceded from our view. But alas! How freight, yields to the opposing elements
unlike our beloved New England. Here and lightly bends her course toward the
no temples of the living (iod lift their, south. (4 o'clock p. m.) 'The sun breaks
lofty spires to heaven, in honor of him out in the clear western sky, while the
who of old laid the foundations of these dark tempest passes off to the east, and
sr.ow-capped mountains, and weighed the cape gradually sinks behind a pleastheir rugged hills in his balance; no joy- ant sea. ((> o'clock p. m.) A stiff breeze
ful sound of the church-going bell in- and heavy seas from the west. ( Halfvites the wretched inhabitants to the past 6p. m.) 'The sun shuts in behind
feast of the gosjiel! no Sun of Righteous- the cloud—a squall approaches. (10
ness softens their icy hearts, while they o'clock p. m.) At 8 this, evening while
not only cover themselves with the skins our vessel was tossing upon the rising
hut actually wear the natures of the wild billows, her sails close furled, her decks
beasts of their forests.
covered with a heavy spray continually
breaking over, and while a strong west
wind roaring through her rigging was
drifting her through the south east, we
ROUNDING CAPE HORN
assembled as usual for evening prayers,
Jan. 26. read the 4<> Ps., and acknowledged the
We are now in the strait of La Marie good hand of our (iod upon us * * * and
constrained us
Del I'uego on our right, and Staten the unfailing goodness and
and
unitedly
devoutly
joyfully to
left,
on Ixith of which
Land on the
among towering rocks we can discover say. "Hitherto hath the Lord helped us."
banks of snow now in this midsummer. "The Lord of Hosts is with us."
We had a little hail today. The mercury
m
in the thermometer stands at 58 degrees.
Jan. 28.
We entered the Strait early this morning 'Though we had an almost sleepless
with a fair wind which however subsid- night, and though the commotion of the
ed at 10 a. m. before we had quite passed elements continues we are not denied
through, and we were carried back by the comfort of a good degre of calm rethe current 15 or 20 miles. During this signation and unshaken confidence.
recess we were much interested by disJ*
covering two men kindling a fire on
shore.
Jan. 29.
s
Soon after the last evening sacrifice
Jan. 27. the arm of the Lord was stretched forth
10 o'clock a. m. With a fair breeze for our help and the wind began to blowwhich sprung up sixm after last even- favorably. 'This morning we find our
ing's sacrifice, we find ourselves deliver- unexi>ected appearance off the Cape
ed from the dangers of Le Marie, and cheers every heart and calls forth praise
speedily and pleasantly advancing to- and gratitude to him whom ''waves and
wards our turning point, the place of seas obey." * * * * The brig sails nobly
(One o'clock.) While in the seas. It was remarked by one of
hope and fear.
knots an hour the the mates that no vessel was ever in betat the rate of
brig serenely cuts her way, the long ter trim for passing the Ca]>e.
looked for cape rises full in view and all
our hearts leap for joy.
* * (Two
Jan. 30.
o'clock The wind arises, dark clouds
region
Lord's
of
terror we
Day—This
hover around; the approach of a whirlwind is announced; all hands are order- find to be the place of our rejoicing. No
ed on deck; the sails are furled the dead Sabbath perhaps since our embarkation
lights in, the companion way closed and has been more interesting or happy than
we are imprisoned below deck. For a this. This day we double Cape Horn,
moment our Heavenly Father seems to and write upon it Ebenezer. We enjoyhold the rod over us. (Hal-past 2 p.m.) ed our meeting in the morning as usual.
The wind subsides, a gentle
rain At 4 o'clock, as it was t*x> cold and rough
descends, and light breaks in again. We to meet on deck, we assembled in the
know that He who made Cape Horn, and cabin to attend a public lecture by Br.
placed it as a waymark which the temp- Bingham. * * * The service was closed
ests of 60 centuries have not been able by singing an original hymn designed as
to remove, can conduct us around it in a monument and entitled Ebenezer.
—
*
:
CALL OF THE HIGHER
EDUCATION.
\r. Address Delivered to the Class of
1910, Oahu College, June 18.
By. HON. W. R. CASTLE.
This is the celebration of your success.
You have been graduated. You
are entitled to your diploma, because it
has been earned. This evening marks
an epoch in your life. It is a corner
turned.
Another round of the ladder
has been mounted. A little clearer vision
is obtained of the world. You have discovered —and a little thrill comes with
the discovery—that, for some reason,
your understanding of life is better.
The recent past bad its discouragements.
Sometimes perhaps you even
thought of abandoning the course. There
were headaches and heartburnings and
weary nights now and then. It is not
unlikely that you thought, and perhaps
thought aloud. "'The game is not worth
the candle!" You saw the laborer on
the road spreading rock, earning his dollar or more a day, acting as though he
were perfectly happy anil contented; the
stevedore on the wharf sweating under
his burden, but still quite content, because he too was earning a good wage.
You could not help noticing how full of
jollity and contentment was the seller
of leis, and you knew from appearances
that she was making enough for her sup|x>rt and that of her family, and doing
it in a very pleasant way. so that others
got pleasure out of her work and were
glad to buy her beautiful flowers. Even
the Chinaman up to his hips, almost, in
the mud of the rice patch looked content.
So did the banana-grower as he cut the
great bunches of fruit, and, wrapping
them in their cozy blankets of leaves,
knocked off the centipede which came
out
and bit his hand.
Even that little
discouragement didn't turn him from his
purpose to raise and offer for sale his
best, so that he might get the highest
price. If you were a little depressed
when you went out, Punahou looked rather more dull on your return, and your
books with the mysterious inside which
you were content to conquer, looked, at
"What's the use!"
most, repugnant.
you may have cried. "Why should I
bother to find out why Walter Scott was
better than somebody else in his thoughts
or his way of expressing them? What
do I care about Johnson's life! Can't
see what he accomplished of much value to me! What on earth is the use of
digging at the I.atin to find out about a
Julius
Caesar built which has
What earthly
use in trying to find out which smiled
sweetest —Dido or Aenaeas! and all in
bridge
long ago gone to smash!
�July, 1910.
Latin, too!" "And if anybody can tell
why X should equal anything but a sawhorse, I'd like to know why!" Even if
these were not your exact remarks, you
will have to confess that what you did
say or think was not much wiser. However, the result shows that you did not
yield to discouragement. You got at
least your 18 points, and perhaps some to
spare.
Sometimes, as the hard toil went on,
as the rules were mastered, as things
aligned themselves, the reason why
things occurred: why nations rose, became great and powerful, then fell and
passed into the strange realm of oblivion, grew clearer. 'There has been a
little lifting of the veil, and the mental
vision has for a moment caught sight of
the wonders within. These have been
the moments of uplift, where all the toil,
the drudgery and trouble l»ave faded
away and seemed as nothing in the presence of what might be found beyond
With your graduation has come a feeling of satisfaction, almost of relief, perYou are possibly satisfied with
haps.
the accomplishment. Maybe it looks to
you like the rounding out and completion of your education.
But is it your Ultima Tliule? Is there
"nothing more beyond?" Are all of your
ambitions satisfied, now that you have
earned this little certificate? What test
will you apply so that you may decide
this question? Perhaps you think of going at once into business. What business?
