Ke Aloha Aina, Volume XL, Number 52, 25 November 1920 — The New Freedom [ARTICLE]

The New Freedom

5 Wanted a FtEfnchise r pr(>ptwd H*pid r Fransit franchbe reiaiiis the purcfaase at f ' ie this paper w<oald ha^eno \i) any reaBoaablt wraagenieat« that raay be āeeesthe B, T. anii LiiO). to d&..buBiQfißB «uoh city may be übl€ to take ovesr Uie entiresystem. suggestion to eliminate the clause should :to the last <Utch as an \itterly unwarrānted aod re-: proposaL altogether opposed td the real spirit of thej ia no disposiicuj on the part of the public to do &n in- l company, aithousi the same thing cannot be said <Sf attitueie <>f the oompany towaras the territorial gov- j especially in the matter of the payment of a just, The Rapid Tranait system, m riiown by'sta-, !,eeJl buiit up step by step from the edmings of thej roa4 payment of dividends, the@e eaminpl goirig every c6nc«piv»bie kkid of neal or imaginary fundg, j ond to aTargeeiient intb re«l eatMe. , It stands to reason that if the company had been playing J fair with territory, that all its resal eetate aud capāta& invest|inents w#,!d have been largs[y finaac©d from stodt iastead of frpm the Territory wouM, iri such a cage; ljfiy£ rec©ived ite }asi just proportion of taJcation, . j Att°mey General Irwin ha» decided that no cm the cora|»ny, ānd there is nothing, that c*U(i be done thosē taxes. Let us see to it that we axe not agam aU our rights and privjleges to this jßapid jtVanāt outfit ,

A Childish Act

- . Tb&ne i» an old saying that some peopse stop at and' jump And this seems to have beea the case with; th<? its refusal_to givo Treaguper hia exceeB! %scpen9^ J ®currod while a tnp to New york to oaarket ,terri%orilā ®tHds. The Scnate experienced no cUfficulty in yj&ting sums of jnoziey for vajrxous purposea, Fut when jpaying a measly coupte of thousand dollars honestly §erving the that was a horse of another ! Omy&īi hardly believe the Se©ate to haVe lbeen guilty of gaeh and unjustifiable aet, and v?e believe that when the of that body eome to think the matter over, that wiß #iange tiieir minds, and give the Treasurer the exeess whieh he is entitled. Le4r-my jpember of the Senate plaee himself in Mr. Metzger'g piaee," ! if he would like the «ame kind of & deal handed to him v rather think nct. ;Ghaoc£ ,for Wise " idea.lg &11 right about taxing £he insurance eomp|p|||£ -jpej& <»nt of 2 pcr cent, but if the suggeetion 29 fc»tfcak|e«Hy th«! k}sim«e people wttl pass ihe >U& rim up and blesajitjL premiuras wquld be really gtriling at th# would be hēlping to free a &e^ i of the fire insurance highh Mefijstor W»..has becorue famous in this matter if he will but 1 . v Books . • «4.» V: ' " v . ' One of inost important questions bfaring upon the s6hool $tuatio» % Ihīa Teriitoiy is the matter of the preparaeion of 6ehool |ipoks fespecially in the departments of literature and histor>')/suitable for the instruction of the children of the various grades." * A%>, __from time to. time fche suggeßtion haa been made foHowiiig mainland practice, .that the grade schoplehildren diouW receive all nece«sary books gratis, and it seems about time 6> s niovement waa initiated to put intQ effect this prcp<ssiye ai)d valuable change i» our eehool system, As'matt^ Bi Mfy stajid, the rea4«re used, in the. differsnt grades, quite appropriate for purposes of isstruc tion in themf»|paad schoois, are rather out oi tou«h,vOTinapproī>riate for i3xjmfp^ tljfe iMaadjfchools. And couf&, it wouki : be »or de-. (4rable to r£aders or subject» exclusiyely Hawaiian, yj|rst Jto enough material mjg)it be ineluded in the.fcpoks tp ma|?e,t|iem of real yalue to $he childre£>, many of whbm may upon to liye, in the oufea<fe world, and aliof whom should at least poeaee» an intimate-k&ow-. lēdge of the social, qfcher eonditions of our/£e«» „ With thilfree distribution of ap|MX)priate schoolbooks to the th«f be an eod to thē sehoolbook graft in this lpitory f ' we .have had to submit for 90 long, Ca3iforlSr fdri'son\e yeare doing busn€Bs with jbe Ammeaii i£oak Co. ]tā afl4 there is i\o good rea9on why this Territox7, as CalfrotTfiia's neighbor, should not follow the «*&mple of tho Golden state, l!et us maA progre^a "V r?~ '' A receiito»a«k>tt&iy airiva3 from a Sunday school, wnference in Tokio annoui)ces with a flourirfi of trumpets (jouroalisiie trumpets, Anuy ones) that he expocts shortiy to see a J.a{miv f and that we may expect, in Ihe bye to see & Chqstiaa Sundaj f aehool in a!most &very lane !rom Tokio to Sagjha|m, or whei*e%'er else the J jōafty penetrate. M&ybe ao, As a sortgußEtet'to this optimbtit imaginmgs, the monsing &jaĒ-of the following day <Kmtain6d a cable dis* patch statingSaEmobs in Tokio had broken into 4he Salvation Anny build'tjsjKii and bnoktn up the meetings. In thi* iplpihie'n it ia roth«r amusing to aote that the Japanese take|almoai the same mission&ry perpoetive towards t&&t|feur missk>aary orsanisatbns towards ,Japan, It s j||fect tf&t the Shmtos, Buddhista, lod other rcligms in J ap^ha p«werful mbsiouary moveinent4 for the of Ameeioan Chris-

