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progress and the genius Of publ,
hygiene. But there are a few ques
tions of health side issues, so to speak
which ought to receive eithef direct
legislative enactment or such enlarge
ment of the powers OF the health
authorities rs may make the govern
ment at once powerful to control and
responsible for the right exercise of it.
powers
We believe that it is fortunate for
Honolulu that its milk vending is for
the most part in the hands of reputable
men who are as conscientious as they
are reputable. But when one considers
the dreadful possibilities of disease
from unwholesome milk, the importance
of such efectual control of the milk
traffic as would make il well nigh i'm
possible for vendors to sell unwhole.
some milk become clear as the sun at
MONDAY So far as we have been
able to learn the milk vendors license
bill of last session does not cover
the necessities cfectually The board
Of health ought to have power to test
milk at any time, and to visit the prem
ises of milkmen in order to determine
whether the COWS are in healthy con.
dition or whether their food is sufficient
in quantity an | wholesome in quality.
1t is not enough to answer this by say
ing that our milkmen already comply
with all these conditions. The time
may come when the larger portion of
the business may not be in the hands
of either honest or sensible men 1t is
not every dairyman who has learned
that it PAYS to feed well it is not every
dalryman who knows lin advance) that
it would be suicidal to sell diseased
milk. A iive-gallon can of milk, part
of which came from COW that had
splenetic fever, might cause a score of
deaths. Proper control Of the milk
business - comprehending chemical
tests, vigilant inspection OF dairy
premises and the careful licensing of
responsible persons only would be a
boon to Honolulu and the moral
force of the law, ii faithfully admins
tered here, would doubtless extend to
the other islands.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-04-12

In foregoing paragraph under this
heading of Health Legislation, we
stated that progress in public health
protection must, in many features, keep
pace with the march of improvement,
and be virtually controlled by it.
There is reason to believe that the
Wilder ministry would have accom-
plished much in such public improve
ments as would have insured public
health protection in many directions,
If that cabinetor its head had re-
Mained in office until now. The official
changes since Mr., Wilder held Office
have resulted in terrible waste OF
both time and opportunity. Perhaps
the most serious result of all has been
the diversion of public attention from
questions OF great public importance
to the distracting and, in a sense,
ignoble study OF party politics. This
diversion has been inevitable, but its
results ought not to be overlooked.
The Wilder ministry had worked out
an Intelligent water-supply system for
Honolulu 1t was at work on Il pro
posed sewerage system also. 1t had in
contemplation the widening and
Strengthening of existing thoroughfares
and the opening Of new streets. In
the brief period during which the
Carter ministry held power, little good
and considerable evil was accomplished
"A result brought about by conditions
many OF which the cabinet was unable
to control, and which, perhaps, no
cabinet could have controlled. The
Gibson cabinet came in and has re-
manned in under the most favorable
conditions for the accomplishment oil
lasting public improvement. 1t had a
large majority in the last legislature.
IL had the full favor of the king Ii
was upheld by many honest men who
believed it might be controlled for
good. Until within this year the Glib,
son cabinet has accomplished no in
ternal Improvement of sufficient inn
portance to deserve the thanks of the
nation Very recently, however, there
have been evidences that the uetel
system Of Honolulu is TO receive the
attention OF the government. An en-
glneer has been engaged whose
reputation endorses him as to orheoreli
cal attalnments ann practical expert
ence. This gentleman has been
studying our water problem, and will
continue IT'S study fol some time. His
work has been facilitated by an ad
'nirsble series oi maps, prepaledb By tho
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-04-12

The iresh-meat supply Of Honolulu
has been often discussed of late and
always to its disadvantage. The actual
condition of the yards and slaughter
pens of the Honoluan butchering
establishments, at least during wet
weather, was the occasion for newspaper
articles last fall. which did something
to awaken public interest in the matter
and, doubtless did some good in
making butchers more careful. But,
under existing conditions, much that
ought to be done is practically i'm
possible of performance. The law OF
1868 forbids the maintenance OF
slaughter houses at any points not APP
proved by the board of health and a
resolution passed by a former board OF
health, and, we believe, still in force,
compels Honolulan slaughter houses
to congregate on land contiguous tc
the point in the rear of Oahu Iail
Unfortunately this land is private pro
perty. Either it or other conveniently
located land ought to belong to the
government, and commodious modern
slaughter houses ought to be erected
from which the government should
receive a rental The fund for the
maintenance of public buildings could
be drawn upon in order to keep these
buildings in order and such repairs as
improvements and necessary sanitary
regulation would be fully paid for on,
of moderate rental. OF course the
government ought not to go into any
such scheme as this for mere money
making, but it ought to control the
meat business under the law more eff.
clently than it yet has controlled it.
Honolulu is eating poor meat, and the
conditions under which meat is
slaughtered have something to do with
1t. The government has power to ex
change land and by the exercise Of
that power might obtain possession OF
the Dowsett property in the rear of the
prison or, if more room be needed,
(as we think it is), some of the Palama
lands Of the late Princess Ruth might
he secured. At any rate, the matter
ought to be looked into by Legislators,
and either legislation or legislative ex-
preston of opinion (as may be neces
sary) ought to be brought to bear upon
this topic, that the law may be made
more comprehensive and that public
opinion may be aroused to demand it,
enforcement
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-04-12

