The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-12-30

which they may be interested
Mr.. EDITOR My attention having been
directed to a copy of the Daily Bulletin in which
that little paper asks, will Junius have the
goodness to specify and point them (the evil
dences of progressiveness of the present govern
ment) out for our enlightenment and for the en-
l~ightenment OF the general public? We are not
so blind that We cannot see, nor SO stubborn
that we cannot be convinced. Just show us the
facts" 1 undertake the task with pleasure when
1 am assured that there is n possibility of con-
vincil,g my interrogator that progression is the
''ord-r of the day" Pity It's, It's True that
some ,Sitors will be {" so stubborn as not to
admit the truth, though they are convinced of
being in error.
In the same column of the Bulletin, i'll which
he asks the above question, l observe a para
graph headed "The Truth Told" In this he re-
feres to an important declaration signed by LOG
German residents successfully ~refuting certain
statements concerning the labor traffic in these
Islands, and says that this, with a translation
has been forwarded to every Consular Agent for
this Kingdom from the Department of Foreign
Affairs. This is not much it is true, but it is
an assurance given by the little BuQetin to its
readers that the Foreign Department is paying
attention TO public interests. Secondly, l will
contrast the general health of the nation during
the present year with the year 1891. 1t is true
there was an epidemic in 1851, but who was
responsible for it's introduction? The present
Board of Health, a very important branch of the
/ Government, adopts such strict measures and
carries them out so effectively, as to prevent the
Introduction of disease. Just compare what
they are doing and what has been done by others.
The former Boards literally did nothing but pay
out salaries. The present Board have engaged
Doctors, put up buildings, and are just get
ting to work after being seven months in office.
The Minister of the Interior has had a new
building erected at the Insane Asylum, as you,
Mr.. Editor, fully described about ten days ago.
Great improvement has been made in the
management of lepers, and as 1 understand it is
their intention to gather them all in. This cam
not be done in u day. Premises must be pre-
pared to receive them. They cannst be herded
like sheep in a pen. Again, look at the progress
that has been made in the way of roads and
bridges on Kauai, Maui, and Hawaii. The
gentleman who conducts the Bulletin has prob
ably not travelled much further than Pnlama
(the Insane Asylum road) in one direction and
Waikiki in the other, hence his limited know
ledge of the improvements that are going ON.
Surely he must have seen in his daily visits to
Beretania street, the tramways that are laid
down to facilitate the carriage of road material,
and a consequent reduction of expense.
And yet another progressive step. Disburse-
ments are confined strictly to constitutional
measures. Just look at the former Ministry
transferring hundreds of thousands of dollars
which the Legislature never authorized them to
do, or never would have done, had they been in
session. Again immigration is now carried on
on a legal basis. More Portuguese will soon be
brought into the country by means of the money
appropriated for hat purpose. A proper scheme
has been started to obtain japanese. An Am
b~assador, with proper instructions and creden-
tails to carry out the project, has visited japan,
and will shortly make his report 10 the Govern
ment. Look ut the improved dwelling-houses
for laborers that have been established every
where, thanks to the interchangeable exertions of
the Inspector-General of immigration. The
new labor contract, published in your columns a
week or two ago, and also in the Gazete, is OF
itself a progressive step. In my humble opinion,
were the present Government as a%pathetic as
their predecessors, there are people who would
be ready to fay them alive. In conclusion, Mr..
Editor, let me suggest that the BuHttin young
man place his pen in the hands of his sub for a
short time, while he travels around the Islands
occasionally rs is customary with
Your obedient servant,
IrHTp-S