The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-11-23

have tried. Where is your coffee, and
am TO understand that your land
will grow nothing but sugar?''
"And rice"
"And rice And who grows it
Cinnamon. Sitting the matter, YOU
have given the Asiatics greater oppor-
tunities for money making than you
have Americans. You must see that
change is needed, and it must be in
the way of encouraging other classes.
The negro will answer for sugar fields
as he has in the iron manufactures of
Alabama, and let me tell you that
through those people as labOrers that
State in the South is making rapid
strides for a position on a level with
Pennsylvania in the same industry.
With the vast amount of American
wealth in this country there should
be more American laborers. "
"But do you not believe that there
could be clause in the annexation
treaty whereby we could continue
with the Chinese labOrers?"
81 don't believe L am in a position
to answer that question. For myself,
/ do not see how it could be arranged.
With an exclusion act in force on the
mainland, how could the Govern
ment discriminate in favor of an
island possession? Understand me,n
said Miss Field, "this is merely an
opinion, and it is mine because / am
intensely American. / believe the
Government here wants annexation,
and while that is the case it occurs to
me that the officials should look
toward securing class of immigrants
that will develop the country on
other lines than sugar and rice. Your
Ministers to Washington have
worked assiduously for annexation,
and with such an able man as Mr..
Hatch is reported to be, L am quite
sure Hawaiian matters will have
some attention in Congress"
"When will you begin your inquir-
les, Miss Field2py
Enquiry? You speak as though /
was a Blount. 1 shall gather infor-
through intercourse with them. AL
ready | have met President and Mrs.
Dole and Minister Damon and wife,
and ever" so many more charming
people; and see here" picking up
double handful of letters addressed to
prominent people, 81 expect to meet
all of these people; they don't know /
have them, so if | don't post them
they will not call on me, and you
know | want to meet them all.
The first thing / will advocate
after get settled here will be a cable.
Fancy getting up in the morning and
not being able TO learn what is going
on in the rest of the world. L don't
rem Der ever having been in such a
position before, and | confess | don't
like it. Ipresume | | can get used to it
just as the business men can reconcile
themselves to conducting their daily
affairs without reading the market
reports until they are week or more
old"
When asked if she would visit the
other islands, Miss Field remarked
that she would like very much to visit
the crater and she probably would.
AS writer and lecturer Kate Field
is known the world over, and her
opinions on matters of a national in
terest are courted by some of the most
prominent members of the Senate and
House in Washington. Her paper,
Kate Fields Washington, contained
articles from her pen that were quoted
in half the papers in the States. Hav-
ing lived so long in Washington she
has paid more attention to national
politics than local ones. The O.. A. r.
recognized her efforts in a certain di-
rection and presented her with a mag
nificent badge studded with diamonds.
Again, for her efforts in having
works of art put on the free list in the
United States, the Republic of France
elected her an officer of public instruc-
ton and presented her with one OF the
highest decorations of that govern
ment. Her lectures have been q
factor in changing affairs in Utah,
where she is looked upon with great
favor.