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rnmnmn r w SATURDAY PRJCSS A Nrvrspaper Published WerWIy. iuib vriwiiniim is.00 uu i uin. Koreien swiwrintlfms $ 50 to $7.vs, act online, t thJr destination SATURDAY APHlL. i, 1884 " II II IT II. IV T I I.I. AIMITf " 1S84 1 80 1 I Twenty-three years nave passed away, and a away, and a generation then in their c radles have come to manhood and womanhood since (he till of Sumter. I'o this new genera tiou, and mnti) of those who are older, perhaps a brief statement of the ques tions at issue, anil which were settled b) four j cars of war, so far as war can ctlle surh (iistions, inaj be of in terest. There were certain lending ideas upon which the South and the North differed radically : 1. State Sovereignty vs. National Sovereignty. The old question so nhly debated by Calhoun and llayne upon the one sidr, and Webster upon the oilier, was not settled by that memorable contest in the I'niled State. Congress in 1830. Tor tlurt) years the South asserted and re asserted their pet doctrine, and at last submitted to the test of the sword their belief that eah state was sover eign, and had not only n right to nullify the laws of the United States when they displeased her, but also to with draw from the Union when she saw fit to do so. The North accepted the issue, holding that all laws of the United States in accord with the con stitution were supreme in every state and must be obeyed ; and that a state once in the Union and a star once added to the llag could no more be torn from thence than a star could be torn from the firmament. 2. It was a contest between Slavery and Freedom. At the very first, before the I'ir.st gun was fired, the South clearly defined her IKisition. The government of the so called " Confederate States of America" was perfected, March 1 i, 1861. The constitution provided thai "the insti tution of negro slavery, as it now exists in the Confederate States, shall be recognized and protected by (their) congress." As it to dispel all doubt as to thcii purpose to establish a powerful slavcocracy, Alexander H. Stephens, the new vice-president, in a speech at Savannah, Georgia, on the 21st of March, after confessing that Jefferson and most of the leading statesmen who formed the constitution of the United States were opposed to slavery, as "wrong in principle' and "a violation of the laws of nature," said- "Those ideas, however, were fundamentally wrong. Our new government is founded upon CMicily the opposite idea ; its foundations arc laid, its corner stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not the equal of the white man ; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first in the history of the world based upon this great physical, philo sophical and moral truth." The North, at first, was not ready to accept this issue. " Restore the Union with slavery intact 1" was the war-cry and the purpose of the North. Hut "Cod's thoughts were not as man's thoughts." It took two years of almost continuous defeat and disaster to bring the lojal North to the point where they were willing to change their war-cry to "Slavery must perish! The Union and Liberty I" January 1, 1863, Lincoln's Emancipa tion Proclamation took effect. Then, at last, the vital issues wire clearly defined. It was no longer merely a war for national unity, but also for einani ipntion and liberty. The result is history. When once the issues were fairly made, it was the beginning of the end. The tide Of battle which had for so long set steadily in favor of the confederal') turned. 1863 Saw Vicksbtirg, Port Hudson, and Gettysburg, written on the Union ban ners. There were eddies when the tide-c urrenl set southwatd, after January 1st, 1863; but they were only eddies. The resistless current was against her, and the cause of the South was doomed. The South fought bravely, heroically, and, in most eases, honestly. Hut sincerity does not change facts. The South was wrong, The North was riit. The war was the bloody, terri ble result of Southern heresies. These went down, we trust forever, under the iron heel of war. The New South has come already to see this, and to heaitily accept the results of the war. In many things there is change for the better. " The South was aristrocratic : it is be coming democratic. It had a false system of senile labor : it has changed it to free labor. Its whole organization of society was affected by its peculiar institution.' That is being regenerated. The fountains out of which its life was flowing were jioisonaus. The prophet has thrown silt therein, and they now How with life and health." We give up much of our space this week to artic les upon the war. It is needless to vt that these articles look:U the tontest from the Northern standpoint. We honor her liv ing and dead patriot sol diers, II is meet that every w here Americans should do " homage to the hero.c men who saved the constitution, the unity of the slates, the honor ami power ot the nation t who have revo lutionized the industry and political economy of America, saved the age from the corruptions of slavery, se-cured for labor a noble career, and givun to the rights of men - of common men, of laboring men, the world over an im jnilse and guarantee unknown before." KKviruorm 11 iru c.i.v.in.i, The question has often been asked whether It would Impossible for Hawaii to make a reciprocity treaty with Canada, if the Canadian Gomnment desired to do so, and if the Hawaiian rectptocity treaty with America were terminated or amended, o as to leave us at liberty to make om with I niucla. The following extract, from the New York Herald of March nth, would sem to settle this question in Ihe negative? lajiuioii, Match S, 1SS4 Wi-t Iiulun suiMr nuclei lue- K-s.ll WUini! Ij(t Dill,,. I lie cuIuhIjI wectuat), la include die KiitWi Vrl Indian coluiiie in tlic "bvuinl tulluit " cUuwof the liealyof I Sis with America m in allow (lie colonic to enter iuui ieciruc4l com mcicial relation, will) Amend, under a tis.it) between (ileal lliilaln Jii'l Aiucri&t kiutiUr 10 III liealy ItctHcen Siuiti auJ Aiueiicx. J A" J Derlijr lia leplKxl that thite t 110 i,iowryt ot neuoiutlun for wch inclusion leading to am le.ull, ami that the guv eminent i not.ric luicU in allow die colonic-. 