The National tribune., 1893-04-13

'.-A-s.-..i.--:iI,S4 To those fair islands
the attention OF tens of thousands Of Americans
will be drawn, IN order that they may be in
formed regarding their commercial and agri-
cultural possibilities. Many will seek those
mid Pac Gc shores for health and recreation,
and there they may be sure to find both. The
writer has lived the Islands for over 20
years. and has studied the climate, soil, scenery,
and social features closely. In travelling over
the group seeking material for pen and pencil,
or engaged in collecting the beautiful eowers
OF the Kingdom. or while visiting the great
volcanoes. the huge, extinct craters, wonderful
lava flows, and romantic valleys. his attention
has been drawn to the many localities where
saptarums might be established But until
now it never seemed As though such resorts
could be made self-sustaining, hence no decided
steps were ever taken to found such an Institu-
ton
But when the Islands become part of the
territory of the United States it will be per-
fectly feasible to establish a sanitarum-a Ma
tonal Home--for veterans of the war, that
will equal in every respect the finest health
resort in the world.
On the Islands of Hawaii in the district of
South Kona there reigns an eternal Summer.
There the land rises boldly from the ocean,
that stretches in glittering beauty, blue as the
clear sky above, to the far-distsnt horizon. lu-
land the giant peak of Mauna Loa rises nearly
14000 feet into the region of perpetual snow.
The course of more than one stream OF cool,
sparkling water is defined on the rugged
mountain-side by an every widening strip of
vivid green. Day after day, Winter and Sum-
mer alike, the gentle sea breeze alternates With
that from the land. equalizing and moderating
the Summerlike warmth of the sun. No fogs
ever creep over the landscape. In fact, there
never are fogs on the Islands; the Hawaiians
have no word in their language to define such
phenomena.
In the rich soil, composed wholly of decom-
posed lava, grow bananas. pineapples oranges,
guavas, papaias, cheramoyas, cocoanuts,
lemons, lines, watermelons. mangoes, and other
tropic fruits in wild profusion. There the coffee
tree fourishes the berry being equal if not
superior, to the famed Mocha" The grape
| finds there its most favored home. Cotton,
sugar-cane and tobacco yield large returns to
cultivation.
| All kinds Of stock find in the ManiaHia
| bermuda grass) an abundaD. pasturage. Vege-
| tables of all kinds grow luxuriantly. In moist
gulches squash vines propagate themselves by
| rootlets from their joints and never die out.
| On the uplands wild strawberries OF delicious
| flavor and raspberries of phenomenal size grow
| wild. In that Same region all the temperate
zone fruits would do well, as experiments have
! proven.
! This locality is reached now by a weekly
| line of inter island steamers. and all supplies
! material ana passengers cOuid 90 snere ulrectiy
| from this coast.
| The land would cost the United States Gov
| ernment nothing as large tracts on the mount
| ain-side are now Government" lands.
! 1t would cost no more to erect suitable build
| ings there than it has for the same in America.
| The veterans who would seek home there
would be. naturally, those whom such a mild,
| equable climate would benefit.
Finally tand this is an important point, as all
I, Ian mi al a WOulu
| under Government control, no liquor-shops
! could be established within reach of the vet
! terans.
| There are, as have said, many such local
tiles on the Islands available for the purpose
! have indicated. Once let the Islands become a
! part of the United States, and then this SUBJ
| ject should be discussed more at length.