| Show Till HAWAIIAN IHClIr ma Unlrlt of the Ullun Cllmmltlee In lnlIr 0 c hrofIIUonIhc llliiorlty llrport YABIIISUTOV April 21This report of this majority of tho llouso Wayn and Means Committee on the leport to terminate Ohio Hawaiian treaty begins with n statement Hint tIme object of Ohio treaty was to secure closer commercial nnd politicit relations with tho government of tho Hanahnn Islands Ohio report makes a comparison of the present with tho pant commercial rela tions between tie two joverninents and horS that Itl is apparent from this that our exports lines not grown as fast as was an lIolp tel by tbo friends of Ohio treaty when U was before Congress for ndontion In orlon fr ai V loninsl Btoad of increasing relatively faster than tho imports they hays rela tively decreased Of tho cntiro trade for the last I fiscal joar 7Jhl i per cent represented repre-sented our imports from tlio Islands and 24 per cent our exports to them whilo in 1881 Ohio relative values were Imports07 percent per-cent and oiports X > per cent It was claimed for Ohio treaty when it was pending in I Congress in 187G Hint it Vonlll greatly Rtiniulato our exports uf lumber food pro ducts and manufacture but three predic tions do not seem to hav been fully realized Dunns ho last fiscal year woimporled from Ohio Hawaiian Islands articles amounting to 88871I7 of winch the value of sugar was f 8201 los while for this name v ear wo exported ex-ported to them articles amounting in valuo to jL7Wr7a Iho balance of llifi trade wo pay In money to the planters on the Islands Homo of vvhoiu reside In the United States somo in KiiLlnnJ and some III Germ nll Our aggre5ute export trade to the Islatfd I rtffool highest point i In 188 1 31 has BIIIOO that timo been falling off The exports ex-ports of allimnls minnfacluris of iron and steel reached their tugboat point in 1852m cotton goods and hemp in 1BSJ provisions pro-visions and fnmbei rI in 1881 end brcndstniTs in 188 Ibo argument that II treaty would reduce the price of occur on Ohio 1aciuo Coast has not proved true At the time of the in 1 bin passage Francisco of i the as treaty in Now sugarnasaa York but cheap it has been dearer over since notwithstanding New York sugar paid a duty and ban Francisco sugar was admitted fete of duty It must bo evident tho report says that wo have gained nothing commercially by the treaty TLo articles imported from the United Stales will continue to bo imported whether tho treaty bo abrogated or not for the reason that no other country can supply them as cheaply If the Hawaiian Islands t pl ut sI tlf 3 k III should make this articles sent them by the United States subject to tbo duty piid by rtl 1Le gult7 the Bitno articles imported from other countries coun-tries which is about 10 per cent that would bo no impediment to the United btntcs It would only bo a light tax imposed upon their lioniu consumer Ihoj cannot aftord 10 put a prohibitory duty on articles BO necessary to them and which they cannot iroduco at homo and ciiiuot BO advantag county obtain from anj other country Under a moderate duty t our exports would continue to increase proportion to tho do nands of the people of the Islands rue bounty given by our Government out of tho public treasury has stimulated very reillj tho growth of population and wealth Ul tho islands and it has correspondingly mhanccd the growth of our export trade Hut when it ia seen by tho returns that w < lines Iomittod more than 23000000 of rev imo since the treaty went into effect when our exports for Ohio sumo limos amounted to mHo over IJ2L00 XX it would seem that wo lad paid rather donrlv for our bargain Tho IP that wu hays piid would leave purchased pur-chased our cntiro exports and ia equivalent l o a pift to tho people of the Hawaiian I Islands I Ibis largo bountj has gaits into the pockets of tho owners of estates on tho island whilo our people havobeeme compelled i li J I J to pay higher for their i free Bugaron the Laciflo slaps than their Kinsmen havo hat to pay on their dutiable sugar on Ohio Allan Jo seaboard Iho majority ckwo their report with tho itatement that they recommend adoption of tho resolution tbo moro readily that it does not prevent tho Administration from negotiating for suoli modification of the existing treaty ns will more nearly equalize tho benefits to bo derived by tho two governments govern-ments from their commercial relations Misoum iiEronr Iho report of tho niinority vvhich is signet by MCWH JlreckenriJge of Kentucky acid llrovvnoof Indiana says The undersigned regretting that they ore unable to unit citiiei in i the recommendations or report of f j t tl1 g oeLrrlc the majority content themselves by ox pressing their dissent from each llicy an not hire oared to Bay that tho treaty with the King of tho Hawaiian Islands is commer onllj a good hargain and they would 110 glad to ico it moilifled yet thero aro geographical and international reasons which aro conclusive with them that tho troatv ought not to bo abrogated They mire not willing to surrender any advantage that may bo given by that treaty to this government to Ohio possible future control of thoso relations ilicao relations which this Government necossanly bears to this Pacifio ocean and to tho peoples bordering thereon or owning colonies in or upon siid ocean render them unwilling to take any Blcps that niaj weaken our position or possibly strengthen that of any other I government H may bo that now and vexatious complications t i rto Uuropean 1 and Asiatic nations mnrariso if question relating to tho control of those islands bo reopened and thor aro not wihlhmmg at present to have it opened |