10 etitti Into reciprocal aieeuienu uilti A9cuca. IIOI.II The recent exchange svmnosiums in I the Press have been widely read and extensively talked about. I hey have undoubtedly helped to arouse intelli gent thought on the vexing question Exchange is still rising. 'I litre is no logical reason why it should not go to eighteen tier cent, or whatever may 1 be the difference between one hundred cents in Honolulu and the bullion value of Kalakaua silver in California, less the cost of shipping and insuring it. Let every one who goes to buy ev chahgc remember that he is paying the present ruinous rale chiefly because of Mr f iibeon s criminally ignorant folly. Let exchange jmjers put the blame where it belongs uxm the yawning threshold of Mr. Gibson's boundless inrnmuty. And let no one forget that the gold standard is the only thing that can lielp us oui of our pilikia Some people hold that if exchange goes to its maximum twenty-five per cent, can lie charged. They figure this wny : that the Kalakaua dollar is worth 82 cents in San Francisco ; that freight, insurance, and probably a broker's commission (2 cents) will make it worth only 80 cents when it gets there; that when a man takes his 8o-ccnt dollars to the bank and wants to buy $100 worth of exchange, he will have to pay 25 per cent, on the intrinsic value of the coin he buys with. Hut exchange is figured on the face value ol the e.i hange asked for. If a man wants to buy $100 worth of exchange and the premium is 20 per c cut., lie must pay $120. Hut we have shown that it can be only t8 per cent, at most, estimating Kalakauas at 83 cents intrinsic value in 'Frisco, and xi cents cost of freight, insurance and brokerage to sell them in 'Frisco. .sit.riui int 11111.I), 11 iiidii : In February last the Assistant Trea surer of the United States addressed an inquiry to the New York Clearing House Association as to the probable effect, if the government should be compelled to settle its clearing-house balances in silver dollais. It will be remembered that soon after the passage of the Silver Coinage Act in 1878, the New York Clearing House adopted the rule that the balances to be paid or rc- teivcu between the banks at the clear inghouse should be so paid or received either 111 gold or in United States legal tender notes. This has excluded silver dollars and silver certificates from being used in settlement ol any such balances, and has 111 fac t, as the settlements for the United States are made in New York to a large extent, prevented the general use of the silver dollar. I hough by the law of 1878 they are legal tcAder they have been but little used by the people. The letter of the assistant treasurer, however, is portentious. It undoubtedly means that silver has so accumulated in the treasury that the time is rear at hand when the govern ment will be compelled to give them out in its ordinary disbursements and actually force them upon the people. The New York Independent of Feb ruary 281b says on this subject : "Any one with half an eye am easily sec that such a dispensation of things is per fectly certain to bring the treasury at last to the point at which it must pay out silver dollars at their legal-tender value, no matter what may be their market or commercial value, and no matter whether the people want to 1 e ccivc them or not, and equally no mat ter whether the vaults of the treasury are large enough to hold them or not. Thesj dollars cannot be constantl) going into the treasury, and there in creasing in quantity, without at length finding an outlet. And when they find this outlet, and through it flow out anion), the people in the various pay ments of the government, then comes the question of an eighty-five cent dol lar in comparison with the hundred- cent dollar. We have then the conflict of two momentary standards nominally the same in value, but really different in value : and nothing is more certain, as shown by the experience ot the world, than that this cunllict, if con tinued, will result in the displacement of the supeiior standard by the inferior standard. Jn die end silver will and must become the standard of value in this country ; and every day that the coinage of silver dollars is continued is just one day's advance toward that re sult. I here is no escape I roin the re sult if congress keeps up the coinaec. It seems, then, that, in the judgment of the secictary of the treasury, we aie even now geumg so near tuts result that the roar of the breakeis ahead can be heard. Silver ii steadily increasing in the treasury, and gold is decreasing; and, realizing this condition of things, without any power to arrest the action of the cause, the secretary, through the Assistant Treasurer of the United States in this city, addresses a very sucues- tivc question to the New York Cleariug House. 'rhat question ought to ring in the ears of congress and wake it up to the necessity of stopping the c oinage of eightv-livc cent silver dollars, and thereby averting an impending evil. The remedy cannot be applied a mo ment loo soon. Every hour's delay only iiu.rc.ises the difficulty of the situa tion. If congress shall refuse to act, the day is not far in the future when the thunder of public sentiment, arising from the financial agonies of the people, will rebuke the inactiun." Already gold has commenced to flow out from New York. "Says a re cent Eastern paper: "Six million dollars in gold have gone out of the countr) within a fortnight, and the ex porting movement seems to increase rather than fall off. While the more conservative men believe that the market can stand the drain, other think a erisis is at hand that will prove the lolly of our present silver policy. We have an unusually large stock of gold on handj and for that reason are bettei able than lisual to meet an out tlovv of lint metal It, therefore, under ouch favorable conditions the market k-comes iviuicky, it is evidence of doublu weight that the policy which renders such trouble possible is un sound." No country wishes to get left with only silver 011 jts hands. Even the Hutch have taken Ilia alarm. VUtlUtt "The Hague, March 4. The lower house of the states