The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1877-12-05

any community shall sah Itself finished. il will have
reached the condition Of the classical languages
which much study is expended in higher edaea-
tiona Institutions. ths dead languages" they arc
mos; appropriately called. And when this werlS 10
flashed It vii! be haracd up.
II. when thou has, eaten and art fall.' when
yoa feel satisfied with the e0mtorts snd privileges you
eooy then don't " to sleep bat-biess the Lord for
the good land He hath givea thee" This land is
this uation's under deed of trust from the Great
Proprietor. the Lord Of AL only few months.
and just hGadred years will have elapsed sinss
Captain Cock visited these Islands for the hrst time.
Ana made kaowa TO the world theI loeatiea aud CO
pabilities. What changes has the century witnessed
Where once may have stood iss poverty sITiekea
grasSthstehed buildings, are noW 10 be seen are
pro0f warehouses allied with goods adapted TO the
iied waits Of Intelligent, enterpyisinE, tasteful
community. Public buildings noticeable f,r their
eauely proportions well for the hSaess Of their
material Indicate the recognition Of the higher neeis
and aspirations q well organised sOeity, Aud all
this Is bur part OF the results ot little thAn any
years Of Christian Evsnseisati0a aud Colonization.
l do not say tha, the preaching Of the Gospel by
score two Of scattered missionaries has done all
this. Bat do say what all must acknowledge to be
the truth. that such results could net have been at
tanned without the elemenl Of religious conservation
as the controlling element Let take a few illus.
trs;ons this truth ia regard TO the nstion
Of the future that all progress 10 be really desirable
in any perz aneur. must be in the line OF Gods
purpose-His natural laws, Ills revealed will. His
proyiisRsiSl guidance.
Certain fAllAeies have long interferei with the ia
tn al Snd normal developemeat OF human industry,
gain and SSaiu has the attempt been made BY
EuropeAn COGrts pnier the influence Of erroneous
mercantile theory TO keep gold aud silver BY legis
lalive enactment feG going out Of the country. So
too like attempts that leserveily failures have
beea made TO eou6ae 10 select few the knowledge of
principles aud methods in in department, OF
industry. Bat the people arc beginning geue-
rally recognfEe the fact that the real iuteeost of
auy one cfaSS laharrr, ar ~ Al
condition any distinct nationality, best promot,
ed by that which promotes the webeing Of every
other class grade nation. What is best for the
farmer is best also for tue manufactured. What is
best for the whole people as producers aud eousum-
Of eommodtes, is best for the Government the
collector and disbarser 0f taxes. What is best for
nation sellers Of any produce, best for all
other nations purchasers of the same. Ii cannot
be matter ofdo1bt that 1.-The reciprocity treaty
called, between the United States aud these Hawaii
islands, will prove the sided affair it has
b-en represented to be, bat equally AiVantA geous
/ {, both parties.
Just now. the whole world seems to be experiencns
! tdal wave Of anomalous changes and unexpected
0yelturns. L; Is Il phenomenon very different from
the regular ebb and dow Of the ocean waters. The
present is time Of reyerses. reforms aud re adjus,
meuts. IL is marked here in many places. as it
were, by subsideuce Of the shore line with up
ward reach OF the all-eueompassng sea. The What
ing interest which here supreme has alu ost
passed our Of sight. Where the vessels that in
ISIS brought into this port s22 454 gallons OF sperm
oil! The loss Of hTtsen vessels OF the Arctic whal
Gg aeet. abandoned in the ice two winters ago was
the finishing blow 10 the dwindug prosperity Of that
once prominent industry. Bat We are beeouing
familiar with such great changes in the social fabric
elsewhere For many years wages at the nauutaet.
urius eeatres have been high that fsrm life in
] New England lost its attractiyeness to many and
[ farms held st mere nominal value or aband.
