The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-06-10
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SAN DIEGO AND HONOLULU.

lie lOllOWtuS 10 oil lnIelNlSN VIII
Mr.. B. F. Dillingham; in the San
Diego Sun. In connection with the
opinion passed upon that city, it
may be mentioned that San Fran
cisco paper, received by last mail,
gives serious attention to the report
that the Peninsular & Oriental
Steamship Company is to put a line
of steamers between San Diego and
Honolulu:
GA favored city, / should say it
was. The boom has given it start
of 20 years. The people who live
in San Diego have clear title to
their contented looks and business
prosperity. With a panacea for
every ill circumambient in their
climate; the fruits and flowers of
two zones setting perennial smile
on their back country; the road
ways of commerce leading in every
direction from the doors of their
warehouses; a splen ndid harbor on
one hand and majestic mountains
embodying great resources of irriga-
ton on the other-with all these and
many more elements of wealth it is
no wonder that San Diegans are
happy. They ought 10 be proud"
Thus spoke B. f. Dillingham;, a
representative citizen of Honolulu,
to Sun reporter, who had asked
for an opinion of San Diego from
foreigners standpoint.
~ wish," he continued, "tbere
were closer commercial relations be-
tween Honolulu and this port. We
claim that Hawaii is the Paradise of
the Pacific, yet we are always want
ing something. There is a good
market in the islands for the hay,
grain, -four, lime and brick of San
Diego, while such Hawaiian products
as sugar, rice, bananas and possibly
coffee could be handled here to the
advantage of all concerned. Sugar
is our king staple. Last year we
exported something like 235 100000
pounds, valued at nearly $ll,000,-
900. This year the value of this
export will be greatly increased by
the recent advance in price here.
Rice is second in Importance, the
exports of last year amounting to
100000 pounds. Hides, bananas
and wool then take rank in the order
named. Nearly rs per cent of our
imports come from the United
States. Groceries, provisions, cloth
ing, hats, boots and shoes, dry
goods, lumber, grain and machinery
are the largest items in the list.
Fully 92 per cent of all our foreign
trade is with the United States, and
the Pacific ports come in for nearly
all of this. 1t is the result of the
reciprocity treaty of 1876, and it
will be seen that this country is not
only good buyer of our products,
but that American jobbers find our
merchants are good customers.
However, the balance of trade is in
our favor. Since 1876 there has
been an almost steady increase in
the excess of our exports over the
imports. In 1880 the excess was
81 ,200,000. Last year it was some
what over 81 900, 900. Another item
that is significant in our trade is the
importation of specie, which was
$1,000, 900 in 1888, the export being
only $28,000. That which does not
go to the islands in payment of
goods is, to very considerable ex-
tent, invested in California real
estate"
Local transportation interests
are taking some shape there, are
they not?"
1.-TWO or three steam tramways
have been built for hauling freight
short distances, but nothing like a
passenger railroad was attempted
until this year. This enterprise
only got the endorsement of the
people after street tramway was
put in successful operation in Homo
lulu. The street car tracks will
traverse II miles of streets when
ahey are flushed. Cars commenced