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A WELCOME ENTERPRISE.

The steam laundry being estab-
lished in Honolulu should be as well
come new industry as any that can
be imagined. 1t will be the first
thing to prove to the Chinese that
they are not the absolute masters of
the situation which their cavalier
treatment of customers would indi-
cate that they are presuming to be.
If the steam laundry fulfils its pro-
misses, doubtless many of the Mon
golian washers will have to close up.
Those that survive the competition
will probably be such as have given
unqualified satisfaction in their care
of the goods entrusted to them for
cleansing, il the quality of the
work performed and in their man
ners when dealing with patrons. To
have the number of Chinese billeted
on the community reduced, and re-
naming ones put on better behavior,
would be sufficiently desirable re-
suit of an enterprise to secure for it
all required countenance and patron
age. The success of the steam
laundry may suggest other branches
of industry, in which the eXpendi-
ture of capital, pluck and energy
may rid the city of measure OF
dependence upon coolie labor. In
the meantime, people who are pro-
fessedly apprehensive of our civiliza.
ton being overwhelmed by the Mon.
golian tide should act as if they
really had regard for civilized insti
tutions, by dealing with those peo'
pies that support them and even a
a sacrifice, if necessary, dispensing
with the services of q race that
notoriously, are not amenable, ex
cept by the steady application o
force, to the social, moral ant
sanitary laws of civilization.
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nation" were made in its own col
umns, under the influence of a pre-
election craze, when it was deemed
necessary to trump up something by
way of scandalizing the mercantile
firms of this city who were known
to be in opposition to the Govern
ment and to political rottenness. 1t
is not for us to say whether the
.1dUertiser has yet reached the
climax of absurdity in this matter,
or not. Tables are published for
the benefit of the Discrimination "
argument; and it is difficult to see
what motive there can be in connect
ing the facts set forth in them in
any way with the treaty, except it
be to enlist opposition to it from
any narrow-minded politicians who
are capable of being caught with
such chaff. The fact of British and
German bottoms being engaged in
the foreign and inter-island carrying
trade of this kingdom will in nowise
affect the treaty, however frantic
and persistent the efforts of the
AdcertiSer may be in that direction.
Following are the tables referred to
above, which we reprint merely as
matter of information that will hurt
nobody except it may be parties
whose shipments fail to give pro-
fitable returns:-
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CALL or YOUR DOC.

The advertiser has practice,
when it finds occasion of dispute
with an individual contemporary, of
including all the other papers in
town. This is probably intended to
increase the magnitude of its own
effort in the eyes of its readers. 1t
is, however, rather a small device,
dishonest as well as paltry. A case
in point is that of the captain who
was dealt with at Hilo for importing
opium on his store list. This paper
was the first to give the very inter-
esting piece of news, but only gave
it as news, showing no sympathy for
the person who came into collision
with the law of the country. Yet
the Aduerti, en- talks this morning as
if all the c her local papers were
seething wirh an agitation against
the treatment accorded to the captain
of the schooner Excelsior. So far
as this pape" is concerned, no opin-
ion has yet been ventured upon the
case. Not that there was no occa-
sion for di cussion, as the scrape
Captain PiItz got into would lend
itself readily to pointing moral or
adorning a tale for the benefit of
other shippers, but being informed
at the outset that he had adopted
the role of injured innocence and
was going to put the case in the
hands of his country's representa-
tive, we considered that it would be
as serious a breach of propriety for
n newspaper to discuss the case at
that stage as to argue the merits OF
a case pending in the Supreme Court
Our contemporaries do not seem tc
regard the matter in that light, how
ever, but none Of them has any right
to drag unoffending papers into the
controversy.
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FREEDOM JUSTIFIED BY HER CHILDREN.

By the recent lowering of the
franchise in England, the electorate
was increased from three millions to
five millions. This tremendous ac-
cretion was from the working classes.
Yet the new House of Commons ap-
pears to be as able, intelligent and
well-educated body as preceding
ones. This goes to prove that the
working people of the United King
dom have justified the trust reposed
in them, contrary to the apprehen-
sions of disastrous democratic
deluge. They have not been car
ried away by preposterous notions
of betterment of their condition to
be achieved by having their newly
acquired power welded by members
of their own class. Their good
sense has been displayed in select
ing ability, intellect and experience
to serve them in the councils of the
nation, rather than the unframed
zeal without knowledge of would-be
reformers from their own ranks.
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A LITERARY CURIOSITY.

