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wages Of mechanics and salaries Of
clerks. The line of increase Of salar-
les, wages and expenses, public and
private, have been far beyond what the
increase in the means and prosperity
of the country warrant I am Of the
opinion that the advance in salaries,
and large increase Of expense in the
public service, for some years past in
many things, have been unnecessary
and without corresponding benefit to
the public; that whilst there have been
expansion and activity in the sugar and
rice planting enterprises of the country,
on account Of the large advance in
wages and general expenses, there has
not been corresponding prosperity.
Many Of the planting enterprises. com
menced with sanguine expectations Of
success and diligently prosecuted, have
proved only sources Of loss and dis
appointment to the projectors; and these
results were in many instances before
the unprecedentedly low prices in sugar
had been reached, which will only tend
more surely to failure and disaster if the
advance of prices to paying rates is long
delayed.
Nothing short Of wise financial
economy can restore the government to
the position which it held few years
since. To insure even moderate
prosperity, that pays its way and leaves
no burden of debt, economy must be
the watchword Of all our agricultural
and business enterprises; and even then
it cannot be hoped for, without an ad.
vance Of prices and cutting down Of
present expenses. We may not look
for the prices we have realized at our
highest, yet we may hope from the
worlds past experience of change, that
diligence, sobriety and economy will
bring success. Every journal that
reaches US tells us OF numerous failures,
is laden with the record OF disaster,
that this and that staple has never be.
fore been known to be as low and does
not bringthe cost reproduction, that labor
cannot find employment and that mul-
titudes are suffering from poverty and
hunger in Europe and the United
States. Yet general business revival
cannot long be delayed, and if Hawaii
would participate in its benefits it must
practise sobriety, ,diligencea and economy.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-24

The easiest way to take joke good natuIed-
ly is to do it with the scissors.
A friends think that the winds must be great
mathema,icians because they sigh forever.
Mrs. Proudpune--It just gives me the blues
to read about these matrimonial mesalliances.
A girl should marry her equal in wealth as in
station, say. Young Poorfellow tsecre,ly in
love with Proudpurss's daughler)-I know ol
beautiful heiress who eloped with boot.
black" Horrors r. "Her iather forgave
them" "The fool y use, him up in busi-
ness" "The old lunaiic wouldn't recoe.
nire one Of that family. not for the world.
Well. what became Of the insolent fellow who
had the presumption to marry so far above
him :" "He is now Sir john Macdonald,
Premier Of Canada.
The ass Joke is going the rounds. Two per.
sons met. in dark alley. and one said "Say,
did you hear iha, story. to-day. abou, ass r
NO." answered the other exciiedly. "what |,
hr "oh, i,'s too gross, too gross entirely,
replied hi, companion in a mousnful voice.
"TelI away" resumed the first. ''and III Try
TO stand il. II must hear such irsadful
things. ] must" "welI." exclaimed hi,
friend. "I%4 Is one gross, and sss Is tvo ssoss,
isn't iif" A meteor shot across the sky liks
fash of ligh,niag-a ,hsd--a noan--s
ehuckle--a dark fosm stealing awsy u ~
dAsknsss--and ~ wAs dlsai.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-24
The Nicara0uan Treaty.

