The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-02-20
THE PACIFIC
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SATURDAY. February 20.
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DOdy az the AHlands just now, on the arrival Of q
mail, Is Of course, 81 What are the prospects for
a Treaty Of Reciprocity p We have no desire to
create or 70 foster great expectations Of the
success Of our endeavOrs 20 this end, but from
conversations with members Of His Majesty's
suite, and from letters received from our Com
mIssioners at Washington, we can safely say,
that the prospects continued fair up to the LIST
inst. the date OF the latest telegram from Wash
ington. But as we observed on the occasion Of
the departure Of the Embassy, theirs is an ardu-
Gus task, and If they succeed. they will merit the
unqualified thanks Of the nation. 7
The preamble and resolutions Of the Portland (O1
Board Of Trade, to which We referred some weeks
since, were received in Washington, Jan. 8 Says
the correspondent Of the s. r. BuHCfia.
The document arrives just in time to be considered,
for the negotiations referred to are 10 tegin to-mor-
row. The delay in their commencement has been
caused By the automatically procrastinating habits Of
Mr.. Chief Justice Allen and Secretary Fish, both Of
whom move much too slowly 70 suit the business-like
methods Of Commissioner Carter. who is quite out
spoken in bis expression Of Impotence al the wholly
unnecessary postponements which have been pro-
posed sometimes by one and sometimes by the oiKer
Of the two easy-gOing gentlemen mentioned, always
most politely assented 20 by the other. The pros
poets for the ratification Of the contemplated treaty
are very good, provided Il IS sent to the Senate in
sufficient time 70 allow Of proper examination and
discussion.
WASHINGTON, Jan. ADMINISTER Pierce, in argu-
ing in favor Of the Reciprocity Treaty, before the
Senate committee, yesterday, forcibly exposed our
danger Of losing the whole control we have over the
Sandwich Island trade, unless We establish closer re-
lations.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2I.-The Hawaiian reciprocity
treaty is almost completed, and will be ready for
signature in a few days. IL admits free to our
ports sugar, rice, tropical fruits, pull. Undressed
hides and fancy woods, the product of the Islands,
Euf not cCHaa nr unnl IN tho Othor hanH e
admits free into Hawaiian ports our own products,
except spirits, wines. tobacco and cigars. II will
be submitted TO the Senate probably within a week,
and there is a fair prospect that IL will be approved.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-The negotiations for a
reciprocity treaty with the Sandwich Islands have
been practically completed, and IL will be sent to
the Senate in the course of a few days. At the
instance Of the Hawaiian Island Commissioners. il
has been provided that the treaty shall not go into
eject until the House Of Representatives gives its
sanction by appropriate legislation. The question
recently raised by the resolutions of the Vermont
Legislature as 10 the right OF the President and
Senate alone to decide such matters of commercial
policy will thus be avoided. The Hawaiian Com
mission have also suggested the insertion of a
clause prohibiting the leVyiDg Of export duties on
any article named in the treaty. This has been
done IN view of the action Of the Government Of
Brazil, which, when the United States removed the
import duty on coffee, levied an export duty of
eve cents per pound on that article, which has
since been added to the profits Of foreign producers
and paid by consumers.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Jul Is huppOSeQ llat the
San Francisco sugar re6ners would not object to
the Hawaiian reciprocity treaty and the free adj
mission Of Hawaiian sugar, IL IL were all reduced
to No. IL, Dutch standard. Hager has handed
their memorial TO Secretary Fish. with the sugges-
ton that IL might be well to adopt the Zollverein
system for the United States and Hawaii-that is,
have our tariff and revenue laws extended over
Hawaii, and make its ports United States ports OF
entry. This has worked remarkably well in the
German Empire. The suggestion seemed to strike
the Secretary OF State fOrcibly. H"--
VGHgz Latest. LA
In the Daily Union of Sacramento. of February
4th, received by the CyPhrenes, we find the
following:
The New York TriJaDls's special from Washing
ton. dated February Sd. says
- President Grant has sent to the Senate the
Hawaiian treaty for confirmation IL provides that
the raiidcations shall be exchanged within eighteen
months, and its provisions are TO extend through
seven years"
There appears to be scarcely any doubt in the
minds of those best informed on the subject, that
if our treaty is industriously pushed forward SO
as to come to a vote, it will receive the necessary
two-thirds in the Senate. In the House OF Rep
resentatiyes however, a majority only is requisite
for Its approval. In spite OF the fact that there
is M immense amount of work before Congress,
and that the time for Its performance is short, a
reasonable hope lie entertained that the treaty will
be acted upon, through the influence of the adj
ministratlon and the exertions of it's numerous
friends, during the present month. The next
arrival from the East will probably decide the
question o. treaty or no treaty.
Our latest intelligence from Washington is a
telegram from the Commissioners, dated on the
9th instant, by which it appears that nothing
definite had transpired, but that they were hard
al I0OTk.