The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1880-06-19

CouRTEsN.-Clipping is one thing and cahbaginR
another. We notice part Of our extended report Of
The Legislative proceedings forms an important part
Of a leaderette in the columns Of a neighboring jour
nal. and that without the usual journalistic courtesy
of acknowledgment. Why did our friends stop short
in their last issue dune i6th) with their reportl
The last date was june 9th, exactly where we closed
in our issue Of the 18th instant.
What ARE WE TO DRuNK AFTER what was stated
in the Assembly on Wednesday by the Minister Of
the Interior. this question forcibly recurs. We
were told that the wster supplied TO this city
through government pipes Is decidedly impure.
Such an announcement by the Minister. who Is
President OF the Board OF Health, Is not 10 be dis
regarded or ignored. IL is true that the Minister
explained that a portion OF the S64. 600 voted for
repairs and additions 20 the Water Works Is to be
applied in purchasing and laying down pipes from
the spring, some three miles, to the reservoir, thus
giving us pure water but in the meantime are we
10 go on drinking this impure stuff Everyone
who can afford IL will probably buy a otter at
once, or boil their water, but the most careful
will be compelled at times TO drink from the hrst
tap at hand, especially in this hot aud thirsty
season. We must not temper our water with
anything strong, particularly In view OF the
quality described as coming here In an expected
ship, with the six cents and-a-half gin. Sup
pose government were 90 boil our water for us,
by means Of hinge public cnuldronsf No won
der the doctor OF II. NJ. b. S, Rocket would not
allow her crew TO drink Honolulu water as Il
was brought to the ship.
IRISH PoTNToEs.-In the early DAYS Of California
gold miniug-and indeed, for a good many years
after the mines were discovered-the people OF that
State got all their potatoes from these Islands.
The district OF Kula. on East Maui. and The high
lands back OF kawaihae. on Hawaii. were tho
localities where the tubers were grcwn. and they
were OF excellent quality. Those were flush times
for the native potato growers. whp got as high as
SIS per barrel, delivered at the beach. But after
California became an agricultural State the tables
were turned. There was no further demand for
Island potatoes, except a few barrels for tho
whalers, and eventually that failed with the de-
crease of ships, so that latterly little or no potato
culture exists in the Islands, and we get our sup
plies from California or New Zealand. The fact
remains, however, that better and mealier potatoes
can be raised here than those that are imported.
Some fine specimens grown on the Island Of Lanai
have been recently shown us by Messrs. Il. A.
Schaefer s. Co. With Irish potatoes at 8 and "a
cents per ID, it strikes us that their cultivation
would be remunerative. We have a market that
would readily consume the home production, aud
once tried they would be preferred 10 the foreign
grown article. Land owners In suitably elevated
localities would do well TO give this subject their
attention, and we are not sure but that the growth
of a crop Of potatoes would prove as remanerative
as one Of sugar.