The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-11-23
TIE SANDWICH 1sLANps.

Who s the present United States representa-
tive 60 the Sandwich Islands. Hawaii. and what is
his ltteg
2 How should letter be addressed TO reach him.
and whAI Is tae pO-iage7
q What the Industries Of the islands and Is IL
good place for yeuag man TO locate TO make
money!
L what r. the climate?
Amy other information thankfully received by a
O. G. reader.
The c. c. reader who makes these inquiries Is a
member from the old Keystone State. who sends
bis name and address a guaranty Of good faith.
and shall De sBswerei accordingly.
l. The ne"iy-appSiEted representative to the
ssBdwich Islands Is sI-Coagressmaa Villa, OF
Louisville. Ky. He is known as Minister to the
Sandwich islands
z letter should be addressed to the United
States Minister. Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, or
Hawaiian Islands.
2. The production Of and trrfIic ia sugar "a the
leading commercial industry Of the sand ich
Islands. with Claus spreekIss, the great Dussh
sugar king at the head.
otber productions. entering more or lsss into
commercial elsaanets. are rice. coffee cotton, 20
bacoo. arrowrooL sAHdal wood maize tspf,ea
oranges, lemons, bananas, tsnarinds. vans, orna.
mental woods. hides. and so on young man Of
shrewd business sNgaey would fad The i,lanas +,
good place to make money.
4. The eimAte Of the Sandwich IsIands is both
beaitotuf nnd tqnaoei 80 much 80 thai a. ere Is no
word 10 the Iiawaiiss innKuAge to express the
general idea 81 weather. There Is IN the sense e5
variability neither spriHE. Summer. Autumn nor
winter. Extr-iEs beat Is never known. The
mean iempersiurs al Roseluiu ~ 55e and tIle daily
range seldom szee-ds i5s. During Il yesFs .bs
and $50. "
June Is the waTmest month. and JaHparv Tin.
ooiaesI The climate IN tks mountains IL moye
braetag, Honolulu sHd I4-kaiaa are from thaiI
genial climate. particularly desirable for nxnIia
The Sandwich Island he several hundred ne lls.
south OF tie sreiaI routes between San Fran.
cisco and JHpsn asd China. They are a station for
the Eneiirn steanssFs frssz CALIFORNIA; Ia the Ftii
Islands snd Australia. which lat er market sffords
svsT-increaslHg trade wiih the South Sea Islsnd.
whose chief commerce ts, however. witi, CsIi.
forRia ''' N"''-
The islands, IL in number situated between
latitude lr' so and 70 So seven days saIl from,
Sac Frs1tct-eo. or about far a. from N.w VOL
10 Queen-town. embrace an area of & 400 souare
miif- of which 90 0se are prsz ZINC land 80
10000 sTAble There so sugar tlnusntiou. viii,
an annual produce Of about 80 900 tons beside,
mols-ses.
The Sa"dwich Islanders are Polyneslans, said e.
be branch OF the saeiont Tsltee race OF Merieo
under our civil IL s'isu
In l779. wisep thev roasted and ate Capt Cook
who had abused their bsap tally the native nono
laiion az The IsiaHds was estimated az 900 I40 L.
1892. when tle frs regular se1s.as WA t.k.t th~x
Numbered 1919 TRe decrease has been steaak
1850. "S o'''
TAe foreign population numbers 5 900 American.
$50 English ioeeo Portuguese, II 600 Chm alnen
1000 Germans, aud 1000 mixed unIioHatltle.
The Chinese sre employees chiefly on the ar a,.a
rice Fluctuations. A. the present rate Of decrease
IN tie nstfve population Il will not be long unl
the foreign pofDBiRtion have full control Tber
WI come British Colony. Usiied Stsles Pro
teeersie, a United States Territory in mid
Pacific Sess =
AZ Caiiiornis sustHins the chief commercial reIa
eons with the Sandwich Islands and as the Uniiee
slstrs " mo-" supplying them largely with ma,.n
Incurred goods cared meats, lumber bresdsIHsF-
800 knoerfes hfld a. The native population 70 fas
oyihg out. tie question becomes more aud NOR,
pressing "a 70 " hest great power 10 TO eve,iuali,
control the eandwich Islands aud the North Pac &,
seas.