Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1880-12-25
Come Enlightenment.

As said last week, only seven thousand dol
lars remains Of the Appropriation for Immigration,
and ninety-five thousand has been expended.
What has been the advantage TO the country And
what the benefits to be expected from this
sum Of money! This IL a great question, and one
which the economist will earnestly ponder and act
upon with all his intelligence, and with patriotic
heart. While on this subject think IL
well to explain the reasons why this large sum has
been appropriated by past sessions, and even by
the present session of our Legislature. There
are two considerations that influence the mind Of
man to grant assistance to immigration, and many
things involved in these considerations. The
first good reason for expanding large sum of
money in bringing in other nationalites TO our
country is for the purpose Of increasing the people
of the country, of the objects for which
country loving and race GLOWING King Is making
great effort. The second is to procure labor to do
veiop the pecuniary resources of the country
These are the chief reasons that move the real as
pirations and strengthen the good purpose of tho
great economist of the Government these also in
huence the minds of the Kings Ministers TO apply
every session to the Legislature for aid, and also
of the representatives who sit and deliberate to
setting apart sum of money for this great work.
We will not refer to the work Of immigration pre-
vious to the time of the Wilder Cabinet. Prom the
time that Cabinet vent int Office till the eIpira
lars were spent, and up to the month of August of
this year, for the first five months Of the present
period, nearly sixty Thousand dollars have been
sum makes one hundred and sixty Thousand dol
lars, more or less. This is a large sum of money,
and if this money had been spent with an honest
purpose to replenish the people and develop tho
resources of the country, then We should say
have been fortunate. But it would seem that such
is not the RESULT ships have been purchased for
the Government from the aforementioned sum, ri
low price but including the expense of refitting
them and keeping them in repair, this purchase
has cost the Government more than the
penditure of a proper sum of money for good ships
would have. In the repairs and other expenses
that were mixed up, the costs of the ships was in
creased until it was like the price Of new ships;
still to seek where these strange expenditures wero
made, involves mystery. Passing these expenses,
there remains the expense Of sailing among the
Southern Islands in search Of immigrants. Here
is an apparent loss, becsuss time was wasted by
the delay Of the ships by reason Of the misman-
agement of the President Of the Board OF Immi-
grafton, Minister Wilder. An unfit foreigner was
sent as agent of the Board, and for more than
twelve months were his deeds Of folly continued
here and on account of the great wickednesA Of
his acts the English Commissioner very earnestly
petitioned that he be turned ont and he dis
missed still there remained a stain on tbs good
name Of tbs Hawaiian Government. With guns,
with rum with deception were the GREATER num-
beers Of these people called South Sea Islanders
persuaded to come here. The cost TO the Govern
Inent for these people was shown to be over ninety
dollars for each adult, fifty dollars Of which was
refunded by the employers who shipped thern
but We have been correctly informed through
the Government immigrants ships that II the
voyage made in five months, the proper cost
Of each adult would be only fifty six dollars, and
would be between forty and fifty dollars; therefore
where is the balance Of the ninety dollars and
the Kuotoa praises, has expended Il Is the card
Of the haole it is concealed, for these people
preiudicial to themselves only until the evil day
while their friends, Henry, William, Willie, and
that other William, Teddy also and some other
ones Of the Pharsaical ring who were broded and
matched in Hawaii neil cover mp matters.
And when these people, who are desired by the
whole Hawaiian race for the purpose Of Increasing
the nation ana H SsvsiGp pm ,ne s q the
| lay Of money BY the Legislature, with the add
tional outlay of fifty, sixty and seventy thousand
| the Government officers make pablic conccrnina
| them 1t IL true the Portuguese who have ar
rived are good they are increasing but Who made
watchfulness Of the hoard. they are good by
Of their strength intelligence and habits Of
industry in their own country, and AZ have said
not by virtue OF the care and waschfuines be-
Now turn and Lehold what may be ssen az re-
CARDS another race that has been brought here by
the Board. What is the recordl Their record Il
like unto that OF the animals- The greater portion
of them II We mistake not, in poverty Il this
good record Of the Ministry for whom the AGO.
| koa il jealous that the King, who Is disgrAced
by these betrayals 81 our feliow-men should put
! confidence in Il emf Alas for those whose faces
native land. They were sntieed away. taken Sy
fo,ce, cruelty treated. and the majority dead
of those who were brought herr, in order that
pie, that a stock might be obtained TO pfomois .
renewed growth OF the p<ople OF the country. this
fsd skins whom the white skins Of the future will
cause To serve and over whom they viii lord L.
And those who died, what did they die OFF They
arrived here fatheress, DESTROYS of finding fsshsr
in the Hawaiian Government To watch over and
care for them, that they might live and raise up
seed with those who should come after them and
that tine numbers Of Cur race might continue 70
bring forth seed then indeed would our veari-
ness be over then woaid ve need no longer 10
spend money in large snms for immigration; for
our recuperating enorts will have found their
full6lment "a also our efforts for ths development
OF tins industries Of the country. 1his ne Thought
was the proper thing ~ do, ~ also Thought as us
Thrice unitsdly did thsy invite ltsv. Bingham 70
assist IN caring for thsss fathsrles. psoEAs Who
came among s u.s. wsn .ns nops saas vixen tnsy vess
Rev. MAhos, and some other vell-to-ao msn a. (
Royal Commission ~ meet ia conferences with the
chiefs Of those Islands and consult in friendly
oanner with Thorn about their surplus population,
coming here 10 country where there u much
land, but few inhabitants AAnALAnoA.