The Hawaiian gazette., 1882-04-05

not crime enough In these islands 10 war
rant our government in keeping a highly
salaried official 10 assist the police by his
slill In ANALYSIS. but cases do occur from
time 10 time There l. ample work how
ever. for skilled chemist, II in addition
be viii give his assistance 10 practical
questions connected with planting These
ideas have been suggested by planter
and are worthy of consideration.
WHEN l. that Chinese Interpreter com
ing II j. some months since he has been
spoken about. but he L. none the less
needed. Our Chinese population is grow
ing daily IN wealth and IN importance
An effort Is gong 10 be made TO Introduce
a larger number Of these people as labor
ers and still the Government remains
without adequate means Of thoroughly
acquainting itself with their ideas and
their desire, What notion has been
formed a. to whether the Chinese have
political aspirations or not We should
say none at all II any notion has been
formed. il must be from very inadequate
data: not from such "A certain source as Z
properly qualified interpreter would be.
The more the subject is regarded. the
more does it strike one. that single inter
prefer viii not be enough: even in HCno-
lulu the Government could well employ
two men. and there are the other islands
10 provide for In many cases. where
disagreement occurs between the en-
ployer and his Chinese labor It may fair
ly be assumed that il l. because both sides
do not properly understand one another.
Orders frequently have TO pass from Eng
lish into Hawaiian and thence into
Chinese. The knowledge Of the connect
ing language may not be very thorough
on either side. and the consequence is
discomfort and sulldng by the one, and III
temper shown by the other
In our courts Of justice. especially. there
VIII be always more or less failure in car
rying ont the true ends for which they
have been established. as long as the
Judges have not properly laid before them
the evidence given by Chinese witnesses.
whether speaking in behalf of accuser or
accused ANY one who has been present
at trials. viii readily remember how
unsatisfactory much of the evidence given
by Chinese and interpreted to the Court
Is. Then. again the Chinese do not thor
oughly understand our legal system: they
are accustomed TO very high handed pro
Ceedings and TO summary pmshments IN
their own land and they are prepared to
find a similar state of things here. In this
way. they accept. without rrscnhng, little
acts Of injustice which may be done TO
them by the petty officials. men ' dressed
in a little brief authority" who are the
same the world over For both sides is
the interpreter or the corps Of Interpreters
necessary. The Government needs him
in order to keep itself well informed as to
what Is going on The ChinamUn needs
HIM in order TO have certain matters thor
oughly explained 10 HIM by some one who
is quite disinterestcd. who can gam
nothing by garbling facts or making Will
ful misstatements.
4 good interpreter h no easy matter to
get; we may expect that before the right
men are obtained. We shall have to make
many trials Once however good men 0fl
found we should keep them. and we can
only do that by paving good salaries. In
the new appropriation bill. 1t Is to be
hoped that tins item viii figure and that
the amount voted Will not be a niggardly
one. but that II will be sufficient TO induce
good men 10 come. and when here TO stay.
Tn appointment Of Committee TO look
into ali matters connected with stock on
these Islands. Is decidedly Il good idea.
Much practical good is likely to come Of
it, especially in regard TO horses, II the
Committee do their work well. and get up
a good report Our Hawaiian raised
stock. barring a few notable and honora-
ble exceptions. Is simply abominable. Let
any one look at the miserable screws that
are used in many Of the express wagons.
and are driven or ridden by private per
sous. Or again 20 off into the country
and watch the animals at pasture: for
every decent looking horse. there viii be
from twenty to thirty sorry looking plugs.
Some supervision should be exercised
over the breeding Of horses There are.
50 we have been informed. a number Of
entire horses roaming about. who do an
infinity Of mischief. peTpetuating race
Of worthless brutes. The Island of Oahu
does not suffer in tins respect a. much as
the larger Islands of Maui and Hawaii.
Ii Is TO be hoped that something viii be
done also towards encouraging the raising
Of better stock In all countries this Is re
coynized a. a laudable end to aim at. and
inducements are offered IN the shape of re
wards, TO urge men 10 improve their breeds.
BY means Of cattle shows and race meetings
q lively interest Is kept up in the matter.
II becomes pride to a man of means TO
own fine animals. and through him. pco
pie of less means are enabled TO keep up
the standard among their more limited
stock II is not only in such attractive
animals as horses that men take pride
pigs can be taken as an example. Men Of
means. cultivation and refinement can
take very lively interest in pigs, and can
he highly pleased when fine variety
comes into their possession. Now we have
some very good pigs here. one OF two gen
tlemen have gone TO considerable trouble
and expense to have good breeds intro
dHced; but the generality Of oT pigs are
beneath contempt
In connection with the above remarks
comes the thought that not only can the
Committee do good by encouraging the
raising of good stock. but il would also
recommend the institution of a new IN
dustry. the raising of mules The prices
now paid for mules Is very large. we ought
10 be able TO raise what mules we require
at a considerably cheaper rate than we
are now paving for these animals. This
is practical thing; we have excellent
pastures for raising this particular class Of
stock; there ought to be money in it. All
our stock owners need Is to be little
more enterprising. Well bred mules
raised in the Islands. ought to be more
valuable than tine imported animals. be
cause they would not have to 90 through
the ordeal of getting acclimatized.
The Committee which has been ap-
pointed. has a fine field before it: it can
DO an enormous amount of good in every
district in the Islands The success or
failure Of the Committee VIII be watched
with intense interest by number of peo-
pie. II Is sincerely to be hoped that sue
cess viii crown their efforts In all such
matters. Hawaii needs guidance; the gen
tlemen who have been appointed to carry
ont scheme Of supervision. will supply