The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1897-03-17

hound treaty has been the breath Of
lite. The commerce OF the Hawanan
Islands may be- said 10 be- the chlId, tile
product the direct result OF the CONNER
eiaI relations established by treaties De-
tween the two countries OF the hd"dF
ian Islands and the United states.
In the two years prior 10 the making
of that treaty the Hawaiian lslands eN-
ported 49646,793 pounds OF sugar OF
limited states; and 2,761,725 pounds of
rice OF which 2.3f7, ,4S1 pounds We're sent
to this country In 1881 the HawahaR
Islands exported Z74,9S3,5sO pounds OF
sugar of which all with the exception
of 5000 pounds were sent 10 TINS coun-
try, and 4,sOO,4JO pounds OF rlce; OF "%hlcn %
only 5.6sS pounds went elsewhere tnah
to this country
In fact the Hawaiian Islands for the
seven years fsg5 to 1891 inclusive, ex-
ported only 4g.S1I pounds OF sugar TO all
other countries than the United states,
or 5 $50 pounds less than they eX-
Dorted 10 ali other countries in the one
year 1874; and but 44.l16 pounds OF rice
in the same seven years 10 all otner
one OF 1874 The commerce OF the coun-
try is thus, IL Will be seen, pTacti
United States only and, repeat. Il mas
developed as the direct result 10 the
treaty which 1t now sought 70 abiosaSs-
To claim that the TRADE would CON
TINUE to FLOURISH under other con
ditions is IL seems 10 me, most CHIME
RICAI. and most IMPROBAB Trade
CHANGE; YOUR CONDITIONS and you
CHANGE the RESULTS. supply ana
demand are two great regulators, 1t Is
true. that there can be no continued sup
pIy where there is a continued loss, and
demand will soon cease II there IS an ut
ter absence of the compensatory c PrIn-
cfpIe. There is NOTHING IN ALL THIS
THAT OFFERS the FAINTEST NIO-
IENCE to the most ADVANCED IDEAS
of PROTECTION. Free trade is one
thing and reciprocity is another. One Is
an individual contract and the other is
merciaI parallel of domestic chastity and
promiscuouS compliance.
Another point is involved-the less ele-
waited one OF selfish interest Apart from
closing up a market and living the cold
shoulder TO good customer. the abro-
cation of this treaty viii imperl our own
interests and discount our own invest
ments There are 40 corporate and q un-
incorporate sugar plantations and mills
on the islands. representing an aSgre-
gate Investment of S3S,3fI,6sO, and or tniS
amount $2l.735.51O or 74.17 per cent. of the
whole is owned by Americans. British
investments, bye the bye, represent S-n
per cent of the whole, and German 6.O2-
Like the unique example offered IN Ho-
nolulu OF the supremacy OF our nag so
I believe, this is the only example on
record OF our monetary Investments In
one particular exceeding those OF other
nations in "A foreign land, with the eX-
ceptiOn, perhaps, of our interests in
NTexfc..n railroads Yet il is this very
supremacy of interest that the Senator
from South Dakota would seek to inn
peril, If not destroy. Again, in OUR
IS STEAMERS and SAILING VESSELS,
having a., 800 tons of registered tonnage,
and GIVING EMPLOYMENT direct and
indirect to ONE THOUSAND PEOPLE
This fleet has grown up with the ne
cessities of this branch of our inter
national trade, and viii lose it's hveli-
hood by the diversion Of the trade that
will surely result from the change in our
relations 1t is all very well TO say that
this trade need not be diverted, or that
if il is the fleet can be employed IN some
other trade. The essence of the treaty
the Hawaiian Government would make
no similar treaty with any other nation,
and that the privileges and rights Whlch
under the treaty We ENJOY shouId ne
ours and ours only. 1t is this clause of |
the treaty, and this clause alone. which !
has kept the British merchant from
swamping us out there as he has swamp |
ed in every other foreign port and |
the ABROGATION of the TREATY |
WOULD AS SURELY mean our LOSS
of PRESTIGE as PUNISHMENT FOL-
LOWS SIN.
ready to make a treaty with the Ha-
waiitn Islands. Their agents and their
the past year for them to make COM
mercial treaty, but they have declined
to do so up to the present time, because
in this contract with they declare |
that they would not entertain a similar |
proposition with any other country. But |
the moment il is cancelled they stand |
on the question treated by the Senator /
from Alabama as to whether the cession |
OF Pearl HarbOr WOuld 1dli WIN the dD- |
rogation of the treaty of reciprocity, L !
do not propose to enter. Like every |
other question of diplomatic policy. there
seems to be quite as much TO say on one /
side the other. What would ap- /
pear to be indubitable evidence exists /
that Secretary Bayard held during PreSi- |
dent CIeveland's first administration that |
the cession and the treaty We're co-ter- 4
minous; and though the manner OF look /
ing at things may have changed, the /
things themselves can not have altered. !
We may construe one way in lSS0-lSS9
ana another way IN iS9S-IN9f, oIt ~ " IhISHC !Sfi
be as well If we remembered, during this 1
process of construction, that some of the 4
very worst of national regulations have
been gained by the inSiStence or strong
powers in exaCting from weaker nations /
what they have been pleased to style 4
vested rights" the residue of can
ceIled treaties. And closely in cOnnec- /
ton with this fact lies that other eX-
tremely significant fact, that the present !
head of the Hawaiian Government mas
not hesitated to express his opinion that ?
Pearl HarbOr reverts TO the Hawaiian
Islands on the cessation of treaty re-
lations. The very dtssonance OF opinion
upon this section OF the question lends
an additional gravity TO the situation
and bids us beware
The way of abrogation. indeed is beset
with danger signals which it would be
criminal 10 ignore The LOSS of the
POWER. SMALL but IMPORTANT: ir-
reparable INJURY to TREATY-FOS-
TERED TRADE: the FALL of our
FLAG: the wretched suspicion of pow
erful nation STOPPING to entertain a
grudge against n WeakltnR. the possible
LOSS OF a STRATEGICAL POINT. as
has been pointed out by the Senator
from Alabama. whose serious value every
other government understands and whose
loss we may one day bitterly regret; the
insensate play into the hands of grasp
ine, cOmpetftors-aH these things STAND /
as the SIGNS OF the TIMES, whose
MEANING we should he most BLIND
and most UNPATRIOTIC to MISREP-
RESENT.
let us then stand by the counsel OF
that able. that wise. that diplomatic
us these wise words of counsel today.
Let the Republicans join with the Demo
Gratis upon one proposition and give a
unanimous vote TO retain this provision
I'm the bill.