The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1879-10-15
The Commercial Correspondent of
the "HaWaifnn Gazette

The editor Of the H0raiiaH Gu=ete 4 probably
aware that there is little knot Of jabbers three in
this city who the avo~ed enemies Of the Islands
friends. the re6ners and also the opponents Of the
treaty and the slauderers of its operations One or
two discontinued newspaper men have lent their aid
TO bring Island sugars. the Island trade and the
treaty into disrepuie with the American people as
Of retaliation for Anced sights or for refusal
to submit to blsekmsi. One Of these newspaper men
controls the Grocer Of this city, and in his columns
he loses opportunity Of disparaging the treaty.
The other from circumstances beyond bis control, is
compelled TO work secretly in this city. but is
not less industrious, and if mistake not be is the
commercial correspondent of the HapaiioA Gozefts.
To the fght going between the Island sugars aud
the importatons from New York, the Hawaiian King
dom is party It's interests insepArably bound
up with those which the MERCHANT advocates. The
utter unserupulousness of the utber side may be
timsted from the Perusal of article concerning the
CalTs bogus news. No Hawaiian paper afford to
allow its enemies TO its columns publish matter
that the propreer Of trade journals here forbid ap-
peariug in their own, because they untrue and
unjust. II they untrue they are ISLANDERS upon
those Wh5 giving life to the treaty, if they are
unjust they just to Island interests The very
article Of which complain could not have been
inserted by its writer in the San Francisco journal
his connected with, except the risk Of the
loss of his position. For the future it would be pru
dent to edit that correspondents letters better
still, drop them in the waste basket. The MER-
CHANTS fight is the Islands fight and the Grocers
fght is for HAvemeyer and New York sugars The
commercial correspondent Of the Hapaiian Ga-ette
is the avowed friend of the New York sugar impor-
ters and has. only been senced in this city in the
most portant journal be has access to- by spiking
I his gVns He has two channels of communication
with the public yet; one is literary weekly in San
Francisco the other the Ho'oaiiaH GoEee. Verb sap
The foregoing article we find in the San
Francisco Merchant of September 18th, which
we publish in order to say, that there are two
points in the article that seem to call for a
reply. In the first place, we were not aware
(as the Merchant supposes) that there SIS
little knot of jobbers (three) in this city
60 San Francisco) who are the avowed enemies
" of the Islands friends, the refners, and also
" the opponents of the treaty and the SLAM
"derers of its operations" We very naturally
I inferred that there were at least two sides to
/ the controversy between the New York sugar
men and the refners of San Francisco, and for
that reason were willing that the relative merits
of that controversy should be discussed be
/ tween the parties TO it, We profess to publish
an independent journal, and to let everybody
/ have a fair show in our columns, so long as
I they con6ne themselves 10 legitimate and
temperate discussion, and therefore, permitted
/ our San Francisco commercial correspondent
between the New Yorkers and the reGners of
/ San Francisco. We never did and never will
I think that any good cause can suffer from dis
cussion, and cannot sympsthize with any party
/ OF parties who would endeavor to stihe dis
cussion by depriving them of fair chance to
ventilate themselves and their sentiments
/ through the newspapers. 1t is grand mis-
/ take to suppose that any cause can be ad-
vanced by shutting the door rudely in the
/ faces of persons who differ with them on any
subject That cause Is not worth maintaining
that will not bear the full light of day. So
/ far as our correspondent is concerned We know
( he is perfectly competent to take care of him
self on this sugar question or on any other he
may deem worthy his attention, and therefore,
we are content to leave him to take care of
himself; but of one thing the Merchant may
rest assured, and that is, that we cannot adopt
Its advice, gratuitously rendered, by closing
our columns against any respectable gentleman
who may think it duty 10 take issue with
the San Francisco sugar re6ners, because we
regard the matter in controversy as of public
Importance and therefore should be discussed
| for the public good. The Merchant is mis-
taken in supposing our correspondent to be
an enemy OF Hawaii, and the ally of New
York sugar men He is Hawaiian, with all
his sympathies in favor of the Reciprocity
Treaty, in active opperation. On this subject
the Merchant must guess again.
We are free to add that we are not among
those who feel excessively sensitive on the
subject of the reciprocity treaty between the
United States and the Hawaiian Government,
because we know that that treaty cannot be
affected by the misrepresentation of interested
spectators either in New York or San Fran
cisco; Hawaii will faithfully carry out all the
stipulations of the treaty on her part, and
therefore, she has no cause Of fear. We trust
that this explanation will satisfy the Sar
Francisco MeTchG1a so far as the HAWAIIAN
GAZETTE is concerned, and more particularly
when we assure the Merchant that we do moi
hold ourselves responsible for the utterances
Of our correspondents.