The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-03-17

We have seen several Treaty documents
received 10y last mail, anon which Is a
memorial 10 the Senate Finance Com
mlttee by Hon. J. Mott Smith. His
Maiesty's Special Commissioned at Wash
lugton, DC The argument of Com
missioner smith = Yut very ably and
clearly, ANA lu pointing ont the mutual adj
vantage> OF reciprocity between these Isl
andS and the United states presents the
following points in behalf ot the latter:
They uhe United States receive an out
lei Tor their prouuctaId manufactures, with
their profits thereon. This outlet i IN
creasinE rapidly year by year. was made
by the treaty, ana i dependent on il for
farther existence or increase. Your exports
for lsS2 exceed $500, 600.
They receive the whole carrying trade of
the Islands, goods and passengers, both in
ward and outward. as well Is inter-islaud.
The United states rs Il nation receives a
preparatory assurance of success in its de
sire for commercial supremacy on the
Pacific Ocean.
II receives some assurance as TO the
future when inteT-Occauic canals shall
have pierced this continent.
Ii receives n full assurance a to the
future ana the destiny of the Hawaiian
Islands. What that assurance is worth,
your Honorable Committee must Judge of.
For myself, after Il residence of more than
thirty years on those islands, their worth,
it seems 10 me, from you national point of
view, can hardly be overestimated.
We also have before rs an excellent
Treaty document in pamph ct form, entitled
Commercial Aspect OF the Hawaiian Re
cipiOciiY Treaty, prepared for the Finance
Committee of the Senate by Frederick ii.
Allen, His Majesty's Charge dAfdirCS
|. (dd Hlteriml. There i abundant evidence
afforded Us, by the receipt of news by the
last mail, that our officials at Washington
have been particularly active in the pre-
p~aration and placing of Information before
Congress and the people of the United
States.
OK March 25th, one week from next
Sunday, a memorial service reviewing the
life and honoring the memory of the late
Rev. Titus Coan, will be held ut HilO, Ha-
waii, where, for so many wears that Father
in Israel, lived and labored. The event will
call many together from the islands of the
group. and, if all who revere his memory
could meet on that day, Hiio would witness
Il gathering unequalled in her history as ii
Christian town.
We know that any "reminiscences of, or
observations upon his life work. that may
be deemed ofinterest will be gladly received,
ifSent by mail to the mecting; ami we hope
that all who nave such will contribute them,
and thus enhance the interest that will at
tach to this memorial service.
BY the City of Sydney, which left Tues
day night, Mr.. H.. ". Severance, Hawaiian
Consul at San Francisco, returned to his
home in that city. Mr.. Severance has been
enjoying Il short visit to the islands, and
returns to San Francisco with improved
health. He takes with him the hearty
aloha of his many island friends. He has
made himself popular, to the natives e
pecially, by his kindness and urbanity; and
"KeUarin0" as they call him, is always
welcomed by them on his visits here, and
hidden Godspeed on his departure. The
Royal Hawaiian Band serenaded him as
the steamer left the wharf, and we wish
him and his fellow passengers bon UOydge.
WE have been permitted to see an ORR
ginal letter written by Senator James G.
Blaine iii respect to the Treaty, and are
heartily pleased to note the following cor
dial expressions, giving us assurance of the
friendship and cooperation of 80 eminent
and influential a man in the Great Re
public
"You know how earnestly [ upheld the
Treaty when L was Secretary of State, and
how sincerely DESTROYS l am for its con-
tinuance as the permanent basis for COM
mercial exchange between the Islands and
the United States.n
Let those of our planters who contributed