gent-ral has authorized the demonetization of 5,000,000 silver ; florins, if necessary." Hut South America has many vurniiij wi-ts on the same ; subject. A gentle - mail of wide financial experience, writes i:i ii i mil iv;i tiii: it i Mt.iiin from Washington "1 note your diffi cutties in currency matters I had a talk with the Haytian Minister and find that as soon as they had a currency of their own, silver crowded out gold, and exchange payable in coin has run from to to 15 per cent ever since." Surely the time has come for Hawaii to reinstate itself on the solid foundation of gold payments, and " to make jts first rSA If Itti. 1r.ee ' ni'.inr.ii. i:A.ntx atws nr ti SfHIOOt.l. As is well known, there existed some time since in one of our miblic schools a child (or children) with some form of skin aiTcction, then m noticeable state of development. Some of the teachers, fearing the possibility of its being 01 a leprous character, for their own protection and that of their other pupils very naturally applied to the president of the board of education, who is also president of the board of health, to have the child (or children) examined. This simple request not laving been acceded to, alarm amoim the leathers and pupils grew apace, and, from a simple matter of school room talk, it soon got to be one of general scandal, and soon the news papers began to ventilate opinions. The president of the boards became aroused , but instead now of actini: in to a very simple and reasonable request, he inaugurates and carries into execution a system of wholesale ex amination of both the suspected and unsuspected, not only -s to the exis tence of leprous taint, but also of any "contagious or infectious disease." Printed certificates were supplied and pupils throughout the town were re quired to present such properly filled in and signed by some licensed practi tioner in order to entitle them to pupilage in the common schools. The occasion and its attendant circum stances which eventually led to this certificate business has so connected them with the question of leprosy that to be denied one, even for a time, is sufficient to raise a suspicion in the minds of some as to the soundness of the scholar in respect to the dread scourge; whereas, even a simple ring worm, or the harmless, but common skin affection, known as "kane" (pityriasis versicolor), may prevent the required signature. AVc have nothing to say against the practice, generally, of requiring health certificates from pupils , but the terrible way in which" Mr. uiusou lias trilled With leprosy and the general health, and the manner in which he has acted in the present instance go far towards establishing the belief that his motives were more those of pique than philanthropy. Where distasteful demands are made, some people have a disposition to attempt their cure by surfeit, and this certainly seems to be a reasonable explanation of the very inconsistent conduct of Mr Gibson in the examination of pupils and the granting of certificates. It seems as though he had said to him self: "I have been asked to have ex amined a leper suspect contrary to my policy and liking, and I will punish such ofiiciousness by giving these peo ple 11 surfeit. I will examine a, and ibr every other contagious disease as well ns for leprosy, however insignifi cant it may be." As an outcome of these school ex aminations, there have been discovered several children who show signs of a disease known among physicians as morphaa, the suffixes alba or nigra in dicating its varying color. Now, while this disease is often the prcmonitor of leprosy, and is especially suspicious in leprous countries, many cases are either cured by treatment, are spontaneously relieved, or remain indefinitely as such without further development. From these considerations, and from the fact that neither the bacillus of leprosy nor its spores have ever yet been found as an ace ompauimeut of the disease, physicians generally have seen fit to separate it therefrom. From this it I will appear that, while very properly I children so afflicted should be removed trom school and properly cared for and competently treated, it is a seeming in- justice that they should be immedi ately sentenced as lepers and sent to live among them, to be surely poisoned if they are not already so. Lately, however, this has been in some cases the practice. And it is especialiy un just that discrimination should be allowed to prevm, as has been the case, in favor of the well-to do, if this is really dangerously contagious affection which has never been proved. Still more unjust does it seem that, while several such cases have lately been isobted at Kakaako, certain persons markedly affected with genuine tuber cular or atrophic leprosy should be allowed their freedom. It is under stood, however, that a project is in view- by the government of building a separate asylum for the reception and proper treatment of these incipient cases Now, as the legislature is near its session, we trust that such a project will meet with favor; that is, if there bo any guarantee that it will be pro perly and eluciently conducted that a physician and not a quack shall have charge, and that its appurtenances shall be in proper keeping. There Is good authority for saying that in many, if not in most or all, these cases, .1 cure can be effected by pioper treatment, and it would seem an outrage, if such be the inse, that so many poor little innocents should be allowed to develop into lepers, or that, if not now actually such, they should lie longer compelled to remain where they ma) be sure of inoculation. II KA l.TII ;.K.S..IT7(.V. We cannot better begin considera tion of the subject expressed by the heading ot this article than by stating fairly and squarely the opinion that too much legislation is a fault of nearly all legislative bodies- the world over. We do not think this kingdom needs any great volume of legislation at the coming iiarhamentaty session. M.rliy laws of just sessions need reiiealing ; others need to modified, amended by striking out or adding to; others need additional law passed to make ihem operative ; a few laws need to be ittssed on new or hitherto uncon sidered questions. If the legislature will give us the sort of Icctslation uei t....... .. ..t: 1 :. ..in .1 . -i - ei 11.111; uuiiiiicu, 11 win ueseise- wcu 01 posterity. Health legislation and the march of internal improvement must, in many uisunces. go natut in hand, The buildmy of water work the establishment of a sewerage system, , the widening and stnii,jhteiiiin; of 'streets conserve at oucv the spirit of progress and the genius 01 pnl.h. h)giene. Hut there arc a few qucs tions of health -side issues, so to speak which ought to receive either direct legislative enactment or such enlarge ment of the powers of the health authorities as may make the govern ment at once powcrlul to control and .il.U C. iU .l..t.. : r :. ' i.