Already gold has commenced to
flow ont from New York. Says re-
cent Eastern paper six million
dollars in gold have gone out of the
country within fortnight, and the ex-
porting movement seems to increase
rather than fall off. While the more
conservative men believe that the
market can stand the drain, others
think crisis is at hand that will prove
the iolly of our present silver policy
We have an unusually large stock al
gold on hand, and for that reason are
better able than usual to meet am out
flow OF that metal Il, therefore, under
such favorable conditions the mark ct
becomes panlcky, II is evidence OF
double weight that the policy which
renders such trouble possible is un-
sound. No country wishes to yet left
with only silver on its hands. Even
the Dutch have taken the alarm.
FiasLisf The Hague, March 4
The lower house Vi the states general
has authorized the demonstration OF
as,ooo,ooo silver ilorins, If necessary. .
But South America has many warning
voices on the same subject. 4 gentle
nlan ol vide financial experience writes
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-04-12
SPECIAL NOTICES.
MANAGERS NOTICE

An accounts Of the SATURDAY. PRESS-exe .pi.
lng guArted, advertisers will be rendered aud col
/ lsCied monthly.
Advertisements and Sulscfiptsoss are payable Ia
advance. and this rule viii be nsidl, observed in the
IHoS. c. THRUM,
Manager and Proprietor. SArlepAv pGsss.
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Their opposition to any reduction on
the duties now paid by foreign sugars
imported into the United States cannot
but have an influence ON those free
traders whose policy most conflicts
with the sugar producing industry of
the Southern States. OF course. if
Louisiana planters prevent a reduction
on sugar duties the treaty, if extended,
must continue to benefit Hawaii In
the terse language OF Washington cor
respondent "'rhc high-tarif men
are going to control legislation for the
next four years and that means hope
for Hawaii
We believe prospects for an exten-
ton of the treaty are good The proper
authorization has gone on to Washing
ton and Minister Carter has full power
to conclude an arrangement mutually
advantageous 10 the United States and
to this country.
Let us then forget our blues, buckle
down to business and try to accomplish
some worthy work during the coming
session Of the legislature A sound
currency system and permanent public
improvement are two objects worth
working for with all our energies.
A funny paragrapher and funnier
letter writer in the Bulletin call attention
to the French employed in the Press list
of officers of the French war vessel, last
Saturday Evidently, the funny cor
respondent suggests, the Press has a
kefe de 5edH--a "Calfs head in its
employ. There is much OF that mani
mate article in town Some of it is
employed in editing certain of our
contemporaries, and what is left of it
is in writing pseudonymous letters in
quibbling, envious and imbecile de
traction of the Press. Put that in your
pipes, Messrs. Head Cheese"
1t is true that the knowledge of the
French language possessed by the Press
staff is lamentably small. 1t is scarcely
more than the knowledge of English
enjoyed by its critics.
BY the way, it is rather unfortunate
that the recent critical scribbler in the
Bulletin signs itself Head Cheese" !"
That adipose provend is usually com
pounded Of swine's jowl-an article far
less respectable than feke de avan.
The omission of the apostrophe in
the abbreviation of 5oisSean "a common
and perfectly allowable one caused
the bunder. 1t was a typographical
error; nothing less, nothing more. The
copy was written by an officer Of the
vessel 1t was handed in by the
marine reporter at the eleventh hour
There was no time to have it translated.
1t was printed according to copy.
Mr.. Buzzard-goosc- -crow-quill writes
to the Advertiser about some Press criti-
cisim of him, and speaks of himself
as scribbler" There is always hope
for writer who writes of himself with
SO much humility And no one will be
likely to quarrel with the pseudonymous
scribbler of Things in General when he
writes himself down at his true value
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-04-12
Will run regularly for KoNA and KAU,
Returning, Touching at Maalea
The LNNLNMi.

Cameron, commander, leaves Honolulu every Tues.
day at pm. for Nawiiwi koloa, Eeee, and Wal
nea, Kauai. Returning leaves Nawiwili every
Saturday evening
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-04-12

now We need sound legislation ON
this Chinese labor question measures
that shall be radical enough to be
effective and fair enough to win the
respect of England and America. We
know that the Hongkong authorities
have instructions from the home gov
ernment, not to send us any more Chi
nese and we trust the twenty 6ve-per-
vessel measure may be hereafter en-
forced
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-04-12
MORAL.
Friends of our treaty must avoid
lobbyists.

