Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-11-03

NY Wtli AlHN INNlANllt ih AH.tN' sN' iiai' W
4 Go, the Irwin aud the Dmond lof
Irwin IS Co, the lllcklcld line and the
vessels occasionally consigned 10 Davies
& Co, and g.. w. MacafhucN Ca. were
dauhttss paying quite as much rs the
interests vt anybody demanded One
steamer a month might hishdably have
crowded ont some of the many
packets and the benefit ol regular,
win. ,ommoliuus steamship service
once each month would pcrhaps have
reroncilcd importers to paying an extra
ST. SO a tom ON sitlingvcsscl fteiRhJs
and the consumer ta paying the IN
creased cost ol goods hut It does not
seem quite hir To either the merchant
or the consumer that freight should hc
advanced and the packets hinlshcd ut
one blow IL has been estimated that
the regular packets lee behind them
from 5000 to $500 q trip Pant of this
went to the government and part to
dealers directly and indirectly. Pilot
age. toWagc, custom house entries,
go,crnmcnt stowagc and water were all
paid lor hy each vessel As each made
several trips the aggregate was very
large Beside the money paid the
government, each ship brought more OF
less supplies and did more OF less
painting and redtting here think no
one will claim that two steamers month
will begin to do SO much for either the
government or the people -
said a merchant who has often been
a oonsigncc "Steam power is bound
To rule in the long run. think we
might as well bow gracefully to the
inevitable, instead Of borrowing somuch
trouble because of the falling of OF the
packet service. 1t had to come some
time why not now ? What We ought
TO do as a community is to turn in and
lend hand to help the vessels out
We ought to increase our output oi rice
and bananas. We ought to develop
new industries, We ought to build
better roads to the VOLCANOES and around
our islands, We ought to preserve the
forest beauties OF our valleys and build
more and better inland accommodations
ior tourists We ought to advertise
these islands throughout the civilized
world and make them what President
Steele said they are fitted TO be" The
worlds sanitarium for SncN people
Said another heavy importer "No-
body asked Mn Spreckels to build
those vessels He took big risk with
his eyes open. He put million into
a carrying trade which did not justify
the investment of half that sum- Now
that Mr. Spreckelshas paid too dear for
his whistle he lcvies a contribution on
all OF us who have shipping interests of
our own"
SAID a third importer Mr. Spreckels
has done nothing that any other busi-
ness man in his place would not have
done He has had the ewhip iphandot the
situation, and hasused it leniently. 70
those shippers who had money invested
in ships he has agreed to pay percent
age OF the losses sustained by them in
the operation of the so-called monop-
oily. Steam freights at IS ton are
nearly as cheap as packet freights At s..
| rheactualditfercncc, countinginsurance,
interest, etc, is between 20 and so cents
ton, only, in favor of sailing vessel
frcights on sugars; and that is more
than offset by Mr. Spreckels generosity
in paying the Cuba basis at New York
rates-leSs only SIs 4 ton, while freight
insurance, aRrisfr, etc, make the ac,
tual difference in value $50 ton.
Said professional man; 81 am glad
one firm in town has had the manliness
TO preserve its independence. Whether
Mr. Spreckels has right to expect the
patronage of island shippers or no he
has certainly no right to force an
arbitrary surrender OF undoubted com
mercial rights, involving the interests OF
innocent persons outside these islands,
no matter how much money he has in
vestedin ships, no matter how much his
generosity and fair dealing have re-
bounded to the general good. Homo
lulu has geographical position which
entities her to become the great hall
way station ofthe Pacific Ocean. Every
winter our one harbor ought to have Its
share ofanchoringwhalers Every season
ought 10 bring us ships from Europe,
ships from China and ships from A :
stralia. Those ships ought to be induced
to touch here, spend something for re-
pairs and obtain little freight. Ii is
right that We accord preference to
American shipping; it is suicidal to give
to any flag far less TO any man-a a
monopoly of our carrying trade in either
passengers or freight We want cheap
freights and cheap fares; not cheap
freights for sugar expectation perhaps,
but certainly for slow and bulkyimports;
notnecessarily cheap fares for merchants,
Capitalists and tourists, but certainly for
mechanics who come and the unfortli-
nate poor who wish to 90 away. To
curtail the commerce of this port is TO
injure every poor man, woman and
child in il.
A plantation agent said; "rhcre is
great deal of talk about the Spreck-
els monopoly and some folks say the
agents ought have combined TO resist
it If they had done so they would
have LOST just S. a ton. Whyshould they
do that Who would be likely to
make it up to them' Not the small
merchants, not the mechanics, not the
professional men, not the politicians.
The agents, being business men, con
ceded Mr.. Spreckels' right to do as he
did and simply made the best terms
possible. In this community every man
works for himself, or gets badly left
and don't you forget j, :"
Another agent said "rhere are
reasons more important than merely