Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-09-19

10 and pigs ............s. 13.t0z "
Mnie8 ..s....s............- AxlNo W
Teal ................el5 -. ISL 81
All Of whish can Be pEodaaed on Puget
Sound. and there seems % BE- no Eeasoa
Wis al this trade should Be- absorbed b.
san Franaiseo. The fetal value % al
inportafions int the Hawaiian fsiands
IL 1855 vas e. 80 ~ s., Of which
S, 1i2,4i4 ~ Waa imported into Homo
lrln. Hitherto cur peeple have been
kept fr0m Z kmoWiedRe 81 o. partiaipa-
si0n IL this trade fFom wnut Of means
Of ready TRANSPORTATION. a. L Is well
known that lumbar yeasaia cannot carry
assorted oarnoas, and there seems 10
have been 9 faok Of enterprise 70 inquire
into Ct puah tbs business.
The HoAoinls Coamereidf advertiser
81 30th AuQuaf, IN an article on the Pa
eida Island trade, makes the f0ilowinQ
remarks, which are equally appliaable 10
TIE people of Puget bonnd:
This Pacific ialand trade, however, Il
not "a enterprise 70 BE- jumped into and
made 30 rotarn an immediate pgods, az
may be done in an established market.
Il must " begHn slowly, fostered Judi.
cioasly and hailt up permAnsntiy, 90 be
Of lasting beneft q this oountEy. L.
can Be- done. however, from small begin
nings II eur nisrchants and shipowners
determine 10 foster privately what viii
Ia the end develop into 8 public good
and Q general and pE0htable oommsrce.
Ventures on q small scale have bean
made already IN this direction, which
have proved that private iudigiduais may
become commercial pioneers a. q profit
IN this south Sea ialand trade. Prop.
erly foatefod and c0naHctod, there Il no
good and sufficient reason Why We should
not bald up 6 general island trade, Is
there h nothing 70 pEssant us from
speedily establishing reciprocity with
many 81 these isianda 20 the benefit Of
all oonooFnfd.n
The tendency Of such q plan would bs
% irofease our tFadeand strengthen our
relations with those islands, a. veil as
10 increase our merchant marine and
ultimately swell orr commercial profits.
There Is reason 20 believe tkat another
year will show the necessity Of direct
steam communication between Puget
Sa1nd aud Honolulu Tho Honolulu
paper referred 10 says that the Imperial
Parliament Of Great Britain will vote 4
subsidy for The proposed mail service
between Vancouver Island and sydney,
which will call AZ H0naIala. The Cana
dian Pacific Railroad Company are hay.
inR line Of swiff steamers constructed
Ia Scotland 10 oily betWesn Viotoria. B.
o., and the British colonies ID she Sonth
Paeihe, and Il b suggested that Hano.
lula become q pivotal painl for q forked
service 10 japan aud China. The sailing
distance between ViotoFia and Yoke
hama IL very considerably less than Il
would be we're Honolulu made the point
Of oonBoction between the AasiFalian
and Oriental lines; bus the expansion Of
eammeroe may ultimately lead 10 q Dc.
iiee lion Of the Oriental service 10 this
way.
a line Of oanadian steamers from
Victoria 30 Honolulu would not bsneet
our people on Puget Soand unloas the
steamers came ~ Port ToWasend 10 take
In cur products, because, Ia order 30
have snoh products eoms uador the r.
oipFccity treaty, which exempts from
duty all articles which are Of tha growth
or manufacture Of the united States,
they muut be shipped from an American
posi- and ~ accompanied b. consular
certificates. 10 order 10 eompsta With
tbs Canadian PaclGo Railroad, all the
American roads taFminasinR o. intend.
Inc 10 tsEminate ca Puget Sound must
have steamers % secure their share Of
the commerce Of japan and China, Of
eastern Asia and the lalands Of The south
fAeine. and the GUosiion naturally arises.
What is tha commores which q railroad
might reasonably expsot, 70 warrant
their placing steamers between Puget
SOand end HoaolnluR TIE sugar trade
d NE principAi factor 10 be looked a.,
and "a present thin n handled pFinei.
pally BE- two San Francisco sugar refn.
cries. The total sugar impoFtations 81
thai port for the irst half Of the year
lcc6 from Hawaii amount 90 In. $50 600
pounds, and from al sources lss. ot8, l&s
pounds ID is estimated that the rein
cries vii handle about e00.00o.ooo
pounds u sasAf during the present.
year. OF the i36, 0tS, i&2 pounda Already
received a San FFAnciasQ this year, BE-
tween htty and sixty mlllion Dounds, OF
nearly half The Eau sugars imported,
have been Skipped Esst owing 10 the
extremely loo rates Of freight broaght
about By railroad campesision.
There seems b Be no reason uhy q
portion % this tFaltlo may not b 6roughl
70 Fnssf sound and TRANSCRIBED hv ne
Northern Pacific Railroad. u tke man.
aeemeEt Of thai road or some other
eempany gia pat On line % steamers
% ruu regularly from the pefts o. PuRei
sound - heuaiala. he Hawaiian
GQV1Fawcnt II "a all finss ready 70
enSoaFaee and assist aay entsrpFise
Which may tend d The DEVELOPMENT az
~ commerce. HIS Exesileuay Robert
J. 0lFeieht n, Minister af Fereizn AZ.
fasEs
between Puget Soand aud Houotaiu.
writes NE, andsF dale % son JAW.
iSSs, Every facility viii b. gwen -
cue steamers ag sach : lisa by tie Gov.
eEREneaA fnoladirg FRYE doekare. az
emptian ffum part charges. water ases.
and faxstiou 90 any pfeEetfV tae aWn.
eFs may bold 10 hanalais. aiso fFsui
esstOas duties % supplies they nav
L napast faE Their eva vassela"
tee Hawaiian Cousnl giererai, Hen.
/ =. A. Aekiniey, writes me from san
fg2aessca, SEPT. ists
Yea ulli aad ths Hawaiian 9axsFr-
meni a. al tines desiroas 10 assist and
s0steF sny addi9ion % ita OUTSIDE ea4a
Wef0i1 relatsenA Tbs trade With the
lslsodN hss hecu iaeFeaSinz at San
fcAeeisc0 daFias TIE lAsi lev meatha
( he expafts tFom San EraneGsea 10 ne
I tsauda darinE TIE mauth % Aurasl.
iSsSA Wefu $50 IS 81. I Husi taaf
yaar end % ia Pacias eoaxl vi l alss
b abs y sAow Sod ssturns for tAis
iasa meath
Est car pro3ugss. othsr lhAn lumher.
Age n9t knQWn 10 tha isiaAAA TraA.
torre are great g1antiiies e fu<sl
co4Ed potAteea AID eats xaippRd - San
frMnesse. bat skszs ana tkNfr nav A
honalaia - CAisloraia @ OreRoa pro-