The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-04-06
Halt II!
EDITOR BULLETIN

L lNSloi ~ NIIJll NhlNll Viz
P. g. are lavishing the public funds
without the consent of the taxpay-
ers, but | am a royalist, and l cry
halt to you, master mechanic, and
you, Mr.. Artisan, as you pause upon
the Threshold of the Annexation
Club that beseeches your signature.
Halt, friends, and tell me, do you
really know what you are doing, or
are you not misled by demagogic
craze which had its inception in the
brain of aggressive diplomacy and
in the evil heart of self-seekers act
ing in the name of good govern
meut." Listen to me.
What have you to gain by annex
ation2 You probably are imbued
with the vague general idea that an
nexation will be the sure panacea
for the ills which the Mckinley
Bill brought upon us, and for the
revolutionary agitations which the
missionary" clique have inflicted
upon us since 1887.
But do you not know that the
clothes you wear and the dress
goods that drape your wife are
mostly from Europe; that you get
them cheap because they pay only
10 percent duty here: that under
annexation the American tariff taxes
these goods so high that it will not
pay our merchants to import from
Europe, and what they import from
America will make your clothing
cost just about double what it does
now. Where is your benefit?
The prosperity of this country de-
ponds upon profitable market for
our chief products, viz, sugar, rice,
coffee and tropical fruits; not upon
whether Thurston or Parker is pre-
mier, whether the missionaries or
the Liberals run the country, or
whether legitimate monarch or a
revolutionary president poses as a
figure head.
AS an Independent state at the
"Cross Roads of the Pacific" with
the Nicaragua Canal accomplished,
tho markets of the world are ours
and we would be at liberty to load
our ships to whatever port we could
find the most advantageous for our
peculiar products.
If the American Agriculturist is
to be believed, in ten years the
United States will be about able to
produce beet sugar enough for her
own consumption. In this event our
cane sugar produced 1000 miles
away from market will be at dis
advantage if, as part of America.
we are tied up to her tariff policy
and are not at liberty to trade indie
pendently in other markets. A maj
GRITTY of Congress decides what the
U. S. tariffs shall be, and small
; weight will Hawaii's interests have
in the matter. Congress legislates
for the general good of 65,OOOOO(
=, people and will not allow the parti
cular interests of the north, the
east, the south, the west, or Hawai-
to have determining influence.
The Southern States now produce
!, more than enough rice for American
D consumption. Where will Hawaiian
rice figure under annexation? As
part of America we may not be abb
, to induce Congress to find us an
y other market. But as an indepen
dent people, we are in position t.
induce America to receive our ric
free, and also seek Independent
advantages in other markets for on
raw rice, or by manufacturing it int
starch or alcohol.
v The United States treaties witt
/ Central and South American State
!t admitting coffee free give us II,
advantage as part of the Union
as whereas our commercial freedom
If would permit us to open othe
l markets.
y | fail to see how annexation to tn
d United States is going to bring II
any more commercial prosperit
J, than we may enjoy as an indepen
ot dent state. Every advantage w
a. we may secure by treaty with tn
IL United States, Canada or with what
ever country the Nicaragua Cana
l. may place us in rapid communica
ton with. Our products are few
d, but valuable and in demand tn
s. world over. Let us retain to on
II own statesmen and legislators tn
" rights of a free and independen
J. people to regulate our own affair:
Id commercial and political. We hav
intelligence and ability in our com
- munity, and we can legislate for oul
selves and our interests better tina
congressman 5000 miles away froI
= here.
You want good and stable govern
= ment. The Hawaiian Government
,g has been liberal government AM
i, has especially favored its people wit
or light taxation, and generous assist
We ance to the chief industry. No gov
IL eminent is perfect and the record G
4 4 Hawaiian Legislatures is not half S
le bad as that of many State Legisla
er lures, notably those at Sacramento
"a Albany and, recently, at Topek;
~, ~ Our statute books are ample vindici
al ton of the character of Hawaiia
ly Legislators.
m But a vicious element of America
H. agitators has raised its hydra hea
n among us, whose spread-eagle il
ID science outranks their common-sens
of Lot Uncle Sam take Pearl Harb'
an as a naval station, and in retm
'een, therefor grant us free trade treat
nd and a protectorate, Let her nay
M hold in check such agitators as ha,
l. played the devil in this count
les since 81 and let United States Mi
ro- listers and naval officers prote
les rather than plot to overthrow esta