The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-04-15

Americans, and viii build up IN Asia'i, and not au
American community, which will in fact exclude
Americans except q limited number OF capitalists
Here Nh. Nom son. Chairman Of the Ways and Means
Com. aud the leader Ct opposition TO iAe Treaty,
interrupted the speaker 10 tell him tha. Tie ra;es Of
wages on plantations there sere 1t $ Per mouth
with board and SI1 Without. OF course, sai Mr,
Reagan no Americans, 10 Europeans, hone but
Cinnamon, japanese or Eas; Indians, would accept
such wages.
Then too there were but forty planters whom II
was intended to benefit at such expense to the na-
tional treasury. Here Mr.. Morrison or MIR. Kelly.
informed Mr.. r. that there we're but 20 planters,
not even 40. So much the stronger said Mr.. K Is the
argument against the Treaty. And other Americans
at the Islands must be directly and heavily taxed to
compensate for the diminished revenue when the
duty is removed from American goods imported.
Such taxation of the many for the few the
member was opposed to everywhere
Then followed an argument which struck me Is
no7el. He said the Treaty provides for the introdue-
ton free OF the productions OF the Islands; how was
it to be determined what were really produced at the
islands There were beyond. many other islands,
and countries Of the Fast producing Sugar &c. 1t 1t
should be for the interest of the islanders TO bring
sugar from other places aud export IT as their own,
what was to prevent the fraud their honesty and
honor he had not much confidence in. nor had he a
much better opinion Of American officials there, 50
far from home and observation, and any quantity Of
sugar Of other countries might be struggled in under
this Treaty.
There have been eleven speeches made, of which
seven were in our favor. Perhaps the most telling
speech against us was by Mr.. Kelly of Pennsylvania,
..-s II .-a IS Fha ;norit CF
the Ways and Means committee reporting adversely.
1t was not Mr.. Kelly's arguments which made his
speech effective. but ridicuIe and fallaciOus statement.
He quoted from Nordhof the remark Of some farmer
on Maui that twenty bushels of potatoes would over
stock our market; he said all our sheep together
would not make more than one respectable Colorado
flock, and the clip was all sent abroad, the garments
of the people there being short, and the climate too
warm for wearing wooden. 10000 people were all that
were left by the influence of the missionaries and Of
commerce. Reciprocity OF forty thousand win Iorty
millions,-it was absurd!
Yesterday there were four speeches. all for the
Treaty, Lutrell and Paige of California, Leaven-
worth of New York and Dunnell of Minnesota. |
cannot in my note to you undertake to report even
an abstract of their points. Our friends take the
broad and farseeing view of the Importance of se-
curing there an intimate commercial and political
relation which will foster the interests both of the
native and foreign community, protect the Kingdom
from appropriation by other powers and in the event
OF independent native government ceasing there at
any future time, save the islands from possession by
rival powers, especially Great Britain.
We expect able support from Mr.. Seeley, General
Banks and Fernando Wood, bt there will also be
influential speeches against If.
You must gather from my sketch that the House
do not regard this as a Treaty already made by the
competent parties by which the honor Of the country
is bound, and which it is their duty to aid by sup
Elemental legislation. know many well informed
people at the islands, and in this country too, were
j of opinion that we had safely secured what we
j needed when the Senate gave us a two thirds vote;
perhaps it ought to have been so, but the fact Is
otherwise. There is an opposition somewhat OF party
and somewhat of section.
With all the effort made we may lose it; but with
vervr4--eaApIa.ipesharA Hte-hddNopp5fHhfyi Nt0
know that our case has been unweariedly and per-
sistently urged by our Minister; that members have
been prompted and briefed up in our case; that mis-
takes have been corrected and Misrepresentation
contradicted and every effort made to get this great
partisan political body Of more than three hundred
men to a favorable consideration. Besides this
Washington work, the press has been induced to
give It's support, some OF the most influential New
York and Boston journals coming out with strong
articles; these you are likely to see.
| will write you further as matters proceed. There
will not be a vote this week. 1 expect to remain in
Washington till all is decided. 1 need not say that as
far rs some acquaintance with members goes I am
contributing my quota of aid in this pilikia.
March 18th.
The last debate occurred on the 9th, since which
tbara IL potbinU n odd Tn tho DFariuo Onr f-;opds
have been active in the canvass, and all indications
rather improve than otherwise.