The Hawaiian gazette., 1869-09-22

to the best of our ability-being cheerfnlly
assisted by the most competent persons,
and having access to the very best author
ities-and the very extreme amount to be
realized from this years crop does not
transcend 1900 tons 1t can scarcely be
expected to reach it.
In glancing back at this last sentence of
ours. does not every man read il as meaning
l.5O0 tons of sugar,-not taking the mo-
lasses into account. but inferring that the
molasses naturally belonging TO the sugar
will come with it. Again he says:
'swhen the GAZETTE undertakes to misrep
resent facts, the public must believe that it
/ is Influenced by dishonest motives. Indeed,
D what else can be expected when its manager
! in chief assumes the role OF Il Spectator In
I sugar plantations. and its commercial writer
/ is a sugar agent, the success of whose spec
ulafions and business depends in great
measure, and at this particular time, on mis-
representation Of facts"
Now. is not there richness for you?
Passing from our friends bubble about
that molasses, and in behalf of onr planting
friends, sincerely thanking him that he lets
himself down as easy as he can, ana does
not stick TO the assertion that there Is
really TO be received 200 tons Of sugar to
the weekday, in their behalf, even ex-
pressing gratitude that he does not ad-
vance q step further. and maintain that
the 1000 tons are already in store-let us
admire the brilliancy Of that genius which
makes cut of sugar agent SPECTATOR
in sugars, the success of whose business
depends on misrepreseuting the crops
that is 70 say, making them to appear less
than they are. Everyone should hereafter
90 to the holders Of an article, and say:
l wish 10 buy of you, and you must sell
cheap, because you thought there were
1000 tons on the market, and. in point of
fact. there are only 1900 or 1900.
1t is not for us TO say anything about
the dragging Of the private business of
any citizen into every matter. This is
one of the privileges of che who invests a
few hundreds or thousands of dollars in
types, ink and paper, and if the 9l2 (!)
subscribers ike tit is well.
Why the gentleman who purchased the
Kaiwiki Plantation may not take his
chances, and avail himself of his facilities
to get on, and that. too, without sneers,
as well as though he had had the good
fortune to have been born in the family of
this statistician, will appear strange to
some. But different people have different
views, and some noble souls even envy
young man. trying his first effort. and
would do all they could to detract from
him. He says =
Indeed, we have heard il limited that the
sale Of the kaiwiki Sugar Plantation was
injured by the attempts of the Government
paper TO cry down our crops and trade,
thereby lettering capitalists from investing.
The same NAV have been the case TO some
extent in the sale of the Waihee estate last
winter.
He never heard any such thing hinted,"
for the simple reason that no line or word
in this paper can be quoted, twisted or
garbled, into any such attempt Good
accounts of the Kaiwiki Plantation were
given in this paper, as it was believed to
deserve; and We received the thanks of
those interested for our disinterested
efforts to bring their property to the favor
able consideration Of the public. At open
auction, the sellers made the best repre-
sensations they thought the case suscepti-
bic of; there were men there conversant
with the whole matter, and Mr.. F. II.
Harris made the highest bid, and took it.
The purchaser never heard anything about
any "borer," nor did any one else, until
the malicious comment was made, after
the purchase, by that same paper, without
the smallest provocation or authority, as
follows:
"The report that the cane 6oreys are becom-
ing destructive to the Kaiwiki cane fields,
appears 10 have had depressing influence at
this sale, as did the same report at the Wal
hee Plantation sale, in February last The
estate was knocked down to Mr.. F. II. Har-
ris"
He can not produce one man who will
say that he ever heard any report of the
" borer" there, or ever heard the present
proprietor, or anyone connected with him,
speak of the Kaiwiki Plantation, before
its sale. in any way. But he nobly wishes
to detract from the property purchased, to
render it more difficult for the young pur-
chaser to raise money to carry it on. Let
us hope that no one viii desire to pay back
the same malice to him. or his sons, as
they grow up. Nor did anyone ever hear
any report Of any "borer" on Waihee,
either before or after the sale. But. Cd
the contrary. it was cried with the fullest
exposition of expected crops, and every
effort was made to obtain price and. in
this paper. the estate was commended in
every way possible. The crops were ex-
planned to be very valuable-every patch
was surveyed and estimated, by the Assig-
uees, Messrs. b. A. P. Carter and W. l.
Green.
Now, we do not think that the Waihee
and Kaiwiki plantations have any partic-