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VATUKDAY
. JANUARY ji, 1M5
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We believe that President elect
Clevetarul it jcrfcctly sincere in his
determination to live tip to the spirit of
the civil seuirc art. 'I he belief is
warranted h) the rerord of Mr. Clcsc
land's ofiiual life. As an Ameriian,
the writer is jlad for his rountry that
one of the chief issues ol good govern
ment promises sui ccssfully to le tarried
forward tinder a l)emorati adminis
(ration; Imt as residents of the Hawai
ian Kingdom wearc glad for another rea
son. The spirit of Mr. Cleveland's civil
service promise will kcepConstil DavidA.
MiKinlc) in the office he so worthily
tills. Seldom or never hasa consular office
heen more e onomically managed.more
hitlifull) scrvi'd,ti)orcol)ligingly tended,
more satisfaUorilly filled. It is true
that Mr. MuKinley's Americanism is
decidedly "Western." He is not a
man of literary attainments nor of liter
.uy tastes. He is not a man of superficial
polish nor of those merely ornamental
graces which win official osition for
many an incompetent. Hut he pos
sesses qualities far more essential to
the satisfai torv discharge of his duties.
Honesty, tart, common sense and that
unfailing genllenunliness which has its
root in kindliness and justire.
Consul McKinlcy has a friend in
every merchant and every mariner of
the port whose opinion we have been
able to ascertain. And we firmly be
lieve that there is no man in itonolulu
whose opinion is worth having who will
not agicc with us when wc say that
Consul McKinlcy in the office of Am
erican Consul is " the right man in the
right place."
rtnu.ic in.icv.isKt.y
The project of a public debating so
ciety on a larger scale than any ai yet
attempted here is one that can be re
alized only by a carefully matured plan
enthusiastically carried out. Wc doubt
not that there may be plenty of enthu
siasm in those who attempt to formulate
the plan. It is not only interesting but
easy to plan. Hut though it might be
never so interesting the fact that it is not
easy of crformance sufficiently explains
the failure of many a well-laid I Iawaiian
scheme political, industrial, social.
The idea advanced by the editor of
the Hillletin is a most fascinating one.
We arc assured that a similar plan has
succeeded beyond expectation in one
of the Canadian cities. Why should
not such a .scheme succeed here ? The
accepted answer will probably be (1.)
That the Knglish speaking population
is too small. (2.) That the languor
uf the climate will tell against it (3 )
That there arc already too many soci
eties religious, benevolent and social.
We think the first part of the answer is
the only part that need seriously be
considered. Have we a large enough
population? Wc think we have. Not
among the professional class, alone ;
not among the merchant class, merely ;
but among a'liseis, yes. The word
"citizens" means employer and em
ployed, law)cr and client, doctor and
kiticnt, pastor and people, master and
mechanic, merchant and clerk. In the
technical sense, only native, naturalized
or dcniicuucd arc citizens. In the
broard sense, every man who pays
taxes is a citizen. Hut it is a palpable
fact that citizens do not understand
each other. Things fiom a professional
man's standpoint arc seen very differ
ently than from the standpoint of the
mechanic. Merchants ami agricultu
ralist often see only opposite sides of
the same subject. What every com
munity needs is a shifting of stand'
points so that the professional man oc
casionally may sec withthe eyes of the ar
tisan ; and the horny-handed son of
toil look sometimes through thespecta
clc.s of the capitalist. Such an arrange
ment, as the Htilletin proposes would
have advantages too manifest to le
lightly dismissed. If vve understand
the scheme aright, it is, in brief, as fol
lows : If a sufficiently large working
force can lc organized, the parliamen
tary club is to lie formed with ''admin
istration" and "opjxisition" forces, with
an authoritative presiding officer and
with recognized formalities and ameni
ties of dcliate. In this iarliameutary
club every public question of the hour
might profitably lie discus-.ed. There
arc a great many topics on which legis
lation is needed. There ate sanitary
topics on which not only the profes
sional intelligence of the physician but
the practical knowledge of the me
chanic might be brought to liear. There
are questions of public policy to w hich
the legal knowledge of the lawver and
the business sense oC.thc merchant ate
alike valuable. If intelligently and
patiently pursued the work of such a
club would be of inestimable benefit in
Mipplving what Honolulu most conspi
cuously lackscoherent public opinion.
We trust that the commissioner of
immigration and the board under whom
be acts will add to justice expedition
in their dealing with those South-Sea
Islanders whose contracts have expired
et who are unable to return to their
homes. The public faith is pledged to
even-handed justice towards these men
and their poverty and ignorance plead
their cause more eloquently than words.
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The community has been treated,
during the week, to the rather amusing
spectacle of Mr Claus Sprcckels; in the
role of a philantrophist. That gentle
man came down on the Alameda pre
pared to settle the currency question.
