Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-04-12
WISE IND OTHERU.ISE


"1'he first class in arithmetic will
please stand up. Now, Master Adver-
tiser, what has been the loss, during
the last three months, on sugars shipped
abroad ?"
''One hundred thousand dollars, or
quarter of cent pound"
"Wrong, next boy. Master Gazette,
what IS your answer ?"
"Between four hundred and fifty and
five hundred thousand dollars, or from
a cent and half to a cent and three
quarters a pound, which is equal to
from twenty five to twenty-seven and
half dollars ton.
"You are partly right and partly
wrong. The loss Of cent and a half
a pound would be thirty dollars a ton
and not twenty-five and the loss Of a
cent and three quarters would be thirty
five dollars and not twcnty-seven and
half Your answer shows that you
have studied more than Master Adver-
tiser has; but when you undertake to
set classmate right you ought to be
very sure. You may grow up to be a
teacher yourself, some day, and you
cannot be too careful.
And this suggests another little dia-
logue:
zSaeAer: "What are we to learn
from the lesson Of to-day p
PnbH: "To shun evil.
7eacher. "What are we told about
money!
! PMpH: "That the love of it is the
root of all evil"
7Safhey: And what does that
teach us p
PnpH: To shun the evil and
grasp the root"
The little dialogue just quoted has
been going the rounds of the American
papers. Perhaps the application to the
crisis here may seem iar-fetchcd. But
the application well may be made by
thinking few moments. The love of
money in some one of its myriad
manifestations enters into the business
success of every wealthy man in this
country-in all countries. But there is
such thing as grasping the root too
hard for ones own good. We think
we see tendency to that end in a
direction from which we have right to
expect better things. We think some
conservative people are becoming so
alarmed about their money bags as to
be ready TO make dangerous compro-
lses. We have heard of men saving
very lately "Well, what has all your
quarrel with Gibson amounted to He
has everything still in his hands If YOU
had only gone in with him two years
ago you might have used him, had good
government and have been spared all
this agitation y "leaven defend usfrom
these weak-kneed brethren y say all
brave and honest men.
There may be no safe co@p 'onise
with tiibsonism. The man has played
the leech too often and too long to pose
now as any thing else. He is worse
than mere incubus. He hangs on
and draws blood at the same time.
That any wealthy man who has honest
instincts and an honorable reputation
should strike hands with man like
Gibson passeth understanding II the
unholy alliance be formed, there is lust
one bitter consolation Messrs, money
bags will be blcd to the full limit OF the
opportunity. In the name OF all that
is decent, gentlemen, let there be no
compromise with Gibsonism- while a
single shot remains in the locker and
the flag OF common honesty still futiers
from the staff.
We know very well why this cowardly
detection has been canvassed. Because
people are blue blue as indigo. Some
OF us tInk the bottom is going 10 drop
out OF the sugar market and that We
shall all 20 by the board. This is wha,
the last reduction really is
March I4it. Q 9-Io ios 90 sugar.
3is, @ $40 .
The reduction is just one quarter Of
a cent bad /" aye, very bad bu,
it might be worse and /, may soon be
better
There is crumb OF comfort in the
recent acton OF Louisiana planters,