The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-01-18

answer TO such q state
ment to remind the advertiser peo-
pie of the propriety of minding
their own business. The firms re-
ferred to doubtless transacted busi-
ness before the Adcetiser had an
existence, and probably never found
it necessary to consult newspaper
editors about the management of
their affairs. But, to lay bare the miser-
able scheme by which the Govern
ment organ strives to throw dust in the
eyes of the American as well as the
Hawaiian people, we shall state a
few facts, from which the public,
with the 1dUer1iser in one hand, and
these facts in the other, can, if they
choose, form an opinion upon the
discrimination " question. In the
AdcertiSer of Jan. 10th, under the
heading, "Foreign Vessels in Port" "
there appear, German, l British,
Norwegian, Hawaiian and secen
American vessels. OF the seven
American vessels, five are for sugar,
one, as the advertiser says, went in
ballast, and one, as the advertiser
is careful not to say, is in the lumber
trade, and never carries sugar. The
Victoria Cross secured cargo sim
ply by being in port at the right
time to take it. The Hesper left in
ballast because the cargo for which
the agents were negotiating with her
to carry was not ready, and the
vessel could not or would not wait
for it. That is determination
with vengeance. If the advertiser
writer had informed the public that
the Spreckels' firm year by year and
month by month, have been "char-
tering British vessels to carry their
sugar to the Coast" he would have
made himself famous by uttering
one plain truth, all on the same day;
but because such an intimation
would be matter of fact, it is safe to
predict that it never will appear in
the columns of that paper until the
exigencies of political misrepresenta-
ton render its publication necessary.
At the same time, the "organ"
ought to blow strong blast into
the ear of its masters that ''by so
doing, they are imperillng the
Treaty." And while our contem-
porary assumes to be in fighting
trim on discrimination" it may
be well to invite his attention to the
fact that insurance companies are
very wealthy and influential bodies,
and that, doubtless, many members
of Congress are personally interested
in their success, for which reason,
he must also remind his employers,
the Messrs. Spreckels, that by in
suring the great bulk of their sugars
in English companies, they are "dis-
eliminating" against American insur-
ance, and ''imperilling the Treaty."
With respect to quotation No. A.,
above, the statement is true in
words, but false in the impression
meant to be conveyed. 1t is true
that the Zealandia add Australia re-
ceive sugar in preference TO the
Oceanic Company's steamers and
for the best of all reasons, namely,
that the sugars were offered the
Oceanic Companys steamers, but
declined, except on terms dictated
by the company; hence the shippers,
not having the fear of the morning
1dccrtiser before their eyes, en-
tered into. Legitimate business engage
ments with other parties. The false
intention of the Advertisers re-
ference to these transactions is ap-
parent in the manifest insinuation
that the discrimination" is in favor
of "British" as against american
shipping.
Our contemporary would do well
in future, to bear in mind the fact
that however sure grip the Oceanic
Steamship Company may have OF
the Cabinet and commerce Of this
Kingdom, it is too much for either
the company or its goose-quill cham.
pion to claim for it monopoly OF
the Pacific Ocean. British ships, as