Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-07-16

In relation to the report Of the commit
tee on freight and passenger rates be-
tween Honolulu and the Coast. at the
Merchants Association meeting yes
.terday. j. @. Rothwell began by stat.
ing that the report had been given out
In advance that all members might ac-
quaint themselves with the matter
therein contained before coming to the
meeting. The report was published ia
full In The Bulletin.
This report." said Mr. RotbweII
was adopted by your committee. There
IL much to he said In its s,nnort hut
II is a question. Al this time whether
II is advisable To bring out nj, The nv.
guments which might no used In tho
matter of steamship rates Hawaii is
clearly discriminated against n 10 not
clear why round.trip tickets between
here and San Francisco sbou,d no AZ
per cent. more than from Tahiti Tho
committee has named the nart,cu,ar
steamsbin comnany for tho reason tina,
tbis renort was based ON Tho schedule
of their local boat
"Honolulu has summarized n local
steamship for more than twenty wears
FormerIv n Subsidy was maid nv tho
Hawaiian Covernmept "a keen tbis
boat running as a local steamer There
ia n subsidy Maid now NV the limited
States Government for this snecIaI cor.
vice The noint is that this nartioular
steamer is running full or freight both
ways ali the time and for a great deal
of tho time with messenger lists fulI
II IL n proper question for the mer.
chants to ask why they should pay At
nor con, more than Tho ,oto 10 Tahiti
and other morris In tho pacifc
"your cnmmi,tee recommepds that
negotiations sbould first be entered in.
IN with the Oceanic Steamship Com.
pany because thew might he tho first
10 moot conditions In former davs
our nroti,s were of much larger d,mcn.
sIons than now. hut the earnings have
been greatly cut down. and in reality
10 the minimum Steamship rates.
however, have been raised. The sug.
restion is 10 negotiate through tho
Oceanic companv for reduced passen
ger rates,
"a nrereouisite IN obtaining either n
new vessel or securing n definite con.
tract would be some arrangement by
which we are enabled 10 guarantee
them return freight. There appears to
be M dif,cultv in getting freight down
here The whole question involved Is
how shall we get them return freight
Two or three vessels have endeayored
10 run between here and Puget sound
norris hut they have always failed for
want Of return freight.
at is proposed by your committee
that representations should he made to
the Planters Association to appropri
ate of their exports. saw 600 tons per
month. TO enable this committee to
negotiate with a COMPANY or compa.
MES TO give them some certainty OF
freight shipments. The Oceanic CON.
many preferred II they will meet condi.
tions. Your committee believes that
the Planters Association should see
that II Is fair for them to render this
slight assistance.
IAN appeal was once made to the
Planters, and the indication was that
they did not wish to participate in the
matter. The sense of their reply was
practically. We will attend to the su.
gar business and you attend to your
own business
your committee suggests also to
appeal TO the electorate of the Terri.