The trouble which King Oscar of
Sweden has been having with his sub
jects-to which brief allusion was re-
Gently made in the Press eliminated
late last February in the dismissal from
office of Prime Minister Selmer, by
order of the supreme court. The story
is long one and we shall tell it next
week. Its moral has meaning for
King Kalakaua, for his ministers and
for all of us
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-04-12
THE LEAk IN orr INCOME.

The following table is largely series of ap-
proxmations. 1t has been prepared in order
to make showing that would have tangible
shape. Several weeks ago the inquiry into
the leakage in export values was outlined in a
Press paragraph. The real total may be
100000 more or less than the total given be-
low. The only value of the showing is its
comprehensive and tabular form--in which the
detailed leakage is convincngly shown. This
table will be kept in type, SO that authoritative
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-04-12
The q, X. BjshoD.

Davis, commander, leaves Honolulu every Iues,iay
at rM for kukuhale, Honokaa, and paauhau. Re
turning arrives a, Honolulu every Sunday morning.
ar OFFICE Of the Company, foo, Of kilauea
Street, near the y NJ s. S. Wnari ~.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-04-12

The last resolutions regarding Chi
nese immigration published by order OF
the King in cabinet council were sent
10 San Francisco by the steamer which
lett here on the 18th ultmo and were
telegraphed to Honekong. They did
not, OF course, reach that port before
the Arabic left. That vessel arrived
last Thursday afternoon, bringing six
hundred Chinese males and few
women and children for this port. The
captain was at first informed that he
would not be allowed 10 land more
than twenty-five Of his Honolulu pas
sengers. Afterwards all the passengers
were landed. We hope the present
importation is the last that will soon be
made We need no more al present
We have THOUSANDS ldle on our hands
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-04-12

PooKs PERTAINING TO HAWAII
Jsrves His.ory OF the Hawaiian Islands
Andrews Dictionary.
Whitneys Guide Book.
Miss Birds Six Months in The Sandwich Islands
Miss Gordon Cummings Fire Fountains
Mr.. Iudds Honolulu,
Hawaiian Almanac and Annual
Together with large stock of valuable and entertain.
Ing books, lis, Of which published in the supplement
Of this paper
For sale
THOS q. THRUH'S
Fosf ~ Storr.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-04-12

The result is history. When once
the issues were fairly made, it was the
beginning OF the end The tide OF
battle which had for SO long set steadily
. in favor Of the coniederacy turned.
1868 Saw Nicksburg, Port Hudson. and
Gettysburg, written on the Union ban
ners. There were cddies when the
tide-current set southwark, after January
Ist, 1903 but they were only eddies.
The resistless current was against her,
and the cause OF the South was
doomed The South fought bravely,
heroically, and, in most cases, honestly.
But sincerity does not change facts,
The South was uyoRg. The North was
right The war was the bloody, terri
BILE result OF Southern hereses. These
went down, we trust forever, under the
iron heel of war. The New South has
come already TO see this, and to heartily
accept the results OF the war In many
things there is change for the better.
1.-The South was arstrocratic it is be,
coming democratic. Ii had false
system of Servie labor it has changed
it to free labor Its whole organization
OF society was affected 10y its peculiar
institution That is being regenerated
The fountains out of which its life was
flowing We're poisonous, The prophet
has thrown salt therein, and they nov
flow with life and health We give uI
much of our space this week TO article
upon the war II IS needless to say
that these articles look At the contest
from the Northern standpoint We
honor her living and dead patriot sol
diers. II is meet that everywhere
Americans should do "homage To the
heroic men who saved the constitution
the unity of the states, the honor anc
power OF the nation who have reyo
lu,ionized the industry and politica
economy of America, saved the az,
from the corruptions OF slavery, secureC
for labor a noble career, and given tC
the rights of men of common men, o
laboring men, the world over an i'm
pulse and guarantee unknown before.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-04-12
ENTHINGE IND THE gOLD
Syt NnlRD

