The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1878-10-05

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= FRLDAT, OCTOBER {, 1873.
There i no change q report IN the local connmsrci.
situation Of Affairs The usual amount Of traho along the
~hArves IN the receipt Of produce from the plantations.
aud the shipment OF supplies, lumber. etc. for require
mems o. The planters. serve TO give a little animation to
the city front.
We would feel under obligations to owners and man
Ayers Of Plantations for such particulars a. % crop uros.
poets. taking on the cane and shipment Of sugar 70 this
Por'' and such other matters q intep 81 as they desire 20
give Tor the information Of the pubRc. such notes will
enable us 70 add an interesting feature 10 our weekly
commercial article. and viii be very acceptable.
me presence here OF 50 many trade dollars may be ex-
Planned by the fact that Il IS at present deprecated in
FA4ne IN the United States. Secretary sherman wide
AHA Of september 81 Is reported TO have stated IA writing
that Al no time and on no account have trade dollars
been received OF paid cut By the Treasury, and Ii Ia a
eanaeof regret that 30 many Of cur people should have
accepted them at their face value, thus enabling Their
oNnsrs 70 put them into circulation at q considerable
Psoht As early a. Aug q. 1876, the Department
informed an inquirer that the trade dollar had only
bullion value, and this information has been repeated
scores OF times" Notwithstanding all this, the trade
dollar Is a great fayorite here, and is likely to remain N.
% account u its handsone sppeAzAnee in comparison
With the Sfranc piece. and also because il bears the i'm
press Of Uncle sam. And OF course there ia a small
profit made in bringing 4 there, a. it Is quoted in San
francisco. nominal. at s7kGgkc.
The following view Of . Boston paper upon the silver
question will be Of interest to business men. a. the argu
nnents advanced certainly seem plausible: -
WHY GREEsBAcKs DO NOT DKcLIxE-Althoueh the sal
Ss : sil has become q law; and greenbacks, whenever
~ InI only aoont " cents worth Of bullion, their
BoId value az present IN Wall Street Is 9SL ceuts This
pointed l. By the sdvocstes Of siIyer : "a an and is
the financial soundness Of their theories, and the ground
posed remonetization. Il doubtless surprises many WHO
the correctness Of the @e views t ana i ss9e s sen9 f. End dtS st Gt
mot believe the established laws Of finance are 10 be sns-
the laws OF gravftatiOn. The causes which produce tho
are temporary. and not likely 10 endure Tor ay cansiS'
erable time, Either silver bullion must rise so that n2k |
s sas5l e. e the : Or :ks .ilysF dollar must shortly
stamp Of the United States mint cannot work nnv rnirso
Gle TPon IT, For the moment. while there is Compare
OF foreign trade is in our favor. and the supply of gold fs
reaip aes,t tsTse' the siiVe. dollar and the greenbssk may
for long period a piece OF silver which costs eight csnfs
as legal tender for debts already contracted, or that a
paper note which may be redeemed with ~ninety-two
han eents'gresteT than the coin in Which Il Is payable " e
san Francisco quotations of Island produce. reported
by ue Alta Of September 10. give US the agures.
sugar-Extra Powdered, uke; Crushed and Cube
NE; Golden G. 9Kc. all in bbIs. These are rehners;
Rice@So I,-ChinA, S75OG7 rs; No 2 do, 81 aS4T go
conee-CentraIk American Greens. etc, f7ka1sc Der N.
Java 22a6SZ3c. Hawaiian (Kona) not given.
The Alta adyertises the Grace Roberts fin Williams,
blanchard A Cos Line OF Hawaiian Packets as loading
for this port-to sail with quick dispatch. ~ a7f
The Pacific Mail steamer Australia. with dates TO the
1Oth ut' will be due here next Monday evening or Tues
Day morning. aL1
The fine schooner Mary Z Foster has been rI.ced 49,
-" eENa lAaAIA M -
regnlar packet 20 KOlos and waimea, Kauai, under COM
nand Of Captain EibHng. she win soon establish herself
- the favorite on that route.
The well known schooner Lfbolfbo cepts,r Bect ooos
IN the Kau, Hawaii. route. 81
The II W Amy and KalakAua are loading for San Fran
,iseo, and the J A Falkinburg and Matte Macleay for
PortlAnds o-Al to sail with dispatch. ~ ]
The Amy Turner will sail on Tuesday next for Hong !
Eong. afording shippers and passengers in that direction
IN opportunity. c
The foreign arrivals for the week comprise the follow :
- vessels Sept 1s-schr Mana, from Fannineis Island. =
bk Priscilla. with immigrants, 40 days from 1
iadeirA Islands; Am schr Eustace, 81 days from San :
and Am schr Compeer, from Port Gu nbIe: 80
p NJ S S City Of New York. from Sydney, en- route to
an Francisco. Oct IF bk Jean Pierre, So DAYS from -
Am schr Emma @ Beale. u days from San s.
rancisco; 1LOleta, from Arctic Csee report under head I
memorandal; Am bk California, from Burrard's n
via Hilo. 4
Departures for foreign ports during the week were as ii
Sept 29-Peruvian ship E Dovale. for CalIao. u
ct 1P VI ) 5 City of New York, for San Francisco. with 7
produce, valued at $4 $50; foreign do, $40. =