The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-05-28

election of Mobiles. This, in my view,
would tend to good beginning OF local
self-gOvernment.
Chinese immigration, or, and l think
preferably, Japanese immigration seems
to be requisite for carrying on the sugar
| industry on which almost exclusively
| the revenue and resources OF this nation
depend | think large proportion OF
females ought to be required to come
with the men, in order to avoid the start
limo dangers of an exclusively male
no1ulation of that class. 1t seems I'M
fortunately to be true, that intelligent
skilled labor is not available for sugar
production. Asiatics are more tract
able. more readily held under the laws,
if fairly and impartially made and ad-
ministered than are Europeans OF the
same grade in society.
Retrenchment of public expenses
sounds we'll; if it means honest and IN
telligent expenditure of the public funds,
if is what must be insisted on; if 1t
means smaller OUTLAWS for public and
worthy objects, it is unwise and lmprac-
ticable. We ought to have much larger
appropriation for public education, espe-
cially for industrial schools. The teach
ers ought to be better paid and OF
higher grade of ability than many OF
waiian and Portuguese ought to be
taught English free of charge.
The difficulty in remOdelling the judi
ciary, so as to have a Supreme Appellate
Court composed of judges who decide
questions of law which lower Courts, and
not one of themselves, have passed on,
is in the scant available material for
new judges. But | hope that this object,
which is really very desirable, may yet
be attained The same difficulty applies
on nearly all Of the islands, in securing
for each island resident circuit Judge of
legal ability and character sufficient for
holding jury trials, and deciding all mat
ters in equity, admiralty, probate and
law, which come before him originally
or on appeal. And yet that is an end to
be attained when practicable. Such a
resident Judge could correct many of the
abuses which are believed to prevail
with ignorant and often corrupt magis-
trates.
have kept for the last, your enquiry
concerning the temperance question. and
restricting liquor licenses outside of
Honolulu. The people in the outer dis
tricts ought to be able to govern them
selves and decide for the best, whether
to have such licenses.
| think the sale and use of bad liquors
ought to be controlled. High license
fees with large bonds required of the |
licensees, would lessen the number of |
liquor shops or saloons, and make it |
easier to detect and punish abuses or
violations of a law framed so as to restrict |
liquor selling and public drinking. This,
am afraid, is as far as public sentiment !
will now 60
[ have written the above in much !
haste in the press of office duties. 1t
may or may not contain things worthy |
of general thought aud discussion; but
it is one kind of contribution which [
think every man of intelligence owes to
the country in which he lives. You are
free to make such use of it as you think
fit, and 1t is utterly immaterial to me
you keep it private or not.
But keep up public discussion. The
old New England Lyceum and Town
Meeting were the best educators of the
people. There is no reason why we
should not have this benefit here.
Sincerely yours,
ALFRED S. HARTwELL.