The full tea, OF the treaty with the Republic
OF Nicaragua, together with the presidents
message commenting it to the senate, were
made public in December. The main features
Of the treaty may be stated as follows Its
general purpose is to provide for the consiruc.
ton, maintenance and control Of an inter.
oceanic canal across the territory OF Nicaragua,
which shall bring into close communication
the ports Of North and South America, and
shall facilitate commerce between Europe and
the parts Of the Pacific, between the eastern
parts Of Asia and the Atlantic sea.board, and
Atlantic"
To this end the treaty stipulates that the
canal shall be built at the expense Of the United
S,ates,and be held in joint ownership with Mic
aragua; that the United States shall have full
power in the selection Of the route and the
entrance and the arrangement Of all the prac.
tical details of construction, and establishment
OF railway and telegraph lines, and the location
of all necessary engineering works. In further.
ance Of the work, the Republic OF Nicaragua
agrees to give free use Of Lake Nicaragua, with
spaces for docks, piers, shore railroad, and
all other appurtenances necessary for the use
and business OF the canal, including a strip OF
land two and a.half miles in width across the
isthmus, to be set aside for the work and owned
by the two contracting pa rites.
The revenues Of the canal, above the cost c,
its maintenance, are to be divided between the
two countries, to Nicaragua one-third and to
the United States the remainder.
The meaning and intent Of the canal project
is further set forth in the following paragraph,
Article i8.
"The United States frankly disavow any in.
tention to in any way seek to impair the inde.
Pentent sovereignty Of Nicaragua or to ag.
grandire themselves at the expense Of that
state or oi any Of her sister republics in Cen.
trail American but on the contrary, desire TO
strengthen the power Of free republics on this
continent, and to promote and develop their
prosperity and independence. Pursuant to
this wish they have united with Nicaragua 10
the construction Of this work, which will be
Of advantage not only to the two nations mos,
intimately concerned. but to all those with
whom they are on terms Of friendship"
The United States agrees to loan to the
government Of Nicaragua $4,000, 900 to bc
used in enterprises which will be Of aid to the
canal !, is engaged the work ol construction
shall begin within two years from the raii6ca.
tion Of the treaty and be completed in ten
years after its beginning. .--N1v Ysvi O6s~ps~
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-24

One fact ought never to be lost sight
Of by Americans. Every worthy son Of
American parents in Hawaii is now, in
everything save birth, as good an Am
erican as his sire. The relations that
have bound the two nations have been
SO intimate that the spirit of American
institutions have been kept alive in Ha-
waii through three generations Of AM
erican descendants. Some portion OF
either the actual school day education,
or the broader after education, OF a ma
jority Of the sons OF American Hawaii
ans has been gained in the United
States The books and the periodicals
OF the United States form the bulk Of
island reading. The New York Inde'
pendent carries its breadth Of thought,
its opulence OF information, its acute
psss Of criticism into many an Hawai-
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-24

suspect we underate the Mongol The
Celestial. with all his ignorance, has his share
OF shrewdness. When some American caqi.
ialists were endeavoring to &c, the consen, Of
the Chinese mandarins to develop the coal
fields Of China. their answer was, at least. not
wi,hou, diplomatic skill mo. we cannot
permit il. First, i, will displace the center oi
gravity and the world will tumble over sec.
ond, il j, is good thing for you it Is good ioI
u.s."
"Will yon want a sample room, sir y
asked hotel clerk Of guest who had just reg.
is,ered. mo, sir, Was the pompous reply.
l am lawyer; sir, not drummer, am
no, selling merchandise. am selling brains. y
"Ah. l see" said the clerk "Of course you
don't want sample room when you don'l
carry samples"
The yonkers Statesman thinks /, isn'l
strange to hear Of woman dying without a
will, because she has exercised ii 50 much dur.
ING her life ,ha, there is nothing len Of Il wher
shs dies.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-24
rTRRENCy


