The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-01

the Panama canal or discrimination in
favor of American ships is not troub-
ling the shipping men who expect 10
take advantage of the canal nearly
so much as mainland magazine writ.
ers would lead the public to believe,
according to G. p. Morse, general
freight agent in Honolulu for the
American-Hawaiian.
ut seems to be the general opin-
ion," said Mr.. Morse, that in asking
for free tolls American shipping in
terests were trying to grab some
thing, to get some unfair discrimina-
ton. AS a matter of fact the free
toll question is of much greater in
terest to manufacturers, merchants,
and the general consuming public
than it is to the shipping men them
selves. If we were to charge So a
ton for freight between here and New
York, and the toll through the canal
We're 81, our rate would simply be SO
and the burden would be distributed
among the producers and consumers,
shippers and buyers, and would have
little effect upon the steamship COM
panies. If there we're no toll, how
ever, the commercial people at large
would profit, railroad rates would
have to be cut just that much lower
RI tro Nv
and the whole mainland would gain
thereby
Foreign shipping would not suffer
particularly, nor American shipping
gain by allowing American ships to
so through the canal free and taxing
! foreign shipping. Under the present
regulations, with almost no American
ships engaged in international trade,
we do not come into competition with
foreign vessels. They cannot enter
our Interpret trade, so that if we
were all on the same toll basis it
would give them no particular advan-
tage, while on the other hand the dis
elimination in favor of American
ships would do them no particular
harm, for all nations would pay the
same tolls and they would still com
pete in the international trade on the
same basis"
A recent article published in an
Eastern weekly upon the canal ques-
ton, in which President Dearborn of
the American-Hawaiian is frequently
, quoted Agent Morse brands as unre-
liable.
"The writer" said he, did OF even
take the trouble to get the correct
name of our company, calling up the
: 'Pacific-H Hawaiian, which no one would
recognize, and when I see an article
so carelessly prepared put little
faith in it."
HYADEs OFF FOR PORT ALLEN.
The Matson freighter Hyades, which
arrived here yesterday morning from
the Coast, will leave tonight to dis
charge cargo and take on sugar in
the various island ports. She will
go to Port Allen tonight, thence 70
Kahului, Hilo, and finally to San
Francisco, March Z. She will take
about 1857 tons of sugar out of the
islands
| CAPTAIN FOSTERS NEW SIGNS.
Captain Foster, harbormaster, is
about to hand up a new set of black
and white mo smoking signs on the
Alakea wharf, but the Japanese sign
which in the harbormasters eye has
neither wind'ard nor loo'ard top nor
bottom is puzzling the whole staff on
Alakea Some one suggested that the
captain hang it up lengthwise, be-
cause the Japanese are accustomed
to read down, but he is certain that
in this case the prohibitive legend is
lettered so that the sign should hang
horizontally, and the question as 10
which is top and which bottom is all
that is worrying him.
WATERFRONT NOTES.
Teh Manchuria, Captain Dixon, is
due from the Orient at 8 o'clock this
afternoon, and will sail for the Coast
tomorrow at 10 a. m, carrying mail
The transport Logan is reported by
wireless to be 141S miles off port and
will be in port here Tuesday morn
ing.
The Andrew Welch, lying at the
Matson dock, will finish discharging
her shingles and brick today and
move over to the railway wharf in
Francisco