The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-09-11

/ many years to come.
/ Therefore, in consideration'of these facts
and OF the further fact that the Ramie
Company has already gone to heavy ex-
pense, and will have to incur a further
large outlay of money before there can be
any possible return, your committee rec
ommend that the following items be in
serted in the Appropriation bill:
Hawaiian Ramie Co., in aid of
ramie cultivation and manufacture. 81 500
2-Hawaiian Ramie Co., in aid of
ramie cultivation and manufacture,
to be paid To such company upon
the expectation of ten or more tons
of ramie fibre, to be sold al not less
than 500 ton ...........-.......... 800
3-Such sums TO be in lieu of the $4,000
mentioned in the law of 1884
/. a. THURsToN,
CHAs. Il. BISHOP,
WALTER NJ. GIBSON,
a. S. CLEGHORN,
J. L. KAULUKoU.
Mr. ThurSton filed the following letters
as part of the report:
Hon. L. A. Thurston, Chairman Select
Committee on Ramie Industry-Sir At
the instance of Hon. W. R. Castle, furnish
you the following statement rela tive to the
subvertion provided by the last Legislature,
for machine which should produce mer-
charitable article from the ramie fibre.
During the biennial period ending March
81, 1886, parties interested in the Cole
man patent made applica ton a the Interior
Office for the appropriation, claiming that
they had produced machine that met the
requirements of the law. The application
was referred to the Commissioner of Pat
ents, Col. iona. Austin, who in due time re-
ported that the machine submitted for his
inspection fulfilled the requirements of the
sta tutes, and he recommended that the ap-
prOpria ton be granted.
This recommendation was accepted by
myself as Minister of the Interior, and the
bonus of $4,000 would have been paid,
but at this time, however, there were no
funds i'll the Treasury mot otherwise appro-
priated," and consequently the amount was
not paid.
l, however, regarded the bonus fully
due and payable under the Act of the Legis-
Iature, and so stated to the applicant. Very
respectfully, your obedient servant,
CHAs. Il. GUIcK.
Hon. L. A. Thurston, Chairman Commit
tee on Ramie-Dear Sir: As requested, l
would inform the committee that the Ha-
waiian Ramie Company have leased some
500 acres of land in Puma, near the Hilo
Boundary, for the cultivation of the ramie
plant Fifteen acres are now planted, and
thirty five more will be in the next few
weeks.
The company have built houses, stole
house, made road of four miles to the
landing, purchased four yoke of oxen, TOOLS
ETC., at Hilo.
At Honolulu. one complete machine for
cleaning the ramie plant, and one new ma
chine, not complete.
There are at present in our employ fifteen
laborers, with one overseer. Since the organ
liza ton of the company there has been spent
some Sc, 900, and liabilities for $4,000 more.
The first crop will come off in February
and March; after that We expect a crop
every three months. Mr.. Felix Tremery of
Newark, New Jersey, U. S. A, wrote DR., j.
Mott Smith, after having seen a sample of
ramie cleaned by the Coleman machine:
.'The specimen of ramie from Honolulu,
taken from green stalks by the Coleman
machine, shows splendid fibre, and has a
market value of five cents per pound at New
York.
Our improved machine does better work
than the Coleman machine did and we
think will produce an article of more value.
This Mr.. Tremery said to DIR. Smith, that
he would contract to take all our fibre for
the next five years t five cents per pound.
Yours truly, W. F. ALLEN, :
Secretary Haw. Ramie Co.
On motion of Mr.. Nahinu the report of
the committee was adopted.
SOUTH SEA ISLAND PRODUCTS DUTIES
Mr.. Thurston, on suspension of the rules
moved that an Act introduced by His Elk
cellency Mr. Gibson, relating to the duties
of articles from the South Sea Islands, be
read a second time by title, SO as to be re-
ferred to committee.
His Excellency Mr.. Gibson said the bill
was in the hands of the Tariff Committee
Mr.. Hayselden, on behalf of the Tariff
Committee, asked for further time to re-
port on the bill. Granted
BILL ENGRossED.
Mr.. Richardson, from the Engrossing
Committee, reported an Act to create a
Board of Road Commissioners as en-
crossed.
AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION.
Mr.. Brown, on suspension of the rules,
moved that proposed amendment to
articles Is and 68 of the Constitution be
read a second time by title and referred to
the committee on the bill relating to the
Justices of the Supreme Court. Agreed
to.
THE JAPANESE STORE
His Excellency Mr.. Gibson said in reply
to Mr.. Browns inquiry about the japanese
store, that he had found out from the de-
partment that the japanese store had not
been provided with any license. The mat
ter of licenses was under the surveillance
of the Police Department, to see that all
carrying on business were provided with
licenses 1t was not the business of the
Interior Department to look after that.
The department was ready at any time to
grant licenses, and there was no doubt that
any person carrying on business should
take out a license. He believed this store
originated with the introduction of Japan
csc immigration, and was kind of supply
store, supplying rice and other articles of
food for the japanese people on the other
islands He had no inform atiOn that "A