The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-01-06
Mr.. H. A. P. CARTER IN BOSTON.
THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.

agent of the Hawaiian Government, who is
on his way home from France and Portugal,
where he has been on diplomatic business
concerning his Government, made the state
ment that they are on a most admirable
basis. the result of a treaty between the
countries made by Mr.. Allen and himself
some six or seven years ago. AS far back as
Mr.. Stewards time, said Mr.. Carter. the i'm
portance of the neutrality of the Sandwich
Islands toward all other nations was recog-
nized by the statesmen of this country, who
saw that should any power obtain suprem-
acy there that power would have a station of
immense utility should it desire to attack the
Pacific Coast of the United States. Mr..
Seward and others tried vainly to prepare a
treaty which Congress would ratify. At last,
however, the Government of this country
recognized the necessity, and it announced
Its determl alton to maintain that desired
neutra lily at any cost, by force of arms if
need be. The Hawaiian Government. well
aware of its own weakness, had always de-
sired to be on friendly terms with all its
neighbors, and had looked with especial favor
on its neirest neighbor the United States.
The treaty. then. was finally drawn up and
ratified. Under it the most important clause
decl res that no power shall be given any pre-
ferment, polite | or otherwise, within the
bounds Of Hawaiian territory. The provi-
sions next IN Importance provide for the adj
mission, free of duty, into the witch
Islands, OF a long list of nrticles from the
United States while in return the latter Go
vernment admits from the Sandwich Islands,
without tax, sugar. rice, and a few fruits and
other natural products. The result is that
the annual interchange of products between
the two countries amounts to about 81 000-
600 each way. while the capital invested IN
the Islands has increased from $1,000, 900 be-
fore the treaty to about $50, 600, 900 at pre-
sent. To be sure some twenty odd mil ions
of this is American capital, but the country
has the benefit of it.
AS | said before; the Hawaiian Government
knows its own we kness, and knows, too
tn t to sustain itself it must have the most
f vorable commercial relations with other
nations. Those rela tons with the United
st ties are most favor BILE and we have no
disposition to make any change, nor do l
think that the American Congress, which,
by the way, is not so bad a body as it often
l is said TO be, would nbrogate a treaty so ad-
vantageous and so important TO the interests
of its own Government for any such reason
as that given above. The provisions of the
treaty, favorable bs they are TO the United
States. naturally are more or less distaste-
$ full to some of the other powers. Great
) DiiIhlH iCS"ItS IL Il SlfliS tue OuIleu
States political preferment, while France in
= sisted that certain clsuses of our treaty with
her should be stricken out, and a part of the
It mission from which | am returning has been
e 10 patch that matter up. The French Gov
It eminent has cast longing eyes at the most
n important country in the northern Pacific,
e and anticipated much advantage to itself
y from the completion of its Panama Canal
but 1 fancy that the United States is able to
take care of its own interests in this direc.
ton. 4 n 4 AS you probably know, the
population of our islands has been decreas
IS ing at an alarming rate. Contact with
v civilization brought with IFS evils In the
to shape of vices and diseases, and the decrease
lie in native population from mortality, amount
a ing to ten per cent in six years, with prac.
Of tically no immigration to supply the loss
in A few years ago, Chinese began to come t.
is the country in large numbers They founC
d it a perfect paradise, and devoted themselve
e to the cultivation of rice. In California tn
le opposition to them had the effect of banding
lie them together, both in interests and in tn,
o. location of their dwellings, a result whicl
Is made them more offensive than before. Ii
is the Sandwich Islands they meet with II
IN persecution. and the nuisance of their herd
o! ing together was avoided. But there Wa
Sc a danger of another nature connected wit
h heir settlement of the country Our entir
ID population numbered about $4,000; of thu
es number about As, 900 were natives.
IN Ordinarily the adult males of IA countr
er will number one-fourth of the native popu
u lation, but likewise. ordinarily the female
as outnumber the males. With us the case
s. reversed, and the males are IN excess so tina
"a our adult male population is about $1,000
81, 1t would not take long for the Chinese in
is migrant t. equal the natives in numbe
er and added to that, the imm grants brougt
is no women with them They selected the
of wives from among the n tIves, thus invaC
he ing. in a measure, the rights of the nativ
niles, and often deserted their wives whe
hey returned home. 1t will be readil
seen that this method would not result i
ba any substantial increase of tn popul, tioI
~ They continued to come for two or thre
years. and then the immigration suddenl
I'd ceased by order of the Chinese Government
I'D 1t was always supposed that that Cover
n ment would be very glad of the power in tn
80. country which the presence of a large nun
- Der of its subjects would give it, and W
+, could not underst md its voluntary order
prohibition | have suspected, however, thi
-. Mr. Blaine whispered something in its ca
- and | know that a public dispatch Of his d.
~ clared that the United States would nevt
20, allow the Sandwich Islands to becom
W = Asia ticized, to use his own word.
-, After tn It the British Government wante
"a to send US immigr nts from the East Indi
but as, while here, they would have to |
~ under the control of their own Government
M we could not consent to that under the e
-. listing treaty We are now having ii lars
~ me sure of success with Portuguese imm
~ grants. They are pc ceable and well-di
he posed and take naturally to grazing an
Le farming. Better than that, they bring the
"e families with them and - they are prolif
-. their coming is a real benefit to US. Sn we
are they liked that an order has just bee
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