The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-03-24

The Reciprocity Treaty may be set down
as safe for another twelve months, nay, for
another two years. Active agitation, or
discussion for its abrogatiOn, if ever re-
newed, cannot begin until about one year
hence, and before that time has elapsed, we
think the safety of the Treaty will be better
ensured than ever. When speaker Keifer's
gavel fell at noon on the 4th instant, aud
announced the close of the 47th Congress, n
victory had been gained in the interests of
our Treaty. For some time during the late
session OF Congress we all know what an
array and marshalling of forces had been
organized by immensely wealthy interests
in the Eastern States, at Il cost of S240, 900,
as rumored, and we know too what an I'M
scrupulOus onslaught had been made on the
Treaty and country by the sensational press
Of the Coast. As a consequence, friends of
the Treaty were dishearted and foes were iu-
bilant. The anti-Treaty party in Congress
had able and experienced leaders i'm Morrill,,
Gibson and Belmont, but for the cause of
the treaty, there does not appear to have
been any active leadership in Congress-;
but there were able working friends outside
and to their in~defatigable endeavOrs, as far
as we have observed, must be accredited
the efforts of giving correct information,
of changing opinions, and of checkmating
active anti-Treaty movements. Among
these workers i'll our interest, outside of
Congress, who aided in obtaining n sub
stantial victory in our behalf, the highest
credit is due 10 our special Commissioners,
Hon. J. Mott Smith, now at Washington.
y CORRESPONDENT travelling through
Eastern seas calls our attention TO the fish
ing junks of China, and points out the
wonderful industry of an immense pOpuIa-
ton who live at sea, and who furnish Il
very important quota to the subsistence of
the population OF the main land. And as
some of these junk men propose to come
out here to ply their vocation in Hawaiian
waters, We now call attention to the sub
ject.
The fishing junk of China is manned bv
crews that always carry their families with
them and, while the men are engaged i'm
casting net and line, the women are EN-
pie yed III cleaning, sailing, and drying.
The Chinese apply their most patient and
indefatigable spirit of industry in the vOca-
ton of fishing. They scour the Chinese
waters, and are not content with the narrow
limits of the n-shO fisheries, but troll in
the deep sea, fifty or more miles from shore.
They have organized n perfect system, not
only of the usual methods of fishing, but
have a multitude of cOntrivances for the
preservation and transportation of fish, and
for their storage and distribution in con-
nectiOu with the market establishments
OH shore. We do not know whether any
Chinese fishing enterprise or any other
foreign fishing enterprises are coming to
our assistance, but we 10 know that there
Is q great need of larger enterprise in our
Hawaiian fisheries. Considering the album
dance of live stock in our waters, Honolulu
should have Il market stocked every day in
the year with an abundance of fish, cfaw-
fish, limpets, sea turtles and every eatable
product of our seas. There should be no
liability to any scarcity of food in these
islands. The ineXhaustibie fish supply
should render any grazing or butchering,
food monopoly impossible. Good fish ought
to be always plentiful in Honolulu ut a
rate never to exceed five cents per pound.