The Hawaiian gazette., 1874-07-22
A Farmer Rises TO Explain.

MALUOGALr, Hawaii, July Il, lS74.
7 MR- EpgroKs-l have jsst been reading 10 Your
7 valsaele papcr TIA, the Legislature has made lsN
10 let sugar planters manufacture rum on their
/ Pi=ztStiouS. Ibis Is all rtsht perhaps; bat Why
I sboald They aionc bs allowed to make spirits Is
oue cas- Of car people any beitsr than au0lherthat
they sIoue shan be permitted to make money in this
I vsyt an a farmer in a sraSil way and have con.
siderable q family to support, aud 1t has taken
1orc than can these twenty years 10 feed and
eio,ae then Ou ny land Of ll0Q sens partly leased
and partly nv Own are uors than 40 600 Il rldatS
ARD within ten miles each side OF my plaee, there
2re rot less than million q these trees grow
ing. Tas roo,, IS everybody knows, makes What
,hey call oSeseAss OF uaive Whisksy which Is bet
ter th4u half the slut drunk anywhere. Tue law
for5i5S ne TO use the crop that's growing on my
farn. Ehich IS goOd for round HUNDRED Thousand
Esloo< Of SbiSksy. On this sszae Island Of Hawaii
the people tara cat every YeSr million gallons
ana mors Of udtize wbiskey 50 clear aud sparkling
that Al IriSLuAa's mouth NiI water TO look AZ il
Tssy tel its worth half dollar gallon 10 ship
10 tie In5i4nS a. tbs North, and ii 50 what can
igr1 cut viii ron uP bigger sum than government
Sets frou all is taxes Nos ask you, Mr.. Editor,
If is The fair thirs 10 allow one class Of ueu 10
make ruu art set rieh. aud compel Us to Let our
erops no. in the Sroz16 when this island alone eau
prc5cce hsli Uillion dollars worth, which viii
sd ssIs If b only allowed 10 turu il out Isn't
tai< MAT yo1r politicians Gall ~class lesislaiiou-
4,,oSirS ors SCI q uea to make all tie money
they Likes aud grow rieh 90 it, and ne xho have
mighty hlr5 row to hoe. must bs heavily 6usd if ve
Do tie sane IhfaEs Yea Law uskers may call II all
TEa, oai TO Is living hers it doesn't look like the
ssuars thing, I tTy 10 obey The laEs Of the coau-
ny. aad 80 DO ny usisao0rsi bas lis going to De
mighty b1rdOs Is 10 ks<p vilhiu the traces, if one
3; are gciEg 10 oS privileged 10 make money, and
al TIE rsSs fred fer doing TIE sane Thing. Alive
ask < shs right 10 harvest or crops, Nhica Eil
hing Is in EOOd seaport; ard If government
saniS 10 szl tie Ehiskey Ee nAke, nsoody all
0e!eeS 70 Il oaiy ssETe al alike
Yours, 4 SUssckBER.
RExazx-O-- correspondent, If be has rad
the CASTE uazi Be ~sli aware that zs are op-
posed 20 disulaiioo. fo- these rsaso1s, among
Osbsrs: ve Do rot believe that IL viii PSF any
pi-a,sr 70 DISH raa, where honestly condgeisd- /
ms opiuioa Is shared by tie most intelligent /
Plaaisrs &C thszs Islands. LsgsliEei dislii4lioa .
viil 3eziruy zbaievss noTal sentiment NAY exist
anooz The uaijves against TN driuking. It EiR .
ztiualaie diszipatioa and deno-sIi1e the native !
laoor q The eogn,ry. 1t zil Increase Illicit dis
iilla;Ioa isafold mora than noE. and 10 poser Of
tie eossrn1soi esn SOP o. evsa check II It /
I'll Pvo5ses The sane results which II prOd1eed 1
h=re II tie dsys Of Bcki. Stsn the val Of the
5yiag drsuksrd 9zz hard frOa Kan 10 Niibzu-
sas iseaty-sEe ihoossBis Of he uaIivss, o. one
9Th Of The ~ho,s popalA,iO1. died it Eoar years
Tb==e are ELECTS which 10 sovereign or govern
aeat ean Isag a6ord 10 see rale, anl SCI 81 def
ancs the ratlou1I authority.
As regards Ehsf or correspondent s.ys co..
esruiag his right 10 chin the privilege Of Utilizing
lie proiocis Of hfs farn. re think be h-s The
test q tie srggasaL nhis proper to enact =
l1z to allow ; s1-zr nauuE.cturs- 10 use his
waste skT7ziszs 70 uake rua. It seems to b
z9ssIy ProPsr 70 allow or correspondent O. an
5lksr nan. forsigOsr q naiise, to take cat l.
,=7zs 10 sake uativs zh5zky. We are speakiuz
.5u Of tie night iasOlTed. nos of The best policy.
he argazsnts Ih.s apply to the ooe. Apply 9Th
sqaal f1-rs 10 he Oth=r. Bat ne d. u0s think
.has 1aiivs rhizky ca fad sale If made, Or
.sas Il s sorth ssythiag fox expert Bat tbs
Is soskinz 70 Do With ihs slt5se- Tie Rsa
zho hzs fsE gall0as q nol1ssss skim@iuys Is
. b 6ososed to di.sl m he qaesiios rsised
;! oa- eoTssPoo5sat Is. sbsH 10 the sane PriFi-
sgs bs allowed to The paiIrs and foreigner, Who
zisss ti-roosl Here MI Be The t-0uble-ths
so0- Oaes OPszei, Il utO ehOoss-naiiTe O.
be permitted 70 dissa spirits.
1-0v55=i HEY e0o= u1dsr The required boods-
Wat lie rss1li III L, zs lszEs he rsa5sr 10
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