New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-11-30
SANDWICH ISLANDS.
HAWAII.

g-uR HAWAIIAN POPULATI0N-THE CHINESE Dis
r,sE-J2ALoUsY OF AMERICAN NFLUENCE-PRO-
Jet FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF a NATIONAL
rAvK-1STRoDUCTIcE OF FLANTs AND ASIMALs.
r-,- Our sprciA. Correspondent ,,,. ~. g ,scs
Honolulu tb't is in the Hawaiian vernaeular, Fair
haven Is iulant in view of prospective revival ofuade
steam will soon connect this port with both shores of the
Pacific and the resumption Of the whaling business by
Ncw-Bcdford will il is expected bring miner TINS season
large whaling feet. Honolulu will, however soon dlS
cover that tho arrangement by which they are to have
monthly steam communication with Japan and China
cannot be permanent. %, 81. =,
possible 10 compete with line which the Engbh are
likely to establish by giving the sandwich lSanus
wide berth. Time is everything IN a question oI thl'
character The direct route ~ gong rom AN rIdnGsco
10 Yokohama in japan, is 47bl miles by the rhomD me-
by dversng from that line so as to take thl5 poft IN cr
way steamer must traverse 35Vo mics masking ulel
enco OF 7l7 miles three days SAIL TO when ada te losS
of another dey for detention. ...u
On the return voyage the loss Of time VIII be stll
greater for thD the steamer should sail on the great circle
which gives 5jl miles between Yokohama ana San iran
cisco but diyerng down 10 this latitude the distance
is prolonged 957 miles involving loss of four days, to
which add another days loss adverse instead of ayora.
bic winds, and still another for detention here, ana II win
BE- that Asia and America are separated SIX Gays
further by this Sandwich Islands arrangement involving
less the public the round trip of 10 days. and an e1
ira expenditure tho part OF the Company OF ABOVE
! $20,0OO.
coaling station on the is such desdeatum for
the Company that but Tor the certainty OF successful
corruption the part of foreigners for the silks and teas
If the East this port would be gladly ayacd of for that
purpose At the present time IS all important 70 Amer
lean interests in the Pacific that we should have the most
rpd communication possible with China and Japan, and
on the completion OF railroad communication between
NcwYok aud san Francisco, 1t will possible, be OF yet
greater consequence
Cons eratons of this nature induced Congress at its
last session 10 absove the company from that part OF IT'S
contract which required its vessels TO put IN each way az
Honolulu but unfortunately condition was appended
which bear, on the company too hard for acceptance
condition too that 10 valuable purpose IL re-
iuircs then, 10 mink. rs instead of ~ trips n year.
IL is believed that in the ensuing session OF Congress
this matter VIII be- made straight. Our interest demands
/ steam communication between these Islands ana san
Francisco but derive no advantage by connecting
the Hnwahaus 10 Asia bv stcam By oil means let Cali
forniins and Kanakas have line Of steamers We are
all concerned In such an enterprise but Is necessary
that both coasts Of the Pacific cminently Amer
lean, should be appoGimaicd with the least possible loss
/ Of time.
orrnany years past there has been falling of in the
whale fisheries Sperm and right whales became scarce
and when consequence Of the Rebellion AnglO-keDcl
pirates infested tho Pacific whaling almost ceased.
Now these animals Nd 10 have become " more plenty
and less shy and 10 IS reported that heet o. o. OF ~
whoies has len New Bedford and adjacent ports for prose-
cutting that form OF industry which brings 10 Honolulu ls
| principal customers.
Aficr steamers and whalcrs rs means OF communication
here came sugar and labor These islands arc admirably
adapted for the cultivation OF sugar an acre N ne.o
Weld from 10 three uns and even i've tus OF sugar
have been obtained from an acre OF TINS fertile soil Inc
average yield - per cent greater thah iha oi Louisiana
/ Ilnutati a the Many varieties nave been
ired but exceed In value Indigenous species OF
cane Ten good rotloOn crops IN succession have been
taken from one field and planting There Is one va
riry Of striped cane which - almO, unknown III ohet
parts OF the world the PH03e mo bos'oul that Il, II
never planters have therefore more ihe f'f &C.
