The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1856-10-02

sonable extent. how the affairs of this government
are conducted. Nothing would be more certain to
enlist their sympathies and ensure their Jealous sup
port IN favor of a government, than a conviction that
honesty and impartiadty pervaded its respective
branches.
W ought to carefully. abstain from showing ia
voritism in all public, especially pecuniary transAc-
tons, and bear in mind that teU things lcouIf tend
more to discredt the government than its officers mir
ing themselves up rth commercial transactions, frGf-
fc, or anything like jOb6fng- Such a course, if per-
mltted, would inj1re the honest trader, and weaken
public confidence. Whatever IS beneficial TO COM
merce in general, is beneficial 70 the nation but if
two or three merchants, or other private individuals
be allowed undue advantages, or influence, they viii
be almost certain to serve their own interests at the
expense Of the vital interests OF the Country
We close by quoting the Generals views On the
subject of free ports and public Improvements, which
are briefly summed up in the following paragraphs:
"By making all the Sandwich Islands ports, abso-
lutely free ports. our revenue, I feel persuaded,
would soon greatly increase thereby. Landed pro-
perty, especially in and near our ports. would in that
case be much augmented in value, and these Islands
would become q commercial entrepOt for tbs North
West Coast, Oregon, California, and the Western
Coast Of Mexico. A moderate land tax, and q small
tax upon the better sort Of houses, together with the
rent for the warehouses which we can easily build
on the large reef in front of the fort close to deep
water, would produce a permanent and increasing
revenue, and, if ara not much mistaken, would suf-
fee to cover al the expenses Of government. If not,
other measures by no means onerouS can easily oe
adopted 10 make up the deficiency but [ must say
that to tax cattle, or any produce of the Islands,
w0uld be in my opinion, most unwise.
With regard to public improvements viii mere
ly observe, that, if what [ have in contemplation be
carried out, Honolulu viii soon be useFully ornament
Ell with FIVE or six fountains, well supplied with ex-
cellent water by means of an iron pipe, at least six
inches in diameter, laid down by a practical and COM
petent engineer, SO as TO lead from the excellent nat
ural reservoir situated in the Nuuanu Valley at the
distance of less than II mile and a half from the town.
Two smaller branch pipes viii b. carried out on stone
jetties to the extreSaity of the large reef in front Of
the fort, so that all vessels which come into our safe,
convenient, and very snug Harbor may be expedi-
tiously, and cheaply supplied with the best of water,
without even their water casks being brought on
shore. The u~nsightly and unhealthy fort will disap-
pear to make room for Il commodfous clean market
house, and Il secure and well ventilated prison with
spacious compartments and yards. On the reef will
also be erected a twelve gun battery, and good bar
racks for 100 men. All these are objects worthy of
our best and immediate attention.