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The Asiatic Problem.

Mr.. EDITOR: This evenings Bull
letin contains timely editorial on
the Asiatic problem, closing with
proposition which must meet with
the hearty approval of every con
sistent person interested in the
matter.
Let the planters meet represen-
tatives of those who feel the burden
of Asiatic competition, and discuss
the matters at issue. on this labor
question. There can be but one
result if the planter is as far to US
as we have tried to be toward him
in our past agitation for recogni-
ton of our rights.
1t would be misfortune to the
community at large for the Legis-
lature to pass any bill regulating
the incoming of Asiatic laborers un-
less there be companion bill de-
fining the status of those already
here, who have not entered into
business, or who are not now actu-
ally employed as mechanics. The
limit on these must be drawn NOW,
for if it is not so done those now in
the Islands are sufficient to reduce
the working class to the necessity
of emigration, or subject them to a
| condition which their manhood and
civilization would urge them tc
spurn and resist.
Now as to to that spectre "Class
Legislation" which seems to loom
up whenever this question is men.
toned would it not be more in keep.
ing with the spirit of the constitu'
ton to apply this term to those act:
passed by a Legislature which
benefit a very small proportion o.
the voting element of the Kingdom
while in result they are disastrous
to the life, liberty and pursuit OF
happiness of the vast majority O
those who by the terms of the Con
stitution are alike entitled to it.
privileges and protection.
Give us equality under the Law
for all who take upon themselves
the obligations of citizenship.
If our present Constitution doe:
not vouchsafe this to the people
who have supported and defended
it in the past, if its provisions are
of a nature to imperil rather thar
protect the interests of those hav
ing a claim to its suffrage, let III
know it at once. The bill now be
fore the House, even if declared
legal by the Supreme Court, woulc
not meet the emergency in a man
ner calculated to relieve the work
ing classes.
l hope the suggestion OF the Bull
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Ito be ContInued.)
Educational Matters.

Mr.. EDITOR: | am greatly pleased
to note that the law to allow chill
dren passing a satisfactory examin-
alton to leave school after the age
of Is, has been passed to its second
reading.
The law to arbitrarily reduce the
school age from Is to Is was
wrong.
This law is right. No child
should be allowed to quit school
until it is we'll grounded in reading,
writing, the fundamental rules OF
arithmetic, etc.
Under the law now in force, l
think that the majority who leave
school at Is are not so grounded,
and why?
1st. Because they do not study
at home, and learn as little as pos
sible while in school.
I'd. Because their parents, being
ignorant and not knowing the
value of education, are perfectly
Indifferent and care nothing
whether the children advance OF
not.
3rd. Because the parents look on
compulsory education as a hard
ship and evade it on every oppor
tunlty, changing residence fire.
quently to get into districts where
enforcement of the law is slack tc
escape it.
Now [ say that the law now in
troduced will remedy these evils
If parents know that they Cal
have full use of their children a
Is if they can pass the required ex
animation, they will have a direc
interest in making them study
Truancy will be reduced to a mi
ninum. The present sums spen
on truant officers can be largely
saved.
Parents will see to it that thel
children go to school regularly am
that they learn their lessons. The,
will make them study at home.
As is known by some of you
readers, l have earnestly favore
the passage of this law for years
and l hope sincerely that it wi
pass. G.. III. DlCKEY.
Hamakuapoko, Oct. 16.
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THE DAILY
TUESDAY,

COMMENTING on the interesting
commercial article which we in
serted yesterday, Bradstreet says:
The renewal of the reciprocity
treaty with the United States gave
a notable impetus to Hawaiian
commerce and industry, according
to Consul General Severance, of
Honolulu. The year 1889 was, as a
result, one of marked prosperity.
An increased amount of American
capital went into the sugar-cane
growing industry, and the intro
duction of steam and street rail-
ways and electric lights (the plants
for which were made in the United
States), has also attracted addi-
tlonal American capital. This
country continues to monopolize
the bulk of the foreign trade of
Hawaii. This is particularly true
as regards exports. In the matter
OF imports the showing is less salts
factory, the Hawaiians buying less
in proportion from us than we do
from them. The total exports in
1889 were valued at S13,974,341 of
which 91.35 per cent. went to the
United States. The imports were
about $500, 600, of which 70. 10 per
cent. came from the United States.
Exports exceeded imports, it may
be seen, by s9,5O1, 451. The ex-
ports of sugar, the principal item
of Hawaiian trade, aggregated
242, 1855 pounds, or III 900 tons
The exports of rice fell off, owing
to the large home consumption by
Chinese and japanese laborers
Arrivals of immigrants exceeded
departures by 1853 during thu
year, while the departures o
Chinese were 1859 in excess 0
arrivals"
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THE LABOR BILLS.

Several bills have been intro
duced into the Legislature on this
subject, which have been referred
to the Committee on Commerce.
Two reports have been made, each
accompanied by a bill which has
been offered as substitute for those
before the committee. These bills
differ in only two or three material
points. The bill read by the mi
nority omits the photograph re
quirement, and adds a proviso
whereby the Hawaiian Govern
ment is authorized to take charge
of all immigration in place of leav-
ing it with the planter, as provided
by the majority bill. The provi-
sionS of these bills are in brief as
follows: 1st. The Minister of For
eign Affairs with the concurrence
of the Board of immigration has
authority to issue entry permits for
agricultural laborers, upon condi-
ton that such laborers Shall remain
not over five years, engaging in no
labor outside of agricultural; con-
tinue in such work, and deposit
with the Board sixty dollars for
return passage. Any person fur
nishing labor to one of such immi-
grants who runs away is liable to
u fine. Any such laborer who vio-
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Iates any Of the terms or conditions
Of such entry permit shall be liable
to arrest and fine and imprison-
ment. In order to more thoroughly
carry out the law, and especially to
insure the deportation Of such |
laborers, the Government may enter |
into contract with any person to
carry the laws into effect. 1t is
also provided whenever a labor
convention is made with China, the
provisions of the act are to be sus-
pended. There are other provisions
of minor Importance looking to the
effectual carrying out Of the act.
1t is expected that this matter
will come up in the Legislature to-
day, or at least in day or two. 1t
would be an injustice and an injury
to the country if longer delayed.
The opposition expressed by some
members of the community to any
relaxation Of the Chinese Exclusion
Act. has no doubt been largely in
| misinformatiOn on lack of infor-
nation. "Bread-winner" and 9TH
ers who have written with almost
angry disapproval, ought to know
that at the present rate of wages
for field labor, which by the way
neither "Bread-winner" nor any
other mechanic will undertake, and
with the loss sure to come with the
removal of the sugar duties in the
United States, much plantation
work will cease. There will not
even be a continuance of the pre-
sent plantations and several of The
rice plantations will of necessity &C
out of business. In other words
unless the cost of field labor comes
down very materially indeed oul
great industries will be so crippled
that the mechanic will come in TO
his share of the loss and suffer Sc
verely, because that the mere wag
Garner always suffers first in time
of business depression. An homes
attempt has been made in all of th
bills to protect the mechanic, bu
: unless he is willing to run som
risk which will come with the In
PRODUCTION of cheaper field labo
7 he must make up his mind to har
. times arising from no work TO
! him. The mechanic is supporte
: to-day from the great industry c
f the country. Now this industry
! threatened from two sources, RI
:. moval of sugar duties and enol
4 nous increase in rough field labol
e If relief is not furnished this indus
: try will be crippled and that mean
: business depression which will hui
s all classes and the mechanic part
l cularly and first.
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Horner's Banking Bill.
NO. III.

Mr.. EDITOR: If from any cause
it should prove impossible to nego-
tiate home or foreign loans, and
our savings bank dries up, how
shall we then proceed to raise the
money to meet our appropriations,
is the question. In that case there
would be but one way open to us,
and that would be to rely upon
ourselves, as other nations have
done in emergencies of a like ma
ture, viz: MAKE OUR OWN MONEY.
All nations claim and exercise that
right, and Hawaii should be no ex-
cepticn, and the only important
question to be answered in this
connection is, how can we make a
money and have it always worth
100 cents to the dollar in United
States gold coin for home use?
There are two ways. First, to
make it of gold whose intrinsic
value GU udlS tLidI u - hlASu '1O"'SNN
gold coin, and make it a full legal
tender. Second, to make it OF
any convenient material, and issue
it by loaning it upon durable Sc
curity, such as Government bonds
at 80 per cent of their gold value
upon bullion and upon improved
real estate at one-half of its value
in United States gold coin as
backing for It's redemption.
This latter way of issuing
money upon security is no
new idea in the world, bu
l believe it to be a modern one
and we need go no further back IL
the worlds financial history tina
the United States, nor to any othe
country, for a creditable eXampl
of this wise course, viz, of issuln
money only upon security, as TIN
bank bill provides.
J. NJ. HORNER.
ITO be COntlnued.)
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REMOVAL.

HAVING LEASED THE STORES IN
Ill the brick building known as the Lin
coin Block. nearly opposite the old stand
and having disposed OF that portion of my
stock damaged by the late fire, and being
in receipt of new goods per last steamer
and more on the way, am prepared to
fill all orders as before. Thanking the
public for the liberal patronage bestowed
on me for the past seven years, | hope, by
careful and prompt attention to all orders
to merit a continuance of the same. AT
the new stand shall be pleased to see all
my old customers, and as many new ones
as may fluid it to their advantage to call.
Island orders solicited and faithfully exc
Gu ell. CHAS. HCSTACE.
Telephones No. 119: p. .. Box 372.
S4-2w
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Alvan Clark is completing lens
for a Los Angeles observatory that
will beat the Lick telescope. 1t
will cost 100000 to $4,000.
Through this glass the moon will
look as if only 100 miles away, and
if there are any cities or large
buildings on its surface their pre-
sence will Be revealed through its
aid. The glass, it is thought, will
also settle the question as to the
supposed signals of light which the
inhabitants of Mars are understood
to be making to the people on the
earth.
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letin will be acted on and that some
measure may be brought forward
that will meet the various interests
Of those concerned in this problem.
Honolulu, Oct. Goth. J. f.
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Bp Iutl)oritn
Tenders for School Houses

Tenders will be received at the office Of
the Board OF Education until TUESDAY
the 2lst inst, at II O'Clock noon, for build
ing and completing School House. with
two rooms, at Kauluwela, near School
street in this district; and for an addition
TO the School House at Waikikikai.
Plans and specifications may be seen at
the office OF the Board of Education, in
the Government Building, Honolulu.
The Board does not bind itself to accept
the lowest or any bid
w. JAS. SMITH,
Secretary.
Education Office, Oct. ii, 1890 9l-Iw
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In case before Tennessee JUS
rice one of the lawyers made fun of
the others grammar. The court at
once arose and said: " Mr.. Perkins,
if you air one of them what thinks
grammar runs this court you're
barking up the wrong tree. If l
hear any more sich remarks I'll
fine you S10."-Detroit Free Press.
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THE ADVERTISER CALENDAR
October, 1890.
EVENTS OF TODAY.

LEaIsLATIvE AssEMBLY-At 1OA.M NJ.
RECEPTION AT Y. NJ. G. A. Hall at 7:3O
Pm.
l. o: o. F.-Meeting of Excelsior Lodge
No. L. at 7 80 P. NJ
w. c. 7. u Meeting at parlors, Central
Union Church, at 2:30 P. NJ.
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The Scientific American advises
people who wish to clean their
gilded frames TO wash them with
beer. This may explain why so
many people habitually wash their
frames.
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"Please send me some more
money" writes young man from
the seaside, " life is very costly here.
Even the waves go broke as soon
as they touch the shore"
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Annual Meeting

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
L Stockholders of the Pacific Sugar Mill
will be held on TIL q RSDAY the 23d inst
at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, at the office of i. A
Schaefer IL Co. II. RENJES,
96-3t Secretary.
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~Visitors will find this one of the
most comfortable and convenient houses
in the city, the rooms being large, light
and airy.
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HUH dIII IuDDTT Ddsts.
Crown and bridge work a speciality. To
persons wearing rubber plates which are a
constant source of irritation to the
mouth and throat, we would recommend
our Prophylactic Metal Plate. All Oper-
atoms performed in accordance with the
latest improvements in dental science:
Teeth extracted without pain by the use OF
Nitrous Oxide Gas.
90 Hotel street, Tregloan premises.
S5-1y
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CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not hold ourselves responsible for the
statements made, or opinions expressed by our
correspondents.
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Afm ADVERTISEMENTS.
Annual Meeting.

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
l. Stockholders of the Honokaa Sugar
Co. will be held on WEDNESDAY, the
22d inst, at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, at the office
of L. A. Schaefer & Co.
II. RENJES,
96-2t Secretary.
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Hot and cold water baths,
S6-Iy
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THE ARLINGTON.
Hotel ST., Honolulu
J. H. FISHER, PROP.
TERMS

Board and Lodging per week (accord-
ing to location of room). $40 90 to S12 o.
Transient, per day o.
Table Board, per week. u
Single Meals NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 81
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ANDERSON & LUNDY.
Dentists.

= ARTIFICIAL TEETH
from one TO an entire set in
~ serted on gold, silver, alum
ntIrr and rrrhhar hoSaG
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that elsewhere in their platform they
advocate the amendment OF the property
qualification for Nobles-a SOth OF June
issue. The Reform party is opposed 10
any revision OF these verdicts OF the
people, especially within but two years
after revolution had TO be invoked TO
settle them, and within but six months
after an instruction WAS invoked 10
destroy them, and when Mr.. K. w. VIII
cox, who welded the sword, and Mr.: ).
f. Bush, who welded the pen OF that
instruction, and numerous OF their lot
lowing are TO be constituent parts oil TINS
calm, healthful and progressive revls-
ion." There certainly are three issues
as formidable in undertaking and as
lasting in results as any that have visited
this little land since first the day spring
of civilization broke upon it, and all TO
be settled by the people between the
rising and the setting OF a single sun TOUR
weeks hence.
Surely it is an election involving
measures and men" ii ever an election
did. OBSERVER.
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The Combination Ticket.

