The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-10-23
SOME TRUTHS.
(Oet. 2Oth.)
A LEFT-HANDED REPORT ON LEGIsLA-
TON BY A VOLUNTEER.

IlanJer LaDOr u supply Company,
by Mr.. j. M. Homer:
Mr.. PRESIDENT OF THE PLANTERS
LABOR & SUPPLY Coin order to
make an intelligent report on Legis-
lation, l copy from article first of
our BY Laws the following, as a text |
for my report, viz. "And having
for its objects, the importation of
labor, the improvement of the in
dustry of sugar raising in this King
dom, and the the general benefit of
its stockholders. wish to call
your attention to, and to emphasize
the last clause, land the general
benefit of its stockholders. From
the above it appears that we have
the right to leglslate upon all sub
jects that we consider beneficial to
us, whether of financial, political
or moral nature.
Under the heading of "Financial
Benefit" will call your attention to
two laws of this Kingdom, the rum
and opium law, which we consider
mischievous to our financial interests,
and in this way: if company of
men, either by law or legerdemain,
so injure my horse that | can get
only part of the service out of him
that l formerly could, they take so
much of my property from me androb
me of so much benefit; or if they
so injure my help by free opium
and liquor laws that / can get only
part of the benefit from them that
1 pay for, l have rlght-you have
a right-this Planters Association
has q right to protest, and to take
action to prevent this loss which in
the aggregate is large; as every
plantation manager and every over
seer will tell you that they suffer
great loss during the year from the
use of rum, and now that the free
use of opium is added, our interests
will be still more injured, and we
can, and must protest and legislate
for the general benefit of stock
holders. Not only.are planters in
jured by the evil working of these
vicious laws, but merchants and the
general public are also injured, as
there is less property for trade and
traffic by many thousands than there
would be if labor was not injured
by these debasing evils.
Political benefits. While former
cabinets were plotting and steering
the ship of State, with Mr.. Spreck-
els behind the curtain as prompter,
we felt safe, although things were
not quite to our liking; but now, l
feel that we are drifting-drifting
upon an unknown sea with neither
compass, chart nor rudder, and
where we will fetch up, no one
knows. We felt safe under the
pilotage of former cabinets, because
we knew them to be intelligent, and
sprung from the ruling race. / have
an exalted idea of the high destiny
of the white man and of his power
to control and govern both men and
elements. The word in the begin
ming seems to have been spoken to
the white man, when he was COM
manded to "subdue the earth and
have dominion over it, Europe
was given to the white man, America
to the red man, Asia to the yellow
man, and Africa to the colored man.
And with slight exceptions, the
white man is the only one that has
ventured beyond the ''bounds of his
habitation." He has overrun Eu.
rope, and crossing the Atlantic
westward, has taken possession OF
America, and is ''monarch of all he
surveys" from Cape Horn to Behr
ing's Strait. He has stepped across
the Pacific Ocean, leaving the i'm
print of his enterprising foot upol
the various islands of the sea; hi
has taken possession of Australi.
and India with their countless thou
sands; he has gone to Africa ant
this time to-. stay, you bet-this
time, it will not be a Mongo Park
a Livingstone, q Baker, or Stanley
as a traveller or explorer. Tn,
coming of the white man to Afric;
means government, enterprise, agri
culture, commerce, churches
schools, law and order. 1t will b,
better for the colorcd man to hav,
the white man rule. 1t is better TO
the yellow man of India and Austria
liza that the white man rule, and i
is better here that the white MAJ
rule, not that he should hold tn,
offices and be king, but he must d,
a large share towards making th,
laws, and then seeing that they ar,
obeyed by king and people.
Moral benefits. Years ago, whel
the first missionaries landed upoI
these Islands, they found the people
truly "children of nature"
cent, hospitable, unschooled ant
untaught, living in the rudest way
lab0ring but little even to secure
comforts, with no commerce ano
little agriculture, and with very
crude ideas about property. But
the native was taught how to in
crease his comforts by labor, which
he has done to some extent, but he
does not like it. He has learned
that civilized government requires
officers. The office he likes-( most
men do if the salaries are large)-
for he has learned that it is an easy