The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-06-07


W't"'.H. was "'.d ''-i.'' 'F ''''tt.i"-
occurring 900 h- d pertinent and "ut Cd. j., and
chat, tf., ry 900. "a' now seA- largely % o5n-
.r'I Che r.'.rn".H l7.':
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according Il, a.. ,...rv AZ sq-respsnsf,s,
.l.l...f Lv ,,.. p..s.-... lie .uIy drfy of -
Minister f.. . -- i'm his .r-. and hear tl.
.,..s.r .r tba.. Ssh, ..t f-,..r. continually
~cr,.ac. Give. .." and . return them th,
--..tr .,.,.- b.. v. .-l.. ,.,.rl ,,.
,.l- wants int, IT., Bsr-.t.
: r.r-....1 One. c.i..It .. q sick friend.
and advised certain m.!i.in. whereof IN. friend
.di.a-li.I lv Oh. direct iiiaenc. af the m.,li-
.rfa.. WHAT w.g,l W.. rrjuE of tl. rby~i.rlu
VINO should TIL Us. If Is not INV fault that YOUR
friend died. advised he medicine. but il was
for v,u t,I.Ei.r4t.an II aud # Won ch.-. "a ado
minister il ON ms advice. ON Won re-.s the death
90. YOUR friend. such a Practitioner. We sl,ra,r.
w,..d soon los. the c5uiIeuee of the public and
his opportunity ot practice. such. We claim. is
th. position OF the Niuiter of Finance. according
To- his own showing.
ON tine other band. and i'm ,rrasitian ta the
stand taken PSI the g.r.rumcut organ. we MAIN
tain that 10 is the Minister'S duty 10 watch for
IN. good 81 al, stu-eaud To- give good advice ON
fiscal matters as well as ON all others. But We
ask. haas DE done it. If De- has not. can We look
for better in tlr iu.urg3 OR Las lac lost public
confidence? And having lost it. should me not
retire = First. wcEud him ia his report. recon-
mgudiuS the repeal OF the transit duty. winch
has NOT yet gone into operation. This recon-
meulItion certainly acrards with our views and
the reasons given are the same which we urged
before the I.SSLes OF she act imposing them.
Eat We ask. under whose responsibility were
these same duti~ proposed. unl,>, it may Dee the
+ responsibility y the Minister OF Finance? And
what may be thought Of the wisdom Of that man.
financially speaking. who having de,iherutcd.
proposes and carries q law. and then. having re-
tnliher.t.d. proposes It's rgrcal before IL ha. zone
into action Was IT,. or was IL not. his duty TO
have taken INTO consideration our geographical
position before IT,. law was proposed? But IT..
ON the other hand. the Minister Is a mere moutl-
Iire, for other men. still ON him rest, the r,spou-
sinili.y ufthe measured as wei a>t the heavier re>rou-
sibiitv of throwing out mere suggestions without
thought or care. az To whether tl,y will be heug-
fetal. feasible or not.
five see him thus wavcrinr on his own rl>t
or czp,ii,uts. what can W. think Of his
proposition to lay "a discriminating. protective
iutv ON manufactures of wood. cloth. and lcath-
Can he point &, one native Of these islands.
toanv c,usileraLl. decree. Is engaged in Or
attempting To carry ON any branch of manufac-
ur,s for himself. we mean rs u master workman.
rraro.i.i.n cannot oat 81 ,uuI.,rt. even from
he government nr.ln and vet II +. r., he rr,-
mined ~ III, the result or his observation. careful .
elaboration. and consultation with MON Of .y-
sre,ce. The absolute rr,r.s,l.n.,s Of his
Ieas Is best illustrated by I.ip-ine T., the imnor-
alton Of charcoal lv the Z.e. from Jaran.
rogsl- her. h.causa tL. natives Of tLc islands
too Indifferent to supply the necessity. bring
y it TO town in scant supply. and demanding
lOrmous prices. Does the Minister reckon this
.aor- his ID. manufactures of wood or may we ,
for a special message, in view of tli. new
this strange enemy 20 domestic indus
Recommending special dutv ON charcoal : +
ID as the foreign secretary failed - obtain a ,
'aty with japan. a still NOR, discriminating :
III in the article brought from that Empire. i
We charcoal burners. get up your monster $
titions for the protection of iIouE I>pU>rHY- f
IKE It PENAL 70. any man To- sell the article. r
Tanese or other. 1T less than ten cents per d
uud. The hulkincSs of the article, and the cX- n
nse Of freight upon it. are no protection 10 i
u. Would not the freight on articles Of the
TX Of common furniture and other mauufac- Il
res of wood be sufficient discrimination if the Il
Jple had one Particle of ingenuity or enter b.
se in them II is "a we'll known fact that it y
next to impossible 70 get natives to make mats n
}ugh for sale, even as matters of curiosity to e,
strangers and thar. too. at prices equal %
OF nearly cgualing fine cIrVotiug. We had a
ap1a.1 o, rm.-.,, .r- -rf- ,r.-a.- oDI =. .-,4.1 o.: