The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-02-26
COMMUNICATION VERSUS ISOLATION,

! otoilu nulheIeaCe, VohSulutlate
stupidity and idiotic bungling were
among the features of political life
in the Hawaiian Islands for several
years, and the regular sessions of
the Legislative Assembly degener-
ated, under the evil influences of
those times, into "a wild carnival of
legislative riot" Now that there has
been a waking up, and the pulsations
of national life and vigor are begin
ming to be felt, there must follow g
healthy growth Of all the members
of the body, provided they are pro
I perly connected together.
At present they are more or less
diSjointed. We may agitate colon
ization and railroads on Oahu. and
well may Oahu be congratulated on
/ the prospects of success looming up
in these enterprises; we may agitate
coffee culture, ramie culture. millet
culture, horse culture. sheep culture
and COW culture; but to place any
or all of these enterprises on safe
and permanent footing, we must Sc
cure prompt, frequent, regular and
cheap mail deliveries, together with
low fares and cheap freights to and
from all parts of the Kingdom.
These are the factors of material
development in the great West of
America. Without them, millions
of homes planted within, say. forty
years, would not be there to-day.
So long as immigration means iso-
lation to the would-be immigrant, we
can expect to find but few of desir-
able class of inhabitants disposed to
plant themselves in our waste places.
Sach immigration can only be Sc
cured in any considerable numbers
when provision IS made for ready
communication with the big world
around them. and where there is
ready access to the highways Of com
meree- This fact has been fully re-
eognized and acted upon by the gov
ernments of all new countries for
the past half century.
1t remains for the Legislature
and Government of the Hawaiian
Islands tomove effectively in the line
Of policy marked out and. success
fully followed in the United States,
British America and the Australian
Colonies. Mails at least once in
each week between all points and
Honolulu, close connection with for
eign mails, with low fares, low rates
Of freight, frequent, quick and reg
uIar communication in every direc-
ton are indispensable conditions OF
material progress. Without these.
stagnatiOn reigns-
Everything cannot be done in a
day, or in two years, but let it be
understood that the improvements !
above indicated, together with reg
ular weekly steam communication to |
and from the Coast. are the objec-
tive points at which We aim. Among |
the pet measures Of the next Legis-
lature, one making liberal provisions |
for securing these objects ought to |
take precedence OF almost every
thing else. We are quite well aware
that it viii cost money. and prob
ably considerable OF It, to carry out
the policy suggested. Large subsi-
dies, or what VIII look large to our
average legislator. may be required
Il 50, then =ubsidize. and literally. /
II viii be better in the end for our
taxpayers 10 loot up even large
SUN per aunum for purposes Of in
teznsI trade and the conveniences Of
civilized life than to be laying out,
as they are now doing, the same
to swell the bank accounts
Of the rich farmers Of California.