The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-06-26
SANDWICH ISLANDS.
a Little About the Pacific Islands
and It's Inhabitants.
SANDWICH ISLANDS.

wink out, dissolve and reIrograde, il
becomes necessary to supply their
places with another race, superior il
possible, by emigration or by en-
grating foreign stock into the origi-
nal. Such appears to be the condi-
ton OF the Hawaiian race, which, 10
AID, 1878, numbered 10000, a
population sufficient to appropriate,
, aRricultural!y, every available spot Of
arabic land on the islands OF this
group. II is quite evident that such
was the case, as the footprints of the
sgrioulturist everywhere indicate.
Go whtre you will, even far up on
the sides OF mountains, and you will
see where the land has been cult
waited. The statistics of to-day will
show where the natives OF these
islands stand but, "a statistics are
tedious to read in a newspaper cor
respondence, need Only to say that
10 1776 the population OF this group
of islands was estimated by Captain
Cook, wso in that year 6rst discov-
cred the islands, to be 400. 900, and
in 1878, Just 100 years later, they had
dwindled down 20 81 9S5, and IN
1880 q statistician, In showing the
deterioration OF the race, puts the
native population at 47,508. In fol-
lowing up, or down, the decadencs
Of the nation, following the same rule
Of mortality as shown IN the past, the
entire extinction of the race will take
place in 1852. The leading lights OF
this nation view the decline of Kan
sksdom, and hence they have wisely
adopted system OF
EMIGRATION.
Ships are chartered and sent out to
islands south of this group, which re-
turn with hundreds of hardy, robust
natives, who, almost as soon as they
land, enter into contracts with
planters for year or more. The
government expended during the
year 1879, 100000 in emigrating
natives from other islands to these
shores; thus, in addition to the in
fax OF Cinnamon, VINO make very
industrious citizens, gradual in
crease may be expected by ENGRAVING
The South Sea Islanders into the
Hawaiian stock. Oi course, the ire
pressible Celestial creeps into every
nook and corner, without any effort
on the part of government to give
John Chinaman an inheritance. II
fail TO see any great reason why the
powerful Anglo-SAxons OF western |
America should assume such defiant
attitude, if John of the Golden State
is as civil and jnduster Gus as be i5 on
the islands; AMI yet poor John is not
without his opponents here. During
my visits through districts of this
country, : find the Cinnamon are
bringing IN cultivation sections OF
land that have lain idle during the
last half OF q century, thus increasing
the exports OF rye, sggregating almost
equal to the exports of sugar. No
class Of agriculturists are having
greater success than the Cinnamon
and yet the
LEGISLATURE,
Which is now in session, composed
chiefly of native Hawaiians, are agi.
tated over the rapid influx of China
men. Several bills have been pre-
scented to that august assembly adopt
ing measures to stop the Introduction
OF Celestials.
Daring my late visit to the legisla-
tive assembly, where l spent few
hours very pleasantly, witnessing the
modus operandi of law making,
a bill WAS presented sppropristing out
of the government revenue the sum
OF $I5, COO for the relief of families of
ten or more children each, as sort
of subsidy to that system Of popula-
ton, being a novel way OF encourae-
ing increase, and not very bad way
either in this country, as it would be
impossible to find throughout the
whols group OF islands 80 families of
ten children each.
There are only Two white men In
the Legislature as representatives, and
one of those recognize az the ire
preside Walter NJ. Gibson, who
stands quite as Influential as many
others Of his cut. The mobiles are
principally white men OF considerable
ability. Ali the business OF the gov
eminent in the hands OF the legisls-
iure is transacted by the MOBILES and
representatives In joint session; no
definite time is established by law In
which they are to close their business;
hence they continue until all items
that come before them are properly |
considered.
No measure OF greater Importance
perhaps will agiIate the Hawaiian
legislature than the $4,000, 900 loan
which the King. for some unknown
purpose. or to crafty a hobby OF his,
calls upon his nation TO sanction;
that he may obtain loan OF $40, 000,-
coo The foreign element here IL
very much opposed to this extrava-
CANT expenditure, which will virtually
mortgage the Islands to some foreign
power. The native HaWaiiAns, white
some oppose, majority, perhaps,
will favor the borrowing of that sum.
The revenue OF the government,
which reaches $500, GOO, IS ample TO-
all reasonable purposes. nOtWilh-
standing the salaries of all govern
ment officers reaches very high |
figure, considering the snalIness OF
the nation. The Kings salary IL
500, 500 annually. AS the legislature
meets biennially all appropriations |
for salaries are for two years; for the
King, s45, 900; judiciary depart
ment, $S7, $50; department OF
foreign affairs, S115,S00; In
terror department, S1.042. 3S7 81
finance department, 1908. $50; de
partner. of attorney general. SAL
I272; bureau of public instruction,
SO, $50; permanent settlements,
SIS 600; for legislature and pri7y
council, $4,000; making a grand
total of 81. $50, 400.
President 4. o. Smoot and son,
with Sidney Coray arrived here at
Honolulu on the 18th ult., and at
Laie the following day, all in good
health,
We have recommended grinding
since adding q new cog wheel in place
of one lately broken.
We are having too long spell oil
: dry weather to please Us, but no
particular damage has been done to
the cane crop.
, Bishop Smoot Is enjoying rusticating
through the hills OF Lsie and
e recupera!ing on poi. He seems to
, enjoy the fruit3 OF tropic cline with