The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-08-26

AUGUST =, 1s55-
C-a Er.-u arrivals - ,hs vel ae th- AaT- H-fs N2a
ratc. f-m P9r= Alg,I1s- aDi American barr OHrTa' o.
che Hlza.a4 P4-<s. Line. from san F---i--8- The tegar-
4r.s ar. the usz. tarz E4u.E1u.sa D., ar Ascension
Leland. Am-raa bars comet, q III Regular D.sra,-h Line
,.r-1a F-la--co. All An-riran Ehllaz bark J9'Ia MI
1rV- Or . cr-S- : part q tie carsJ q TIE IJ"'t clnsisi-d
~ zJ.5 plcxrsss .zaa,- pounds sussr- and - psekaf-'
I4-ZE gar5lsl u.1s-es.
P..1-.s dsru. t.- week "a. ben taL W E5,e q saie q;
a.-la7 On FrsIay, ofa par; q th~ ss-go Of the DeHH's
Fr.u4-it. xh-h ~ ~eE attended al ar Prc@s o0t4Asa
ir z7oIs oE-rs1-
,. grrtrgst has been al yer-seI fr. % b. secrrsi by bottom
RI. bad. r-aIsrs we're % b. received altI noon ysteriay'
bot no oser was made
We clip I'll. faasiag from the ara California AMI san
Fr4u-.s-5 Mercantile Gazette
CsIrrai. are qustaDie al IsGlsc and bury and Ai=n'F a.
cg5SSrr-z55 5-rs inferior Csa:ral America sod private
p'I 1sL, /, F- * Il 20 ID. Hawaiian Is reported 'oli a:
Our usierzr,ers have placed the var rsk between his and
pr cent for the =Jgni voyage or i Er cent ~ 49,
! PER cent On vessels a. Southern P'r's bound 70 ms G.T5 ar :
T. IS q course impossible . say what route t= FiFt' vi -
ze-r leaving The -aaLng feet Its e1rreauy rp9nsi th%;
S-m Y,1b5arr- azd TAI her chc~rs intimated 70 The captured
ar as1at- but q c7grs= a! : d2l't ana - = 1 ~ !.
very seriously disturbed.
Or la.est ady5css FROM Manila direct. are 70 June lst, End
report TIA, the CRY Of Mobile was loading fr thts port. Her
:, : 5sr : re. Frsn Hoas,ai1 freight on sugar Lad fallen 70 81
per ton, lsanoe raised u 50. EDil thus H'!ns a P...a, ~ :.
qui-e an sivaniage over 'n-r II u coMI- -, usxs;fsr
,it-atfo-s sem favorable o. the ultimate success 81 the haNsuaA
TREsF - <g-t-s are geagrany in god repa.e with Us, their
bet Extn graI=s competing well win |. -" =
sriee : serTes q articles 10 the H4Uaii4H Gazshes urging
NJ IT, T.iaat ulsniers % confn= their labors to The making
81 ,Is !9T-r rraiss o. sugar as more profitable. The articles
are abb. but TAeher the islanders can % mae % y ts
pgiut Of te argument, or - r-aEz- the correctness Of the Iozlc-
il slreTha- doubtful, 8 lJ1E . : ne Ilty on a. -, ~S~7'
god or bal, eordaaes to rule uniformly al sass L.
.r,x,-ov tn. resolution introduced in the Senate
~ Mr.. Farxel, Of Maine, recently. and Which vas agresI -,
70 xt- GThat the Committee on Finance consider the eFPe-
di=scy q relieving The tonnage q the country from all taxes
aEi iles collected under the Internal Revenue Act ana also
consider TIL ~ex2ediercy Of a reilcHgH 81 - !. III, 80 al
anchus, and canvas" vas a move IN he rlSht dLrS.on' a. a.
~e are n0t without hope hat 1t viii lead 70 important res1-5.