Homer mods sometimes, and so
does Tyrtaus. The Tribune caught
us in the error of cabling as new
poem one which had been published
two years before. Now the Tribune
publishes in long telegraphic de-
spatch from Chicago the discovery
in Honolulu of that Spaulding manu-
script of Mormon interest, of which
our Hawaiian correspondent sent us
word about year ago, and which
has since formed the basis of long
and learned discussions. Indeed
we saw lately an examination paper
of u theological class in church
history, in which it was fully con-
sidered.-New York Independent.
Running across the foregoing
paragraph in the last number of the
Independent received here, we ap-
piled to Professor w. ID. Alexander,
Superintendent of the Government
Survey Department, as gentleman
likely to be able to give some infor-
nation upon the subject of so nota-
BILE a discovery in this quarter as
that referred to. Nor were we dis
appointed, for the Professor, besides
verbally telling us ''all about it,
has kindly loaned us printed copy
of the remarkable document. The
title page of the book reads as
follows: "The Manuscript Found
or Manuscript Story of the late
Rev. Solomon Spaulding; from a
Verbatim Copy of the Original now
in the Care of Pres. James ii. Fair
child, of Oberlin College, Ohio.
Including Correspondence Touching
the Manuscript, its Preservation
and Transmission until it came into
the Hands of the Publishers.
Lamont, Iowa: Printed and Pub
lished by the Reorganized Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
1885" The ecclesiastical body
bearing the imposing title just quoted
is known as the "Joseph Smith" or
"Non-Polygamous Mormons. This
church, the Utah Mormons and
several people presenting claims to
the custody of the manuscript, when
its discovery was made known, had
applied for the original. The Nor
mon bodie were eager to secure it,
because it served to refute the state
ments of opponents of their systems,
to the effect that Spaulding's Manu-
script was the basis of the Book OF
Mormon. 1t is also, for that reason
to be published, if not already done
by the Salt Lake "Saints." Mr.. IT,
l.. Rice, of Honolulu, has the honor o.
bringing to the light of day thu
document, to which so much ane
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CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.

This is one Of the standing themes
on which our contemporaries abroad
are lavishing large amount Of dis
cussion. Civil service reform is now
accepted as a very desirable object.
II means the abolition of the old
fashioned system of appointment to
office under government, on the sole
recommendation that the applicant
is in favor with the appointing
power. Personal friends of MEM
bers of legislatures were always in
the line of succession to the best
billets, no matter how destitute they
were of the first qualification for the
duties entrusted to them. Abuses,
of course, under such system, be-
came unbearable, and the opinion is
gaining volume and force in all free
countries that the claims of the pub
lie to efficient service are necessary
to be taken into account when ap.
pointments are made. 1t was pro.
badly the only sphere in which al
employee could live and grow
fat on superior ignorance OF
his business. Examinations of candl
dates for office are now becoming
necessary preliminaries to appoint
ments, and the quackery of oflicia
ineffciency will, before many years
be a thing of the past.
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KAU ROADS.

