The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-05-18
Sugar.

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previous ruling rates. Receipts
from Hawaiisare large.
In Congress, on the 9th inst, the
Speaker laid before the House for
reference the reply of the Attorney
General to the resolution asking
for information as to whether the
sugar trust had violated the anti
trust law. The Acknowledgement
says: "In answer l have to say,
in brief. that the said company vio-
lated the Act of Congress above
named, and a suit in equity to en-
join such violation was commenced
in the name of the United States
against said company, and others
alleged to be acting in combination
in violation of that law, on the I'd
of May, inst, in the Circuit Court
of the United States for the Eastern
district Of Pennsylvania, and is
now there pending"
A dispatch from Washington,
dated May 5, says: "The prophecy
is made here that, despite the
strong efforts put forth in that di-
rection, the House Committee on
Ways and Means will not report
favorably the bill to place refined
sugar on the free list.
Mott Smith and Annexation.
A dispatch from Washington
dated May 8th says: at is said
that Representative Blount, chair
man of the House Committee on
Foreign Affairs, has made a cauti-
Gus canvas among the leading
members of the House to see what
Congressional support can be OBJ
tanned for scheme for the an
nexation of the Hawaiian Islands.
The matter has as it's origin the be-
lief that it would be more polite for
the United States to secure posses
sion of the islands than to allow
England to either seize them
or to establish a protectorate there.
DIR. Mott Smith, the Hawaiian
Minister, when asked about the
matter tonight, said he was not in
the confidence of those who were
reported to be interested in the
move, but he said he was not aware
of any such plan. He said fur
Their that if the United States made
Hawaii fair proposition looking
toward annexation it would be well
received
The press of the Coast is practi-
cally a unit on letting Hawaii
make the first overtures toward an
nexation, in order to avoid diplo-
matte difficulties with England
and other countries. They also
contend that the advantage which
Hawaiian planters would receive
in the way of sugar bounties would
more than repay the islands for
becoming part of the republic.
What the Hawaiian people think
of this matter is eagerly awaited.
Admitted to American Registry.
Congress has passed the bill adj
hitting to registry the Inman line
steamers City of Paris and City OF
New York, and the bill will be
signed by the President without g
doubt. Ninety per cent. of the stock
of the Inman company is owned by
Americans, and it is expressly
stipulated that the company shall
build two first class steamers Of
20 knots speed and 10000 tons in
American shipyards before the
registry is complete. The bill was
urged through by the Cramps, who
will undoubtedly get the contracts
for these two vessels, as the Cramps
are as close to the Inman company
as the Union Iron Works is to the
Southern Pacific.
Senator FELTON,, it is stated, viii
at once bring in a bill admitting
the Zealandia to American registry
and it is thought that the bill vii
pass if urged with pertinacity
The steamer is in need of repairs
and the necessary amount to make
her eligible can be spent on her tt
advantage.
At any rate, with the Inmar
liners on the American list, we arr
certain to have an American trans
Atlantic steamship company.
Ten Years of Exclusion.
Congress has at last passed ano
Their Chinese Exclusion bill, tn,
Senate and House conferees having
agreed on bill extending Chimes
exclusion for ten years.
The measure is not so strict al
the Pacific Coast people would like
but it is an improvement on any
thing yet adopted. The old Scot
bill is continued, and besides every
Chinaman is required to be regis
tered to show his right to remain
in the country. The merchants
clause is more firmly drawn, anC
no bail will be permitted Chimes,
who come here and claim admit
lance on habeas corpus.
There has been the usual bun
combe talk in the Eastern paper
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