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EXPORTS OF 1885.
An error occuircd in our issue of
dan. 12th, by which the exports
of the last Quarter of 1885 were given
instead of those of the whole year.
Following are the figures for the
year:
Sugar
Molasses
Kice
linnana
Goat skin-'
Hide
Betel leave
Sheepskin
Calf kln
Wool .
Dried bananas
l'ungii .
Coffee
Total value
...J7i.a."i0.:iii tin.
57.1111 m1.
.....r.-jo-.'.'jf lb.
(50,010 belu
10.76'J pe.
lO.UlJpcs.
:i:o b..
8.7S3 pe.
'JO pe.
171.121 lb,
S'.Ubx.
11.17 1b.
11575 lb.
....fS.itriS.c.o:i.ss.
THE CONFEDERACY OF HAWAII.
Under the above heading the fol
lowing article appears in the San
Fiancisco liiilletin. It is interesting
from its elucidation of the Hawaiian
Government's foreign " policy," that
is so enshrouded in mystery, for -oinc
incomprehensible reason, at home.
Instead of a protectorate, a sort of
tutorship of neighboring groups is
proposed. There is something ex
ceedingly rich, which cannot be ap
preciated outside of this kingdom
under present auspices, in the sug
gestion that "the new state should be
under the tutelage of persons sent
fioin Hawaii to teach the islanders
self-government." What rich green
pastures such an arrangement would
afford for the Bakers, Haybcldens and
Lilikalanis of Hawaii, in danger of
foundering from a protracted dietary
of stall provender! Great pity it is,
however, for the pampered but un
satisfied herds, that the coveted fresh
fields have all been appropriated by
Germany and Spain, thus rudely
awakening the Hawaiian Magi from
their luxurious dreams of lucrative
state pedagoguisin over the less-favored
isles of the 1'acilic.
It would appear from the aiticlc
quoted below as if the Hawaiian
Government, in this ambitious
scheme of acquiring tutorship in the
art of government over the neigh
boring groups, is trading upon the
prestige won for this country by its.
large Christian missionary enter
prises in those islands. To those
who know tho attitude of the Gov
ernment toward the missionary cle
ment of Hawaii, and the avidity
with which their supporters make a
political weapon of the vulgar and
reactionary prejudice against what
is popularly but improperly termed
the " missionary party," this phase
of the Government's Polynesian
policy will appear in its true light
as the rankest hypocrisy. The
Government people may well charac
terize themselves, by implication as
they have done, " the party of im
moral pretences."
If all the visionary exploiting of
our Foreign Olllce was done at the
private charges of the man or men
who are carried away by the pros
pective honors accruing therefrom,
the matter might be dismissed with
a smile at the matured vanity pro
jecting it. But these foreign em
bassies after will-o'-the-wisps arc
using up the scant revenues of this
kingdom, while the most necessary
and important domestic services cn
. trusted to the Government arc
starving and decaying for want of
the means of sustcntation. Here is
the article upon which the foregoing
comments are based:
A wilier lu th(V. London Times of
November 20th tints outlines the objects
ofthevlslt to Euiopo of a Coiuiuls
Mouer from the Sandwich Inlands:
"The Hon. 11. A. 1 Cuter, MinUter
for Hawaii at Washington, ban anlved
luKmniiuon a special niNsluu to the
(iovcrninentsof (heat llillaln, France,
Germany and Spain. 31 r. Cailcr, who
Is a native of the Sandwich Mcs, lint
of American paientage, lias been a
resident In AValiliigton for somu year,
and wa Intrusted with tho negotiation
of the Jleolproelty Treaty with tho
United States, which has dotio m much
to iiicioiiHu the prosperity of Hawaii,
and he lias In addition made Hcvcial
visits to Kmope upon tho business of
the Foreign Olllce of Honolulu. Upon
the pie.M'iil occasion .Mr. Carter Is the
lieaierof an Impuitaiil proposal fiom
the Government of King Knlakaim with
lefereneo to the fiituie of the .Marshall
.-mil the Gilbert Islands. Thy-c Islands
contain a population of about seventy
thousand, who, within the last few
yeai, have become elvlllcd and Clulx-
tlanlzed through the exertions of Ameri
can and Hawaiian Congiegational nil
(lonaiie, all of whom had tho Sand
wich Islands u the baso of their opora
Jlon.s and who havo expended In their
'jitcrprio about i!W,0l)0. It Is now
.suggested that these groups should bo
jillow ed to federate ou tbt same line,
Jail not with, the Hawaiian Island,
.that their autonomy should bo pre
senedand that with some slight niodi
'llcatlou the Hawaiian system of govern
ment should be extended over ail these
islands lu the Central l'acllle which at
the present moment have not been an
nexed and colonized by any Kuropeau
power. Mr, Outer would by glad to
fcco the eaiue principle extended to tho
THE DAILY BULLETIN SUMMABY j HONOLULU, H. T.', FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1686.
