The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1878-02-02

"NuuNShoJ UNI ~ ~ POAANN h"biSAA"
for trial at the next term of the Supreme Court.
STILL ANoTHER-One by one the early pioneers
Of tie American mission to these Islands are going
to their long homes and the reward Of their la
bors. By the mail which arrived on Thursday,
we learn of the death. at Kobe, Japan. December
Sth. of the Rev. Peter J. Gulick. Mr.. and Mrs.
Gulick arrived at Honolulu from Boston on the
3lst of March. 1928. He was first located at
Waimea. Kauai. in July of the year of his arrival
at Koloa in 1884 at Molokai in 1912 and subse-
quently at Waialua on this Island. Some three years
since he accompanied his son the Rev. o. IL.
Gulick. who is a missionary of the \. Il. c. +. NJ,
to Japan. Three others of his sons are mission
aries-one in Spain and two in China.
The TIDAL WAVE on MAUI-A letter from Sher-
if Everett to Marshal Parke, says: "The high tide
or tidal wave Of last Sunday night did consider
able damage on the windward side Of this Island.
At Halehaku valley, ten miles East of Haiku. two
of the four wooden houses were carried away with
their contents, and the other two badly damaged.
Eight grass houses were destroyed and two canoes.
At Hanamanu valley a good deal Of taro land was
flooded and taro destroyed" At Maliko the
schooner Wdilele was lying at the inner buoy at
shutdown, when the master not liking lbe appear
ance of the weather towed oat to the outer buoy.
Near midnight a boat was sent from the schooner
to bring off a scow moored TO the inner buoy. TO
the outer buoy for safety. Before the boat reached
the scow, she was ovcrtaken by the great incoming
wave and carried inland and left high and dry a
considerable distance from the beach. The scow
was sunk at her moorings, the wharf was demol
ished. and a lot of bricks recently landed on the
wharf went to the bottom. From Hilo we hear
potIinU ahout tho y hut W. pyppct in hear of
damage in Hamakua and perhaps Kobala.
ROYAL HAWAIIAN THEATRE.-Mr. Charles Pope,
the renowned American actor made his first ap-
pearance before a Honolulu audience on Saturday
evening last, in several scenes from Hamlet and
the comedy of "A Morning Call" The house was
crowded, and the applause was continuous. Mr..
Pope's rendering of Hamlet, was fully such as
might have been expected from an actor of emf
nencc, and although be had but such limited as.
sistancc as amateur performers could render, his
performance under those Disadvantages proved
him, the more so, to be a master OF his art. The
comedy on Tuesday entitled the q" Serious Family
elected much deserved applause. Mr.. Pope proved
himself as superior an actor in the walks of light
comedy as in Hamlet, and the jolly, independent.
and dasbing Capt. Mcclure was a :rue picture OF
life. The amateur performers all showed much
Improvement from LuclG UISI dcllllR III bue same
piece. and promise well. Miss Croker. who has
a fine Ggure, and an excellent stage presence,
promises a rapid advance towards becoming an
accomplished artistic. The recitation Of " Sheri-
dams Ride +" was soul-stirring. and as fine and spir.
tied rendering as Que ever meets with. Mr.. Pope's
voice is deep and clear, and bis defamation
though spirited, keeps well and jud:ciously away
from rant. a good bill is offered for tonight.
TO the Editor Of tie Pacific Commercial AdrertiSer
Sm:-In your issue of January 10Th, the Hon. S.
\. Castle takes you to task for the following para.
graph in your Commercial F." of the 18th: 81 In
reality the Reciprocity Treaty has not Immediately
benefited many people outside Of the planters,
which nobody can deny" This statement, to the
Hon. Mr.. Castle, d" does not seem to cover the whole
ground. and, unexplained might lead many to sup
pose that they are deriving no benefit from it," 1t
is no doubt very patriotic to try to make the peo-
pie of a country believe that they live in a rich
country, when the country is in fact as poor as
Jobs turkey, and becoming poorer every day; or
to persuade people that they are well TO do, when
their pockets are empty, and their house rent or
taxes are due, but l should think it a rather diff
cult task to succeed in, and a thankless one. That
the immediate benefit to planters has been great,
nobody denies; but that e" the plantation owners
WIN bibh ~ "llthi uuNt lutlu
selves lost from one to two millions Of dollars 4"
previous to the treaty, is an assertion that needs
more confederation TO be accepted. Can Mr.. Cas-
tie name one single planter who ever started q
plantation with a hundredth part Of one million
dollars? Was not the native lahorer who worked
for six or seven dollars q month, the one whose la
Dor made the plantation. and was not the money.
borrowed from creditors, the means to start the
plantation, and while the planter, who now boasts
of q plantation worth hundreds Of thousands Of
dollars, benefited by being at present the happy
ouun of this vo1uah1a sfa uuhinI l. vny o.opr.I
to him by the treaty? Where then is the loss Of
one or two millions Of dollars, where at the start
there was nothing 10 lose? The plauter has his
valuable estate, the labOrer who made il his estate
Of 6x2, and many a creditor may cit on "a post and
whistle the tune Of d" Aud Lang Syne." Nobody
doubts that the planters have been benefited by
the treaty.
Mr.. Castle says: q" Tue benefit TO others has
been that hundreds or thousands Of skilled and
unskilled hands have found employment in con-
sequence Of the treaty. Will Nj. Castle assert that
this increase Of unskilled labor is produc-
tive OF either Immediate or future benefit TO
the country? / have no hesitation TO assert that
skilled labor is but little more employed now than
formerly, as on many plantations the skilled labor
Of whites has been reduced to one-hali; and what
is the unskilled labor? If not already, in lees than
perhaps a year it will consist twO-thirds Of Chinese
labor. Take one plantation iOrinstance. We will
suppose it employed one hundred and fifty native
laborers at say, So per mouth each. or. say a total
Of 81 200 per month. Every cent Of that money
came into the circulation Of the country. Al pres
ent that same plantation employs one hundred
Chinese at s IL per month and they 6nd themselves,
and fifty natives at $40. The sum Of 81 400 per
month paid to the Chinese is taken out Of the
country, while only the $500 paid to tue native
laborers enters into circulation. California stood
a drain Of SlS.OO0,OOO to China last year. How
much is our drain. and how long can this country
bear it +? The sugar interest with the treaty might.
differently undertaken. have been the means Of
making this country wealthy and populons. but if
it will, as constituted, become a benefit to the
country. is a question which even Mr.. Castle can.
not answer, but has to be answered by the future.
That a few more coasters have freights. shipwrights
have more work; sugar kegg are more in demand,
and merchants furnishing supplies have a happy
time OF it, may be very true. Mr.. Castle himself,
belongs TO the latter class and may be agent or
plantation owner. and be certainly deserves the
full benefit of the treaty, if only and alone for his
genial attempt to make everybody else believe
himself immensely benefited by the treaty: but
Unfortunately. among the many there are very few
owners of coasters or plantation agents.
Prompt paymputs are generally n SIGN nj rros-