-imiinui- mi mi- ij(,m e-wii im: 01 int mac no nouesi men live in ine powers. - Gihsoman Sodom ; and that the govem- Wc believe that it is fortunate for intent's present activity, in a public Honolulu that its milk vending is for improvement of the most vital impor the most part in the hands of reputable 't.intc to Honolulu, is mere molasses to men who are as conscientious as thevi catch leuislative votes or to clou the arc reputable, Hut when one considers the dreadful possibilities of disease from unwholesome milk, the importance of such effectual control of the milk traffic as would make it well nigh im possible for vendors to sell unwhole some iiiiik uccomc cicar as inc sun at noon da) So far as we have been portance to Honolulu (and to the king able to learn the milk vendor's license clom) that it ought to have the cordial bill of last session docs not cover I support of all classes and all parties. the necessities effectually. The board of health ought to have power to test milk at any time, and to visit the prem ises of milkmen in order to determine whether the cows arc in a healthy con dition or whether their food is .sufficient in quantity an 1 wholesome in quality. It is not enough to answer this by say ing that our milkmen alread) comply with all these conditions. The time may come when the larger portion of the business may not be in the hands of either honest or sensible men It is not every dairyman who has learned that itm to feed well ; it is not every dairyman who knows (in advance) that it would be suicidal to sell diseased milk. A five-gallon can of milk, part of which came from a cow that had splenetic fever, might cause a score of deaths. Proper control of the milk business comprehending chemical tests, a vigilant inspection ol dairy premises and the careful licensing of responsible persons only- -would be a boon to I lonolulu ; and the moral force of the law, if faithfully adminis tered here, would doubtless extend to the other islands. The fresh-meat supply of Honolulu has been often discussed of late and always to its disadvantage. The actual condition of the yards and slaughter pens of the Honolulu! butchering establishments, at least during wet weather, was the occasion for newspaper articles last fall, which did something to awaken public interest in the matter and, doubtless did some good in making butchers more careful. Hut, under existing conditions, much that ought to be done is practically im possible of performance. The law of 1868 forbids the maintenance of slaughter houses at any points not ap proved by the board of health ; and a resolution passed by a former board of health, and, we believe, still in force, co'mpcls Honolulan slaughter houses to congregate on land contiguous to the point in the rear of Oahu Jail. Unfortunately this land is private pro perty, hither it or other conveniently located land ought to belong to the government, and commodious modern slaughter houses ought to be erected, Irom which the government should receive a rental. The fund for the maintenance of public buildings could bc drawn upon in order to keep these uuiiuuia 111 umti ; unu sueu repairs us improvements and necessary sanitary regulation would be fully paid for out of a moderate rental. Of course the government ought not to go into any such scheme as this for mere money making, but it ought to control the meat business under the law more effi ciently than it yet has controlled it. Honolulu is eating poor meat, and the conditions under which meat is slaughtered have something to do with it. I he government lias power to ex change land; and by the exercise of that power might obtain possession of the Howsctt property in the rear of the prison ; or, if more room be needed, (as wc think it is), some of the l'alama lands of the late Princess Ruth might be secured. At any rate, the matter ought to be looked into by legislators, and either legislation or legislative ex pression of opinion (as may be neces sary) ought to be brought to bear upon this topic, that the law may be made more comprehensive and that public opinion may be aroused to demand its enforcement. In a foregoing paragraph under this heading of Health Legislation, we stated that progress in public health protection must, in many features, keep pace with the inarch of improvement, and be virtually controlled by it. There is reason to believe that the Wilder ministry would have accom plished much in such public improve ments as would have insured public health protection in many directions, if that cabinet- -or its head had re mained in office until now. The official changes since Mr. Wilder held office have resulted in a terrible waste of both time and opportunity. Perhaps the most serious "resiilt of all has been the diversion of public attention from questions of great public importance to the distracting and, in a sense, ignoble study of party politics. This diversion has been inevitable, but its results ought not to be overlooked The Wilder ministry had worked out an miciiige-ni waier-suppty system lor Honolulu. It was at work on a pro posed sewerage system also. It had in contemplation the widening anil straightening of existing thoroughfares and the opening of new streets. In me unci period during vvmcii thc- Carter ministry held power, little good and considerable evil was accomplished a result brought about by conditions many of which the cabinet was unable to control, and which, perhaps, no cabinet could have controlled. The Gibson cabinet Came in and has re mained in under the most favorable conditions for the accomplishment of lasting puouc improvement, it had a large maionty in the last legislature. It bad the full favor of the king. It was upheld by many honest men who believed it might be controlled for good. Until within this year the Gib son cabinet has accomplished no in ternal improvement of sufficient 1111 portance to deserve the thanks of the nuuon. v cry recently, However, there nave been evidences that the anter system of Honolulu i to receive the attention of the eove-mment. An en . 