Mr.. EDITOR: The cohesive power OF
expected spoils to weld incongruous ele-
ments together is strikingly illustrated
by the coalition between the "Mechan-
les Union" and the Wilcox party.
1t is amusing to see the cool and I'M
blushing way in which the committee
after adopting and publishing one plat
form, discards it for a radically different
one, like a man trying on different coats
at a clothing shop.
On the other hand, the Elele has been
declaring for year past, that 1t was OPP
posed not merely TO the administration,
but to the whole existing system OF gov
eminent, and it has made the abolition
OF all property qualifications for voters
and the election OF all Government off,
GERS by universal suffrage the two car
dinal articles of its political creed, the
"articuli stantis vel cadentis ecclesle."
To deny that the right of suffrage is an
inherent and necessary right OF all men
Except Chinamen) was III Its view the
blacklist heresy. Yet we see 1t publish
ing with approval the new platform with
its timld and conservative suggestions
on these points. The Oiaio, the mouth
piece of another faction, for six months
advocated the restoration OF irresponsi-
BILE power to the King, while the new
platform condemns all such retrogres-
sion as dangerous. In fact it reads very
much like a missionary" document.
Meanwhile the leader OF the coalition,
the hero OF July 30th, has been stump
ing Hawaii, and making campaign
speeches on the old platform, demand
ing a radical change OF the constitution.
advocating free liquor, etc.
The ticket Of party is generally a
better index OF its real character and
aims than the platform, for it shows who
have pulled the wires behind the scenes.
The ticket in question, largely composed
rs it is, of members OF the old Gibso-
MAN so-called National party, reminds
one Of the couplet:
when the devil was sick, the devil
monk would be,
But when the devil was well, the devil
monk was he
A LOCKER On IN VIENNA.
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those who care nothing for such
matters, when the necessity for so
doing is not clear?
1 ask these questions in all candor,
and though I have but barely
touched the subject, and that in an
imperfect manner, l will not tres
pass further on your space. Thank
ing you for indulging me thus far.
INQUIRER.
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Insurance Notice

Inc Agent for the British Foreign Marine In
surance Company (Limited) has received in
suuctlons to Reduce the Rates of Insnr.
ance between Honolulu and Ports IN the Paciac
ana Is now prepared to issue Policies at the
lowest rates with a special reduction on freight
Pp ,aa steamers. THEO. H.DAVIES,
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The following newly-elected officers OF
Harmony Lodge No. 3, l. 0. o. F., were
installed last evening by District Deputy
Grand Sire NJ. D. Monsarrat: j. c..
Gall, n. g.; ]. J. Mcdonald, V. g.; R.
W. Lame, Secretary; Chas. J. Fishel,
Treasurer; F. Wilhelm, r. S. n. g.; j.
R. Wilson, r. S. 2. g.; S. n. Coe, l.. S.
P. G.; j. c. Lorenzen, Warden. Ex-
celsior Lodge visited in a body and re-
ceived the grand honors.
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@n,rraI Aoptrrlsur:s.s.
Cash ASSETS JAN lsT. 1854 ;. sl.4ILss4.AI

Takes risks against Loss or Damage by Fire
on Buildings. Merchandise, Machinery and Furn-
iturc on favorable terms. A. JAEGER,
1913 1y Agent for Hawaiian Islands.
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CORRESPONDENTS.

We do not hold ourselves respohsioie i'f '"'
statements made, or opinions expressed oS our
correspondents.
The daily critic., 1890-10-22

Judge Smell presided last night, with
Mr L. S. Emery secretary, at the reg
uIar monthly meeting Of the Associated
Charities. The report Of The secretary
showed that there were GOO callers At
the central office since the last report,
August >, 1890. OF these $50 were
white and 90 colored Seventy four
white and i1 colorcd desired work: "a
white and "a colored wanted aims
There were 3i2 visitors 10 inquire into
cases; i6 families were aided with fuel.
food and employment The Associated
Charities through the co operation of
Messrs. Singleton, Hocke, Beverid1c,
Williams, Lausburgh, Houghton aud
others. have established and furnished
a room at the Young Womeu's Chris.
tian Home, 40G Sixth street. where
women in distress will be cared for.
The daily critic., 1890-10-22

A meeting Of the board of directors
Of the American Institute of Architects
was held last evening to arrange pre-
liminaries and to pass upon applica-
tions for membership. The convention
will assemble this afternoon at 4 o clock
in the assembly hall at the Arlington.
The opening address will be delivered
10y Commissioner Douglass, who will
welcome the delegates, after which
President Hunt, f. A. |. A., will make
speech, The reports Of the board Of
directors, treasurer and committees will
be read. In the evening the members
will visit the Corcoran Art Gallery. by
courtesy Of the trustees. and a rcCep
tlon has also been rendered by the
Cosmos Club