The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-06
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of the witnesses before the Committee.
He told the Senators that his company
was anxious to get into the Philippine
| trade but competition with sailing yes
sells kept the rates down. He declared
| that the rates to Hawaii are lower
than before the navigation laws We're
| applied. Mr.. Dearborn assured the
Fcordage manufacturers present that
| there would be plenty of ships for their
'trade if the Frye bill should become a
law.
| One of the prominent witnesses was
| Samuel S. Sewall, of Arthur SewalI &
! Co.. Bath, Me. of which firm Mr..
Harold Sewall formerly minister at Ho-
nolulu, is a member. Mr.. Sewall as
sured the cordage manufacturers that
the ships of his firm alone could car
ry several times the hemp tonnage
from Manila. I'VE can carry the en-
tire crop" declared Mr.. Sewal.
The most bitter opposition = to the
bill, he said. came from the foreign
shipping interests. While he conSid-
cred it unnecessary to defend Amer
lean interests against foreign interests
in the Capitols of the United States
he wished to refer to the domination
of the Maritime Exchange of New York
by foreign interests which blocked the
efforts of the Americans. THE foreign
shipping interests he declared. have
spies in every branch of the govern
ment where ships are required ana
when one in required he is notified OF
it first and he gets the business. Sen
ator Hale produced a railroad schedule
showing that a through rate of freight
by rail and water had already been
established of seventy-five cents per
hundred pounds from Boston, New
York, Pittsburg and other points IN
the East to Manila. Mr. SeWaH
thought this rate would never be ex-
eeeded. Senator Lodge pointed out
that Mr.. I.oring of Boston. one of the |
previous witnesses had maintained |
there would be rate of 81. 40 hun
dred whereas there was already rate |
in existence of seventy-fiye cents.
THE sPALDING BILL.
Representative Spalding of North |
Dakota, a member of the House Com |
mittee on territories has introduced |
bill ito amend an act entitled an act
to provide a government for the terri
tory of Hawaii approved April 1S, 1900
that being the organic law of Hawaii
Tt rroyides simply that section SO of
tbe act of April 3d. 1900, entitled an
act to provide government for the
territory of Hawaii be and the same
is hereby. amended by striking out the
words without the approval OF Con-
gress' where contained in that part OF
the section preceding the proviso.
In explanation of the bill Mr.. SpaId-
ne said to the Advertiser Correspond
ant today that it changed the law re-
rarding the issuance of charters 10
corporations and would enable the ter
-itorial legislature to enact a genera
law.
I'm all the states and territories OF
no mainland" said Mr.. Spalding, |
There is a general incorporation law,
which enables the territorial authori- /
les to grant charters. That IS the !
ind of law Hawaii should have. Then
here would be nothing like the apph-
atoms for special charters, which We
ave now pending before our commit
ee. The approval of Congress would I
,e necessary for the general lncor- ,
.oration act but when once that was
ecured, with proper public safeguards.
would facilitate the organization OF I
in the islands. 1t would s
g far more satisfactory 10 the bust 7
ess interests of the islands and also
D the people generally
ERNEST G. WALKER.