The Hawaiian gazette., 1882-03-15

TIE kilograms tell rs that on February
18th the Committee began hearing the
arguments on the bill to abrogate the
Hawaiian Reciprocity Treaty. The chief
speaker 1n the occasion was H. A Brown
H. alluded to his letter which had been
published IN the San Francisco Cirauos.
apparently with some satisfaction. ign0r-
M the fact that that same letter had been
turned inside out In the columns Of the
VrriHt. It's figures shown 70 b. erroneous,
IL reasoning fallacious He followed
with series OF Wild charges which are
calculated 20 seriously injure If not fatal
y wound the cause he desires 10 advocate.
The American Minister. according TO Mr..
Brown. has gone ont Of his way in ignor-
iu- Custom House figures IN his com
muuicatiUus 10 the State Department
The Hawaiian Islands are supplying
themselves in some mysterious way with
sugar Ia excess OF the local production.
He claimed supply came from China and
tho Philippine Islands Astute man; per
hays under similar circumstances Mr.
Brown could not Withstand the tempta
uou o. defraud the United States Govern
meut Of revenue. to which he SAYS our
planters or their agents have succumbed
Charges Of tins kind are easily answered.
Our representative in Washington. must
have I'M his hands ample material with
which 90 simply carry the legs from under
Dir. Brown IL l. a matter of surprise
that any man should put them forward
with any hope Of having them believed
Where Mr. Brown got his facts from
does not appear. probably from that fer
tile mandatory Of similar facts. the
-anctum Of the Ci=rir', Office Another
Obsolete and exploded charge Is that the
Kings tour was Tor the purpose Of find
ing bidder for the Islands and that be
returned q disappointed man from Europe
because he could not find one. Il has
bren generally thought that this ancient
cauard this very tough wlld-duck. had
been put to death long ago, but here he
is. sort uf galvanized mummy OF a duck,
jerking his wings and waddling in a sort
~ suaSmodic manner before the House
Commmittee Mr. Browns arguments
VIII not hold water AIr. J. Hale Sypher.
the next speaker. was also quite sure from
his experience a. q planter. that the large
increase IN our sugar production cannot
honestly have taken place. He. presum-
'ly from sad experience also. Is sure
that the increase comes from other coun-
tines. He also finds that the Treaty has
not brought q dollar Of trade TO the c9un-
tn Not O. fact TO bring forward TO sup
pdrt bis charge. no practical knowledge Of
what energy and good management can
cat ont Of our fertile soil q sort Of hazy
information about the number Of planta-
tons on the Islands. a readiness to credit
Us with SOD on 500 or 1000 Men who
haye only this to urge against MS need not
Dr. feared 1t VIII take far more power
full argument and much better put to
cethcr to shake the Treaty. The news Is
really mlrp hopeful than II has ever been
The enemy has begun 70 FIRE and instead
of finding his guns double sh0tted, and
his Tillerymon Skilled marksmen, there
i~ discharge Of very harmless charac
ter harmless because made where 1t Is. 1t
can DE- met and triumphautly refuted
and the menmauagng the guns are point
ing them into the AIR