The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-04-24
Injured Innocence o.

Inc ltsiaicT W ne ii-t bN~ffff + Il most pathetic
appeal to the people" If allowed to see the
copy Of the article, we doubtless should find il
tcar-stained and bcgrimcl. There Is but one
charge in the article that we are surprised at
that are should Ice accused Of slurring the King.
Opinions vary. For the sake of a sop. or the
crumbs which drop from tine Royal table, the
ministerial writer inserted the libelOus charge.
Some persons believe that the course Of the
Government l. n slur upon the King and his peo-
pie; vi course ii cannot be expected that the
Ministry should think 80. All acts Of the Gov
crunent should be for the good OF the people;
but il Is n singular course Of reasoning that
brings one to the belief that the publication of
the Ga-enc or An OkO0 i for the good of the
PEOPLE, when it Is notorious that both papers
have contained grossly abusive articles of indi-
yiduals who pay their taxes as promptly and
willingly us the Ministers, although the tax
money is used to support the papers that attack
them.
The ministerial writer think that it would be
the height of folly" to let printers '.stand
Idle Granted, but why not let them busy
themselves ON work ordered by the last Legisla-
ture, and ON school books wanted by the Board
of Education. which are essential to the people,
and should be pushed forward. 1t is Il miserable
subtcrfugc to say that tie reduction Of rates on
job work or advertising are made for the good Of
the people.
The above writer says. Governments can not
turn traders The lie is given to this assertion
every day and every hour of the existence of the
present Government, for, from its head to the
humblcst individual in it, all are more or less
concerned iii outside ventures. Start in any
direction, and you find yourself in competition
with some Individual Of the Government, be it in
pcddling poi, running II coaster, n rum mill, n
blacksmith shop, Il printing-ofIee, or n sugar
plantation. Why, it is only this week that we
were told Of a school agent, appointed over two
districts, and to whom some school teachers have
to travel n distance of thirty miles for their
salary, who cOmpcls them 10 take pay in goods
out of his store, or go without until they choose
to come to his terms. What interest can teachers
take in the youth under their care when their
pay is either withheld or given them in goods on
which Il large advance is charged. Not only the
present generation suffers but the next must.
That the ministerial organ should assert the con
trary, only proves the utter disregard Of its
managers for truth and decency.
competition is the life of business" 30 it
l.. hut it should be an HONEST competition, where
both competitors are selfrclinnt. .'Mouopolies
or combinations Is Irciudical to every commu
We grant that they are: and tins is
what every capitalist. mechanic and trader, out
eide Of the Government ring, knows from recent
experience what We are told 10y them when we
why the present stagnation exists. II an
outsider Is bold enough to compete for Govern
mcnt work, bids under the fayoritcs of the ring,
fails Of success. and j. innocent enough to ask
why lie gets none Of the patronage of the ring,
he Is coOlly told, 'yOU dida't ,rorE H Tighf''
Here i another precious sentence from the
humble sclf-sacrifcing individuals who do the
governing Of this people for the pitiful sum of
thousand n year and = the run Of the till l."
We will keep the even tenor of our way. writing ia their
ur Icop--I defu-r. supporting their interests, bearing abuse
ld i-trlctiu tu their CIu-r- Offering e. work frr them 80 Lair
,rd "cuu1snic1l prices. managing their property m a. ecu
ssuirlI q manner ~ We are able. though - al cur fellow cu-
ems snow. such extra clTc and labor 49, are thereby rendered
lerrs-sTy. do not add one cent. a. our cmoiumeut.
No doubt but that they will keep the even
icnor Of their way, loyal and hypocritically pat
-iotic a. five thousand dollars a year can make
hem. until their innocent clients. = = the dear pco-
pie cut down their pay and stop their .'pick-
or force them from their positions. 1t
vas Il bold and INSCRIPTIONS hand that penued
Inc above quoted sentence, but its hypocrisy is
ION" the less apparent.