The protracted negotiations between
the Hawaiian Government and the
Honolulu Chamber Of Commerce have
50 far resulted in nothing beneficial.
The street has been breezy with rumors
and the minor merchants disquietcd with
alarms but, after all its labor the
mountain has brought forth a mouse
and one that threatens to nibble the
currency cheese still more to our injury
The situation is briefly this (t) We
have a recently enacted gold law which
practically makes both Hawaiian and
American coins subsidiary. (2) We
have far more silver coins in the coun-
try than is needed for "change" only.
al According 10 m inexorable law,
gold and silver that is, silver Of less
intrinsic value than gold--unit for unit,
dollar for dollar) cannot circulate to
gether at par-if silver be in excess Of
the necessary "changc." And that in
cxorable law is being enforced in this
kingdom now. Gold is leaving. (4)
The chamber OF commerce, acting as
VIC believe in good faith, has tried to
devise means in concert with the gov
eminent whereby the change from a
silver TO a gold standard might be ef-
fccted with the least possible inconve-
nicnce The first expedent adopted by
the chamber was an agreement whereby
the acceptance at par of silver certiii.
Gates (above $40 in denomination) was
obligatory upon the merchants who
compose the chamber The object
thought to be gained was the retention
OF gold in the treasury. That the OBJ
ject was not attained is now ai open
secret For, in lieu Of gold payments
to its debtors, the government has been
obliged to reissue certificates redeemed
in gold and which, under the law, should
have been cancelled and, in lieu o
gold deposits to back those certificates
deposited in the treasury enough silve
to make up an assumed difference be
tween silver and gold thereby virtual!
depreciating Hawaiian silver. This il
legal action became possible because
the chamber consented to further ex
pedicnt nt-that the government should
receive silver for duties at the custom
house.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-24

We confess we do not like the situa-
,ion--nor does the community. We
particularly do not like the resumption
of the plan Of paying silver at the Gus
tom house. Some months since the
government was eager for the enforce
ment Of the gold law and said that the
American Minister Resident had de
clared that the payment OF deprecated
silver was premium TO British manu-
facturers and merchants and discrimi.
tion against American goods. Are not
the conditions precisely similar now
We know that the government apollo
gists will say land, doubtless, some not
in sympathy with the administration
will say also) that the Hawaiian coin
age is not depretiated silver" Tech
nically, it is not really, it is, II mer-
chants have duties to pay, payable in
gold, under the law, and would be OBJ
liged to pay premium for gold if they
had to get it to pay their duties, those
merchants (if allowed to pay in Hawa.
ian silver do pay in a virtually depre.
ciated currency; and the spirit of the
law is clearly violated by the action.
There is no need to question the integ
rity Of those who have consented to
this Ito us) manifest evasion of law
The reputation of the gentlemen who
compose the chamber of commerce is
happily for the nation, a guarantee to
the contrary. 1t is not even necessary
to charge the government with wilfu
violation OF the law But We think q
calm consideration OF the situation, b,
all concerned, ought 10 result in prompl
and united action in shipping the re
dundant silver, and in determination
to give the gold law fair trial-whicf
it has not had yet.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-24

The New York Independent is one
Of the papers that ought not to lose
sight of fact that should be of deeper
import to Americans, in considering
the treaty with this kingdom, than any
mere commercial considerations. No
American who has read Alright the his
tory of these islands for the past seventy
years fails to recognize and appreciate
that to all intents and purposes these
islands have been and are an American
colony-as truly so as Plymouth, and
Virginia were, or New Zealand and
New South Wales are, English colonies.
The right of recognized discovery be-
longed to England. The right oi
peaceful colonization was accorded to
citizens of the United States. 1t does
not make the fact Of colonization an,
less strong that the American mission
aries and the honorable among the
American merchant class (nobl,
seconded by able and honorable Eng
lishmen, Germans and men of othel
nationalities) have helped the native
Hawaiians build civil and political in
stitutions which have stood the test o
half century, making the Hawaiian
kingdom unique among the nations
And, as it is none the less in evidence
that the Hawaiian people would to-da,
be under a foreign flag save for tn.
efforts OF Americans like Judd Sane
Richards and Marshall, the American
claim upon the gratitude OF these island
is prior claim--recognized by th'
Hawaiian race. and either openly o
tacitly admitted by Englishmen, Ger
mans and Frenchmen That prio
claim can be forfeited in only one wa,
--by the laches of the American nation
in failing to uphold American interest
in Hawaii.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-24

Prof Ray Lancaster, an English
physician and medical writer of celeb
rity was the author Of the criticism on
Koch's germ theory taken from the
Pail Mall Budget and, introduced by I
letter nom Doctor Rodgers, reprinted
in the Press last Saturday,
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-24

