The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-06-14
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
THURSDAY. JUNE u.

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2 P.fsrsiEs-
w are aware THAI almost every Representa-
tive Gomez up u tie capital with q budget Of
local wants and local Suggestions iu his pocket.
Hut IN -li- t-ey 81 not differ much from Tie
people n customs Cd. other countries. Sill Ne
do nDt zee tie applicability IF rL., sugg -ti5u e.
the theory advanced u ra- Pg'1n.oqu. that tie
Ministerial Bud-lt should. or D,Fs serve no
other FurP0se than an Index g, the Finance
Committee Of the HJ"-. # Representatives,.
Iha-r E-tl- private budgets serve, s.. says our
c,-emlDrsTy, % expr.ss the wauts VI the
country These wants are expressed without a
knowledge Of what may b. asked By otn-r-. and
% how FIR the revenues VI tire country will suffice
. meet al th-ir LITTLE demands: and We will
frankly ADD. that many yf the motions and petit
tons in the house do not very clearly indicate
that the movers " petitioners know exactly what
they want. But when it j. further added by our
contemporary that tie ministerial Bulgsf IS IKE
1rIse an SLFTssssoH IF Hs rants If tie c,tal,~y,
We would c4eeriaiiy assent o tie Trgr.s!t!an
that it si9lad be -. but deny That il Cthe present
BudEst J. the expression Of any want except Of
those who - mode~tiy ask for 0re-ius when
the public were thinking IF asking them 10
take los. Our neighbor's sentence i ~ follows
d" Both the-e (the Representatives little Budzet-)
AMI Jhe other (the Monster Bud-et) are simple
expressions IF the wants of the public"
This J. the question which We have undertaken
% discuss IN our two last >-le-whe;Ler tue r.
port Of tie Minister Of Finance isan expression
Of the wants Of the public" We have submitted
to our readers the proposition that. in the pres
ent condition Of our finances. il i the Ministers
duty u propose retranclmeut and reform 10 see
with quick apprehension. where sinecures can b.
Topped Of, the number OF unnecessary en-
Yl1yccs reduced without injury % the public ser
vice, the amount Of salaries reduced without in
curing the risk Of compelling trustworthy men
To retire and being obliged % supply their places
with persons less competent and less trustworthy
and still further. 1t i his duty 20 point out
wherever q IudiciDuS aperture may BE- IN raj
rig ,riee eooH0Hy. He has not done -: and in
pursuance with what ". deem our duty. We shall
proceed 20 do in an imperfect way. as far 80
present space and time VIII allow Us, that work
which the paid servant of the public has left un-
done. Public salaries must be paid by taxes on
the people imposed in one form and another. and
therefore it Is the legitimate sphere Of Il Journal
T. discuss them. if be whose duty it i. to suggest
reforms fails 70 do 50. If the public receipts
threaten I'd h-'I"a--- IL i natural ana reasonable f
u demand q like decrease IN expenses. 1t i
always AN ungrateful task 70 suggest the reduc-
Of salaries. OF the dismissal Of unnecessary
employees. since the recipients look upon their
salaries as vested rights we therefore forbear to
placing the ministerial salaries at $1,000
per annum-moree especially in yirw of the prom
nent fact that they themselves. being the best
Judges, say heir services are worth double that
RH~- I-zI 81. IL. =a-- H. TO- H.. -. .
solicited the increase, it would BE- well to VEN
the idea thoroughly, and perhaps a decrease :
nav be arrived at. If not in their salaries. in the {
expenses Of their Offices and departments. Docs :
cot this nation bear the appearance of a small i
Joy with his fathers clothes on? Have We not c
90 many Offices? Cannot some Of them be dis :
,ensed with? And are We not 50 situated a. 10 a
make it advisable 70 look after sulcH hqES: to e
carefully to the Outstanding Of the public L
evenues - that they may be distributed not for O
he purpose Of enriching any. but for the profit i
f all? i
Taking for granted that these propositions viii 4
e conceded to be indisputedly true, it will be o
sked, what Is the necessity Of the expenditure of
500 per wear to q Commissioner in London? I
What interests have We in that capital. which :
r. more momentous than at Washington or at o
Let it not be said TO be a small sum 50 L
,ng as the Treasury l. obliged 70 Borrolc money u
F, pay it. or 50 long as it might be Of benefit in Fl
Jnstructing one rod Of road or be employed in 1
ny way in aiding steam navigation among the b
lands. Does the presence of a Commissioner a
lere, and the payment TO him of this paltry n
I'm. make u any more respectable in the ewes of +
le World or Of the British Empire? Are we IL
nv less respected by the Great American Repub- Il
c because We DO not keep an ambassador at its 2
Capital? Then let US use this sum-, and Il
at set apart for the payment of consular agen- in
e.. for our own domestic convenience. trusting b,
the fact that If our conslIs should. in the cour>. *
time have any work To do. their fses will suffice e.
T their remuneration, and resting assured. that y
they have no work 70 DO. and therefore get no in
", no injustice Will be done Them. Ii cannot ri
necessary to say more than we have already, r
regard TO extra clerk hire. either in the foreign Ii
ice or Otherwhere. deemiug that our views ON il,
at subject. a. contained in 0ur issue two weeks NJ
nee are the views Of our iell5w-citizens. We al
Fl bound to say. however. that the pr,rriety do
the call for an extra y. geo for TRANSACTIONS Us
g not strike Us f~orcibly. TRANSACTIONS Of what? an
it means the translati0ns of the Reports Of that u.
into Hawaiian, we answer that a on
lwaiian Minister and his Secretary. one or u
tn. are presumed 70 write the Hawaiian lam tn
age. We know that the Minister is not con- a
rsant with it, but he should supply the def spi
for himself. We imagine that Lord Pal trY
.rs,or does not draw from the Exchequer for til,
wing his Reports translated into English. But las
It means translatiug European languages into ira
glisi. We answer that $4,000 per year should the
e in this town men amply competent to trans Iul
the language of every nation of Europe, with "
We have any correspondence, necessary or lat
This proposition will hardly, We =. !