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Caroline Islands, tho inhabitants of
which i ("umblc lu many repeeis tlioso
in the Marshall and Gllbeit gtoups. If
the proposal meet with the approval of
Ihigland. Germany and Spain. It 1
suggested that In the first instance the
new state should be under the tutelage
of poisons sent fiom Hawaii to teach
the Islanders self-government. The
Sandwich Islands afford a lcuiaikablc
Instance of a native Polynesian race
adopting Imropeau ehlllatlon. The
Government Is lu the hands of a Sover
eign, a House of Veers, anil a House of
Commons. The laws aie founded on
thoe of the United States: education Is
compulsory, and life and property aie
a safe anil as well protected a In un.v
other pnU of thewoild. The popula
tion I ab'out elghty-lx thousand; the
revenue two hundred thousand pounds a.
year, the Imports, 1,100,000, and the
cxpoits, 1,000,000. The only draw
back to the piospcilty of Hawaii is the
gradual decline of the native popula
tion, which does not exceed 18,00(1, while
thrieaii' about 10,000 foiclgucis Chi
nese, Japanese. I'oitugiiesc, and Cauca
sians, a per.sous fiom Kin ope and the
Untied States air teiuieil. ltnl the
Government of Hawaii aeit that the
stilngciit ineusuie they have taken in
older to stamp out lepiosy have been
successful, and thai theie'ls every pio
liability that lu future year the census
of the native population will show a
small but steady Increase. Efforts were
undo some years ago on the pait of the
people of l'ijland Samoa to Induce the
Hawaiian .Ministry to Inteifere with
their affair, hut the negotiations failed
because It was couiidcicd that these
Wand weie outside the legitimate In
fluence of tho Honolulu Government.
lit it. the advisers of King Kalakaua have
come to tho conclusion that the Interest
of their own eouiitiy and thnso of the
Caroline, Gllbeit and Marshall group
would bo furthered If these latter were
assisted to cairy out the policy which
has wmked o well in the ease of the
Sandwich Islands.
INDEPENDENCE OF THE LEGISLATURE.
The Opposition believe Hint the
practice of electing oillcc-holdcrs to
the Assembly is, in every way,
destructive of independent, economi
cal and honest administration, and
ought to be stopped. The Minis
ters, governors and oilier olllce
holdcis sitting as Nobles are quite
as many of that class as it is safe to
have In the law-making boity. The
distiict justices, sheriff:,, etc., if fit
and proper men for their positions,
should remain at the places to which
they are appointed and for which
they are paid, and should not be
allowed to appoint substitutes
generally very unsuitable ones
while they, for months on a stretch,
are in the capital of the country,
servilely legislating in the interest
of those to whom they owe their ap
pointment and ictcntiou of olllce;
ready to vote for any folly or ex
travagance, and especially for higher
salaries, their own included. The
practice is mischievous and demor
alizing, because it is notorious that
many of the common people, who,
if left according to their preference,
would not favor them, are afraid to
oppose the district judge, or sheriff,
or assessor, lest they may in some
way be made to suffer for it. For
those petty officials soon learn how
to use their iiillucnce (1) in their
own favor. They learn also the
value of their services to tho higher
powers, and while at times they are
very useful, they are also danger
ous to their superiors. Those who
have observed such men as Kaulu
kou, Aliolo, Nahinii, Kaiinamano,
and others of that stripe would not
venture to say what they would not
hesitate to do, either openly or
secretly, in the way of influencing
votes in the election or in the As
sembly. Scorning true independ
ence, which is unprofitable to them,
they demoralize their constituents
and their fellow representatives;
while by their services to the Minis
ters they get such a hold upon, and
one so mercenary to them, that they
arc virtually masters of the situa
tion, so that those responsible mag
nates sit witli closed mouths or else
give encouragement to the stuflhig
of the Appropriation Bill, and the
passage of laws intended to concen
trate tho little power thnt is left to
the people in hands from which
there is no chance of its recovery.