1 . . . . gineer has liven engaged w base reputation endorsjMinas to theoreil - cal atuinints 'iS practical experi- ence. llu gentleman has been sengvrs. Afterwards al the passengers studying our water problem, and will! were landed. We hone the present continue its study for some lime. Hisimi)ortation is the last that IH soon be uiiuiiue- at suiiiy lorsnme nine, uis'liiqionation is ine last tlut 1 work has Jxreii facilitated by an ad made. We need no more uu'uble wiies ofnuja, piejuiedby the We luvc tlKjiiMiul idle 041 survc) department A constructing engineer of experience is already on the ground. An appropriation is all that is needed to begin the work. On the principle that the smirch of Mr respect of England and America. We Gibson's evil reputation is a continuous, know that the Hongkong authorities reproach to his colleagues, many honest have instructions from the home gov indcDendents take the extreme view , eminent, nni in ml m m. m,.m 1:. I '.. , . Iz. ... .. wheels of investigation by an appeal to the sympathy and confidence of a "simple and ignorant" constituency. Hut we think there is no need to view the present semblance of public spirit with uncompromising suspicion. If carried out it win lie 01 so much tin No one need fear that it will block the wheels of invcsticalion. Mr. Gibson cannot possibly claim any credit for it. Mr. Gulick must make a satisfactory showing of his stewardship in other directions. Mr. Neumann must an swer for the administration of his department since he assumed control. Mr. Kapcna must be investigated through his registrar. There is cer tainly enough material for investigators to work upon. Hut, in any legislation that may be brought to bear upon the water question, let there be no pre judice. I'he opinion of physician'! who have made "careful statistical study f the sanitary condition of c ities, and havealso practically investigated tins most vital of hygenie topics, is overwhelmingly in ravor 01 cniorceci governmental leanlincss. Attention to civic clean liness has made New Orleans and Memphis far less at Ihe mercy of "Yellow Jack" than they once were; and those cities are preparing to spend large sums yearly in perpetual self protective warfaic against the most dreadful scourge of tropiral and semi tropical life. In this city a scweraee system has become a public necessity. It will require a large first outlay to create it, and its maintenance will be expensive. Hut, if the money be wisely and honestly expended, it will be worth all it costs'. We must not close any more streets. Many new cross streets are needed, not only for the conveni ence of the public but for the better circulation of air. I he Chinese quarter is a quarter of filth. If one half as dirty as it seems, it ought to breed disease in itself. At the best it is bad, and moie streets through it would help to make it possible to enforce adequate sanitary laws. In the past epidemic diseases arising from filth have not (so far as the writer has learned) been dan gerous in Honolulu. Hut wc must look facts in the face ; wc must look ahead. A gentleman a naval officer who visited Honolulu last year wrote by the last mail as follows : " If Hono lulu be not a model of cleanliness and I fear it is not have you ever considered what may happen after the l'anama Canal is completed and your beautiful island becomes the stopping place of steamers from the isthmus? Yellow fever might easily be transported over the stretch of intervening sea, and the prevalent trade winds your pan acea for all sanitary ills might not be sufficient to protect you. Am I an alarmist ? I think not. I believe, more over, that it is only a question of time when that horrible pestilence will be taken to China and the East. Condi tions are ripe there for the monster. And when the visit is made, such havoc will be played, that the plague at Marseilles will be but an adumbration. ' " In time of peace prepare for war." Let us "lock the stable" before, not after "the horse is gone." rm: sTKA.usirr siutrivi:. It is authoritatively announced that hereafter the Pacific Mail steamers will no longer bring to or carry from this port either freight or passengers for San 1' .incisco. The decision on part of the mail company is the result of an arrangement entered into with the Oceanic Company, to hold good for one ytar, w hereby the Oceanic Com panyvvill control the California!! trade of this port, and the Mail Company will have a monopoly of the Chinese passenger traffic between Hongkong and licit-. It is a plain proposition that the Oceanic steamers cannot pay unless they do have a monopoly of the trade with this port. It is an equally plain proposition that a monopoly such as the one outlined by the present ar rangement outweighs many of the ad vantages of the semi-monthly steamer service between here and San bran ctsco. We cannot exist and enjoy any feeling of independence under such rigorous conditions. The conduct of the Mail Company in this matter is simply despikable. Hut it is merely carrying out an oft-repeated iolicy of seeking the company's selfish interests and ignoring the rights' of natrons when ever it could be done with impunity. If the Mail Company's steamers touch here at all they ought to do so as common carriers. If they have room for freight and passengers, they ougbt to take them. I u the public conveni ence, three or four days gain in as senger or freight accommodation may mean a great deal It may be said that a little while ago we bad 110 steamers at all. I lint is true. Hut progress i.s not a crab to walk backwards. If the Oceanic Company cannot nuke both its steamers pay on this line