The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-01-25
coASTwlsE SHIPPING LAW AND HAWAI-

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The hundred doar per head fine something an
expressly Hawahs benefit the fine being raised 10y an
the time the question Of the annexation these
The eoaswie law masking it unlawful for foreign carry
ports time when eoa
supposed Originally there was no restriction an the
Later still the government collected
Territory of the
raised hundred dollars making pas
Of the question As consequence Honolulu
business community and growth as
reort fOr manande is seriously haHpered
twelve there not accommodations on
American ships for all Of
December last hundreds
passenger lines to inquers that al boats
Honolulu lost the opportunity Of entertaining
turned elsewhere Mexico to Bermuda 70
Cuba Southern California and Florida
Vancouver take passage to Honolulu thus escaping the ir'
of the coastwise
difficulty in getting away forcing US to o'efdo our
again happened there have been weeks between the
The situation in short is this right freely granted
Of Americans
quenty prevented visiting this Of their country unless ih
their journey from foreign port There as more money @
this port to the Orient
in bringing passengers business with them therefore,
TO encourage tourists to continue on TO foreign
10 discourage them coming only
against favor of the Orient by the very
which and from Hawaii must travel they are 70
Coming these Islands the worst Of It by
applies of the American Union it does to
suspension of this
passenger that there American ships
enough properly Hawaii asks regarding
We satisfied with the freight accommodations gwen US because
the Hawaiian trade meeting the
many accommodations at all
time there movement hand to ask congress TO amend
coupled with the condition that tbs
President emOse the provision of the law when it appears IN M t
the suspension Of the Saw
1t should not be the Prine
any particular section particular
people 1t is in no disoyay
suspension convinced that tb
temporary embargo viii result increase
there enough
vessels the between this port and
the Coast which time the suspension may be removed and the business g
Lack wholly into American hands
Secretary hundred dollars fer him
much for his wife when he wanted to return the
called back to his duties here fHon
Washington only few weeks he was forced to pay two hundred dollar
passage money
necessity Ia
without hndanee part Of III
country between foTeig
world Hawaii without restriction but from mainland Amere
to America Hawaii they
Hawaii is being particular
regard to the tourists
portion while the clyan
evidently be allowed 10 land the latter city ~ithoU
penalty they allowed land without paying the Thos
had planned here for time not to be allowed 70 do 50
Honolulu subjected
hOed and these Islands became in fact
portion of the Union
judging loyal American community
present their congressman position
the freedom Of travellers
mainland Hawaii simply podc
mainland conditions unjusy when
piled hundred miles from the nearest 9TH
American keeping Americans visiting this portion of
Union American preventing seeing great
America of the mainland forcing
country order TO to Hawaii
This is unjust to Hawaii
Should subsidy the American meIchsDt be
yed condition by would be away with For th
practically everyone Hawaii looks hopefully for the yoIpbe
deaion Of the ship subsidy bin before H. ~
that bill eventually provide with enough Asesn ships
handle passenger Offering al things would
san always under the American Flag Bat te while ask e
the tight when and where please anore
every other American 30 every obe section Of mo Union
believe
advocates Of e temporary suspension Of te eoasgi vs. a
their experience ~ lf working Of that las gi tbs
nu'nee viii tr congressional representative ~ that osties 10
matter - dee 70 laval
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As} alN Asses Opportunity N ls Nlifa tWf pa tlei qppRL
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