The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-04-05
TREATY TALK.

Hawallan treaty, In tne East anu OH
the Coast, is brought by the last
mail. The following from the San
Francisco Post is clear and strong
on the benefits of the treaty to Cali
fornia, and the plain duty of that
States representatives with regard to
the attempt being made at abolition.
The article appeared on March 1S
under the head, "Our Representa-
tives ="
Representatives Morrow and Eel
ton, it is said, favor the cuntinu-
ance of the Hawaiian treaty. This
is natural, as they are in closer con-
nection than their colleagues, with
the merchants of this city who form
the Chamber of Commerce and the
Board of Trade. Representatives
McKenua and Henley are said to be
opposed to the treaty. If Mr..
McKenna's constituents, who are
largely engaged in agriculture,
studied up the final destination of
the produce they raise, they would
not lose any time in laying their
side of the case before their men,
ber. Mr.. McKenna is evidently
acting without full knowledge of the
far reaching benefits of this treaty.
This reminds us that some time ago,
the editor of an importat journal,
published in one of the wealthiest
river counties, and who had evil
dently been reading the San Fran
cisco Chronicle, violently denounced
the treaty as of no benefit to this
State. He met one of his subscribers
next day, man who is not only one
of the largest farmers in California,
but one of the most respected of our
citizens. "Hello! my friend," said
the farmer, "you are opposed TO the
Hawaiian treaty." EYES," said
the editor, sit is injurious to the
State" "Don't make any such
mistake, my good fellow. Do you
know where all our light weight
mules 90 and how much forage we
send after them every month? If
you want to befriend your county,
stand up for that treaty." And the
editor has never said word, we be-
heve, against the treaty since. So it
only needs some of Mr.. McKenna's S
farming friends to trace out where
so much of what they raise, outside
of wheat, is finally consumed or
used, and enlighten that gentleman,
and he will not, we know, willingly
do anything to injure his own con-
stituents. AS for the Hon. Barclay
Henley, he is, or supposes himself
to be, the friend of Barclay Henley,
and we never heard of his showing
much true friendship for any one
else. If Mr.. Henley's interests run
or seem to run counter to those OF
his constituents, or he has grudge tc
crafty, the worse for those consti.
tuents, and that grudge will be graft.
fed to the extent of his small ability.
Representatives Markham and Lout.
tit are said to be non-committal
wise men wait for information before
deciding on which side to cast theil
vote. The latter has got one of "tht
right sows by the ear" He sees
we learn, the Importance of the
treaty as a political and military
measure. If he studies the matter
further, he will find the commercial
benefits of the treaty almost equally
SO to the Pacific Coast.
A clipped paragraph has beer
handed us from the same paper
which says:-
1t is time California bestirred her
self, or the Hawaiian treaty will b.
so overslaughed by Searles and tn
Chronicle, that Congress will vot
in favor of abrogation.
In connection with the freight wa
between the Atlantic and Pacific
the "Shipping and Commercial Lis
and New York Price Current" says:
One result of this contest ha
been to bring refined sugar from tn
Pacific Coast into the Chicago marke
in competition with the product o
Eastern refineries. Granulated ha
been offered there at 6 cents I. o. b
San Francisco. with 374 cent
freight, which was about 1 cen
under the price here with consider
able sales made last week, but sine
then the agents of Mr.. Spreckel
have withdrawn, and cancelled som,
of their sales, probably because O.
a threatened contest with Easter
refiners, which was not desirable 81
long as the abrogation of the Ha
waiian treaty is under discussion il