Oregon City courier., August 13, 1914, Image 2

OREGON CITY COURIER, THURSDAY AUGUST 13, 1914.
OREGON
Cue dollar whea:.
We farmers raise corn too,
maybe the price also.
and
Europe will eat no more in war
than in peace.
War destroys food and prevents its
production.
Who will furnish the food and the
money for the war ?
There is very lit.tle profit in wheat
at one dollar.
We still live in a barborous
age.
See Europe.
Europe is already bonded for all
its worth. Will the bankers allow a
general prolonged war?
Courier readers are pleased to note
that Ed Olds and John Stark were
again in an active state of eruption.
Mr. Gill is another candidate for
governor, who is rated as a clean man
of honesty and ability. He deserves
more votes' than he will get. Time
will be friendly to him.
We have yet to hear the first word
that would in any way retard the run
ning of Brother C. E. Spence as the
independent candidate for the legis
lature. We are pleased to speaK a
good word for a clean man.
The Equity campaign for dollar
wheat has created quite a movement
in that direction and signs point to
success.
People will eat cheaper flour this
winter if the farmers control prices
than they would if our Boards of
Trade made several million out of it.
Our wheat crop is 9 hundred mil
lion; our population is 1 hundred
million. That is 9 bushels to the
person, and when we take out seed
and stock feed we only have 5 or 6
bu. to the person left. Only a few
bushels to sell.
We have a state water board that
costs us $20,000 per year. Is it any
wonder people want a "dry Oregon?"
The State owns a little railroad
about eight or nine miles long up at
The Dalles, which costs us ?10,000
and over every year to keep it moV'
ing. We should Morganize it.
It costs us in this state $10,000
every year to watch our banks and
bankers and from the interest we are
paying with commissions and bonus-
-es our ten thousand is not doing us
much good.
We tax payers here in Oregon are
so extravagant that we pay .$25,000
for a livestock sanitary board. There
are a lot of fat fellows who have
"Boarded" off us taxpayers long
enough.
We pay out another $25,000 every
year to another lot of "Boarders" to
investigate uuit i) natural resourc
es." In other words travel around the
state and enjoy its superior climate
and unequaled scenery at our expense.
Our last legislature appropriated
$40,000 for our dozen fish hatcheries,
and we are not objecting to that, but
we don't like to pay 20 cents per lb.
for these fish into some private in
dividual's pocket or to a canning cor
poration's treasury. When we raise
hogs they are ours.
There is a candidate for governor
of Oregon who is opposed to so many
state boards and boarders. There are
two other candidates for that place
that have been boarders for some
time. One of them for 16 years
eating from our tax money.
The last legislature appropriated
$45,000 to our state university for a
M. D. factory and then under the ti
tle of "Sunitoria for Tuberculosis,"
$50,000. We believe tin's little wad of
money gravitates to the doctors'
trust for occupying a house built for
consumptives. Hut where we tax
payers shine as rccoiving special
privileges is in the little donation of
$150,000 to the feeble minded. This
wise legislature has mndo provision
for us in advance. We should feel
grateful.
equity larmers, who have car-
lots of apples, peaches, pears or
other fruits can have them marketed
to the best advantage through the
North Pacific Fruit Disributors.
They marketed nearly four thousand
car loads last year. Get in communi
cation with their secretary, H. C.
Sampson, Spokane,' Wash. Small
fruit glowers in a number of localities
of the Willamette Valley might be
able to sell through this organization
to their mtuual advantage.
Our State Agricultural College
costs the tax payers over four hun
dred thousand dollars per year. The
present financial condition of the
farmers is not a very -good recom
mendation for our O. A. C. This is.
too much money taken away from our
home schools for what we get in re
turn. Until the farmer has more
money for home use he had better
not be so extravagant with an insti
tution that is so far away. We far
mers have raised more than we can
sell at a profit so we can dispense
wun a lot or tins "raise more stuff
business for $100,000.
Some of our Brother Equity far
mers Rtill think that the man who
runs the little store around the cor
ner gets too much of the farmers dol
lar, but if he will analyze the figures
sent out by our many public figur
ers he will see that he is mistaken.
For proof of this take the one hun
dred families who own America and
see if your Btore keeper's name ap
pears on the list. We believe our
railroads could bo built all new for
less money than they are bonded for.
Want some stock?
