The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1878-08-10

The AMERICAN ERoRrER.-One of the most in
teresting of our exchanges is the Exporter, pub
lished monthly in lew York city, by Root ond
Tinker, sc Duane Steet. 1t is beautifully printed,
and filled with information concerning the trade,
commerce and productions of all countries with
which the business men of the United States have
connection, derived from ambassadors, Consals,
diplomatic agents AMI other reliable correspondents
residing abroad. The information given is upon
every variety of subject likely to interest manufac-
turers and commercial firms. Its merits are such
as to render it q necessity to every contingencies
and commercial agency at home or abroad. 1t
makes a yearly voume of 600 pages, of the greatest
value for reference We extract the following:
Advantages loIich might Accrue in Cuba TO our
Erporters.-Whle Postmaster General Key and
Senators HamliI and Kirkwood were in Cuba, ex-
aiming into tn mail facilities between that island
and the United States, Senator Hamlin made some
inquiries as to DE population and resources ofCuba.
Gen. Jovellar rolled that the statistics of Cuba were
very incompleteand unsatisfactory, but the popula-
ton of the islan was about 1,5OO,O 900, and, in his
opinion, not NICE than one-tenth of its resources are
utilized. Mr.. hmlin remarked that Cuba and the
United States, y reason of their situation and pro-
ductions, had aaommon interest in each other that
the United State needed the tropical productions of
Cuba. and the later the grain and other productions
of our more tenn crate climate, and hence the trade
between the wv ought 10 BE as u"ntrammeleu as
possible, and al. unnecessary trade restrictions re-
moved. Gen. JGelar responded that he agreed per-
fectly in what hd been said that the tariff policy
of Cuba was an old one, established more for the
protection of Spanish than of Cuban interests, and
was to such exlet as hurtful to the interests Of the
people of Cuba as of the United States, and he
thought something ought and might be done to miti-
gate the evils resulting from that policy. He said
the United Sites purchased almost all the
sugar and molasss Cuba has for sale Spain was
building up suga interests of her own France had
her own sugar production, and the United States
was almost the oily customer left to Cuba, and he
thought that if q reaty could be made between the
United States and Cuba, such as had recently been
concluded between the United States and the Sand
witch Islands, it would be a measure fraught with
good to both peoples. To this Mr.. Hamlin replied
that the Sandwich Islands are small in such interests
compared to Cuba; that he had already seen enough
to know that Cubs was large in her resources, and
that they were susceptible of great increase, and
while the United Safes would offer no complaint of
her treaty with thu Sandwich Islands, they would be
likely to do so in Inference TO a similar treaty with
C&ba, as conflicting with our sugar-growing inte-
rests but that he doubted not the matter would be
susceptible of adjustment on some satisfactory basis,
and the'two countries ought to endeavor to come to
such an understanding.