The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-02-24

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on my hands IL can't we'll be helPci in
confusion Of things attendant on irregular n >
will there be improvement until the " koie
Of forgotten memory finds a successor. Il - -
queer Go be living on an Island rcputei civliHehD
where one side Of IL i weeks ahead % the other IN
news from the outer world, yet 50 IL Is, aud h0ha@
and Mona are as remote from Hilo Ia a manner 40
London Is. We cant compute their paTallax- n
carriage road round the Island. fringrd wen say
with Palm and Orange,-spriukled with comfortable
caravansera Tor busy cnsicrrnongors app vaohing
markets. scientific travellers in search Ct theories,
and commercial nsn developing rOsources,-lm-
perial harb0rs AZ rational intervals, outlets for an
oxUberanee otherwise to lie In cold obstruction ana
10 rot such are the skeleton outlines Of the Pro-
greSsor's Drsam. lie awakes 70 the barren reality OF
wretched Obstructiyeucss 10 question WHY. when men
who are by accident and courtesy, Great, make
no effort to sustain the role aud solve the problem
given by doing s~omefhing 90 please posterty and
make their names ilustrious IN after time. Have We
any monuments as other nations havef a Kings
highway for instance, worthy Of the namel truly
there is an csplanade. a worthy work why not uhsn
other works IN concentration according simple
buildings, not Wren's or lingo Jones > either arising
AS il is said from - growing necessities are nothing
wonderful, nothing TO brag Of, not worth q Gaseus
to parade, bat there is another growing institution
nearly related TO necessities In sound aud siguihcance
not meant for ears polite II you apprehend me, iof
which no genius has VOLUNTEERED yet; n lifting hinB
for genius IL grapple with.-genius having an eye 10
posterity and philanthropicaNy minded. when
Cholera comes and takes his throne, shall II be asked
who guarded the gates by which he entered the CITY
unehallengedl Is there a Common Sercr Ia the
Capital City Of Polynesia
kingdom thai can afford say thirty thousand q
year 10 keep in decent polish a somewhat scratched
Cabinet, and more 60 sustain a standing army and n
trumpeter. should afford also good roads and bridges.
good harbors aud n good local MagistraeN
II such things are worth having, they are worth
borrowing money for, and 1 beg " laboier " will do
US the favor to include them with hs d~ry-dock.
As for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IL a better namel
they are imperyious 20 mere talk. They are an
Hawaiian Institution. Cracking stones by The road
side, digging cuts, filling hollows,-ircad mill, any
hing, is better than their oratorical displays at street
corners, lustful nastinesses nc native feasts, horse
killing and nation killing influences and utterly
useless existence. Now | wonder, II these same
vagabonds Of reformed heathendom had been taken
in early youth from their doating shaving parents
and placed in some mechanical school where work
should at first seem like p~lay,-wheret the pleasure OF
industry would catch them fast, where by aud by
they should learn from Competent teachers the
mysteries Of metals and stone and brick ana wool,
where they should in due course see the creations Of
their own hands, feel the pride and share the profit,
where at last they should mees the foreign artihcer
on equal terms and strive with him in open market,
II wonder of this much once aceomplished-(why
shouldn't itO whether the instinct Of Vagahondage
would yet remain and assume its sway with hbertyf
These vagabonds are educated, yes, they can all
read and write, that fact has been piraded TO an
emetical extent. Read their letters which MI the
mail bags throughout the kingdom, and you shall
discover the mighty good which mere reading and
writing has done for them IL Is n standing disgrace
to this people, and I believe IL may with justice BIO
said TO its government aud instructors also, that
nearly every workshop on the islands is owned by
the foreigner, and the foreign mechanic does all the
profitable work. More than that. Wherever the
smallest chance is seen for a VoneYmaking invest
ment, the native let's it slide. Here in Hilo there
are four or five China coffee and cake shops
China bakers, China tailors and shoemakers, and
China stores. There are only no Chinese lawyers or
preachers. They are not lazy enough for that.
The islands are rapidly becoming celestialired, and
whenever their future history shall be written it will
probably be shown how il happened.
Hilo, February ID, 1872.
y DEAR Sm:-At The time ] wrote my last letter
NO you, discoursing among other notable matters,
of vagabOnds, i had not read your own very
pertinent remarks on the same branch OF natural
history. No apology for extra b%arshness was
called for,-if anything, yon are too good natured
with the vermin. Your paper Is the proper
vehicle wherein TO dose this growing evil " with
wholesome physic. Yet after all, this wide spread
ing vagabondage is not the natural condition OF
the native race, but rather one 81 the results OF
GENERALIZATION and a bad system OF education.
Something besides missionary labor has been
wanting, and it has not been supplied. "Laborare
est orare was the motto Of the Jesuits-'' Work
is worship" and that has not been Taught 80
we end that with the generations who have received
the blessings Of education" industry has been
eradicated. The old heathens were an industrious
race. They worked from babyhood, and work
became second nature with them. AZ tins very
day it is n rare thing to see an idle old knnaka or
lddhiHe. Our pretentious Board OF Education WIN
all its complicated machinery and patronage has
done nothing to boast OF but is heavy In the sin or
omission. Where are its results Where are our
native mechanics? Who does the Government
work? What public work Of any moment except
to defend ritualism has ever been entrusted 10 a
nativel How many plantations have they startedl
How many are Gt TO manage one Where are the
vessels they build.-the wbarVes and docks they
construct, the Jobs they get for example, ho~ many
are IN the CdbineP
For want of knowledge (tbongh they read and
write 80 beautifully aud tale 80 consumcdly) they
lose all the good things for want OF energy they
are going 20 lose all the rest, whilst John China
man insinuates himself into the household nest
and the nation is ia "A manner cuccOid.
In an address lately given by the President TO
the Senators and Deputies Of the republic Of
Ecuador occur the following propositions:
e" propose 10 establish n UOrLc house and school
for mechanical arts for children, under The direc-
tion Of the Brothers Of the Christian Schools. The
building il already finished and the founders viii
come from the United States. A similar establish
ment will afterwards be founded for poor children
in the Capital. &c. &c. . L1JOr and tnStrUc-
lion, supported by the practice Of the Christian
virtues will snatch from corruption the victims
who would otherwise grow up Ia indleness ana
misery"
Talk of boards" after tbatl Here is a
precious piece Of genuine mahogany worth all the
EVL1i and HeHeidu and fussy 6ddle-stoksends that
make such a clatter in this highly reformed and
selectly oRicered pat.ern-shop OF the Pacihc (vide
Gazele).
Ind so. instead OF engineers aud machinists
(S4.O0 to $1,000, architects and builders (dittO),
cabinet makers and carpenters (Sz.00 70 5000 a
day). smiths and wbeelwrights (ditto--plus) bar
risters and conveyancers( $500 10 $4,000 a year,,
clergymen, Bishops. archdeacons, deacons and
vergers $500 to $4,000 a year., merchants (proht
and loss) and hotel keepers lin prospectve),@we
have loiOs and members Of Parliament $500 a
day now and them, parsons $500 a week. and
perquisitesG folders and dancers. singing masters
horse jockies. boatboys, plantation hands. cflm.
con, cobblers and ships. with remuneration
} promiscuous. and vagabOnds to OIL the balance.
For any enterprising spirits worthy Of honorable
mention. scOrn to remain at home, so try the
ventures OF the sea-and go a whaling. There arc
more men in this last class than ia all the rest put
together.
Now is all this true or falge? and secondly, had
the Government with Ecuadorian instincts) caused
to be founded twenty years ago, or III say since
the advent Of C.. G. mot Gu Cluxl so much as one.