The farmers who are organized
take this method of informing our
scientific agricultural colleges that
we are not farming for the sole pur
pose of raising more stuff for other
people to eat and to wear. What we
are farming for is to make enough
money to live and enjoy whnt we
produce and have enough to pay tax
es. A word or a warning to the
wise ought to be sufficient.
Most of our school teachers are
young girls or old maids and our
doctor's trust or drug trust or some
EQUITY NEWS
other scientific trust
have eugenics and
wants us to,
sex hygiene '
They mav yet !
taught in our schools.
want old bachelors to superintend our Dollar, lest the light of its continu
baby homes. Young married people ance be withdrawn from thee,
are entitled to all the science that! This is the Standard Oil brand of
would in any way aid them in rear-1 religion. These are the command
ing premium babies, but modern ments of the churches. esDeciallv of
science seems to work .in other di -
rections.
We common, hard working farm
ers have been taught by our scien
tific salaried non-crop raising farm
ers to procure seed as close to our
homes as possible; that foreign seed
no matter how good, would not do as
well and then our Agricultural De
partment proceeds to let the contract
for seed for our Congressmen to an
English firm. One farmer said ot
his congressman: "his arguments
won't go down and his seeds won't
come up."
Mr. U'Ren's plan to have the state
take over the large fortunes in ex
cess of $50,000 for good roads and to
employ idle men is being advocated by
a good many people as the best thing
to do under the present existing con
ditions. Lieutenant Governor Mor
ris of Wisconsin is advocating a nat
ional law to tax inheritances. Mr.
Morris is a candidate for U. S. Sena
tor. We believe if we must have
large aggregations of capital that the
state or nation should own it and pre
vent large profits that rob the peo
ple and corrupt government and bus
iness. The North Pacific Fruit Distribu
tors is a combination of 108 organi
zations of fruit growers of this ter
ritory and claims to be the largest of
its kind in America. It Bhould have"
ALL the business of this territory
and Equity members who have car
lot shipments should make arrange
ments to sell through them. They
have the best machinery for handling
perishable fruits of any organization
in this territory.
Never before in the history of this
country has the farmer been well
enough organized to set the price on
any crop they produced. The price
has always been made by the dealers
and speculators. The Equity in Ken
tucky sets the price now on tobacco.
There will be a meeting next Mon
day of all farmers' organizations at
Kansas City, Kansas, to set the price
on wheat. The price will be one
dollar per bushel and not be allowed
to go below that and that will stop
some of the flctuations that make
millionaires and paupers in a few
days' time. The millers can then
buy of the farmer instead of the
board of trade, and flour need not
be higher.
Later on corn and other crops can
be .ruled by the farmer instead of
the gamblers. If the farmer can set
the price on what he produces he
then can pay the prices asked by
other organizations and enjoy a lit
tle of the prosperity caused by good
crops. "
Now is the time for all farmers to
get in and push for a little of the
profits that usually go to other or
ganized men.
Washington County Equity is well
officered with J. Schmitke President,
and J. F. Stedman Secretary. Wash
ington county has 10 local organiza
tions and they are all wrestling with
the marketing question. The Hills
boro Independent publishes accounts
of their activities. There is a gener
al demand over that county for a
more centralized business head and
the same here in Clackamas. Time
and experience will give us that or
ganization. The state directors are
busy on this question and announce
ments will be sent to secretaries.
The European war caught several
thousand of America's globe-trotting
gontry spending good American mon
ey in that turbulent land, and with
out gold they were paupers. Banks
refused credit paper of all kinds so
they became the same as tramps or
hobos. Congress allowed the situa
tion to play jokes with their sympa
thy and they proceeded to donate
$2,500,000 to the relief of these rich
won't works. This greatest of all
wars may cause the end of some no
bility at home as well as in Europe.
So might it be.
Congressman Moss of Indiana has
introduced a bill in Congress, 17971,
appropriating $375,000 for an investi
gation of the present system of grad
ing and marketing grain. It also cm
powers the Secretary of Agriculture
to establish grades by officials of the
Department under civil service exam
ination, and all grain sold by grade to
be graded by government licensed in
spcctois. It is aimed to prevent the
boards of trade from buying the far-
mors' wheat as No. 2 and selling to
millers as No. 1, as they do now.
The bill does not say who shall set
the price or who shall pocket the
profits.
