The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-12-19
SOMETHING ABOUT HAWAII.
Citizen or two Countries tells about the
Paradise of the Pacific.
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Dr. a. i. Carter. Of Honolulu. is at the
Leland making y visit to the United
States.
II am in the anomalous position oil be-
ing :. citizen Of two countries, lie saiu.
..Thosc who reside in the Hawaii Kingdom
and take the oath to support the Constltu-
ton and the throne are allowed to vote.
The American Minister assured us that
we did not thereby lose our citizenship in
the United States Ne, don't think there
will be any more political trouble. The
King was under the influence OF Gibson,
the former premier, who was'an extreme
IL peculiar man. He was q Mormon who
came over to make negotiations for the
purchase of small island for Il Mormon
colony. He got it in his own name and
then he wasn't il Mormon any longer. But
don't think he used his power to anass Il
fortune When he died. after being tu'n-
ed from office by the revolution. Inc left only
about 500. 600 He loved power for pow
crs sake.
"There are NOW two parties i'll Hawaii,
the native party and the missionary party.
The missionary party is keen for anncxa-
ton TO the United States, and the other
party doesn't want that and doesn't be-
ieve there is anything 10 he gained by it.
After that they want republic. | belong
TO the native party | don't think that
republic would he so satisfactory in
| Hawaii as constitutional monarchy. Not
but the natives arc intelligent and capa-
bic enough, for they arc. They all dress
dcccntly and arc educated The upper
classes speak English as well as their ma
tive tongue, and are quite refined. But 4
republic tends to government Ivy the
wealthy. There is no need to go far to
find an illustration of that The native
party won the last election and have 4
majority in the House. They have one
Chamber there but two classes of legisla-
tors-lhc Mobiles, elected for five years.
and the Representatives for two years.
when i left home We hadn't heard
whether or not the Mckinley bill had been
passed They were then quite anxious
about it. for Hawaiian sugar had been
coming in free Of duty, while other sugars
had been paving two cents pound. This
was in effect paving our people two cents
IL pound bounty from your revenues.
Some of our people declare that their
\ PLANTATIONS Clfl IOl htiHu iHc CUT. i1Nci
thing is sugar out in the Hawaiian is
lands. Tie yield is exceedingly large.
Some parts of Claus Sprecklcs' planta-
ton yields as much as eight tons to the
acre. 1t was formerly utterly barren. 1t
lay between two mountains. He intro
duccd irrigating bitches, and il sprang into
| enormous fertility. The scientific engi-
nccrne required in ditchinG for sugar
plantations is tremendously expensive
They have lately taken to growing banan-
as for thc San Francisco market. We
arc six or seven days from there. Some
LITTLE coffee planting has hccn tried there,
but not III Il thorough way ut all. wonder
! that more has not been done with it, for
the coffee grown is superb, the best ] ever
tasted One other thing ! think they
ought TO try. and that is tobacco. ! be-
licyr that the equal TO Havana tobacco
can he grown there. The natives grow
some but ii is strong and coarse. That's
the way they like ii.
How about the climate"
at is the same year in and year ont. !
am always puzzled 10 recollcct dates, for
one season is just like another. When !
first went there | thought had got TO
heaven Oh. no more winter; no more
frosts. But allyoa IL get s-to he very
;-,ire>ome TO know that next-month the
next and the next are all going to be just
exactly like this. Still Hawaii is my
home. and Hawaiians are are good
people married Hawaiian, and there
is home for me.