Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 219, 19 June 1891 — OUR EXIST. [ARTICLE]

OUR EXIST.

We regret to announee this tDorning that owing to unavoidable circumstances, we shall be unable to continue tlie English j»age of reading rhatter in the Ka Lei"). We have every reason to feel j satisfied that during the short period that English has been published in the Ka Leo, it has ilone some good towards correcting Home of the evils and corruptions that have been tolerated in our community. In endeavoring to do our duty as independent joumjilistsv we have necessarily incurred the ill-feeling of many, but we are free to say, that wo have bad no other feeling in the matter than to ao good. and to save those who vvere doing wrong and setting bad exainples from a course that was in- 1 jurious to themselves and the eomir;nnity. ' We have enjoyed persecutions in a few instances for being too outspoKen in dur criticisms of men in pubHc life and their doings. * In our efforts in English, mahy mav have thought that we were growing rich from the popularity and rather large circulation of our paper among Englisli readers, — this is an erroneous opinion. No daily ean ever pay here without a large circulation ahd an extensive paying advertising patronage. We havenot ha<l the advertislng pat- • o!iage and about four-fifths of our large circle of readers favored us .vith tnei^3U stom by reading from l>orrowed of Ka Leo, and who wi'il, as is generally the case, l>e the flrst to miss the paper. To those who have patronij:ed us :md helped ns, we would say, that we have labored assiduously late and early, at the desk and at the case, in the hopes of establisuing a ]ive and independent paper, int ?nding to make a four page daily newspaper of the size of the Ka' Leo, or at least two pages, if we could possibly do so. Our efforts have been aided by able and fearless writers, whohave contributcd their writings without any remuneration, being instigated more for the good of the puhlie than for their own pcrsonal interests, other than what they ean justly derive through good government and the general proeperity of the eountrv. Tothe«jpa||bflßen s we publie tender onr)t||||Jw» As we have said &bove, we regret sldp(»ing the English portion of our p«per, because we sincerely believe, thai,with past experienoe and our intention of doing what ia right as au iaoentive, wecould make an Ēng-

lish paper inte£§§ijng and u«eful for good to the community. Being without the neceesary means and help to go on, our good intentions have to be circamscribed to witbin the limit of our Hawaiian eubscriptions and to pure hard work. How long we ahall be permitted to do this it is hard to tell v as it is very evident, from the numerous cfforts specially directed against us by the inissionary and moneyed parties in thecommumtv,it being theintention to muzzle the ordy frce and independent Hawaiian newspaper in tbe Kingdom, and universally so regarded and supported by the Ha>' waiian as their paper. How far this glorious puritanical spirit will be permitted to prosper in this country, it is very hard to prophecy $ but nn longer, however, we hope, than 1899, aceording ' to Lieutenant Totten's calculations. In retiring we thank our Eng]ish readers,—who have stiil that spirit of freedom andjustice in them toj recognize ®u r efforts — for their I patronage and good christian! feelings. ! ■.'■i