Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-12-11
Mongolia Passengers .s e '' 'ss,s
their baggage order with the CITY TRANSFER co.
.,.JaS. H. Love. Phone 49,

that the Chamber would be glad to
see Federal assistance to the merchant
marine in the Pacific. and that II this
was not forthcoming. to suspend the
coastwise law.
In reply to repeated calls from w.
II. Hogs as to his attitude on the
question w. r. harrington said:
"As have ample opportunity to ex.
press my opinions every day In the
week. hesitate to take up the time of
the meeting. am opposed to the sus.
pension Of the coastwise law in its
application to Hawaii. believe we
should build up our own fleet under
the American Flag. I believe II the
coastwise law IL suspended that
within five years the traffic between
Honolulu and the Coast will he In the
hands Of the Japanese. Believing
that. will not lend my voice In
any effort that would turn the traffic
OF American ports into the hands OF
aliens"
Views Are Many.
J. p. Cooke declared that he bcliev.
ed that suspension would be benefit
rather than a detrimcnt to the future
traffic relations between Hawaii and
the mainland. F. J. Waldron did not
believe that the suspension of the
coastwise law would establish bad
precedent for the Territory, declaring
! that during the coal sti Ike the Presi.
dent had removed the duty on coal for
a period of one year.
Ed Towsc INDUCED in lengthy ex.
PLANTATION of the hardships Of citizens
of the Territory under the operation
of the present coastwise law. He cited
a number of instances of the temper.
airy inconveniences of good and worthy
citizens which he considered sufficient
cause for putting the Territory on rec.
ord as being anxious to drop the only
protection for American shipping in
the Pacific. Among other things.
Towse stated that the navy today
wants electricians and mechanics, not
the men found in the crews Of sailing
ships" Towse did not say anything
about the navy being in vital need Of
a supporting merchant marine In time
Of war and that the hope OF the Amer
lean merchant marine is not in sailing
ships but In steamships, whether fol
freight or passenger purposes.
Ex-Governor George r. Carter want
ed suspension. The Ex-Governor ap
parently believes that the patriotism
OF the people of Hawaii rests on {
very slight foundation, for he demand
ed to know how the people can be ex
pected to be loyal and patriotic 'whel
you restrict the flow of travel here
and from here to the mainland"
l.. Tenney Peck supported coastwis'
suspension. and declared that It wa
an intolerable hardship upon the pee
pie Of the islands to be restricted d
vessels flying the American flag. Al
ter referring to the fines that were in
posed and citing an instance Of ma
I and his wife called to the Coast b
, Illness, Mr.. Harrington asked Mr.. Pee
II there was any instance where pei
sons compelled to travel on a foreig
boat under similar circumstances Ill
/. not have their fines RENTED. M
Peck evaded the question and SOM
one prompted him to refer to Mrs.
J. Lord, whose fine was not remltte
because there was ample opportunit
Tor her to take an American steame
DIR. Doremus Scudder thought tn
Declaration Of Independence ha
something to do with the coastwis
suspension law. declaring that III
right to travel on foreign vessels b
tween ports in the United States an
the mainland is "a part of our libe
ties"
a copy OF the resolution will be 70
warded to George B. Mcclellan, seer
: tary to the Delegate to Congress, or
to +. M. Hatch, and one to the Hous
Committee on Commerce.