He had not been here long before it
was announced by the Solomon of an
esteemed contemporary that Mr.Spreck
els had "grasped the si'uation," the
discovery being simultaneous with the
announcement that Messrs. W. (J Ir
win .V Co would sell gold esihange
on San Francisco, at Oo days sight, for
kilver, ( barging only one per cent, pre
mium This meant, of course, that
Mr. Sprcrkels would take all the silver
that fould be used for exchange at two
per rent. discount as the Go days drafts
would rost one (ier cent, for discount
in San Francisco. The local Solomon,
"grasping the situation" (with about
the grip of an eel on glass) called
"the outlook" "bright." In the mean
while, Mr Sprcckels with that breezy
optimism which makes his conversation
so inspiring declared that there
was " not one cnt too much sil
ver in the rountry." So believing, he
was, of course, ready to sell exchange
for silver to any amount offered. Up
to Thursday night he sold only about
$17,000 worth of (io days sight exchange
for silver; though he sold more than four
times as much Co days sightexchange for
gold at par. To Mr.SprcckeIs,and doubt
less to our contemporary Soloman, the
fact that no more exchange (for silver)
was asked for seemed to prove that the
rest ofthc silver here vvasneeded. A mos
Solomonic conclusion' So Mr. Sprcckels
proclaimed from the street corners his
willingness to take silver at 2 per cent,
discount. It would be ungenerous to
question Mr. Sprcckels' philanthropy
but, if he really thinks there is not too
much silver here, why does he not of
fer to purchase some of it with gold at
par ? It is true that he has brought
the gold here That would make it
worth one per cent., certainly. Why
then docs be not sell exchange for sil
ver at par, and give gold for silver at
one per cent, premium ?
The above view represents our own
opinion. wc think it is sound that,
in brief, no matter how much Mr.
Sprcckels may try, and no matter how
honest his intentions are, that vve have
too much silver here and that even his
resources cannot keep the price up.
Hut Mr. Sprcckels is undoubtedly in
earnest, and if he can make the plan
work we will gladly acknowledge it.
Mr. Irwin says that up to Thursday
nTglit his firm had sold about $80,000
worth of exchange, of which only about
$17,000 was paid for in silver. He
further states that although the Co-days
sight silver exchange sold for this mail
was charged for at one per cent, pre
mium, while the Go-days sight gold ex
change was sold at par, that in future
the silver exchange will probably be
sold for par. Mr. Irwin says that he
himself believed that there was about
$100,000 more silver in Honolulu
than was needed , but that the small
ncss of the amount brought out by the
offer to sell exchange for silver proves
that he was wrong and that Mr. Sprcck
els was right. He also says that of the
$17,000 taken in during the week,
nearly all was sent out again in the
natural course of plantation demands.
Much might be said in answer to the
above which we have no time or space
to say now. It is, of course premature
to say unqualifiedly that there is nothing
in Mr. Sprcckels' belief, but it is just as
premature to say that there is tnytiig
in it. The end is not yet and wc think
those who believe otherwise will be
rudely awakened soon.
Wc hope that Mr. Sala has already
planned to visit these islands, or that
his engagements will permit him so to
do. Distinguished men arc always
welcome the distinguished journal
ist especially. The practiced pen of so
keen an observer and so eminent a
critic as Mr. Sala will assuredly detect
our faults, and, doubtless, make more
than mental notes of them. Hut a
critic whose fairness is so well estab
lished as his must sec also the virtues,
the beauties and the advantages
of which every true Hawaiian is
so justly proud. There are at present on
the islands two prominent American
educators, Professor Wayland of the
Harvard taw School and Professor
Agassiz of Harvard College. We trust
that before these gentlemen leave us
each may be invited to deliver a pub
lic lecture. If those lectutes be given,
wc bespeak for them an attendance
worthy the reputation of the lecturers.
It is to be hoped, also, that the public
will be treated to a lecture by Mr Sala
in case he be here long enough.
The practice of leasing land to
Chinese at top prices, to the practical
exclusion of white tenants, who would
willingly pay fair prices, is a piactice
that means mischief to tli; best inter
ests of this kingdom. It is in the inter
ests of a system that, under favorable
circumstances, would make Hawaii a
nation chiefly populated by rich land
lords supKrted by Chinese tenants.
The fact that complaint has been
made of the condition of Hawaiian
bananas on arrival in San Francisco
ought to convince shipicrs that care in
both picking and packing the bunches
is one of the essentials of profit The
banana industry W a growing one, but
success in it demands painstaking at
tention and hard work.
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A copy of a report to the London
! Hoard of Trade, entitled " Progress of
the Sugar Trade" has been placed at
our disposal by Mr. S. M. Damon. It
contains a fund of valuable statistirs,onc
of the most interesting being a compila
tion (made from the books of Messrs
Rueb cV Co., London Sugar factors)
showing the gross production of raw
sugar from 1 85 j to 1882 inclusive, in
nearly all the cane producing countries
and in Kurope. As Mexico does not
figure at all, and as Hawaii's rrop is
estimated in 1882 only.tbe stastitics are
of course incomplete, though the fluc
tuation in production in various coun
tries, as well as the continuous (or
nearly continuous) upward tendency in
the world's production, is full of sugges
tion to producers. The smallest an
nual production, as shown by the tables
was in 185.1, the grand total at that
time being 1,379,588 tons; rising in
1882 to 3,709,284 tons. The cane pro
ducing countries given arc Java, French
and Dutch Guiana, Cuba, Manilla, 1'orto
Rico, llrail, Mauritius, British India,
Natal, Jamaica, Harbadocs, Trinidad,
British (Juiana, Australia, Louisiana,
Martinique, Cluadaloupc, Peru, Reunion
amlKgtpt. The total from cane pro
ducing countries in 185.1 was 1,219,
588 tons, of European beat sugar 160,
000 tons. In 1882 the corresponding
figures were respectively 2,016,084 and
1,783,200. No mention is made of
Mexico, which produces a large annual
crop, though consumed almost entirely
at home; nor of China and non-British
India. The compiler of the report
put down the total production of the
world for 18833s (approximately) 6,
000,000 tons. Another table shows
that in 1854 the sugar produced in
British poscssions was 253,329 tons,
while, in 18S2, 498,396 tons were pro
duced, about 17 percent ofthc whole
production in the former and 13 per
cent in the latter vear. In 1882, Eng
land imported 726,743 tons of raw cane
sugar, 262,218 tons of raw beet sugar,
some 5,566 tons of refined cane sugar
and 132,739 tons of refined beet sugar
a total of 1,130,266 tons of sugar of
all kinds.
