Ke Aloha Aina, Volume XXXIV, Number 36, 26 Kepakemapa 1919 — The New Freedom [ARTICLE]

The New Freedom

-*1- - 4 - I The Conference l .« -» , _ *. 2ff \-- .•'■ \ jWBI»j-.r* "V* •- | f_- . 7 £": : h}spectov Halpcy bc.£wccxi Uie Jiu.tal tta<ics cnji>toy<i> :uul tho Ā{rfkin£ e»np!oyes was 'held Thu< "iay asi<l Fri<l;iy. Whi2«* Ix4h sift<s rofus<' t<> niaVe any ;t- to the l>f t!n- n»iifcron?p£ trom •ifi'aveTsŌ« h n«'iī.g it ]-■ faii'īv {'ortīiWi that a ©rtfc c IMke will be eWected xveek ; antf fhat operātions jt| both the Honoiulu Iron Works and fatton Neill Co. will be rest3S&jj next Mondav. * Our Hawalian |jo&Ey Fresident Wilson some years ago"spoke 6f the / 'ini;i(.lious lot)by" 'iuiūiiluiiieU in Washingt<m liy "iuuk-facl<.>ra of great The govcramcut, howevc'i; aeeuia to havQ bceu jiuite, l|pil)k to <io ai»ythuijg about i,t. lu faet, theae walefactors of |{gisesfc .weaitli ai-e so bolU wi bnuen iu tiieir opei - 4tious that they w> care a *>ojitw<iutel whether or āt>t,ai4yoiie luiowa ,«bout iUeii' etuploymeut of a lpbbyist, The recpQt intense aud Jiaou&sicui by loeal busiiiess interejsfe as rep;-esenied by the Chainber of Commeree is beautifully illustrative of this. -George MeK. MeOlellau was a lobbyist'wQrkiiig ab6ve l>oard in Congress, and \vhose salaiy r was paid by tīie He waā so aetlve aiid aggressive oa beha.lf of loeal fossinlit and plantationTnterests that he earned _tl;e displeaaure S>eiegate Kuhio, and as a result of an ultimatuin issued by the lalie**, Mcdlēfian a few ruoutlis ago was "fii'ed" by the Chairiber, McCleilans services were i>f so mueh iuiportance, however, that the President of pidd a vieit to Washington to )saß could be ibout !the inatter, aud upou his retmn, feliow-chaiufeefer!? v that MeUeUaule, 6ervices were absblutely indibpeusubK £t<?« As a /eßult the Chamber 'has BL&ccd U) reappoifit M<?Clell f au ,aiid shprtjiy th(?.iusidioua lobbyist mli be back agam on the job, or as o"ur Enghsh friends would

aay, earrying on. * " There. ie, alsp lobbyi£t maiutained, at Washiogton by the sugar jplajalatioii interestj, iii tlicp?rsoH of Judge Baltou (who is paid, it is saicf,|a salary 'of 150,000 a and thefciaay be aiid probably are, other able and in*telligent gentlein the Baj»e capaaty, In.fact, the 1 busixiess and plantation interests of Hawaii are tirelcssly, watchfully and un©eaa*āgly looJked after day and night by a well-paia, happy and CQU.tenj.ed lobby, and as ā consequence Uie gugar business of Hawaii in the matter of legislation, alwaya has gotten aU tbat was ooming to it, an„d a Xittle bit more* ; y«8, Hawaii is mighty pro,ud, ainl willL reason, of its dandy little: lobby in Washington, and is welcoming back with peaens 9 I M ersuvhile champigii ali poor wor]iing who- cannot afford a, lobby coyef thcxuselvcs nith sackashes and go, v Q,Ut,aiui howl in 'Uie \vildprness, aad let a ? plunters sing 4 joyful Vong.unto llie Lord end unto t °ur.^ for t£ real and mueh to >e praised az'e i .Ku|iio, McCleUan arid Ballou. Kauai Democrats "*> • **"• 1 i- - - - ->.