The recent exchange symposiums in
the Press have been widely read and
extensively talked about They have
undoubtedly helped to arouse intelli-
gent thought on the vexing question
Exchange is still rising There is no
logical reason why it should not go to-
eighteen per cent or whatever may
be the difference between one hundred
cents in Honolulu and the bullion
value Of kalakaua silver in California,
less the cost Of shipping and insuring
IT, Let every one who goes to buy ex-
change remember that he is paying the
present rulnous rate chiefly because of
Mr. Gibsons criminally ignorant folly.
Let exchange payers put the blame
where it belongs upon the yawning
threshold Of Mr. Gibson's boundless
incapacity And let no one forget that
the gold standard is the only thing that
can help us out Of our pilikia
Some people hold that if exchange
goes to It's maximum twenty-five per
cent can be charged. They figure this
way that the Kalakaua dollar is worth
Sc cents in San Francisco that freight
insurance, and probably a brokers'
commission (7 ccnts) will make it
worth only SO cents when it gets there
that when a man takes his So-cent
dollars to the bank and wants to buy
$roo worth of exchange, he will have
to pay IS per cent on the intrinsic
value OF the coin he buys with. But
exchange is figured on the face value
OF the exchange asked for If man
wants to buy $Ioo worth Of exchange
and the premium is 20 per cent, he
must pay $I2o. But we have shown
that it can be only r8H per cent
at most, estimating kalakauas at 50
cents intrinsic value in Frisco, and
IIIa cents cost Of freight, insurance
and brokerage to sell them in Frisco.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-04-12

The New York Independent of Feb
ruary aSth says on this subject :-"Any
one with half an eye can easily see that
such dispensation of things is per.
lectly certain to bring the treasury al
last to the point at which it must pay
out silver dollars at their legal-tender
value, no matter what may be their
market or commercial value, and nc
matter whether the people want to re
ceive them or not, and equally no mat
ter whether the vaults of the treasury
are large enough to hold them or not.
/ l'hes2 dollars cannot be constantly
going into the treasury, and there in
creasing in quantity, without at length
finding an outlet. And when they find
this outlet, and through it flow out
anon. the people in the various pay
ments of the government, then comes
the question of an eighty-hye cent dol.
lar in comparison with the hundred
cent dollar. We have then the conflict
OF two momentary standards nominally
the same in value, but really different
in value and nothing is more certain,
as shown by the experience of the
world, than that this conflict, if con
tinued, will result in the displacement
of the superior standard by the inferior
standard. In the end silver will and
must become the standard of value ir
this country and every day that the
coinage of silver dollars is continued i.
just one days advance toward that re.
suit. There is no escape from the re
suit if congress keeps up the coinage
1t seems, then, that, in the judgmen
of the secretary OF the treasury, we art
even now getting SO near this resul
that the roar OF the breakers ahead car
be heard. Silver is steadily increasin,
: in the treasury, and gold is decreasing
and, realizing this condition of things
/ without any power to arrest the actor
of the cause, the secretary, through tht
Assistant treasurer of the United State
, in this city, addresses very sugges
tive question to the New York Clearing
: House. That question ought to rinl
, in the ears OF congress and wake it ~
to the necessity of stopping the coinag,
Z OF eighty-fiye cent silver dollars, anC
thereby ayerting an impending evil
, The remedy cannot be applied a mo
ment TOO soon. Every hours della,
, only increases the difficulty OF the situa
, lion. If congress shall refuse to act
, the day is not far in the future whel
the thunders OF public sentiment
arising from the financial agonies of tn
| people, will rebuke the inaction."
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-04-12


Imports for the .,....,.,.......S Ss,6ooooo
Education Of Hawaans abroad ........... 10000
Dividends to nonresident Shareholders. 100000
ineres, money borrowed abroad. ........ 100000
kents 10 &bssntees s......t....-....-.t..+, 3o,ocp
Profits consignments, etc............... 10000
Investments in other lands. .............. 1906 o
Residence abroad and travel of Hawaians 100000
Purchases for personal use, &c, not entered
at custom house ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5000
Aid and gifts to relatives and friends $1,000
legaces ....-........ ....-...., $4,000
Reduction OF debts sugar machinery 10000
Reduction OF other debts .........,....... $1,000
Insurance tlife, fire and marine remiited
abroad ..,,............,......... ns,ooo
Cost OF immigration ............ 10000
Steamers owned here and purchased abroad 100000
Other vessels purchased abroad ........... 1000
Total ......,,.,..,....,.-.,... s7,9os.coo
pER CONTRA.
100000
Expenditure by foreign visitors. rs.......,... ,oo,ooo
Coin sent away by Chinese. ...,,....,... 200, 900
DIFFERENCE.
III favor oi exports '.'.+ .'t''.'t....--S 79s,eoo
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II the Mail Companys steamers
touch here at all they ought to do so
as common carriers. If they have room
fnr freight and passengers, they ought
to take them To the public convent
ence, three or -four days gain in pas
senger or freight accommodation may
mean great deal II may be said that
a little while ago We had no steamers
at all. That is true. But progress is
not crab to walk backwards. If the
Oceanic Company cannot make both
its steamers pay on this line except by
4 combination With the Mail Company,
why does not it take off one OF its
steamers and place it where it can be
made to pay ? For such magnificent
vessels as the Alameda and the Mari
posa there must be place somewhere.
Why should two be forced into this
trade when i, can support only one
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