You cannot go into the smithy and make
horsehsoes. 'That's good business, but
you haven't learned it, nor can you wield
the hammer and, from the shapeless iron
produce things of beauty and utility, for
the same reason. If you take the saw,
the plane and the chisel, you know that
you can only spoil goixl material, because of your lack of preparation. The
same is true of every other skilled trade.
With the blacksmith you might pump the
bellows; with the carpenter, sit on the
Ixiard, holding it in place while some
one who knew how, shaped and dressed
it for use and beauty. Would you become a seller of goods, wares and merchandise? You will find that the thrifty
trader will engage you for a pittance to
sweep out the store, run errands, do
odd jobs, and complain that he loses
money because you don't know how. Do
you remember the pictures in a recent
"Life" entitled "Twenty years after;"
in which you sec, first, the proud possessor of a diploma, then a rather disappointed man sitting on a bench driving
shoe pegs? Pretty severe: but isn't it
sometimes correct? Perhaps the bar,
medicine or the pulpit look attractive: or
you would satisfy the longings of your
soul to create beautiful things, and architecture,
sculpture, or painting seem
fitted to give
the avenues best
THE
FRIEND
an outlet to these soul desires. Here
you find at once that a long, hard, wearisome aprrill training must first be had.
And none of these things can you do.
You turn your mind to many other of
the arts which go to make up the complex life of our civilization, and find
that in none are you ready, that each
requires practice, and some are unattain-
able without special preparation. After
learning all this, perhaps you will have
a renewal of your old discouragements.
Some one once said: '"If you can't do
But at
anything else, teach school!"
least yon have learned to know how foolish was that remark ; for your memory
tells you that your teachers could not
have instructed you in the courses you
have taken without careful and special
training. You may feel that while doing other things you might read and
cram your mind with sufficient knowledge for all purposes.
A young man once adopted this praiseworthy course, and. instead of going to
school, bought an encyclopdedia, which
he proceeded to read in course. At first
his friends were astonished at the extent
of his information, but finally began to
observe that the subjects of his discourses
were all catalogued alphabetically and
that he was silent when these subjects
got down to 1. m. n. etc. He also failed
in practical applications of his information, till respect for his learning changed
to amusement an ! ridicule.
But do not mistake me. Never would
decry
attempts at self-education, where
I
school life is not possible or practicable.
History abounds with stories of the lives
and accomplishments of men who had
school education only to the most limited
extent; yet who were successful in the
highest sense. Who will say that the
immortal Lincoln failed in any respect
because he had almost no schooling? He
felt and acknowledged his shortcomings
because of that great lack. Yet it cannot be said in the truest sense that he
was uneducated. His was a mind which
absorbed and assimilated everything
which came. The things which trained
and educated him would have slipjK'd
from the minds of most men without
leaving any impression. The great Napoleon was educated in the best schools,
but there is no doubt that with him the
education produced far greater results
than with most men.
It seems unnecessary to say that men's
minds differ as widely as black from
white, yet that is why the same education
It is
nroduces such different results.
this immense variation in minds which
makes a successful few and the mediocre
many. But even the genius, who stands
alone because of his mental power, must
he trained if he would attain the highest
Colburn, who possessed the
success.
most wonderful capacity for mathema-
15
tics, and astonished those who witnessed
his feats, accomplished nothing because
he was untrained.
Had Aaron Burr
yielded to discipline and training, had he
subjected his powerful mind to the government of law, his name, instead of being a byword, might have been revered,
honored and loved. Can you not recall
instances in your reading of lives that
failed localise of the lack of training?
Perhaps it is not necessary to recall what
your l>ooks say; you may remember
among your own school friends one, ]>erhaps more than one, who fell out and
failed of the course, not because of any
mental defect, but from lack of determination to press on and succeed, and
content with small things.
You have learned that in this day of
electricity, when the ends of the earth
are brought to gether, one needs a wide
and quick comprehension to keep up.
You take your morning paper and learn
that earlier in the day there was a Nihilist outbreak in Russia; that a vote in the
Reichstag developed unexpected strength
lr the Left; that in London the last vote
ir the Commons was deemed significant,
as showing growth in the single tax
theories; that disestablishment again agitates clerical circles. You learn that only
the day before, Rwsevelt, in Central
Africa brought down a hitherto unknown species of eland; that in China a
new spirit of unrest developing among
the I'oxers is supposed to have its origin
in the movements of Halley's Comet;
that the Gakwacr of Barcxla started on
a world tour; that in Australia new legislation is planned to make government
on the principles of labor unionism more
effective. By this time possibly you lay
aside the paper with a sigh and feel that
to understand the morning paper, even,
one must have wide information. Yet
when you think about it and remember
the man with the encyclopdeia, crammed
full of disarranged and undigested facts,
you realize that something is needed besides a mere fund of information, valuable as that may be in its place. The
carpenter or blacksmith may have his
shop full of tools; but how useless if he
does not know how to use them! So
with book learning and education, you
must know how to use your tools. Your
work at Punahou, as you must see, has
been preliminary, not final. But there
is no need of discouragement in this
thought. On the contrary, your right to
your diploma is evidence that your work
lias been well done.
The railway engineer looks at the figures involved in the building of a big
bridge with a certain awe at the total.
Then he goes to the river bank and asks.
"Where has all this money gone? Where
is the bridge ?" and is taken over the site.
Careful examination develops the solid
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bed, beyond all danger of undermining,
enduring as the mountain crag, fitted to
receive and sustain the massive superstructure and to carry ciylless train loads
ot merchandise and the yet unborn millions who will people the broad land.
Then he decides that the money has lieen
well spent and the attainment fit for
the object desired So with the education now given in our schools of preparation ; if mastered, it furnishes the tools
for more and better work, or if advanced
education may not be had by all, then
it is all in line with the requirements of
business.
.
The education which is now furnished in these schools has developed and
perhaps created a demand for the higher
education. This demand has been in
part supplied by improvement in the older colleges, their broadening out into universities and the establishment of new
schools. George Peabody in 1867 set
aside a fund out of his great fortune "to
give education to those not fortunate in
getting it." Senator Stanford established
a school "to qualify students for personal success and direct usefulness in
life."
"Johns Hopkins" was established to
meet the demand for a higher education." Other schools have been created or
older institutions remodeled to meet the
requirements and the more exacting demands of education in our day. The time
has passed when "a finished education"
may consist of a smattering of nearly everything. The student who is thorough
master of a single department is preferred to the one who has touched many
subjects and has a large fund of general
information but exactness in none. It is
not so long ago that the man of business
cared little for the scholastic attainments
of his employe, even holding the college
graduate in some contempt. But times
have changed, and the educated man has
in his education an asset which did not
formerly exist. The great "Captains of
Industry" now give preference to the
educated applicant for employment. One
of the results of their keen observation
and unerring judgment of values in men
is that education produces results. The
college student knows how to reason, he
has learned how to weigh the evidence,
his perceptions are clear and quick ; he
easily sees through the intricacies of
manufacture, of production. Instinctively, but really because of the training
his faculties have received, he masters
problems in business, which are beyond
the mere drudge. He does not make the
mistakes which hamper, and often prevent the progress of the uneducated. Today, the close and keen competition of
business demands results, and the educated man produces results.
