The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-06-30


tlons must be imposed and there mus
be an exercise OF discretion in the one
case as well as in the other. Bur &c
withhold aid from many deseryi 9 eases
lest, through cirelessness or weakness on
the part OF officials, an undeserving case
ais' IS permitted TO carry off that TO
which it has no right, would seem to be
hardly the fair thing.
No one will deny that orr Solons in
convention assembled, are an able bod
whose aim it is TO do well, bur in dealing
with this matter of granting mnch need.
ell AID 10 private schools-schools that
are the source Of no pecuniaIy benefit
whatever 10 their promoters, and the
only schools In the Islands that are tfCino
tbs Class Cf work that these are doing
have they not applied their optical or
gans tn the wrong end OF the telescope2
Putting aside The QUESTION as TO how il
may De IN otter countries, under other
conditions, or how it may be here at
some distant future time, what we have
TO consider now Is our situation here at
the present time.
These who have committed themselves
to the principle, e no publc funds for
private schools" have, In effect said to
the promoters and supporters OF these
schools, in behalf Of native Hawaiians
and the Hawaiian Government: I've
know that for years you have, at the
cost OF thousands OF dollars and much
unremitting toll and patience, often
times exercised, in the face of great dis
couragements, reared and educated many
of our sons and daughters. You have
done for them what we thought we could |
not sffo d to do; and further, you have !
ht1,lt cnliH h. e
which we prohibit the use of in our own
schools. for you have endeavored ID i'm |
bue their minds with religious principles |
as well as give them mental culture and |
skill in domestic affairs. True, you have |
sometimes asked US to aid you and We |
have done SO, more or lie 8. That has |
been all very we'll; but, hereafter, if you |
wish to rear and educate our children, in |
addition TO the greater expense of rear |
ing your own families, you must do it |
entirely at your own expense or not at |
ALL III your religious principles or spirit |
CT phIianth Opy prompt you To do any |
more soik OF this kind, you must ac- |
compli-h the whole or it ourselves. |
\ on must house aud clothe and feed and /
instruct tn m rs best You can. We will |
no longer aid you. s Ime OF you are |
loyal and do good work, but, ii We aid |
you. We must also give as much or more |
to TN Sc who are disloyal, and have ac-
comp ished buE little or no cool, or be |
bothered with listening to complaints |
from ttem"
1t would appear. then, that the true
position to take in the premises in this
case Il this: L labor and money that
have been heres ofore expended on these
schools primarily for native Hawaiians) |
should be regarded by the native Ha-
waiian and Hawaiian Government as
gratuities for which they should be ex-
ce-dinsly thankful and only too glad tt
encourage by the occasional expenditure
of few dollars from the public treasury
In other words, they should appreciate
the fact that, what the supporters of
these schools have done, and who
have been often tempted, particu-
'arlv of late years, to regard their
efforts as a thankless task-has by 20
pense viii otherwise they would have
been compelled to bear themselves, o. go
N need.
Let them now show a proper sense of
appreciation by conti@g to the rescue in
these times OF financial siringency, with
more liberal aid than heret fore, RAJ her
han impose a greater burden on those
v no are already well Laden, by the with
travail of aid.
When Government IL prepared TO es-
,ablish schools that will DO the class OF
work tn It these are Going, IL will b. time
enough TO Withdraw puol from pri-
Vate institutions AID require them TO
provide for their own maintenance. II
he bene6ciaries OF these private Efforts
are not worthy Of public encouraG cement,
ct the schools close. 3.
Kohala, June 20, 1884.