tians! Just fancy! And they actuafly <āaba thai their religW is &©oe tb«n oursi ?< * • >• Tbee* "haythen" reiigious bodies have ittvīwled the Uniteci |ere aUUwaii I%<*n|sasB§ ehur&lr<f h houses ot wohhip tof iho MUgidxiB " J9p«xese, ut- , tended, it is said, by some white people, Various esUmāte6 plaee the aumber of Shiuto wtd t«pples'at r 500» whiie o&e» give the as lo\v as 75,ī)ut it āetems & fact that th& Japanese hava got their end of the jpissiohary wedgetn placs herej an4, t that they will try to drive it home. ' ; r Untold miliiona of weaith have heen poured out to ' the ign.Orant heathen in Foreign lajids, while our own heathen at home have heēīi badly negiected. \Vhat would not all thos6 miiHons hsve done for the Btarved and raentaily crippled little childre& that grow up in the fouhiess and evil surrouudinga ot tkVsīumf dt oui- big cities—yes, and fiyen here in Honoluiu —if the money had been spent in Ainerica? Just think pf tbe sunshine, thc ]oy ol'.lii'e, that ruight ha\e beeil ! brought into the hearts lives of the most pit|ful of God's 'cre4tureB, the little slaves of tht* cotton rniils, tiie chiidren of the city aileys, i| pnly that weatth had been rightly applied! Most people are <«f the opinion that Cliristian missionß have ou£Uved their usefulness, aud that we fc&d bett©r tui*n our attention and our sympathy U> the- needs of our people at honae, If the Japanese people believe they have a better syst«m of religioa than vreik&vt>i why, let th«m eherHh the idea. IVB thdT funeral, not ours, ... Quite the ease o£ 6«?e Brindell, presideivt of tJie Building Trādeg€ouneil of N.ew York, this gentiem«C[i being charged with having heartlessly grafted from tdbe poor laborers engaged io. the building tra<feB. \ . We do not know the etxact cii-cuznstances connected witb Brmdeirs but the news st<>ries say that .oftentimes as mueh aa $2 was charged a faborer before he was permitted to, ! start on a Job, - < „,' •• | Oyer he?e in Hawaii we charge doctors, deotists ? ete., any,yh»e from f25 to $50 bēfore we pernut them |o to worfc, aud we evm ,f bankers up to 1500 a year for the piāvjw And We presume the New York authorities do the sajne sort of thing. !. Why, therefore, sliould it be a criiae for the Building Trades lOuneil o{ Kew York, through its presideflt,. to ,exact a fee from . its organized workers? Of course, the inference is given in.the papers that Brindell gets'the "graft ,; money, but no reasonāble, ! person would believe such a nelieuioua story. Grafting ia always done seeretly and under cōver, and neither Brindell nor anyone else could _get away with graft in. the mannesr alleged by the papers. . " • , - ' ' Thejla:uth of the matter appears 1$ bg that the union labor-' ers Brindell;s Bu%ijjg Trades Council merely pāid tbe union dues as by the and that~ j£e New_ York World, in one ol W &&ract£3istic fits of aati- * 3eized upon Bome frouble in the New # York buildiQg *trade io erect this straw man of alloged graft for the expre«B purpo»s of beirig able to knoek Mr. Straw