The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-02-25

cTe<rt fuE the DEEner N winch the tables
are got up and the pronptitude with which
they have been put before the public.
, To Bz put On ones defence Is always
sEkESzd bat there are ways and ways,
moreover there are cases and cases The
Herrzlean task of deferdiRg the in6efsn-
slble has been undertaken By the subsid.
ized organ et the Government. and ss may
easily Be imagined the attempt hears the
aspect of dismal failure. The defence
vOCld Be al very vel IL there were no
peetlent fellows who insisted on knowing
better, who rvuid show the ugly holes in
the Ernor, and turn the arguments which
seemed 80 spseious into the traditional
cooked hat.
The last effort that the Government has
made, has been 10 get up a 50 called in
tsrTiew7 with Mr. Pratt. the Registrar OF
Pubic Accounts. In this interview Mr..
Pratt IS made 70 say some very extrsorti-
nary things indeed and Is held I'D a.
slowing an amount Of ignorance Of knan-
cal H1air< In general and Of the Govern
nent II particular, which Is, 10 say the
least, extraordinary
To take . case II point: We quote the
exact words published in the Government
paper.
ousrisss Tel ne asoas the sale Of foreign silver.
/ II = etssz'sd tha. the G9veEzEs1s violated TIE
M. Przt1. rhs IEusoaBd rot bs carried @. li.,,.
Ally bscazse thers usrs not psopis b rat IN the tsc
dsrs necessary. he laH itself va a ah1-r,i -.
he GoEeE1ns1t c1Eht 70 be Azthor.zs.l 10 shr ths
s40er 70 An1sElea and get the beat Pries il eocld
/ for Z In that vi5s rArkse As il vas CulT thr~s
! ot1e Eere 1aces A ChlnauNn vhcse name for
s g I'D Asss-s- GrlRhazn Co. sAsh .srdersd for
Soeloo ease- o1S thsy vazsed % pick their euin.
Prueess vhich vv1ls kaFs tAksn abo1r month
I a-d lett = al tie Least yaizRhie eoirs. VIC
| lrv17 q Go. a1d BiakcP 4 Co Scintly u,.ie a
tsr6er and o6s4insd Il.
The snsEsr 10 this nonsense Is clear rs
day; snd We give It in the following copy
/ Of = letter addressed by Grinbsum & Co
10 the Minister Of Finance:
Ho1szzLz, oetoesr ssh, ISs4
10 Hs Ec=.-LEEcI IM1 Mrry-Ha OF Fryayrx
kersby nGka TIA tollsuinR pruposzI t9r - prr-
enase of ths znecrre1t cci1-
Fer f5o,gtp Or asrs IA are mac sIeees .. ss n
E'r sss,sse sr nsrs n MsEisAa DeILss...........R
fer saNs'H 0r 17rr u Msx.cAa Delars -s ~
n aye trHac piecrs niIea SIS
CPon shs aeeeptanes CT s1r bid Va VII dsiivsr
% yc1 the U1iaed States Rull e,ia On t. a-riyaI
@ Ne scsaGes MariposA, dna kers cn the sth dsy
A. tts aboEs rs.ss vs ars vilinr 10 taks one ~
cred tho1Hacd 6oliars fer akspnent by each
ssenuer IcarI RaIcecxfuify
Ms GsrBAun &Co.
-This Is most important document and
disposes once and for al Of the men in
bucEsn-7 which Ike FAlstaf the Govern
nsnt have been ooniuring I'D.
First let our readers mari the date of |
the letter-October 9Th Notice also that |
Aessrs. Gnnbsum L Co. were ready to |
commence operations on November Ssh. |
twenty-five days before the gold law came |
In force.
What stronger reply can be made 10 Mr..
