The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-03-24
Chas. W. Brooks & Co.'S Circular

ing tul resume Of California trade and markets
prepared for and received by the steamer 4jar.l
chas. W. Brooks & Co.'S Circular.
SAN Francisco, Cal. March 9Th 1856
GENTLEMEN ;-COmm"TcIal matters remain quiet: i:
trade movements slow; quotations unchanged. 4
healthy tone pervades the general market; suppIies
coming forward are moderate; winter is drawing IN a
close, quite satisfactorily to mining and farming in
teress agricultural classes have realized encourage
ment; leading staples Of domestic produce have been
largely drawn from for export agorIiug our rner
chants present well indrec, benefit Every
IniIcaton OF future business activity exists Roads
unavailable during winter months are rapidIy inn
proving under prOpItOus weather Avenues leading
go the interior reach annually new points Of dstriLu
ton Light stocks everywhere invite activity in
which new as we'll as customary channels Of trade
participate
Already Montana and Utah claim attention. soon
to enter rs essential elements in future growth
hen trans continental railway shall pour into uur
rnetroDol's for shipment or distribution. the
chHntable product OF nation centre their trade
will unite with the industrial wealth Of our own
state, ana each community along the great CONNER
cal current continued over land and sea uniting the
far East with the golden West forming a communion
Of hemispheres, may receive its quota of life and
activity from that line of travel whose circuit
following the sun, must soon girdle the earth
Honolulu as an entire depot. situated on this great
highway OF commerce, should enjoy the benefits Of
her position Alliances formed in the morning If a
trade. weak ia their iucpiency, yet having innate
elements Of growth. gain prestige, and finally magn-
tude that Later Connections prove pOweress rival
tTICklIuX HrSt
feels ITS way, and feeby seeks channel vet, having
gathered strength. 1t easily from its accuso
TONED course san Francisco has grown to be the
third city of the United States point of foreign
Commerce, and the ninth in ring import
ance- Japan, China, and India, yet in the in-
fancy of their foreign trade.
kilograms recently Mt hand from New York ntim.
Congress will be called on. before close of ts
present vary the original contract with the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company. striking Honolulu
from ports enumerated in conditions for service
The present enterprise will be urged sufficient for
island wants. relieving them Of any necessity from
making Honolulu on this account. result many
residents at the islands might deplore. Experience /
would then determine. whether as the terminus Of a
stelul- propeIler's route the Hawaiian group gain
full equivalent for loss Of advantages they may
NV of eommerce and travel between the old world .
a1d the
Quotations Of merchandise eastern coast .
leave but small list Of articles from which TO select
profitable imports for the Pacific. Products OF EARTH
spindle LOOM machine shop and mines all included, /
are too high Atlantic cities, by lavish expenditure,
continue encourage excessive impOrtations, largely
maid for In National bonds, realizing only about sixty
four cents the dollar, thus impOverishng the ma
tJon which must hereafter meet them at par Mer- /
chants may well keep in mini the anomalous cond'-
ton of Eastern SAFES Disbinding armies, has
largely curtailel home consumption. leaving the past
wears produce locked in city warehouses, because /.
held above exporting rates An army, lately con
sumers now becomes seIEsupporting, swelling the /
ranks Of productive industry Again our nation /
meets in competition with the labor and capth' ot
the world yet holds its values above the common
level indicated by the golden metre OF cnmnerciai
balances To cease increasing our national debt,
exuorts must equal imports, within the ordinary
margin Of profit realized on foreign adventures
Nations are but mgdty hTms, and principles applca-
hle 20 indiviIu l., become dOubly important when
intensified in the acts of a people Unusual pros
perty attended ascending scale of prices; It was
inevitable The reverse must appear, wleh SO'u ue-
cIiniug lends the descending grade Many eastern
capitalists contraction ~ impossible toT Two
or three years come and even intimate ME- hc' NJ
loeb although reporting in its favor concurs IN their
opinion Advces from well known hrm IN Ne"
York recently Al hsuf, while commenting on the
report Of Secretary Of the Treasury thus ao'y
remarks
:. Tb,se vbo have read the report have not failed
10 observe that liabilities of the Treasury, maturing
before the year 1868, exceed one thousani ini'','n
dollars all Of which be paid IN cash. or funded
Ia long loans That Jhs will require tn easy money
market l. known all, any way acquainted Win
negotiating loans aud how far this necessity can DC
made to harmouIze with reduced prices. IL problem
Of clmmHnding importance Human shgaciiy may
appear incapable be found at fault IN the consun-
nation Evidently the situation is one OF great peril
Il, make exports possible, prices must be reducel'
whilst fund rapidly maturing government ihuT
e,lues- a redunilnt circulation - necessary C'n
prices be forced down while currency IS rs aouniant
n At present, aud If the volume OF paper money
sufficiently reduced lower prices TO an 81 p''t "t'
can Government loans six per cent on long 'lie'
IN large sums lie usgOciated: lhls Is h', qNtsI.D"
Hstors the r1gHtTy and the InIpossIoIy OF ''r''us
AZ satisfactory answer, - the chie' iei7o-. y
yitaI-t- refuse to engage in transactions OF io"B
date. aud aim keep the bulk OF their me tis "
a-spst- close hand, Immediately ayalIaoIe on Ci!
Hawaiian produce, IN common with other Na'ie''e';
continues ia moderate supply. and although deu'nu
J. not brisk settled weather and better roldS my
soon Put a different complexion on our market we
quote n follows. VIZ: - -
~rctK-Cor.r-ss under couSIieri;' l'lt5' ''
present duty cIT=Jes are due iroiA " IN -.
pounds fine quality ftTu''.I 49,
-.rn b. closed at auction. February imports
ian 6lsz s-r- No strictly here krerilts PIii
ttrr, and Ju'iuc'
line Il assorted grades offered u auction af
I4rs. strictly prime realized a'tIa-I
refinery purchasing dirA anu ~, - and
ts-b. RENT vry higher Considering the -,
have hcru fully reiIkei
y ehofc- lie GI2 No cane lose M-'i'u' ~
-t-agtc. Ordinary iIs>-s sugar 'te@9'- N' " 49,
Eira5c- Iii, .,,rr-rt con-
-1u1u,n: recent receipts placed doc no" Jb q"
s1--tifp-f although quotations have ~
mani closing weak 4j-. and tending d""uwaFi
ex KfHtsc6y sold +jc- rejected - sour resoi -
C,I-lltfau- r..ar.I@ article q en- AZ t'l
rebI. statistics cI!eet- present
-utlv M ri no criterion the fIur- set genera a,s -
according their interest al III
L,rr. receipts from Costa Ecl made eIsi-r tsT, -
chassrs Green Rio 15lcG1i4c- Manila 80 -,
Rrt. 24ca2Ilc= Java tD5l t'o'erhHEri) ooc' h'""' ~
21!c323e. ...t-, ,v,, ,,,,,.u, Ills
t. effect ~ith.'it
y, chin. freely 8 a &C. f"ruN'-' ~ .
Hawaiian taile' selling ia limited g1ih''''S !" cay ~
,rtv
81 supply = ~
o. 49, tG.T coo iaIes Having been held AZ Is'
o.frr binr material rapidly passed u 8 -
. greatly restricted An '
C9Trolfe fx rtrc-is Hawaiian >@H Is'iri y - ~
forwarded Eastern ui'S,' ysri,r ulaIir