The Equity page is one of the
pages of the Courier that goes to
press first and what Equity news
that comes in later will be found on
another page.
The Equity Society is growing
rapidly over the country. Our nat
ional union at Indianapolis reports
receipts for December last at $957;
Jan. $1,243; May $1,(100, and June
$2,200. What we need most in Ore
gon is federation of the Union Grange
and Equity.
LIKE THE WAR IN EUROPE
Prohibition Movement Merely a Fight
for Markets between Interests
Everything is being standardized
and systematized now-a-days. Stan
dard Oil is the head of the system in
America. It is the light of the
world. Hut if the light that is thine
be darkness, how great is that dark
ness ?
When someone asked Jesus whnt
he must do to be saved, He said:
"Keep che commandments." Thou
Khalt not covet nor bear false witness
nor shall not commit adultery, nor
kill. But these commandments of
Ciod nie superceded and abolished, by
human law. It is no theft to steal,
provided one steals enough and does
it legally. Killing is no murder pro
vided it be done by wholesale under
torms of law.
The laws of God being thus abro
gated by the governments of the
world, the churches in alliance with
these governments issue a now set of
commandments. Thou phalt not
dance, Thou shalt not drink beer.
P.W Meredith
Editor.
Thou shalt not play cards, hou shalt
not say damn. And thou shalt not
Bpeak irreverently of the Almighty
; the Protestant factions. The Catho-
lie and Episcopalian churches do not
forbid dancing or drinking beer. A
man may live off of the rents from a
red light district or by income from
any other infamous extortion In
prices or oppression in wages and
still be a piller in a fashionable stan
dardized church.
Rockefeller Junior is the model and
ideal and idol of this kind of religion.
I suppose he never danced nor drank
beer, nor said any bad words in his
life. But what has this to do with
prohibition. That is what we shall
see.
It is said that the Tobacco trust or
some other benevolent institutions af
filiated with Standard Oil is investing
its surplus accumulations in whole
sale purchases of retail drug stores.
Anyhow there are over 7,000 drug
stores in the Rexall trust according
to its own printed advertisements.
Now this is an urgent economic reas
on why we should buy our booze from
the drug stores instead of from the
saloons. Doubtless it is a fertile
source of campaign contributions.
As a choice between the whiskey
trust and the Standard Oil Company
I would choose neither and in a fight
between the two I pray fervently for
the extermination of both. As a
choice between Bacchus, the beer god,
and Mammon, the money god, I pre
fer Bacchus, for he has some amiable
qualities, while his opponent has
none. If I was so hard up as to have
to borrow a dollar I would rather
borrow from a saloon keeper than
from a pious person, for if I got it at
all I would get it without having to
mortgage a farm or without being
put through a humiliating course of
The BLIZZARD Silo
THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT THE VALUE OF SILAGE FOR
VESTMENT FOR THE FARMERS OF THE NORTHWEST FOR STILL ANOTHER REASON. IT ENABLES THEM TO PUT AWAY THE
CROP WHEN IT SHOULD BE
IN THE PAST FEW YEARS IF
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Photo Taken May 20, 1914, on
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WHY
If you want to know how much the
silo filler will do for you, send in the
coupon for this book. State the size of
your silo, and we will quote you. It
places you under no obligation to buy.
catechism.
Yes, Mr. Editor, let me assure you
that the fight about prohibition is a (
rAipt?H
money. Tne odds are against tne
whiskey trust as a commercial propo
sition for Henry does not get more
than ten cents' worth of whiskey for
a dollar in money.
To destroy his liberty to be cheat
ed out of ninety cents on the dollar
i nnr. rmii'h of a damaere but there
are manv oti,cr sides to the ques-
tion oily John is greatly concerned
about the inalienable right of Henry
Dubb to work where he pleases. Has
he not an equal right to spend his
dimes where he pleases? If he
thinks that he gets better value over
the bar of a saloon than over the
counter of a drug store why not con
vince him of this by fair competit-
ion instoud of legislative coercion? It
is not exactly justitied that some
predatory interests shold invoke the
law to assist thorn against others.s
The whiskey traffic, as at present
conducted is a gigantic swindle that
ought to be and must be ended, but it
is only a side line in a scheme of uni
versal robbery. The over-zealous
people who are setting out to clean
up the saloons had better lay in a
liberal supply of soap and white
wash and begin by cleaning their own
premises. Judgement begins at Je-
naning"m ".11
as in Europe, but it will not end
with the saloons even if it should be
gin with them.