The Hawaiian and the Gazette both
seem to think that the Bridges verdict
was not an excessive one. The com
muni,y generally thinks it an excessive
one--an extremely severe one, in fact
and We agree with the community.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-24

The Independent is in the main an
able and an impartial journal but the
point above made is not only i'll taken,
but so mischievously fallaoious that We
hope some Of our American friends will
correct it at once. IL is true--as above
stated--that the duties remitted on
sugars and other Hawaiian products
imported into the United States has
been greater than the volume of trade
with the United States by this kingdom.
But it is wholly unfair to make the
comparison to our disadvantage because
these islands would not to-day be the
extensive sugar and rice producers they
are if the treaty had not been effected.
The thirteen millions we might hare
paid in duties would net have been
paid, because our estates would no,
have been extended, or our industries
fostered, save by the opening Of a
market that gave land accepted recip
rocal commercial advantages. 1t is as
unfair to claim that the United States
has lost money by our treaty, as il
would be to say that it had lost money
by giving its settlers on public land low
priced land, when, by waiting it coulc
have sold for from two to ten times a:
much.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-24

Germany has acceded to England's
proposal that neither power shall annex
the Samoan Islands, This agreement
will put an end to the scheme OF the
British colonists in New Zealand to an
mex the islands
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-24

Ex-Vice- President Colfax is dead
He was born in New York, March a.
1919. Was speaker OF the house Of
representatives in 1868 69. Was vice
president during Grants first term.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-24

A Madrid official bulletin states tina,
up to the S,h, in the provinces OF
Granada and Malaga, 1900 persons
were killed by earthquakes, goo were
wounded and $4,000 were homeless.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-24

7. S. Ii is a significant fact that
Chinese are freely offering Hawaiian
silver at from to S per cent discount.
We know of $500 purchased at 5 pei
cent oil. within three days
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-24

But the point is misleading in an
other may. The amount Of profit to
American manufacturers or exporters
may be shown by computation of
reasonable profit on the exports to
these islands from the United States.
But no hint is given of the profit to
American bottoms in the carrying trade ;
nor of the profits going to American
insurance companies, for Hawaiian
policies, fire, marine and life nor of
the sums spent annually by Hawaiians
to support aged relatives in the United
States, and to maintain children in
American schools; nor of the large
sums spent by Hawaiians in American
travel; nor of the not inconsiderable
sum spent annually by Hawaii for
American literature.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-24

Gen. Wolseley telegraphs the Prince
Of Wales that he will march to Khar-
.oum on January a4th. He advises
the government to Immediately dispatch
5000 picked troops to Saukim to oper-
ate against Osman Digma and open
the Berber route.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-24

happened since the repeal Of the corn laws.
Aher all, England, in adopting this policy,
will only be using the weapons Of her rivals,
ba, in larger field and with more deadly
effect. .'-New Yoyk He,id.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-24

Even since the negotiations begun,
one of three results has been inevitable
the excess of silver would be retired,
according to both letter and spirit oi
the gold low }; all silver other than Am
erican would be deprecated by com
mon consent, and pass current at Its
bullion value only, against the letter
but not against the spirit of the gold
law; or else gold would be driven Out
and the old order Of things return
against beth letter and spirit of the golc
iaw.) Unless something may he done
soon the latter result seems inevitable
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-24
soun rSJrsr rnrlry cR,rIc,sn.

A recent number Of the New York
Independent makes the following point
against the renewal of our reciprocity
treaty 80 . The treaty admits a
series Of articles, being the products or
manufactures Of the Hawaiian Islands,
including sugar, molasses and rice, into
this country free Of duty, and also a
list Of articles, being the products or
manufactures of the United States, into
the Hawaiian Islands free Of duty The
result for the first SIX years Of the treaty
is that the United States exported to
the Hawaiian Islands merchandise
amounting, in the aggregate, to the value
Of St3,o33,3r4, and, in duties RENTED
on articles brought from the islands into
this country, lost S157Ib436 in
revenue that would otherwise have been
collected. That is TO say, our total ex-
port trade with the islands was, during
this period, $6S4,t72 less than the
revenue that the United Statss relin.
quished, which would have otherwise
been collected on imports from the
Hawaiian Islands. This certainly is
not a very Hattering showing in the way
OF reciprocity. . ."
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-24