Visitors in the House during last
session often looked on with pity
nnd contempt for the Premier, see
ing him sitting with fingers inter
locked and lips compressed, watch
ing his noisy and self-confident
masters, not daring to oppose them,
ami thinking piobably of what lie
would say when they gathered at
noontide around the salmon and
poi, to wheedle them. If a subsidy
is wanted by a China or any other
line of steamers, or if an opium,
lottery or any other bill is wanted,
for which money will be used to
"put it through," thero is no doubt
as to the parties to approach, for are
there not several influential Represen
tatives who arc currently believed to
linvc more than ouce shown how much
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ram-mwem.,MiiLnmMg
temptation they cannot withstand?
Jealous arc they of the haolca, and
yet none the less ready to fnvor
their private schemes, by pocketing
their own patriotism witli tho haole'a
favors. To provent any letaliation
on tho part of the Ministers for in
solence or tyranny, these experts in
the worst phases of politics arc
shrewd enough to keep an eye and
ear open toward the controlling
qiuu tut' of till appointments of man
lis. Tho most of this demoraliza
tion and other damage comes by the
election of olllcc-holders to the
Legislature.
ISSUES OF THE HOUR.
Order, method and precision m
public affairs aie gicat wauls of this
kingdom. If did not require any
very keen perception to observe, at
the last session of the Legislature,
that the Assembly was in an undis
ciplined and confused state from
first to last. Thero was a manifest
absence of the controlling guidance
of master minds. Upon the bide of
the Ministry there was a definite
and settled policy upon scarcely any
important matter of state. No higher
motive than the exigencies of the
hour seemed to influence Ministerial
conduct. Airy sudden danger to
the tenure of the Cabinet was made
sufficient occasion for a shifting of
ground. Outside bieezes in some
cases fortunately for the country
frequently produced a speedy tack
ing of ship. As a consequence
vacillation marked the course of
legislative action so far as it was
controlled by the Government, and
often, also, by the Opposition. It
should be the aim of every patriotic
citizen, at this opportunity of a
general election, to secure a Legis
lative Assembly marked by intelli
gence and wisdom, while possessing
a harmonious majority pledged to
both functional and organic reforms,
so far as such may be practicable to
accomplish or promote, in accord
ance with the dictates of experienec.
A DASTARDLY SCHEME.
The Government party's scheme
of utilizing the military establish
ment of the kingdom for partisan
service is a deliberate attempt to
subvert the freedom of tho people.
It must be opposed, inch by inch,
and defeated, or Hawaiian citizen
ship will be a thing to be cast off
witli loathing by every man having
a spark of independence in his spirit.
If the scheme be not thwarted be
fore the elections, then the nation as
one man should protest against being
governed by the ballots, any more
than by the bayonets, of a soldiery
capable of being driven to the polls,
like slaves, to support a Ministry
that cannot stand upon their merits
as administrators of affairs. What
other constitutional system in the
world can furnish the spectacle of
soldiers being paraded to receive
orders how they shall discharge civil
duties and privileges? Those ic
sponsible for this state of affairs are
working to wreck the independence
of the country, which was recognized
by tho United States, England and
Franco in consideration of the king
dom's internal affairs being con
ducted according to modernly ac
cepted principles of popular free
dom. Tills intimation implies no
idle threat, but is made with the
knowledge that the present trend of
Hawaiian government is not wholly
escaping the official cognizanco of
the great Powers named.
