The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-04-06
THE TREATY QUESTION.

It is somewhat like threshing the WIND
to write about the continuance OF the
Reciprocity Treaty in this country, with
a view to influencing public opinion IN
the United States As a rule, anything
emanating from the press OF these
Islands in its favor is regarded as an at
+ernnt TO deceive. In like manner, the
advocacy of the Coast press, ftful and
inconsistent az it has been in not few
instances, is treated as paid champion
ship. OF course there are honorable ex-
ceptions to this rule, but as matter OF
fact the very ablest friends OF the Reel
procity treaty are to be found among the
independent editors OF Eastern news
papers. who think for themselves and
| simply Judge by the facts presented TO
/ them. The most conspicuous example OF
! this is ''Bradstreet's, - one OF the greatest
financial, commercial and economic
newspapers in the world, and which, IL
view of it's youth, commands the creates
measure of influence in the United States
and Europe of any nOn-pOlitical Journa
published in America. "Bradstreets'
has at all times advocated the treaty O
commercial reciprocity with this countr,
t upon economic grounds, and has demon
strated its position by facts and figure
beyond the possibility of contradiction
t The purely political newspaper
"amenable to influences at all times l
the United States, and to this feature
its management is to be attributed tn
. inconsistency of its advocacy OF an
: given llue of policy from time to tim
On the question of the Hawaiian Treat
only one of the leading California dal
papers has been consistent, and it he
h a brief from Eastern refiners to oppose
n The other papers 'blew hot and cOld''
i now opposing, now upholding, and aga
d "damning with faint praise" 1t is tn
4 the Board of Trade and Chamber of Coz
n merce of San Francisco memorable
r Congress- in favor OF the treaty, and t
i merchants of California recently pl
tie scented a very able and convincing arg
y ment in it's favor in the shape OF pc
ly ton to Congress, but all this does
ce offset the interested opposition OF Ia
Id ern refiners backed by a subsidized Coz
he press.
re It is something therefore to find an
ty telligent and able argument IN favor
"a the treaty in one of the leading news
us pers of the city OF Washington, p1
ng lished where it will come under the e
i" of members of Congress and Senat
he without respect of party. The "Natio
ed Republican" one of the most infiuen
of and best edited papers in the East,
an an article which deals with the tire
de question in a comprehensive and
OF vincing way. Under the head OF II
ere The Well-meanfng and wrong-doing
- lev of the free traders is shown In the
ZIG pointment of the Mills sub-commltte
nee find reasons for the abrOgatlon OF
ION Hawaiian Reciprocity Treaty.
The United States admitted duty
IN goods to the amount of $193 ,213 ,624,
for cording to the reports OF the Bqrea
-: Statistics, during the year ending jun
ION 1885. From Brazil, S38, 636, 1871 Ger
per American states $6 81 Si9 IIa1d
IL 933 236; British North America, $12,O69
as British East Indies, SIS, 1868 ,642; Hawf
tor Islands, SO 81 ,067.
More than one hundred and ninety-t
OF million dollars of imported goods
was thus admitted into our markets duty
from all countries last year, of which
Hawaii sent less than nine millions,
ATTY was the only nation that made any re
- in the way of free market and othe
l''S' yantages: and, moreover, is the only c
and try that shows a great deyelopmeI
ron- American trade and commerce. Yet
waiian trade is the only one selecte
g at Mr.. Mills free trade sub-commltte
t do which to reimpose a duty.
= Hawaii admits all our products OF m
vi feature duty free, and charges a hlgf
the port duty upon the products OF Eng
heir France and Germany. Consequent
ii0ii supplies mainly come from this cou
A single firm in an Atlantic city has
lblic three iron steamships for Hawaiian
a. trade.
the British North America found in
wing markets last year a sale of duty free {
80, amounting to 1909, 748, and yet d
'iloo our fishermen the privileges that a
liable corded freely to fishermen by all oth'
2 as tiOps.