John p. Jones has been re-eleeted
United States Senator from Nevada. fol
the third time.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-24

The crying need of the hour is econ.
omy--the wise economy Of enlightened
craftsmanship, aided by a united public
opinion, and abetted by united private
example.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-24

ian home. II is true that the children Of
the American colony have learned to
love their island kingdom-its kindly
people, its genial climate, its prolific
soil But il the American colony had
not believed that the logic Of events
would sustain their claim to a voice in
Hawaiian affairs, many one Of them,
now buried in Hawaiian soil, would
have ended his days in the land of his
birth; and many last leaf would
think less fondly Of "The States" as a
power that will surely protect the hon.
orably won foothold Of their children
upon Hawaiian soil, and the voice OF
those children in the affairs of the Ha.
waiian kingdom.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-24
" My doll is stuffed with sawdust
And I want to be a nun"
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"My son." saith the wise man, "it
doesn't pay to try and have forty dol
lar time on twenty dollar salary"
Very good advice that to all OF US. Ex-
cellent advice that to those planters
who discounted the future to build fine
mills and fine house when their better
Judgment counselled them to "make
haste" more " slowly" IF sugar had
kept up they might have pulled through
and be out Of debt" Aye--but it
didn't keep up Our own hope is that
sugar will go up and that every planta-
ton may get out of debt (and every
plantation management subscribe for a,
least six extra copies of the Press
But has il not been as we say1 and is
1t not wise that planters take time to
consider what they shall do to be saved
from the burden OF their mistakes2 And
are merchants less blameworthy in many
things1 We all know there has beer
extravaganza in the manner OF doing
business, and in personal expenditures
We all know there has been splendid
profit in Honolulan merchandising
While the boom lasted, money was
made here hand over fist" But /,
was "easy come and easy 60" The
judicious few have "salted something
away" the injudicious many are either
merely seven with the world" or ir
debt. Suppose the treaty should go to
morrow How many men could sci
out for enough or draw from the bank
enough to get away with ? One in five
OF the white population Perhaps.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-24

I" But who wants to hear unpleasant
truths ?" Few doubtless; yet the most
uncomfortable truths ought sometimes
to be told. Faithful are the wounds
of friend" and they who tell Hawaii
of her faults, in the sincere effort to
make her repent them, are her true
friends
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-24

Men cannot afford to waste their
substance nor nations their resources,
and neither the one class nor the other
can afford to neglect its opportunities.
But the citizens Of Honolulu and the
Hawaiian people since 1877 have failed
to practice true economy in either small
things or great, and now that our golden
gooseisi illandhas stoppedlayingwe have
so little laid up for rainy day" either
in national development or private CAPT
tai, that nearly everybody is in dole
ful dumps" In the language Of the
DOet
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-24
NAY. GRAIN and FEED.

Henry F. Hebbard has
opened a depot at No. II King
street, telephone asS, for the
sale and delivery Of hay, grain
and feed. in quantities TO suit.
He is also ready to supply
COAL. CHARCOAL aad WOOD.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-24
rBE DUrp or rHE MORN

Mr. 5. n Castles thoughtful paper
concluded in this number deserves
the careful consideration Of those who
have this nations welfare at heart.
There is often an eloqucnce in statis-
Tics that is not found in the vaporing,
Of tyro journalists OF the mouthings OF
pseudo statesmen. Mr. Castles paper
epitomizcs the industrial experience OF
recent years in England, Europe and
the United States and says to this ma
tion, in effect " Fellow countrymcn,
there must be economy all along the
line. You cannot eat your cake and
have it too"
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-24

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KOHALA SUGAR Co, VII h. ksld q ~ okcs q
the Axsnfs. MsssA csss Cooks, hOhDAvs ~
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Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-24

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