except by a combination with the Mail Company, n ny does not it take off one of its steamers and place it wheie it can be made to iuy ? hor such maenihctnt vessels as the Alameda and the Mari- pota there must be u place somewhere. Why should two be forced into this trade when it can support only one legitimately I The last resolutions regarding Chi nese immigration published by order of the King in cabinet council were sent to San Francisco by the steamer which Ielt here on the 15th ultimo; and were telegraphed to Houckong. Thev did not, of course, reach that port before the Arabic le last Thursday afternoon, bringing six ninuiri-d enmese 111a es ami a it!w wome-u and children fur this nort. The! captain was at first informed that he! j would not be allowed to land more than twenty-live of his Honolulu ivas- at prc;nt. 041 our (untU now c need sound legislation on this Chinese labor question -measures (that shall be radical cnoutzli to be effective and fair enouuh to win the ! "" -... ......j ..... v.... ncse and : wc trust the twentv five-tier- vessel measure may be hereafter en forced. 1 v on' rv.Ait fun i.iiiiHviiTs. The whisky bill lately before the United States' Congress was so far as any surh bill could be -a just and proper one, merely extending the time in which whisky culd remain in bond, the owners paying storage, interest on duty, etc., the duty being computed on the whole gauge not deducting for leakage, so that the government could loose nothing just as the plan works in our custom house. The government officials favored the bill and it would have passed, but, in an evil hour for the whisky men, they employed a lobby. The following extract from the Washington Star tells the rest : Tlic fricmU of the bondcil cxteiuion bill in anil out of congrc-M are limy ilitcuwng llir Ciiusis lliat operated to the recent defeat of tlieir measure. One of lhec, who is n mem ber of Ihe house, aiil that, after careful in quiry, lie wnv convinced that Ihe one cauv; which, more than anything else, had contrib uted lo awaken opposition hid been the ill advised methods cmplo)cd in having ex inemlicrs of congress and cx-gov eminent oflicltls who were nlo cx-meinbcrs of congress nn the floor of the house, actively lobbying for Ilic bill, Tlic presence of these was scmely commented on at ihe lime, and several mem bers had taken occasion to slate- openly, jusl before the elfott was made In take up Ihe bill, lliat while they were in fivor of (jiving Ihe measure a hearing they would vote against its consideration at thai time lifeline the) did not care to countenance the means that had been employed for its advancement. MOKAI. ! of our treaty Ki lends of our treaty must avoid lobbyists. Ihe trouble which King Oscar of Sweden has been having with his sub jects to which brief allusion was re cently made in the Press -culminated lale last I'ebruary in the dismissal from office of Prime Minister Sclmer, by order of the supreme court. The story is a long one and we shall tell it next week. Its moral has a meaning for King Kalakaua, for his ministers and for all of us. irtsi: axii oriwiitrttir. "The. first class in arithmetic will please stand up. Now, Master Adver tiser, what has been the loss, during the last three months, on sugars shipped abroad ?" "One hundred thousand dollars, or a quarter of a cent a pound." "Wrong, next boy. Master Gazette, what is your answer?" "Hetwcen four hundred and fifty and five hundred thousand dollars, or from a cent and a half to a cent and three quarters a pound, which is equal to trom twenty five to twenty-seven and a half dollars a ton." " You are partly right and partly wrong. The loss of a cent and a half a pound would be thirty dollars a ton and not 'twenty-five'; and the loss of a cent and three quarters would be thirty five dollars and not 'twenty-seven and a half.' Your answer shows that you have studied more than Master Adver tiser has ; but when you undertake to set a classmate tight you ought to be very sure. You may grow up to be a teacher )oursclf, some day, and you cannot be too careful." And this suggests another little dia logue : Teacher: "What are we to learn from the lesson of to-day ?'' Pupil: "To shun evil." Teacher: "What are we told about money ?" Pupil: "That the love of it is the root of all evil." Teacher: "And what does that teach us?" Pupil: " To shun the evil and grasp the root." . The little diaolguc just quoted lias been going the rounds of the American papers. Perhaps the application to the crisis here may seem far-fetched. Hut the application well may be made by thinking a few moments. The love of money -in some one of its myriad manifestations -enters into the business success of every wealthy man in this country in all countries. Hut there is such a thing as grasping the root too hard for one's own good. We think we see a tendency to that end in a direction from which we have a light to expect better things. We think some conservative people arc becoming so alarmed about their money bags as to be ready to make clingerous compr ises We have- heard of men saying very lately: "Well, what has all your quarrel with Gibson amounted to ? He has over) thing still in his hands. If you had only gone in with, him two years ago you might have used him, had good government mid have lietn spared all this agitation," "Heaven defend us from these weak-kneed brethren!" say all brave and honest men. There may be- no .safe cowp.oniise with Gibsonisiii. The man h.s played the leech too often and too long to pose now as any thing else. He is worse than a mere incubus. He hangs on and draws blood at the same time. That any wealthy man who has honest instincts and an honorable reputation should strike hands with a man like Gibson jiasseth understanding. If the unholy alliance be formed, there is just one onivr consolation 1 .Messrs, money bags will be bled to the full limit of the opportunity. In the name of all that is decent, gentlemen, let there be no compromise with Gibsonismvvhile a single shot remains fn the locker and the Hag of common honesty still llutters irom the stall. We know very well why this cowardly defec (ion has been canvassed. Hecauso (iconic are blue blue as indigo. Some of us t' ink