Viewed
July, 1910
from the standpoint of commercialism, sions. The highest and best law schools
the higher education is worth while.
of the country will not admit the appliOur complex modern life has made it cant who cannot show a college diploma.
necessary that there shall be new pro- The same is true of the schools of medifessions, new lines of business. Most cine whose certificates are worth the havof these require education, if success is ing. So with the schools of science and
to Ik- attained. 'The forester must know art which preserve and foster the higha great deal alxnit the lives of plants est traditions and whose certificates of
and trees; the diseases which attack accomplishment mean anything
worth
them; the things which these sensitive attaining and worthy of respect. The
friends of mankind would avoid; the theologian who cannot show his college
foixls which nourish them best, and a diploma as the basis of his theological
multitude of other interesting facts, most education goes but lamely into the conof which cannot Ixe had by observation troversies which must for many years
only. It requires a careful training, a profoundly affect the human mind and
knowledge of bcxiks, information along touch the beliefs and sentiments which
lines which only the higher education actuate and control mankind.
can give successfully.
Cables, telegraphs, the wonderful
We visit the great cities of the world wireless system for the transmission of
and are filled with admiration at the intelligence, railroads, splendid steamsplendid buildings, the stately rows of ship lines to hitherto unreached quarters
columns and arches, the grouping of of the globe, the universal diffusion of
architectural effects, which we declare is printing, have united to introduce to us
the work of a far-seeing genius. But the most profound problems that face
to accomplish these
harmonious and the world. No longer can we chatter
pleasing results, there has been a labo- over petty neighborly affairs; we must
rious training, years of hard work at take up, consider and help to solve these
the schools. It has been necessary to questions which affect the whole human
learn the properties of matter, what race, or ourselves be thrust aside as unweight will crush brick and stone, or de- worthy to join in the life of today. We
stroy the magnificent uplift of the arch, are to judge of the effect of great moveand a thousand other things which can ments, not only on our own little comonly be attained through the schools, munity, but on the nations of the world ;
for no amoilnt of mere practice can pro- for the nations of the world are themduce the master.
selves becoming a world community, and
We s|x.'ak of the wonders of modern mere local knowledge does not longer
medicine and surgery, of the accomplish- suffice to decide world questions.
ments of famous doctors, of cures and
lt was once said of a well known
operations which seem like magic. We
very little law, but
know that parts of our body are some- judge, "He knows
uncommon horse senes leads him to
his
times planted u|x>n another, that the correct decisions!" This
may be said of
fresh pure blood of some person or ani- a few people
still, but they are few inmal of approved health is transfused into
deed, and the number is decreasing, bethe failing veins of another and that life cause
in these days of complex world
is triumphantly snatched from death. pioblems
the knowledge which only eduAnd we think of these things as wizard
cation can give is needed to assist and
performances, but they are not. They regulate even the most unering judgare the accomplishments of the higher
ment.
education. They lie within the reach of
'There is spread out before us a feast
all. No longer is the physician or surgeon looked upon as learned in the arts of literature, art, music. It invites and
of secret magic. It is now known that tempts. To partake is to enter into the
the wonders he performs are the result highest and purest enjoyment. But the
of careful and accurate knowledge, not way lies along lines reached only by the
only of the human frame with its func- higher education. Would you be a force
tions, but of the action of drugs and among men; would you gain renown as
chemicals, and these things he learned a jurist, as a statesman, as a leader in
at the schools where higher education is the mighty industries of the world ? Then
learn what the great schools can teach
taught.
Who has unfolded to our vision the you. Would you pierce the depths of
wonders of the underworld, making the nether world, or the abysses of space
known the presence of swarming life, about our little earth, and unfold the
where our fathers supposed was only wonderful and beautiful mysteries they
silence and death? But without the re- hide; would you possess the "open sesearch rendered |x>ssible by the higher same" which lifts the veil of the past and
education, the bacteriologist would not admits to the pure joys of its art, its
exist.
learning and all that is best in its teemThis higher education is necessary if ing story, then reach out and take for
one desires to enter the learned profes- yr.urs the higher education.
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The Scribe's Corner
REV. WM. BREWSTER OLESON
Corresponding Secretary.
"titty cried to «od in the bank, aad Ik
was iatrtated of them. because they put their
tnut la Ma,"
—' C*sss. 3 .-*».
The Key-Note at Kailua.
When great moral issues stare men in
the face, cold, intellectual tones give way
to the warmth and fire of the heart. It
There was one allwas so at Kailua.
absorbing theme that asserted itself at
every turn. There were other matters
that claimed and received attention. Being the ninetieth anniversary of the landing of the first Christian missionaries in
Hawaii, the occasion was suffused with
missionary interest. Special memorial
exercises, and special memorial addresses
and the discussion of live missionary
themes, had no small share in the daily
programs, and elicited the closest attention from first to last. Whatever the
theme, however, and however slight its
connection, the real passion of the conference was the theme of prohibition.
Men prayed about it, and talked about
it, and sang about it on every occasion.
It was the burden of the day and the
prayer by night. Such splendid enthusiasm only comes to the surface when the
minds and hearts of men are stirred to
their depths. Those who were present
will not soon forget the addresses of
Desha and Kamaiopili and Kamau and
Nakuina. and the imploring appeals of
the women as they spontaneously voiced
the deeper undercurrents of their lives.
One Discordant Note.
There was only one voice raised in opjxisition to the tidal wave of enthusiasm
that swept the conference. It was that of
Senator Makekau of Hamakua. Keen
in his argument, and persuasive in his
appeal, there was the utmost contrast between the tone and matter of his address
and of addresses made later by Desha
and Nakuina. His tone was that of the
cold, calculating politician, and his matter was questions of expediency and of
utility. The replies to his points were
apt and conclusive, and the tone was vibrant with that peculiar timbre that men
unconsciously employ when dominated
by a great moral passion. It was a battle of bright men, and the champions for
prohibition won out completely.
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Honoring the Fathers.
There has been to date no such fitting
and significant recognition of the work
of the early missionaries as the memorial
services at Kailua on Sunday, June 26.
In the first place, the services were held
in one of the oldest church buildings in
the Territory. Large and high and solid,
it represents the aim of the missionary
fathers in all their work. The interior,
freshly renovated and attractive, connects the past foundations with the present activities. The audience in its complex composition, with the preponderant
Hawaiian membership, was an evidence
of the enduring influence of missionary
teaching. Again, the personality of the
speakers was noteworthy, one being the
oldest active descendant of the missionaries of the first generation. Rev. O. H.
Gulick, who spoke at length in both Hawaiian and English on the work of the
fathers; the other being one of our most
able and eloquent Hawaiian pastors, who
spoke most fittingly on the first Hawaiian Christian, Henry Opukahaia, and his
three Christian comrades, Hopu, Kanui,
and Honolii.
Again, the participation of the races in
the program was indicative of the new
day in Hawaii, for the scriptures were
read in Hawaiian, in English, in Chinese,
and in Japanese, by representatives of
these races, while the prayer was by a
grandson of one of the mission families,
himself an earnest religious worker
among us today. If men could only project themselves into the future to realize
how sure and abundant is the fruitage of
the patient worker in the kingdom of
God, how transporting would be their
grateful joy. But that is one of the
realizations that is reserved for heaven.
'Those early missionaries now rejoice,
though here they toiled in patient hope.
old. O Clod, thy Spirit wrought," followed by prayer by Rev. G. L. Kopa. The
chairman of the committee, Rev. W. B.