Man down. 1 If we iaterp«t-ti>e si|uation corectly ; no more will be heard ; ftbout Brusde&but it is a safe bet that mm, <$ the dirt slu»g by the World will sticfe, and wilī goo4 Jor--tibe Anti-labor prese at any time it becomes nēeegsar£ to point out : of organiaed labor, " - « - . . - - ; V t ■* > - V * . Shaips and JFlats ;• . u' - Th§ pf of Hawaii are In.dian, givers. At ieast t!Te ,mobiing ,paper of last wjgek has admitted tiie faet. For, acco'rding to that ,pui>lication tbe Rep>ublicans who .in 1919 thg .termSf ftMce of _city imd eouaty oifecials are now "afl6āidmg the act, so as to reduce the term of office by two yeara, thereby depriving tlie present office holders of the privilege of holding t crffice for the ; '; iot whieh they were eleetea. In commenting ōh the proposed t |action, the Advertiser naively makee the remark that "there is no law to prevent the suggested ~action, and the c Eepublicans, ~'bave the two thirds majority in e&eh house i|o pass the biU over ja veto by the GoVernor," Weil, peitiaps th§ knowa' iall about the laws and ethics on, ||viiig£is cated, and so then&fore is rigiit in |he iibd^e quoted. Yet it seems to Artemas $s t£oug)i the iounders of our coyntry said sbmeiMng in about ex pogt facto laws. 3ut thesi, of course, tliat would not fc> giv- - ing. StaH, howeyer, even a Res>ublican may 0 pejn:srror, ; «a for i&Bfc&Bce, foliswing the national eleeīioh % certain Republican who had held high office in the Territory advocated that H&waii secede from the Unit»| «S. tp; » . Demosratic adrninisti-atioii. That is, he sugp«ted such aetion juntfl a friend toēk hittra6i4ejaiid told him lhe .CiviUWar had *' , - - i| " - - ' v? " of tiie bbJeetions raised by some of tlie Republicans ,to the c©ntempiated mn©val of the is, that with but ' thre<e exoeptaKms, all the Democrats bols|ing office have oommis- > sions for tmos of four «r six years, and that the term of office under will nokWe. expir©d when iakes offiōe and %e Republicans eome intō power pn r tlie of next Marck. As to this, fche legal sharps ip the Republicaii ranks have mad§ a close exai4inati<ai Qf, teh Orgauic Act, mā > they <dami that the portion ef the Organie Act providing for tbe appoiiitment of the offit?ers mentioncd CQntams the provision, > that the appointmetit shallbe for six or four years, as the case • may be, but with the further proviso, "u-nkss $o<mer remoivd by [ the. Presulmt." It is und€T this provision, so they elaim, that Hardiag, when he becomes President of these United States, will remove all Demo<Tatic appointee&in Hawaii, oi . the -commission they ]jeM. and oppoiul gcx>d Republicaiis in Itheir places. Some Republicaus have further raised the pomt |thal the removal |X>wer given the President iu tlie Orgsmīc Act {"is for cause7' and thak provisiqn for removaī by,the Pre&i\ Jde«it kas always "been so ohaarved in tīie Organie Acts of otker | Tertritories when there hag a eh&sige of. admiaistratian. > Tfcte mw«r %o » it i» that it was sufficient eauije ia Hawiui, m office be a Deniocrat.