The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-26
A CABLE TO HAWAII
Government Favors a Line to
the United States.
AN OFFER HAS BEEN ACCEPTED.
Resident or the Islands I'm This City
lie IL Here tn secure Puget
sound Lumber.

The new cable fran, the United states To
the Hawaiian islands - likely soon to hs
3 reality. according II information that
was given 10 a observation-disclosures reporter
at the Ranief-tsrand hy w. a.. Peacock
who has lately arrived in this country
from Honolulu 70 make arrangements for
handling Puget sound lumber IN the isi-
ands. whose internal SiSSensions have for
the last two or three years been the cause
OF so much talk. AIR. Peacock believes all
the talk there has heen about Niihusterlrg
expeditions from this Coast 10 the islands
IS as haselesS as the fabric OF a dream.
The administration of President Dole and
his cabinet is stronger now than IL has
been since its Inauguration, and the mate
rial prosperity OF the country has i'm
creased since Queen LII was depoSed that
greater proportion OF the population IS
friendly 20 the present Administrations
Mr.. Peacock said;
The Cable Is Sure To RE Laid.
The cable scheme. az outlined by thu
press reports from the islands. in which
Col q. G. Snaulding is reported to have
made an offer 10 the government. which
offer has been accepetd and the franchise
granted. means a most important adj
Nancement In the material prosperity OF
the island republic. Col. Spauldine Is a
man of enormous wealth, aggressive char
acter, with n determination 10 succeed in
anything he undertakes.
zone Of the most important possibilities
In Hawaii under the present admlnistra-
ton concerns the liquor business. Tho
Gethenburg system may he adopted. This
system now prevails IN Sweden, and under
IL the state takes entire control of the re-
tail liquor business. The niodus operandt
in Sweden IS for the government TO grant
compensation 10 private individuals hold
ing retail licenses. taking entire charge
Of the traffic and licensing 10 10 n conn
pany composed of members approved by
the government. which company agrees tn
carry on the business strictly according
to the laws and regulations governing the
same. After retaining a profit Of 5 or
per cent. per annum ON the capital invest
ed. the company returns any surplus earn
cd during its administration of this retail
traffic as a government realization"
Mr.. Peacock Is interested in not only n
wholesale hut several retail establish
ments. and thinks that the movement may
be- backed BY sufficient influence To CAUSE
an alteration in the existing laws, and
that the Gothenburg system may be adopt
cd. He said:
''one wing OF the temperance reform
party in Hawaii considers that the ador-
ton of the Gothenhurg system does not
reach far enough. and proposes To retire
the conducting OF tho whole liquor traffic.
Wholesale, iohhinE and retail. as soon az
the present existing licenses expire. In
WHICH case II IL INOhNStti W kA3ht thA
and proper compensation TO the parties in-
terested,' but whose vested interests would
suffer"
MIR. Peacock lis IN Seattle to make a thor
oush Investigation into the lumber husi-
ness of Puget sound. and proposes to open
up lumber business on n large scale in
the Hawaiian islands,
Danger From the Japanese.
In regard 10 the Japanese in Hawaii. Mr..
Peacock gives some interesting facts. and
sounds n note OF the alarm felt there by
the white residents that the Japanese will
run over the country.
There are now e7.ooo Japanese In Tia
wall being. I'm rough figures, 30 per cent.
OF the entire population. Under the exist
ing treaty between Ianan and Hawaii.
Japanese subjects domcled IN Hawaii ara
entitled 10 the benefits Of what Is COM
monty known as the favored nation
clause The close competition Of the Jap
anese as against the white traders I'm all
lines of business. is creating grave alarm
among tho Teutons aad Anglo-Saxons
The Americans. English. Germans and
others who are DOW engaged IN different
lines OF mercantile business in the Ha-
waiian islands find IL impossible 10 Sue
cessfully compete with the Japanese inn
porting houses and storekeepers. who ara
enabled, through the cnofie wages paid I'm
their own country~~wheh wages woiIl1
not keep life in the body of white man.
10 cut rates 10 such an extent that the
whites must receive protection at the
hands Of tho government. or at an early
date be entirely forced out Of business. A
commission WAS appointed ~ the special
session of the legislature, which was late
~ prorogued. TO make thorough inquiry
into tho present state OF affairs as regards
japanese competition. This commission ~
expected TO report 10 the legislature which
will convene IN regular session I'm Feb
rnary 1896. and II IL hoped and 10 he ex-
pected that measures will he adopted 20
afford protection TO the whites 40 far as
will prevent the total capture Of the posi-
tion by the Japanese"
improvements Under the Republic.
"Tba public improvements I'm the line ee
road making, the construction Of wharves
and bridges. and the excellence Of fariii-
Ties attained by the water works in fur
nishing greater supplies for manufacture
ing plants, irrigation and private use, have
been greater during the last two years
than during the twenty years previous.
The credit n the government has been en-
HANGED 10 such ~ extent that bonds that
wore offered ~ - and - three years ago
are now eagerly sought for al par. The
harhor OF Honolulu has. under the admins
istration Of President Dole. been improved
20 such an extent that tho largest ocean
steamers and sailing vessels. drawing ay
much as thirty feet Of water. can easily
he accommodated ~ its docks. Honolulu
has population OF 14.s1 people IL has THO
most perfect telephone system Of any city
81 isg size In tho world. having a subscrip-
ton list Of over G0o. The city is thorough
Is lighted by electricity. arc lights in tho
streets ard incandescents in the houses.
The present horse car system OF street To-
ronlotion will undoubtedly he replaced at
an early date with an electric system =
SIR Peacock. who. by the way. IL Brit
ish subject. Is an ardent supporter Of the
Dole government. and believes that tho
prospects for the annexation OF the ISL
ands ~ the United States are more prem
isiug than ever ''Fhiz talk of fiibuHier-
ing expeditions" he said. "is very foolish.
There Is nothing in ~. and the men vhe
are mentioned az the sxlles who would
father these expeditions have probably
nothing further from their thoughts than
any such idea. The Hawaiian government.
under the administration OF President
Dole. Is making material Internal improve
rnents. The general business ~ the eoun-
try * Increasing ira a most satisfactory
manner. and many people who objected to
the manner in which the present govern
meat was formed have come over 10 ths
Dole administration and support It.
Uawaii'g Glorious Climate.
Changing the tonic ~ conversation. Mr.
Peacock continued: Tho climate ~ this
ISLANDS Is probably unea1aled. ard eer-
tatuiv unsurpassed bv that OF any ether
denc~ there. extending over fifteen years.
the thermometer has never registered over
IS in the shafe. During an average Of
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