The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-27

water 1ruEE1 tle SEe-Es - e 1@r-H GE
sweaty-aGs sa-10sT.x- Drag sAsz@s were
also employees. @ae results of sss nr--e--
Gus trials nsSas were entirely negative.
nothing bat 3 species Of sucker being OF
salrs1 X rs gil nsss. although Gi-ts :.
large variety q scrr1s was secured q fre
feAne- Ar. Alexander ~ iee 10 eaaesGaae
frera his observations and fruz. sne -sS-
ssyaoay .. several :fhah5tantx aa9a. see
take thAt the whs.sssh ala net SURVIVE:
s1t whether this Tas due 80 u-favora-sFs
physical conditions or - the 5sstr2cssoa
% It's fry ov yoSsng ny pre5as4eas -sses
he was uEahfs 70 ascertain
Esste a. SEATTLE Nr Aiexa rt9r also
rsaGe falHsre< respecting the yesxe. ns.-
BIT fishery - the rags year. the ex,sa.
o< tfa4 Industry. the grounds rssorrei to-
the size AMI qae4lty ot tAe ass found On
each. etc. ia likewise paid some artsa-
tion 20 she oyster gr0aaGs IN ths f9yes
sound region.
Lake Pend d'oFsllIe. situated m TIE
rortnsrTs part Of TGsae. was the ssant@es
% investigation by Mr.. Alexander and
Prof. Cox. beginning On Jane -a iSgi. and
extending for some tine .rtG July. The
object ~ fae inquiry was similar - that
concerning Lake Washington. rarne.y. 20
ascertain x ire frSr ot tire common waite.
ssh planted there hy tae commission n
yss9 had s9Eyiva6. and the rssulE was also
the same Both sssl nets ani se5nas were
employed ts sh@ examination aaf fa- con-
ditIons proved very unsatisfactory FER the
work. tae water bf4ar unusually high.
Important observations. however. were
made respecting the physical eilarsrEer-
isticS Of the !ass and the fishes ana other
forms Of 3fe which laaaoiK X. This was
done with the object ~ Determining
whether It's w&ters were suitable for any
OF the important fishes no; row na,.ve TO
II. and whether the introduction o. new
forms vas advisable
The mail service between Sauk and
ManssoTd W.! be decreased after August
20 twice q week. Mary Purcell has neen
appointed pastmistress ar otter. C1lenalis
county. vice A l.. Palmer resigned. TIE
commission of John e. Dunlap as post
master AZ Pe-Eu has been forwarded
Hawaiian commerce during the past
ten years Is the subject of circular -us.
issued By the department Of agricufTurs.
The paper was prepared by r. II. .iitoh-
cock. chief Of the division of foreign mar
kets under the direction OF Secretary
Wilson. The facts set forth bear directly
upon the current discussion OF the annex
alton of the Hawaiian islands 10 tie
United States. The comparison of s,a;fs-
ties shows that the United States ccntroi
80 per cent. ot the entire trade OF the
islands. The total value Of exports and
imports OF Hawaii for 1856 was ST s1s So,
OF which about two-thlrGs $iS5l5. 80 was
the value of goods exported, The average
OF exports Of the ten years IsSi~issC. was
Sill Is7. IA. and ~ imports s.. ~ ssa, leaving
an average balance Of s. SO s>1 In ravo.
OF exports. OF this traftic si.ae per cent.
was with the United States during the
first five years OF the decade. and IN the
second five years this lead of this country
over other countries was increased TO Sisz
per cent.
"a striking feature OF the Hawaiian
trade is the re.nar ka BILE .xceEs If the ex-
ports over the imports. OF the 81 so. ~ -
returned as the valuation OF all Tnerchan-
disc imported and exported during the
year 1896, the sum OF sls,ai5, 80 ls repre-
seDted the value OF the goods shipped from
Hawaiian ports, while the commodities re-
ceived ST those ports from abroad were
valued at only s. osS. 50. II. The imports IN
lSe were tilerefoIe less than half as large
as the exports. the balance OF trade In Ia
yor OF the islands amounting to s., AL ,51s..2.
