The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1884-04-16


try a work which Will be felt and appre
ciated by those whose praise Is worth hay
y ing. In these schools lies the life Of Ha-
I" wall
A JEW months ago, Mr. james Bryce, a
member of Parliament, gave us an anus
ing and interesting sketch Of his ascent Of
Mount Ararat Since his return home
the same gentleman has. given lectures in
D England on the places he visited. and the
impressions he received from them during
, his tour around the world
1t does not appear that he mentioned
these islands, but Of his experiences IN the
United states he SAYS: ~Onc must 20 to
the United States to realize what is meant
by hatred Of monopolics."
These islands are commercially at all
events. an oflshoot OF the States, and here.
II anywhere should be felt the hatred of
monopolics
Those of us who have been fighting the
battle Tor the treaty know best how forlni-
dable an opponent was the giant MONoP
OILY How the dread OF monopoly banded
together the producers Of the South, and
the manufacturers and consumers Of the
Eastern States against us But the evil
itself was then nOn-cNistent, or at most in
slow and uncertain course Of incubation.
Now, it seems, this giant Is fullgrown, full
armed. and we are Coolly told that neither
freight nor passengers may 20 TO OF fro
between these islands and their market,
but by one mOnopolising hand. The Z. NJ
s. 5. Co will no longer convey passengers
or freight. in other words, the Oceanic
having driven away the sailing traffic. has
now made its arrangements for shutting
of all steamer traffic except its own. This
.is about the biggest monopoly job extant
A powerful. old established company like
the p. NJ ). ;. does not give up It's rights
fur nothing, and a newer company like the
Oceanic does not acquire those rights for
nothing. and further does not acquire those
| rights without intending TO repay itself: g.:
aud how and from whom? 4 healthy
/ competition was available, and is not.
! One Oceanic steamer and the old company
would suffice for the needs of this country,
| two Ocean, 5 arc put on and require a
monopoly 30 maintain them, and SO the
monopoly is created and is TO be enforced
The great fall in the price Of our staple
Is trying enough, but a monopoly OF car
riagc can only add TO our embaTTassments. |
The Oceanic's are magnificent ships, |
admirably appointed, capahly commanded |
cycellcntly equipped, but without dread |
of competition, we may yet have to pay |
too high a price for their services. In n
scheme such as this there are participa- |
tors other than the Ostensiblc projectors: |
when the time comes for voting steamship |
subsidies n new question will arise. and it |
Is to be hoped that the Independent mem
hcrs of the Legislature viii rise TO the Occa-
sion. and viii not allow the whole interests |
Of the country to go into any one mans
hands
Prom the existing Ministry. OF more cor
rcctly speaking, from the existent Minis
ter there Is no hope It remains TO be seen
what can be done by IA successor.
Tn c1awrrsu Is a creature which at the
present moment is very typical Of the Ha
waiian Government Wherefore Why.
as far as we know the c1uwfsh has the re
mmkablc power Of going h1olarI1is, and
that Is the aspect which tine Premier Presi-
dent Of the Board Of Health presents.
The facts are these. Chinese iulInigra-
ton was not palatablc to the citizens of
Hawaii a large number OF Chinese were
introduced IN two steamers and public
opinion. especially native public opinion
was very much avcrsc to the Introduction
Of any more Thereupon the Board of
Immigration produced a cast iron sort of
order TINT only - Cinnamon could be
landed here from any vessel, with the pro
viso that the Hawaiian Consul at Hong
Kong might give permits to whom he chose
TO land. Well the 1ra5ic was expected
and she was known to be bringing Chinese
laburcrs for this country. What would the
Premier President do2 Land these men!
Oh, mol He gave in writing, TO the Port
Physician orders which were sufficient to
keep all. over the magic number 25. on
board the vessel: he vapored round town
his intention TO keep these men out; he
inspired the court journal and it produced
duly an article in which the further intro
duction OF Chinese was laughed 90 scOTn:
he even called together the burlesque army
to withstand the Mongol intruders
Mark the result The -i,7,5ie. with over
six hundred Chinese for this port, arrived
last Thursday Friday morning she left
and she also left the whole Of her passen
gers FOR this port. There was no word OF
disagreement, after a time, about landing
them.
Tbs Of oourse. needs explanation. and
the explanation i by no means difficult.
There are two peoples to satisfy, two pco
pies TO hoodwink: the native Hawaiian and
the foreigner The Premier Is cmpolyed
Tor the first work and the Attorney
General FOR the second Hence before !
the arrival Of the -Ar1bic the card was
played Of threatening to prevent any land
ing Of Chinese The native was ticlled
with a sense of power, he was inflated with
his own greatness in being told he could |
d. L =. I
senEcrs. This point having been reached a
the Attorney General steps in. and when q
The .ir15ic arrives he apparently goes into a
conflict with his Prcadc- and shows him !.
hat the men must be landed and landed /,
hey nre accordingly. L
Ii Is u very pretty piece of .HBessr. Ii d
mas been game played TO hoodwink Ha b
Naiians and foreigners. but IT has sicnally /,
'ailcd. IL has not attained its object. for L
'very one sees the trick The government u
ny 10 squirm out of their position hy say n
ng that their letters per Hrfposa showed I.
hem that it was impossible that their Con !,
nj in Hong Kong could have prevented
he sailing of the irabit's passengers. a
Those letters were received on the Sth. /,
In officer OF the Hawaiian Government I !,
vent on board the Ar1bir on the 10th and $
tated that only p Cinnamon could land :
When he returned on shore he was in
ormsd that the whole 600 could land: and s
re can well imagine that he felt very fool N
sh. The Premier President tried to play h
wo games. He tried to win the native by i
ickling his vanity; he tried to win the |,
oreign planter by giving him labor. II m
c knew by the HarPssq that the -ira5ic n
ad left before the Telegram was received II
! Hong Kong. why in Heavens name q
lake any difficulties. The difficulties m
ere not real, and the whole affair has IA
cen piece Of despicable jugglery. th
A PRISON in civilized countries at the NJ
resent day is not merely place Of pun pr