The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-03-20
HON. JOHN 7. DE BOLT,

AA0ANs gSaAAN ~ III AlCAaAr
Who is TO be succeeded as associat
justice by Hon, 2. N. Watson.
out intention you may still mislead tn,
publici
g Hawaii is a part Of the Union, an,
at present is the only Territory OF tn,
United States OF America. Therefore
her sugars are produced at home. The,
are not foreign. They pertain TO th,
sugars Of the United States Of America
and IL you desire to distinguish Hawai-
ain sugars from that of other doinesti,
! sources, then entitle your division a,
Continental Domestic or Domesti,
Mainland Sugars. Thus you will dem
onstrate that, unlike so many Ameri
an citizens and even certain congress
men, you are not Ignorant of Hawaif'
statuL uaGtsrrG t,t f
again, you deliberately elassif,
hawaiian sugars as among those o.
which some tariff concession is al
lowed, when in point of fact our suga
receives no more concessions than tina
from Colorado or Louisiana. ~. 4.
You write in your letter 3f the ne
cessity for keeping separate the stats
ties of 'the United States Local Suga
Industries from those OF our Terri
torial Sugar Industries TO your plan
whatever it may mean, we have no oh
lection, but what, pray tell US, eonsti
tutes the United States Local Indus
tries, and what the 'Territoriall' Por
to Rico and the Philippines are not ter
ritories; they are possessions of thi
United States; and Cuba is foreign soil
Such simple facts as these shoul,
be easily ascertained in New Yofl
City, as they are well understood IN THU
part Of the world. The writer is EN-
boldened 70 address you thus freely, be
cause informed that you do after
time absorb points OF this kind, as Illus
trated by your continued use, for man,
years after sugar ceased to be deliyere,
at Baltimore, of the term -Four Ports
in your summary of sugars received
while now you use the term 'Atlanti,
Ports. Thus, kindly permit him to re
main with admiration and hone. ~
I ..l "GEORGE r. CARTER, y
president Honolulu Chamber Of y
I r. Commerce. - ofs'a Il
Setting California Right.
A letter from one of the Californi,
chambers Of commerce asking the loca.
.oody TO join with them in protest
against the carrying of American mail.
on japanese steamers exhibited such i
total misconception of the facts thai
the president was authorized to put thu
mainland organization right about IL.
The facts are that the japanese liner,
touching at this port will not carry
mails between Hawaii and California
without contract. The government
has therefore entered into contract
with the Togo Kisen Kaisha at a yer,
low fiat annual rate. The L. r., X. un.
der its contract is paid whether it ear.
fies mails or not. If the postal depart.
ment had not made this contract, thi,
business community would be seriously
hampered through inability to take ad
vantage of all opportunities of sending
mail TO the Coast. 10y 8. '..-..
The chamber endorsed the bill intro.
duced in congress by Senator RansdelI
OF Louisiana concerning, bonded ware.
houses. The bill authorizes the. estab.
lishment of free bonded Warehouses
wherein imported goods can be repack-
ed, cleaned or handled without under.
going any manufacturing process, with.
out passing through the custom house.
Garter explained that this is the mod,
eTn version of the Old free port OF
treaty port idea. The " free port - he
said, refers to the. rights of citizens.
Macao Is a free port, for instance, Sand
citizens OF Macao irrespective of Their
nationality can import merchandise
without customs regulations or restric.
lions. Hamburg is a treaty port" or
Tree zone. Merchandise can be
shipped into a free zone, manufactured
or blended, or entirely changed in its
characteristics and then re.exported
without payment of duties. ~,
Health Conditions Discussed. 81
The Chamber Of Commerce discussed
the health conditions of Honolulu with.
our dehnlte action. An emergency, ex-
lists because there have been, d number
of cases Of diphtheTfa reported this
month-nearly three times the annual
average for several years past. 1t was
stated that the board Of health NAV re-.
quire financial assistance shoiild the
progress Of the disease not he checked
+. A. Mott,Smith was appointed on.
cial representative Of the Honolulu
Chamber Of Commerce on the forthcom.
ing excursion to Japan e, =.
report was made in regard TO the
action recently taken by the chamber
IN requesting Delegate Kuhio to pro.
test against the passage of the Sea.
man 3 Bill Carter mentioned HAVING
received a letter from the Delegote z
secretary stating that the chamber of
commerce was evidently misinformed
as to the nature of the proposed leeis,
iation. but that he had forwarded the