In 1840 the people of England con
sumed per head for the year a fraction
over 15 lbs. of sugar, in 1850, nearly
25 lbs, in i860 over 34 lbs and in 1883
within a quarter-pound of 72 lbs. The
compiler of the report thinks the above
showing largely due to the fact that
the German bounty system makes sugar
cheap. Referring to a table from
which the figures immediately above
are taken -
"The table in question contains
figures showing the value to the people
of the United Kingdom of the excess
reduction of price alleged by the anti
bounty agitators to be due to bounties.
From this it appears that even at a
farthing per lb., if the excess reduction
of price is no more than that, the an
nual gain to the people of the United
Kingdom by the bounty system is about
1 millions sterling, while the gain in
the 13 years ending 1883 is over .28,
000,000. Other calculations, which
have since been made, would show the
present gain to be over .5,000,000
sterling, the excess reduction of price
due to bounties being estimated by the
West India Committee at .5 per ton.
Without attaching too much value to
.such calculations, it may be pointed
out that the low prices of recent years,
however caused, not only represent so
much money gain to the people of the
United Kingdom, but that they have
permitted vast multitudes to consume
more largely an article generally dcsiicd,
and have thus been the cause of much
enjoyment and satisfaction to the masses
which is not to be measured in money,
"The obvious conclusion from these
figures would be that even admitting
the injury to the complaining interests
from the bounty system to be as great
as alleged, still the interest of the
people ofthc United Kingdom in cheap
sugar preponderates so greatly that in
jury, in the interests of the majority,
and apart from all question as to the
intrinsic objectionablencss of any possi
ble remedy, should be disregarded."
One of the most suggestive showings
made in relative to beet sugar. The
average production of the three years
1853-5 was (exclusive of non-Hritish
India, China, Mexico and Peru) 1,423,
000 tons, 14 percent, of which was beet
sugar. The average production of the
three years 1880-82 (exclusive of the
countries last above mentioned and
Hawaii) was 3,564,000 tons, of which
46 per cent, was beet sugar. Although,
as the compiler says : "While the pro
portion of beet-root sugar is constantly
increasing, the amount of cane sugar
has none the less steadily increased."
In the crop year, 1882-3, the German
Empire produced 191,850 tons of beet
sugar ; all other European countries (in
cluding France, Austria, Hungary, Rus
sia and Poland, Belgium and other
countries) produced 468,205 tons.
Now, although Germany, which has
iaid heavy bounties to its sugar expor
ters, has outstripped all other nations
in the recent production of beet sugar,
France has also increased its production
without bounties. In the two years,
1SS1-3, England imported about 342,
500 tons of raw beet sugar and about
iS5,ooo tons of refined I net sugar,
" Brace up, and go hear the band I "
is the advice of a contemKrary, The
advice is not bad, but it will soon lake
more than music to keep the national
pot boiling if sugar does not rise.
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Wc print below some extracts from '
a see.h delivered in the United States
Senate, on the 7th instant, by Hon.
Justin S. Morrill of Vermont. The
speech followed the reading of the fol
lowing resolution :
Whereas the legislature Is the department of
government by which (commerce ihouM I
regulated and law of revenue passed, the con
stitution in terms communicates the power lo
reRulate'commcrce 'and to Impose duties to
that department. It communicates It In ter.tu
lo no oilier. The representatives ofthc people,
tilling in their legislative capacity, with open
doors, under the ejo of the country, communi
cating freely with their constituents, may exer
else this K)wer more intelligently, more dis
crecly, may acquire more accurate and more
minute information concerning, the cmplojmcnt
ami Interests on which this description of
measures will press, and may better discern
what "true policy prescribes or'rcjccts, than is
within the competence of the excciilhe depart
ment of the government 1 Therefore,
RtsolvtJ, That so-called reciprocity Ittulica,
having no tmssible basis of rcclprocil) with
nations of inferior population and wealth, In
volving the surrender of enormously ungual
sums of revenue, involving the surrender of
immensely larger volumes of home trade than
arc offered to us in return, and involving con
stitutional questions of the greatest character,
arc untimely and should cct) where br re
garded with disfavor.
A few of the points made by the
speaker were as follows .