*? - The wail of a certam small clique of so-called Democrats on Kauai over the fate of ex-School Com/nissioxier iumdsen is aißU6ing, "£at' nēed liardly cause any svrprise, 111 fact, in view of the the man eleeted t>y the Kauai Democrats at the • Jnst electioJti to reptesent them in the loeal. legislature, nothing that th<B smfs feu»ch of collar-bound Democrats on Kauai niiglit 4o woul4 ug, , . - : . Goyer^or t in ,the .Kauai school iracas r meets with the»hearty t approvaJ > of all intelligent people here who . object to espioaage and Black Hand tacticss in our loeal school governm«it. ;it seems, howe.yer, hardly in accordance with Ife Burke, who was pfonoufc<sSa mtfbcent pī the chargps preferresf against her, &hould b« trftn4Wed %ainst her wmep to a new 'field.pf labor, while her eneinie&ih the Kauai' schools still remain at their old posts. As thid paper suggested some time ago those" makmg ihe ttnfounded and trumped-up charges should have been,sepaxated fe6ia their jobi with the 4epartment, and this applīea to the lāA'ool the supervisihg principal and the smaller fry. Surēly the Kau'ai pēople will not stand for having their children educated at the hands of liars and perjurers. And of # j*at wa}k ,this. .ear,th. none. ,is worse than his.Eevelations at Patmoā when he sin§ and, simiers in the folLi'ars, murderers, wh6remongers, etc. 4k>.uliJ .be ?w§ep 011 Kauai, and the sooner £his īa for educational interest on the Uarden Isle. !Sre!iiitß3|i!rpad Finance ! ' }i<M VOXJS[EY T. HOGGATT.) The law of oompensation again! K Hjē thmgs hath becn,given to meu (as saith the Uoly Scriptures) for a scourge." In our last week's ethtion jof Uie Grcat Divide the idea was ragg£stsr oF diylngeep mto ilio j{igh W;s t of livhig tl ia t it wouid be td %row"Che spojlight of meridi|ui. into Ae busSKess ala-Jrt oTßie.Rwfefellers, the Goulds, Morgans mid the Harrimans. 4 ... Ōiis jugaestiou it iiaa n ch f4i».^W^-t c openuine in Cix^^. )^t^>.tes} .gaYe a.way stock bonuses aggrt> «l.)»ve «ai4 iuiilimw iu dmdenqs on tftes§ bonuses; that <f these raihmds" are now eonjtrolled by the RockefeUei' and Gould linterest& , , ... __ 4 - _ - !; |£ l We&s iuai,e a thorough n«vestigttlon so fhat the Anienean peuple may know huw to . honestly fix railroad rates,' f In &ther to *drain out Oie water from stocks aj\d fbonds. " / 1 \ ' Thß}<&ar»s made to Congress also allege tliai the Fennsyl--1 vania } %ltim|re and Ohio, New York, New Ha\eu and llai tCentral,aiid ll\idson Ki\er railra4d, Bo*tou and ibd Pel^V|y^^Hd, lt C§mpajiy issued uew &

stockß their gtockholders during 1913. Alsothat the pald w $, by thej^ofwlKile lune^nW million do!lars. ' *'||^H -> " Tb© charges specifieally shovv that Übe Chicago, md %inoy, the Chicago ? Milwaukee a»d St J&jV £*orthern, Uieminois,Central } and the g»ve away in tx>»usos to their stockholders jp.o.re &i a biiiion doilarB during the deoade of 1900 Wid this coAossai amoun| of money the people of thp aetually donated in increased freight and pas§enger ffecyiopng ,paltry '^H ; , people t)ie cnriosity bf knowm J g things," it coines as tliose rattrpad officialsjas a "seourge. n >B f _ I So dou't lay it to the railroad bro'th'erhoods iu hightr wage. <k . Xw» all the the |?ruigiQg on N U> Uio iaw of compensation. |^H To show how tho public corporations wouk, let apeeilie illustratioii: Aji officer aud stockholder oJf ,the penver Uou oi !>enver,. Colo v an auxiliary to tlie Benver P^oi^o;R # Jt^^urchased^? r om the owners pei-manjent right of way, town lots for whieh he paid .The?ie lofe were tum_ed intp the, •bondb at $2,000 eaeh. In other' words 4 th|JotB bqjj|H 4206 and capitalized at $2,000 in bpnds, 10 for JjH iellowa, pay iuterest on $2,000 to the illink of giving in "bqnuses" b||l dollarB on whieh the puhlie is forced to pay 4 intēipt freight and passenger rates. Then figure out just how peH thie law of compensation must work. ' _ , fhere js no Savior on earth who will intervent. TtyH lows must mā>t the "scourgft" at?d pay 'the penalty.