The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-06-23
OPIUM IN THE STATES.


heaped upon injury toward the iegi .
| timate Government Of this country !
aud the friends of Hawaiian inde- /
pendeure. Mr. Stevens with reckless F..
garrulity aud unscrupulous menda-
ritv wrote both to his Government |
aud to newspapers, charging those
who opposed his bandit action and
its results with being members ot /
the opium ring" aud almost every
thing else that was disreputable.
tie did not produce particle Of
evidence in support uf his foul
charge. fur he hal not auy m,t"r
basis for his statements than the
ISLANDERS uf a bitterly partisan press.
Opium had always been smuggled
more or less. it was impossible to
sop il altogether. Sometimes con
fiscated opium has been stolen out
of Government store rooms, too. but
in all the known inst ances il was
when "the best people. according
to the estimate ut Stevens, had
I charg. uf the keys. lud.ed, II did
. not take long after Stevens had in.
stalled the Provisional Government
: before a large robbery of this kind
took place. However. il the preva.
" lence of opium smuggling On a
long and difficult coast line IL
ground for revolution, then the
whole Pacific Coast il rotten ripe
q for bringing under the sway of
Provisional Government to pre-
pare il To become a republic on
the Hawaiian plan. Sume months
~ ayo We gave an abstract uf long
p description VI tho smuggling opera
'r tious Gu that coast, wherein the
=. whole territory was characterized
a. - smusglcrs parad 81. In reply
- t. our comments On the facts q J.
q contemporary made futil. at
tempt to show that thrr. vas more
.xrus. for the United state, Govern
meut IN failing 10 suppress opium
smuggling than th"r. was for the
Il Hawaliau Government. There u
be-. little doubt. from TIA" evidence -
facts from time tu time printed il
thi. paper, that there has been de
a rilcd increase IN the practice -
IN. opium smuggling since the Z. Il
i, cam. intu power What the cundI
ton il ou tn. Pacific Coast may b
partly gat h.fcd from the follnwi in
, report "f the discussion on th
:" opium iarllr III the laitrd Stat.
-, senate On May III:
a.. la the next paragraph. opium -,
tracts for medical purposes, b
h"us- rate was - percent. Th
,.ual. amendment made II ~ pei
lar cent. II" latter Mas adopted. to'
,.,. The next Jones amendment wa
=, to place crude opium. not adultri
atcd, containing nine percent or Nv.
= ut morpbia. dutiabie AT 81 per poun
ud IN the house bill, on the free list.
If. Mr.. Palmer (dein.) al Illinois III
:. msuded an explanation. He said i
wuuld like to s.e this damuable dru
wv ah-olutcly excluded,
"i Mr.. Jones replied that this WI
we uumauutactured opium designed Il
ma, manufactures and medicinal pa
poses. The duty ON smoking opiu
>" was placed at 81.
nR Mr. Sh"rrnar rriticiS"i the r'iu
n L.. "A an a. !,
lur smoking, from Sl2 to 81 p
IA, pound. II" agreed with Mr., Palm
that this drug should br prohlhite
u" Mr.. Mitchell of Oregon declar'
MS that l." prevent smuggling this du
nus should be either rr,iured or its IL
IL. p"rIariun absolutely prohibited.
A., Mr.. Vest said the duty had b"'
w" r,"luc-i al the Suggestion of q
too treasury depart m-nt. The nllicis
fur along the Pacific coast all l,elirN'
he, a T. durtion 81 the duty, 10y redu
my the premium on smugglin
wuut r-ud 10 bre,k up that prs
'h" ti,r and would furnish the govsI
ui mcut u larg"r revenue. With sI
ON u coast In" il WAS impossible to pI
,,,. yrut smuggling ul the stuh.
Mr.. White Of California test iii
'''' Ia the truth 81 III" impossibillty
riof collecting he duty On opium as 10
eau a. il remained at Sl2, Smuggli
It.u had b"come So common that opit
a,.. was offered for sal. On the streets
awe san Francisco At SO pound VIII
resi- he duty un il was 81.
'ud- TIL" amendment To transfer cru
,r-n opium tu the free list was agreed
Mr. Sherman then moved TO
crease the duty on smoking opi,
from 81 to SO pound. l1''st
rlaN Ia 81
'""' When Hawaii is added to Calf
u !" MIA as d cluster uf counties VIII
eh' Is the high destiny the nation II
"i come 10 from stevens cnnspirar,
Tue the suugglers' paradi,e" will
'''"' perfected, and the opium and ot
"', rings will he big enough 10 mj
u Saturn J"aIou. oi the Earth,
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