The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-06-11

SuyCE the time when the Commons Of
Great Britain then the sole gIposItUr and
prsservsF Of popular freedom began to
rlse u Be the supreme political power N
the state. freedom Of trade has been one
Of the chief objects Of the Anglo Sgz1n
freeman
To reward faTurItss, or rsplenish the
Royal Treasury Il became a custom to
grant OF sci Patents Of Monupolies, but
10 sooner did this become real grievance
than the people found an Efficient way Of
putting an end To L.
In the first ysar Of the seventeenth cen
fury the hattie began
At that time scarce 4 family IN the
realm which did not feel itself zzErisTed =
What f1LI1Eedt The House Of Commons
net II Amy and determined mood The
Court party played their part az usual but
n vain The language Of the dizcontsrted
party WIS high and threatening, and was
echoed BY the voice Of the whole nation
There seemed for a moment to be some
danger that the long and glorious reign
Of EEZabeth would have a shameful and
disastrous end The Queen- proud
and COURAGEOUS as she was. shrznk from 4
contest with the nation, and With admir-
able sagacItE, cnlceded al that her sub
iects had demanded While It was yet IN
her power % cuncsds with dignity and
grace"
Such was the oUtenueof the first notice
able struggle against u0nopolies Some
twenty years lztsr- when the great Queen
vas dead her <uecsEsQr, James L the mas
ter Of kIngCratt. the active politician, ?
again granted oppressive patents a NO
u0poly- and agzln the sane result was
brought about BY the sane means The
Parliament q 1913 determined TO apply q
strung remedy 70 the evil The King Ess
forced to give his assent to law which
declared unuopoliss established By ROYAL
authority to be null and vuid-5 Again.
Charles 1 granted patents Of monopoly.
but II $40 they we're again pot down
From tins time onward We hear no more
Of Monopoly By Royal Patent
NeLt We come 70 consider the charters
granted for exclusive trading With distant
and little known countries. Ths East In
dIa Company was Incorporated under i
charter granted By Qneen Elisabeth In
1900. the HHdzun's Bay Company By grant
u Charles Ii II 1910 The ezciaaiTs priv
ilegss Of the former, we're placed undsr cnu-
trui Of the Government II TIA annuIIed
by an Act passed n the reign d George
III II IsI3 The latter was rsnodelled
and N great MEASURE e1tiuxuiahed in
Is6g
Ii present Il l. almost Impos1ibIe 10 e.
tablIzh- II Great Britain q monopoly uro
tectsd b law. II a group Of individuals
desire 70 establish a Company OF enrpurz-
ton with any sort Of exclusive powers, say
for instance the construction and working
railway q committee Of the House Il ap-
pointed 10 examine IUt0 all the detaIls Of
the scheme The projectors have, first, 10
show the Necessity OF desIrzbility, frun
public point Of view. Of the work they uro
pose to undertake Counsel II hard and
witnesses examined, f0r and aEzInEt the
scheme Every proposition i erquired
mn and Il the projectors can satisfy the
Committee that the Undertaking Il ou a
sound commercial basis. that il Is real
Asa.f ste legitimate business, that the ben
eflt 10 the cuUntry VII outweigh ineFitzhle
Inconvenience toIndTViduzls, etE-- the enna-
1Ittss reports that the proposed Company
has proved lie prsambleT Theu further
enquiries arr made and the bill eznuinei
clause by ciause- what uuTeFs are zsked
III NA-A AA-7---ElE - - - LL4ELLALEL-
what capital + 70 be raised and how, what
collision or what combination with exist
Ing rights and interests vii rss1Ilt If per-
be granted conditions, and maybe
restrictions are imposed By the COMMITTEES,
and rejected OF accepted b. the pruuotsrz.
The bill then CONES before Parflaneut, n
prubably again fo1ght over, but If II Il an
tar and SQUARE, generally Passez-
i railway company cannot buy up .
Competing canal syEtem- O. a competing
company, Eitho1t Aet Of Par
Lament and It may be safely said that 10
railway company could pruc1rs the pass-
ing Of an Act zuthorizing Il 10 eztshl-zh
bank or ri1s ugsE
But thai any group Of individuals could
hope for any such powers a. zrEdeuznded
By the bank charter before IL, woah Be
1rlT too. too absurd
In the United States azE vast areas Of
llzprE0priated lands az the disDo.al Of
he government, and thers the system i
different Herr, fruEn the rsztzictnd sEsa
Il TIE country and the naa-iy-ssachsd