The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-07-15

capital is ready in millions for invest
ment here as soon as the question is
Settled The Oahu railway would
be completed in few months, giving
employment t. Il. us nd5 Of men the
pres mt Old logy street-car system
would be replaced by electric cars
which would make the trip to Waikiki
~ twenty IN nutts the hotel ON Tan
taus would become an actual fact
instead OF visional one the p cihc
Iron Works would be working full
force t. acc immediate the Increased
demand in their line our wharves
would be lined with vessels and men
loading and unloading them cOntinu-
Ously instead of seml-occasionaly as at
present All this and much more would
happen if the country was only "set
tied And why should it not be once
and for all Who is it that makes it
unsettled? 1t is surely not the cap.
talistS and business men, whatever their
political sympathies may be, for they
are shrewd and sensible enough never
to let politics interfere with business.
No question Of religious sentiment
enters into the matter at all. The
Hawaii ms themselves care little or
nothing who rules over them as long as
poi and fish are pe0tiful; the Chinese
and Japanese want only to be let alone
to make money in their own peculiar
ways the Portuguese are, almost to a
man, in favor Of the present form of
government until a closer union can be
had with the United States, and 20
crown all, no one can deny that the
laws are better administered, the Gov
eminent run on a more economical
basis than ever before and that it is not
only paying its own way but paying off
a lot Of RoyaIist bills left over by
corrupt monarchy
Such being the case why is it that
business is in the slightest degree "un-
settled, and who is 1t that is "un
settling It, Is 1t not the small clique
LOT political agitators and two hrellng
newspapers which are the cause OF all
the "unsettling" they themselves com
plain the most about How does ibis
clique of Adventures exist and who is
putting up for them Most Of them
have no visible means of support no
credit and not even the respect of
honest men, and their number is so
small that they might be checked of
on the fingers of both hands This
little gang of ex-royal iav1rites, fee
takers and tools are the only ones who
are unsettling business, and they are
doing it in the vain hope hat some
thing might turn up by which the eX
queen might be restored and with her
restoration they would once more
lazily bask in the sunshine of royal
favor and dollars galore The Pro
yiSIonal Government is supported
by uine-tenths of the business
men and wealth of the nation, and
without that support it or any other
form OF government would fall to
pieces In accepting that support does
it not enter int an implied contract to
protect the business men and their in
terests2 ! maintain that it does, and
while the Provisional Government has
done this as Tar as protection to life
and safety of property are concerned,
still think il has not done its whole
duty 10 the business men. The
Vaccinations of this little gang of agi-
tators should have been nipped in the
bud, and 81 should the wing state
merits of Nordhnf, The latter should
have been promptly deported or put
where he could disseminate no more
lies for time in spite of Mr., BIrunt,
or at least President D1le's gov rnment
should have canied the matter along
after having commenced it until
stopped by the Boston's guns, which
Blount never would have dared to
use His Americanism does not 60
that length. In conclusion, Mr. Ed
itur, | advance, as the law
yers say, plain, speedy
ard adequate remedy for the
existing state of affairs so much com
planned of in the Royalist sheets De.
port the whole gang, from the ex,
| Queen down To the editors of the
mongrel HOlOmHa, from the highest to
the lowest; give them free passage
10 San Francisco and see that they do
not come back under pain of death.
Let President Dole and his Govern
ment do this and Hawaii will no longer
be unsettled in business, politics or
otherwise; large part Of the present
military force could be disbanded and
much money saved; new industries
would spring up; business would i'm.
prove and keep on impr owing, and an
era of prosperity would dawn on the
islands the like of which has never
been. Let the Government do this
and it will earn the everlasting graft
tude of business men generally. 1t is
not too late yet to repair the damage
done by delay. Is it not a matter
demanding earnest consideration from
the Provisional Government
BUSINESS MAN