The Progress., 1893-02-25
THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
HEY SHOULD BELONG TO TRE
UNITED STATES.

For the Information OF many Oh
8onr valued readers | thought 1T
Sould be interesting to klow scme-
fhing of the much talked and written
kbont Hawaiian or Sandwich LA nds,
Md that the United States has for
Die time being assumed tie protec-
orate over them.
n There are II Of them altogether,
but only s are inhabited. If you
ook on your map you will find that
bev lie almost directly in the track
&pf ships between the United States
and Asia. These islands are port
<of refuge for ships to put into. They
hre situated about equal distance be-
tween the two continents. The his
tofy Of these inolfensive people date
back to the date OF Capt. Cook, the
navigator. Our first information OF
them was from him over 100 years
ago. The latitude is about the same
N AS Cuba. Capt. Cook estimated the
population at about 100000 1t
/ seems that unlike other countries
4 they have become gradually less i'll
population. The census of 1890
4 places them at little less than half
the above number. This includes
all nationalites and only about 10
4 600 of these are natives. The Others
are Cinnamon, Japenese, Portuguese,
Americans and few from most all ma
tions. The natives are Of brown
reddish complexion, long, black
straight or wavy hair, broad face
thick lips aud flat noses. They are
good tempered aud happy dlspos-
ed people in disposition. Brave and
fearless, however, when the occasion
demands it. They have become very
much improved by coming in con
tact with civilized nations ard are
now producing large quantities o!
sugar, rice, corn and wheat. They
exported in 1890 150,001000 lbs OF
sugar valued at Sl2, ,l59,5S5. Theil
imports amount to about one-half o.
their exports.
The reciprocity treaty of 1915 10y
which their sugar was admitted t,
our country free of duty, gave then
bonus of about Gets pound. They
grew in prosperity excelling any
thing ever before experienced 10y
them, but the McKinly bill which re-
moved the tariff on raw sugars ha'
been very disasterous to the sugar in
terest, and they are now turning thei
attention to the raising of coffe.
A superior article of coffee can b
raised there at much less cost o
labor tn an sugar, and as labor ]
high on the islands it will prove
great saving to them. Their climat'
is so excellent, being exposed to TIN
sea breeze. The lofty mountain
peaks are covered with perpetua
snow. Some Of their mountain
arising from the sea level are tw,
and half miles high. Some OF then
are volcanic and at certain times o
eruption pour their seething, boiling
lava in broad streams into the sea.
The first missionaries went iron
Boston, Mass, in 1918. They wer
wholly given to idolatry prior to TIN
time. II was fortunate for the mis-
sionaries that the old king had jus
died, and his son, coming into power
took readily te the Christian religion
He destroyed the sacred images an
abandoned idolatrous customs, an
ever since they have been Christia
nation. England, in lSl3, unde
pretense of settling certain differ
ences, yet more for obtaining eontrc
over these islands, made uGreasor
able demands, coupled with tn
threat that il not complied with the
wonld turn their gums on the capitt
and destroy tnom. Iue k,ng ga
that resistance was futile, aud con
piled.
Emboldened 10y this, they mad
still further demands. The kim
seeing that there would be no end
the concessions he was continual
called upon to make, determined
cede the islands to England. Th
brought the matter to the notice
the United States government. Ems
land claimed that she had no inter
tion Of taking possession OF the is
ancs, that their representatives hs
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