The Hawaiian gazette., 1883-05-02
NEW YORK LITTER
The Course OF Politics in the United States
The Tariff Bill and its effect on Trade
The Business Situation. The Fancy Dress
Bah at Castle Vanderbilt.



Irsoui czr secular Scv York Ccrscs7oadcuti
Nru Yozx. March =, ISL
Rents and ra1-.urcs arr beginning TO show them
selves throughout the two great political parties
Disinsecratioa has unQucsiionahly Sc; in. twill
ts followed hy the fO-natory period and onlcoKess
viii then Fc-ccrve that new Purposes viii have az
raaccd the crsa. ooiy Of voters anew. The var
has drupped twenty yoars % the mar. The
question ~ revenue has cousc to the front. and
dra.S with il that pcrplexIuS problem tho tarin.
Foreign pcoTleS. who have made study Of Amer
Scan POLITICS. have been accustomed 70 rCard the
Republican party as the champion Of protective
.aria. and the nonaooTatSc party IS the advocate
Of fres trade There an. o. rather can tS no frce
traders ~ 50. in the United States while the GOV.
eminent has 70 raise the sum u nearly gl,OO0O0
rc- day % TSy the EXPENSES q The ua;oi. gcodly
sham II this must oous frorn tarih OK imports
sSlreirg preferable raosc u idIailol Ia thai 81
he more direct internal revcnue cogcciiogs The
igo sides to the question nov coiisaoeousy tefoTo
the people. are then more appropriately termed
i,-otrcsfvc vs.. \ revenue tariff. Il remains true
th,t A majority 81 tie Republican party hold q
;he hich tarif sid. In this they arc naturally
ahc;tsa by ihclCadrsc industries The pvopgietoTS
o. the latter lelve 10 stone unturncG % imprVsS
their thousands q. employees with the statement
that high tariE s. e., 4 rTohibiiivo rate 81 6ul
enables the u,anufacturcr kcrS - rsy a hichur
rate OF Ways. ThGs far, the workiuCuian has not
hcxu ablo g sc through this fallacy and TIT he
pchlioAuS have held s trump card When the
vofkiuymeu perceive that With tr,c trade IN
latoz igSOlf, tho privilege Ct importing the pau
pC- Labor q Europcan countries % saTplaut DIS
affected artlznS here and that NJ p-uicciivc tlTta
can upkold the rste II compensation. they vi uI-
quc>tiouah.y oarsc q dlsiuThanoo all arCsua iha
political koIizon.
I sgSak az tkcSc matters in detail. IS thsy cou-
MIS- The essence u what i nov. and VIII IN the
| immediate fafurC, couslIiuto the hiugc 10 many
riliticll rrovCs The Democrats party Is Sink
IuEly divided ca the tar1a question. Out section
| Is rsmpAutly On the var path for revenue tirin.
In favor u this view are such papers rs The Louis
we Cs-r1sr 7sausl. the New York W.-,5 and the
lSuaalo Carilr. three able DognccIatic journals
Thc New York TF7s,. tkcruhliclul Is 81 the sine
side and the h9rNfsg Pest, Independent Rcpah-
| lloanl hScwlse-
| NE rsS~acc II the iarIa bill has SItisficd no
one Even thoSe who voted for II a. the last mo-
rncut eIpruSs their contempt toE L. The bill nom
inaly adds few articles 10 the frs list. cuts down
Z number q rates Of duty mon and stcvl with
ont materially reducing thu ruveuue thercfru-u. IN
1 the aggregate, lops OF about SOlootl fpota ssisE
a-d an lSt reduces the sum total 10 b raiSsi in
| this vay about SS4QQ0oCO Vhcrc a SIau0oC0 IL
| duc1iul Vas prounised-
/ Sf,1iher year Will bring conventions foz the
Nominations q candidates for the Presidency and
the available material on both sldcS Is bclnC IN
| duSiriously croomed and tgot;od down the tack
| hv anxious trainers for public inSpcci2oD HIS
1 New York SaE, generally s sensible and PLAIN
srcken journal, Is cryi wildly for the shelving ui
av discussion On the tarIf az this iuuciure. N Or
Il der thai harmony may p-Cylil II the Democrats
caups and that party X thereby enabled 70 elect
Il a President. Il adds that the discussion If AZ
| abstraction 10. g. the tariff Is 81 no political
value and may cost the party 4 victory. This call
ing revenue question abstraction : almost On
4 par with the peace offerings Of these who. q; TIKI
outbreak II the civil war. talked Of the abstract
right Of a state 10 seoode and preferred that On.
should 60 ont u the Union rather than that blood
| should &c she'd
/ Already are the Republican factions, S...lvart
| and Half-hreed making uverturCS for peace hen
| II New York This attempt however, viii not STAY
| the vide cracks which are stretching aczuss thS
| ranks Of the parties Il = a season wherein ths
.rue citizen may rejoice. for the day when party
politios means plaoe-hUutinE has begun 20 darken
Reports are current here that the Cuban SuEll
crap i fro-n 10 70 = pr cent short although then
vii be enough 10 meet the demand from the nltsl
States Caban holders have been specializing
little holding back the crop fOg better prices. bu
| thus far have not succeeded IN their aims.
! I have JUS received an advance copy of thu GOV
eminent Bureau Of Statistics repuTi Of thu import
and exports for the month Of January last, ans
| fo- seven mouths ending Herewith Below VII
Be found an abstract which refers directly 10 i'm
ports admitted frpe q duty. fruTr Hawaii undo
the Reciprocity Treaty with the Hawaiian Stands
Jan. IusF+ Quan- VA. Qlza. val.
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