Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-07-13

Pacific coast to Hawaii and the ORR.
ent, and for the domestic service be.
tween San Francisco and Honolulu
performed by the Togo Kisen Kaisha
Steamship Company, $500 per round
trip of fourteen trips per annum, or
$12,124, making a total of $3S, 429 that
our Government contributes per an.
mum toward the support of this ia
panese steamship line.
The American ships therefore com.
pete at great disadvantage with the
ships of Japan. To pass the present
act would be to decrease the revenue
to American ships in foreign trade
and make more difficult competition
between American ships and the
ships of Japan. 1t Is believed that
the IL American ships now furnish.
ing transportation facilities between
Honolulu and San Francisco are suffi-
cient to carry the passenger business
offered and furnish reasonable and
satisfactory service. except, possibly,
Mt frequent intervals when conges-
ton arises from some cause not ex.
planned to the committee. The II
American steamers are made up of
5 belonging to the Pacific Mail Steam.
ship Company, belonging to the
American-Hawaiian Steamship Com
pany. and 2 belonging to the Matson
Navigation Company, now I'm opera
ton, and a new steamer. the Lurline,
which will be placed on this run this
month, and the steamer Alameda, be.
longing to the Oceanic Steamship
Company. The 104 sailings per year
each way of these ships are made up
of 20 sailings of Pacific Mail steam
ers, 10 days apart; SO OF the Matson
days apart &c of American.Hawaiian
steamers, two weeks apart, and II
sailings by the Alameda, about 81
days apart.
II Is believed that upon this show
ing 1t Is not wise to set aside the pol
Icy of the United States simply as a
matter of convenience, but by no
means of necessity, to the inhabitants
Of Hawaii. 1t would furnish a prece.
dent which, once. established, would
tend to d oaway with the general pol
Icy of the Government requiring coast
wise business to be performed by
American vessels.
England has left the question of
coastlng trade entirely to the discrc-
tion of her respective colonies. Sew.
eral months since the Canadian Gov
eminent by an order In council closed
the coasting trade to all but vessels
of British register. and several Amer.
lean steamships running between San
Francisco, Victoria, and Vancouver
have been fined for carrying a single
passenger from Victoria to Vancouver.
Austria-Hungary allows foreign YES
sells to engage on reciprocal terms In
tue coasting trade and applies the
same principal to her colonies, and
no other flag can engage In their
.coasting trade without u treaty. The
coasting trade of Brazil is reserved
entirely to Brazilian vessels. Dem
mark admits reciprocally foreign yes.
sells to her trade, also to the trade of
Iceland and the Farce Islands. The
coasting trade of France Is reserved
entirely to French vessels, and even
the trade with Madagascar, which was
formerly open to foreign vessels, was
reserved about two years ago to YES
sells of that county. The coasting
trade of Italy is reserved entirely to
her national vessels. The coasting
trade of Russian and Spain is reserved
Exclusively to national vessels; while
the coasting trade Of Sweden and Nor
way Is open only reciprocally. Even
progressive Japan, which will be more
benefited by the passage of this bill
should 1t become law-than any 9TH
err nation. does not open her coasting
trade with Japanese ports except to
those nations which extend similar
privilege to Japan, do not believe
that the United States are ready at
this time to transfer any part of our
coasting trade to another nation which
by reason of the low wages paid eau
operate its ships at less than one.half
the cost OF operating vessels under
the American flag and manned by
white crews.
This bill raises some important con.