The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-08-20
III NJ


$3.50 80 H@H ..a@ aaMNa 4a- ~ i.
TIE paucity % foreign arrivalso o. departure. the .ntc-.
ialand steamers and sehooEcrs being taxed o. the!r ut
most capacity IN Carrying ths freight an prs-euger-
from This port % ports IN other Islands. and as number
% the plantations have stopped grinding aud are eugs-si
~ cleaning up. we cannot bat say that a fafr ara1ur. Of
business a. being transacted during this. our duu season.
susar 10 arriving very slowly and the f~5rvrriir- %
rice from the othsF ISLANDS has been someuhat retarded
BY bad weather Wshsvo. however. a slac.sut quartlty
% our Principai domestic products on hand % suprIy
the tonnage now under way.
The EsEt departure Tor sau Fraucislo VIII Dc the " II
Dimond' she probably getting away on The 2sth inst The
next arrival will be either the s-hr y II Meyer. now
due. or the II " Aimy. duo On the 2-Hd inst
Below We give tho letter 81 williams. DiuruI = O..
mention Of which wss made 10 uhs last issue d she ADJ
vrErsEE-
sis FEtscae0. July -. 1851
DIS sH Ia Wv q ne approaching terniaaaon o.
and the Cuited states. Il seems a attag ta.e 10 c5u.ii.r
that measure While IL romans In f6rce- ana a. 10 ssse
time tend 70 perPstuate the advantages that have con-
gensral prosperity % the Islands daring the last four
There certainly need be 10 occasion o. multiply word.
20 prove that these bcrehta arc great. and well worth
viii show the rapid increase o. trade between that port
aud san Francisco. and the returns that the planters
results much more accoptabIe than those tEat tErv were
hsETy Import duties. and the atfenIaHi ehaF5e. ~
l-9 = sEa Soaais-ioHa - oecalle an aHxioGf question
Under these etreumstanees, and a. the arrangements
% ~ uA4-tnest OF the next season VIII gllu be IL orIgr-
We think 10 due % our Constituents md frIends- wttu
whom We are havin= such active sad iutilnato business
a ~proftAble success for next years campaign. aaa At
-ene Tine give encouragement foE renewed eNeFtIyHs u
We can understEnd that Il : aid has been a queItiou
under discussion With sou whether Il IL not better 4
place Jour sugar here IN open uarkst rather than nske a
eoa.rASt with tho renaeEies II has been stated
AhAtth HeeiprOeIty Treaty has become unpopular
VIE the masses o. The Paetne tGast. because tnSy think
Ind That our jobbing merchants are dissatisfied A.
under the existing conditions OF futugs there ~ M.
opportunity to speculate IN sugar.
20 the Treaty. because Il gives the rehHeries On this
sSasi an undue adysntsge. should sugar b. shipped -
ITEM II - said. they Will withdraw their opposition
az. That planters can get better prices for me grocery
Esnners here make large proAts on resaIes Of such
To all this We reply as follows. o.
list We have no idea that " the masses" trouble them
they know that = . rule they he are as. ~ s th .san sTn
business with the Islands Is a benefit 10 all departments
io6ber may feel ~sgsrievsd because he eaSuot zen up 8
corner In sugar. a. was generally done IN this market.
9rd We DO not imagine that any such feeling exists t.
nothing 10 WarrSnt the belief mat tns Fsl1sds S-a -
VIII prOvs Elective. Tue strongest and must succeasfu-
nsds TO the Treaty By tue powerful Eastern sugar inter,
= , - ,51t sTlsE % our TsaS;s distance from the
way uufavorably Affected By the new condition vi thfngs.
s5Is 70 supply al the dsmssds OF our = t1.5 iT yssIs been
that did noe Interfere With Eastern requirement..
1850 49, - A-eaA N@AAF eAHs hLA
u esnnot be eontroyerted, 80 long as hawaiian sst1rs
s1zr--sfvs ae,iSs foG.rs az bolSy, = avoid any
would invite the united opposition Of the southern ami
ation OF the treaty. We have the assurance OF New
YORK gentleman. thoroughly yersed In trade and politics.
