The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-07
as to the best means of getting those
products introduced in this country.
NEW HYDROGRAPHIC MAPS.

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products introduced in this country.
NEW HYDROGRAPHICM MAPS.
In a few days Mr.. Boyd intends to
make formal request of the Secretary
of the Interior for the sending of a
photographer to the Hawaiian Islands
to prepare new maps and make a care
full examination of the public lands of
| the Islands. 1t is his intention to have
this work done under the supervision
! of Territorial officials, and he hopes
| that it viii be quite extensive. Ii would
be in the line of similar work that has
been done in many of the States show
ing the character OF land. elevations,
water supply, and numerous other feat
| ures. Mr.. Boyd established the fact
! several weeks ago that expenditures
! for this out of the general fund of the
| Geological Survey would be legal and
sanctioned by the accounting officers of
the Treasury. The decision was men
| toned in one of my recent letters.
| Little is being done on the land bill,
| and probably nothing will come out of
! it at this session of Congress. That is
exactly the ending that Commissioner
Boyd and others, representing the bet
| ter interests OF the Islands here, de-
sire. But Mr.. Boyd is anxious to have
prepared in accessible form for ready
| reference full explanation of the land
laws of the Islands, so that hereafter
1t may not be necessary to have a man
come to Washington and spend most OF
the time every winter safeguarding the
Territorial interests. He has filed maps
and other information. Further hear
ings will probably be given by the
Senate Committee on the Pacific ISL
ands and Porto Rico and Mr.. Boyd will
try to have all this Information brought
together and bound in good form for
future consultation. Mr.. Boyd states
that he expects to stay here about
twenty-five days longer. He talked
with President Roosevelt recently
about Hawaiian affairs and also about
the Governorship, but declares that
nothing was said to indicate what the
President intends to do. Mr.. Boyd an
swered some questions, stating his
views of different men the President in
quired about.
THE COINAGE BILL.
Mr.. Haywood was disappointed at
the manner in which the bin for the
coinage of Hawaiian silver passed the
Senate. Through some inadvertence
the wrong bill was brought up. but as
it has already passed, as told in my
last letter. the friends of the measure
will seek to have it corrected in the
House. The House Committee on Coin
age reported a bill favorably. as has
already been told in these dispatches. |
II is the purpose now to have the
House take up the Senate bill and pro-
pose certain amendments. If these can
be adopted in the House it is believed
the final act. as presented to the Presi- |
dent, will be satisfactory.
CUBAN RECIPROCITY
1t is difficult to say much that is def !
mite about the program for Cuban rec
iprocity. AT this writing the House |
leaders apparently have not decided |
when the Payne bill will be reported |
from the Ways and Means Committee |
probably it will not be till next week.
1t would seem to be pretty safe state
ment that the 90 per cent reciprocity
provision will go through the House.
but it will not be till after a strenuous
fight. The Representatives opposing
the Republican leadership have held |
numerous parleys during the past week.
The Michigan delegation. consisting of
eleven Republicans, caucused and
agreed to stand solidly in opposition to
the bill, and so informed Chairman
Payne. At still other parleys it was
developed that there will likely be
about forty-nine Republican members
against the passage of the bill. If that
proves to be true. Democratic votes
will be necessary to pass the bill in the
House. OF course there will be plenty
of Democratic votes for that purpose
and to spare.
The pinch, however comes on the
advocacy of amendments and the Re-
publican opposition is scheming vigor-
ousiy to draft amendments that will
rot only pass muster with the presid-
ing officer of the House in Committee
of the Whole and not be ruled out on
point of order, but that will also COM
nand a majority of the votes. Their
greatest hope. perhaps, is in getting
through an amendment that will abol-
sh the differential on refined sugars. !
This amounts to 12k cents per hundred
weight and, il removed, would greatly ]
ielight the growers of sugar beets. The
opposition Republicans are interested {
o know how extensively the Demo-
rats will vote for such an amendment,
which is clearly aimed at the sugar
rust They say it would enable the /.
cubans to find market for their su-
,ars in England and other European {
and would also enable the v
English refiners to bring sugar to this F
and sell it. a
'ublicans are studying to devise an ;.
amendment that viii pass muster and
AIRY through the House, the stock of
he sugar trust is very strong in the
market and tlle officers of the trust evil f
emily have assurances of good things "
oming to them from Congress. The a
republican leaders make the argument -
gainst the removal of the differential
hat it is a reduction of tariff and leads u
he way for tariff revision. They also r
oint out that it will be defeated in the Il
enate. In the last Republican confer p
nee Judge Morris, who viii move an e
mendment for removing the differen- a a
al, stated that the beet sugar Repub- = =
cans would gladly vote for 20 per cent .
with Cuba If the House m
.aders would accept the amendment ir
)r removing the differential His state
TENT fell on deaf ears.
There is clearly opposition in the way
the bin in the Senate but the Presi-