The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-01-06

guished.
Under free trade with the United
States those who would receive the
first and the greatest benefit would
be those having little or no capital,
for there would then be an oppor-
tunity for them to engage in indus
tries within their means and with
fair prospect of profit.
The temporary loss of revenue to
this Government under free trade
treaty would be insignificant as COM
pared to the national benefits that
would be gained, and in very brief
period the gain in revenue from
other sources would far exceed tho
loss.
We believe that with free trade
treaty and cable communication
with the United States, these islands
will attain degree of prosperity
never before experienced.
The present treaty of reciprocity
with the United States will expire
within two years and unless renewed
we will lose even that benefit, and
steps of some kind will have to be
taken.
We therefore believe it of vital i'm
portance that every effort should be
made and without delay, to establish
these closer commercial relations
with the United States, and if the
United States require, in return,
that they receive lease of Pearl
Harbor weshould be prepared to
grant the lease.
But perhaps before giving legis-
lative authority to the Government
to negotiate such an important mat
ter, more information ought to be
obtained, showing precisely what
advantages can be secured. Your
committee, therefore, recommend
that committee of this House, to
consist of three members, be author
lied to obtain such information, and
ascertain what course the United
States Government or Congress
would be inclined to take, and to re.
port to this Legislature at an adj,
journed session, if the information
shall, in the opinion of Her Majesty's
Government, be sufficiently impor.
tant to call together the Legislature
Members of the United States Con.
gress do not, as your committee be
lieve, consider it proper for diplo
matte representatives of foreign ma
tions to interview them, or urge up
on them views on international sub
jects, and yet they are ready to con
verse freely with such a delegation
as was recently sent to the United
States by some of the South Amer
lean countries and the result of tn,
Pan American conference was seel
in the treaties shortly afterwards
negotiated.
In like manner a delegation from
the Hawaiian Legislature, when in
troduced i'll Washington by the Ha
waiian Minister Resident there, ma,
obtain a full, although informal, in
terchange of views on the subject
of the treaty, the cable and Pear
be that this body would then know
to what extent it may be advisabl
to authorize Her Majesty's Govern
ment to negotiate.
From Mr.. Marques remarks be
fore the committee, it appears tina
in his opinion the views of othe
countries as well as, if not before tn
United States, should be ascertaine,
concerning Pearl Harbor. Furthe
steps may be proper, if the Unite'
States shall not indicate a desire t.
give Hawaii full reciprocal benefit
for naval station and harbor in tn
Pearl River lagoon; but your com
mittee recommend that the Unite,
States shall first be given an oppol
tunity to show whether or not it
ready to act in the premises in
way which shall be satisfactory t
this country.
Your committee do not, howevel
recommend that any conference o
this subject be sought at Washing
ton or London, Berlin or St. Peters
burg, unless some intimation be frs
given in behalf of the United States
English, German or Russian Govern
ments that such conference woul
be acceptable. With this limitatio
on the power of the legislative con
mittee herein recommended to as
conferences abroad, your committe
urge its appointment, and are conf
dent that important results will 70
low thercfrom.
II. w. WILCOX,
w. o. SMITH,
JOHN KALuNA,
} JNo. NJ. HoRNER.
He further stated that in cons,
nance with the report he desired
present the following resolutions:
Resolved: That, in view of IL
unsatisfactory condition of eXistiI
commercial relations with the Unite
States of America, a committee
the Hawaiian Legislature, consistin
of Hon. l.. A. Thurston, r.. w. wi
cox, j. Nawahi, j. X. Iosepa and
H. Waipuilani, be appointed to pr
ceed to Washington to obtain i
formation as to the terms upC
which closer commercial relation
mutually advantageous to the tv
, countries, could probably be esta
lished between the Government
the United States and the Hawaii;
, Kingdom, and report the result
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