The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-12-09

THEIR EXcellencies the Premier and the
Minister of Finance left town yesterday on
a tour of inspection of the island of Oahu
This is a circumstance which we chronicle
with much pleasure. When, some months
ago, the report to the Legislature of the
late Minister of the Interior was before us
for review we took occasion TO remark that
if that gentleman had taken pains to make
himself as well acquainted with the other
islands as he appeared to be with Oahu, his
report would have contained q great many
remarks which did not appear in it. We
are glad to see members of the present
Ministry recognize the fact that something
more than the routine of office work falls
within the sphere of their duties, that they
are stewards of an extensive domain, and
custOdians of the interests of residents in
localities which differ from one another as
much in their special needs as they do in
geographical position. In the old world,
when Ministers make progresses through
the countries whose Government they take
part in, their objects (when not merely
those Of pleasure) are generally political.
Except to make speeches and show their
faces among members of their party, they
have nothing to call them from their offices.
1t should be quite different in countries
where q rapid growth of the material
civilization is going on, and especially in a
country like this, where the whole manage
ment and control of internal communica-
ton, police affairs, and other things, which
i'll old countries are attended to by local
authorities. rests in the hands of the Gov
eminent. The growth of this country in
wealth, in productive enterprise, aud in
population, is naturally accompanied by a
corresponding growth in its need of the
material accessories to industrial develop
ment. No one who has not at least u
general acquaintance with the condition
and wants of the country founded on person
nj observation can properly determine and
control the action of the Government there
to. And changes are going on so rapidly
in some parts of this Kingdom that know
ledge acquired in years past is not suffi-
cient. 1t is the present condition of things
that has to be catered for, and therefore it
is the present condition of things that ought
to be Intimately known to Ministers. We
hope, therefore, hat the journey which
Mr.. Gibson and Mr.. Kaai have just started
upon will only he the first of a series, and
that all our Ministers will make it a point
to acquaint themselves with the condition,
prospects, and needs of every district of the
Islands.
The visits of Ministers to various parts
of the Kingdom may also have a valuable
those who are at present disposed to decry
the Ministry, know little or nothing of its
members except what they nave seen re-
lated of them in certain mendacious news
We feel perfectly sure that the
personal intercourse which would be pro-
NOTED by the visits of Ministers to the
various centers of population throughout
the Islands will lead to a true appreciation
by the public of the men to whom His
Majesty has confided the seals of office, and
to Il general recognition of the fact that
they are animated by but one desire-to
promote their country's good.