The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-12
TRAVEL RIGHTS
ARE IMPAIRED
w. R, Castle on ReasonablenesS
of Suspending Coast
wise Law.

Editor Advertiser: Probably Kn@A1 |
Americans who are patriotic in all that |
the word implies. do not agree with +!
Mr. Tones in his views about travelling
on foreign vessels. The fact is tns
coastwise commerce act was passed
when there were no detached poruoiiS
90 the United States. If there had
been it is not unlikely that Congress
would have done the perfectly obvious
thing and excepted such detaeneo
rarts of the country from the opera
ton of the law. No one wants the
law suspended between these ISLANDS
hui IT becomes a very different matter
whan residents or tourists are prac-
ticauv marooned on little Islands IN
the sea. Probably no one wants the
law suspended, except as to passen-
gers. IF our patriotism is to be 50 l~'
tense and sweeping, why, then, lei ne
mails go between American ports eX-
cent under the flag of the United
States.
/ Mr.. Jones says the Southern PACING
Railway Company has spent 100000 In
advertising the Islands last year ana
will do more this year: and wants to
know if it will be fair to this concern
to allow japanese and English vessels
to reap the fruits of their work. II
i seems to the writer that we can't neip
| that great corporation better than py
assuring the tourists who win come
over it's lines 'if they can be sure OF
coming to and getting away from Ho-
nolulu.'' that restrictions are removed
and they can come and go by every
steamer. Perhaps Mr.. Jones was
thinking of the P. NJ s. S. boats and
the eight per cent. interest in tnen-
one would think that Mr.. Jones couiu
have seen by this time that the r
NJ : 6. Co. can not do the business
and that it declines to put on local
hoat It is perfectly right not TO re-
fuse cabins full of through passenger
in order to accommodate Honolulu
traffic. We have nothing TO complain
! of if these boats come into our maroon
so fuu of passengers that they car
take nobody or only rev out v
! many who are waiting. We nave TN
right to travel and to ask tourists Z
come to our shores, and 1t is haro
shin. which the general government
has no right but unfortunately IN
mower. to inflict in preventing sucl
\ travel. I may be dull, but confess
ao NOT see how removing the presen
4 restrictions will make any dinereIic
in the running of fast steamers De
tween Australia and Vancouver Inc
> will stop here and take passengers
- any case if it pays them TO do so. Nc
fear the extinction of the flag
A our country on this ocean, II passeI
oars are allowed to travel from In
Tsla nds to ports of the United State
an all steamers I do not think an
heats are run for passenger traffic OF
". It is freight they want ana II
freight carrying which pays NJ
Homes saws that two new America
boats are now carrying passenger
But they run for freight not pasSel
gers. A few weeks ago, young ma
booked in the East 10 come mere
the Nevadan. On arriving IA
E-raneisco. he found to his dismay TN
Il
had started for Honolulu VIA son
HI Mexican ports. Why? Because son
freight requirement called her ther
and she runs for freight and not pa
sengers. such accommodations are
most worse than none.
Why the P NJ s. 5 boats VIII
forced to drop Honolulu and 60 9
rect. if the restrictions Of the coast"l
act are abolished as to passenger
needs explanation. Certainly passe
ger traffic will vastly increase II
III steamers calling here can carry Pa
sengers. and the fine steamers OF
IL pacific Mail tine viii carry all IN
IL happen to have room for. Ihey "a
III little or no freight now.
III No. Mr.. Editor, permitting the ira
III cling public TO go and come on
Ii steamers calling at our ports. IS 7
going to wipe the flag from this oces
and I for one sincerely hope was
ington will grant US that right VIII
Ii o71r ancient statute now withholds-
III w. K. CASTLE
Ill rr-o,,,7., A77g7ls+ 10 1897