The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-02-06
From Wednesday Advertiser. J

tain Matson, Captain G. w. Saunders
and the guests Of the Matson Naviga.
ton Company who arrived on the new
liner Matsonia on Monday evening, on
her maiden trip, was given yesterday
at noon at the luncheon, at which the
chamber OF commerce and the mer.
chants association members were
hosts. Seated at the two room-long
tables of the Young Hotel dining room
were the leading men Of the Territory,
representing big business in its every
..swaiian phase, the Army and Navy,
the government and the press, some
two hundred in ali. r
4 he affair was one for important an.
nouncements and the opportunity was
not lost, the speakers being T.. Faxon
j Bishop, president Of Brewer q Co.; h.
-. rcnney, president oil Castle "a
cooke, whose address was read BY j.
p. Cooke, president Of Alexander 4
nldwin, Mr.. Tenney being victim of
a severe cold; and J. A. Kennedy,
president of the Inter Island Steamship
company. A short address was also
. 1
Big Things in Store.
While all the addresses were compli
mentary to Captain Matson and the
Matsonia, the crownmg achievement Of
wonderfully successful mariner s and
masters career, the address that com
manded the most attention was that
of Mr.. Kennedy, who spoke of the fu.
ture of the port. The other addresses
were necessarily Of the past, and, while
the history Of shipping as told in the
development Of the pore, is one Of which
Hawaii has reason to be proud, il is
to the future and the possibilities of
much greater things that the eyes of
Honomlans are set.
1--WE naturally look forward to great
things from the opening of the Panama
Canal, " sGil Mr.. Kennedy, although
tLege are those, even among US, who be-
lieve that our traffic from the canal
{, trade will not be much. They believe
that the steamers from the canal will
Use the Great Circle route. j believe
nothing of the kind. Steamship men
are not going to climb the hill to
reach their destination, even If that
he the shortest way on the map. They
are not going to the far north to fight
the storms, summer and winter, and en-.
counter the buffettings of the north
ATTITUDES, They are going to follow
the great enmate belt. and drop into
Honolulu as they pass.
Shipping world Looks This Way.
/ fs e',nhe eyes OF the shipping men or
the world are on this port ana they are
making their inquiries now as to what
o. lfn 10 % off L.. a :.
come here. / have seen, within the
past few days, the signed contracts
made between Honolulu firm aud six
ty'one different shipping firms Of Great
britain and the Continent, contracts
Tor the supplying of the steamers of
those sixty-one companies which are to
call at the port of Honolulu
Mr.. Kennedy referred to the action
, lof the harbor commissioners, taken yes.
terday morning, at which it was decid.
ed that after this month the port fees
. on steamers calling for supplies only
would be cut in two, very necessary
: cut, he thought, as heretofore the pi.
e lotage and docking fees had been alto
: gether too high.
Where Cut Must Come. ~
A gasp of astonIshment came when
Mr.. Kennedy compared the official wa
ter charges at this port with those at
Seattle. Here, said Mr.. Kennedy, when
a vessel is supplied with 10000 cubic
, teet OF water the bill presented is $724;
! for the same amount in Seattle q steam
er has to pay but 5000, For 100000
8 cubic feet Of water, which some YES
sells take, the bill in Honolulu is $l460
compared with the Seattle price of
= $40. 1--WE have private company
. supplying ships for fifty per cent of
8 the government price, and, if necessary
} to help bring ships here, this price will
1 lie cut to one-quarter that charged by
the government. Something tells me,
! however, that when the city takes over
t the waterw0rks next July, the price
viii be cut down to a reasonable one, .
he said. -r -.
/ MIR. Kennedy paid high tribute To
the guest Of honor, Captain Matson,
but in words that were more of sorrow
than anger felt forced to tell how his
company had been kicked from its va.
rions wharves to make room, as the
needs Of the Matson Navigation Com.
pahy grew He pointed out the neces-
sity already for greater harbor aud
urged that the Kalihi channel project
be advanced in all. possible ways.
II Commerce Of Hawaii.
The development of the commerce OF
) Hawaii, to the extent that two of the
greatest merchant fleets flying the
| American flag have been built up upon
and by reason of that commerce was
I the subject Of an extremely interesting
, address by i. Faxon Bishop, president
!, of Q. Brewer q Co. Mr., Bishop said:
Mr., Chairman:--A study of the com.
meree of any country or community gets
back, in its final phase, to what that
country or community can pro,lnec from
: its natural resources, the deyelopnlel
of what nature has given for ciVlliza.
tion to make more of, or else a qucs.
ton of what the people of a country
can do, as in manufacturing, by their
ingenuity in handling and making more
valuable, the natural products Of other
lands more, profuse with raw product.
where also the popnlaee per area is less
numerous. .H ..'. 2
1.-THE development in Hawaii ha,
hpnn alnnU tina ~ En,, a .