The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-10-07

islands? The exports of Tahiti
amounted to 1928, 900 and consisted
of cotton, cotton seed, mother of
pearl, copra, etc. They would
probably be very much increased if
steam communication was establish
ed to these islands, as the schooners
now running to the States were not
adequate TO such trade. He would
therefore move that the bill pass to
engrossment.
Noble j.. NJ. lIorner was ready to
vote for any scheme Of public inn
provement il convinced that it was
improvement. The House had re-
| jected the Hllo and San Diego pro-
| ject, although the management of
the Santa Fe system of railways
promised that, If the scheme was en-
Outraged, they would advertise the
islands in every car of theirs on the
American continent. What would
the advertising done by the Para
disc of the Pacific, n very excellent
medium although it was, amount to
alongside of that'
Noble Phillips-Why didn't you
tell us that before?
Noble Horner--Be you would
not give us chance. We were 60
ing to move an amendment, but
were not allowed the opportunity.
What good would this trade with
Tahiti do us? A few Portuguese
would get pay for handling the
copra on the wharf. Why should
they substitute this trade of the
United States and Tahiti, after re-
fusing to subsidze trade between
ourselves and the United States? III
the San Diego line had been encour-
aged the people on Hawaii would
plant bananas, and there was no
telling TO what the trade would
grow in two years. We do not want
Tahiti bananas-we can grow them
ourselves; nor Tahiti cocoanuts-
they are growing all round us.
Noble Widemann was glad to see
the enterprise of the hon. Noble
from Hawaii when the San Diego
scheme was up, and sorry TO see his
enterprise had dried up before the
Tahiti scheme was reached. The
speakers enterprise was not up TO
all the provisions of this bill, but he
did not want to see it indefinitely
postponed. When the French Gov
eminent offered only $4,000 q month
to this line for carrying the mail, he
thought $1,000 month from this
country was entirely disproportion-
ate. Suppose the company spent
$4,000 month here
Noble Phillips said it would cost
$1,000 for the charter, exclusive of
food and running expenses.
Noble Widemann said the Ameri-
can trade that would come this way
was closed book as yet. Regard
ing the cattle trade, he understood
that in Papeete, the principal town,
the consumption was only three head
week, which, if doubled by this
line, would give US q demand of six
head week. This, at the prevail
ing rates here, would amount to $72
a week we were to get from this pro-
| ject.
| Noble Cornwell said it might be
thought inconsistent in him to sup
port this bill after having voted
against the San Diego bill. The
Tahiti line he believed would be a
good thing for this country. He
moved that the bill be considered
section by section.
| Noble Macfarlane commented on
the statement of Noble Horner re-
garding the Santa Fe management,
saying it was strange that this was
never mentioned during the discus
sion Of the San Diego scheme. An
agent of that measure had been here
for months without saying word
about the Santa FEES backing. He
was aware that reported statements
of j. ID. Spreckels & Bros. regard
ing that scheme were never uttered.
The speaker was commenting on the
hopelessness of the San Diego line
being success, when he was called
to order for being off the subject.
He said he was only showing that
opposition to this bill did not neces.
sarily follow opposition to the other.
The French Government offered
$500 a month to the Tahiti line.
He believed that after years trial
, of this route the French Govern.
, ment would support the line without
any other assistance.
Noble Isenberg said the advocates
of this bill reminded him of people
. in Germany who believed in main.
tanning three hundred thousand sol.
diers because it made business. He
did not think that this country had
: too many cattle for herself. AS
enough had been said about the bill
, he would move the previous ques-
tlon. Carried.
The ayes and noes were called on
/ the motion 20 indefinitely postpone
the bill which was lost on the fol-
: lowing division:
, Ayes-Nobles Berger, Mccarthy
/ Walbridge, Anderson, Kanoa, Isen.
, berg, Reps. Brown, Kauhi, Baker,
: Iiorner, Rice, A. s. Wilcox-l2.
! Noes--Ministers Cummins, G..
Brown, Mobiles Widemann, Macfar-
. lane, Muller, Pua, Phillips, j. Nj,
, liorner, Parker, Marsden, Cornwell