The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1878-12-14
THE PACIFIC
Commercial OOertisrr.
SATURDAY,. DECEMBER IA
Letter from San Francisco.
SAs FsASCIsco. Nov 2JTH. 1873.
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weeks. The prlc,. Wa sustained in the ucighbor.
hood % 500 peg sIars ala unusually long uuae for
an imitation. and those Who lose anything by this
great fall must be very inexperienced men in the
ways Of the San Francisco Mining Stock Market.
SUIT AGAINST JANIS Make
\ case Is on trial before a jury in the Fourth
District Court, Of Archibald Ashdown vs.. James
Makee. 10 enforce the personal liability Of a stock
holder. The complaint sets forth that the Cen
trail Polynesia Land and Commercial Company
was organized on the 9Th Of December, 1871. aud
the organization did business until September
10Th, 1873. Between the 18th Of January. 1872,
and the 10th Of September, 1873, during which
time the defendant was the owner of 200 shares OF
the capital stock, tue company created an in
debtedness TO various persons to tie amount of
S33O74I2. Of which amount the defendant is
liable for Ss,26s.
On the sth OF March, 1873, the corporation was
indebted to plaintiff in the sum of SI,487.I5 for
services rendered as It's secretary, which amount
has not been paid, wherefore judgment is asked
against the defendant for the amount Of the claim.
MRS. RALsroN.
4. J. Ralston. brother OF ". c.. RalstOn. J. D.. Fry,
uncle Of Mrs. RalstOn. and J. C.. WadswOrih, have
petitioued the Probate Court TO appoint 4 Guard
ian Of the person and estate Of Mrs w. Z. Ralston.
The Petitioners give the following reasons for
their action
Since the death OF ". C.. Ralston in August.
1875. large sums Of money, aggregatins about
100000, have been realized from life insurance
policies. which money was invested Tor Mrs.
RalstoD. From other sources Mrs. IalstoH has
received. since her husbands death. Sl76.OO0.
Within the past two years she has been travelling
abroad, accompanied by her children and other
persons, and has wasted and squanderrd in extra
VACANT and reckless living about $4,000
Out of the property le1 to her there remains
II -. q &C N Tv sH.I wnl1. Of oil a-- x 10
Mrs. RalstOn has demanded from Wells, Fargo d
Co, by telegraphic order from Paris, where she
now IS, the payment Of $4,000, which. # paid
over, the petitioners believe will be squaadered in
the same manner as the other sums paid over to
her. IL is also stated by the petitioners that they
believe Mrs. RalstOn VIII, unless restrained, con
tinue TO dispose of the remainder of the property
belonging TO her in the support of improper per
sons who have obtained in some way control over
her. The petitioners claim that Mrs. Ralston Is
mentally Incompetent to manage her property,
and pray that the Court designate a time for hear
ing the petition and that, until the hearing OF
the petition, Wells. Fargo & Co., aud all other
persons having custody Of property belonging
5lrs. Ralston, may be restrained from paying over
to her any money or property except upon the
order of the Court.
THE TREATY.
DR.. Scott. United States Consul to Honolulu, has
submitted 70 the Secretary of State an official COM
munication, in which he argues that the existing
Treaty Of Reciprocity should be amended. He
saws the value of articles imported into the United
states from the Islands is six times that OF our ex-
ports to them. and that We receive no adequate
return for our REIMBURSEMENT Of customs duties on
Hawaiian sugar and rice products
The Bulletin, in commenting on the above says
=. There Is nothing new IN this. Pending the agi-
tatiOu Of the treaty. which occupied the attention
of two sessions OF Congress, IL was known and
repeatedly stated that the treaty would be a one
sided affair. in which the HawaiIans would get the
best end OF the bargain. The treaty was made
with that fact staring every party 10 It IN the face.
80 anW H.. fAHnI 81 ~ nnHFn Inn
Il ought not to be abrogated or amended. EX-
pecting no change. considerable American capt
tai has gone and Is going TO the Hawaiian Islands
to engage in sugar and rice plantations, and this
capital ought not TO be sacrificed
Consul Scott can serve his country better by re-
turning 10 his past OF duty and attending TO the
business Of his Office than by bringing to the at
tention of the Government questions which have
been considered and discussed here for years. and
then settled in a treaty between the two countries.
SECRETARY SHERMAN AND THE TREATY.
4 late telegram says Secretary Sherman has
caused to be prepared for his forthcoming report
= very full statement of the workings OF the reel
procity treaty with the Sandwich Islands. When
the treaty was discussed in executive session he
made a speech against It's ratification, on the
ground that we cannot afford the loss TO our
revenues which the supposed reciprocity wOold
cause. lie now finds, upon investigating the sub
iect. that he was right III the prediction that, IN a
Decuniary sense. the United States would lose
heavily by the treaty. The Secretary has collect
Eu Ill IL wi vi b"A AhhN WA N1N 1890
witch Islands, and will present them ut length.
In summing up be finds that for the Grst year of
the treaty the duties RENTED by the United States
are. in round numbers, Sl65, 009 greater than the
invoice price of all free goods from the United
States to the Sandwich Islands. The total duties
RENTED by the United States on staple articles
alone were SLIPS 600, while the total value of
goods imported to the sandwich Islands from the
United States was only S960,00O. For the year
ending the LIST OF January, the United States has
RENTED duties to the amount of SS3.OO0, while
the total value of all goods imported from the
United States by the Sandwich Islands for the
same time had increased only SSI5, 600 over the
wear the treaty was ratified or In other words the
duties RENTED by the United States for the time
Indicated were $3.50 greater than the total in
voice value of the increased importations by the
Sandwich Islands from the United States.
SPRECKLEs' WATER PIPES.
Tie EUeRiRg Bulletin furnishes this news IN the
following language y large quantity of water
nine is at the Spear-street wharf awaiting ship
nant TO Maui Island. one of the Hawaiian group.
This island has ben purchased by several San
francisco merchants, who have incorporated I'M
der the name OF the Hawaiian commercial Com
papv. The object of the company Is the Guilt
yatiou OF sugar. The pipes are TO be used to con-
duct water from the mountains IN the interior OF
the island for Irrigation purposes.
These pipes are of three slzes-3S. 50, and 40
inches in diameter. made OF iron. varying from
n quarter of an inch in thickness to a tribe less.
nv teIescoping the one IN the other. it economies
two thirds OF the space in shipping them, which Is
An lEnOL talk ~
C,oper i being fitted up for the conveyance OF the
nine and other material 10 Maui. and viii sail
some time in December; but 1t will require
several vessels to take all the material.
The pipe is being manufactured by the RisdoB
Iron Works tor the purpose One vessel, the Ere
mont. sailed on the 18th instant, with men, mules,
machinery etc but it Will be some time before
all the necessary appurtenances to Spreckles' eX-
lensive undertaking viii be shipped to their des-
tinaJiOu.
ITEMS HERE, THERE AND
During the past 80 days Il whalers have arrived
at this port from the North, bringing. 100 bbls
oil. 60 500 fbs whale bone. and 2S,OeS Bs ivory
The catch is unusually light.
The constitutional convention has been in ses-
sion 80 DAYS at Sacramento. Most OF shc amend
men;s proposed during that time are so ridiculous
and absurd they would make your Hawaiian
Legislators shake all over with laughter to hear
them
The Government is preparing in earnest for
specie resumption on the GTst day OF next Jan
uary. andit will undoubtedly take place. 1t will
be very hard to break the Government. as 1t has