The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-10-10
THE LEGISLATURE.
NINETY-EIGHTH DAY.
THURSDAY, Oct. Q.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
House resumed at | 80.

The House resumed at | 80.
Third reading of bill to provide
that persons eighteen years of age
may dispose of their estates by will.
Rep. Brown moved it pass. Car
ricd.
Third reading of bill to establish
steam communication between Ho-
nolulu and Tahiti.
Rep. Lucas moved il pass.
Noble Isenberg moved the bill he
indefinitely postponed. He saw no
reason for this country paying $32,.
900 a year TO establish this line.
Noble j. NJ. Ilorner supported the
amendment. The more appropriate
title of the bill would be, IAN Act
to encourage steam communication
between Tahiti and the United
States" The trade between Tahiti
and the United States had no more
to do with this country that had that
between Cuba and the United States.
Because other nations had large
trades between each other was no
reason why this country should sub
sidize them. lie failed to see any
advantage, either Immediately or
remotely, in trade between Tahiti
and the Hawaiian Islands. We con-
sumo nothing that Tahiti produces,
and have no manufactures that
Tahiti wants. The main function
this line would have regarding these
islands would be IN drawing the sub.
sidy. It's cargoes would not reach
our merchants, but simply be loaded
on another steamer.
Rep. Lucas was greatly surprised
TO hear the hon. Noble from Hawaii
oppose this bill. 1t would establish
a new foreign trading ground for
these islands. San Diego was differ
ent, as it was close to San Francisco,
and we had communication there
already. Our merchants get flour
free of duty from the United States,
which with this new line they could
ship to Tahiti. The copra coming
from Tahiti would furnish return
cargoes for vessels from Europe and
Puget Sound. There would be n
revenue to the Government from the
storage charged on the products
here.
Rep. r. w. Wilcox was in favor
of the bill. He was sorry to see the
hon. Noble from Hamakua back
sliding, as he had always been in
favor of encouraging cables, and
steamers, and railways. Probably
the hon. Noble was sore over the
killing of the San Diego line bill,
but he need not despair, as there
still was chance for that subsidy.
An item could be inserted IN the
Appropriation Bill. After this hint
he hoped the hon. Noble would vote
for the bill. The money spent il
transhipping cargoes would go into
the pockets of our own people oil
the wharves. Noble Pua had pre-
sented petition that natives work
ing on the wharves be paid So day
This of course could not be enter
tanned, but by inducing steamers tC
come here these laborers would have
all the work they wanted at GOOD
wages. The hon. Noble had sale
the other day that the San Diego
line was backed by the Santa FL
railway, and would introduce us tt
untold millions of people. Well, il
q few years there would be cana
across Central America, when there
would be direct steamers between
France and Tahiti. These woulC
put us in direct communication will
S millions of Frenchmep, who would
send us cargoes of silk and o
wines twenty or thirty years old
. lie hoped to hear the hon. Nobl
say before the vote that he ha
l.. changed his mind.
Noble Widemann lad aIread
! spoken his mind freely on this bill
He might move an amendment t
reduce the subsidy, but at this stag
q o he would support whatever was i
n the bill. In reference to NObl
: Horner's remark that the chic
business of the company would h
Y to draw the subsidy he believe
J that the subsidy would be a
spent here, and more to bool
Still, it would not kill the countr
If the House decided to reject til
bill.
Minister Brown said that whe
~ the bill was on second reading h
voted against the indefinite pos
ponement of the bill, because 1
: believed that the line might ha,
some encouragement from this coul
try. lie agreed with Noble Wide
mann that the subsidy was higho
: than the country could afford.
was understood that the Ocean
O Steamship Co. had made contra,
with the French Government I
establish this line for q subsidy
100000 francs year or from $500
3. TO $4,000 month, and the steamt
TO be employed was the Kinau hyir
= the Hawaiian flag. The princip
markets for Tahiti's copra wei
Europe and Valparaiso, and it wouI
never pay TO tranship the artic
here. lie once spent six months
!. Tahiti and could inform the men
nj hers that the chief town of Papee
rs was not more than half the size
lilo. The speaker described u
= nature of the trade OF Tahiti. /