The Hawaiian gazette., 1882-04-12
Dawaiian Oazettr.
rsr NoDus IN MINUS.
WEDNESDAY APRIL y. lssa.

CEKTNNLT much OF the hue and c1y
about the Spreckels' Sugar Monopoly i,
ls'sed on no sensible ground As long a.
the supply Of Hawaiian sugar is insuffic
lent for the Pacific Coast demand. tn,
cost Of sugar to the consumer and retailer
there. must largely be controlled by the
cost Of duty paying sugars imported from
Mania and elsewhere. Manila sugal
costs no less than IT would cost If there
were no treaty Of reciprocity
Again. If California capitalists decline tc
compete for the purchase Of our sugars. !;
must he presumed that they think II i
improbable to buy II is absurd then fol
the consumer to complain that the treaty
does not give him sugar at a lower price
while the producer complains that il give:
him no higher price II New York buyers
VII buy our sugar. they are most welcome
I to do so. But the question here has been
whether to take tolrably definite al
though perhaps lower. Irice for our sugars
from Spreckeis. or to ship them to New
York. for possibly larger returns IN the
open markets Either operation Is mat
| ter Of pure business calculation and not
an argument for or against the treaty.
Ir was the opinion Of the missionaries
wilo undertook to handle paganism here,
that their duties lay not so much in the
hne Of civilization as Of Christianity; that
! the former was an incident Of the latter;
that the pagan who radically changed
his heart a. radically changed his life,
and therefore, they believed, that it was
useless to fritter away time and labor in
establishing these incidents Of life, such
as industrial schools and savings banks
A good Christian did become industrious,
and did live decently and in order, and
did save his money. and they believed
that they could make good Christians
out Of the pagans. At the present
moment il II not very difficult to see that
II they were TO reconstruct their work,
they would give more prominence to that
which teaches and drills men in the habit
Of right living In the most civilized
socipties the Savings Bank is modern
affair. 1t i the one grand help in raising
the average civilization OF any country.
Pew industrious people know how 10
invest money. especially in towns. Aggre-
eating the money OF such, and placing it
where It vii bring profit, and encourage
further investment. has been the Office OF
the Savings Bank and it has done grand
work The native Hawaiian has no
greater need. than that Of thrifty habit.
Climate. food. temperament have always
worked against him, and demoralized him
a. an economic being At one OF our
Island stations a man who scored nothing
a. a moralist. taught the natives 10 save
their money and they, in the end, and
until be died. showed perhaps greater
thrift than any native community of the
group. II his system Of practical instruc
ton had been extended throughout the
Islands there would be some millions to
the credit Of the native race. where there
j. nothing now We understand that
the Government propose to introduce
measure towards creating Savings Bank
which VIII encourage native deposit.
There Is such a bank in existence now.
but II Is not adapted to the needs Of the
Hawaiian Two measures must be adopt
ed. First. the native must be personally
solicited to make deposits, and secondly.
he must be encouraged to deposit FIRE
quently. quarter" when he has got it,
without waiting for one or five dollars
On the pay day the managers of planta
tions should act as agents Of the bank
On Sundays there should be every facility
given to make the deposit before or after
church service. The postmen should be
made collectors. The Hawaiian will not
become thrifty race by SO doing, but
there viii be certain percentage of
those who will develop thrift. The
natives now have wants which they did not
have forty years ago, and there Is some
inducement to save Whether IN the race
problem. the Savings Bank could have
been an efectual factor. or whether ii can
be SO now. It is not worth while discuss
ing. 1t is an experiment which IS worth
irving