The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-12-09

inc has been too dear these last four years, all
,hrourb the foreigners. and it Is time that the ma
,iy,. themselves took the matter in hand ana re-
duced the high prices.
Every member must bind himself to deal eNclu-
sivelv ut the company's store. in fact 1t VIII De 10
his own interest to do so because, ii he laId out
say. = dollar for 4 shirt, at his own store, he would
get that dollar back again, CT at least his share OF
il. whereas. If he laid it out al the foreigners store
he would never see it again. Besides. only see
what = benefit we are doing 10 the country by
keeping the money in 1t. The foreigner boards his
money and takes it away with him ont of the coun-
trv. but We will lay it out among ourselves anu
conseduentlv there will be no danger of q scarcity
of the circulating medium. There will be more
money in the country. and the more money we
have the richer We will be. .
The speaker here took his seat. and 4 :" venerable
old greaser." in the very primitive costume OF
beaver hat and malo. arose and stated that he con-
Cured in the remarks of the president regarding
scarcity and high price of clothing. and thought
that q store among themselves was the only remedy
where they could 20 and get clothing when they
wanted il. As 10 work. a liitle Of it went a long
way viii. him. and he hoped that the store would
relieve him of ii entirely. He would set out IN q
day OF TWO for the other side Of the island and beg
the ten dollars from some Of his friends. who were
al work on a plantation there 80 as 10 do his share.
one gentleman inquired what The plantations
were to do Tor hands if everybody went into store
keeping. The President informed him that the
Government had provided 4 remedy fer that oy
importing Cinnamon, SO that the plantations would
not suffer. How wise on the part Of the Govern
mentr' several OF them exclaimed.
One individual stated that he thought store
keeping a much more respectable and profitable
occupation than hoeing cane, and much easier, as
hoeing cane invariably gave him the back-ache,
The whole assembly agreed with him unanimously
Another gent. slightly under the influence OF
potato-beer, remarked that tue quickest way TO
start a store would be to go in and clean ont Qoh")
the hooles. and appropriate their icditcoi.
one rather seusiblc-looking fellow, who had
hitherto taken no part in the discussion. and who
evidently couldn't see it." arose and stated that
in this district there were hundreds of acres of the
best cane-land on the Island, and proposed to raise
five thousand dollars to buy Il small iron or wooden
mill and some pots, and let each man put in cane
on his own land. and contribute his animals to
help grind it OFF. He thought it would pay better
than store-keeping. The speaker was here inter
rupted by loud shout, and cry of Why, that
would be working = " lie wants to make us work -
Put him OUT e Hele pela = &c, &c.
After coming to order again. a dozen or two
more of the assembly expressed their manaos,
after which a general paying in of money took
place. and the meeting adjourned for a month. at
which time another collection will be made.
l have not heard whether the natives on any of
the other Islands have become infected with this
disease as yet, but | think it will eventually find it's
way over the whole group.