When the question of a reciprocity
treaty was first presented to the senate
forty years ago, it was unanimously de
cided that it would be a grave and
dangerous invasion ofthc prerogative of
congress to regulate commerce with
foreign nations, as well as of the house
of representatives as to its exclusive
power to originate revenue bills. The
record shows (and it was long since
made public) that two reports oa the
Zollverein treaty, with Prussia and other
members of the Germanic confedera
tion, were made at different times by.
the senate committee on foreign rela
tions j both reaching the same adverse
conclusion one by Mr. Choate, of
Massachusetts, when the treaty was
laid upon the table, as the least offen
sive mode of rejection, and one later,
by Mr. Archer, of Virginia, when, at
the request of the president for further
consideration, the trcity was squarely
and unanimously rejected including
even the vote of John C. Calhoun, al
though, while secretary of state, the
treaty had received his perfunctory sup
port. That the standing of Mr. Choate,
as a lawyer of profound learning, and
the sound judgment of Mr. Archer, the
long-trusted congressional leader on
foreign affairs, peculiarly qualified them
to handle the subject, not only justly
but with lire-eminent ability, will not be
controverted even by the present dis
tinguished committee on foreign rela
tions. Notwithstanding it was broadly
claimed by Mr. Archer that the treaty
would have promoted our interests, it
was resolutely refused, and solely on
the ground of paramount constitutional
objections. This adverse determination
was again and finally confirmed in 1848
by a record of the yeas and nays, with
every member, both of the Democratic
and Whig parties then present, in the
negative, and at a time when among
the members of the senate were to be
found, besides many others of national
renown, such celebrities as Calhoun,
Ciittenden, Berrien, Badger, Corvvin,
Dix, Hamlin, Mangum, Bell, Davis of
Mississippi, "Honest John Davis" of
Massachusetts, Mason of Virginia, and
Johnson of Maryland. We may feel
proud even to be members of a body
which has been decorated with names
wearing such enduring national luster.
Thanks arc abundantly due to those
who have revived the memory of the
past. The advocates of reciprocity
treaties appear willing to accept the
thinnest of gossamer supports when they
venture to claim that there is any ex
ample of a reciprocity treaty in the first
sixty-five years of the history of the
government. There is none such, or
none prior to 1854, and the treaty of
that date was abrogated and stamped
with the ban of the government at the
earliest possible moment
If I could easily pass by, as I can
not, the insuperable constitutional ob
jections to reciprocity treaties, there are
other grave and scarcely less substan
tial objections to the policy of such
treaties. The most intelligent statesmen
of the world "let them alone severely."
Not a first-class government of Europe,
so far as I am advised, now tolerates
such treaties. Throughout the whole
horizon none arc visible even to reci
procity star-gazers saving our own
twinkling and pitiful show. England
would be glad to make a treaty com
act with the United States for the
benefit of the Dominion of Canada, if
that, sweetened by the bon-bons and
ribbons of occassional knighthoods,
would keep the Dominion loyal, as well
as proud and contented to lurnish con
tingents to maintain British supremacy
elsewhere ; but she never permits the
Canadas to offer favprs to which Great
Britain is not to become an equal par
ticipant, and never proposes to be a
principal party to reciprocity herself.
If wc were to propose that American
tobacco and whisky should be received
duty free by Great Britain, and should
offeall proper equivalents, the "no"
ofthc British lion would resound across
the Atlantic. But to some of our home
administrations, I fear, it has happened
that too many of their members have
felt obliged to have a reciprocity treaty,
like the small-ox, once in their lives,
and it were to be wished that the
malady would no more return in the
one case than in the other.
Every fresh example in the line of a
possible future settled Klicy of select
and special favoritism will be found
dangerous and in conflict with our
plighted faith given in treaties
having "the most favored nation" pro
visions with between thirty and forty
other nations. Any of these foreign
powers strong enough to assert its
rights or to enforce its compacts will
scatcely fail to make any grievance of
this sort known and to seek prompt re
dress. Since the date of our treaty with
Mexico, Great Britain has suddenly re
sumed her diplomatic relations with
Mexico, the latter having also mollified
British creditors with new promises,
and the first fruit of this sudden pledge
of eternal friendship apjears to have
lieco a short treaty by which Great
Britain has been restored to the footing
of "the most favored nation," as has
been still more lecently accomplished
with Spain. This has not been done
with an aimless purpose, and whatever
rights accrue will most likely be unllmch
irmly exacted.
Among the most impassioned sup
pliers of reciprocity treaties here,, no
one has ever contended that any nation,
enjoying by treaty the promised advan
tages of "the most favored nation,"
might not, by a tender to us of equal
terms, become entitled to all of the
concessions granted by us to any party
to a reciprocity treaty. If, then, Ger
many were to offer to receive from us
free of duty ice and sausages, as well
as all the other rattle-trap articles
which by the proposed treaty Mexico
offers to us, there can be no doubt that
Germany would be entitled to all the
privileges now to lie yielded by us to
Mexico, and the cheap tobacco and
cheap sugar of Germany would also here
find, perhaps, a new and most desirable
market Or, if Germany were to offer
like terms to Mexico, then all the con
cessions made to the United States by
Mexico must be accorded to Germany.
Hut as I have already shown, it is
more than doubtful whether or not a
Hw construction of the "most favored
nation" clause in treaties does not alone
entitle the party to have its productions
subjected to no other or greater duties
than arc paid by any other nation, and
without any reciprocal concessions.
The phraseology of all such treaties is
absolutely and wholly free from all con
ditions whatsoever. It appears to me,
therefore, that it would be wise and
prudent to avoid such obviously serious
and wide extending complications, and
also especially wise to steer clear of any
entanglements with foreign nations
tending to restrict and circumscribe our
freedom to legislate, whether in peace
or war, upon the subject of increasing or
reducing the national revenue.