J. L. Jones
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I . .'ouricr for $1.00.
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PLASTERING
A PROFOUND QUESTION
Oh, for a Solomon to Devise a Means
to the Ends of Justice
The only excuse for what follows
is that it has elements of humor in it.
It happened some time ago. We have
watched for something else to hap
pen, but it hasn't.
Over hear Gladstone there lives a
man who has chickens. He values
his chickens sufficiently to lock them
up at night in a coop that has a bur
glar alarm attached thereto . Also
he has an 18-year old son who is a
light sleeper. .
Nearby this personage lives an
other man who had no chickens. One
night the man who had no chickens
went to the burglar-alarmed coop of
the man who had, and climbing in
side set off the alarm. It woke the
youthful son of the chicken owner,
and he promptly got out a shot-gun
and started to corral the robber. The
looter of the coop, hearing footsteps
approaching, and realizing that he
was in a position difficult to explain,
called forth that he nad a revolver
and warned the youthful son to keep
away on peril of getting drilled full
of lead.
The youthful son, considering dis
cretion the better part of valor, re
treated. Presently the marauder
leaped from the coop and started
beating his way to other parts. Then
the youthful son rose up, and with
his trusty shotgun let fly. The lit
tle leaden pellets found their mark,
but the marauder continued to run
until he arrived at his domicile, where
he hastily went to bed and lay upon
his stomach, demanding loudly that
somebody come and pick out the shot
from that rt of his anatoiny upon
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VVIlll.ll HO HOU MWU aV.UOI.UlllV4 V 0IU-
ting down.
PUT AWAY, REGARDLESS OF WE ATHER CONDITION. MANY CROPS COULD HAVE BEEN SAVED
FARMS WHERE THE LOSS OCCURE D HAD BEEN EQUIPPED AVITH A SILO & BLIZZARD SILO FILLER
s s i
the Farm of Streich & Neiger, Cleone,
Portland, Oregon
Spokane - Boise
In the course of events a report of
the occurrence spread about the
neighborhood. The story filtered to
Ch., of Police Miller at
umuoi-uiie, aim iu mo icocm. i.,
Percy Cross. That there had been a
crime committed or attempted, they
did not for a minute doubt, but as no
body was making complaint, they de
cided they could not take action. Con
versation continuing, a report of the
occurrence reached the ears of Con
stable Jack Frost and Sheriff E. T.
Mass. These two hunters of crimin
als at once took up the scent, and in
vestigated. They finally became con
vinced that all was as it had been re
ported to them, and then they ap
pealed to County Attorney Gilbert
Hedges.
.Mr. Hedges expressed the opinion
that as neither of the officers had
first-hand information of the crime
they could not make an arrest. He
said that the law, in its justice, guar
anteed to every man certain rights;
and that no officer could force a man
to convict himself.
"But he's got the bullets in him,"
expostulated Jack Frost, "and if we
can show that, we can cinch him,
can't we?"
Mr. Hedges surmised this could be
done, but said that the officers would
have to devise some means of mak
ing the man exhibit his bullet-scarred
person willingly that he could
not be forced to put before the court
this necessary evidence to convict
him. And the owner of the chicken
coop refusing to make any com
plaint, there was nothing for the of
ficers to do.
Appeal was made to Justice Siev
ers next, but his ruling was also like
unto the ruling of the County Attor-
ney. lie mourned the fact that a
crime had been committed, but he
found no way by which the guilty
man could be forced into producing
proof that he was peppered" with
buck - shot, and then be compelled to
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explain how the peppering occurred.
So the case waxes in abeyance.
In the meantime news of the rest
lessness of the officers of the law
percolated to the criminal's wife. No
doubt fearing for her husband's free
dom she decided also to get legal ad
vice on the matter. So journeying to
Justice Sievers, who is widely recog
nized as an oracle, she asked his opin
ion of the case. His honor told her
of the legal impediments to any case
that the state might draw, and the
wife felt better. In fact she cheer
ed up considerably. She even denied
that there had been a crime.
"Why, your honor," she said, "my
man couldn't do that. He couldn't
steal; he's just joined the Moose!"
