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SATURDAY, MARCH /, 1891.
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CISCO BOARD or 7RADE REPORT.
The following from President Taber's report
before the San Francisco Board Of Trade,
which was adopted unanimously, is a strong
testimony in support Of the Treaty, and very
damaging fefu,ation Of the charge that il is on
ly in the interest u the Pacific coast iefners:
We have now had nearly seven years es
perience Of the working Of the reciprocity trea.
iy with the Hawaiian Kingdom, and have
found its results in enlarging our commerce
with those Islands, surprising the expectation
Of its most sanguine friends and gratifying to
all. The opposition to it in some parts Of the
United States comes from those who do not
fully understand its workings and have but a
small share In It's benefits. II those who op.
pose II would study 1t as a national policy,
they would be anxious to procure similar trea
Ties with other countries, which would benefit
the Atlantic side Of our country even more
largely than the Hawaiian has benefited US.
BY this treaty, FIVE small Islands in the Pacific
Ocean, with less than 10000 population, some
Of whom are removed only one OF TWO genera.
tons from barbarism, have become as much
dependent on American products and mrnu.
factures and as large customers Of our mer.
chants as any county in the United States Of
the same population. The benefits OF reciprocal
trade cannot be estimated 10y Custom house
statistics alone, nor should the fact be over.
looked, that Il our Government withdraws this
fostering benefit TO this people so near to US
geographically, and so allied to US in interests,
that in all but name they are under our flag
and our iellowtcitiscns, that European govern.
mcnts are looking with covctous eyes towards
them for similar, and even more liberal conces.
sion. From our missionary times to the pre-.
sent we have done too much for them TO OPP.
pose them now - and our interests commercial.
ly forbid that we should do so.
The following, also from the same able re.
port, Is a subject that concerns the commercial
prosperity Of these islands, and !, Is earnestly
hoped that San Francssco's effort to have this
great direct trade and travel continued her,
will meet with Response at the hands of the
government as il certainly deserves.
The contract between the colonies Of New
Zealand and New South Wales and the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company, for the tracspora-
ton Of mails between Sydney, Auckland and
London, via San Francisco, is drawing near its
termination, and the question Of its renewal OF
abandonment is being discussed in Colonial
California and English journals. This service
has been Of great advantage to the United
States, and especially to this city and coast.
II has opened a new market for many of our
California products and manufactures, which
has already becowe very important to us and
promises to Increase year by year il the service
is continued until il will become immense.
This growing commerce between the Colonies
and the United States is not viewed with favor
by English merchants and manufacturers, and
they prefer to see contracts made wirh the
Peninsula and Oriental Steamship Companies
for mail service by direct sea routes, via Suez
So far our countryh as done nothing to aid this
service, and we have seen, for over seven
years, an American company supported by
English subsidy submit the suggestion tina,
il may be well for this Board TO addrets our
Representatives in Washington on the subject.
This Colonial trade is Of grea, importance to
us, and can only be retain by steamers from
San Francisco and careful attention. Our
trade with China and Japan is growing year by
year, and we should sell them more goods
than we do.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
Mr. Belmont then concludes with the follow.
ing recommendations -
cannot but think that instead Of adopting
the joint resolution reported by majority Of
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, it is the
duty Of Congress to Immediately adopt joint
resolution OF something like the following
tenor -
Resolved, &C., That the President of the
United States be directed to institute an i'm
mediate inquiry respecting the frauds upon the
revenue Of the United States, in violation of
the act Of Congress, approved August IS, 1876,
chapter 900, entitled, An act to carry into
effect convention between the United States
OF America, and His Majesty King of the
Hawaiian Islands, signed on January 3d. 1875,
which frauds have been set forth and described
in the printed copy Of notes Of hearing before
the Committee on Foreign Affairs OF the House
OF Representatives on the bill [ ii. r., 2,o24),
to terminate said treaty. And il il shall appear
to the President that any such frauds upon the
revenue have been perpetrated then the per
petrators and all concerned therein, and espe-
cially all guilty diplomatic or consular officers
OF the United States, II any there be, shall be
Immediately proceeded against by criminal
prosecutions /; and also civil proceedings shall
be begun to forfeit the sugars or recover the
value Of any sugars that have been entered at
any custom house Of the United States in viola
tion OF customs laws
"And, further, that the President be directed
to report to Congress all the evidence obtained
by him in respect to such frauds, and what
steps he has taken under this resolution and
the results thereof
II also seems to me most proper that all
further action respecting notice to His Males.
~ the King Of the Hawaiian Islands Of the
wish Of the United Stetes that the treaty be
terminated shall be postponed until message
from the President shall have been received by
Congress in reply to the proposed resolution.
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