( Meson then delivered an address on"The
Meaning of the Arch," after which Miss
Ethel Paris, a lineal descendant of one of
the Missionary pastors of Kona. Rev. J.
D. Paris, and likewise of one of our honored Hawaiian families, unveiled the
.
bronze tablet The exercises closed with
benediction by Rev. J. K. Kekahuna, perhaps the oldest living Hawaiian minister
in active life. Mr. Elijah McKenzie was
employed to supervise the erection of the
arch and the noble memorial is witness
to his unceasing personal attention in its
construction. Set in from the wall that
borders the main street of Kailua by a
curved wall on either side, the arch is an
mposing and fitting memorial alike to
the first Christian missionaries to Hawaii, and to Opukahaia and his comrades
Hopu. Kanui. and Honolii. May it long
stand as a mute witness to the strange
leadings of God, and to the marvelous
glories of His grace.
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Reminiscences.
Sunday's memorial exercises closed
with an evening of reminiscenses under
the leadership of Rev. S. L. Desha. Rev.
J. K. Kamoku, one of our oldest Hawaiian pastors, spoke of the work of Father
Thurston. Rev. J. A. Akina sjxake of the
labors of Father Whitney. Rev. W. B.
Oleson read a letter from Mrs. S. E.
Bishop concerning the Bishop and Thurston families, and Mr. F. W. Damon displayed a letter written by Opukahaia.
probably the only autograph letter of
Opukahaia in Hawaii. Mr. Damon spoke
of Opukahaia as the magnet that drew
attention to Hawaii as a field of need,
and that irresistibly led not only to the
inauguration of mission work here, but
Ji
to missionary undertakings elsewhere.
interest was aroused by these
Intense
The Memorial Arch.
personal and historical reminiscenses.
What should be the memorial to com- which formed a fitting climax to a notmemorate the landing of the first mis- able day's program.
sionaries? At first it was decided to seJ>
cure a big boulder and have it placed at
some fitting location with a bronze tablet Live Topics.
set into its face. Then it was found posThe themes for discussion were pracsible to use a lava stone monument that tical and vital. Two of our most successhad been originally selected for the Bing- ful pastors, viz., Revs. Messrs. T. Okuham memorial at Oahu college, and mura and Wm. Kamau spoke on "Winwhich the trustees had graciously grant- ning Men for Christ." Rev. J. P. Erded to the committee making arrange- man answered the question "Have MisHe showed
ments for the memorial. The final de- sions Paid in Hawaii?"
cision, however, was to erect a large me- how impossible it is to measure the value
morial arch at the entrance to the of men saved by any monetary standard.
grounds of the Kailua church. Accord- He called attention to the vast social
ingly such an arch was built and special change that had taken place as the result
services were held under it on Sunday, of missionary work ; and noted the manilime 26. These exercises consisted of fest strength of public opinion on all
the singing of the Memorial Hymn, "Of moral issues as the present controlling
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force in our government. He urged that
what has been gained by missions here
be held by sustaining the work of today
in the spirit of the fathers.
Mr. Levi G. Lyman presented the
claims of Hilo boarding school and introduced Mr. F. A. Clower, one of Mr. Lyman's assistants, who spoke earnest
words on the need of building up by proper schooling a generation of Hawaiian
farmers.
Rev. W. B. Oleson outlined briefly a
scheme for colonizing the people who
were stranded and helpless in Honolulu.
The association voted to press this suggestion and appointed the following committee Messrs. Oleson, Nakuina, Desha,
Dr. Baker and Senator Baker.
The addresses of Revs. Messrs. Dodge
and Poai on the question "What can we
do to promote temperance?" were earnest and timely.
Rev. E. S. da Silva
pressed home the obligation to give more
generously for mission work, as answer
to the question "Are we meeting our missionary obligations today?"
On the question, "Giving for Missions,
What Do I Owe?" Revs. Messrs. Burnham and Lono reinforced the pressure already brought to bear for the fulfilling
of personal obligation.
Rev. August
Drahms gave an extremely good address
on the question: "What is our greatest
need in our present mission work ?"
We hope to have room later on for
some of these addresses in whole or in
part for publication in The Friend. They
contributed in no small measure to the
success and value of this annual confer-
:
churches of this association, and that
prayers for the downfall of the saloon
in Hawaii ,be offered continuously in
every church and from every family altar
in the land."
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Parting Pledges.
Spjendid Hospitality.
It was no small experiment to hold a
meeting of the Hawaiian Evangelical Association at such a small place as Kailua.
There were misgivings that the experiment might not be successful. But such
misgivings were quickly dissipated; for
the preparations that had been made
were ample and comfortable, and the
spirit of hospitality expressed so well in
Dr. Baker's address of welcome, and
evinced on every hand by the people of
Kailua and vicinity, was all that could be
desired. Mrs. Robinson was specially
active in ministering to the comfort of
delegates. Prince Kuhio, in extending
the use of the Palace, and Mrs. Allen, in
opening her cottage to guests of the
conference, contributed in no small measure to the general well-being. The occasion was a memorable one and the hospitality will long be remembered.
In spite of the bustle and hurry of the
closing forenoon at Kailua, quite a company gathered beneath the arch for a
farewell service. Prayer was offered by
Rev. J. N. Kamoku. Then followed the
reading of the following pledge, the
Moderator leading:
"Standing on this spot made sacred
by the landing of the first Christian mis
by the landing of the first Christian missionaries to Hawaii, we pledge ourselves
anew to the serviec of Christ and his
church. May the memory of the consecrated heroism and faithfulness of the
missionary fathers and mothers inspire
us to renewed devotion in behalf of human brotherhood, of Christian unity, and OPUKAHAIA AND THE KING.
of the final triumph of Christ's kingdom
on earth." The
Rev. G. M. ADDRESS AT THE OPENING OF
Kamakawiwfcole. then pronounced the THE KAILUA CONVENTION.
benediction, and the eighty-eighth annual
conference of the Hawaiian Evangelical By Rev. William Brewster Oleson.
Association came to an end.
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In Retrospect.
The service of song was an important
factor in the success of the conference.
The possibilities in this direction for future conferences aer well night unlimence.
ited. The song as a vehicle for setting
The following resolutions were unani- forth great causes and for giving unity
mously adopted:
of feeling and conviction is a marvelous
The Hawaiian Evangelical Associa- agency.
tion, assembled in celebration of the nineAgain, the sunrise prayer meeting evtieth anniversary of the landing of the ery morning was the spiritual dynamic of
pioneer missionaries at Kailua. Hawaii, the conference. Those were wonderful
reaffirms its past declarations in favor of exhibitions of the hold that our Christian
the prohibition throughout this Territory religion has on the hearts of the people.
of the manufacture, sale and importation Ostensibly, under the leadership of the
of liquors of every kind;
Christian Endeavor Societies, the com"It reasserts its condemnation of the mon interest corralled the whole confersaloon as the inveterate foe of the church ence, and each morning the great audiand of all its agencies for the betterment ence room was filled with men and woof the community;
men eager and earnest and prayerful.
