The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-07
THE PROGRAM or RUIN.

r,,a nrosnectus of the Wilcox paper
ANSWERS very well for Home Ruie
platform. 1t embodies. without too
wang words. the real objects OF the
party whose organ 1t Is. 1hose mno
read II will see precisely what the WI
cor. marty will do If they capture the
Legislature by two-thirds MAJORITY.
~, The prospectus calls for city ana
co,,otv government. The object OF the
,,roaosed measure Is to give the hoIne
Ru,ers a. chance to get more orices anu
To handle more public money
IA 1--WE shall also increase the pay
of working officials in the next begis-
,ature." This means that the previous
outlay of $1,000 per day for ninety days,
was not enough to satisfy Home rue
greed. The next time the expenditure
would be more sg,5.,ss ~e
IN 1--WE shall encourage the agricui-
tural Industries also. ~ This means
under the interpretation made oy WI VII
cox In his Kauai speeches. that me
Legislature would insist on the DIVISION
of land. the leases of which had ex-
pired. among members OF the Hoiiie
Rule party ~ esssf
"a, The paynsent of thesfire claims by
Ioca, taxation or by bonding In case z.
that payment by Congress is delayed
or refused.
go This section covers proposal
TO have the American homestead laws
appiied here with notifications to SUIT
the people" 1t is to be read In con-
1910, Nth Section 3
fe, eve will also raise all the SAL
.r;es under the police department. We
win see that all the saloon owners VIII
be given justice by giving them Ioeral
license" This section speaks for IL
self. s~ss 80 .ses@NE
n, 1--WE will also advocate new
law for the Board of Health and also
the Board of Education" 1t has been
plain for some time that the Home
Rulers mean. If possible. to get control
of these TWO departments Of the public
service. They.ares eager to control the
large amounts of money passing
through the Board of Health and to les
sen the restrictions upon lepers. AS Tor
the schools theirs2objectaiS. two foid'
one is to re-fntroduce the teaching OF
Hawaiian to Hawaiians. In place of.
English; the other is to put home
Rulers in as teachers and school OH
Gals throughout the Territory. The
schools would go into politics and their
total disorganization would follow.
1t ia easy to see that the, election of
a Legislature pledged to such ends
would practically ruin the Territory,
with its promise, of high taxes and bad
government What is needed most in
Hawaii now is public economy and
revival of confidence in the intent and
ability of the Government to protect In
yestors. Under the Home Rule plan
there would be public extravaganza and
an increase of the prevailing insecurity.
We would not expect a return of good
times Is Neither home-seekers, loan
makers, bond-buyers nor investors will
have anything to do with city, a
county or a Territory which is in the
hands of wasteful public officials and Is
taxed and assessed to the limit. That
being true, hard times come as mat
ter of course and those who suffer most
and longest by them are the poor
On the other hand the election OF a
business mans legislature pledged to
a policy of Territorial thrift would do
more to restore Hawaiian prosperity
than any other one thing save an in
crease in the price Of sugar.