Last wear between 5000 and 900 iuns exported,
and larger expectation expected this year The hfst
element Of success IN profitable sugar cultivation i guar
aniccd by the fertility and adaptabhiiy OF the son. Dut
they complain Of deficiency Of labor and OF The 10" price
Of sugar Give us cheap labor, say the piAites, aA1
! we will supply the British Columbian, Californian and
| Australian markets" Undoubtedly they can. But now
"a che p labor be obtained III country which j. uu
dorueonled and which is in process OF depopulaton
Like the Of the world which Is m quest OF cheap
labor Hawaiian planters or rather %he pA rgiso ~
coolies ahorer. were imported on private account
and six later find tho late King hammehaumcha
III addressing his Legislature expressing dissatisfaction
with the Tcsllt OF Chinese emigration and suggest
/ ing measures for promoting Immigration OF Ia
| boTes from other Polynesian groups, as ah'rd
ing preferable class, moro readily acchua'~n
/ and nor, congeuial than those Of the Mongo.ian
race. Mono u those groups afeo'er poPiacI II lnqeu
these are decreasing IN Dunbc therefore no help
va. obtained from that quarter About Of Micro
uesians have however been introduced, and renewed
effort 10 meet tho want by sending for Chinese laborcrs
The Hawaiian Government undertook 20 supply the De
mand and commissioned AN agent 10 60 10 emma ana
enlist cmgraa This has brought an accession OF ooO 10
the Chinese population which now numbers between 2VVO
aud 5000 Planters who desired the service OF these
/ immigrants allowed 20 engage them by paying ~ u
head the Government, md 81 month to the labou
also maintenance and medical attendance Tor perlod OF
ye YEAR, when the apprenticeship feXpros after which
| period tho Chinaman can obtain $l2 and $40 month
wages An angemcnt OF this character II carried out IN
good faith must be advantageous TO The poorly iod and
/ poorly iclad natives OF the Middle Kingdom. Skilled
labor such carpenters and the like receive - oO 10 "
! day aud pay only Al d week for board
Allied To- the labor question is that Of the depopuation
Of the Hawaiian Kingdom the Prospective extinction OF
the people of P0ynesa-for all the inhabitants OF the
groups Of islands appear TO be doomed to e1nhcuoh tee
most highly favored among them merely beng able TO
hold their own Here where the vices and diseases oil
white men have been mot rampant, depopulation has
Il been no
proImato extinction Of the Hawaiian people form remote
districts OF these islands where they are imperative pop
ulation the decrease AT one place II was laley
found that among 20 married only 40 were found
10 have given birth to children This the place for
discussing the OF this depobe decay OF an amiabe
and a noble looking To whatever II may Dc H'ribu
ted this much certain, that Inhabitants OF the
Sandwich Islands will at distant period be composed
OF Americans and Cinnamon Of two cascs, one dominant
| the other proetary. .
Chinese immigration Is beginning to be regarded with
disayor by the kanakas, natives Of the Sandwich ISL
ands The cargoes lately imported nom Hong Kong by
| the Hawaiian Government have proved worthless ana
desperate set IL Is SAID the district courts OF hana ana
Nanai have full share Of Goodies on their calendars
and that trials with such witnesses are nocke oil JUS
tce THERE'S prejudice Of kanakas against hhhmen
nor they Jealous Of them, but they are beghhng 10
fear hem partly account Of their lawlessnes ana
partly because Cinnamon have introduced ePosy lno 'he
| country.
visited the hospital for l,pers near this city and found
the patients suffering from that form OF the malady-tu-
bccu0us-whch prevails slight extent but 10 aheVere
form In Canton. II Is called by the kanakas tho Chhese
disease and by common consent its introduction is attb-
ued 81 Cinnamon II is disease TO the natives ana
attacks them readily than II does Cinnamon IN
China Forty under treatment ara more are l0|
at lazaTetto ihe Island Of Manlik These hospitals
have hardly been operation year. tho subject having
engaged attention but recently About 100 have been as
charged cured under the Of odde OF potassium 100
much circumspect0n cannot be exercised by the SANITARY
authorities of San Francisco in gnang against the INTRO
ducton of this hidcous disease through Chinese aOWW
lth true thatt scarcely ever attacks WHO hen Iu