The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-07-21
NEWS AND NOTES.

anu gains mOueIdte AnSOAHe ~
literary work. He Is said to have
given up all desire for returning to
America TO live
From a country regarded few
years ago as having Just emerged
from the gloom of barbarism, Japan
has in a single generation changed
10 one of the most restless and en-
terprising nations of the world.
The Scottish census. which is the
last OF all TO come ID, shows the
same increase IN the town and de
crease IN the rural population which
the whole civilized world Is bec0m-
ing familiar with. For tie first time
Scotland has passed It's fourth mil
hon IN the upward climb.
Ex-AIinister Foster, who has Just
returned from HAVANA. says that
Cuba Is in a bad way. Her business
interests are nearly paralyzsd. The
island represents q loss each year TO
the Spanish Government in the form
OF deficiency. The taxes collected
do not pay the expenses of her local
Government. The greatest falling
of has been IL the sugar industry,
chiefly on account OF beet sugar COM
petition.
OF all the practical philosophers
and thinkers which America has
produced, probably Benjamin
Franklin heads the list. and he was
a business man with only the rudi-
ments OF a common school educs
ton. But in his business and with
II, he was a life long student-s
constant reader Of books which gave
him the best actively
Interested II everything which con-
cerned human well-being-a seeker
Of Intelligent society. and q searcher
Tor new knowledge.
The rumOrs set afoat for partisan
purposes. 70 the effect that the Bra
LILLIAN Government does not intend
70 carry ont the recent reciprocity
agreement with the United States
are discredited by the action of the
authorities at Rio Janeiro IN issuing
instructions to the officials through
out the country concerning the free
admission of our merchandise.
Newspapers from Para contain an
official announcement of the new
rates fixed by the agreement, di-
rected TO the Governor of Para by
the general government.
The foreign mails are accepted as
an InfalLible index to the state of
trade, and it Is fact well worthy of
note that the mails to Brazil and
other countries in South and Cen
tral America have never been so
heavy as they have during the past
two months. Reciprocity and the
postal subsidy bill have evidently
developed already into factors of the
greatest Importance as promoters of
our foreign commerce, and the
countries south of Us are already be-
ginning to look 10 Us more regularly
and 10 a greater extent to supply
their mulufarious ard voluminous
requirements.-Ex.
1t has lately been found out that
Chinese tobacco raised in China is
shipped to Cuba, where it is made
into cigars that are exported and
sold as genuine Havanas, made from
the Cuban leaf. In Cuba there are
$1,000 Cinnamon, and many of them
are IN the cigar business, getting in
voices Of Chinese tobacco from
Hongkong, which is marketed as the
product from Cuba. The Chinese
stuff is cheap, but it sells high when
made into cigars branded choice
Havana. The business Is a new one,
bat it Is growing, and any quantity
Of Chinese leaf. tainted with opium,
can be got from Hongkong by the
cOunterfeiters.
In spite of the failure of the bill
providing FOR congressional assist
ance Tor TIE Nicaragua Canal. there
Is no doubt as to the success of the
enterprise. By the expenditures al
ready made the concessions granted
to the company by the Nicaraguan
Government have been secured and
q great deal has been ACCOMPLISHED
with the money. Greytown harbor.
the Atlantic terminus OF the canal.
has been opened so that d steamship
drawing fourteen feet could enter il
and 90 10 the canal company's docks.
1t viii, probably. take $l00,000,00O to
complete the canal, though the en-
gineers' estimates only called for
$65, 100000.
Lord Salisbury has written let
ter to the Glasgow Chamber of
Commerce, IN which the Premier
says that he Is well aware of the i'm
portance OF the reciprocity treaty
between the United States and
Brazil Lord Salisbury adds that
four years ago the Government fail
ed TO obtain the Brazilian assent to
the most favored nation treatment
for British merchandise. The British
Governments efforts in that direc-
ton would now be renewed. 1t
looks as though all the energies of
the English shippers are to be d.
rected toward neutralizing whatever
practical results might proceed from
the reciprocal relations between the
United States and Brazil.
information has been received at
Worlds Fair headquarters from the
Latln-Amerlcan department at Wash
lngton tnat the government OF Mex
lco had announced officially Its ac-
eeptaDce OF the invitation from the
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