The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-03-23
Letter From TIiIo.

ItlI4b. -haTcn iULu. 1917.
To the EItor of the Pacific Commercial AdUe,fiStr :
DEAR SIR Since my last we have had one
nights ram and u few slight showers. sufficient TO
refresh the young cane but without effect on the
water powers, and the prospect ia brilliant
gloom.
New auxiliary water-heads have been sought
for and streams have been and are being made avail
able from long distances. in some cases with success,
in others, undetermined as yet. The canes are
what they call dead ripe, and as you may conceive.
the Juice is very rich. but unless we have rain, and
a good deal OF it within the next three or four
weeks, there will be 4 very serious loss to the Hilo
Sugar Plantations.
am not sure that we have any right to discuss
these matters through the medium OF your paper.
The great 'ipsy dizzy . of your Capitol, (aEd of all
creation it seems to think looms so threateningly
across the way with all a Minor Audacity's storm
clouds of fire, thunder and cracked lightning. that
it requires more than ordinary selfpossession and
confidence to face the selfcrowned Ego, with his
well styled TehaSheS OF envy, spleen and prosy
selfconceit.
Truly. if the Editor. as we know him, is bold Il
had almost written brdzeH.) enough to assume all
the leaders as his own. | should Say. speaking
phrenologically, that bis brain must be strangely
deficient in the organs of appropriateness aud self
esteem, for to acknowledge the authorship OF such
masses OF dull. drOning. dismal didactcs, such
Dogberry-like pride of long ears. snch mOnitOrical
lectures, lacking point and pertinence. and such
utter verdancy in the Art Editorial, must suggest
some motive far away from independence. and an
amount of selfdenia and selfsacridce which-is
his own business of course. L wonder If he will
allow a fellow to feel sorry for him? Anyhow,
we'll resume our subject at a venture. 1On are
aware that lilo in former years enjoyed what may
be called a had reputation. 1t was proverblally
rainy. so that on the approach OF wet seasons 10
the other districts of this Island it would be re-
marked, " Hiio he comet OF late years the ell
mate has become modified. and | know no other
place in the world where a more delightful dIstri-
button of wet and dry weather could have been
experienced. 1t is said that one year. within the
last fifteen, was similar to this. but | doubt it.
What can be the matter then? On this side OF
Hawaii the forests, though terribly scared in
places. have not suffered sufficiently 10 account for
this sudden superlative change. We must be
going somewhere. drifting with the solar system
towards dry ether and approaching the Influences
of that vast mystery wherein our greater and
eccentric centre dwells. The snow on Mama hea
used to last all the year round. | have sat on 1t.
fingered it. snow-balled with it. carried much OF it
down to tropical Kawaihae as late as August. but
nowadays il all disappears before May, and can
only be found in crevices where sunshine never
penetrates.
Another season like the present will revolution
iZe the motive powers here. when water must be
economical into steam. whilst the hume system.
precious as it is. must-well-Job $ comfOrterS are
nowhere popular, SO I'll leave that speculation
alone.
/ read in some magazine lately a New Theory
of Earthquakes" wherein the author attributes the
original shocks to local disturbances of surface,
electricity, and he reasons we'll. Then after such
unprecedented change in the normal conditions of
the weather. | am curious. (~without being a bit
anxious for another big SkOck.) to see how we shall
come out. For | do believe that at present there
must be Il heavy balance of electricity due some
VIII re. and il we get the equilibrium restored
without conyulsion. we shall have something to he
thankful for. There have been some slight shocks
lately.
The schooner Actire sails in half an hour. and no
other vessel is here-indeed there is but little
freight for any. Such sugar as has been made is
of very superior quality. | saw a sample from the
Kaupakuea Plantation. which can scarcely be eX-
celled. and at kaiwiki from the sorgham pan. very
ba4EriFIl SUGAR has bppu made far finer than any
heretofore from that plantation. Capt Spencer
also made frst-class sugar before the water left
him.
Prayers for rain would hardly be out Of place
Just now. and if / have dwelt too much on the
subject. it is because OF its prime Importance and
the lack of any other. Yours truly,