Hut, it is said, wc must do something
to build up and extend our foreign
commerce to which I agree and to
do this it is strangely proposed at once
to surrender much more of our markets
at home than is offered to us abroad
to which I do not agree. Wc are asked,
so to say, to throw into the sea a greater
amount of bait than will be returned in
the catch of fish. Eleven years of this
overbaited traffic, giving up superior'
markets in exchange for inferior
markets, did not win the commercial
or political friendship of the Canadas.
Even during the existence of the so
called reciprocity treaty with them, their
friendship was gauged infinitely below
the price wc paid for it. They would
trade with us, but, like Shyloch and
Lord John Russel, they thought to
catch us on the hip and "feed fat the
ancient grudge." Financial benefits of
treaties are never so far appreciated by
nations as to create obligations of con
science for any returns. They are bar
gains without warranty as to the value
given or received, sure to end in the
discontent of the party overreached.
Since the abrogation of the Canadian
reciprocity treaty our trade with the
Canadas has been larger and much
more advantageous than ever before,
being even larger than that of Great
Britain. Were any treaty in force, to
that fact alone the credit would be
falsely ascribed. It may be well to
recall precisely the wretched results cf
our Canadian reciprocity experiment.
Our c.xorts to Canada in 1855 were
$20,828,676, but under the operation
of reciprocity then commenced they
dwindled in twelve years down to $15,
243,834, while the exports of Canada
to the United States increased from
$12,182,314 to $46,199,470. When
the treaty began the balance of trade
had been $8,000,000 annually in our
favor, and that paid in specie, but at
the end the balance against us to be
paid in specie in a single year was $30,
000,000. Here was a yearly positive
loss of over five millions of our export
trade and a loss .of thirty-eight millions
of specie all going to enrich the
Canadas at our expense. This is the
sore lesson of bitter experience.
The amount which we may hereafter
receive from the cheaper lands of
Mexico, when cultivated in large haci
endas by companies and coolies, or by
foreign emigrants (as have been those
of Hawaii), should the treaty become
operative, can no more be measured by
the last year's productions than could
the present crop of sugar in Hawaii
have been measured by the crop at
the date of the Hawaiian treaty.
Mexico is a country with immense pas
turage for sheep and cattle. The recip
rocity offered, therefore, may be said to
have "straw upon its horns," always
among Spaniards the sign of dangerous
bulls, and much pushing competition
will be found lurking in every field.
The climate and soil of nearly every
State in Mexico admit of the produc
tion of tobacco and sugar. Not alone
our own people, but other people will
be, as they already have been, tempted
to transfer their capital and machinery,
for the cultivation of these specialties
to Mexico. Permit me to say frankly,
if the American people are to be taxed
for the protection of sugar in Mexico,
and possibly in all the West India Is
lands, as well as Hawaii, it is quite time
to think not only about some real pro
tection of American sugar, but of the
total release of our own people from all
taxes on sugar.
The logic of Senator Morrill as ap
plied to reciprocity treaties generally
is unanswerable. His arguments do
not count against the propriety of the
treaty between the United States and
Hawaii, for the reasons, we -gave last
Saturday. The American missionary
settlement of these islands is the strong
est claim vve have upon the guardian
ship and the thick-and-thin support of
the United States. Blood is thicker
than water. If the United States throw
overboard the Americans whose all is
staked in the American colony of Ha
waii, the mother rountry will be false
to a duty that such American states
men as Webster have not failed to
recognize.
There is no reader of the Press to
whom the family of Rev. l-owell Smith
is known who will not earnestly join in
the hope that the life and health of
that true woman, 1-irs. l.owell Smith,
may be prolonged.
The appointment of Mr. J, S. Drown
as custodian of public lands is credita
ble. That gentleman's fitness for the
position is unquestioned
Titr. TitVTii Anovr t.r.rnwtr.
Kiiitor Saturksy Press -.Vir I have
just been reading )our article In the Press
of the 17th Inst, In which )ou say "I have
been made to understand by the plainest ot
plain language that my course In the considera
tion of that topic (leprosy) Is generally con
demned," and I must confess that the revela
tion therein, contained occasioned tne both
surprise and Indignation. Surprise that the
policy of the paper In this matter should have
met with condemnation from any large propor
tion of that class whose approbation you deem
worth having, and Indignation with the
numerous friends of the paper, myself included,
that we have not more enthusiastically shown
our sympathy and approval of your course
during the long and plucky fight which you
have waged against that foul monster which is
polluting the land and gorging itself on the
best of the aboriginal lilo.nl ol Hawaii.
I can readily understand that "your course
is generally condemned" by the partisans of
the corrupt existing government, and t can
Imagine the more sordid and mercenary of
shop-keepers and others of kindred occupations
crving "Peace I Peace I" In the fear that their
profits may be aflcctcd should the tide of travel
from foreign lands be diverted, but I find it
hird lo lclievc that any who expect to make
this country their permanent home; who enter
tain hopes and aspirations for the future of
Hawaii ; who believe that this land Is destined
to maintain a healthy, vigorous and contented
community, should condemn your course and
endeavor to persuade you to lay down Jour
arms and make an ignominious retreat. No,
the paper has done noble service In the cause
of Truth, and I for one should be sadly dis
appointed to see it "letup" for st moment.
