The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-08-19
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
The Prosperity of the Country


In recent Communication very kindly inserted
by the GAZETTE. ! passed in review some Of the
Signs Of the Times, which unmiStakably show the
kind Of Prosperity the country Is enjoying At
present, As far as anything unmistakable can be
deduced from houses 70 rent OF awaiting pUr-
chAsers al sides, universal dEllness Of trade,
failures amongst both the white and the celestial
tradssman, and general exodus, not only from
Honolulu, bot FROM all the other Islands, Of al
people,-Ehlte OF nongohzns,-Bho haTs enough
money to 20 away. and are not tied down here BY
uutieabis interests. ] added that many other
slr1Ilar Ggus might Be hro1ght forward If neces-
sN-y, showing the perfect indepsndsuce Of the
crisis FROM the situation Of s1ear. |. could IN
fact be asked Of all car bnsinesS men, what thew
think Of the present - prosperity af the times"
without cocbt being possible as 70 what their
submitted, N the camp Of the 0Psinises, to the
benefit Of Suspicion. Tor this reason that trade
IN al Its branches might Be supposed accused Of
being rsaly influenced By sugar, or Of being even
here under the c0tiysrgAp OF Expressions which &C
cltentally exist At present IN other countries II
Will b best 70 lre % an impartial man. iCssn-
sibie g. the seduction Of commerce ard sugar. bat
sensible to the times. W
II ssked thus, the prcpristor OF the Pantheon
stables would certainly answer that the times aust
b sngul1rly ErusPerOCs, II which. altar being
obliged 70 withdraw the buses 10 Nu1auu and
Palara, which bad been self-s1pportiug in be tier
1ays, we Only ons Lsft hardiy pays L expenses
and the express business itself looks rs If il would
have to oe curtailed. He would probably add
further that what prevents the hos enterurise
from paying while making the express SPECULATION
look blue, Is not TIE depression IN sugar, for on
the Contrary, N had times. money-tight. every
one Who wishes % save, wO1id be Only too willing
- patruuze the i cent bass fare n order ID save
tee . cents express the reason Of Mr. Dodd'
hard times Is that the people VITO used % applard
his Deritorlous and popular Efforts and pdtruuiZe
bis buses have been obliged 70 lsaTe the country.
And he might eoaclude II I telling manner. BY
saying that II fact, one Of the most startling signs
Of the times, staring At Is full IN the fcs daily IS
The Appearances Of the streets Of town and Of tie
vtarves, which, at the busiest moments. appearas
L plague had been sweeping away nine-tenths OF
the population Absent minded OF deeply occupied
men may not remark il, but Honolulu. from the
busy crowded city I: used 70 be, now already gives
very fair idea Of the aspect presented by those
Pooc cities in Spain, 20 G~fully visited by the
ch0lsra.
Now In these Izlands-for the others Of the
grOap are Affected quite As mIeh as Houolulu-it
Is 10 physical eholera We are Soldering from We
ouly suffer trUu1 moral plague which causes the
busy White bees to disappear before the Asiatic
horts and We labor under financial plague
which causes gold % Be AZ premium n ! time
when our future Is isopsrGi5sd By tie careless ex
penditure Of millions, with no show for them but
folly and vanity, which viii end IL an increased
TAXATION on diminished population
However, 70 return TO ny previous cumnuuici-
ton, further sald that after its having been
0raculGriy asserted that the crisis only depended
On sugar and that as as prices cot more sat
sfacrory. honey and money would foE down every
gulch Of the land, considered myself able to as
sert vlth quite a. much authorIty,-synd more 50,
as undenlable facts support me,-thaf although
the tal Of sugar might have been the sytgf Of til
crisis this vas not ca1sed BY sugar alUue And
10 BE more sure Of getting to the whole truth.
eo1cfldsd By asking what are then TIE eazses
q the criSisg'
expected that more authorized and authorita
tive pens than mine. zO1ld have picked the matter
Up and would have answered my questions as 10
the true causes Of our present disastrous -uros
per1tE. Bat mach 70 nv chagrIn. 10 one seems
wiling to fathCm the rIttauneSs through which
an impartial writer Eg1ld hzve To EsddIe II order
b present f1u ADD accurate alszer
Yet something ought 10 be done to stimulate car
thinkers becEuss tins iz-roErrut vital question
tie present crisls Ought 20 be Thoroughly vsutft
ed and el1cidzted N order for Is al 10 know what
the matter L with the country. whsre We are 20
lng 70, and What remedies can be suggested
Couseq GENTLY CONSIDER, thzfd nothrl- bette
can be prUposed, thor01gh discussion IL -ritirs-
o1Sht TO be opened Gu this sublect: H1t u-s g1r,-
SIDE q The fErfN1figHs - syIy. TIE rsuk -l1F o.
fs''di igH<.1cs " sucL; md rhrf rrsse1i- rilf D.
slaaycstsf And perhaps some liberal rz74n. vi,
has the good Of the country az heart. might make
this written debate u,ore fruitful. by CtFsrinr,
prrsrff1t - tie best and fullest r-suaoFr mr.
sented OF the subject, thHs rneu11ir 10 u rlot
tunSer than zoe ciznn Of tie G kzz-TE, an4 IT,
Eerlct tAereon 70 Be gIyez By J1Ty Of three con
petent men 4a 80
Moreover L would psrhaps MA BE- u usurtiTy = ..
q the clever writers ocr1pying ministerial chairs
70 submit thelr views on the matter 70 the pubic
md 70 for the prsmiEm znCar their Usual mn
ae ptafnss. A NAEpCEs-