The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-10-26

Kingdom. In Honolulu Ire ADTEETT-EE
strives u cast - strong g-sam upon a
matters - Z L possible. No interest q
party Or individual prevents u from say
ing Ehac We believe : true and right,
from deao11cing what we feel sure Is
wrong. Our columns are open y citI-
zeas who feel aggrieTed, % are those O
our contemporary tie Bulletin and fire.
q1eut Use : made of bath. But hCE
about the other Islands? Il Is hard %
get anyone bold enough u make even
plain statement u TACT, Iec alone % try
10 redress Z wrong Things occur away
from Honolulu, which would never occur
were the light Of publicity let II. Wrong
and oppression, knayery and rascality
occur, and occur unreproved. Why?
Because there Is no newspaper publicity
~ make the strong and the rOguishly in
cIined 70 keep within bounds. II only
those who suffer oppressiOn-we mean
petty oppression, the Law courts provide
redress for fragrant ca=e5-Or those who
suffer from knavery or rascaIity would at
once state their wrongs to the public,
the oppressors and knayes would soon
find that these methods are not safe
enough, and would give up the game as
q bad job.
Few people in Honolulu know how
much petty injustice Is done upon the
other Islands. Whenever a case comes
10 our knowledge We do our best to lay
the matter before the public, hut our in
formation is far too meagre. 'To write
for the papers" il regarded in some dis
tricts a. little short Of a capital crime.
tha," they have touched the accursed
thing and should be at least ostracized,
root and branch. In happier times they
could have been forced to leave the com
munity, but now the bigoted and mar
row-minded dare not proceed to too
severe measures.
The opponents Of newspaper publicity
can be divided into two classes. Those
who fear because they are exercising an
undue power over people Of lesser means
than themselves and those who belong
10 a narrow religious circle. Both are
equally bad and both are equally cow
ardly. If those who suffer from them
would only air their wrongs it would sur
prise themselves how quickly and easily
they could be overcome. Most over
bearing people are towards at heart.
This has appeared in history over and
over again. It only requires the bold
front TO meet the weak kneed ogre. Ii
such people know that their acts are
going to be called in question, if they
know that the facts Of the case are laid
before the public, they are going to be
very chary Of doing anything that will
bring them under the editorial lash and
the scorn Of their fellow-citizens.
There are dozens Of places on the
Islands which would be very comfort
able to live in were there only little
healthy newspaper to keep the people in
order. Many petty tyrant would
SILVER in his boots, did he know that his |
mean tyranny were going to be exposed |
to the public eye. Many bigot would |
stink into obscurity did he think that |
ray Of newspaper criticism was going to |
illuminate his little narrow ways and |
bring him before the bar Of public opinion,
and finally many half-hearted rogue !
would stop in the midst Of his rascality, |
if he felt certain that the story Of his |
doings was not going to remain az a |
. Dry, in the little village where he |
played his rogueries, but was going into
such shape as would bring it before the
eye of every one in the community |
Publicity is what is wanted. We are
glad to see many correspondents are be-
ginning to appreciate this. But only
has yet been made. We look
Tor plenty Of fruit in the future. Pub
lefty will do great deal for those living
IN the country districts.