"This association, moreover, pledges its Again, one of the most impressive facts
members to the most earnest co-opera- of the conference was the splendid moral
tion in promoting the cause of prohibi- leadership that the Hawaiians possess in
tion during the few weeks remaining men of their own race. Some of our
before the special election of uly 26; brethren among the Chinese and Japanese
"It calls upon the men in all the present recognized this, one of the ablest
churches represented in this association among them saying: "Of course I could
to cast their ballots in favor of instruct- not understand what those men said, but
ing the next legislature to enact a prohi- I felt inspired just the same." Moral imbition law for Hawaii;
pulse has its own language in face and
"It appeals to all good citizens to unite tone, and heart speaks to heart, over and
in a supreme effort to outlaw the saloon past all mere barriers of language. When
in Hawaii;
great moral questions come to the front,
"It requests that these resolutions be and men speak with the authority of
read in the one hundred and one moral conviction.
This historic spot and this memorial
occasion invite certain considerations
that may well give us the key-note for
this great gathering. One of these is to
be found in the prayer of Opukahaia, the
to be found in the act of the great Kamehameha in sending forth his chiefs
from his council house here in Kailua to
stop the making and the use of liquor.
Both events took place in the year 1818,
two years before the coming of the missionaries. One was the appeal to God of
a dying youth in a strange land on behalf
of his race. The other was the manly
decision of a strong leader to use his
power to protect his people from a dreadful scourge. Both men strove to meet
their duty to their brother men.
The prayer of Opukahaia, and the
command of Kamehameha! They were
both alike inspired of God. One knew
that it was the Spirit of God within him
that was making the great intercession.
The other in his darkness knew not that
God was his invisible prompter. One
saw a great need and joined himself to
God to secure his gracious help. The
other saw a great evil and girded himself to crush it.
In the great solicitude with which God
had filled his soul, Opukahaia cried out:
"Great God, bless Tom, and purify him.
and return Tom and me to Hawaii to
tell the people of the heavenly things."
He thus voiced the true spirit of Christian brotherhood. And his prayer should
inspire in us today the same consuming
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with fitting reverence and used without
solicitude for the men of our own time.
question the knowledge so dearly bought
Our supreme duty is not to raise money,
concerning the islands of the north. Had
nor to build churches, nor to gain partithe cave men disregarded the experience
san advantage, nor to magnify our heritof those who tasted poisonous berries
ages, but to bless and help Tom, the other man, whatever his race, and whatever
ERNEST J. REECE
their race must have died. Had science
ignored John Napier's logarithms our ashis need, and whatever his condition.
tronomy must have been crude indeed.
God grant that in all our deliberations
here at Kailua we may not lose sight for Wisdom and Folly.
Is Hawaii to forget, in the present
a moment of this supreme object. May
crisis
the wisdom of a myriad experiDarwin,
"is
"A fool," said Erasmus
the burden that lay so heavily on the soul one who has never made an experiment. ments? Is the unchallenged testimony
of the dying Opukahaia be on our souls When the cave men contrived to strike of Hebrew and Roman, of Teuton and
as well. For the other man, Tom, is all fire from flint it was as they tried the Saxon, of Slav and Polynesian to be lost
about us reaching out imploring arms qualities of stone and metal. The solid on her? From Greenwich back to Greenfor us to come to his help. We have no colors of the Egyptians, bright and wich, and from the Arctics to the Antright as Christians to do less than our fresh after their five thousand years of arctics, alcohol has blighted humanity.
utmost to befriend him, to make his wel- entombment, witness the efforts of Ham- It has crept into men's hearts in the
fare one of supreme concern, to shield ite artisans toward perfection. The gen- guise of a friend, promising to dispel
him from evils that he cannot withstand ius of medieval Christianity owes itself drudgery and gild despair. It has preyalone, and to deny ourselves to the limit
to the countless devices by which devout ed upon men's noblest motives, offering
in order that Tom may be helped to be- men sought in earlier centuries ot nour- to dissolve their limitations and make
come a sober citizen, a thrifty producer, ish a newly implanted faith.
A new them better than themselves. It has proand a Christian father in a happy home. chemistry and a new physics have arisen posed to console their weakness, ennoble
At the sight of the ravages which
because the searchhings of the Curies their strength, imbue them with the distrong drink was making among his peo- resulted a dozen years ago in the discov- vine. Whether it has filled its promise,
ple, the Great Kamehameha said to his ery of radium. In fact, from the amoeba let the review of its followers testify. If
chiefs: "Go home and destroy every to the highest type of spiritual life every- premature death, loss of reason, destrucliquor still which you find. Distilling thing bears the stamp of testing and trial. tion of body and mind, shattering of
and drinking liquor are tabu from this The processes of nature are one great careers, cruelty, selfishness are blessings
time forward."
experiment. By this method the mother to mankind, then has liquor vindicated
He saw no other safe course but to of all eliminates and selects, destroys and its claims. If theft, embezzlement, deceit,
stop the making and the use of liquor al- builds. No place is left for the non-ex- unreliability, spell fit conditions for busitogether. He could do that thing in his perimenter of whom Darwin speaks. It ness enterprise, then is alcohol a boon.
day by the fiat of his own will. It can
is the forced lot of each individual to asThe effect of alcohol is one of the coldbe done today by the fiat of such as we. certain certain facts for his brothers and est facts of science and one of the dreariThe power is ours. How shall we use it? certain other facts for himself—to gain est tales of history. Its picture is black
Is there a man among us who in this pre- at the risk of loss or to lose with the and unrelieved, and admits of no apolsent crisis does not find his heart beatchance of gain.
The forms of food ogy. Hawaii may escape the truth no
ing true to the prayer of the first Ha- which constitute the basis of our nutri- more than may the nations of the north,
waiian Christian ?
ment, the styles of raiment which have for her citizens, her defenders and her
Is there a man among us today who been accepted
as suitable, the scientific wards are human. She now has oppordoes not know deep down in his soul
which our reasoning ii tunity to subvert her dearest foe, and by
upon
premises
Kamehameha,
if he could
that the great
based,
axioms which govern so doing avoid the rebuke due to those
thought
the
speak, would say to us much as he said our conduct—these, however' outworn who reject the teachings of an experihome,
once before in this very place: Go
may be, are the products of experi- ment. But one further pitfall Hawaii
and vote to stop the making and the sale they
ment.
The savage testing the new fruit must shun. She must be on guard lest
we
of liquor? If we mean to help' Tom
the
and the chemist crushing she be classed with those who, accepting
by
eating,
must vote to protect Tom.
it
the
crucible
are alike giving shares the findings of one set of tests, refuse
in
It is not without significance that the to
world's store of experience.
to make the added experiment thereby
the
command
and
the
Opukahaia
prayer of
No exponent of prohibition
implied.
greater
there
be
a
fool
than
he
But if
of Kamehameha were being uttered at
would
that loss of a certain kind
deny
who
makes
no
it
is
he
who.
experiments
same
The
best
wish
and
time.
the very
a few if his program be
them,
to
must
fall
upon
fails
benefit
their
by
the best act must ever be close together. making
Neither
would he assert that
adopted.
upon
had
hit
antiquity
Tom.
As
When
teaching.
we
for
pray
As Christians
perfect in practice.
will
his
plan
prove
of
and
tin
combining
copper
Christian citizens, let us vote for Tom's a method
repudiate
any claim
to
Above
all
would
he
into
a
it
that
held
satisfactory
alloy
safety and protection.
traffic
is to
that
abolition
of
the
liquor
ornaments
and
The prayer of Opukahaia and the method. The tools and
panacea for social ills. But all signs
be
a
are
uniform
age
of
the
bronze
weapons
These
place
command of Kamehameha!
that a dry territory would mean
on us at this time and in these surround- in design and composition. There was indicate
a
the right direction. How great
in
step
to
our
no
abandonment
of
the
treasured
proobligations
ings the weightiest of
that step would be can only be determbrother men. Let us meet these obliga- cess, until calamity came upon the entire
trial.
