The Hawaiian gazette., 1882-08-02

The Legislature have assuredly been
squeezing the lime" last week. 1t had
been shadowed forth in the columns Of
this journal that on the third reading far
from cutting down the patriotic Repre-
sentatiyes would swell the amount of the
Appropriation Bill even to a till..,,higher
figure than it stood at at the close of the
second reading The first move towards
increasing the expenditures was in the di-
rection OF Royal salaries That of the King
was raised to $4,000 for the two years. of
the Queen to $4,000. and of the Heir APP
parent to the same sum. II is fact worthy
Of note that upon the two former items
the Ministry by no means voted solid. The
premier sat on the fence, and the Attorney
General was conspicuous by his absence.
In view Of this country finding II neces
sary to 20 around borrowing in order TO
carry on the business of the nation it comes
with very i'll grace to make such additional
charges upon the State purse. 1t seems
as il the Hawaiian legislator was anxious
to eat his cake and have il he Will find as
all others have done who have attempted q
like proceeding, that after the cake has
been deyoured there viii be nothing left
and the individual Will have to 20 hungry
We doubt if the prospect of going hungry
Is a pleasing one For Royal State this
country will pay during the next biennial
period as follows
Civil List ..--.. .-..... Sl4s.5p0
Coronation. ........................ 10000
Foreign Guests. ....................... 1900
Palace OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1880
Stables. .......-.... .-..........-..- 1900
Total. ............................S en,OOo
This is very nearly one eighth Of the
total income of the country IT Is about
four dollars per head for every man woman
and child in the land Now though no one
would wish to be niggardly in paying
salary to His Majesty and his family.
though all sections Of thought desire that
the Royel Stute should be properly kept
up, there can be no doubt that the sum
above mentioned IS totally out of proper
ton with the gross income Of the country
At the same rate the Royal Family of
England would have an income of close on
flO.0O0000. the ROYAL Family of Prussia
about e3,25O.0O0, Belgium fl,5OO,0OO, and
so on. In these countries such an enormous
for such purposes would be
deemed insane, and we may fairly say that
il is insane here 1t Is evident from the
way the Ministers voted. as alluded to
above. that portion of the Cabinet regard
it in this light also, but they do not have
sufficient strength to dare to record their
views.
-.
OW contemporary the daily p. {. T., !
tries to make out that the whole Of these
large appropriations are being made for |
he foreigner and not for the native at all. |
According to the very astute and learned |
writer in that paper the native man of this |
country is not at all benefited by the in |
'reased commercial importance of the
place The 100000 voted for immigra |
ion purposes. and-expressly voted for the |
increase Of population Is going only TO
10 good TO the planter theroads are only
used by the foreigner the Treaty Is for
he foreigner, the landings and wharves
ire for him. so is the $4,000 for steam
ines. Really. looking at this showing of
lu contemporary, 1t appears as if the Ha
yaiian was doing absolutely nothing. and
I what he says were actually true it would /
le high time that the foreigner took every
hing in hand, and as his Is the whole
agricultural and marine IN
crest from whence the revenues voted
way are drawn that he should relieve the
.ative from the trouble Of voting such
ums and look after that part rs well.
according to our contemporary all the
seful subsidies are for the foreigner. all
be follies, such as cannon, soldiers, etc,
re for the native. Very clever reasoning
indeed we may draw wisdom from fclly
It times
We DO not think quite so poorly Of the
hawaiian as our contemporary does we
aally think he has some use for the roads
nd landings that he benefits by the
Treaty that the foreign
cam lines are necessary to him as well as
ne foreigner that the general prosperity
+ the country is of advantage to him. and
borrower that he Is wise enough in many l
lstances to take advantage of his oppor
mites
SO we are not, in spite of the lavish eX {
anditure which has been sanctioned by
le Legislature, going to have any in D
'eased taxation nor need we have any 4
ar that such thing Is impending And !
Nv. pray, are we going to pay off that Z
e0O0.0OO which it Is proposed to borrow Il
q confess that we see no means except a
lditional taxation. which viii be upon Us
thin two years. and then we may look 5
+ a howl from every class in the coIumu- Il
~ No, the course which has been en- Il
red upon by the present Cabinet Is bad y
e. and it VIII eventually wreck the little p
up Of State as surely as it Is persevered a
In no particular has the evil of this \
Urse been more prominent than in the c
owing 81 enormous unnecessary 81 d
nditures. s
Pls9fABLy NO article has ever bseh writ =
! in this country which contained more OF
sffable bosh thin that which appeared in n
e weekly p c. l. Of July 18th. The p
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