Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 406, 9 March 1892 — A FEW FACTS. [ARTICLE]

A FEW FACTS.

Iq view of the fact that tho inhabitants of this Liliputian Kingdom—aro claoibring hard Uniee; it may be well to niake a Btate:nent of certain of it« hienninl cxpeiise«: To BUpport Koya Ity (?) il costH the plebeians $72,800. To g»i>pori Her Royal ilawaii.i n M.?j(.styV Hoi:§ehold ginrd -f(il),000. For t)an<ī, salutf« atid flagB toO,000 of whieh the ltoyfll Fiddlcr alone draws ♦7,200 or .$3(K> per monih, whieh is more than a Co!o--nel of the L'nited »States Anny receiveB. If this country 1b in Bueh finaneial distref>B a? thc citizen3 elaim, explain how it is that farcical rovalty with its usele«s and costly ap pendixes ean Ue indulged iu to the eXtent of $iy4,Bo<i biennially. What a great contrast i» offered to iheee ialanda by our neighbor acrosB the oeean — that (;rand hoeue of the free—thet T niUd Statos of At»»erica. There the rulcr bf gixty-six willione (66,000.000) of people, and of a countrv with taxable property of the valuation of B*ventcen hilliona {#17,tX)U,<KXj,000) of do]larB, receivcB a Balarv of but one himdred thouBand {*fUK),OtX» dollars for two years of servije, while thit Bmaii territorv, with taxmble pro)»eriy amounting to only 89¥enteen uiilliona and a haif (#17,5(X),(X)0) dollarB, and eon--Bieting of but mnety thouaand (®0,000) of mixed inhai)itants, js able to enjoy a r«»yal farce to the ttme of $72,000. *nd a!«o to aliow her Majeety to deri ve kx\ adaitiou • al y3arlv revenue from Crown Lands. Ae iong ae aueh au txpen»ive pttotuimu oan b« toU*raU*d ih*r* no rea«on to eompUin of a ti|fhtneg* of aionty.

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jQ9tice nor w««dom ia ckpfiviof| them of thNie land« any \&a&s, Kor is tbere auy 2aw of Natan ot God that sbou!d allow any om b*t \hy people to deriv« any ineome frora the people'a pro^irty. Wheu the psopie , g intereka are jeopordised by any existing fotm of government, then it is there datr to make a change. The Hawaiian lalands are right at that point where a ehanpe ie ne* eessary, and muat oceur. Therefore do not mariuur at the impexid* ing crisis Either be satisfied with the present conatitution of affairs r and prepare yourself for a generai exodus. or assert your rightt as men, hold the United Slatesof America as a criterion, throw open the Crown Land to a good class ofagriculturai Betticr rednoe expensea and soon we ohall have a government. and a prospereus country. Then virtual!y as weil as literally you will be tbe uParardise of the Pacific. , V* * *