the bottom is going to drop out of the sugar market and .that we shall all go by the board This is what inc last reduction really is s March 14II1, 6 9-16 for g!i' sugar. " jut, 65-16 The reduction is just one quarter of a tent. "Hadl" aye, very lwl ; but it might lie worse and it may soon lie letter. There is a crumb of comfort in the recent action of Louisaiu utanieit. I heir opposition (11 any reduction cm the duties now paid by 'foreign sugars imnortecl into the- I initial Stnina rnnnni1 but have an inlluenic on those frcei traders whose policy most conflicts with the stmar lirodticini! industrv nf. the Southern States Of course, if I.ouisana planters prevent a reduction on sugar duties the treaty, if extended, must continue to benefit Hawaii. In the tcre language of a Washington cor respondent : " The high tariff men are going to control legislation for the next four years" and that means hope for Hawaii," Wtl hl'lloer limclwirla fr m nvlnn. tion of the treaty are good. The proper authorization has I'rmr nn in 'ibin,r. , v .... ... ,,..,,,,,. ton and Minister Carter has full power to conciuiic an arrangement mutually advuhtnecous to the United St.iirsi ml to this country. Let Us then foriret our lilnns. Kuril,. down to business and try to accomplish some worthy work during the coining session of the legislature. A sound rnrrpne-v sv.stpin :iml iinrinnnen! tmltlif improvement arc two objects worth working lor wiin an our energies. A filnhv mr.iirr.inhrr nnil n fimiilnr httrr writer in tin- lltlllntin 'nit nttmilinn In ihp l'rpni-b imnhirvl in tli, Prptc lit of officers of the French war vessel, last Saturday. Evidently, the funny cor respondent suggests, the Press has a tete ile veaua. "calPs head "in its employ. I here is much of that mam- m.itn nrtii b in Inun Sninn rf ii ia employed in editing certain of our contemporaries, and what is leu 01 it is in writing pseudonymous letters in quibbling, envious and imbecile de traction of the Press. Put that in sour pipes, Messrs. "Head Cheese." It is true that the knowledge of the French language possessed by the Press staff is lamentably small. It is scarcely more than the knowledge of Knglish enjoyed by its critics. By the way, it is rather unfortunate that the recent critical scribbler in the Bulletin signs itself " I lead Cheese." That adipose provend is usually com pounded of swine's jowl an article far less respectable than tele de vtau. The omission of the apostrophe in the abbreviation cAvaisseau a common and perfectly allowable one caused the blunder. It was a typographical ertor ; nothing less, nothing more. The copy was written by an 'officer of the vessel. It was handed in by the marine reporter at the eleventh hour. There was no time to have it translated. It was printed according to copy. Mr. Burzard-goosc-crow-quill writes to the Advertiser about some Press criti- cisim of him, and speaks of himself as " a scribbler." 1 here is always hope tor a writer who writes of himself with so much humility. And no one will be likely to quarrel with the pseudonymous scribbler of Thimrs in General when he writes himself down at his true value. rm: i.kak ix hit it ixcoui:. The following table is largely a scries of ap proximations. It lias been prepared in order to malce-a showing lhai would have tangble shape. Seseral weeks ago the inquiry inlo the leakage in export values wes outlined in a Press paragraph. The real total may be $100,000 more or less than the total given be low. The only value of Ihe showing is its comprehensive and tabular form in which the detailed leakage is convincingly shown. This table will be kepi in type, so dial authoritative corrections may lie made from lime to time: Imnort for lh tear. $5,600,000 so,ouo 350,00a IU,uCO 30,0c s 300,000 iSo.cjo 2uo,ooo 75,c 50,000 50,000 150,900 Lducationuf Hau.uian3 abroad. . Dividend, to lion-ie.ldent larcliolders.. Interest on money borrowed abroad. . . Rents lo bM-ntee ... IVull-t on consignments, etc inveslint-nls in other Unds. . Residence abroad and travel of lUftalians I'uiLhases forper.on.il lite, fcc, not entered at custom house Aid ami gifts to lehtbr-s and friends'. . . l.sjtuc Kedu.tiQU of debts on tugir machinery. Reduction of niher debts. Insurance (life, lire and lu.tr He ) remitted alirnod . Coit of Immigration . . ...... Steamer owned here and vmrcliascd abruad. Ollter vessels purchased al road .... 50,000 l8,CSJO 450,000 UOJ.UjO lolal $;,oo5,wo .$8,400,000 JOO,UU ao,(o hlh conihs. r-qiorts. si-cndilurc by furrlitii visitors.. . Coin sent awa by Chinese UIFPKRKSCt.. Ill fivor of exuorts $ 795.' L Jluthoritfi. "JPOREIGN OFFICE NOTICE. KI'.OUIwVTIO.N'f. Vot the adnus.iun of Chinese iiniuijirant lal-orers Inlo the Hawaiian Kingdom, made and imblUhci under the autborityofa Resolution of Ills Majesty in L'uUixi Council, passed on die thirteenth da) of July, 1883. No. 1 From this date itcnnUsiuil will be granted to master of vessels arriving nl Ihe wrt of Iltviolulu to laud Cliincyc immigrant laborers, not osrcedi!igtenly five in all from any one vessel, lliat nuiulvr to be in ndJtlion la, and exclusive of any Clilnese jussengert villoma) hold l-assports as (rovlded for in ReifuLltioii No. i. No. 9 1'astfvrtf enabling their lioldeni 10 enter the ports of the Kingdom may 1 lucd from the Foreign Ollicet Honolulu, or by llis Majr.ty Cvnsut-Oenerul at llonj Kont-t i.--loany Lh.ni resident in tins Kingdom wlio may Ueslro 10 visit ail) foreign tsiuutry, and return ihsiefrotn , 3. To the wives or other female relatives, ami la Ihe lluldrra of Di-jicse now residing in lit Kingdom, or who may be aVput to emigrate tu this country under the ntoviM'ii s ut HeguUtloii No. 1. No 3. A it s of Dim DoJUr shall Isi charged for each urxrl iMiiet) In pursuance of the furetfoing regulation. No. 4 AH orders and iiistruclioiis regulating (,'Mnesc immigration 10 ibis country, heretofore issued fioin this Office, are hereby Cancelled VVALItR M OIIISON, Minister of iPocelgu Affairs. foreign OITac, Honolulu, Match a), 1884. 