I should prefer lo see It redouble its efforts
and make the fight more fierce, and press on
to that victory which undoubtedly awaits it.
The contest may be long and tiresome, but
of the result there can be no question.
As has been said before, the existence and
frightful prevalence of leprosy (among the
natives) is by far the most serious evil with which
the Hawaiian nation has ever been confronted.
All other questions dwindle into insignificance
before il. In my opinion, every citizen and
the public press ought to agitate anil rest not
until the government is compelled to take such
measures for the " stamping out " of the evil
as sanitary science and ordinary common sense
would dictate, or if this be found hopeless,
until the present government be overturned
and replaced by a new one whose great aim
and policy shall be " Tht Ejttt'mtfan c
l.tfrosy." Any government which makes
sincere and practical efforts for the suppression
of this curse will receive the support and appro
bation of all good citizens, whatever its policy
may be on maltcrs of minor importance, while
the government which temporises, and panders
to ignorance aud folly in this question, will re
ceive execration and contempt. Kauai.
January 21, 18S4.
The above letter does not need the
weight of its writer's signature. It car
ries its own weight. If these islands
had a thousand citizens of the same
fibre as he, the leprosy question would
be settled. It can be settled by
united action. It cannot be settled
by cowardly subservience. The truth
is a dangerous weapon. It is an edged
tool that sometimes wounds those who
wield it And no Hawaiian who dares
tell the truth about leprosy needhug
the delusion that it can be written
about, lectured about and talked about
without prejudice to this kingdom.
That is inevitable. But it is better
that public opinion should be aroused
by having our pockets touched than
not to be aroused at all.
Let us consider, briefly, who do
oppose the leprosy agitation. Three
principal classes prominently appear,
(t) The government sympathizers, who
either hold the success of the adminis
tration to be greater than the health of
the nation or are ignorantly blind to
the extent of the evil. (2) The abso
lutely careless, who take no sides cither
in political or other public questions
who are satisfied to make a living and
enjoy good health, and who look upon
agitation as "a bore," and upon all
newspaper statements (except those
verified by their triteness) as " news
paper lies." (3) The cowardly and
dishonorable few (let us hope a very
few) who are fully alive to the perils of
the hour yet object to agitation "it
cause il will depreciate my property and
1 want to sell out and get away"
" Oh damned be those equivocating
rogues who palter with us in a double
sense 1" They want to leave. They
want to take away their families beyond
the fear of contagion. But they want
to sell out first ; and take other men's
money for property their fears have
made valueless. Cowards and worse
than cowards I Knaves and worse than
knaves I Their "good intentions" are
paving an Hawaiian Hell that we pray
not only they but all of us may escape
from.
Look nn that picture and then on
this I Other men, as keen as they, see
also the peril ahead. They love their
families none the less. They love their
homes none the less. They appreciate
the worth of the almighty dollar none
the less. But they are brave men
are men! They do not purpose to
sneak away to California after they
have sold out at the best obtainable
price to same victim. They do pur
pose to remain and fight leprosy until
it is put down. They are not pre
pared to add the crime of fraud to
the ignominy of cowardice. They arc
men of the stamp of him who wrote
the above letter.
But there arc men who arc not less
brave and outspoken than our "Kauai"
correspondent yet who object to even
qualified endorsement of Lawyer David
son's recent remarks. We think the
objection is not well taken. If Mr, David
son had really a grudge against these is
lands, and wished to gratify that grudge,
his employment of the topic was cer
tainly ill chosen. For we firmly believe
that only by outside pressure can any
thing like spirit be put into many men in
this community, now lukewarm, but
who sometime will be outspokenly on
our side.
A "Private Note": "Dear Sir;
Brag, bluster and bounce are three
very big b's. But when you imagine
that you frighten any one, you delude
yourself. Besides, dear sir, you arc
forgetting to be a gentleman."
We think the public would k bene
fitted if Major Bender's plan for the
adequate water supply of Honolulu
might be published in detail. The
criticism of engineers might suggest
improvements.
Auction Salts.
OPHCIAL SALE.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 4tli, IB8ft.
We are Instructed to sell at public auctkm on
Wt.DNKSIlAY, February 4, at 14 s. M., at the store
occupied by the late 6rm of
SIMPSON A WALLACE,
llotsi. Smsir,
ALL THE STOCK IN TRADE.
Tools, r Inures and Imptemcntl,
OIT.ce Furniture, McNeale k Urbane Safe,
Platform Scales,
Plumbing and Oil Fittets Materials,
Tin Ware, etc.
ALSO
One Horse, Wagon and Harness.
i.ioxx jt LKwnr,
AurHanrrrt.
R
BGULAR CASH SALE.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6th,
At io a. m. at our Salmroom,
will bsf ttfj at Auction
JVy (ool. Cluthtng,
CrocVtry and CUuwar.
Sacki ?3o. i and s Sugar.
MuniU C.Rn,
3cliWhtnd tUtlcy.
