The Hawaiian gazette., 1883-05-23

the Reciprocity Treaty Arrangements
for Coming Hawaiian Money
NV YoEx. April sS,b. 1SSS
Some excitement has been caused during the
pasi week by long and sensational accounts IN the
daily papers concerning the prtsence Of leprosy IN
New York. reporter visited low Chinese opium
JOINT under the guidance Of mercenzry whisky
loving Chiuaman. and saw there native Of Hong
kong with the hic head. lions face and elephant
lee The pruprieior Of the Joint made ruW u
sufficient magnitude in consequence Of the IN
announced intrusiuil 10 cause the reporter 20 beat
hAsiv retreat and call patrolman for assist
auce. Accompanied by the policeman he returned.
hut Of ours. the ''sick man had hoCn spirited
away. The hospital RlackScll's Island was next
VISITED. Two Gases were found IN the skin ward.
Il was explained TO the winter that the nernaio-
logical Society Of the opinion that lcprusy Is
increasing IN New York. and that systematic efforts
will soon have to b made TO sequestrate cases U
to the present time no such effort has boon made
Even ihose IN the hospital are asScclated With
other PATIENTS the only difference IN their treat
nsui beinc that thCir bedding i kcpt scTlaraie-
One Of the two cssos referred 10 Vas a young
Marylsndsr. He became affected in the Bermuda
Islands. and l. hui - years u age Ihe otbc- =
Norwegian u years ode BE comes Of u legrrus
family. 4 German. who contracted the uiseaSe N
Mexico. died On Rlackvelrs Island in ISL. There
are also two Chinese Gases One JapanoSe boy,
who recently discovered thai he vas afflicted has
taken paSSlCe 10 Japan. About thirty c.isos have
come under the observation Of the DermaiuluClcal
Societv IN New York during the past eight wars
AID II Is believed that there are no less than l.
caSes here nov. Dr.. SturCIs slys that not long
ago leper escaped from the colony az Molokai. IN
your kingdom. and made his vay 30 Saitm. Mass
achuse;ts. he coi into the vorkhouse, and efforts
were rnGae 70 have hIrn sent 10 the New lork hps-
pifal. The ccuriesy was refused by the phySiciaaS
here. But there was an end 10 the quaIrei ior the
usr. has lust died. \ wealthy New lurier. who
has the disease. contracted II In Oriental coun-
tries he Is attended by two lhysicians, and rlats
out frequently II a closed coupe. lie Is never
seen bv former friends. Not NCry long ago Fhlla-
delphia was much exercised by the report that
81 an ESCAPED Hawaiian lepsr vas living II that
CITY. The man Is now II New York, living near
Broadway and sd Street. His identity Is kept
secret he Is said 10 be a wears old, was born IN
Honolulu and resided there, making occasional
New Hampshire He filed a judicial position II
the Islands, was man Of wealth. planter, and +
repuied 20 have possessed influence among The
natives and foreign population. He was attacked
about eight years aco, and Is under the constant
care uf his doctors The outcome uf the somewhat
uncalled fur excitement cuncernluE the presence
Of leyrusy IN New York Is an lncIpient movement
10 petition Congress 70 strictly prohlbii lInul-
20 exist. There Is some doubt Of any action beng
taken before this letter reaches you-
General : c. Armstrong h.S been rtadinC pa
per upnn The Hawaiian Islands" before the
Long Island Historical Socieiy Of Brooklyn. He
fcld us that the natives were Of the true Aryan
race and that Capt. Cook. who discovered them
and Was eaten for his pains introduced the disease
into the Islands which has cursed 80 many Of the
native population ever since. After mounting the
influence Of Christianity and modern CIVILIZATION II
developing the islands-lncreasinC the sugar crop
from l0Qn 70 60.0QQ tons per aunum-he touched
on the RecipIuciiy Treaty. This, the General eyi-
IDENTITY considers wise bIi Of international poicy
even for the United States. II Il should be ahro
gated said he. il would not only ruin many plant
Ors on the islands, but would cause the Hawaiian
Government 10 form an alliance with some Euro
h--aH fss ma rHnT
know our need Of these islands until 1t Is too late
to obtain then.
