Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-12-10
SATU RDAY PRESS.
San Francisco Correspondence.
Say En,Srls,,,. Nov. II. Is
DECENBER 10. 1881

S,S FR,SctsCt Nov. II, ISL
EprruR S,rvRpN rRrSs: What nm nm
interesting world this would bc IL II wcr
no, saturated with wicke,incss, that our
ap,rc$s 10 and love " comes MS natural rs
feathers on bird, | do not belicvc in
wickcdness, hut il givcs moro bread and
butter to people than many are awarc OF,
including judges. lawyers, preachers, mo
chanics and all the literary men, including
those oi newspapers whose circulation
would I've slim indeed u they did not have
the calender OF human failngs to draw
irUm and dish up all the latcs, suicides,
murders, etc, in all their sickening and
revolving details, To- interest their readers.
Franklin says Everything is Tor tho best, a."
while Cowpcr says in his hymn,
"Gci moves In mysterious WAYS
Hts wonders 20 perform"
am some time in reaching my point,
to which was partially prompted by
learning that Doctor Mcdonald. the Pres
idcnt Of the Pacific Bank. who made all
his money Ivy the sale OF Vinegar Bittcrs,
THAT has fastened the death of thousandsl
has donated ,o the public schools ~ this
city one thousand dollars TO he apportioncd
To- every class in the public schools in this
city for the best essays on the twin evils
intemperance and tobacco The prizes
will range from two to ten dollars | do
not know il il is the intention to prove
that rum is worse than tobacco or rics rcr,n
Tho doctor, l suppose. will read all the
essays, and l cannot see how little child
rem from six 20 twelve years are going 10
throw much light on the subject unless
their parents are good average smokers
and tirs,-class drunkards.
The question of the most Importance
now TO the people of this coast that re
mains to be answered is. What are we go
ing 10 do with the Chinesei They are
coming Father Burlincame one hundred
Thousand more. Nothing can be more
certain than that there will he serious
trouble yet in California on this subject OF
Chinese invasion If it is not effectually
stopped. There is now arriving on an
average over two thousand month. and n
few days ago, among the Chinese tina,
were landed here, were two hundred boys
from eight To fourteen years old that were
brought TO work in families at from one
and half 10 two dollars per week; this
means the displacement Of the same mum
her OF girls that will have TO seek som,
other occupation. There are already toe
many girls and boys that cannot find EN-
ployment, and the more Chinese brought
here the less will be their chance.
10 help support themselves, but tn,
more certain they are TO be
burden on their parents and the public
A person can have no idea OF the mum
Der Of Chinese employed here unless hs
happen on Montgomery and Californi,
streets about II o'clock any day. when tn,
Chinese cross Montgomery street in living
streams on their way from the cigar anc
other factories to dinner. They are simpl,
obtaining the monopoly and control of al
trades they understand. and are driving
white labor ont White labor cannot com
pete with Chinese simply because white,
cannot nor will not live as Chinese do.
The Indian war in Arizona is over, which
is bad for the people there, because Will,
IT lasted the government spent larg,
amount of money. Just think of il. Som,
officers Mt Fort Apache heard that Ger
tain medicine man had said that the spirit.
u sone old chiefs would appear, and tn.
9 9na n undertook to arrest this old doctor
and several millions of dollars. Small
canses create some times very great re
suits. Very trifiing events change tn,
destinies of kings and nations.
There is expected here shortly two Chi
nese steamers manned by Cinnamon an,
owned by Chinese company. II this b,
the case they will break up the monopol,
Of the Pacific Mail, because Johns prin
ciple is to under-bid anybody in any lin'
OF business
Many buildings are going up-som
very expensive ones. The old Pavilion i
torn down and will be erected by the frs
OF next January on the land belonging t.
the Mechanics Institute near the new
City Hall, which, IL it be not finishe.
soon, will fall from age before it will b
completed.
saw King Kslakaua while he was her
and must say he is a fine looking digni
ned parsonage, and think he must hav
had good time here. but / suppose h
was glad enough to get home after his tri
around the world. Think Of il - aroun,
the world: one hundred years ago what
feat this would have been, but now any
one can make it if he has the coin.