This balance vas an unusually large one.
however. the gains made In exportatfon
anrss s +, 1s gs ch fsa;er man ya s9ss
per amman OF the merchandise exported
from Hawaiian ports during the ten years.
lssl-iss5 amounted TO Sll a. 1874. and
that OF thr merchandise imported TO sa.-
az. .4ss H. leaving an average yearly sx-
cess In fayvT cf the exports of s.. h.S tssi ~.
After the United States. the costSsry
Is Grsat Britain. OF the total commerce
retuFngsi for the fiyt-ycar period fsSf-lsal.
the portion credited 10 tlse British aG-oant-
ed 70 X per cent. In the five years, ls'2-
1896. however. thesr share was only 3.09
per cent, showing q somewhat marked de-
cline ia relative Importance. The trade
with Germany also declined during the de-
cade, the portion credited TO that country
for isa2-is3s amounting 20 only Ell per
cent. as compared with Is per cent. for
on the other hand. commercial inter-
course with China and Japan mcrea sed
considerably. the value OK the merchandise
exchar gtd with these two countries in ls}s-
issh forming = " Per ce0t, OF The total
OF the trade value Ss Az ainst las per cent.
IN lhI-ls,l The only other places sep
arateiy specified in the Hawaiian Official
trade reports As en- ioEiT.g commercial In
tercourse with the islands are Australasia,
Canada. the Pacific islands and Franco
The commercf carried on with Australasia
formed csc per cant. Q; the total tTade n
i>>.-iSal and 0.SS par cent in lS41-1seo.
showing a slight advance in relative i'm
porfance, That with Canada, although
the decade. The trade between the Ha-
wail8n group and the Pacific islands was
un.nportauf. amounting TO considerably
leSs than per cent. Of the total This Was
trade whSch has thus far been even
smaller thar that with the Pacific islands.
The percent age credited 10 the United
States IS not 80 large In The case of the
import trade - Il was for The imports and
exB3rts combined showing thar tfts e~sails-
try IS relatively q more Important factor
as destination NJ Un walian exports than
as a source of Hawaiian Imports During
the r8sF sen years. however. our relative
importance as source cf the neTcha Edlse
imported tyto Hara5i has considerably IN
crossed the value. OF the goods recgiYed
Eronl The nits.i -. Z 4SS-iss8 con-
walr1as ,,, IN n Sis Tasa 9a ia onlT ' q IS
rsr cant. Tee innog's frofn Great britain
during the eay}e years Suffered a ygs teTy "a
decline tire sAsyo crcsiifed 20 thar couu-
tgr Ealing from y - Der cent IN lsS7-IN5I
taftens fvova Germany also fcW on coflsti-
futlnr IS per ceut. of ihe total imports
l,,sl Tho faosF Important gain aside from
HfHf ma8e hy th~ uiGe} States occurred
tn fAe case ps Ch.ra ara japan the I'M
ports fsor@ 1ta7e -ts0 countries advancing
from SIS 1.sr rect 30 lss1-iai 20 sSa pr
rent IN tss2-ISS
AS regards the distribution Z F4awa{Ts
eyport trade yiie United >tatass has an
almost c7r0 a3ste monopoly the value 4
tfe aturgos4isfr-s sent fu al other lea,4y4-
tY'cs avnorGttuE 80 less than per ~ens- -
fhe sg10l valuotlon placed ,ipon exported
ryre~ct ~ $50 Ar examination - sne r.
su~nx fer tho fwn f%e~vAar periods IVsT-
tsq1 ard sssG-7Ss' shows that fAe exact
rortton - ths expert trsae credited 70 the
Tritaa states was ~ 70 neT cent n ;ho
frsg ~ tbaae periods and es - per f-egss a
fNa see0r8 Tfe syrsN residue of exported
sDa7ehaa'isF Ersss chiefly - Canada the
sg's ana Germany The rapid Increase n
tNe shg~ss.rr.ts 10 Ctnaae tur.nr 1ses-tsss
fr8icsfe~ that an export fT-3d> q sor7c i'm
rsar1aa ace n2sy BE- developed MIA that com
Try"
Renrezenss''ve lewis has introduce.
2n1 - evtsbIlsh thc wvstern cf single TAX
Cir the rfesr{ct of Columbia n exvlara-
t3en 70 the resso for irtofarlnr this
measure NJ. L@~is sets forth fa 4 series