If by any chance
tions in all our deliberations and action civilization, and buried its arts with it. ined by actual
should be truly bad the deat this time as men shoul dwho honoi When the Assyrian architects found that the results
in their kilns cision would not be irrevocable. By so
the voices of the past, who are ready tc the long flat bricks burned
as the east is from the west action is
meet the duties of the present, and whi- were best adapted to a low structural far
better
than inaction in the present case.
ambitious
arch
patwith
the
avoided
style,
they
look forward into the future
The
call
is for a breaking of shackles,
crouching
pyramidal
long
terns
and
built
from
the
concourage
that
comes
calm
for
the
venture
of an experiment. We
and
his
crew
Bering
Since
palaces.
viction that the cause we champion is the
Arctics, there to endure are bound not to mark time but to march.
sailed
into
the
of
hand
and
right
our
God
whose
cause
as well as an individual
holy arm will win for Him the victory. suffering and death, men have prized A community
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FRIEND
may bear witness of the "titanic" quali- men into one arbitrary hand is unworkties of which Agnes Laut writes in her able, the scattering of the same authority
"Vikings of the Pacific": "We have be- over a thousand no less arbitrary sovercome such slaves of shallow science in eigns is still more so. Men rejoiced when
these days, such firm believers in the tin- idol of monarchical absolutism was
fatalism which declares man the creature overthrown. Straightway they reared a
of circumstance, that we have almost fetich no less vicious and which bettered
forgotten that the supremest spectacle the situation only in that it afforded a
in life is that man becoming the creator momentary change. The burden of
of circumstance. We forget that man government had been merely shifted
can rise to be master of his destiny, fight- from hand to hand, not shouldered. Foi
ing, unmaking, re-creating, not only his it must be remembered that the object of
own environment, but the environment all our experimenting is a better society—
of multitudinous lesser men. There ii a society in which the interests of each
something titanic in such lives. 'They are and all shall be conserved and furthered.
the hero myths of every nation's legends. 'The delegating of central authority am'
We somehow feel that the man who the determining of individual prerogative
thugs off the handicaps of birth and sta- are but devices looking toward this bettion lifts the whole human race to a high- ter society. It is as much to the point,
er plane, and has a bit of the (iod in therefore, to object that the dethronehim, though the hero may have feet of ment of Charles 1 was a compromise of
regal right as to assert that restrictive
clay and body of beast."
legislation is a violation of constitutional
Jl
right. The question is not one of rights
Rights.
but of results.
Any other ground is unTwo markedly opposing declarations of tenable. Democracy is popular, gloriouspurpose are prominent in the present ly so, but it is by no means an unqualified
campaign. On several occasions the success. Roosevelt's leadership owes ib
writer has heard from men who for per- strength largely to the fact that the man
sonal or other reasons are in sympathy has been courageous enough to compass
with the use of liquor an expression of urgent purposes in most undemocratic
n adiness to do their part in banishing ways. ( )ur cities are endeavoring to bur)
the traffic.
Their attitude betokens a their failures in popular government bj
willingness to sink what are regarded at a partial reversion to autocratic methlegitimate tastes and rights for the sake ods. 'The present age wishes to see
of checking an instrument of general things brought to pass. It presses toevil. In contrast with this class of voters ward the new order, and inquires none
is a group of men, non-users of intoxi- too closely as to whether its devicetrench Upon some time-bolstered clause
cants, anil repudiators even of the brewers' claims, who consider that any re- of the political decalogue.
striction of the opportunity to procure
Wherefore may Hawaii discern the
poison is an abridgment of human real issue and dare to destroy the fetich
rights.
She covets a strong citizenry; surely
The issue is deep-seated. It involves there can be no injustice in crushing that
the very principles upon which modern which saps strength.
She would fain
political dcevlopment is based. What is guard her weaker members; surely no
the meaning of the statement that any modern constitution has superseded the
curtailment of personal privilege is un- sermon on the mount. 'The end of living
constitutional? Let us examine its gen- is larger, richer life. Whatever clearly
esis. In the days of divinely appointed contributes to this end passes the test of
inonarchs the individual possessed only "constitutionality."
what rights he was strong enough to
When the "General Slocuin" sank in
assert—barring perhaps a few which tra- New York harbor a few years back, one
dition or regal whim allowed him. Every thousand school children were allowed
privilege, including life itself, was a bit full choice as to whether they would perof grace. The modem era brought the ish or escape. When seismic disaster ovinevitable reaction, a theory of unlimited ertook the Sicilian towns eighteen
rights for all. This is the inevitable pen- months ago a myriad men and women of
dulum swing, and as such it is naturally Latin race were offered the opportunity
did not alter the outcome. Personal lib-
erty was not impeached, yet corpses dotted the Fast river and the shores of the
Mediterranean
The parallel with the
present situation is close. Where there
is the will without the strength, cursed
is he who withholds the helping hand.
WHY I AM A PROHIBITIONIST.
By A. Gartley.
I am often asked why I am a prohibitionist, and I must confess that when I
hear and read the multitude of arguments for and against prohibition and review the many ingenious schemes and
substitutes for reducing the consumption
oi liquor and its consequences to a minimum that I am confused and hardly
dare present the direct evidence and
simple logic which lead me to accept no
middle ground.
The direct evidence to be obtained in
the courts, jails, hospitals, homes and the
many institutions for correction and relief and the almost universal admission
of non-prohibitionists of the terrible and
evil results from the excessive and unwise use of liquor convinces me that prohibition cannot be assailed from the
moral and social sides.
When I attempt to determine the economic value of sobriety to the state and
the individual, the problem seems a
simple one; almost too simple to convince, when set beside the overwhelming
mass of complicated arguments of opponents and the ingenious but sometimes
involved theories of political economists.
Laying aside an extended analysis, it
is but common logic and common sense
that a man's needs and luxuries are
fruits of production, and prosperity
mians there shall be demand for these
fruits. 'The greater and more general
the demand the greater and more general
the prosperity,
Anything which limits the demand or
anything which limits the production or
the capacity of the individual to produce
should be suppressed. The liquor traffic
does all these, and furthermore the drink
habit lowers the standard of living and
operates as one of the strongest factors
illogical. For if the gathering of the ( f deciding whether they cared to live against fair wages to the laborer.
\o one will say that the drunken labjxuver of life and death over a thousand or die. But the right of individual choice
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orer is the best laborer, that he is the
best producer or the best sustainer.
Prosperity demands sober producers,
sober production and wise spending.
environThese conditions require
ment of a sober state.
The increase in property and valuations in such a state, the increase in producers and in production, and the decrease in burdens and 11011 producers
makes taxation light, and tends to increase and equalize prosperity.
A man who labors in such environment reaps the results of his labor and
does not carry the burden of additional
drunken non-producing consumers.
Let us state a few self-evident facts
and see if we cannot deduce a few selfMoney represents
evident conclusions.
labor of production, and the 'laborer gets
his dollar as a return.
When he pushes that dollar over the
bar of the liquor dealer, it is lost to him.
for the purchase of necessities and luxuries for himself and family. He then
must work another day for another dollar. Two days' labor and the purchasing
power of one! Perhaps a third day of
incapacity. That dollar can have no economic benefit.
