Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-02-02

thoroughly investigate the region bad prc.i
1usy aileI Tie saue'gion is fha there S
aa high ar rec.gmaa.. land a the swamp
region Hut .hat f1r three hundred mile. there
is a complete waste If rank foliage and tester.
.ns underground in the uid,, OF muddy, dark
waters. and that the whole region is useless
i9r any Of the purposes OF man.
The southern Pacific Railroad Company
h1oc taken 'he initial sep far a dire-, line %
steamers from Trieste to New Orleans. yia
Havana, and propose making Preparations TOT
large imports Of cotton, owing 90 the unsettled
condition OF affairs in Egypt. The Austrian
Minister of Commerce has approved the
scheme ior regular monthly line Of steamers
between Trieste and New York The steam.
ers will begin running on the Is; OF February.
Railway and shipping rate, on goojs from
Baia.pe,th 5nd Vienna TO New York, via
Trieste, will be exceptionally cheap.
The Scientific American says hat railroad
around the world, or something nearly of that
nature is evidently in the mind Of one Of It's
correspondents, who suggests the employment
Of oJr surplus revenue in building the line from
Oregon TO Alaska, and tia, then the Russian
government, would be likely to extend the line
through Siberia to Pekiu This having been
done, it requires no; much further stretch OF
ihe Imagination to see, with the minds eye
the long rails stretching GU, under the shadow,
Of the Hmaayas until they make connection
with the proposed line in the Jordan Valley
and thence with the European system.
a stringent anti Chinese bill has been intro
ducd in the Legislature Of British Columbia
After the passage Of the bill all Chinese over
u years Of age shall pay a sum annually tc
the government as license, said sum to b,
fixed by the house Due provisions are mad,
FOR the collection Of the fine. Employers ar,
required to make correct returns Of the Chi
nese in their employ under pain Of fine o
500 FOR each omission. The use of opium
except for surgical on medicinal purposes, il
strictly prohibited. It is declared unlawful
i1r a Chinaman TO enter the province Of British
Columbia, and the present residents are to b,
photographed to proven, false impcrsonations
1t IS believed tina, the bill will pass.
Representative Mills, Of Texas, has raised
an important question by Offering resolution
calling on the house judciay committee for
an opinion whether the senate and president
have a constitutional right to negotiate treaties
with foreign countries by which the duties OF
certain articles imported can be stricken OF
the tariff lists. |, IS understood hat this ques
ton has already been informally discussed b,
members OF the Judiciary committee, and that
pursuing it further, they may bring in an i'm
pouan, report. "The Constitution of III,
United States lodges exclusive power to orgi
nate fiscal legislation in the house Of represen
,atiyes, whereas the president makes treatic
and the senate ra,ides them, PRACTICAL,
annullng the tariff laws, as in the Hawaiian
and other reciprocity treaties. The senate i
At present considering the Mexico reciprocity
treaty, which also ANIMALS the tariff legislation
OF the lower house BY placing several impor
tan, articles on the free list Many Of tn
tariff reformers do not particularly object to
reciprocity treaty with Mexico, by which
partial free trade il sustained, but they couten,
that the adjustment Of duties ought to b
brought about in constitutional manner
Mills resolution was adopted and referred
1t has given rise to some speculation as {,
what effect their action will have on tn,
Mexican treaty now pending" says an Amer
can paper.