The agents of the Hawaiian Agn-
cultural Company of Kau, Hawaii,
have handed to us the following
letter.
HrIo, HAWAII, Feb, II, 1856.
ID. FOSTER, Esq,
Manager Pahala Plantation.
Dear Sir.
A petition signed by G.. n. Spencer
and over 30 persons, mostly mt Hllea.
has been filed with the Minister OF
Interior, asking that the Government
road now in use, from the Pahala MIL
to Keaiwa. be closed, on account OF It's
dangerous condition. and that the road
now used by your plantation ms WOOD
Road, be taken as the Government road.
By direction of the Minister OF In
terror, q jury of six persons mas Deeh
drawn to decide on the propriety OF the
measure proposed, according to the
laws of 1872. As the roads cross the
lands of the Pahala plantation, we
notify you of the above facts. that you
may meet the jury. should you so desire.
| remain. yours truly,
+. :. LYMAN. Circuit Judge.
Here is q case where q law WORKS
abuse. Not because Of its own
terms, but because the Government
fagrantly ignores the law which
provides that the money raised by
the road tax shall be spent in the
district within the tax is collected.
The facts in this case are: that this
Government road has been out OF
repair and dangerous to travellers
for nearly, if not quite, two years.
The Hawaiian Agricultural Company
having failed to influence the road
supervisor to repair the road, and
having to cart firewood by this road
to its mill, was compelled to lay out
a new road, and now come forward
fifty natives, led by q foreigner
and petition that the new road laid
out, built and kept in repair by the
Hawaiian Agricultural Company
nav be taken and thrown open as
Government road. 1t is to b'
hoped that this petition may shame
the Government to action.
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Another gross offense is repeated
in the Adcertiser's article to-day,
from its former discussions of the
general question of the opium traffic.
1t reiterates the insinuation that the
hackers Of the anti-opium views Of
its contemporaries are themselves
smugglers of opium. There is,
however, a conspicuous weakening
in the manner of uttering the innu-
endo, which only makes the impro-
priety more despicable. A short
while ago our contemporary was
boldly threatening to expose the
persons it alleged to be guilty Of
such nefarious hypocrisy. Dared
to make good its threat, the Adrer-
tiser became discreetly silent on the
subject; hut now it ventures forth
again with the insinuation in s.
diluted form. ''It is only "com-
mon rumor," now, "that manv of
those who are loud in their denun-
citation of legalized opium traffic up
ON moral grounds are participants
in the profits of the contraband or
illegal traffic in that drug" Before,
it apparently had list of the
double dealing characters. duly at
tested, ready to unfold to the gaze
of a scandalized community. A,
present, the record is abroad on
the wings of "common rumor," the
same bird that within the past few
days has flown away several times
with the present Ministry. If the
AdcertiSer can name single person
who is professedly opposed to licens
ing opium, yet at the same time {
participant in the illegal profits o
the drug, then honesty, farpla.
and regard for the good name o
the community should induce j
either to expose the guilty one o
else refrain from uttering insinua
tions that the masses will take tn
liberty of applying to any AM
every person against whom the.
may entertain grudge or harbor
prejudice. Our contemporary
course in this matter cannot b
otherwise than demoralizing to til
community, the evil results inevi'
able therefrom being so readil
imaginable that they need not b
stated.
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the CHINESE MUST co,

Latest news from the Coast convey
unmistakable proof that the white
mans Indignation against being as
signed second place in the indus
tries of the country has reached o
point at which it is not to be trihed
with. Facts have been coming to
the front in stern and stubborn
array, and there is widespread
determination to ignore them no
longer. Although in some cases
hoodlum eXcesses have shocked the
public mind, there is, generally
speaking, disposition to deal with
their grievances, ON the part of the
people, by the exercise of the legiti-
mate functions of law-abiding clti-
zens, and the measures taken for
the execution of their purpose have
been governed with due regard to
the claims of humanity. The special
feature of the movement that ought
to attract attention in this country is
the unanimity and thorough organi-
zation which have, as il were spon-
taneously, come into operation. That
the competition of the Chinese is
fatal to the white mans existence
under civilized conditions is a fact
no more fully demonstrated in Ame-
rica than in Hawaii. But the great
difference between the results of a
universally patent fact in America
and Hawaii seems to be that In the
former the aggregation of opinions
becomes an irresistible force, while
here common grievances rather tend
to the disintegration of the forces
necessary to their removal. If such
a thing were possible here as that
the white population would make
common cause with the Hawaiian,
and that united action, as in Cali
fornia, might follow, the dominat-
ing influence of the Chinese in the
industries Of Honolulu would, in q
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DISCRIMINATION.

The advertiser is meeting with
marked success in making itself
supremely ridiculous in it's intermin-
able TRADES on discrimination"
Our contemporary is in very dis
tressing state of mind about the fate
of the treaty, forgetting that the
first, worst, and only attacks made
upon the treaty through stdiscrimi.
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S94l,102 90
BRITISH.
S370,237 81
GERMAN
Jan. 26-Bk c. r. Bishop. Sll4,334 so

If any use whatever were to be
made of the above figures in the
treaty business, it ought to tell
favorably upon the result that
United States shipping carries Ha-
waiian products in the ratio of two
to one as compared with all other
foreign vessels combined. But the
head and front of all the offending
is that the principal shipping houses
of Honolulu have broken through
the Adrertiser ring, and have the
presumption to run their own busi-
ness according to their own sweet
wills.
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coNsT: . ION REFORM.