Is the merchant not interested also in
that dollar and the fact that the drinking
man's purchasing power and the purchasing power of his family are reduced and
that there is a corresponding loss in
trade?
Also the manufacturer who supplies
the merchant, does he not lose?
It seems quite evident that the liquor
dealer imposes a terrible tax upon anil
is an enemy of the drinking laborer and
his family and an active and serious competitor of the merchant and manufacturer.
Some say the dollar still exists. Is that
quite true? When the bartender takes
that dollar he gives no positive value in
return and performs no labor of production. He is not a producer, nor is the
liquor dealer, nor the wholesaler nor the
brewer.
(>ue of the laws of economics proclaimed by an Indian philosopher centuries
ag< > says:
"But if one eats fruits of the earth,
rendering to kindly heaven no gift of
toil, that thief steals from his world."
I believe this is true. These are a few
reasons, perhaps not very profound, but
sufficiently convincing to me, why Hawaii should establish, under a prohibition
law, the conditions and environments
conducive to sobriety, industry and prosperity.
THE FRIEND.
BRYAN'S GREAT SPEECH.
(Continued from June number.)
In the first place, 1 want to call attention to two or three arguments that are
overworked.
Every once in a while a man tells me
he is opposed to "sumptuary legislation."
Two or three years ago we had a convention in ()maha, and a man came in and
had a plank on sumptuary legislation he
wanted put in our platform. I said, "Not
in this platform," He said, "The liquor
men have eight millions of dollars raised
and they are going into this campaign,
and we can't afford to offend them." I
said, 'That plank will not go into this
platform." I said, "I have heard enough
1 wtant
about sumptuary legislation.
someone to define what he means by it
before he puts it in any more platforms."
Every law proposed for the restriction
or restraining of the liquor traffic is opposed by somebody as sumptuary legislation, and they say. "Why, if you commence to do that, first thing you will be
telling by law how much clothing a man
should have and how many suits of
clothes."
Now, when a man says anything to me
about sumptuary legislation, I say, " Define it; the time is come now to tell me
what you are talking about. You tell me
what you mean by sumptuary legislation
and I will tell you what 1 think about
it."
1 tell him if he means by sumptuary
legislation a law which says how many
suits of clothes a man shall wear, I am
opposed to it; if he means by it how much
money a man shall spend for clothing, I
am opposed to it; but I am willing to go
this far in sumptuary legislation, to say
that man shall wear some clothing.
And so, on the liquor traffic. I want a
man to define what he means by sumptuary legislation, and then I will tell him
whether I am in favor of it or not.
I hear them talk about "personal liberty." Did you ever hear anybody talk
about personal liberty when you talk
about the liquor question? That is another expression that ought to be defined. When a man tells me he wants
personal liberty, I tell him to write it out
and tell me what he means by personal
liberty. I tell him that when a man enters society he surrenders some of his
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liberty in return for the blessings of society. Why, my friends, for instance, if
a man lives out on a desert, and there is
nobody within twenty-five miles of him,
he can get on a horse and run races
anywhere at any time. But, if he goes
into a settled community he can't run
horse races on a public highway. Why?
P.ecause you have to have a speed limit
for the protection of society. Why, even
they have speed limits sometimes on automobiles, sacred as they are.
If you can put limits on a race horse,
if you can put speed limits on an automobile, why can't you attach a speed limit
to a rapid young man occasionally.
"Personal liberty!" What does a man
mean by it ? Does he mean that he has a
right, or ought to have to drink anywhere at any time in any quantity without asking anybody and regardless of the
effect on everybody? Is that what he
means by personal liberty ? If so, I can't
agree with him. I believe that when a
man asks for the right to drink, he must
give plans and specifications, and he
must show that he desires to drink in
reasonable quantities at reasonable times,
and under conditions that do not injure
other people. Every man's rights stop
where he infringes upon the equal rights
of somebody else.
The first position that I want to lay
down on the question of legislation is
that the people have the right to determine under what conditions liquor shall
be sold and used. That is fundamental.
I believe in the right of a majority to
rule. I believe that the majority have a
right to act on this subject as on every
Other subject. Wherever you have government there must be a source of power.
Whenever a government acts, the action
must come from some body or somewhere, and wherever you find governmtnt the authority is either in the majority or in the minority. There is no
escape from that proposition. There are
only two sources from which authority
and government can come. One is from
the majority and the other from the minority.
A great many governments have
drawn their authority from the minority.
We have had unlimited monarchies,
where the king was the source of power
and asked nobody. Then we have had
limited monarchies, where the king was
the source of power, but asked somebody
what he might do. We have had aristocracies, where a few would control, and
the voice of the few would outweigh the
voice of the many. We have had aris-
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tocracies based upon different foundations. We have had, first, the aristocracy
of birth. People have ruled because they
were born of rulers. But those aristocracies are passing away. Then we have
had aristocracies that were based upon
intelligence, upon educational qualifications. Then we have had aristocracies
based upon property qualifications. We
have had aristocracies that were intellectual, we have had aristocracies that were
plutocratic. But, my friends, if we concede that a minority wanting to use liquor shall outvote and outweigh a majority that do not want the saloon established in a community, if we insist that
it is right for the minority in that case
to rule, upon what does that aristocracy
rest as a foundation ? We have had aristocracies of birth and of blood and of
brain, and of pocketbook, but when you
say that a minority opposed to anti-liquor
legislation shall have the voice and rule
against a majority against them, you
have an aristocracy based on appetite,
where a man only has to be thirsty to belong to the ruling power.
I don't like aristocracies of any kind.
I am opposed to aristocracies of birth. I
am opposed to a monopoly of intelligence. I am opposed to plutocracy. But,
my friends, if I had to decide, I would
rather have aristocracy of money and aristocracy of brain or an aristocracy of
blcod, than to live under an aristocracy
of beer. Ido not regard it as necessary
to proceed to submit argument in support of the doctrine that the majority
have a right to rule, but I want to apply
this doctrine. I am not going to discuss
the liquor question in regard to the legislation, in detail, outside of my own
state, because when you come to discuss
the details and the particular legislation
you find conditions different in different
states and communities, and I am dealing
now with the conditions in our state and
our community. I am willing that the
people who are nearest to a question shall
decide what is best. I am going to laydown a proposition that I believe to be a
defensible one anywhere and everywhere.
There is a great deal of discussion now
about the unit. In one place they have a
town unit, in another place they have a
township unit. In another place they
have a county unit. And nobody, I suppose, disputes that you can have a state
unit. I believe in some places they have
a ward unit. In some places they allow
people in any contiguous territory to exclude the saloon. Now, I am not going
to enter into a discussion with you as tr,
which is the best unit. I believe in them
all, and there is no reason why you
should not have all of them. If you ask
me if I am in favor of people in a block
keeping the saloon out, I say yes. If you
July, 1910
THE FRIEND.
ask me if I am in favor of allowing the
people of a ward to keep the saloon out.
I say yes. If you ask me if I am in favor
of allowing the people of a town to keep
the saloon out, 1 say yes. If you ask me
if I am in favor of county option also, 1
say yes, and I am in favor of state Option
and national option.
