The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-02-11
FACTS From SAN FRANCISCO.
An Interesting Letter From an old
Friend.

America that are now attracting the at
tention of Hawaiians and ex-Hawaiians
1 may as we'll jot down few OF them.
/ OF course some of your readers may not
believe my opinions, but the rabid feel
ing existing so strongly in the Islands
does not extend to the Pacific Coast, con-
corning the
! OCEANIC STEAMER COMdUNICATION
Between San Francisco and Honolulu.
1t has been arranged by the directors OF
the Oceanic Steam Shipping Company
that Mr. John d. Spreckels, their Presi-
dent, shall start for Philadelphia to-day
Tor the purpose OF contracting with ship
builders, possibly the Cramps, for the
construction of new steamer. The YES
sci will be 40 feet longer than the Ala
media or Mariposa, say 800 feet in length.
| She will have one foot more beam and
the same depth OF hold as the pioneer
steamers of the company. Her gross
measurement will be 1000 tons, and she
will be built with view to carrying the
largest possible amount of freight and
for the best accommodation of passen-
gers, while maintaining an average
speed of 10 knots an hour. She will
arrive in San Francisco before the end
of the year. This action OF the Oceanic
Company in encouraging American ship
building, even at higher prices than
could be obtained in England, stands
strongly in contrast with that of the
REAL OPPONENTS OF THE TREATY,
Who are none other than some OF your
residents on the Islands. 1t is not at all
improbable that before long the whole of
the Australian mail contract service may
be in the hands of the Spreckels', and
that the Union Company OF New Yea
land will have withdrawn entirely from
the business. Your shippers are now
reaping the advantage OF the competition
for traffic, the Oceanic company having
reduced freights to S. 80 per ton by their
steamers, and to So per ton by their sail
ing fleet. At these prices the English
vessels and steamers that are utilized
by some of your so-called treaty men
cannot net much profit. The fact that a
preference has been made, in certain
sections, for vessels flying the English
flag has already been seized by Morrison,
who introduced the bill into the House
of Representatives to abrogate the treaty.
1t is by far the strongest argument that
he could possibly handle, and will, with
other unfortunate circumstances, do
much to imperil the interests of the
sugar planters.
OTHER IMPORTANT POINTS
Are that Mr.. Pearce is again discon-
tented. He has sent word to Captain
Weber, OF the Zealandia, asking him to
arrange for new agents and for new
wharfage accommodation at San Fran
cisco. There has evidently been hitch
between the Scotchman and Williams,
Dimond & Co. When Mr.. Pearce finds
that he can get no subsidy from the New
South Wales Government, and that he
cannot carry any paying freight at So so
per ton, then will come the discontinue
ance of the opposition. The old tramp"
steamers, Zealandia and Australia,
should be put on the collier trade in
the Colonies, or some similar line of
business to which they are suited The
supporters of the Pearce line will have
to look around for other means of con-
veyance for their sugar, and then, per-
chance, there may be an advance in
freights. This short-sighted policy of
the Islanders in encouraging British
shipping interests has only been ex-
ceeded by
THE INDIsCREET ACTION
OF some OF their friends in San Fran
cisco. 1t is positive fact that General
Dimond of the firm OF Williams, Dimond
& Co. has sold in New Orleans, the very
heart of the Louisiana sugar industry,
some Hawaiian raw sugars. OF course
the Louisiana planters have always OPP
posed the treaty, but this indiscreet ac-
ton ON the part of one of the largest San
Francisco commission houses, which is
supposed to study Hawaiian interests,
could not possibly be exceeded. 1t is
simply putting fat on the fire and add
ing fuel to the fight. 1t may be that the
small share of Mr. Crocker in the Amer
lean Refinery has necessitated a diver
sion of the trade over the Southern Pa
cifc line. Ii 50, it will certainly afford
another strong argument for the Louis
lana anti-treaty folks, who will decidedly
object more than ever to any interna-
tional transaction that brings foreign
product into free competition with their
own similar staple at their very doors.
OF a truth, Mr.. Editor, some OF your
folks, and their pretended friends here,
are placing the treaty question in very
precarious predicament.
ON VARIOUS MATTERS
1 will say little, as you get your good
regular news summary. The murder
market has been quiet for a few days
and hardly keeping up to the record.
Purser Guard is now employed in the
office of John D. Spreckels & Bros. in
the shipping department, SO that you
will not see him again for a few weeks at
least. The agency Of Castle & Cooke
has been removed to L. L. @. Steele &
Co. in consequence of the new
terms made for their sugar sales
The weather in San Francisco has
been a continuation OF excessive wet and