18701 SPECIAL NOTICEH. MANAOKK'S NO IICK All accounts of Ihe SAIUKIIW l'ltr.SS eic-pi. ing iiuarttrlv advertisers' -"will be renderrtt and col lected inonltJy. AilwttserfiuMs sntl bobscjiption r" payable In adiance, and this rule will be riIdl) pbservesl i the future. , III0S.O'. TIIKUM, Manager and Pro,rictjr, Sari'knsv 1'au.s. A CARD. I iiwul 1 li, t'lljuaiy jsili, iSJ... Mtwi. II. Ilacgruo Co., Agents rVausallaiillc Hre Insurance Comi-tttiy, Honolulu VrarSti I hereby Ug lo lender my sbreie I hauls forth immedul Lherul tellleiocnl of ,. Jos Mt UUieilliirMkihejItsiracilnMBy fire if my place U WsirwtaiA kiJiaU snniog lie night of the iyt!i Intuut. I consider it myiluly o rccouimeiK llie Insurance Company for vshvcb yon aim the Agents u til lvsniet drsiruus of 1 rolecllnjr llwlr properly by Insurance. I am. Dear ftift. Kcsiextfu ly Your a, "s'jm I.EO. bANliLllMAN. S ""is ta rclbutrtistmcnU. N OT1CE TO STOCKHOLDERS. rt8 will be a Iftetllaf ce ihe oaehboltlcra cj the , IIOVMJS'IJ JsUCUK PO, . Ox oftce n U lfsew, IIOBoiulu, on Jltolay.VSprU Slh al la o'cWi, A. si.. itj-a ilcio J-buci'ltocinculo. GRAND CONCERT, tllVFN KV TUB HONOLULU SYMPHONY CLUB ssi tfit by several farnrire vocalist, as a comptunen tare benefit for M I VV V AKN'ltl.KV, at the V M t A HAM, iHrttlttj Krnlti, 4irll 1.1. I'KOCIRVMMI'.. l-snt 1. I Overture, "Fgrnont Itrelhoven Honolulu Symnliony Club. ,. Vocal Soto ."Alia Stru.1 Confidante. ,. .RMaudi (With Vlolm and lotenceilo obligftto ) Vtr diaries llasselman 3 Violin Solo, "First Crairerto".. billerlot Mr J. W. Varmllej. 4 V oca! Solo, Innnrtlla" Cam,aiuv Mrs. I. A Crurin. 5 'juartettr, (by request) llreyscluxk-. "Iloiix r'ntrftiei . . .. A. Marques Honolulu Symphony Cluh. taut 11. o. Selection, "Din 1'as.piale" . . , . Verdi 7 Quartette, fA ) "(reeling" Honolulu :)mp!iony dun. eung . rnuups V Air-iln ..Vt,iil!..li,i Mesdames tlanford. Cruran. Ilrown. and .VltssCnstl. (li ) "May 8. V mtm .Solo, " Heie, ' IV iw VI r j V. Vnrmlley. 9 Vocal Solti, ' Angels Serenade," with Violin obliga o .... ,,,. Ilmga VI rs. J. V. Ilrown In. Cornet Solo, "Mar of I ngland" latntritie Mr Charles M Icliiels and .Symphony CIuls Ilclels,$iif,rae aler 9 oVfn.lt. Thursday, April oth, al J. M Oal, Jr. Co 's and j. R. Wiseman's. Merchant Slreet, and at I (i. rViim'a Anil I h Williams, Port Mreel E ASTER CARDS. A mall orlment of catiti ror.iv tulW.I tu ll.i- kveaon. Now on Mle At B OOKS PKUTAINING TO HAWAII JanM IIU orj'of th.- HrtwflH.m Ulan.... Antrw Diciiooary. WMtnej' Oiii.lt Huolu MIm Hi it,'. Sx Montli. In the .SjihIwUIi UU-mN Mk Gordon Cummin' -,re l-num.!... Mr tiiiM Honolulu. ItattAtiJin Almjiuc ntnl Annual. Togtlif with Urn Mocl of valiiahtf anj emtiu.it Inj; lxl., IiM of winch U (.til.lklieJ in thf inpltm..., of UtU atcr iftlfl at nuts , riuttws 'jt St. Sr. Slapping. O CEANIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY. ITie Mair,nifirent,Nen,nnd I !-ic,iiil Steamships MAltlfOS.i mitt AL.IMliUA Will leave Honolulu .trie San I rmistUro 011 the lnt and 15th of Each Mouth. r.iwncer .j thk line arc hereby notffiM that they ml) he allowed ao It, of luc(fc; free hy thfe Ovrr land Kailna). when travelling Kat. FALUhSION TICKRTR TOR ROUND Tt-tP. l$. f;ood to return hyany of the Cortina n)' ;Stca.niri(h n ninety da). Passenger may h.v their mmei hoiAeU m ml. run e by api'Uinp a. the oftlte of the aKentft. MerrhamliM intended fur kHprnent b this Iiiif, will I received free of storage in the company's n ware hotifce, and receipti i.mic1 Jar Mime Iniurnnce . ii merchandi-, whikt in the warehouse, will lent numr' WU.MAM (i. IKWIN&Cti.. AeentK.O.S.. C 77-r TNTERISI.AND STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY', KINK OK SIKAMI.Hb. The I'll! ut cr ' Hats -, ,., .'..Commant. Will run regularly for KONA and KAU, Leaves Honolulu at;4 P, M.J Friday . t- riday luestfay. f riday .Apnl 4 u 13 as .Ma 6 . " 16 I ucvJay, . , . . r.aMa if fisU.. ....... June 6 lutvliy, . M t7 triday " 17 Returning Touching at Maalea Friday . Tuesday . April Vuebday June 3 J'ridaj . . . M 13 Tucida) . . . " 94 I rl-Uy Jul 4 rnui' riday riday. .M The Jivftlaitf, Cameron. comtn-iniJrr. leatet Honolulu ever) luei day nt, s, p in. for Navuliwiti, Koloa. I.letle, and Wai .lea, kjuaL Returning Iravr Nawilimli evrr Si'turda) evtnitijr Thn Jumvh Mftkre, Freeman, commandfTj leaver I lo'ioluht eter) 'Ifiun day, nt 1p.n1. for Knpaa and Ktlauea. Return iriazlfivct Kauai rerv lucsdav ... a i. hi . in id touch im; i Waianac both vias. rim V. It. Hint,,,,,, Divis CtiiiunauiJrr, teie Honolulu eery 'luesday .. .. r... i..t ...i.t it 1 ...in '1. .. a, a ni. ivm rtusvuiiiair. ..viuiku.i. ami I aaunau. ISf turning arrive at HimvjIiiIii eir Sunda morning'. i-trOt-FICl. of the Company, foot of Kilauea Street, near the 1 M, S. S. Wnirf 171 pACJFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY, K)R SAN FRANCISCO '11k Splendid Ste..rit!iit vity or ariKvnr, IiKAKIIOKN (in ander sill tense Honolulu fur San rrantisco Qn or about. ,.Apill III th. TJOR SYDNEY. Via AUCKLAND. 'I he SiilendU Slra'nshiis 1 y. U A hA OJ A , WMIIirU Commander Ou or about -.April 19tls. 'I'he agent, here aie now nieparcd t Issue tl.VeU lo San tranrlstu aitd return for (us,, ihe ruum! trip. (Souls fur sliiinitnt jier steamer Can no- It sCixrJ, free of charge, in Ihe fire-nruof iirtttOue near (ha steamer Hharf. For frcllit or uAisase, A ply o 171 II (lACKr I'.l II & Co.. Axrms. nLANTERS' LINE OK MS FKANCIMO -V, II UK II-Kit ,f ('(liri'.I.VI', Aw"f. Mertrundise refeisetl btbragt ,-,,,, ,M) Hbrr M,j .drams, made pil shipments by this lust. N EW YORK and HONOLULU I'AVK K T 1, 1 .V ;. Mru... VV.II, t,HOSM.N IIKO. .illdi.p.u,li a hisi-cla.s esl K. this ir ll, lailer li f May. Turtle. ,luiist , iLIp,, lhUin J) senJ Cm. aid llieirujrUr.Aily, so iUt 1 litre uur be u ileliv l lime of saillne, luttLi: rointf. Autiil; B REWER A: CO'S Packets. BOSTON fchlt per. will Je-i lake isosics thai he fine bail, fska B. Brtiwor Will be plated on the berth at Humuh to lure ik.re June isl M.l tu lbs. rl. UriWi Imt g,ltliutils be sent a. early as lb eaaA ut Apfd lull to bssure a.. inrnl. tor further fnfvfnuliti awJs to C, IIHr.WfTn. CO., in sjuetu Slis.t, M ONTHLY COLLECTIONS. Tbe iwdet-lued n.enfuliy ruclfet Ms psttfe IhalMAWuMs vn be peea4 AfcJ. oJtrueJ nui(tUMr ApsywU.IW the last 'vaiur are tlsaied l state, aaaW aUgwIoM, Mr Hi) tb sjispkesMrtriM awl e.re of WI-ieT' TH4. CS, TWMJet, Ji r- i t .ft i tr - -; -T .j t'.P .K -x f9t