MUSIC IN THE AIR.
The electioneering methods of tho
Government party are neither new
nor unique. They are, in them
selves, the very strongest evidence
of weakness, and no person of or
dinary observation and intelligence
can fail to have noticed how exceed
ingly shy the Government candi
dates are of their own or their
masters' past record. There is an
unmistakable determination to "fight
it out" on every lino except on the
merits of the cabinet ministers indi
vidually, or of the policy of the
Government collectively.
The howl of disloyalty raised and
leiterated from day to day against
Hie opposition candidates and their
supporters is the historical war-cry
of tyranny both In Knglnnd and
America. Tho people who, in the
great crisis of Knglish history, stood
manfully for their own and the
nation's liberty, were denounced as
traitors anil rebels. Similar ilirt-
r.
ijuKjin
throwing was Indulged in by tho
foes of New England's libertieo In
prc-revolutiounry years. Tho third
edition of precisely the same book
is now, in this year of grace, being
issued, chapter by chapter, from
the Morning Advertiser olllce, nnd
foisted upon the Hawaiian electorate.
But the absurdity of striving to
synonymize the country's success
with the success of the batch of politi
cal adventurers controlling its affairs,
is so palpably absurd that it requires
some ten or a dozen repetitions
every day to drill the minds of even
the Govcrnmentscribcs into a sort
of vaguo supposition that there must
be something in it. Loyalty and
patiiotism, tree opium and licensed
gnmbling,aie among tho planks of the
administration's platform. The first
named arc hewn out by themselves,
cut anil squared to suit the exi
gencies of the hour, and are of value
only to the proprietors, on salary
pay days. The next named, opium
and gambling, they hope to have
the electors accept on the 3rd of
February, a hope that no well
wisher of this Kingdom desires to
see realized. The policy of national
debauchery by opium nnd gambling,
attempted by the present Govern
ment at last meeting of the Legis
lature, but fortunately frustrated,
does not harmonize witli the assump
tions of immaculate patriotism in
dulged in by the self styled "na
tional party" in their appeals to
tho support of their constituents.
And every voter who casts a ballot
for the Government candidates, en
dorses those outrageous projects
for the demoralization and ruin of
the people. The duty of the hour is
plain. To oust the present Govern
ment will be to prove before the
world that the native voter lias at
tained a sufficiently advanced stage
of civilization to be capable of
deciding what is and what is not
for his 'own interests.
INTIMIDATION.
Below is given documentary cvi
denco of the prostitution of the
educational service of the kingdom
to partisan purposes. It is a letter
received by a Government school
teacher from one of the Government
tools holding the position of tax
assessor. The latter threatens the
former, " by authority," witli de
privation of position and paj' if he
does not support the Government
candidate. By such means an in
capable, corrupt and corrupting
administration seeks to maintain its
grip on the nation's vitals:
To my Dear Friend,
D. Ki:kiokai.am, Esq.
Salutation :
A suitable time having presented
itself I now address a letter to your
distinguished self, and you take tho
good out of it and reply to mo in
writing.
Who arc you going to vote for?
I hear that it is C. Brown because
lie has given you $'10. I now put
this question to you, which is the
best : $ 10 which lasts but a short
time, or regular wages as a school
master that you and your wife can
live on, and draw regularly at the
end of every month until the year
ends? The 840 in which you now
place your trust is for the present
only ; on the 3rd of February it will
be gone, and do not flatter yourself
witli the idea that you will get any
thing more out of C. Brown after
that time. I therefore place tho
matter plainly before you, are you
willing to lose your subsistence from
this time forward, and I make this
statement to you with authority,
and request that you will use your
best judgment and think well over
the matters contained in this letter
and act accordingly, or time will
show that your occupation will be
taken away from you and your wife,
and you will be very sorry to miss
tho regular monthly appearance of
your pay. I do not think that you
are a fool nnd are unable to select
what is best for you, and I therefore
recommend you to vote for me.
J. M. Kauauikaua.
Piihccmiki, Jan. 11, 188G.
DISCRIMINATION.
