Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-04-11
RESPONSIBIL1TY WHERE IT
BELONgy,


Advertiser about the dullness Of busi-
ness elsewhere, and our low prices for
sugar and the responsibility of the in
dependent newspapers in inducing and
maintaining the depression which exists
in business of all kinds in the country,
the mechanic and artizen as well as the
merchant, the native as well as the
foreigner, know that it is neither OF those
causes which tend to maintain the state
Of affairs complained of; that depres-
sion is mainly owing to the instability
and incompetency .of the cabinet to
transact governmental. business. They
know as we'll as any of us that the men
in power have signally failed to keep
up the credit and good name Of the
government, and that there is no faith
to be kept with them, and that a gov
ment without credit and unable, or un-
willing, to meet its obligations, cannot
but exercise most depressing effect
upon the general business of the coun-
try. And lavishness and favoritism in
the management Of public affairs only
helps to pile up the distress. The in
dependent press has only asserted what
it has been amply able to prove to the
common sense Of the community with
reference to the causes at work, but the
Advertiser thinks fit to ignore all state
ments Of facts and to meet logic with
baby accusations. The independent
press cares not fig whether Messrs.
Gibson, Gulick, Kapena and Neuman
retain Office, so long as their stay there
is not inconsistant with the public good
and disastrous to the business enter
prise of the country, as evidenced by
the maintainance Of government credit,
by the industrious prosecution Of pub
lie works much needed, and by their
exhibition Of disposition TO avoid
favoritism instead OF colluding with in
dividuals for their own benefit at the
expense OF the generality of the tax
payers Of the country.
People here can remember the time
when government obligations were
looked upon as good as cash, when the
government was wasprosperousandi its credit
SO good that its bonds were greedily
bought up in Honolulu by home capt.
alists as fast as issued. Such state Of
affairs prevailed through more reigns
than one, and under many cabinets,
but such state OF things has been
altogether changed within the few years
of the existence Of the present cabinet.
And people, moreover, knew that our
revenues are ample for all needful ex-
penses, and more; that there Is no
need remaining, but that competent
and reliable men lin whora not only
home capitalists, but all classes can feel
conhdence) be placed in Office
The government may need money,
it does need considerable to tide itself
over its present difficulties, but until
this has been accomplished, it will
never getit. People want better security
for their money than the guaranty Of
cabinet that is forever Sinking its
obligations and can unblushingly violate
law to save themselves. In conclusion
We would say that no newspaper talk
can injure The oommonreputatlon which
the present administration have earned
by their own acts. And the govern
ment organ may toot never SO long and
loud its dismal complaints against its
opponents, it will always be Intellectual
in its attempts to influence people, SO
long as il is known that ii is owned and
run by the very clique ~ho are respon
sible for all the existing evils.
i The Advertiser declares il demon
strated on april rst, that the over
coinage Of silver would force gold into
circulation TO Hwitd ssssk' But
then you ought to have known, o Cour'
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