The Prime ,inis of Denmark
has introduo a N in the Folke-
thing for the 'isio { the constitu-
ton. A sim "f sci ,e is required
to he perfor d i this kingdom,
but from the atur of things the
movement hal 50 be hoped to
.emanate fro al, Jinistry. The
Hawaiian c. itut is framed so
as to proven BE- : improved by
any internal process, except in the
unexpected cventuality of those who
revel in It's archaic privileges volun-
tarily abandoninq the sordid and
selfish standpoint from which they
now view the matter, and coming to
an examination of the question in
the light o. equity, human rights
and the experience of other nations.
Otherwise, an effort to have our con-
stitution altered in consonance with
modern free representative govern
ment must originate with the people
out of office and be pressed by them
so strenuously and unanimously that
the ofiice-holders cannot successfully
resist it.
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COMMERCE OF HAWAII.

The following trade statement is
from report of the business of the
Bureau of Customs for the year end
ing December 31st, 1885, submitted
by the Hon. Curtis p. Iaukea, Col
iector General of Customs, to His
Excellency John M. Kapena, Minis
ter of Finance:-
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EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.

The total value of exports and
imports of merchandise during the
wear amounted to Sl2, $685. 1862, as
against $12, 1882 ,696 for 1884, show
ing an increase of SCI, ,166.
The total exports of both domes-
tic and foreign production for 1885
amounted to $9,069,31S, showing
an excess over the value of such ex-
ports during 1884 of 1914, 1856.
The imports of merchandise were
$3.50, ,544, as against 81 ,637 ,5l4
during the preceding year, showing
a decrease of $S06, $40.
The excess of the value of exports
over imports of merchandise during
the wear amounted to So, ,23S, TIA,
being an increase Of $1,6S1, lO5 as
compared with 1884.
During 1885 the specie imports
were 1924, ,O75, as against l,lSO,-
361 in 1884. The exports of specie
during 1885 amounted to $64, ,6O2,
showing an excess of imports of
1853, ,473 over the exports Tor the
year.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS.
The total value of domestic eX-
ports for 1885 amounted to So, $685.
663, showing an increase in the
value of such exports as compared
with 1894 of $3.50. 755.
The export of sugar shows a
marked increase for the year. The
total quantity exported during 1885
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Atfxanaria 0azettf.
MONDAY EVENING, MARCH o.

A LETTER WRITTEN By GENERAL LEE
A gentleman of San Francisco, VINO was
graduated from Washington College curing
the time that General Robert +. Lee was It's
nresident, has in his possession the original
letter of application of General Lee Tor a
cadet,s warrant to the United States Acade'
nv at West Point. 1t was secured by TINS
gentleman through the influence of friend
at Washington several years ago, and Is
highly valued by its present holder. Inc
San Francisco Post has produced the letter
in fac smile. The Mr.. Leary mentioned by
General Lee was his school teacher, and MT.
Garrett the member of Congress who IN IN,
dorsed 80 strongly the application. 1t VIII
be seen that the letter is not on its lace ol-
rected to any one, but in those days IL was
not customary to have the address also on
the inside. 1t was probably directed on .ne
outside Of the Enclosure, either to tne SecEe'
tary of War or the Chief of the Corps OF Mill
itary Engineers, to whom was at that time
assigned the general supervision OF the Nit
itary Academy. As this city is so close 10
Washington, it was most likely delivered IN
nerson. The letter is written in bold,
plain hand. every word being well.formed
and each letter perfectly drawn, an example
which many modern scribes should follow ::
Sir: Having Just heard that it was always
agreeable to you to receive from every applicant
for q cadets warrant statement of his age,
studies, &C., made by himself, take the earliest
opportunity of sending you the following.
l completed my eighteenth year on the 18th OF
last January have read, besides the small au-
thors which are generally begun with, Cesar, Sal
lust Virgil Cicero, Horace and Tactus of the Latin
authors, and the Grnca Minora, the Grrca Ma
iora, Xenophon, Homer, Longnus of the Greek,
and have studied arithmetic, algebra and the hrst
six books of Euclid.
In confirmation of my statement, enclose you
the certificate of Mr.. Leary, which, though less
lattering and rhetorical than that which MIR.
Garnett was SO kind as to send you, is more pre-
else and satisfactory.
remain, Sir, your most obedient servant,
K. E. LEE.
Alexandria, Feb. 2Sth, 1924.
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