The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-08-22

mournful fact. The uninitiatcd reader may ask
what Borneo has To 60 with the Iahaina Sugar
Company they must remember that there Is q
q profound scheme under way, and that the
island Of Borneo Is comprehsnded within it; 50
also Is the Island Of Mauritius-and we have j
word to say about that little gem Of the ocean.
1t is located in the Indian Ocean, about 400
miles East Of Madagascar. and in the same lati-
tude south that this island Is north. and about
the same size, with the same soil. topography and
geological formation. and Of course It's natural
resources the same. But how do they compare
At present as to material prosperity? In 1850
the sugar crop alone on the Island Of Mauritius
amounted TO 0.O00 tons. and has a population
Of 200, Geo people. The receipts for the crop. at
the island, were over twenty millions Of dollars 4,
Let our sugar dealers and bankers ponder that.
The Island Of Oahu, which il capable of pro-
ducing an equal amount Of sugar and sustaining
an equal number of inhabitants. furnishes 4 few
pumpkins, watermelOns and fresh beef for ships.
and has a population Of > 1875 inhabitants all
told. Let our government officials ponder that.
We shall export from all these islands about if
teen hundred tons sugar this year. Lee all hands
ponder that. Drop Mauritius into the district
Of IIilo, and it would not cover it, neither would
it Hanakua, either of which districts Is much
better adapted to sugar than that island. In
short, our archipelago is capable of producing
five times the amount Of sugar that Mauritius l.,
and not cultivate then more than half the area
available for some purpose. y relative number
Of inhabitants to attend 70 the sugar business is
one million say a half million more devoted to
commerce, manufactures and the non-sugar grow
ING part Of the islands. and We have one and a
half million inhabitautS-quite Il respectable
state in any confederation, taking the Mauritius
as an examPllr, if that island has reached its
height Of prosperity, which we doubt. Why are
these islands 50 far behind that in material pros
perity? We fancy that the strong arm of John
Bull To protect capital seeking investment in
sugar estates, low, or rather no duties, if sold in
English markets, and the let-alone-system by the
judiciary in regard to the treatment of laborers
by planters, have much if not all to do with it.
Slavery is abolished there, the apprentice system
prevails, and it seems to work we'll, though har-
der than slavery. Inc manumitted negroes, we
learn, are fast vanishing with their freedom and
free notions under the new order of things and
the shadow of imported Indians. The latter, it
appears, are the superior race. Alas for Z" I'm
Gle Tom and his - cabin if the negro cannot
survive his freedom among either whites or In
dams.
Well, we are not in want of the negro to till
our cane fields. The southern islands, beginning
with Micronesia, contain abundant laborers, and
ii would be a mercy to introduce them to civil
cation through Il cane field. Upon the low
coral islands Of this ocean, are thousands of
natives who have never seen aught but the sky,
sea, the cOcoanut tree and Il crab. Any condition
in Il civilized land would be preferable to such
existence as that. We should not envy the
man who undertook 10 teach them the use Of the
hoe and pillow. Ten years service for their
tuition and keep, we think would be about right.
What says the Lahaina Sugar Company to that?
We abhor negro slavery, but we are told that
ON the Island of Sumatra exists Il species of
humans. hairy as Esau, and not half 50 glutton-
Gus, and that they are only fit for slaves. 1t
is said Il variety of that species exists on Hawaii.
We are incredulous, but our correspondent
is there on the spot, and will examine into it.
Dutch are stupid, and we hope our good
of Foreign Relations will notify them
delay of the hairy men, fit only for
slaves, who live on. and eat up the substances
If Sumatra. Those heartless jailors Will appro-
them mt once. Let our Minister assure
reassurc them that the EUdr is no - Pongo
Ape " humbuS.
We undertook to tell our readers of the won
lerful prosperity of the Island of Mauritius, but
he wonders of natural history seduced us away;
we'll try to keep to our text Il little better. The
Lahaina Sugar Company will manufacture, first
iear, 800 tons suglr-G00 900 pounds-United
states, on the Pacific, our market. The war
iuty Of two and Il half cents on the pound will
hen exist, which will, ON 300 tons, amount To
SIS 900. Pretty handsome tax to pay Uncle
for the inestimable privilege of sweetening
lin up to the extent of 800 tons. IL is also Il
wink 10 the blind who stand out in the cold,
With neither Lion or Eagle skin to cover them.
fifteen thousand dollars That is more than
,ur good Kings salary. We don't advise the
4ahaina Sugar Company to purchase his SOW
would be treason or treachery,
We don't know exactly which. Patriotism, we
ny, before all other considerations. Our islands
will export this year, fifteen hundred tons sugar,
Iuties at p cents per b., are SGT, 250-at9 cent
per b., S22,5OO Whether the duty is : cent
r % cents per pound, the tax is enormous, and
yhen cur sugar business approaches that of
positively outrageous. Who Is there
0 persuade Uncle Sam to be decent? Our
government Will, we IL ne buuhu. Our weak
is our strength and we'll knock him
than Il kite if he does not abolish that
There are a few among us who do
lot believe the doctrines, neither will they
elieve, that the race is not with the swift,
or the battle with the strong" but they are
wv indeed, let them 90 to wreck on their new
lngled notions about - powder must be kept
ry,'' or that " Providence favors the heaviest
atJalions. = we of the faithful will hang to-
ether and preserve our present political status,
nd Nix take the hindmost, which will be the
airy man, sure, if he ever comes this way. If
ne reader accuses us Of too much : promiscuous