The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-06-01

speaking as individuals, have given the
following interviews. Throughout ev
| cry expression of opinion given may
be seen the expressed intention of the
visitors to deal with all matters com
| ing before them in connection with
these islands fairly and squarely and
on their merits.
REFUND LOSS A BENEFIT.
81 may say that 1 have been study
| ing the conditions here as closely as
| was possible, - said Congressman Graft,
of Illinois, member of the Appro-
priations Committee, "and after talk
ing with your prominent men over
the needs of the Territory can not
say that | think that you have lost
anything in having the Refund Bill
turned down by Speaker Cannon As
matter of fact I think that you viii
find from now ON that you will be
away ahead IN the matter of appro-
priations from Congress through the
tion as new Territory has only just
begun to appeal to the majority of
the members of Congress, who have
been rather in the habit of thinking
of these islands as a part of the
conquests of the Spanish American
war and have been confusing them
with the Philippines, whose possession
has been anything but an unmixed
blessing. In the last session of the
Congress, however, the true position
of these islands has been recognized, |
result possibly of the furry caused
through the late unpleasantness with |
Japan over the San Francisco school |
trouble, and the appropriations made |
for Notifications and harbor work here |
was the outcome.
Il think it quite safe to say that |
for some time to come the appropria-
tions to be made for Hawaii by Con-
gress viii be double any amount you
could have expected to receive out
of the Refund Bill, and there will be
less red tape about the expenditure of
them. IF the Refund Bill had passed,
carrying with it the specific amount
Of the collected revenues asked for,
you may be certain that no additional
amounts would ever have been appro
ariated for this Territory.
"The members of this party have
seen enough in their trips about the
Stands to appreciate your needs and
think that you will be safe in leav-
ng matters to them. For my part |
will be in favor of showing the utmost
to Hawaii not because of !
Iawaii's necessity but because what E
yer amounts we expeDd here in the i
strengthening of these islands against {
nvasion and the perfecting of your t
arbors viii be of the utmost benefit
o the United States generally. !
UNFAIR SHIPPING LAWS. /
"'I have already expressed myself 7
airly fully on what I consider the I'M
airness of applying the eoasting law $
0 Hawaii said Congressman Alex
nder, "and | think that this is one
f the things which Congress might
cry advantageously amend in Ha-
ali s interest. This does not seem to
e a question in which the rights OF
ae shipping interests to protection is
oncerned, for the carrying trade to
nd from Hawaii is small in compari-
IN to the real coasting trade of the
ainland, to which the American YES ;
is are rightfully entitled. But it !
question of vital interest to this !!
erritory, the proper settlement of /
hich will advance your interests ma !;
rally, more especially as an aid in /.
our quest for tourist traffic. We
I'VE had pointed out to us the great !
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