Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-06-07
rHE TIsER IND rHE REST OF rs.

vocal but it is certainly ambiguous.
THE TTsER md THE REST OF Us
We welcome the new regime in the
Advertiser Office. II the plan of action
outlined in last Mondays editorial be
carried out, the community will be the
gamer. Mondays leader was vigor-
Gus and spirited exposition of concen-
trated common sense. We commend
the Advertisers position on the bank
charter bill. Its insistence that any
issue of notes ought to be backed by
gold goes to the root of the matter
We commend also the tone of
its criticism We firmly believe that
dignifed opposition may be just as firm
as that which is more violent We
wish the Advertiser had not so sweep
irgly condemned what had been pre-
viously written and said on the topic.
So startling a measure challenged an
instantaneous answer Men felt
strongly and spoke strongly. The
bill was distributed on Thursday, MIR.
Macfarane, writing on the following
Tuesday, had manifest advantage
over those who had written before him.
The criticism upon the chamber OF
commerce, also, was not just. But, SO
far as outlined, the general policy OF
the Advertiser is sound and commends
itself to the community.
And now word on local new spapers
in general Has not the hour come
when united effort should be made
to purify the administration and to
agree upon some plan for the harmo
NOUS developement of Hawaii-nei
Who may so well do this as the newspaper
If we all insist that no .good man shall
be misrebrrSeHted and that no yasea
shaNgo ioAg nmasked the aggregate
power for reform must be immense
BY such joint action we may justify oul
| right to exist and gain from gener
Gus public support that shall not bt
grudging one. We have most Of IL.
made mistakes. We shall doubles!
continue to make them. But captiou.
correction Of each other is not going tc
make things better. Kindly criticism
of misstatements or misconceptions il
helpful. Mere scolding is harmful
The public may for a while take tn,
same interest in newspaper pickering
that it does in a street brawl or dog
fight but decent people become very
very soon disgusted at any of all three
uninstructive spectacles. The foreigr
and native press-with the exception
of the unspeakable Elele-are unitet
against even the appearance of monop
oily. Long may they remain so.
i p. S.-The communicated articl
in yesterdays 'Tiser reads very like tn
suggested" articles in the old-tim
'Tiser when Mr.. Gibson was its in
spiration. The article tells some trutl
about Mr.. Spreckels. But even tina
truth needs to have the word "not
withstanding written after it Mucl
that is said is halt truth-which is oftel
worse than brazen falsehood. Vide
f " In '78 the 'monopolist hand began t
: work by investing money in deser
common on Maui" 1t is claimed tina
$3,ooo,ooo have been spent there b
1.-THE monopolist and his friend!
But this enterprise never had anythin
, in it to warrant so large an expenditure
, 1t is true the money was spent there
but, in sense, it was spent to the il
jury of every other plantation on Mau
| Every planter understands this. 1t
, very true that Mr.. Spreckels advance
, 5000 taxes - evidently for cor
sideration. 1t is now in order for M
Spreckels' apologst to give US the d,
tails Of that bargain, by the terms {
which Mr.. Gibson was retained i
Office after Mr.. Spreckels had give
his word that the Gibson cabint
should go out. The attempted "poin,
that "the sails of vessels driven ava
from this port "are crowding the por
a of Kahului, Hilo and Mahukona
: SO glaring misstatement that the ma
who wrote it evidently meant to deceiv
;. That is the polite language of it la
year. Up to this writing there are J
!. vessels short of the arrivals during II
!. same period. Some say we will be Ic
q vessels short this year-and just VIII
. this means ask every mechanic, stor
n keeper, restaurateur and longshor
!. man; and they will answer in terms te
!, plain to be misunderstood. We adm
!. Mr.. Spreckels' good Offices in helpir
n on Portuguese immigration, but v
= = know also that with respectable mi
= istry in Office just as favorable credit
: he furnished could have been arrange
;, otherwhere. There is much more tn
: ought to be punctured in the articl
We are glad the editor is not respon
BILE for it.