Washington advices state tia; after a conference
between yuur Minister Mr.. Carter. and Mr.. Bur
chart our director Of the mint an agreement has
been reached touching the coming Of money here
for the Hawaiian Government Il being The most
convenient for vcu. the COINS viii be struck Of at
san Francisco. The dies are nov making II the
Philadelphia mint under the personal supervision
Of Col. Buudon A. Snowden. superintendent. The
designs for the dies include profile Of King kala-
kaua's head one side and the great Seal Of the
Kingdom on the rCverse. About the seal Will Be
the names Of the GUNS IN raised letters N both the
Hawaiian and English languages The coins. as
YOU probably know. vii correspond 10 our dollars,
halves, quarters and dimes As soon aS the dies
are made they Will be forwarded with al dispatch
10 San Francisco. where. as Col. Snowden says,
Sl.0GO.010 worth Of silver akahi dala' hspalua
dsls.~ and hapahas will be co'ned and shIpped
TO Honolulu.
Iou will doubtless recall that our Young and
rising Congressman from Staten Island. in New
York bayl the Hon. Perry Belmont. formally pre-
senfed charges that sugar had been imported at
San Francisco as Hawaiian under the RECIPROCITY
Treaty but which in reality was from China. The
point made was an argument against the oonfiu-
uanoe Of the treaty. II being alleged that It was
made a closk TO let IN other sugars. by merglv
shipping them at the Sandwich Islands. At
the time Mr.. Belmont presented this change the
kecipruciiy Treaty was attracting good deal Of
attention IN Congress, account Of the loud com
plants which came from the sugar planters Of
Louisiana and others Immediate action was Of
clurse taken and the SECRETARY uf State wrote TO
Mr.. Rollin NJ. DaCCett. our Minister al Honolulu.
requesting him 10 learn what the facts were. Mr..
DscSeii's report has come TO hand. do not know
whether II Is Of sufficient interest 10 your people
generally. TO PRINT IN full. but / enclose II with
this letter and YOU can do as you 1T with II. IL
Is nov quite clear 10 even the most inexperienced
mind on questions Of sugar importations. that the
Hon. Perry Belmont's charges were not only IN
founded. but that the smuggling into san Fran
cisco Of Chinese sugar under the preteRse that Il
Is from the Sandwich Islands. Is practically impos-
sible However. this howl about anything which
can be. by hook or crook. attributed to the Reci-
prociiy Ireaty-is bound 10 appear from time TO
time. Notwithstanding the quite conclusive char
acter Of Mr.. Dacgeits explanation. It would Be
rash 20 say that il disposed Of the matter There
Will be allegations Of this and Of that, again and
again. but they will emanate largely from those
whose shoes pinch or who have an axe TO grind,
and the public at large vii. with the accompany
ing report IN mind. Judge for themselves.
Business IN the Unftsd States Is fair only. But
this Is explained as due 10 a conservatism boom Of
the slight crops Of ISIS and the excessive rail
az building OF 1SS2 Speculation IN railway stocks
and bonds last year also came 70 a head. aud has
been quite dull ever sinoe. Il Is only within few
weeks that boom in stocks has been organized. /
and even vet the heaviest bulls on exchange ap
pear in doubt about the staying powers Of the |
market. For year. business men appear 70 have |
been taking In sail and it has had sal1iary effects
Tra6e Is not rushing it used 10 be, but there /
are no real reasons for believing that anything like
commercial or financial panic Is lurking about, |
Our imports are little less from month TO month.
than last year at this time but our exports are in
excess Of corresponding months in lSS2, owing to /
the surpluses of cotton meat -four, corn. and Pc
troleum which have been shipped abroad. Our Il
provisions exports have fallen little behind The Il
present time Is clouded only in the industrial line
5y the Threatened strike of the Western Iron Mil
employees against reduction of from $50 90 - Il
for pudding iron after Jane 1st. The masters and
1en both stand firm. which points straight towards
strike. rFaling IN extent the prolonged idleness
Jituninous coal miners in the vicinity Of Pitts
Jurgh. who have decided TO strike against reduc-
ion Of from 81 10 cents per bushel for mining.
Money on call and on time Is plentiful at low
sfes. averaging here to per cent. Building is
Icfiye. and while interior merchants as a rule are
1ot sending forward large orders, they are buying
steadily IL small lots and paying cash quite as
feely as ever The public are secretly thanking
heir stars that the presidential election Is yet 80
ar away, owing to 4 dread on the part Of many
yusiness men TO the shaking up which that period
lWays brings But each party Is parading its
lresidential timber in full panOplY Of Ear. and
Iubbllng over sO-called planks TO i into the tra-
ifional platforms A CLAEK