that shipments OF sugar reaching View York from Homo
lulu would create q feeling that would place cu former
10 what would come and thus what might appear as a
temporary advAntasr would, In effect. prove an irrep4ra-
this fact as they refuse 10 avail themselves OF the oppor-
taniues offered them Of shipping their present OvsrstJck
CT reuniug Erndea 10 pglnt3 east OF the Missouri River
whore they could do 50 with profitable result
are now paying the planters the same prices that they
csn import sugar from hsnila, and have not the beueht
of the option Of buying when prees are lowest, but
under their contracts, they are obligated 10 take all ~ Il
about three millions OF dollars. subject Is shsrge Of
th t5SSE ths. as 81 ~ : a a. ,he loss 81 interest. and
proat on such sugar az they may resell. Unless they
buy except "a they may require for immediate wants.
aaa sonssa1sntly there 70 no saaFanieed stability j.
the planters OF making contracts for their crops \
chances and risk OF competition aud opposiii5a AMI
would a not be good policy 10 seli all q the rehueries.
- naeb a. ean be realized froI -hlD.asBts a.. F..t.r1
portsi We believe the rsnneres Will take your sugar on
such conditions. a. they fully realize the Importance Of
markets. foEreasozs we have already named.
ale. based on present prices ruling AZ bofh points 81
supposed shipuaent o. Hawaiian sugar PolartEHs 90 per
pEeesssS Sisea. or 4 cent and ave.haadrrdtbs 1er HHanS
= "a ~ cost All eharses 40 the tvo p,rt, md m
tbIs eStlmats We have not taken into confederation I'M
greater loss in weight consequent on the voyage around
cape Horn. nor the deterioration IN polarization that
S1lI nssS ,et. gar{leniiaTIy With the foEsr srS4esxof +agsg :
-nor for extra tars q over ~ per cent demanded by
Ton 10 New York. a. that Is the present rate from here
and there Is no probability o. a decline Tor at least q
year 10 come. owing TO the immense surplus OF wheat
70 be moved from thfs coast. We have s1vrn the sup
possd shipment 70 New York the benefit OF prompt saiss
90 ARRIVAL, which cannot be safely considered A. certain
q hiShest market auotad2ns are sEPsgted- IL wtil be
an average o. four months, thus Greatly Increasing the
per cent. additional should be charged to cover these
We will here remark that Hawaiian sugars In New
York would be absorbed entirely By the rehneries la T.
the case with Cuba sugarsl ss they po.arlEs 50 high. For
Tor Yellow c rehned, and sac for Cuba ceutufugals,
gS SaIi oasshSif 20 one cent per pound more Tor Teaned
ysIl0ws. both here and in New York than FOR the bes:
m csatiusioa. We would respectfully submit, that san
asaaslss 2alEst rr HS&ahaa Tr5dass. aad AIS the most
eonvsnisnt point FOR procuring supplies fos the Islands
clEaon Of the IA allan trade IN their combined and per
s sss q i. s y ssmstssS fact that Without tbSse ssafts. an
ne Influence that san Francisco vas able 70 bring 1
bar on the subject In Congress. the Treaty woulf never
IES sane ~ -1rs srIliv ~ i.ers--sf ~ -
f~anaIIiar business fntsFcOurse and while We All hope an
sion OF the existing favorable relations between the two
sSst Hs-aii has urgent nesd OF all her Friends and we'll
Wfshsrs % command the success sac deserves aud Il
gsaksn united aud Harmonious action. such a. - emi-
neutly necessary % counteract tne powerful cofIulnltl1l-
fhaf Will most undoubtedly be arraysd against a rcncwa
81 the Treaty. then there can be 10 certainty Of retaiuIug
thc beuaffg We have all worked 10 hard 60 secure. and
are 30 anxious % preserve
We are urged 20 place these facts before the plauters
In vour Islands. not confniug ourselves % cur own cor
reapondents. bat desiring C give the fullest information
10 The euffre commercial community OF Hawaii ut
because We fear q temporary loss 10 our active trade
Uhfch mlrht be directed b other quarters for we are
rertafu snrh ventures could only b. experimental ht
We are extremely anxious that the prosperity Of the
isIaads- sud the great commercial benefits which are now
aecruing 70 them through the Treaty. should not b
feopardired through any misapr reheusiou Of the situa-
tlon- we feel that there has been no arm In this couutry
that has had the opportunity % more clearly appreciate
the WORKING Of the Reciprocity Treaty than ourselves,
Who have been idsutined with IL since a.. inception, ard
sarusst workers for its nd0ptfou and therefore we are
ronatsrf that We can speak 20 the Hawaiian planters
Effh ths assuranra that We Will rot be misuBderst0od.
Very faithfully yuurs,
WILLIAMS. DEEogp X Co.