The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-07-31
Hawaii.
From The Overlqnd MonthLu.

1IOWINtV.
1.-THE islandsRare believed TO contain 100000
acres of aIable and pasture land. or this
100, 0C0 acres are adapted 10 the sugar cane, but
not above 10000 are so cultivated, producing an
average OF 1000 pounds per acre. These islands
sent 10 California, during the last fiscal year.
A,2l9,4l4 pounds and other countries the
balance OF 10000, GOO pounds. Merchants in the
eastern States imported SlO,00O,0OO pounds from
other countries.
"The advent hence TO the Hawaiian islands
of capital, commercial enterprise, and addi-
tional labor, sufficient TO develop their re.
sources, 1t is believed would be justified by the
@ oI g6 tEfGfty GPy II 10 5hS is wsgs
OF the entire Consumption of sugar in the United
States. And much might be said OF the other
productions of that country-molasses, paddy,
rice, coffee, fungus, pulu, wool, cotton, hides,
and lalloW, and the various tropical fruits.
"The mercantile activity at the Islands has
always been among the foreigners, and has
been dependent almost wholly upon the activity
and prosperity OF the whalers who resort there
for supplies and reireshment. That interest
has declined much of late years, and feeling is
now prevalent there that some effort must be
made or their commerce will entirely tail. The
treaty, therefore, has the support OF that class
of the community. The King and Goyernm ent
hope or IFS Ta idcation also as OF benefit to their
country. The King himself is not personally
| friendly to the United States, from his Chagrin
at the treatment he received when travelling
in this country ten years ago, and where the
all but black prince learned by experience
/ that 'neEToes were not allowed to sit at
/ the tQOtC uiOte; Wllle III EuglaOu anu on Lle
/ Continent he was received as one included
/ within that divinity which doth hedge a kng.'
Most of HE ministers and advisers, also, being
/ Englishmen, Frenchmen and 'apostate Ameri-
cans, apart from their certain loss o.. places of
! emoluments III case OF annexation favor the
treaty IN opposition to real American interests
knowing that no idea of annexation to the re.
| public could Outve the ordeal of prosperity
! which they think would o Jtain under the treaty.
| With all the commercial advantages of inter-
course which exists between the States, why
should any one there think OF annexation?
'The treaty would undoubtedly sustain the
| apparent falling fortunes of that kingdom, and
| would stimulate its planters and merchants to
| ew activity But that Is no argument to us
| ior It's ratification. Moreover, treaty is only
ephemeIal AT best, and capital is too sensible to
| emgrate with no security longer than seven
| Years, the term fixed in this instrument. Half
! of that time would pass before there could be
! any returns. And We look in vain through the
| treaty Tor any reciprocity. We can nnd as re-
sultng to our country only the certain loss of
all that duty upon imported articles which, in
the event the great predicted increase Of COM
merce under the treaty, would then come from
those islands, which duty would otherwise
amount annually to several millions of dollars.
We see most OF the energy of the islands de-
voted 10 the production of the inferior grades OF
sugars, aud other articles in the schedule. We
see no public gain 10 compensate our loss, and
only the private emolument of few manufac-
turCrs TO whose manipulatiOns we should all
have to render compensation"