onei altogether. Another fact ia social economy is
now. however, developing Itself The products Ofthe
/ farm are constantly becoming more valuable relS-
lively the products Of the factory. load Of hay
bushel Of potatoes, barrel OF apples will buy
D more aud more OF cloth. Of shoes of tools of ali
manufactured articles. Three reasons have been as
sguei for this fact each supplementary Of the other
/ two. In the first place, machinery can be applied
more completely IN manufactures than in agriculture
Again, division Of labor be carried farther in
manufacturing than IL farming. Moreover. nothing
! eau hasten the time during which the fruits Of the
earth mature while the processes Of manufacture can
| all be hurrei up Year BY year it takes fewer
bushels OF wheat To buy good coat, or good watch
Now too, new facilities for transportation are leo
ening the season for marketing the more pershiu
products Of the garden. Strawberries brought from
/ Norfolk begiu to be sold in Boston month before
I the immediate Yicinty can supply the market As
fruit is raised. increases every year the de-
mand for it for canning for preservation, and ex.
pOrtatlOu. And thus see how IN tie very frame
WORK Of the social industries Of the world there
inwrOugbt in Gods wise ordering of natural forces
Z
which the masses OF Inankird who have always heeu
the tiers vi the soil, may continually rise in scale
/ Of comfort as the years roll Gods natural
/ laws, If unimpedei. If iutegeRtiy observed, will
/ elevate the masses and enrich them well. What
/ if these Hawaiian Islauds compete with the
great manufacturing nations Of the world? There i,
Increasing value every year in the amount Of the
great staple here raised for export. More than 20
42g pounds Of sugar were sent Out of the country
last year, and 1t Is estimated that the annual pro-
duet for the year will reach Il 900 tons.
Eight new plantations were began last year. What
II result Of this capital Is accommodating here
As elsewhere, IN vast amounts in few hands 1t is in
the hands Of of intelligence 1t it were always
10 the hands Of 4 wise liberality as WE'LL society
would reap the benefit in such generous benefaeron.
1 IS have recently been made, the ike Of which the
word never saw before the founding Of universities
:he building Of hospitals the bettermeut of the home.
I Of the poor. Never before labor. the mere mus
culsr labor OF human bone ond sinew in greater de-
mand. In the United States, which in this respect
may be taken the type Of every other country
tenth Of the workers traders and transporters
two teuths manufacturers and miners two tenths
I render professional and personal services; five
tsnths sre farmers Those that till the soil not al
ways owners Of the soil, are in every community the
largest number, and must constitute the ruling
element, if aetuated BY the right spirit 1t fun
damental duty Of society protect labor for this
Is 10 any way oppressed depressed. every social
interest ir edately suffers Yet faithfuiness to the
interests Of en- ploysrs be virtue in these
Gays Ike sotd Al q SILVER IN the days OF SOLOMON
e nothing accounted Of" The popular elamor is for
the highest possible pay for the least possible work
l instead Of the good sound old English maxim-A
4 fair days work for fair days wage Il is as truy
divine teaching, " Thou shalt not dsfragd thy neigh
bur-" as that The laborer IL worthy of his hire
Protection bat restriction, that there shall bs
feest possible activity, Is the office Of legsla
ton. Any class p-paid, lifted, iIl-educatei Is
/ dangerous element to be restrained from violeaee
only BY force or fear. Any class. specially fostered
b. rng Legislation, l. incubus nstiousI pros
perry Yet such Is the folly the rascaty of much
Of the legislation Of these days that the hope and
I prayer Of people is that they may be spared
rather than that they may be served by the powers
! that be- IL Is a matter Of deyout thaukfdness to
God thatthe controlling influence in the admiuistra-
ton 0. affairs IN this Kingdom has not been 10 the
+ hands Of Aiyentgrsrs seeking simply personal az
\ grlndiEement II Il Christian gentlemen who have
administered the government in the interests of a
higher civilization and . regenerated humanity.
1 Ill Food. shelter aud clothing are not the only
I nor the greater need. Of mankind. And foI those
social comforts aud eDjOynents that make civilized
! society something more than aggregation Of IN
dlTldGais horde Of human amin ais for those inf
enee= that bind families together, and other fau
I lies, an l cut Of the way in saying, taat here
especially We must rely prominently than here
4 tofore 90 woneu's agency In place Of the old
sory Of the Fall Of Man, and the part woman had in
| letting loose upon the earth tie nunberiess and
uaaeless evils flesh IN heir TO- the Providence Of God
Is substituting the vision Of the Apocalypse aud
I the prophetic declaration Of an event vet future