W And so the case stands. Anybody
who can devise a way that the state
will be enabled to prove its case
should communicate at once with the
peace officers, for they are very an
xious to make an arrest and secure
the evidence necessary to convict.
OBSERVATIONS
Stark's Sarcastic Comments on Topics
of General Interest
Years ago it was said that if you
heard your boy in another part of
the house singing "I want to be an
Angel," you had better look after
him at once. The same applies to
affairs political. When a great
moral wave sweeps over the -land it
is time to dodge. "For a certainty
the gang is fixing up a nasty mess.
yu agu .a.OCi l. E
lZ2rtvhTLT l!!
Immediately a loud
was turned loose, that the morals of
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the world had been hoisted a long
notch by the royal scepter. It seems
not to have occured to the drawing
room reformers to enquire why that
aggregation of organized murderers
commonly called the army was not
abolished by royal edict. Thinking
is a dangerous habit the "unco
Filler Is The Thing!
FEED AND THE BLIZZARD ENSILAGE CUTTER IS A GOOD IN
The
Blizzard
Is a
Time
Tried
Machine
Don't make
the mistake of
buying a silo
filler of ques
tionable merit
MS
Oreg.
They cost nearly' as much in the beginning and far
more in the long run, or short run, either, for that .
matter. The Blizzard is a practical machine. It com-
bines knives, fan and fly wheel instead of using these
Sold by
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quid" never fall into. So when re-
cently the canteen was kicked over
in Russia by that bloody, unspeak-
able monster, another loud cackle was
started by the pink tea brigade. I
does not follow that his. crowd
HIT fr 1S- Hk6ly
that they are just trying to get up
a repuation as humorists.
tJtL te.HnSS1
.Cr f , UDIe' Mr. Thorpe came from
at the Czars reservoir on one of his Kansas to Oregon about 25 years
trips - Nor is it likely the sweet, ago, working at his trade of carpenter
gentle reformers of erring mankind and he helped put up the Marquam
tried to gold-brick us; but knowing building, and while working the?e he
we were from the country they and some others left the job as he did
started these hosannas just for fun. not consider the building safe to worfc
or all mankind that meets up with in, which subsequent events proved,
printer s ink has learned of the un- Several years ago he moved onto
soeakable cruelty and intolerance of his farm and built himself a neat
the Czar of all the Russias. Also home as he was a first class me
during. the Chautauqua season, just chanic
closed, we heard stories coming He leaves to mourn his loss his
from a mans hps who said it was wife and daughter, Mrs. Sloper. He
no hear-say with him. All this was was buried in Logan cemetery, Rev.
known to our very best people, and Smith conducting the services
knowing that no good fruit ever Miss Ethel Robb gave a farewell
grew on so evil a tree these "respect- party Saturday night as she is go
ables were just training to be fun- ing back to Michigan to visit her
"f. .
As I write these lines in my dingy
shack my mind and heart is out on a
field of carnage, a third way 'round
the world from here, where our fel-
,ni,iui mvuuEiuiu men mii uy
muuMums mi Hi me command oi
mc.-'c lujai piinus who nave oeen.Acer
1 1..J if. .1. i A M .,
luuuuu lor uieir aouity to pull oil tne
great moral bunk game.
These titled parasites will not lose
any of their blue blood, but have a
grand holiday seeing the workers
slaughter each other because of a
false notion of "patriotism." Per
haps the wheels in your head are
gummed up with this rubbish; mine
were once too, but no more for
Willie. God is also getting called
up over the long distance to help at
the killing. The priest and the poli
tician are the committee thru. which
the real masters of bread do the das
tardly work among men.
Think of the destruction of the
habitations of mankind that will oc
cur; the groans of the dying, the
curses of the wounded maddened with
pain. The fury of the scene appals
me when I think of it and then the
question, "Why?"
What has been decided? Absolutely
nothing so far as the supposed points
of controversy are concerned. The
whole problem will be decided bv a
few genteel scoundrels and the com-
pact sealed" with a river of elegant
booze. But the cries of orphans
rings in my ears and sobs of the wid
ows can be plainly heard over the
wireless of human compassion.
Against whom is this war direct
ed? "Against the foreigner" ans
wers our 6tupid or lying informant.
