The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-06


Cowles gave some interesting inforua-
ton regarding the coal stored for the
use of the feet.
During the present year we have
shipped 10000 tons TO Honolulu and
10000 tons to Cavite,'' he said These
battleships, sixteen of them, take about
$4,000 tons 10 a eoaling. They eat up
coal very rapidly. Then we have sent
$4,000 tons to Puget Sound, and Co.,
600 tons to San Francisco. We have
contracted for 100000 tons of coal in
all.
''The Department generally keeps
10000 tons of coal on hand at Cavite,
the eoaling station in the Philippines.
On December 1 there was at Cavite
s6,512 tons. and sufficient on the way,
or under contract to bring the amount
TO 10000 tons. The next coaling sta
ton will be at Yokohama where the
ships viii coal on their way to Japan.
Admiral Cowles went on TO explain
that when the feet returns by way of
the Suez Canal it will have colliers
along and viii buy coal. The Depart
ment will also send them coal in char
tered golfers. eve have a coal agent
in many ports,'' he explained. 1--WE
always set aside nearly million dol
lars of the amount for the year for
that purpose. They go into port
and buy the coal from the agent at
the current rate If they go into
port where the coaling facilities are
not good, they fill up the golfers and
send them ahead or take them with
them. 1t viii cost $4,000 a ship for
tolls on each battleship to come through
the suez Canal"
Admiral Cowles admitted that he had
already contracted for the coal in spite
of the fact that there was no money
available. There was no help for it,
he said, under the circumstances.
HEPBURN IMMIGRATION BILL.
There is favorable news of the
of Col. "Pete' Hepburn s bill
" relating to immigration in the Ter
ritory of Hawaii 1t has been report
ed to the House, as stated in recent
to the Advertiser, and there
are hopes of having it considered next
week. There is some opposition to the
bill by Southerners and others who
want similar privileges for their own
states. This may or may not defeat
the Hawaiian measure. The report on
the bill, prepared by Representative
Hayes, of California, reads:
The Committee on immigration and
Naturalization, to whom was referred |
the bill (H. R. 105689 relating to i'm
into the Territory of Ha-
waii, beg leave to report that they
nave examined the same and recon-
mend that it be amended as follows,
adding a new section therto to be
known as Section 3, viz:
Sec. 8. That nothing herein contain
ID shall be construed to admit to any
port or place of the United States ond
he North American continent any alien |
who is inadmissible under the provi-
'ions of the Act approved May TWEEN
,ieth, nineteen hundred and seven.
md that when so amended the bill do
pass
Prior to the going into operation of
he immigration act approved Febru-
ary 20, 1907, the government of Ha-
vail had imported several thousand
Portuguese immigrants from the Azore
md Madeira Islands, paying the ex-
'enses of their transportation. and pro-
riding work for them when they reach
ID Hawaii. It was thought desirable
n this way to try to displace the
oriental labor now on the islands by
White labor, and these immigrants prov
ID very satisfactory, are well content
d, and are all employed. The Terri
oEiaI government desires to continue
he importation Of this class Of labor
rs, and to the committee it seems most
esirable that they should be given the
rivilege to do this, which they can
OF do under the provisions of the gen
raj immigration act. The purpose of
he present bill is to give the Terri
orial government of Hawaii this right.
Mr.. COKE's MISSION.
Mr.. Coke had a successful as well as
n interesting visit here. He got on !
ell with his bills for electric fran 6
hises on Maui. The House Commit E
ee on Territories granted hearing on :
ne bill for franchise at Lahaina Z
nd for franchise at Waikiki. The I
elegate and Mr.. Mcclellan joined Mr.. !
oke in advocating the approval Of q
iese franchises by Congress. Both i
Ills viii be favorably reported to the .
-ouse and will probably become law
short order.
A number of friends gave Mr.. Coke