The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-08-29

f. " increased. SIS our one grsSt mar
ket Is the United States Sn6 the
existing tsrif does not admit most
OF our products except upon pSy-
msnt Of p7ohihitory duties, With
the impetus which annexation
woold give there is no reason why
the prOductS Of the islands should
no: be trsbled within the next few
yesrS
What is your totsl populstions =
About uIuety-6ve thousand. Of
whom twenty thousand are whites.
thirtv-tour thousand nStive HS-
wSiisnS fourteen thousand Chi
nsss Su6 eighteen thousand Japan
sse-
Where lies the trend OF t-ade?"
Practically al trade Is with
The United StSteS. with the exeep-
ton o. : small margin. less than
twenty per cent. which sosS 70
Great BritSin 2nd Germany"
Whist : the amount of your
sxports
@The exports Of the islands
during 1921 were, in round num-
bsrs. fourteen million dollars. snd
the imports SIX million dollars. In
1892 thev were somewhat less.
owing TO the effec: OF the Mckinley
tariff.
H2s no; the character Of native
rule changed since the extinction
o. the royal race Of Kamehameha?"
The effect of the reign Of
halaksus and mis- sister. the late
queen, has been highly injurious
10 the country. Until the accession
OF Kslskaus, the tendency Of sll
the kings had been TO govern con-
stitutionsny through q cabinet,
and with few exceptions they had
continually extended wider and
greater privileges TO the people.
Kalaksu2 and his sister, on the
contrary, engaged in 8 continual
struggle 10 revert to absolute power
and incidentally thereto had re-
course 70 the Supersidous fears Of
the natives by reyiving old heather
practices and doing all they pos
sibly could do TO debauch the cleo
torate.n
" Who constitute the present
Provisional government
They have been for years the
leaders Of the liberal party, which
has resisted attempts st royal ag-
gressioa. But for this leadership
the king would long since have sc
oomplJshed his object. The natives
IN and OF themselves had no power 4
to resist the throne. If it had not I
been for the reactionary efforts on
the pazt Of the throne the monarchy /
could have continued indefinitely 4
without s thought On the part of the
white population OF any change. 4
the Provisional government is con-
Of the best material in the
country, both for honorable char
scter and business ability. It has
he support Of practically the whole
portion OF the commun-
~. and. under existing eircum-
stances, It can and viii continue TO
maintain itself until some guaranty
Il stable, honest and efficient gov
srnment Is secured :
What is the attitude Of native
9aEaiizns7n
so far as the great body Of them
: concerned they are waiting 10 see
what IS going 70 hsppen. They
ave no very strong feeling either
ne way o. the other The more
,duczted and conservative Of the
lstive leaders are in favor Of the
Provisional government. This is
Illustrated By the fact that at
convention Of pastors and delegates
epresenting all of the Protestant
churches, held last month
4 Honolulu, resolution was pass
d by an almost unanimous vote
hat they call upon the president
Z body as 9 mark OF their es-
sem and confidence, which they /
I'd"
Who oppose the present gov
-nnent2 II
S5The immediate friends and ex-
Gcs-holders under the late queen,
nd the low whites and dissatisfied
! al classes The postponement
I annexation has caused 2 terrible
train upon the entire community
y reason Of the absolute uncer-
zinty Of the situation. So far as
&. Blount Individually Is con
emed, many OF the comments of
be papers in this eoutry have been {
% harsh and unezlled for. Up 10 !
be present time he has, in all main !
ssentizls, given satisfaction 70 all
ertiss at the islands. He has pro-
uced the impression upon members
I the Provisional government that