A large quantity of Furniture removed to our Satit
room for convenience cf saIc,
LTOXH Jt LKMY,
M
ORTGAOBB'S NOTICE OP SALE.
tly direction rfM. I). Momatrat. the Atititneeofa
certain Indenture of Mortjcage, mad by Kaaihapuu, of
Honolulu, hland of Oahii, to W, H Woltert, dated
tBth December, iBSj, and assigned by W, If, Woliert
to M, L. Moniarrat, e arc instructed to sell at public
aurtion, on MONDAY, FEIlKUAKY id, i88j,alu
M 4 at our Saleiroom in Honolulu, the premltct dei
cnbed in iald mortgage ai follows t
Situated at I'AHOA, WAIK1KI, ami contami an
area of jt-too of an acre, and are a portion of the 111
AIna of Pahoa, L. C. Award I515, and the tame
iirerni that were conveyed 10 Kaaihapuu by Richard
Nabpi, by deed dated the 18th of December, 18I3,
and recorded in Liber I j on folio 131-9.
ror tunner particulars inquire or 0
1. ., munaiiKKAi,
Attorney tor Anignee of Mortgage,
Or to LYONS A LEVEY, Auctioneer.
Honolulu, Jan. a?, 1885.
M
ORTGAOEB'S NOTICE OP SALE.
By direction of ( II. A. Widemann, Truitee, the
Atugnte of a certain Indenture of Mortgage, dated the
17th day April, 188 j, made by Kalapa, of Kahana,
Wand of Oahu, to S. I). Dole, and assigned by S. B.
Dole to Mt Mclnerny, and by M. Mclnerny to II. A.
Widemann. we are ihrtcred In at nuhli aiirttrm. An
MONDAY. FEBRUARY ad, 1885. at u u.f ai our
3aicrooni, in iionoiutu, tne premuei uetcrioed In Mid
mortgage as follow ;
Situated at KAHANA. KOOLAUl'OKO. O.W
and contain nn area of 5 oj acres, being Apana 1 of
no)ai raiani tjto, NUieana 10,355, o Uheaku, and
lhe( tame premises that were conveyed tu the said
Kaiapa by Hamanalau and Kaawa, her husband, by
deed dated the nth of January, !;, and recorded in
Liber 13 on folios 469 and 470.
For further particulars inquire of
j. M. MONSARRAT,
Attorney for Assignee of Mortgage.
Or to LYONS & LF.VKY, Auctioneers.
M
ORTGAGBE'S NOTICE OP SALE.
Uy direction of It. A. Widemann, Trustee, the
Assignee of a certain Indenture of Morlrare. dated the
,i;lh Jay of July, 1878, made by Kapilui of Waildkl,
hUnd of Oanu. to St. Mclnerny, and assigned by laid
pi. ..icincrny 10 il A , luemann, we are directed to
ell at public auction, on MONDAY, FEIIKUARY
?d, 1885, at la M., at our Salesroom, In Honolulu, the
premises de&critied In said mortgage as follows :
Situated at PA1IOA, WAIIUKI. being the land
known as " KAUKAHOKU," and a portion of Royal
I'atent 1665, to J. Kahal, and by him devised to Ka
pikoby his last Will, dated August 7th, 1884, and
containing an area of 4 85-100 acres. Said land is
suitable for cultivation of rice.
ror further tiarticulara innuira of
I. M. MONSARRAT,
Attorney tor Assignee of Mortgage.
Or to LYONS & LEVEY, Auctioneers.
LANDLORD'S NOTICE OP SALE OP
Goods taken upon a Distress Rant.
By direction of JAMES CAMPBELL, 1 am directed
to sell at Public Auction on
WEDNESDAY, TXM. 18, 1885.
At to o'clock A. M.,
At Mr Saukroom in Honolulc,
Alt the following described goods, wares and mcr
chandn I
55 bottles Assorted Perfumes,
9 dor Cologne,
4J dot Smoking Caps,
6j Silk Scarfs, assorted,
71 Silk Handkerchiefs,
31 Silk Shirts,
)8s-i'doz Handkerchiefs,
1)1 pr Kid Gloves,
47 Baihing Suits, complete,
14 ii-is dot Undershirts,
10 dot Ladies Hose,
tj Woolen Shirts,
9 dot Shirts, assorted,
15 dot Shirts, colored,
iH dot Wool Hats,
Being the same distrained from the premises of A.
W. RICHARDSON A CO, on Wednesday, January
14th, A. D. i63$ for nonpayment of rent, by u!d
James CampbelL
Dated Honolulu, Jan. 31, 1885.
JC. i. ADAMH,
Autfonr
iletu bbcrtistmenUF.
BY AUTHORITY.
WATER NOTICE I
OWING 10 THE SCARCITY OK WATER.
the Hours for Irrigation will be banted to 4 hours per
uUy( from 6 to I a. m., and from 4 to 6 r. si., untU
funner notice. CHAS. B. W LSON,
Approved 1 Supt, Water Works.
CHAS. T. GULICK, V
Minister of Finance.
Honolulu, January 30, 1885.
ji tf
BY AUTHORITY.
Sealed prouswl IU be received at the office 0 the
Minister of the I tu trior unlit it o'clock noon on Satur
day, lbs 18th day of Februajy, iWj, for the constructs
ton of the works herein named.
Plans and specifications may be eiamiiied at the
office of the Minister on aud after the ytU day of Feb
ruary, 1B85.
Tht wurks to be constructed art
First TtM basin tit the Storage Kvtervoir, L -, re
moving all trees and other vegetable growths, and
escavatimj and renwvlng all earth and rock within the
Indicated lines.
Second building a dam of first Uit rubble, masonry
laid In full bads of hydraulic cement.