Nonsence! The machinery was
breaking down and the workers of
various nations were becoming rest
ive. The business men could no
longer make profits. There was al
so a movement to stop preparing for
war, and fancy contracts to the ar
mament trust were being disputed,
so something must be done to the
workers of each country, civilized
country, Christian country. What
nicer than a grand killing holiday. To
my idea the Kaiser Bill formed a
secret agreement with the French
government to send over a lot of
Henry Dubbs and you kill them. Let
it be-not forgotten that the late fat
man held a secret conference with
the great western criminal, Diaz,
traveling all the way to El Paso to
do so, and the patriotic yaps split
their faces along the whole route.
But the outcome of this grand
tragedy may result in the undoing of
some of the royal pimps at European
courts, and let us hope, the repudia
tion of all debts contracted by these
titled villians. These debts the
world can never pay, and like the
debts saddled on the American peo
ple by the trust organizers, must fi
nally be abolished, i It is well to note
that Jean Jaures was assassinated
before hostilities began. He, the
the leader of the socialist group in
the French Chamber of Deputies, was
a forceful opponent to war. It is
likely that many of the German So
neiliefe will alan Via mnrflprprl Hpfjinsr
of tnelr opposition to war. "For liod
k? .C. i ?h,ere.the
i ranvintr crv oi tne soit-nanaea scoun
drels. Kight here at home as well as
in Germany.
it is time for the workers to keep
their headg steady for when e hear
of wars or nmora of wars no
. . Tin. v. i
Part ln them" Let those who make
war fight the battles,
John F. Stark.
Finds It Very Satisfactory
Cleone, Oregon, May 2, 1913.
Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Co.,
Portland, Oregon.
Gentlemen; We have used your Bliz
zard ensilage cutter the past season and
find them a very satisfactory machine
in every way. We put up over 600 tons
of com and had no trouble cutting from
50 to 55 tons per day and elevating it
to a height of 32 feet, using an L-15 ma
chine. We consider them the best ma
chine made for the purpose. We also
used it to cut alfalfa and clover hay
fed to sheep and cattle at our yards this
Winter, and it handled the work in good
shape.
Yours truly, THE SUN DIAL RANCH
By E. G. McGaw.
as separate units, thereby saving power
and making a more compact cutter. It
elevates without fail into the tallest silo.
It cuts the material with a sheer cut,
does not crush it. The Blizzard is re
sponsive to control and safe to operate.
The Blizzard is widely imitated; but
nothing can shake its popularity with
those who have used them.
REDLAND
1
John Thorpe, a native of Ohio, died
the 5th, at his daughter's home at the
age of 63 years, his -daughter being
Mrs. Sloper. Mr; Thorpe was a weH
as usuaI whiIe eati"S dinner, but took
a pain in his chest, went out and sat
under an apple tree and died within
? fe. nutes,supposedly of heart
motner.
Between the yelping of coyotes
and cougars Redland is treated to a
grand opera morning and evening,
but it is hard on the turkeys.
miss Ager ot Astoria
ls visiting
her uncle and aunt,
Mr. and Mrs.
TOM J. MYERS and E. A. BRADY
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NATIVE LIFE AS
SEEN IN HAWAII
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day, and she had rather stay at home.
I asked her if there was anyone
who could guide me farther up the
valley? She talked with her mother
for a few minutes in Kanacka, and 1
had hoped that she would take the
job, hut evidentally mamma said
"Nay, nay, Pauline." She said her
brother would be back soon, but I
knew what soon might or might not
mean, so I ate some poi, gave the boy
some change and went back to the
trail. - ...
Poi, with fish, is the native food.
It is made from a root much like an
Irish potato. They dig it, dry it and
then pound or grind it into a coarse
flour. From this they make a gruel,
and the Hawaiians eat it with their'
fingers.
The native Hawaiian doesn't work
much he doesn't have to. He can
almost reach up and grab a living.
He can catch fish anywhere there is
water and they say with the bare
hands. The taro plant (from which
pio is produced) will grow anywhere
where the soil is scratched; The
bread tree hands down its fruit; the
alligator pears and the many other
fruits and vegetables grow almost
without cultivation; so the native can
eat his fill, hunt a shade where the
mountain breezes will cool him and
lie there until it is time to eat again.
It is indeed a land to dream in,
for he who seeks the simple life and
wants to stay as long as he cai..
