The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-28
TRADE WITH HAWAII.
The Oakland the Pioneer of a
Regular Line.
DEMAND FOR SEATTLE WARES.


The successful voyage of fhs bark Oak
land 10 Honolulu promises TO be followed
by the establishment Of regular line OF
steamers ss vel as sailing vessels between
this port and the Haw allan islands. Is the
following dispatch shows:
TscoxA. Oct. 27.-fSpecial IL. is re-
ported on good authority that III. W.
Wheeler and Lee Wheeler, OF Seattle. have
purchased the steamer Haytien Republic
With the intention Of putiIng her on the
run between Honolulu and Tacoma and
Seattle
George ]. Wiley. proprietor Of Central
wharf, returned Friday from his trip
to Honolulu. where he went with I. j.
King. the hay and feed meichsn. of that
place. TO be present AZ the arrival OF the
bark Oakland, which no chartered. and
which carried down the immense cargo of
hay, grain. live stock, etc, the first ever
shipped direct from this port. He has
made arrangements for q larger vessel,
and will run 10 on regulaf trips. be
brought back large orders. and says an
immense trade can Do built up between
the islands and this port. In an interview
with q Posr.IsrKLLIs EscER reporter Mr..
Wiley said:
"Ths Oakland arrived in Honolulu
October z, twenty -four days out, after
pleasant, uneven.ful trip. The wind was
light during the entire trip and the only
thing that happened out of the ordinary
was the death of a work horse taken down
by A. Feek. The polied Angus cattle
in excellent shape. and astonished the
people of the islands. | think they will
prove . valuable acquisition there. The
cargo was discharged in four days. and
Immediately took on small re-
turn cargo consisting OF fifty tons of
salt. rs sacks of rice and go punches
OF bananas, and she cleared on October Is
for this city. brought back orders for
800 tons of hay. grain, mill feed. -four
aud general merchandise. The merchants
and people generally are very much
pleased with the character of the goods
taken from this state, especially with the
hay and grain. The timothy hay sells
very we'll down there and is in good de-
msnd. Shortly after il was placed on the
market quite a rush was made for it,
which demand continued and will, in my
mind, still continue.
II intend running one boat. and posi-
bly, two on that route, and am at present
negotiating for bark Of larger dimensions
than tho Oakland. and will have her
alongside my dock loaded and ready to
sail in at least thirty days When ar
rived at Honolulu l Was compelled to pay
. license of $500 before the bark could be
unloaded. This is in accordance with q
law requiring a man to pay this sum in
order 10 sell goods or do business with
Hawaiian merchants or solicit orders for
any foreign house. This is done to pro-
tect their home merchants, who have to
pay high license.
1T. J. King, who was in this city re-
Gently and who shipped most of the Oak
lands cargo, Is manager and one OF the
largest shareholders Of the California
Feed Company. of Honolulu. the largest
establishment of the kind on the islands.
He Is q great admirer of Washington and
her products. and has already placed
large order in my hands to be
shipped on the next vessel. A
large trade can certainly be built
up with the islands. and / think
some encouragement should be given by
the home merchants, who could have their
rice, salt, bananas and other tropical
products brought down direct. instead of
having them shipped via San Francisco.
We can ship hay and grain cheaper to the
islands than they can from California, and
there 10 no reason why Washington should
not be the chief exporter to that country
Mr.. Wiley stated that A. Feek, who
has the contract for building railroad
around Oahu island was on the ground
with all his paraphenaiia. and thought he
had a good contract and would make
money with it. He said when he let
there was considerable talk of extending
the road further than the contract calls
for.
Mr.. Wiley said that In q conversation
he had with California business men in
Honolulu he learned that they had
been suspecting for some time
that they would have competi-
ton before long from this state,
and were not surprised when they read in
the PosT-IsTELLIaEScER that the Oakland
had sailed with an immense cargo, and
think they feel little uneasy about IL.
lie says the people of the islands gem
orally are we'll satisfied with the present
administration, and. from appearances.
thinks the financial condition of the
islands good. He stated that he met men
in Honolulu who were looking up coffee
culture. and heard it whispered that il
would shortly be tried on grand scale.