A. The outset. We would remark, tina: we are enphatHcaAy q
COMMERCIAL people AMI had long struggle fr; and had attained,
All we must and will attain il again: But to This cad ihg ,t tSn-
81 S,her countries On nearly il not quite equal terms Our
tonnage has never received any f1EOTs rom t- e -.
sia.Ton Of f5rgigu=rs from our coastxise trade, nor has It been
asked Al that has been a-<ed was - a. IT. IT, c1-I,4n-.i
AMI. with this assured. We gro" up - DC nI9s --.--IL..
power On the gi1be-the result Of superior energy enterprise
b.rIers arI an uzbariened commerce, = could speedily re-
gain what We have lost during aur years Of war! HE. iar-
interest. though he does not prop 20 ~.'Iy : I'm. -it o mi
tonaase frou nxa,o1c IL So = y i fH-r,I no uIase a lax
uPon It mat should yield as much revenue 70 Jhe Government
a. is now collected from IL, Il IL can be ls'iei arecuy hom az
tonnage arriving in the United states from Iorelzn PoL5. e. !
thfrk the Government should put upon tonnage arriving III
the United states from foreign ports bo'h io'eisn III O"e
tic. 4 tonnage duty" -
branch OF iudustry-and this too, when It has 10 compete with
Foreign tonnage. which = almost wholly exempted from taxa
ton, while Il ; compelled 70 pay high rates OF insurance. Al
the component paris Of our tonnage are already subjected TO
= heavy tax-Gr instance, iron. which il used largely IN me
construction Of ships. j. taxed twenty dollars per ton, and
eighty tons ars needed fr a thousand ton ships ; t1aI si&tsSl
hundred dollars Is paid for the iron tax on a ship OF I,VOD on
making twenty-sixhGndred dollars ar the canvas tax Chain
cost sEo and a half cents per pound, and anchors two cents
recurring Two thousand dollars for the iron tax On q thou
sand-ton ship Sixty dollars per ton on the Iesng 70 ~
up a thousand dollars so that more than seven thousand dol
lars has % be paid fr taxes on essentials N huiIiinS shIs y
1000 tons And this, too, while We are competing WITH "a.
~orii for Commercial supremaey-hnsiahi az 49, -
great opponents carefully exempt tonnage from taNauoh-4M
not only This. but nc article which enters iHo me -. ~. NJ
q ships IL subject 70 taxation. IN the light u hss= az M
Farwe!rs resolution IS exc-sjilgly well timed Since the war
began, American tonnage has, 70 : fearful extent, been driven
tv tie Confrierate corsairs into seeking refuge under foreign
tags; and there is danger that unless tstered % IeslsI4.cA
NAV b. resorted to. To cur mind, this danger = HenacIng
hence We hail with gIadness Mr.. EarweIs move losing 20 :
EehtenInr OF the burdens Of American tonnage. The transie'
a every American ship 70 the foreign Tag lessons TO precisely
trFbu.@s ia the same degree TO that Of our rivals. Had the
COMMERCIAL power Uf this country been materially less thah y
-es AZ tbe commencement OF this war. how would it have been
uc-siFl = 10 man the i've or six hundred vessels which compose
our navy. without which the blockade o. such q ucUI .
cast wCagI have been impossible; Our lost commercial SUI
pr,macy must be ragained. We are = commercial people, ren.
dered 50 by force Of circumstances as "eli as ny aptirlel ana i
the old struggle for maritime supremacy VIZ x IeLeH.u -
moment that war gives place 10 peace. Al the elements o. q
successful competition stIl obtain, and our aDHity -. -
u-set BY thai uuvise legislation "h.cn mas pre'aheI H
past fs years % such 3 lameu.ahle extent in our paNonaI
H9Gge. eyery tmse a vessel ARRIVES FROM abroad-reeommende
stCve-Ee think should BE- carefully considered, and Is ~
re trust that the peoples Representatives at Washington VII
give Il their most earnest and thoughtful attention. q snip
any other AMI if the burdens Of any special interest can POS
-WJ &c lHHusLG4- sNEr- az - -, rfrb o-be,
nations BY first seriously considering the great importance u .
maritime supremacy. and ;hen take the necessary steps c
rivals n tonnage or every sea and the United states Ss"t;
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