Now, I don't want you to labor under
a misunderstanding. When I say I am
in favor of county option and state option
and national option, do not understand
me to say that I am in favor of the exercising of that option in any particular
way in any particular place. I am speaking now for the right of the people to
rule. I believe that the larger unit always controls the smaller one and that
everywhere the smaller unit has a right
to act, except as restrained by the larger
unit. There is no reason why you should
not have township option as well as city
option and county option all in the same
state. There is no reason why you
should not allow people anywhere and
everywhere to act on this question.
Your fallacy is this, that you talk about
fairness in regard to saloons, whereas, if
you will read the lexicon of the saloonkeeper, there are two words that do not
appear, "fairness" and "justice." There
is no fairness or justice about the saloon,
and you might as well understand that
these words can't be used of the liquor
business.
A saloon at the best is a nuisance, and
never tolerated except as a necessary nuisance. Nobody defends the saloon. They
apologize for it, but they never defend
it. You can't find a state in this union,
or a part of a state where the people
asking for a saloon ever urge it as a
moral center, an educational institution,
or an economic asset.
It is understood that the saloon is not
a blessing. Go and examine the homes
of your great liquor dealers, the rich
ones, and see how near they are to a saloon. Go with a petition and ask them
to join with you in putting a saloon neat
their residences and they are the last ones
to do it. They will put a saloon by the
house of a poor man, and not only deprive his property of value, but run the
risk of ruining those about the saloon,
but they do not put it near their own
homes.
The saloon is not a good thing. It is
a center of vice and crime. It is the first
place a jxilice officer goes when he is
looking for a criminal, and it is the first
place closed when there is a riot in town.
It is a bureau of information on every
vice and only tolerated for fear, that if
you close it. you will have something
worse than the Haloon.
Why, I saw a paper the other day
that said that thirty brewers in this city
had signed an agreement to help the city
government enforce laws against disorderly houses, and one of the brewers said,
"We have demonstrated that the law can
be enforced." Why didn't they demonstrate it before? Most citizens don't have
to sign an agreement to help enforce the
law. It is presumed they will help enforce the law because they are law-abiding citizens. It was necessary for the
brewers to agree to help enforce the law
in order to take themselves out of the category of those who helped to defeat the
law. and when they say, "We will not
deliver goods any more to these houses,"
it means "We have done it in the past
and helped to violate the law." They are
the lawless class in every community.
EVENTS.
June
"—Hawaiian
Promotion Committee
reported success in selling pineapple juice
as a cold drink.—Judge Wm. Whitney pre
sents statistics before Men's Club of St.
Andrew's Church showing
quents and intoxicants.
Juvenile delin-
June 4.—$4,200,000 reported as voted by
Congress for dredging and dry dock in Pearl
Harbor.
June 6.—Porto Rican dance and drink at
Kahuku result stabbing affray. Wakiki
beach washing away. The "Kaimiloa," King
Kalakaua's "royal navy," was sold for junk.
"Where is the Sunday
School Lesson ?"
You can have it right in
front of you, on the wall
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Brown-Kuhn—Honolulu Methodist Church,
June 10—Hawaiian Oriental births registJune 30th, 1910, by the Rev. J. T. Jones,
er nearly 5,000, including minors and adults.
—Vaallleff, the Russian agitator, to be dc
ported. —Outrigger Club gives afternoon of
sports at Walkiki Kaluna (drunken) murders a Hawaiian woman named Julia.
June 11—Kamehameha Day observed by
many Sunday school picnics and sports.
Prohibition Club formed on Maui. Prohibition rally in Hilo, also in Honolulu.
June 13.—Socialists reported as making
capital from Russians In Hawaii.—Land
Boar dappohited by Governor Frear.—Dr.
F. N. White, of Union Park Congregational
Church, Chicago, arrives to take charge of
Central Union Church eleven Sundays.
June IB.—Liquor License Commissioners
lessen number of saloons and make a small
er license district.
June 17.—Bishop Restarick writes against
Prohibition; many writers favor Prohibl
tion.—congress grants 1220,000 for Federal
building in Hilo.
June 18.—Oahu College graduates a class
J»
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of
thirty-nine.
June 20—Congress grants $350,000 to
purchase land fronting Fort street to add to
Mahuka site of Federal building in Honolulu.
June 23.—Land Board cancels lease of
Laupahoehoe planatlon, first under new
land policy; apportions lots for homesteads.
June 24—Transfer of royal remains to the
new mausoleum of the Kalakaua family.
June 25 —July I—An ual1—Annual meeting of the
Hawaiian Evangelical Association of Congregational Churches at Kailua, Hawaii.
Principal thought, Prohibition.
June 26—Unveiling of memorial arch to
early missionaries at Kailua.
June 28—L. A. Thurston begins series of
articles on Prohibition.
June 30—Lower Hamakua ditch formally
opened. Robert Rau, an Austrian, commits
suicide on the steamer Columbian.—Mrs.
Annie Pool appointed matron for police jail.
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Bivens—June 23, Honolulu, E. R. Bivens,
thirty years resident in these islands.
June 26—Honolulu, C. W. Baker, father of
Police Captain Baker, aged 62 years.
Harvey—June 23, Honolulu, Frank Harvey,
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Hakalau Plantation Co., Paaunau Sugar
Plantation Co., Hutchinson Plantation Co.,
oiowalu Plantation, Waimanalo Sugar Co.,
J.
Pres't;
B.
Honolulu Plantation Co., Kilauea Sugar
Baldwin,
OFFICERS—H. P.
Co., Baldwin locomotive
Castle Ist Vice-Pres't; W. M. Alexander, 2d Co., Hilo Sugar Steamship
Co.
Vice-Pres't; J. P. Cooke, Treas.; W. O. Works, Oceanic
Smith, Secy; George R. Carter, Auditor.
LIST OF OFFICERS—E. F. Bishop,
President; Geo. H. Robertson, Vice-President and Manager; W. W. North, Treasur
Gait,
SUGAR FACTORS AND COMMIS- er;
Richard I vers, Secretary; J. R.
G. K.
Cooke,
Cooke,
R.
A.
C.
H.
Auditor;
SION MERCHANTS.
Carter, A. Gartley, Directors.
AGENTS FOR—Hawaiian Commercial &
Sugar Co.. Haiku Sugar Co.. Paia Planta-
EX O. Hall & Son
Day
Importers and
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
Honolulu, T. H.
you will think of future as
well as present needs. j» j*
Begin by opening a saving
account with this bank. j« >
Banking by mail, 4|% interest.
C. J.
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W. AHANA & CO., LTD.
MERCHANT TAILORS.
Telephone Blue 2741.
P. O. Box 986.
62 King Street.
CLOTHES CLEANED AND REPAIRED.
Henry
H. Williams
FUNERAL. DIRECTOR.
Hawaiian Boar! Book Rooms
Graduate of Dr. Rodgers Perfect EmSchool of San Francisco, Cal.,
also of The Renouard Training School
for Embalmers of New York. And a
Licensed Embalmer for the State of
New York, also a member of the State
Funeral Directors Association of California.
MONUMENTS AND TOMBSTONES
FURNISHED.
Chairs to Rent.
114a, 1144 FORT ST.
LOVE BUrLDING,
MERCHANT AND ALAKEA STREETS.
HONOLULU.
Residence, 240 King Street.
Telephones: Office, 64; Res., 1020.
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The Friend (1910)
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The Friend - 1910.07 - Newspaper