The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-09-07

disposed TO accuse the writer of
or intentional misrepre-
sentation, but of profound ignorance
concerning the matters treated of.
The "law-making functions" of
these islands are not performed by |
a House of Representatives" only |
in part. The Legislative Body is
composed of 20 Mobiles, or appointed
life members, and % Representatives,
elected by the people for two years.
These two classes of legislators sit
together in one body, and constitute
the Legislature. Each member does
not receive $1,000 compensation.
The Mobiles are not paid at all, and
the allowance for Representative is
$500 each.
The present King was not elected
by popular vote, but by vote of the
Legislature.
The Opposition did not introduce
and force the measures alluded to.
The sewerage question has not yet
been disposed of. The fixing of city
grades and fire limits bills were in
troduced by n Minister allied to the
party in majority, but were assisted
through the House by the Opposi-
ton, who are always ready to sup
port measures that they believe to be
for the public good.
No "bll providing for the appro-
priation of $50, 900 towards chris
tianizing the South Sea Islands,
passed the House, An amount of
10000 was appropriated for diplo-
matte missions to any part of the
world that the Executive may deem
expedient, but not for !christidnizing
missions.
The English and German elements
of the community are as deeply in
terested, proportionately, in the con-
tinuance of the reciprocity treaty
with the United States. as other
nationalities.
The limited amount of coffee
grown on the islands is certainly of
very fine quality, but "the future Of
this crop" awaits more than ''the
touchstone OF intelligent capital and
larger operations to make it very
profitable crop, and equal in extent
to any coffee fields in the world" {"
First of all. the coffee interests and
possibilities of the country await the
discovery of a remedy for the
destructive blight to which the grow
ing coffee Is here especially liable.
Let the blight disappear, and pro-
badly coffee culture would soon
develop into an important industry.
g If true, we should be proud to
acknowledge that ''none but the
purest and best breeds of stock are
propagated here. A great improve
ment has undoubtedly be made in
our breed of stock within the past
few years, through the importation
of superior breeds by Hon. Jas. /.
Dowsett and others. But it would
be difficult, even now, to find Q
country with larger proportion Of
: "scrubs" to the whole than the
J Hawaiian Islands.
, 1t is extremely gratifying to learl
that the refuse of our sugar mills il
+ shipped to England, and sold a
: from $40 to 500 per ton. The
only trouble is, that it is not true
: Wish it was.
Instead of ramie "being raiseC
largely" its raising in limited quan
} tity only has just commenced. True
we entertain hopes of its developing
3 into leading industry.
5 The Eva banana growers do no
: consider ''the export banana trad
n to San Francisco large and lucra
y tive" Large, comparatively,
!, may be, but lucrative it is not A
e one time it paid moderately vel
o but now, and for some time past,
It has been a losing business, an
n raisers are ceasing to plant.
S The foregoing is brief correctio
e of some of the more noticeabl
j. errors of the S. +. Bulletin lettel
but by no means all. In fact, it
hard to find single sentence in til
entire communication that is NJ
more or less tinged with error. W
i would advise that occasional co
II respondent not to seek occasion fl
ID more cOrresDondence until he II;