The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-02-20

4 ihs o. ieit so h,s .wn inaitisiUsi
Judgement, pnt, ~ ,.sNe Us ihe rslnt
80 the sehieet ~ iiau,is an5 iaaa taiu
| etNhs I viii NpAtW,e - ehataataslZs
| this hHe ANd etN rs,nnslpN mads go
| BEHALF ~ tha urset isAsfAnt native. -
as the shsefest HsnseAsa ana o. asssft
shat so the msieflN 80 eases lao has
| r,NNe,l hiinseit ~ 10 Art anir aaratta
80 lsakins oNt CT ihs own Interests ~,
aN"h MAttefs. tHt in Manr aases, ~
sNeiesefrlns che bounds 80 shafr husi-
heas rteetiea aad rafratfatina deii
betAie, tteAe,iitatei, aunaIasiy 10
Nised f,sHds ahi attamrts o. fiaui.
nst saly sh the "R,tpIsnain wh.n,
| he might Ia his ill oill aansidef
faif saMe eNd wha has with iap
| stpAt etpdalitS taken the "paaf
| sWilelesa native " rhantastn az its
,ersted race value. bHt ga his
own ffienda AMI nearest relatives.
| without a twinse ~ eansoIehoe, let
| cane planters aud otheta. niaeianafies
some e them, Ia the sense that they
! were at least kindly iisrasei toward
the native, and deaitous el dealing
honestly With him. relate their eSpes-
ieaeeA iA thia line, and see where the
true charge ~ fraud lies,
let the eafpias critic take now Into
| consideration the values at landa IN
| tn mind that when portion of the
| royal domain, an a fpault ~ "niaaions
AIRY" influence, Wa fifat tplinuuiphei Ia
| the people and thrown on the market
toftS-aNe Neara aGt,, moto or iena. no
| widespread Industries had been eptabs
li>hcd e. give value e. real estate. The
aeSrisine was not sufficiently eniights
ened e. appreciate the value oi the
opportunity then offered him, That
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many eases e. the urgent Representa-
tons ~ his much,ahused friend. tho
missionary, who further extended hia
sood offices i'm surveying these acres.
and tn the capacity az agent, seeing
that the titles were duly recorded and
delivered
The poor ignorant native" paid az
the rate NJ 81 cents Ia $l.uO an acre
into the Government treasury for his
possessions, That they ever rose In
value was due to the enterprise of
missionaries children" and other
aliens" who, 10 appears, should have
been rightly suppressed or graciousiy
permitted only Ia furnish brains,
Drawn and capital free gratis, for the
pure enjoyment ~ seeing the kauaka
rcvol In uncarned wealth. Since that
time he has, as the spirit of bargain
ing, the pressure ~ necessity, or desire
for uubridled indulgence, moved him,
sold the same lands at prices ranging
from 500 aud upward, thirty years
ago, 10 upward Of $4,000 an acre with
in the past ten years, according 10 the
rise in values caused by the industrial
enterprises above alluded To.
Has the poor unsophisticated native
sold his lands for n song? Has their
rise in value been due To any enter
prise or thrift Of his own? Has q
would-be purchaser no right to offer
sufficient inducement TO the holder of
desirable property TO part with it? Is
il not for the owner of the same to
choose between the shekels and the
real estate? Is not the whole country
benefited by being in the possession
OF those who enhance its value by
making it productive? Does not the
native reap largely of this benefit?
Let il be noted that he has in many
cases lost his land by simply squander-
ing ii of his own free will, and that
this habit is proverbial trait of
native character. He knows no self
restraint, and whether he has 81 in
his pocket or 5000, he will get rid of
it with about equal facility.
II Is to be expected of certain class
of people some of whom, however
much travelled and enlightened they
may be, have never been able to dis
cover a Christian man in the course
of their wanderings over the globe, or
TO see that a missionary ever did any
thing but live in idle luxury las they
allege), or to discern virtue in any.
thing but glass of whiskey and anti
deistic sentiments; that they will as
cribe all evils, particularly those of
their own sowing, to that convenient
scape goat, the "missionary."
Tho mora m he rifioH ara fhaU that
they can SO stultify their own intelli-
gence as TO charge to the discredit of
honorable men, the evils that are the
direct result of causes which they
themselves advocate if they do not |
personally put into active operation.
But when man prominent in the |
church and in business and social cir |
cles; a man who has made his wealth |
in this goodly land and still continues |
ease in the land of his birth 10000 |
miles away; when such a man joins |
the senseless hue and cry against |
missionaries children" ard claims !
a monopoly Of rights and privileges |
and patriotism and Glove for the |
poor native" that he denies TO |
fhe Hawaiian-born white resident, |
he does what II, To say the |
least, very much to his own |
nents Will concede to him and gives |
the public In general IA ground for |
that his judgment has been
wOefuIly warped by personal prcju-
dices. a surgical operation, such as |
skilled practitioners often perform in |
this progressive nqe, might be rcsorted |
" with very beneficial results, directly |
over the bumps 81 selfishess aud self
KUPA HAWAII.