The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-01-28

; pine people. and will, I am very con-
fident, work no hardships upon the
producers of sugar and tobacco in this
country. Did I not firmly believe this, ]
should not introduce or favor such a
measure
RIVER AND HARBOR BILL.
Probably before this letter reaches
Honolulu, the River and Harbor APP
preparation bill will have become pub
lie and the Honolulu item, whatever
it may be. cabled to the islands.
Chairman Burton assured me Saturday
that the chances for lump appropria-
ton We're very good. 1.-THE islands had
a separate government and their own
way of conducting harbor improve
ments, prior to annexation said he
| Now in spite of our rule, providing
for specific surveys by our own army
engineers, before a project is author
/ lied, I am not sure we should adhere
i to it in this instance. We have not
reached the matter yet but I am
strongly inclined to vote a lump sum
/ for the harbor at Honolulu I think
some appropria ton will be allowed"
"As much as $500, O00?" 1 asked.
Yes he replied, "as much as that
| if We vote anything
A LOCAL REGISTRY MEASURE.
Representative Littlefield, of Maine,
has promised Mr.. William Haywood
that the bill to provide American regis
try for the steam lighter Pioneer will
be presented by him for enactment in
the House at the earliest possible time.
There can be little doubt of it's passing
Il
bill has been introduced in the Senate
by Mr.. Foraker, chairman Of the Com
mittee on Pacific Islands and Rorto
Rico. It is very brief, simply provid-
ing that the Commissioner of Navi-
cation be, and he is hereby, author
lied and directed to cause the foreign
built steam lighter Pioneer to be regis
tered as a vessel of the United States
A bill has been introduced in the
House by Delegate Kuhio and in the
Senate by Mr.. Perkins, of California,
to advance to the rank of medical di-
rector DR.. William Edwin Taylor, now
medical inspector. with the relative
rank of commander, on the retired list,
but engaged in active duty at Homo
lulu. Both bills have been referred to
the respective naval committees of SEN
ate and House.
Vice and Deputy Consul General
George H. Murphy at Frankfort, Ger
many, has written a letter to the De-
partment of Commerce and Labor on
the rise in the price of sugar over there.
He says: According to newspaper
reports, the recent advance in the
price of sugar in Germany was caused
by a report of the International Asso-
citation for Sugar Statistics. which
estimates this years sugar production
in Europe at only 4441, 740 metric tons
metric ton equals 2.204 pounds, where
as the previously published estimates
of four prominent authorities placed
the production at more than 5000, 900
tons the highest estimate being 5555,-
600 tons. 1t may be well to remember
that the Interna tional Associations
estimates of the two previous years
were considerably below the actual re-
SUITS
FLAGS FOR SCHOOLS.
The Department of the Interior has
purchased and forwarded to Governor
Carter a consignment of several flags
for the use of the schools and other
buildings in Hawaii. The government
was able to save considerable. money
cost of flags in Honolulu.
WANTED THE PRINCE.
The following paragraph about Dele
gate Kuhio recently appeared in the
Capitol Chat column Of the Washing
ton Post:
A stranger sauntered up to the west
door of the House yesterday, calling
for the Prince. Doorkeeper Wiley
FASTENED inside and soon brought out
the Illinois Representa- tive.
who wanted Mr. Prince?'' he ask
ed, looking into the faces of score
of waiting people.
L" said the tail stranger. peering
curiously at the Illinoisan
you are not the man." he added.
after taking another look
We'll, I'm the only Prince on the
floor" replied the member from Ilt-
n0ir
''Oh. see" rejoined the stranger. Il
want the real thing I said the Prince
The doorkeeper, who had overheard
the colloquy, then fastened inside
again TO bring out Prince Jonah Ku-
hio KalanianaoIe, formerly of the
reigning house of Hawaii
LIGHTHOUSE BILLS.
Delegate Kuhio has introduced two