Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-01-28
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Action of tho Chamber OF Commerce.
HnScirlu II. l.. January 18th, lSS2. [
StB: ~ meeting VI the Chamber u Commerce .
OF nonoinlu. held this day, We the undersigned .
were appointed committee 10 address ynur Excel. /
lcncy aud &, call your attention to the attacks
which have bocu made 10y the san Francisco .
Ch-rst.l.. and other newspapers in the United F.
States upon the labor system OF this country.
which is characterized as slavery" or 'peouner."
upon our planters. charging them with cruelty aud
oppression towards their employees; and upon our
merchants who are charged with violation Of the
terms Of the Reciprocity Treaty. in that they ship
To the United States rs Hawaiian prcduc,s, sugar
and rice grown manufactured In other countries.
IT. addition to these attacks many false statements
have been made, which are douhticssly intended to
create prejudice agains, this country and iniure
its chief industries.
We are directed TO respectfully request His
Mnjesty's Government To instruct the Hawaiian
Minister Resident at Washington To- inform the
Secretary IT State Of the United States that IL his
Government attach any value whatever 90 the said
attacks and statements, His Mnjcsiy's Government
will gladly an investigation held, either by the
United States officials now resident h,reur through
Others specially appointed for that purpose. and
the mrmbets OF the Chamber ot Commerce pledge
themselves To- give every facility tu such invesign
sye. aud 90 exercise their influence with all plant
ers 20 the same end.
We are Furthermore authorized by the Chamber
Of Commerce 20 deny emphaucally that there Is
ANY system " Slavery" or "pcOnace' in this
country, or that plantation lAburcrs or others are,
or can be abused without being able To obtain full
Mud speedy redress, and also to deny that there
has been any violation OF the terms OF the Reel
prccity Treaty.
Your E,cciieucy is - intimately acqun inted with
the employers of labor, with the merchants, and
with the laws and their practical working that
you must he fully alivc to the injustice of the
charges to which have briefly referred, and
which have been unfounded, extrayagnnt and
malicious. that the planters and merchants have
hardly considered 1t necessary 10 contradict them,
and only the fear that continued silence might be
misunderstood. has led the Chamber of Commerce
to address this letter your EJcollency. We have
she honor to remain your EIceency's most obcdi-
eni servants.
(Signed.) Cu,s. II. BIsuup
SAMUEL " CASTLE,
Z. NJ. Sw,SsEI for
THro. II. Dawes.
To His RScelicrcy William L. Green II. II. NJ.
Minister Of Foreign Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT or FoREiaS ArrlrBs, }
Honolulu. January li;h, iSS2.
Nss,rs. c. X. Bishop. 5. ". Castle aud r. n. Duriss
COMMITTEE Of m, CHAMBER Of Commerce.
GESriEsEs IL have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of Your communication dated the llth
instant, conveying the views of the Chamber of
Commerce. a. to the means which may be adopted
with reference Ia the attacks which have been
newspapers upon the labor system OF this country,
and upon tine planters of these Islands, charging
them with cruelty and oppression towards their
employers: and upon merchants who are
charged with violation of the terms of the Reel
prOcity Treaty, III that they ship to the United
States as Hawaiian products, sugar and rice grown
manufactured in other countries.
The injustice and extravaganza of these charges
l. 50 notorious here that His Msje.ty's Govern
ment have felt somewha, as the planters and mer
chants do, that IL WAS hardly necessary to contra
diet them still in other countries, will doubt
be advisable to refute them, and His Majesty's
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentilry
in Washington, has already replied to several of
the statements when they appeared in publications
which had any character for respectability.
His Malesty's Government will grant every
facility for the investigation the spot of any of
these charges, and will instruct its Representa-
tive at Washington, although 1t cannot of course
officially recognize any foreign official investigas
ton. into matters which mainly concern our own
laws and their proper administration.
With respect 10 the last and perhaps most i'm
portant charge from at least an international
point of view, namely that our merchants had
Violated the terms of the Reciprocity Treaty with
taken some action before the last ,IeatIvt
San Francisco, you will observe BY the enclosed
copies o: note which addressed to His Excel
ency J. Nj. Comfy the United States Minister Resi-
dent, dated the lith ulio.. and the reply of His
EIcellency dated 18th same You will observe
that His Ercsllency's reply is very full and must
pfeas ni the sry gpT}Saeea 'n ,S mat no
suggested is possible, whilst AL know a mat
ter OF fact that no fraudulent shipments whatever
United States are made.
Copies of this correspondence were handed to
His EIcellency H. A. L. Carter, His Majesty =
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipOtenti-
airy TO His Majesty the King of Portugal, and he
was instructed to remain q short time in Washing
ton, and make such use of the corresI ondeuce.
combined with his personal assurances, ms would
be most likely to accomplish the desired object of
refuting the grossly erroneous statements which
had been published.
can hardly doubt that he will succeed IN doing
so. His Maj-sty's Government will however con-
tinue to furnish Its Representatives in Washing
ton with such information, suggestions and in-
structions as may appear best calculated to remove
the bad impression these erroneous statements are
likely to produce in foreign countries, and in
doing 80 will continue TO look for assistance from
the Merchants and Planters of the Islands as
represented by the Chamber of Commerce.
have the honor to remain, gentlemen
Your most obedent, humble servant,
W. l.. GREEN,
Minister Of Foreign ABdirs.
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No. p. DEPARTMENT OF FoRErGS Ary,rgs !
HONOLULU December, 18th. 1881 !
HIS EIc,fiseey James ". Comfy, L. 5. Munster
Resident.
sal have had placed in my hands this morn.
ing copy of the Boston morning journal of Nov
l2ih last IN which is article headed The Hay.
aiian Treaty" One paragraph reads as follows
"Our Treasury authorities, from Investigations
that they have made, have no doubt tina, the
increase of the exports of Sandwich island
hat "a. IL