The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-09-01

for 81 500 on condition that the freight OF
bananas be kept at 80 cents. He had beer
told that the steamship company had beeI
lobbying OF corrupting a sufficient number
of members to carry this through. He die
not believe it, especially after the full lis
cussion they had had on the matter. The
majority they had on Friday had been re
duced to two to-day, and he considered Il
the most disgraceful action that had taken
place during the session. When they see
such charge, with rich corporation on
one side and poor farmers on the other, Il
was not on principle. 1t certainly was not
to the adv, &c of anyone but that rich
corporation, and was another evidence oi
the influence Of that rich corporation over
the members. He hoped the reduction
would be made as a rebuke to the corpO-
ration.
Mr.. HayseIden said Mr.. Thurston had
made some sweeping charges. He felt
they did not reflect on him as he had voted
the same way to-day as on Friday. He
(Mr. Thurston) had no right TO bring street
talk into the Assembly. He challenged
MN 10 DIlDB III Tic ildU pCi>til ~ III
had told him such 49,
The motion to insert 81 $50 in place of
81 800 was lost by the following vote:
Ayes-Bishop, Dominis, Cleghorn, Kui-
helani, Dowsett, Bush, Kaae, Keau, Kauhi,
Wight, Kauhane, Dickey, Thurston, Pae-
haole and Dole-15.
Noes-Gibson, Creighton, Dare, Wilder,
Kapena, Martin, Macfarlane, S. Parker,
HayseIden, Lilikalani, Amara, Kaulia,
Kaulukou. Pahia, KaunamanO, Nahinu,
AholO, Kaukau, Richardson, Castle, Kauai,
Palohau-22.
Mr.. Castle moved to insert i'll section .
at the end of clause 1 the following
Freight on bananas shall not exceed fifty
one cents a bunch" The question was
whether it was proper thing for them to
try and regulate the rates of freight and
passage. 1t had always been done. Now,
the House wants to fix a rate that will
help the small producers. If they charged
the same rate for bananas as for sugar,
the company would get less than ten cents
a bunch. 1t is a class of freight that must
go by steamers. He had talked with a
banana raiser, who said he had given up
the business because the seventy-fiye cents
charged on each bunch ate up all the
profits. In view of the facts which were
self-evident, he asked the members to re-
verse their votes.
Mr. KaunamanO said he had not
changed his vote, as he did not vote at all
on Friday. Many years ago, when Cap
tain Patty was in charge of the Comet, he
(the speaker) was in the banana business.
He sold to the middle man, and did not
trouble whether it paid or not. The ba-
mana business was bad omen. A ripe
bunch was a bad omen. Bananas are too
perishable; they will not stand shipment.
The distance between San Francisco and
here is too great for them to keep. Ii
man was one-eyed, a hunchback or carried
a bunch of bananas, he would never be
successful. He remembered on one Occa-
sion in Court seeing Mr.. Castle get quite
warm because he was charged with making
an exorbitant fee. But Mr.. Castle said it
the company to settle with the banana
raisers.
The motion to fix the freight at 81 cents
was then put and lost by the following
vote.
Ayes-Bishop, Dominis, Cleghorn, Dow
sett, Bush, Kaae, Keau, Lilikalani, Kauhi,
Amara, Brown, Wight Kauhane, Castle,
Dickey, Thurston, Paehaole, Dole-18.
Noes-Gibson, Creighton, Dare, Wilder,
Kuihelani, Macfarlane, S. Parker, Haysel-
den, Kaulia, Kaulukou, Pahia, Kauna-
mano, Nahinu, Aholo, Kaukau, Richard
son. Kaai, Kauai, Palohau-19.
Mr.. Hayselden moved the section pass
as amended.
Hon. Mr.. Cleghorn moved to amend by
inserting THAT the rate shall not exceed 90
cents each bunch" Carried
At - o'clock the House took recess to
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