The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-01-18
THE HAWAIIAN GAZETTE
Ro0 IoE EDITOR TG AsDAsr n s, s's ADVERTISERS aV7
THE ADVERTISERS SEMIWEEKLY
At the Capital

n great propaganda apparently has been
"A launched and fostered at Washington for
protection against EuropS an factories and mech
anics after the European War. ii Is assumed
there quite generally, for some reason. that the
war will end within twelve months, and extended
preparations are being widely urged, so that the
United States can hold its own and, besides re-
tanning it's recent prestige in commerce and finance
proceed to fresh conquests There may be as
little ground for expecting that British, French
and German manufacturers can overwheln1 the
American manufacturing III a night, as there is
Tor Leelins that unfeSs Vie ARMY and tIie shayy
are greatly strengthened one of the warning pow
efs viii land quarter of million men on Long
Island Sound some morning before breakfast
Nevertheless all parties seem to concede the neces
sity OF making ready for the new commercial con-
ditions And so it happens there is developing
quite a program of commercial legislation
This started with isolated projects like gov
eminent ship purchase bill and later, with an adj
ministration scheme, known as the ant-dumping
bill, Ant-dumping Legislation, let it be said con-
templates penalties for underselfng the American
market. With shipyards building at a furious
rate and new lines of steamer being announced
every little while, it might seem there was less
need than ever for the government to go into the
shipping business, but it will probably become
plain that one cause for the Administrations hold
ing tenacously to its plans for Ship Purchase
Bill is its purpose to have at hand an instrument
atty for regulating ocean freight rates and thus
protecting the producing masses. Incidentally.
according to Washington advices, the ship bill,
which was fought SO savagely by senate Repub-
cans in the last congress and defeated, will prob
ably pass the senate tbs year without particular
delay. On the other hand, the house, which pass
he laof.
ably adopt it with more hesitation, but the pros
poets are that the act will be voted and that, be-
fore many months, the United States government
will be competing for merchant cargoes, the while
II undertakes to blaze the way for new transport
tation routes to South America
'' 1t also seems reasonably certain that congress
will make law, some provision imposing great
difficulties upon foreign manufacturers in cutting
prices of goods for the American market
A number of comparatively minor measures
have been made ready for the immediate consider
aton Of congress. Most of these like the Philip
pines bill, now almost at vote, and the regua-
ton OF mining for coal, oil and phosphate on the
public domain, are bills that were thoroughly pre-
pared in the last congress. AS to practically all
the ma jor measures of the session. however there
must be prolonged prehminarieS The respective
committees of senate and house that have them
in charge will conduct extended hearings, at which,
experts and, alike many who are not experts but
represent interests that will be affected for better
or for worse, will be permitted to present their
views -
his process becoming more and more essential
IN these times OF intense popular rule will domin-
ate at the Capitol for two or three months. Prol
ceedlngs on the floor of the senate and of the |
house. except for war flashes will not be of great
daily interest, but will really be secondary to what
is transpiring in half hundred committee rooms