The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-03-04

fairs. Our duty is to cleanse, to re-
consider, to restore, to correct the evil
without impairing the good, to purify
and humanize every process of our
common life without weakening or sen.
timentalizing it. There has been some
thing crude and heartless and unfeeling
in our haste to succeed and be great
Our thought has been Let every man
look out for himself, let every genera
ton lok out for itself, while we reared
giant machinery which made it impos.
sible that any but those who stood at
the levers of control should have q
chance to look ont for themselves. We
had not forgotten our morals. We re.
membered well enough that we had set
up a policy which was meant to serve
the humblest as we'll as the most pow
erful, with an eye single TO the stand
ards of justice and fair play, and re-
membered it with pride. But we were
very needless and in a hurry to be
great.
SOBER SECOND THOUGHT.
1--WE have come now to the sober
second thought. The scales of heed
lessness have fallen from our eyes. we
have made up our minds to square
every process of our national life again
with the standards we SO proudly set
up at the beginning and have always
carried at our hearts. Our work is a
work of restoration.
DEMOCRATIC PROGRAM.
1--WE have itemized with some degree
of particularly the things that ought
to be altered and here are some Of
the chief items: A tariff which cuts us
off from our proper part in the com
merce of the world, violates the Just
principles of taxation, and makes the
government q facile instrument In the
hands of private interests; banking
and currency system based upon the
necessity of the government to sell its
bonds fifty years ago and perfectly
adapted to concentrating cash and re
str1cting credits: an industrial system
which, take 1t on all its sides financial
as well as administrative, holds capital
in leading strings, restricts the liberties
and limits the opportunities of labor,
and exploits without renewing or con
serving the natural resources of the
country; body Of agricultural activi
ties never yet given the efficiency of
great business undertakings or served
as it should be through the inst rumen-
tality Of science taken directly to the
farm, or afforded the facilities of credit
best suited to its practical needs;
watercourses undeveloped, waste places
unreclaimed, forests untended, fast dis
appearing without plan or prospect of
renewal unregarded waste heaps at
every mine. We have studied as per
haps no other nation has the most ef-
fective means of production, but we
have not studied cost or economy as we
should either as organizers OF industry,
as Statement, or as individuals.
SERVICE OF HUMANITY.
"Hor have we studied and perfected
the means by which government may
he put At the service OF humanity, In
safeguarding the health Of the nation
tho health OF It's men and It's women
and its children, A. well ag their rights
In the struggle for existence. This IL
no sentimental duty. The fnn basis
OF government Is justice, not pity.
These arc matters 0f instig6 There
can be no equality on opportunity the
iirst essential of justice Ia ths body
polite, IL men and women and children
b. not shielded in their lives their
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