The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-06-12
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
SATURDAY,. JUNE 10.


n opIr~ LTIcE.sr-Ae.rrH- O. notice. the single opium
10 uo.a- .sei ty tie Minister q TIE ia'enor @a- I'D At sue.
o." O." "-a-y BOT A.iLL2h Ii ''I.a- ~ 'Ht -iiri
sreeS7l down O. Me--r. Arg 8 Aehaek. Er s't5o-lbar
q thrl-lud dr-lr- ls- fhrl th- price Last year
The above item appeared IN a recent number
Of the Ga-e1e. and meeting the eye Of a PARTY
long Interested. directly or Indirectly. in the
planting interests Of this Kingdom. he was con
-trrined Z, address u 2 letter, setting forth the
damage which the sale Of the drug i i~nlicting
upon the labJrinz element of 1ur population.
both native and ~cDolie.
i, inst u oar readers u would be q work Of
supcrcroga;i5n for as 20 attempt the portrayal Of
tie effects Of opium upon the human system.
The Chinese c1Jiic. addicted % the use Of the
article IN bis own country. perhaps owin. his
pFesencc IN these Island o. too free use Of IL. j.
not able - fyrc-J It. use in this. particularly
when it J. brought % him in IL most tempting
form rs the T~-Ii!crs which iufr,t every district
Of the Kingdom.
Expressing tie creates, splieitude fr tie
planter. thi- Government. through IT, Bard Of
immigration, ias caused the importation Of about
500 coolies. CHrnc-c mi japanese. 70 take the
place Of thc Ei-t dccdyiug native race. The
policy of such imp1rtati1ns las been often
enough discussed and = not a question Tor argr-
ment in this article. Would that with the cool:e
there had been no appetite for u misunderstanding
narcotic which Lures its victim on slowly but
surely O. q condition Of mind and body which
unfts him for tie ordinary duties Or life. n tie
use % opium could Dc confined o. the coli. tic
case wJuh De- had enough but his fellow aLOrcr
the native j. fact becoming addicted o. ifs use.
That such should De tie else i not strange:
T~uarterc'I ~ they are upon q plantation, it j. in
evitable. The epJlis. afte- receiving what NAV
De due him Of iris four dJIars month. purchases
Of a speculative fellow co,lic Or Ietlller what his
means will allow Of opium aud r~etircs to hi.
quarters, or more likely &, the residence Of some
native with whom he j. upon gopi terms. AMI
freely iniulses hi- appetite for = drug which
for time makes him forget his cares md trials, Civ
ing him for tic nJucc Il tranquility Of mind entirely
foreign % biz usual condition. The Hawaiian J.
a close observer. and very inquisitIvc. and. wien
his visitor has sufficiently recovered the Use OF
bis senses, Ilies him with questions ~ t. his cx-
perienecs while under tire influence Of its fumes.
Anxious % tc-r the matter, De- furnishes tie
means Tor the purchase Of another supply. and
soon becomes the victim Of an appetite which he
does EJJ care 90 control. hs only sJlicitudc be-
fpT way- and means with which 10 satisfy ius
cravings. \ gentleman who employs a coolic.
he Tay- five dollars a month, states tlat
be las asccrtainei that the collie spends one dol
lar and a quarter a week for his usual SUPPLY Of
aHd i compelled &, run in debt to a coun-
ryman for clothing with which to cover his
agreeing u work out the debt At the
expiration Of his term Of service with the for
;igner. That Hawaiians are fIst becoming
plum smokers i 4 fact which cannot be gain
aid; that the effect Of it, Use l. demoralizing
hone viii deny. And yet We find the way made
lear by and through which they may foster an
IpTetitc which will inevitably ruin them. par
Icularly as field woIkcrS. Z
Tie growth q tire traffic will De mJrc fully !
when we assert that tic price Of
license T. sell ia- risen from about two thousand !
o nine or ten thousand dollars a year. ~ near q
= VIC can gather, from eight 20 nine hundred \
,ouuds 81 Opium are imported annually at a cost !
from nine 10 ten dollars 81 pound, which Iays q :
Of fifteen Ter ceut. Thus while the sum If 8
hIrty thousand dollars j. Being FILTERED away In
be- attempt b. reIleui-h our labor market. We q
nd that tire Government receives from ten q, c
wclye thousand dollars % year for the privilege {
{ importing AMI selling % drug which will in the -
nj utterly destroy thc bone and muscle Of the f
T. tIa- st-trsmIu.iSr? l. IL not rather =
m.-,ymlu,; o- the most important Affairs o
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