The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-09-30

Another Chapter on Cochroaohes.
In our to.day's lesson In natural history we will
consider what one Of the boys called the Asiatio on
long-tailed cockrosch, a designation though true In
one sense, 10 ne wrong In fact. Comparative Eoology
excludes the so-called long-tallcd cockroach alto
gether from the family OF elclus. while investigation
Of their habits and instincts places them really az a
species OF the common cockrosch. Among the habits
Of the common elelu We have noticed In our former
lesson that they arc ubiquitous, gregArious. ETC., and
in this the long-tails are closely allied TO the COM
mon elelu. Once introduced into q town or city q
few settle In q street. upon q corner lot II possible.
and In q short time the whole street aud almost every
house 10 taken possession Of by the long-taiicd olelus.
who are even more destructive 20 real estate than
disappears In dust and dirt never 10 be renewed. the
whitewash becomes blackwash, nails oorrode and
boards are loose and general ruin follows possession
by the long-tails; streets are avoided by people OF re-
sPectability and the colony Of ~long-tails may revel
undisturbed In their filth and Increasing ruin, and
before any one may take notice Of the fact, outposts
are thrown out all over city and suburbs. invariably
corner lots, and the process OF colonization goes on
rapidly but at the Same time very quietly. and win
hardly be noticed until the advancing state Of dilar-
idation calls attention 70 the new colony.
AS regards their habits of eregariousncss the long.
tailed cockToach IL as gregarious az the common.
Only a few weeks ago not less than nifty long tails
lived and slept In one room on haunakca street,
and that not q large one, but very likely a lively
one, until the sardine box was evenly niisd.
Without further comparing the two classes OF eleln
In regard 20 filth, smells, vice and respect for tho
sanciity Of family relations. an inspection Of the
above named region will satisfy any one I suppose,
as fully as the venerable editor Of the 0dsete was
led TO admire their respect for sanctity, 10 that he
would gladly welcome 10000 more Of those saint
~ tails during the next two years, and undoubt-
eddy every night he breathes a blessing upon tho
heads OF the legislators who proposed 10 expend
$4,000 for the Introduction OF Chinese women az
the dQaIPahIo - Daf IRalhnR N lAnaA LlAA ~
cement) for perfcoting and solidifying Hawaiian
society.
To say anything further of ibe effect OF such
colonies upon morality In cities, would be too
gross. @ subject TO put In print, and IL may be re-
ferred 10 the California investigating committee,
In which tales OF horror may be perused sufficient
TO satisfy the most ~scepticaL.
AS the common cockroach invaaes pantrles,
trunks, boxes, corners and drawers 10 live On pork
and other edlbles, leather, wood, clothing, and
crawls even into clocks 10 feed upon the oil with
which tho wheels aro fabricated, 40 the IonRtalls
snsss ,a' ooS oss y vS SEs; business and mechanical
adopts, so as really 10 supply the place Of any of
our skilled artisans. A longtail living on wood,
VIII learn 70 make a common table, collins, boxes,
etc, with bis uncouth and primitive tools, but the
finish, artistic design End soiidity Of the white
mechanic are beyond his capability; and what n
the consequence BY bis cheap prices he. can nm
dersen the white mechanic In articles Of common
use, leaving TO the latter the manufacture Of only
liner and valuable articles. and % these are less
required, he OF course deprivcs our white mcchan-
les, who have lived amongst us in good times and
IN bad times, OF the means Of making a living.
Thus these longtails cncroaoh upon The hafness-
maker, the shoemaker, the watch-maker-in fact
upon every mechanic. Our city IL small and tho
numbero OF mechanics was just sufficient 10 supply
the wants OF the public and make a living for their
Any one OF common sense must smile nj
the idea advanced by the Gazette, /" that the In
crease of Chinese, II II Injuries one class Of people,
will drive them 10 adopt other occupations Of more
cannot be denied that permitting these AsIa,io
TO inJure our old and esteemed citizen
In this way is u great wrong and n
70 Hawaiian prosperity. 4 unhesita.
tingly predict that OF the end OF tho expected
seven years Of plenty, the country will be much
worse of than IL IL now, II no energetic means arc
adopted to put an end 10 Chinese immigration and
Chinese depredations.
The common cockroach will feed ON rice. but
the longtall goes further. he feeds on rice and nc
produces II, and prepares IL for market aud exports
1t. Rice in the schedule Of free articles was tho
very one which found In the American Senate such
ardent opposition from Southern members, and
came near wrecking the treaty. Rice Is the very
article which our government In honesty and rs
an act OF duty ought TO have excluded from the
list Of free goods, because 1t is not a product Of
though through tho incapacity Of the
Hawaiian Government and Legislature, q product
Of the soil OF Hawaii In former times, the cult.
walton OF rice was one OF the resources Of the
country. and l have seer In q late paper Hgar and
80 WV AgAR0 VI
he country, but IL Is not so, and has not been for
some time and never will be again, because the
rice crop produced I'm hawaiian taro patches has
become out and out, a resource Of the Celestial
Every dollar received from rice goes 10
China. and not one dollar expended here either
'or labor or mat bags Is Of benefit 20 the country.
This perhaps Is considered by the advocates OF
chinese immigration also az a great benefit TO the
and so II may be looked upon In a Sise
view, as such losses as that OF tie rice
crop may be easily made up by a new govern
nent loan, and loans, you know, bring money into
he country.
There are at present somewhat over $500 long
ans on these islands, imported at an expense OF
lot less than 100000, ostensibly for the purpose Of
hiding their habitat on tho sugar plantations, but
I is extremely doubtful n more than 300 out OF
he $500 are laborers on such plantations. And II
hat numbe Is there now, as soon as their con.
racts have expired they will hunt up established
colonies OF their countrymen.
Ihere can be no doubt that action will be taken
n the American Congress, based upon q report
bat will be made by their investigating committee
n California, and thereafter hundreds and thou
ands Of longtails, debarred entrance into Califor-
ia, will hurry out Of II, and then these islands
will become the rallying point for the Cclestials,
70 soon as they are made aware Of the fact that
his Is the only country on the globe that ever
aid a bonus for the introduction OF these useful
immigrants. The Legislature adjourns In their
Wisdom without considering the Chinese question:
question as important as the treaty-in fact, n
question upon which the beneG. of the treaty 10
be country hinges. I have again Introduced the
ubject TO the public In order that the Hatooiian
}dzette, Z" or any other man. may come forth and
how ia what way the expenditure OF money for
'hinese immigration has benefited the country, or
Til do 90 10 the future, H.