Third Laying the line of nftatn and twelve loch
pipes and salting gates between the storage reservoir
and that of distribution, and from the latter lo the
point of connection with the pipe system of the city.
Note TM work nay U divided and let Into two or
three sectlous.
Fourth-rConstructlDg be distributing reservoir con
sitting of an excavation lined wiitt hydraulic cental,
concrete or brickwork laid In full hydraulic cement
beds and JtMnts, th crosswall and bays to be similarly
.constructed and the whole routed over.
All proposals mutt be endorsed "Proposals for
(doing tha particular work for wbkh the bid U made.)
A bond must be caecuttd by the contractor with two
(t) approved sureties conditioned upon the faithful per
fgrniance of the contract.
The minister reserves the rtht to reject the lowest or
any bid.
Bids may UsnUeforaU the above In 00a contract.
CHAS. T. GULICK.
Minuter f Interior.
UtarloaOmca. Dec to.! "7JS
HAY, 6UIN m4 FEED.
Henry F. Hcbbard has
opened a, depot at No. 77 King
street, telephone 258, for the
sale and delivery of hay, grain
and feed, in quantities to suit.
He is also ready to supply
WVVVf wlWlrrlfsV BelsTv nVWi
rM
efUto bbcrtUtmcnt.
Wells, Fargo & Co's
Express.
MERCHANDISE, PACKAGES, PARCELS,
GOLD, SILVER, DANK NOTES,
BONDS. VALUABLE PAPERS,
ETC., ETC, ETC
ForarJe ly RapM Conveyance to all trwlacf lr
WorU anJ Promptly DclleeteJ.
FAVORABLE RATES ON FREIGHT
AND TREASURE.
W Prompt attention gtien to Collecllons an
Cormnt,lone oT every description.
G. W. MACPARLANE CO.,
s.4 Agents tot Hawaiian Islands.
Smokers, Attention I
JTTJBT BEOBITSD
The follow!), brands of Clears I
DUETTO,
LA NOVEDAD,
TRY THIS,
OUR MASHER.
All new d UUy nctmmteit
H, J. NOLTB,
Ji-iJl HEAVER SALOON.
CITY SHOEING SHOP,
OPPOSITE DODD'5 STABLES.
ALL OUR WORK GUARANTEED
FIRST-CL4S,
AND
OUR RATES ARB REASONABLE.
UT On tlnjinf up Telephone No. you can hae
yur horses taVen to the shop and returned at short
oiice. j. w, .Mcdonald co.
Ijl-tis
MAX SCKART.
JQ HLIASH,
ECKART 8c HUBASH,
Manufacturers and Impurt.rs of
JE-WEIYRY,
Silver Ware, French Clocks, Etc.
No. o Merc Kant Street, Honolulu, IL I.
Kulcul Jewelry and fin diamond settinf a specialty.
AH kinds of Jewelry made to order and repaired.
Wittk wMj lipiind nl WimiU.
General enaravinr and fancv Monotr rams naaiiv "
ecuted.
ALL. WOSK HONK AT MOUHATK MICH.
MT Our goods "uiu be caamlned to be appreciated, v
ucing rnaae iron, me neaviest anu dcsi roaitnaj in ina
most workmanlike manner.
1 aland Ordera Promptly Executed.
aji-aj4
FRANK GERTZ.
Mi
lias reasoved his stock to
No. 68 HOTEL STREET,
(adjolnlna; Mr. II. S. Trej loan's
Tailoring CatabUshmanl,)
Where can be found a large and varied assortment if
1-adie, Centlrracn'a and Cnildren'e
BOOTS Sc SHOES,
AlsOf all sires and si Us of
Ladies Vine French Kid Button iloots.
Ladies Common Sense Slippers. ,
Gentlemen's Kubrotdered Velvet Slippert,
Gentlemen ' Dancing Pumps,
Lawn Tennis Shoes, tic,
At prioM whlok dtfjr ooaptitlofi.
tJT New importation just recWed per Alameda.
al--
notice to the puilic.
the elite ice cream
parlors;
The celebrated Ice Cream hetelufore MtsJted la.
"Elite P.rloi." will U erred at ih. SAKATOOA,
MOUSE so Hotel Stmt, oiyoeeu !. ). S. UQnw
residence, until funner Holiest.
EF Ops Sslly tatU 10 e'slsek Pat
Orders for Svrrus, Wamiaos, Balls, Pa.riM,
Krc, will racelv promt aud careid atwotW
Telephone 188.
Our cut with Ice Cream will mtkt lit ueual rats
eveey ereoiuf.
M. W. MtfltKMUmr at MOtt.
Ji-sj) llsa Hair, Majuujer.
D".
RRNIST CRADOOCK.
M. K. C. S. Kc, L. E.C P. kiiL S, A. UnV
L4s SchoUr aad frUeatM cat
MVMaumr amu mmuicixbm,
Kin's Colle.. Load.
Of rici-No. 104 rocl tsraee, mr N, S. Sewaa,
ult(iK Haceliaa Hotel.
Orrsca Hova-e to it o'clock . at.
la $ " . ss.
AtuiM M.valiu Hail, ; la I . u.
POR&ALB.
AatsarljW Uu. "H. RewsT sJW, iirn.il kj i
Ut ifudardnud trtsiUw luo. Ianiw) t eMe
pAMPHL.T raimiNe
Wall do-M a lb faunby PltM Celts).
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