Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 429, 11 April 1892 — HE SPEAKS. [ARTICLE]

HE SPEAKS.

J. MoU Smith, Minieter fro*a Hawaii at \Va9hingtoll, is an tbe city 011 important Mtters partd|i« ing to foture nlaUo»» belw«Mi H|r waii and the United $Ute9. He will see a number of men intereel" ed in the kingdom and ite iags* and rice producta, and d2*eu«i wilh them the feaBibility of bringii*g about a oommerciai unkm heiiMn thie coantry aod HiwalL Aa tfc* Minister ter»ely pate it t *We would not only liko to hate ftee trade b&> tween the two oonniika, bat we eire to have relaUdns as a Btate of the Union. Wem eatiefied with the tmtj unill lS7O t when the new tariff law went in|o effect putting engar on the fr«e iist. If Ilawaii had the eame c;m~ mercial rf!utions to the Union as a St;ito \\f wmml get; a bounty on <>:r s'icnr ;ni«l be happv. f'atting ! » fr-.'e iis; h,\« virtuai!y ! / .. ,'.it .];<• V'*:n*efn I:ik- 1 1:1' r-pir;l;;n. r<r l 1.« ■ ■■ ' ;uo }:l V irma:iv rt . 13.«: o:?r r«?intions , with thit. couniry are-he friend!fest. i anel we do not p-opoee to take the 1 imtiative iu <leclaA-ing the treatyl abrogated» becauee eugar ie free of| duty. We propoec to eBtablish cloeer relationt and beeome to ali | intenta *nd purpoeefl ae far aa commerce is concerned a Btate in the Union. * ( A few yoang men, American bora, on tbe ielandB. dreaming that the Umted Btafc* wouid ever put eugar on the free list t went ahead and purchaaef plantations. I ean in«tance eouie young men who purcbast'<l or bargained for tiiree new j)'.uitatiei;s for f5 4 000.000. Tii<>y v. !l hr.vc to to .San Fran- (-!■; o i . v »<2r»nvy nrjti t;*y to r T'h" i- ••:* r!istyV'?i i* t . " v:t. ;'.• ' - !- ■ •:.• . • ■.•;: v.\ u... . • :"'• u. ne\r eiv:*;rfr -vr ;\:c'n ns l»in*.»apph. ,s s a:jU".';tucr fruite.-orau l ?f , li inclu»le<l, v;o.;Ul W star*ol I •know' th»;; (.a 4 ifornia objeois toour orange« |roing i»v <iuty free, but I do not think it wouid iiurt the fruit» growers of ihe I'aeiAe Hlope.—Calt. S. F. y Murch ij, 1892. The fature of Hawaii liet witb the Unite<t Stales. The nativee are on the road to near extinction. In a generation more there will not be enough of them left to maintain their Kingdom. Tben tbe Btatee, bein|p the nation neareet and moat direetly int«rested wUi take control. The HawaikDljlMir« annexation tv«n now,—Maicct. M*rch t4> 1592-