Tho utterances of this morning's
Advertiser afford tho strongest pos
sible proofs of the hollowncss of the
pleas upon which tho party hacks of
the Government hope to maintain
their grip upon the vitals of this
Kingdom. Tho public are, by this
time, fully piepared for any amount
of buncombe in the columns of that
sheet, especially when the cause of
the political and commercial mono
polists of this Kingdom needs to bo
boomed. The "Campaign Notes"
of tills morning, which in plain
English would bo more nppropiintely
:-
handed
heavily
"Campaign llosh," arc
chat ced with sin microns
criticism on the business transactions
of eei tain pi i vale firms in tho city.
These ti ansactlons the Adccrlwr,
witli that unscrupulous disregaid of
truth and honesty for which it lias
won a most unenviable notoriety,
wilfully and knowingly misrepre
sents, and einplojs to further tho
despicable schemes of that political
abortion, yclept . " the National
Party." As specimens of the cam
paign bosh emanating from that
paper, we quote:
(1) "Tho fact that the men who
arc finding money to elect the Oppo
sition ticket at this election arc dis
criminating against American ship
ping cannot lie denied. By so doing,
they are impciilling the treaty."
('') "They aio cliaiteiing the
British ships to cai ry their sugar to
the Coast, and will compel the
United States Government by their
greed to give notice of the termina
tion of the Reciprocity Treaty."
(3) "The Ilcspcr, a fine American
vessel, leaves in n day or two for tho
Coast, in ballast, as does also the
Amelia, an American bark. Tho
British bark Victoria Cross, on the
other hand, has secured a full cargo
at about half ruling Kites."
(I) "The British steamers Zca
lnndia and Australia aie furnished
with freight in opposition to the
American line of steamships of the
Oceanic Company."
How desperate must be the straits
to which a journal that was once " a
great newspaper" is driven, when
such rubbish as is contained in the
foregoing quotation has to bo used
for political effect. With respect to
quotation No. 1, it is only necessary
to observe that the writer who pen
ned the words knew tho assertion to
be destitute of tho essential clement
of truth. It would, indeed, lie a
sulllcient answer to such a state
ment to remind the Advertiser peo
ple of the propriety of minding
their own business. The firms re
ferred to doubtless transacted busi
ness before the Advertiser had an
existence, and piobably never found
it necessary to consult newspaper
editors about the management of
their affairs. Btit,to lay bare the miser
able scheme by which the Govern
ment organ strives to throw dust in the
eyes of the American as well as the
Hawaiian people, wo shall state a
few facts, from which the public,
with the Advertiser in one hand, and
these facts in the other, can, if they
choose, form an opinion upon the
"discrimination" question. In the
Advertiser of Jan. ICtli, under the
heading, "Foroign Vessels in Port,"
there appear, 1 German, 1 British,
1 Norwegian, 1 Hawaiian and seven
American vessels. Of the seven
American vessels, live arc for sugar,
one, as tho Advertiser says, went in
ballast, and one, as the Advertiser
is careful not to say, is in the lumber
trade, and never carries sugar. Tho
Victoria Cross secured a cargo sim
ply by being in port at the right
time to take it. The Hcsper left in
ballast because the ' cargo for which
tiie agents were negotiating witli her
to carry was not ready, and the
vessel could not or would not wait
for it. That is "discrimination"
with a vengeance. If the Advertiser
writer had informed the public that
the Spreckels' firm year by year and
month by month, have been "char
tering British vessels to carry their
sugar to tho Coast," he would have
made himself famous by uttering
one plain truth, all on the same day ;
but because such nn intimation
would be matter of fact, it is safe to
predict that it never will appear in
the columns of that paper until the
exigencies of political misrepresenta
tion render its publication necessary.
