The morning call., 1891-06-10
EDITORIAL NOTES.

California fruit. growers will peruss with inter
est the census statistics OF the importation OF
foreign tropical fruits. The statistics relate en-
tIrely TO shipments OF oranges, lemons and ba-
nanas received from abroad. OF the hundred
cargOes OF oranges imported last year sixty we're
landed at New York and the remainder at BOs-
ton Philadelphia. Baltimore Charleston and
other ports. They came from the Mediterranean
ports, the West Indies ana Central America.
The lemon trade is much more valuable, the re-
ceiDtS being valued at nearly S4,OO0,OOO per
annum, the larger portion being the product OF
Sunny Italy. California oranges are growing in
favor and are bound to encroach on The domain
OF Inc foreign product. Increased shipments OF
citrus fruits from the Golden State mean larger
remtttances from the East and greater prosper
lty for the it-gtOwer fortunate enough to pos
sess groves in bearing.
A member of the largest and oldest hard
ware firm OF Rio Janero in a recent letter dis
cussng The benefits OF reciprocity between Bra
I'll aud this country summed up his opinion thus:
Your Secretary OF State Is the greatest states
man That lives to-day. We have decided that
within eighteen months we Will have no goods
on cur shelves except those manufactured In the
United States" This firm formerly did an ex-
elusive trade with European houses. Now the
trade is turning il this direction aud American
iron manufacturers are making determined eff
forts to take advantage of the situation.
Honolulu is threatened with a water famine,
"Once MORE" says the Commercial AdUertiser
the pipes discharge into our ice pitchers rich
gravy Of a faded Krakatoa afterglow. Once
more the festive captain cranes his neck around
corners and through fences TO see IL some Gus
toner IS suUeptitiOuslv running the hose In his
back yard and getting more soup from the stor-
age reservoirs than the law allows" The Legis-
lature some time ago made an appropriation for
the construction of new storage reservoirs. but
nothing has yet been done to improve the sltua-
ton.
Roger @. Mills, who aspires to be Speaker, IS
as strong an enemy Of protection as he ever was.
II is hard TO realize he asserts, that the main
tenance OF closer trade relations with England
would prove more profitable TO the manufact-
urers Of this country. Judging from Consular
reports recently received by The Secretary OF
STATE, the foreign manufacturers would be only
too happy to profit by a change In our policy
With diminished trade they have been cutting
down wages. reducing their forces or shutting
down their works.
In commenting on the scarcity Of rice In the
Hawaiian market the Gazette points out tina:
there are 1000 Chinese in the RiDgdom and
$4,000 japanese with 1000 more 10 arrive be-
fore July. This makes a total OF $4,000 persons
now on The Islands who subSist chiefly on rice.
The product OF last year amounted to about
$4,000, 900 pounds, of which 100000 were
consumed as food and 10500,000 exported to
San Francisco.
Acting Rear-Admiral John G. Walker the
commander OF the squadron of evolution, be-
lieves there should be more music In the world,
particularly In the navy, where the men lead
hard, embarrassing lives and where any sort Oh
change is wholesome. He believes good band
on board a cruiser is one of TIE most efficient
means OF maintaining discipline.