Evening bulletin., 1898-12-21

this country to keep out all kinds
of cheap foreign labor, including
coolie labor, and thereby prevent
such labor from interfering with
the wages of American labor; and,
secondly, to protect our manufac-
tured products from competition
with manufactured goods produced
by cheap alien labor. The general
laws of the United States will
place the people of the territory
on the same footing rs the people
OF the states and other territories
of the United States in regard to
the foreign labor.
The question whether white
labor can be probably used in the
sugar plantations is yet problem,
but the planters are preparing to
give such labor trial and some
of them believe it will prove supe-
rior to the labor of either Chinese
or japanese.
The Commissioners take PAINS
to express their united opinion
that the plan outlined for the
Government of Hawaii cannot be
regarded as a precedent for Porto
Rico aud the Philippines.
The report is unanimous except
on one point, on which President
Dole makes a minority recommen-
dation. This recommendation is
for board of advisers to the Gov.
ernCr of the Territory, and he
recommends that the Treasurer,
Attorney General, Superintendent
of Public Works and Commission
er of Public Lands shall be con-
rtituted special counselors of the
Governor, to be consulted by him
concerning all matters of public
policy.
Mr.. Dole gives as his reason for
this recommendation the fear that
without some such provision the
Governor may arrogate to him
self greater power than is contem.
plated.
OF the other two bills, one re-
lates to Hawaiian silver and the
treasury notes and the other TO
postal savings banks in Hawaii.
The first provides that unmutilat
ed Hawaiian silver coins shall be
received at par value in payment
of all dues to the Government Of
Hawaii and the United States, and
shall not again he issued, but ehall
on presentation in sums of $500 to
either government be purchased
and recpined as bullion AT the
United States Mint at San Fran
cisco. All Hawaiian silver certifi-
cate are to be redeemed by Ha
waii on or before January l, 1902.
The other is a bill which re
peals the Hawaiian laws establish
ing postal savings banks, and
directs the Secretary Of the Treas
ury to pay the amounts on deposit
in the postal savings banks in Ha-
waii to the persons entitled there
to, terminating the interest on all
deposits on the lst Of July, 1899,
and forbidding further deposits
after that date.
The reLort contains an inven-
tory of the public property OF the
republic which now inures to the
United States, which is of au es-
timated value of Sl0,4l8,74O, dis
tributed as follows: Governmel t
public lands, S4,l47,7o0; Govern
meut lots, sites, ETC., Sl,4Sl 800;
department property, S4,7S9,24n.
The report gives considerable
data in regard to duties collected,
showing that under the D.ngley
bill the amount would have been
much greater than it was. This
comparison shows that the col
lection for 1897, which was S54S,
4S3, would have been, under the
American law, S902,706.
The report recommends the
construction of cable to the isl
ands, to be under the control OF
tn" United States, which, 1t says,
is demanded by the military con-
ditiou existing or liable to exist al