The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-04-19

talk. Vt least twelve 70 fifteen vessels of our
reduced whaling feet viii - there direct from
the North mex. fall, and they have been guar
anteed BY the merchants Of that city against the
trouble and losses heretofore experienced there.
The UNEXPECTED success which has attended
two OF three vessels which visited that port last
fall. and the difference in the cost Of recruiting,
has induced I number Of them to purpose chang
ing their resorts, and they have sent orders home
to have their letters directed there. Our MIN
listers and our merchants have got 70 look ut
this matter seriously. Our San Francisco neigh
borS are alive t. the present state of things. and
are looking for this change. The liza California
Of March =. speaks very S~au-uine ON the subject
in an article discussing the imrropriety of es,a-
bliShiug a Marine Court, which it asserts would
tend 70 keep the whalers away
A. Gle matter stands d. ;ae present am-, :--r= is a fair pros
Ttct thlc before another E-@ a ~ -AE~ SNtrri-i 5 ite7 lE-
aaa ci t- aha-us 5eet c. 'ae Pacific all -ase San Faneiss9
tasr ulac- &c r=uie1.ous tr the purpose o.: r-EJiuE. provided
Tire news nj ais projected N1ras Csl7 a'eS n9i iH-a'sn them
away II prof 90 lS, "y %.lI sa-e 'Ia, q 60
been received by Cart !. s. Thomas, % & M c"y. from his
NV CRUISING On the c5ascof Lover Ca-.f,-uss. 10 which TIE writer
- - 80. uEslr- y->--r. nav be expected here tae
c,-59. -s.Eg. TIE ress5a. given J.. .He ,uccy. which attend
u The E'i-I Hams -7 'eEe months NE9' ,- t-FjS- d.
i-z one VILE m tas Aar-er n >an Francisco. When =hs ar-v-
= Hs-. Captain Thomas sa-ae Application - pr. Bu-S-. CHEF
e Police q. lroisr; The vessel Inn lsEasAarAS. believing max
herein lay ne secret o al the difficulty hat had been expert
rNrs ny N-.-N 'S>Hr- s"- go '->NA 1- aus N--
pr re--.r a t's si i - - .y 80.
Arriyfn. %; ;se whaling Erour3. Captain Thomas reported tie
success he Aal m-, nth in reauins here. The first question
asked by Tie Captains fother vessels. was: How di You -
cap The l.li->Harks - liz explanation 10 regard 9 Chief
lection would ne extended 20 all whaling vessels that visited san
Francisco. called forth a unanimous expression Of satisfaction,
ami all agreed 70 make the tral Of reh.tins here. stating q; the
SEINE time. that Z protected, they would, on their return, spread
,'e superior advantages which san Francisco presents. q a te-
Fet fr obtaining supplies, and repairing.
Whether the Alta has hit the right cure for
the evils which have 50 long proved a barrier
against the successful visits of whalers TO San
Francisco, remains 10 be proven. Though the
=. greater portion of the fleet Will not 60 there
next season. we should not be surprised to hear
Of fourteen 10 twenty vessels recruiting at San
Francisco.
Our merchants cannot look with Indifference
at these changes, which. if our tariff of ten per
cent. is 10 be enforced, must inevitably be brought
about. No intelligent person will deny that the
Whaling trade is an important and profitable
trade to these islands. We estimated last fall
that the fleet of 1859 Q97 vessels) disbursed at
these islands the sum of S7Ss 900. which estimate
has nowhere been disputed, but generally con-
coded to be as nearly correct as it is possible to
get. We cannot afford TO lose this trade to
crafty the high-tariff notions of the present
Ministry. The islands already feel the with
drawal of the fifty or sixty ships which have
returned home. And should the fall season of
1861 show Us, instead Of I97 whalers, a total Of
less than 100, as we confidently predict it Will if
the present tariff is allowed TO have its baneful
effects on our commerce, and the fall Of 1862 a
reduction to 60 or 50 vessels. 10 whom shall be
charged the responsibility of al act which has
caused Us 50 great an injury? Is it too late to
stay the financial plague which must follow the
operation Of the new tariff? Is it too late TO
repeal the same, and continue the present mode
rate tariff? We think not, and in our next
number we shall endeavor to show that the
REPEAL OF TIE TARIFF OF lSj9-G0 is imperatiyely
called for, and that such repeal is the wisest and
best policy for the present and prospective pros
peritv Of the Hawaiian Government.