Traits supposed statement that the law
could not be carried out literally beca1se
there we're not people to put IN the tenders
neeesssryf-
Here vas q tender Of the very lind the
Government needed The gold was 10 Be
On the beach. and srseT IFS arrival the silver
was 20 be handed over 10 the contracting
psrtissi
Mr. Pratt says that the Government
ought to have been suthorized 10 shin the
silver 70 America What better terms
could have been offered than thesef There
vas no risk, the gold was to Be here and
al these Eretched bunglars had 10 de was
70 receive It. The matter vas sthinz Of a
moment really. The fact then Is stso-
lutely established By this letter, that the
SoTernnert OF Hawaii rg'1ted 70 bcrs spid
rzde5 Asrs On 1is 6iS sf Ssreusse- IN e-rs1az,
fsr taeir sjlreT- They preferred to put their
business into hands which would send the
silver to the Coast and after-a months de-
sy bring In what gold was over from the
1eOts outstanding against Hawaii as now
managed
Now glance once more at the letter and
slr. Prstt's statement Messrs. Griubsuu
I 20. are stated to have terdered for $50
" only What does the letter here pub !
lshed Esyf In every case $4,000 OF rzers. ,
ne last clause Of the letter states that ! !,
the above rates we are willing 10 take .
ne hundred thousand dollars month for i
hIpment BY each steamer RaeA st1az.e-. :
That means that this firm were prepared
o bring n gold at the rate Of S3oQ0OO a |
month Does such an offer show sthst
he law could not be carried out because
here we're not people to put IN the ten
lers necess1Tyr The statement ss p71b- I
shed IN the Government organ Is 4 lie 5
nd Is here gibbeted as such for ali who a
ave eyes to see.
As 70 the unrelability Of the 80 called d
aterTleE with Mr.. Pratt We must point
ut the inpossihility Of Government Of !,
cal Ehen interviewed upoz 20 important 3
nafteS a. tins is, saying: "A ChinamAn E
nose name / forget. and Messrs Grin I
a1m 4 Co. tendered-- = etc. The phrase !,
; Written. Is intended TO make people d
link that nessrs- Grinbaum 4 Co. were L
partnership IN the matter. How could =
u Pratt forget the name Of Sing ChonR IL
Co-t Ihey are well known people, they 4
lEnmand hnancial respect, their bid was =, !.
ecullAr- Finally the Registrar Of Public 6
counts could easily have referred to his 4
tier hle to ind out the real name Of the Y
Jhinanan and MessIH Grinbaun 4 Co ,.
Now why this reticencei Why these C
al truthsf IL is becSuse thare il 4 snake 81,
the grass. There has been hznky B
anky with the conversion Of the silver a. h
eil as With everything else. The present =
aoInet. when they allowed him to coin +,
e halakznA SILVER put into Col Spreck- q
3 pockst the money which should have ~
ne 90 the tax payers OF this country. b
naf ne has swallowed. bat be wants more. | II
ne 4 glEen the conversion into gold Of u
g silver which he has displaced. Bishou -
20 are Let IN because the circumstance
n prevent It. But the Government PiII
Ee their retsnge By throwing out unjust
q c1lu11iOa inzinuationa azzinst them T.
As f1r as Nc can learn the Bids for the is
prec1ated coinage were about a. fol Al
vs.: %
@. Irwin Co. Msri-.ns- ~ =
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1op 4 ca. Hsxisnna - Is.
klre tlznc cp0---.----------.-..esel %
- ko611n1n4 UszirnnI- 77e n
9 Gang 4 Co. For rasisets6 Msriczna s75<e Er
= Gr1nhazm 4 Co. Nnri-Mu1 - of
FfEa frzne pincs1-. -s9.7Bc vil
II our figures are correct, and We bel;eTe =.
sy sre, vro1g has ben d01s TO every a.
zzen N tie country. 10 heIp line the ~
cksts Of q czpitnlisf eTsry Hrfiznu ne "a
azie and field laborer has been taxed =, -
What an rnpnncipled set of rnen We eET
We g1ldlng our Ettle aEairz. Thsy have a.
1rged the country, frzt, fox bringing 3 =
q HlEsE into the country, next they q
Z INTO the ha1ds d ths same nan q large stz
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