Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-02-03
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NEW YORK, January 9.-The Woyld, in
column editorial on the Hawaiian Treaty, con.
cludes as follows: The Sandwich Islands treaty
Injuries no one, but benefits everyone on the
eastern slope Of the Rocky Mountains, and as
Il admits certain sugar free Of duty to the
Pacihc Coast, it ought to benefit consumers
on the western slope. That which robs the
the Pacific Coast Of the full benefit Of free
sugars is the thing for Californians to deal With,
without Fostering the ueaty.making power in
Washington. All this "fuss" over sugar and
Spreckcls really means at the bottom a combi-
nation 10 aid the British Government and Sir
Charles Dixie TO impede, and, if possible,
thwart the negotiations now committed to e1-
President Grant Of a reciprocal commercial alli-
ance with Mexico, which is a country capable
OF producing indefinite supply Of sugar
II this negotiation is successful, the principal
OF unhlndered trade will in the end sweep Us
into alliance with not only all the States Of
Central America, but Cuba and Porto Rico
also.
NEW YORK, January 5th.-The Horlf's
editorial says: In the matter Of the Sand
wlch Islands treaty, il would obviously be
very inconvenient, well as very silly, for
the House to advise the abrogation Of a
treaty which the President is convinced
should not be abrogated. Congress has
neither the power nor the right to compel the
President to abrogate treaty. As the Sand
wich Islands treaty relates to revenue, the
House has right respectfully to invite the
President to give the House his views, and
even those views, If President Arthur has any
views on the subject. he may in certain circ,im.
stances refuse to give TO the House The
Sandwich Islands treaty is reciprocity treaty,
under which, in consideration Of the admission
into those islands Of. large list Of American
products free Of duty, the United States
promises to admit Sandwich Islands sugar free
OF duty into our port. II any average Repub-
lican Member Of Congress, not being interested
in the sugar lobby, will consult any good
atlas and see how plainly thirteen islznds Of
the Kingdom Of Hawaii lie in the track Of
British commerce between the Islands of
Central America and China, and will then
consider what is now going on in Downing
street in London about those islands. perhaps
he will perceive that there is something in our
diplomatic relations with the King Of the
Hawaiian Islands quite as important as the
sugar lobby. The imports into those Islands
now amount to more than Ss,ooo,oo a year.
WASHINGTON, Jan. I2.-The Foreign Affairs
Committee met to-day to consider the question
OF recommending the abrogation Of the
Hawaiian treaty. Some time since the com.
mittee invited the Secretary of State and the
Secretary of the Treasury to give their views in
writing on the subject, and a letter from Secre-
tary frelinghuysen was received by Chairman
Williams the day before yesterday. Secretary
folger's letter is now being revised at the
Treasury Department, and the committee
therefore postponed action until the 10th al
which time Mr.. Folger's opinions will be laid
before them. The subject OF the abrogation OF
the treaty was discussed in Cabinet last week,
and i, Is inferred that as regards the main
proposition the Secretary Of State and Secretary
of the Treasury are agreed. The committee
this morning decided to treat Secretary FIRE.
linghuysens letter as an executive paper,
and not make its contents public. He is
opposed to the abrogation OF the treaty for
political reasons. In his letter he calls at.
tention to the advantages that it gives US. He
lays stress upon the clause of the treaty that
binds the Hawaiian government so long as the
treaty is in force not to lease or otherwise dis.
pose or create any liens upon any OF its ports,
harbors other territory, or 10 grant any
special privilege or right TO use said por S
harbors or territory to any othes power or
government, or make any treaty whereby any
other power may acquire the same privileges
as the United States. The Secretary Of State,
however, suggests modification Of the treaty.
Among the articles which it stipulates shall be
admitted free Of duty into the United States is
muscovado, brown and all other unrefined
sugar, meaning thereby grades heretofore com