—Ba®M ing and Mnaneial Record. + '^H A Teacher"s Yiews .3 The following letter from a loeal school teacher addrJ9 the Strike Committee, Messrs. Poole, Hilton, etc., will b9 with interc«t: " • '- • - "My dear airs: Am very glad indeed tp see Houolulum trial einployes and workers otherwise wakiug up at lasyH class struggle and exhibiting clear-cut class conscious IMn activity. *■ It seems that,there are no unions here, to ano| able extent, in any of the foremost branches of indu|M Capitalismhas lived in ari*Eden here, scarcely a proJH these yeai's from Labor. So comfortably intfenched ' ritfturaliy views eueh stand as Labor has take]ti.of late j|H Employers are slow to realize that demoeracy in infl tjcflist come wlth democracy in aa'well as inlM thicg etes." īn ftustj it & here/ WitH \Ke ovērtßrow 6f m|H ieal raiiitarism'ftnding the world war, waa'sounded tliē k9 theOTganl*|ed goldriule of Bie few. .... * |H i It is the riglit about face to the new ,ordgr of thinjgß 1 hurts, this sudden assertion of the mass e£rength. The attitude of the Catton, Neill corporation and the j ; lulu Iron Works is quite imperialistic. One could hardiy H ; the daily press to really understand the opposite side. TM workman who is class eonspaus is an agitator, a trouble jfl to be deported out of Eden at emee. It has iiot had any prH ' experience at home to prepafe it for this*sudden awakenin® ' besides its iriterests are allied with the employers' in many j ' and īt sees the situation through the same rose colorfd gīasā ī trust that all who have joined in the strike will rema t one mind, and soon see the day when jttgtice will be done [ fellow-workman." Sharp§ J | . (By ARTEMAS.) J ; Arteams recently- staied to the effect (whea makinfl remarks concerning the League of NationsJ _that.because " was e "ticized, it did.not necegsarily iueau. tha£ jijiere w£&l i. thing wrong with tlie subject of the or £kat be^uj maj A Jiad set himself up as a critic that he had any pat9 : ability. As a matter gi history, no great invention has evJl given to the wor!d, be it a typesetting maehine, a harvester f system of government but that crit| daamed the pai;ticular contrivaace 4 hav& t° uttermost. Iu fact, the sounder a mau is, Uie xnore y the attack. a.ll of Ihe quoj,ed fiie Christian Science Monitor of Aug. % js,l9; 1 ,••.: %\4'-V * \ . perspective of historjCan act often rece s diiferent rating from that given by contemporai*ies, T;ikj eomineai for example: • | *• The President succeeded on thig oeeaaion beca\i? #cied witkout aeaae and without opnstraint iu a paQ > or;»nia that waa gottcu up nioie for the ,btgaeāt of h| [ partj tluui for the glory of the u%tion S»il th« h*jnor o Uie dead. over Uig S>i tlie Pie^ , dfm; fov tfte credit of llie naUou we are that tli \ eil of oblivion shall be di"opped oyer tiiem antl tlia tiiey shall no inore be repeated 01' th,oughif of/ L Thia is not au exU'act Jruni an. editorigl in tlie New -. un or the Xew \ork Tribuiie. N01:. were tlxe aeiitiiiientd ?oo\*e taken from any of the uttsran§e& of «orSeuator or Senator The an r ūi &e.J3Arjrisburg PaUio ■ i "] on 011 i5 0v - iiave «Q.,nifej»uoe k- Woī nmoii. The President Ui nueelioa was.-;Uiralian,i Liinvln siHy remarks were Uie Mr. Hall, of the Honolulu lron Works, saj s: "Ten 5 , henee Uie man that does the labor,will ha\*e a voice in t3ie ageui€nt of Uie ooiup&ny he woika for." rt Gold Met>U 1 A* 6 Uie. ; ■*-■ j