With a tropical sun most always on
the job; with tropical vegetation,
shubbery, flowers and fruit growing
i in profusion; with no other season
than sprmfr; with a 80;i so fertile
that itPis o necessary to cover the
seed what more does a .native want
than to eat and lie down ,wake up
and eat again? There is no filling
the woodshed with cord wood or the
cellar with coal; no telephnoe, elec
tric light or milk bills; no box rent
dues, no rent notices. It is the per
fectly real "simple life," where one
simply marks time until old age, ln
the natural order of things, calls him
in.
There is very little work for the
inland natives to do if they wanted
to and they don't. The Japs, Chi
nese and Portuguese do the work in
the sugar plantations (the biggest
industries of the islands) banana,
pineapple and other plantations..
They will work cheaper' and harder
than Hawaiians, and the ntaives can
simply eat fish and poi and watch
their land go over to the capitalists.
The great sport and recreation of
the natives is swimming, surf riding,
and fishing. No country on earth
can beat them in water sports and
swimming. Women are happy
in the water as the men, antl almost
as expert swimmers. They furnish
great entertainment at the beaches
for the tourists. With their boards
they will swim out to the first break
ers, get in front of a roller and ride
in on it, many of them standing erect
on the coasting board.
The native Hawaiians are fast dis
appearing, and today they represent
but about 30 per cent of the popula
tion of the islands. Honolulu has
about 14,000 Hawaiians, 14,000 Japu,
7,000 Chinese, 6000 Portugese, 1,000
Koreans, 1,000 Porto Ricans, and the
rest are a scattering few of British,
Germans and Americans excluding
the standing army.
The disappearance is the result of
marriage with other races. ' Many
marry Portuguese and it is surpris
ing how many of the small percent
age of Americans, Englishmen and
Germans here have Hawaiian wives.
The natives are not considered as in
ferior they are not looked upon as
the American negro' is arid they tell
me they make industrious wives ana
splendid mothers. To be sure it is
the better class of Hawaiians the
white men marry not the black,
thick-lipped damsels and I have
found this class one which a man
readily raises his hat to.
The Hawaiians are natural base
ball artists, and I think. McGraw
could well afford to take a trip over
to the islands when looking for new
material. I saw a game between Hi
lo (pronounce it Hee-lo) and the Oa
hu (O-ah-who) that was about as
good as any game I ever saw. They
not only are natural ball players, but
they know the ball game, know it
and play it as the league teams do.
But here is something different
it may make you squirm a bit and
I would not advise reading it just be
fore a meal:
I ran onto a bunch of natives
fishing off the end of a little penin
sula and after watching them a few
minutes one of them pulled up a devil ,
fish, a little octopus with eight or ten
legs.
No sooner had the cuttle been
landed when the several natives
pounced on it, each cutting off a leg,
the raw end of which they put in
their mouths and greedily chewed,
while the live and writhing snake-like
leg would wind around their faces
and poke into their eyes.
This , is no cuttle fish story ,it Is
literally true, and it was the most
nauseating sight I ever saw.
The natives will catch the big salt
water crabs, pull off their pinchers,
run their thumb into . their backs,
push out a portion of white meat and
eat it while it is yet alive.
Certain kinds of sea weed the
search for and eat, and raw fish
liver is considered a fine delicacy,
in fact raw fish liver is alwavs on
the menu at the poi suppers put on
for the tourists, but I have yet to fina
the white man who claims he could
ever get by with it.
One of the reasons given for the
the great scourge of leprosy years
ago is because of the eating of raw
fish and sea weeds, and yet this is
vigorously denied by the natives, who
say it is a Chinese malady and was
brought over by the Chinks.
Poi suppers are very popular with
the tourists. They will give a native
woman a certain sum of money to
prepare it, and when ready the tour-
ist will form a party and attend. w
A young pig will be baked on hot
stones. A hole will be dug in the
ground, lined with stones, and a .
hot fire built. After the oven be
comes hot, the fire will be raked out,
the pig covered with tea leaves (a
plant having- seasoning qualities)
covered over with hot stones, and
then dirt covered over the pit. In
two hours that pig is some eating.
The tourists take readily to the
poi, and it is a part of the game to
eat it as the natives do, taking the
two front fingers, scooping up the
paste and carrying it to the mouth.
Next week I will tell you some
thing about the so-called lake of
fire.
M. J. Brown.
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