The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-04-28
Commercial Advertiser.


that the advantages Tor many years offered AT
this port To the whaling feet. in the way of re-
cruiting, are unsurpassed by those of any port
in this OCEAN Ii 10 this fact that annually draws
70 Us in the spring or fall seasons. the entire
whaling Aeet- What these advantages are have
often been repeated- They are not the mere IT,
salu Of chance, but arise from the natural posi-
ton Of our isolated group. coupled with the lib
eral policy Of the government towards the whal-
ing interests The local laws relating 70 them
are the results of long experience. such only as
have had years Of testing, and which IN most
ezses have been enacted If the instance Of Inteih-
gent sa captains visiting our group
II would Be idle 70 ignore the fact that the
benefits arising from te annual visits of the
whaling Heet here are mutual-the whole popu-
lstion Of the group as well As each ship, deriving
benefit therefrom- In fact no one viii question
that with all the preaching and teaching
which these ISLANDERS have received, they would
have been far behind what they now are as
an independent government, without the constant
intercourse with the large number of foreign ships
which annually wit the various ports of these
Islands. Honolulu has been built up and become
an important commercial port, from the annual
visits Of rhalehips, it Is true not atthe expense
Of ship OurneTy, however, but mainly from the
amounts spent here byDhe officers and crews Of
these vessels
Our readers are well aware from che statements
We have heretofore Published. that tie sason Of
1858, was 8 disastrous one-that Is, the seasons
catch, winch amounted tn an average of only go
barrels 70 each ship, was 50 small a 10 incur a
les on the current expenses of the feet. In our
annual review, published December %. referring
TO the poor return, We said
-whas Ne ezS- q this -zson-z rxk vi b % the interests
- "a, ~ B-isxd sbip-osnsr. "a reeve 10 Trsai pro
Ez froz their inEetnenr xhsa their vessels ne< oily With s1ch
trrus q ms year via make -ne chang. Is certain IL may r.
.s- in snaiIs Oai a eAzss q snsller and is sxPsnnsiEs vessels
100 tou- each can b ffteI out a; an average outlay Of n< over
sasSsg 3 Is S.rr !" res III .aIine At frn $1,000 70 sso.ooosae
= i ckz< tha< The sUer should Be use end ons-half the czP+-
ssnaiea, or he Ncr1h Pacific Whaling bushes, must receive a
srious eh~ek fOn he yessns f1lhng 81 Lhenss, .ssssn ma
pass is The onty SIRE basis On .hseh adventures shouid be ssAked'
By the last mail from New York we see that
the whaling reports from these islands had
reached New Bedford. showing. as we antei-
pafed, that there would be a serious loss on the
season. work La the New Bedford WhaleB1en's
Ea for Jan. Is, we find the following remarks;
IN. Bz.rE FszrsrlIr- Losxz-Ihe Whale fishery may
be ,kened % q Iotsery-so s~ne Il brings EezEh, While TO others
- .z-n..Soa Re sa.e re-iTed IRON oe 81 oar nox reis-
n. aes-h=n-s. Z Is e=z7ssea ma. II. See. q .hese .hiPs oar
sam rz-yinz bat E.s,e from one ~iliioH Of dolTs- The snor-
&c., t. e. d Dc u~ee q on. he exrraragznce q fitting. and
DE sd naa@ssznea. q masters in the rsdrdnz Of ships. p-ind-
are ro-fnz u reaIrh az tie expense Of Ne~ Becford capitalists,
And - ,ss ssa sso,l.ss. yssr .azr ysar, :, i : 49, =
tnsog fh.i .a ehe=k shs ezk.ss, o. fH1hsr Proeseat.oa q ne
~ zpr<zr % ave 10 srrupses n the snoznt Of their drafts,
.aa az. readily .sa .i;h ;se p.ssnsy e Eaio aas- We : r
oce q rh< zrses o< their a-=coces- an1 il u 70 b koPed tIst
.s@ases<s. sao 80 y = sss.e n sbo-1 ssads are lrsey en-
rrssuet - v-arh and farzre progress q Se~ BeaErd-
We are somewhat surprised to find that a paper
with the reputation OF the Shipping Last, should
become the medium for the publication of such
unjust as are contained in the above
extract That the Losses to New Bedford ship
owners will be considerable, no one doubts but
that they will amount TO one million of dollars
On the fifty ships, Tor $4,000 on each ship
bound home from these islands. no one will be
heve. That the loss refers principally to vessels
from the North Pacific we infer from the remarks
accompanying the assertion
The statement : that the merchants at these
islands are growing in wealth at the expense of
New Bedford capitalists > is entirely gratuitous
and unfounded in fact. During the ten years
that we have resided here, we are not aware of
q single merchant who has retired with q comp
seney. and with perhaps the exception Of one
who has been in business eight or nine years.
there are none Of the eight or nine engaged in
ship ehandlery st the various ports, who could
retire and be independent On the contrary,
there ara several instances Of merchants having
become involved and forced to retire from want
Of business. To those who are in any wise ae-
qua;nted with the facts, the remarks of the
Stippsag Last Will be considered as extremely
unjust 70 our merchants.
Not less unjust is the statement that [" many
of our shipmAsters appear to have no scruples in
the amount Of their drafts and draw readily and
with the potency of millionaires-" The studied
economy p~raeticed by shipmasters at this port
the past season, was proverbial, and we doubt
whether it would have been possible for them to
have been more 50, even under the eyes of the
s-hipowners themselves. That there are individ-
ual exceptions to this statement we will not deny.
Do ~shipowners, however. suppose that their YES
sels can be re6ffed here for less than at New
Bedford7 Such would seem to be their expecta.
zion If the n. B. pap1s are the criterion,
That there would BE some fault-inding mani.
tested ON the part of ship owners at home, we
anticipated in our remarks of Dee. %. already
referred to- Ii was natural TO expect it after SC
DISASTROUS a season. And it was TO meet thi:
very bathurst of disatisfaction that we took carly
occasion in that issue of our paper to correct
anv such erroneous impressions as might aris<
abroad. and stated that there had been noticed
aa change fr the better in the efforts of captains
to reduce the expenses of their ships, while IN
port" And though some captains here tool
.oGenee 1t the freedom Of our remarks, which
we're intended only to correct impressions thai
~ had ben assured might be created At home
thev viii now see that our remarks appeared q
The proper time and must have = good result
Tho bsss FefntAfion Of the Of the n
IN Sxieriao Es VIII be found in the accounts o.