Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-04-21
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
Report OH the Hawaiian
Treaty.
IT is no BIZ ABkoeATED.
The Com mittee on Foreign Rela-
tions Agrees to Favorably Re
port Morrow's Bill.

Especial 10 the Herald byt Associated Presst
WASHINGTON. April 20.-The report
of the majority of the House Ways and
Means Committee on the report to ter
inmate the Hawaiian treaty begins with
the statement that the object Of the
treaty was to secure closer commercial
and political relations with the govern
rent Of the Hawaiian Islands. The re-
port makes comparison OF the present
with tue past commercial relations be-
tween the two governments and says
that II is apparent that our ex-
ports have not grown as fast as was
anticipated by the friends of the treaty
when it was before Congress- for adop-
ton. Instead of increasing relatively
faster than the imports they have rela-
lively decreased. In the entire trade
for the last fiscal year rs per
cent represented our imports from
the Islands and "a per cent
our exports to them, while in
1884 the relative values were imports
81 per cent. and exports 80 per cent. 1t
was claimed for the treaty when 1t was
pending in Congress in 1876 that it
would greatly stimulate our exports of
lumber, food products and manufactures,
but these predictions do not seem to
have been fully realized. During the
last fiscal year we imported from the Ha-
waiian Islands articles amounting to-
s48. OH. 98, while for the same year we
exported TO them articles amounting to
81, 709, 573. The balance of this
trade we pay IN money to
planters on the islands, some of
whom reside in the listed States, some
in England and some in Germany. At
the time of the passage OF the treaty
sugar was as cheap in San Francisco as
in New York, but it has been dear ever
since. notwithstanding New York sugar
paid duty and San francisco sugar was
admitted free Of duty. II must be evil
dent, the report says, that we have
gained nothing commercially by the
treaty when it is seen by the returns
that we have RENTED more than va
OO0, 600 OF revenue since the treaty
went into effect, when our exports ior
same time amount to little over ", 2OO,-
600. 1t would seem that we bad paid
rather dearly Tor our bargain. The ma
jority close their report with the state
ment that they recommend the adoption
of the resolution the more readily that 1t
does not prevent the administration
from negotiating for such modification OF
the existing treaty as will more nearly
eaualize the benefit to be derived by the
two governments from their commercial
relations.
THE MINORITY REPORT.
The report Of the minority, which is
signed by Messrs. Breckenridge, Of
Kentucky, and Browne, of Indiana,
says: The undersigned, regretting that
they are unable to unite either in the
Recommendation or the report of the
majority, content themselves by ex-
pressing their dissent from each. They
are not prepared to say that the treaty
with the King OF the Hawaiian islands
is commercially good bargain, and
they would be glad TO see it modified;
yet there are geographical and interna-
tional reasons which are conclusive with
them that the treaty ought not to be
abrogated. They are not willing TO sur
render any advantage that may be given
by that treaty to this Govern
ment to a possible future control Of
these relations. The relations which
this government necessarily bear to the
Pacific Ocean and to the people border
ing thereon or owning colonies in or upon
said ocean render them unwilling to take
any steps that may weaken our position
or possibly strengthen that of any other
government. IL may be that new and
various complications with European and
Asiatic nations may arise il the question
in relation to the control of these Islands
be re-opened, and they are willing at
present to have it re-opened.
Both reports we're presented to the
House and were referred to the Com
mittee Of the Whole.