At the samo time, the "organ"
ought to blow a strong blast into
tho ear of its masters that "by so
doing, they arc imperilling tho
Treaty I" And while our contem
porary assumes to bo in fighting
trim on "discrimination," it may
be well to invite his attention to tho
fact that insurance companies are
very wealthy and influential bodies,
and that, doubtless, many members
of Congress are personally interested
in their success, for which reason,
lie must also remind his employers,
the Messrs. Spreckels. that bv in-
i suring tho great bulk of their sugars
in English companies, they aro "dis
ciiminating" against American insur
ance, and "imperilling tho Treaty 1"
With respect to quotation No. 4,
above, Hie statement is true in
words, but false in tho impression
monut to bo coivreycd. It is true
thnt the Zealtuidltt add Australia vo
eelve sugar in preference to the
Oceanic Company's steamers; and
for the best of nil reasons, namely,
that the sugars were offered tho
Oceanic Company's steamers, but
declined, except on terms dictated
by the company ; hence the shippers,
not having the fear of the morning
Advertiser before their eyes, en
tered into legitimate business engage
ments witli other parties. The false
intention of the Advertiser's re
ference to these transactions is ap
parent in tho manifest insinuation
Hurt the "discrimination" is in favor
of "British" as against "American"
shipping.
MARINE FATALITIES.
A blue book lias been issued in
England containing the First Heport
of the Koyal Commission on Loss of
Life at Sea. It embraces some
13,000 questions and answers, occu
pying 700 pnges. Although the
London Globe says the investigation
" has thus far borne too much the
appearance of a .trial of tho ship
owning interest of Great Britain on
the prosecution of the Board of
Trade, " still n perusal of that
journal's review of the document is
rewarded witli some suggestive hints
and information that may be appli
cable to other than Britisli com
merce. Mr. Gray, Permanent As
sistant Secretary to the Board of
Trade, while admitting a diminution
in the loss of life on best managed
steamship lines, holds that the annual
loss of life in merchant shipping
amounts to one out of every flfty
soven employed. Among the reasons
for this high rate of mortality elicited
by tho investigation, a chief one is
tho practice of over-insuring ships,
and the fact that no civil or crimi
nal responsibility attaches to owners
who knowingly send to sea unsca
wortliy, overladen, or unmanned
vessels. Mr. Gray, who conducted
the investigation for the most part,
refers to "small capitalists who,
though they no more want a ship
than tlioy want a boa constrictor, aro
induced by highly-colored prospec
tuses to put their money into ship
owing speculations. Inordinate pro
fits arc promised, and to get these it
is necessary for the managers of the
enterprise to risk the safety of the
ship by cutting down the master's
wages, reducing the number of the
crew, and, in general, sacrificing
everything to the all-important con
sideration of saving money." Some
high authorities are cited, on the
other hand, to show that the figures
and conclusions of Mr. Gray arc
over-drawn. "Mr. Richard Lowndes,
President of the Liverpool Chamber
of Commerce, believes, as the re
sult of forty years' experience in
shipping matters, that there is ex
ceedingly little wilful wrecking ; but
lie nevertheless thinks that the pres
ent system of insurance tends to
diminish the caution that would other
wise bo used." The chairman of
the Hartlepool Shipowners' Society,
in a long experience, had not found
that vessels highly insured were more
likely to be lost than tiioso insured
on a lower scale. During the in
quiry a good deal of discussion oc
curred on the question of the alleged
deterioration of officers and men in
the mercantile service. Vice-Ad-miral
R. A. Powell is of opinion that
tho master of a large passenger ship
is usually an extremely good navi
gator and a skilful ofllcer generally,
but that, on the other hand, tho
master of an ordinary trader is not
quite equal to what ho should be for
his responsible position. "Still,"
he adds, " it is impossible to forget
what they do when they come regu
larly into peril, their marvellous self
sacrifice, both in the case of the
seamen and the masters." Captain
Mcthvcn, formerly of the Peninsular
and Oriental Company's service,
thinks that "the ordinary practice
of masters in navigation is far below
what they aro capable of and that
their work should be more closely
looked after by owners by supervi
sion of the log-book, which is often
very badly kept."
The revelations of tho Britisli in
quiry above stated do not show
causes of marine fatalities peculiar
to British commerce. Witli the
growth of Hawaii's infant marine
they will bo found to crop up, ond
it would be well to prepare for
them. Already it is no now thing
hero to see people who have no more
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