The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-12-29
w.n.ca. .sealed Tenders.

Mr.. EDITOR Times are getting rather hard here
in Honolulu. Some are going to California, some to
Vaneouver's Island, and some in other directions,
seeking their fortunes, but | hardly wish to leave
Honolulu, if l can make an honest living here. l
have a little capital, which I should like to invest in
some way, but as l should prefer its being increased,
1 have a proposition to make to the Hawaiian Gov
eminent. 1t is my desire to enlist the interest and
capital of the Government in one of the following
schemes
1st.-To establish a retail store in the peighborhood
of the 8 man with the black bag where, as l learn
from the Poiymesian, the Government officers fire.
quently s. drop in,'' and find that he does q good
business; and I am sure that, with the aid of
a little " tin'' from the treasury, l can do the same,
especially as I intend to take as my motto, "prices
low and ''terms quick - With thc help Of about
SIG, 600 from the Government, 1 think I could make
a good thing of it, and pledge it against not more
than $4,000 loss per annum. If this should not meet
the views of the Government. 1 have other projects.
ID should be glad to open a grocery or hard
ware store opposite the Odd Fellows Hall, on al out
the same amount of aid from the Government, say
$15, 900. 1 think either of these investments per-
fectly safe, and l will offer iii addition to furnish our
invincible army with matchlocks and bayonets free of
charge, if 1 open the hardware store; or hard bread
and cheese, if the grocery business is selected. l am
not particular in my choice of business, and leave
that to the Government.
3d.-Should my plans be considered on too small a
scale to meet the views of the government, l propose to
take the premises occupied by the Hudson Bay Co,
which l understand will soon be vacated, and estab-
fish a heavy importing house adjoining AIessrs. jan
ion, Green & Co. My own capital is entirely too
limited for this business, and 1 should ask Govern
rnant al RI tho axtapf Of Gc0 000 which nm in
formed is the limit OF their investment in similar en-
~terprises. My long acquaintance with the use of the
yard stick and the quality of blue drills and %cottons,
enables me to make this proposal with great conf
dence. 1 also have my fears that the importing bust
ness win suffer soon, unless the Government aid me
in this enterprise.
4th.-Should all these offers fail, my motto being
g dun spero, spiro," I have still another, on which
there can be no difference of opinion. I propose to
take all the vacant lots on the Esplanade, and estab-
fish an extensive lumber yard and carpenter shop,
with steam planning and saw mill. l am very SAN
guine of this last proposition, as I understand a new
custom house is to be erected soon, and various other
public buildings and bridges are in view, and l can
rely on the patronage of my old friends, the super
intendents of public works and roads. In this I'M
dertaking I should require as much Government aid
as in the last proposal.
l am encouraged to make these very liberal offers
to the government from the generous manner in
whieh it sustains a similar enterprise, which it styles
its Government Press. I shall soon lay my entire
plans before His Majesty's Privy Council. and cannot
entertain a doubt that TINT liberal body will accept
at least one of them, especially as I understand the
public treasury is now very aush.
Yours, &C.,
ONE OUT OF BUSINESS.