Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-12-09


is not necessary 10 enlarge further upon this
abuse oi the appointing power. 1t IS notori-
ous and Us effects are being seriously felt The
entire TAXATION question nce,ls wiser govern
mental attention, hut it cannot he hopcd for
during the presen, regime Possibly when the
present advisers Of the King are safely buried
in that oblivion which they SO richly merit
and the memory Of their corrupt administration
has passed from the mind Of the common.
wealth. the ruler Of this nation can I've induced
to give greater attention to the interests Of his
people.
T1fE PROFI7S or REClPROCfTY
We subioin an interesting and instructive
table, Tot which We are indebted to the forth.
coming Annual and Almanac compiled
from Custom house statistics, giving the com.
pautiyc values Of our impouaiions since 1878.
We commend it TO the careful pcrusal Of our
readers. and Trust that the CA,pHisle man will
suffer his jealous eye to rest upon it, his mind
to dwell upon it and his heart to treasure !, up.
1t is as curious as the once celebrated "Fif.
teen Puzzle !" tits capable of as many variations
The CA,pHifif man will not fail to twist it and
to turn it upside down and outside in and to ex.
hihi, it in a fashion that will prejudice and per.
haps appall his readers. lie will call a,tcn.
ton TO the large mportations from Great
Britain, Germany, etc. lie will emphasize the
statemen, that We imported nearly million dol
lars worth of dutiable OF bonded goods from
Great Britain in 1881. one hunducd and thirty
odd thousand from Germany during the same
year, and that the importations from other
countries were in due proportion.
lie probably will not mention the fact that
our mporta,ions from America are enormously
in excess of these; that in 1881 they were
nearly three times as great as those from all
the other countries put together.
The CAronicit man will harp upon the mil.
lions Of dollars worth of sugar which America
receives from us free of duty; he WILL doubtless,
make no mention Of the goods which we have
ordered under the trcaty--the value of which
exceeds nine and ehalf millions OF dollars
as dutiable or bonded goods, TO the value OF
more than three and one half millions OF dol.
lars.
| Mus, we reiterate that these liberal importa.
tions-they are certainly liberal when we take
into consideration the meager population of the
kingdom and the impoverished condition of
the majority-which are constantly on the in
crease are increased by reason of the advantages
offered us by the Reciprocity Treaty. The
sales of California to the Hawaiian Islands
have increased during the past six years more
than six fold They will continue to increase
so long as the treaty aids and sustains the
| planters, encourages immigration and enlivens
the local trade.
If the treaty is abrogated, or il it is no, re-
newed, disastrous consequences must result to
us. Trade will for time receive a great
paralysis will be sustained throughout the king.
dom. America will be conscious of it; Cali.
fornia will be especially aware of it, for to
California and to America have accrued fair
share Of the profits of reciprocity.
| Let the chronic growers and the disturbers
of the peace consider well this little table, for
| here all the facts in the case are set forth in
black and white, and no man can gainsay them
In some cases the importatons of the year
have been inconsiderabc, and the values have
been dropped into the column headed "all
other countries, and by comparing that column
with the one which tops the table it will be
seen how little we value all other countries,
and how greatly reciprocal neighbor, the
| United States of America