Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-06
Resources of the Islands Observed by
a Congressional Party.
COFFEE And SUGAR PLANTATIONS
Visit of Inspection to Pearl Har-
Dor.
MIR. MORGAN'S ADMIRATION
of The Evening Star.


centered about the visit of Senator Morgan
ard that of Representatives Cannon, Ber-
ry. Loudenslager and Tawney. These gen.
tlemen arrived in Honolulu together on the
18th. The eminent senator settled down TO
his wcIk OF observation ard inquiry at the
quiet home of a relative in this city. The
four representatives were at Cnce whirled
off on a steamer upon a four days tour of
Inspection of sugar and coffee plantations
upon the Islands OF Maui and Hawaii, in
Guiding a sue cessful visit to the volcano.
Their first days was devoted to sugar
plantations on Maui, calling at two sepa-
rate ports. The great establs hment of
Spreckelsville was first visited, here Asiat-
ic labor regns in exclusive possession.
Twenty miles of railway were traversed
among the broad canetelds and Japanese
camps The sons OF Claus Spreckels. who
own this plantation, dc not favor
white labor. and the impression conveyed
TO the visitors was un-American- AT the
Plantations in Haua, thirty-tive miles to
the eastward, where they landed in the
afternoon, the labor employed was mixed.
AT either place the cool trade wind climate
would enable white men to labor in comfort
in the field throughout the year.
Inspecting Coffee Farms.
Early Thursday morning they landed at
Flo, and after an early breakfast started
up the fine volcano road of thi-ty-one miles,
which gave them succession CT delight
full experiences Here the great interest
was in the new and very thriving coffee
farms, wncre some scores of white settlers
nave cleared the woods and lave from ten
TO 2D acres of coffee trees growing on each
farm MI Berry expressed pee ullar de-
light in finding well p&cIl in the woods
twenty acres of fire coffee plants, the
whole of the work upon which had been
done by an American and his two sons,
born il. Hilo These cool uplands pecu-
ri IN ita. .
are not less than 3UD.0gO acres of the sort
there in one block. Here the farmer. while
his coffee is growing, can produce potatoes,
corn, squaShes, every kind of food he
ne eds. except wheat, and that the year
round Moisture is cOpious, but over the
porous lava substratum are no swamps and
no malaria.
The night was spent at the Volcano
House, 1000 feet above the sea. AS no fire
had been seen in the Haemaumau abyss
Tor some time. 'niy two of the visitors
went into the crater. They were excep-
tCnaHy fortunate since the local goddess
Peie, made a show expressly for their bene-
Mt a considerable pool of live fire lay in
the bottom of the pit, in which a fountain
played in four minute pulsations One let
spouted up for a moment, estimated at 40
feet 1t is probable that this is the be-
ginning of a period of continuous activity
The copious smoke has for some time been
indicating that the lava was pushing lp-
ward from below
Friday forenoon was spent on the rapid
doWn-h1il return to Hilo, with farther in
spectiop of the coffee lands. 1t should be
said that as guides of specialist knowledge,
Surveyor General W. ID. Alexander and
Attorney General W. o. Smith had been
delegated to accompany the Representa-
tves AT 200 feet altitude old Judge
Hitchcock exhibited to them a lot of fresh
corn ears twelve inches long. On his farm
are quantity of apple and peach trees
rot ordinarily grown in the tropics That
Whole region produces the finest of Irish
potatoes, and sweet potatoes as we'll The
duced along the lower coast right on rho
fresh ciinker lava. bit of the vine in
serted into pile of the ragged stones will
grow luXUriantiy and fill the intersticas Of
tht stone-plie with sweet. Dlealy tubers
FIicay afternoon was spent partly at p
~ HHe iuan' or native feast, given by the
VIE OF James Campbell. the Honolulu mil
Echalre. who became noted a year ago for
ms determined resistance to a scoundral
VINO had got him tied down tight after alb
Guctlhg MIN to secluded house in San
Francisco. Campbell stayed until he eau,
Els torturer safely lodged in San Ouentin
state prison Mrs. Campbell is an accom-
Ilshed three-part Hawaiian lady of about
IcIy years; who has enjoyed much Euro
pan raEei; Not unnaturally, she is an
aroeht ana bitter royalist, and a leader Of
.hat rather forlorn party No politics
however appears to have been developed
at the feast In the evening n recention
was given the visitors by the white rot
deAts; Saturday evening saw them back in
Honolulu. 'e''n III
Inspecting Pearl Har,or.
II was the writer's privilege yesterday to
Jo-h party OF nearly forty gentlemen in
she wing Senator Morgan and the four rem.
resentatives the various beauties and al.
'ahtasSs OF Pearl Harbor. Running down
ei'Neh miles on an early train to A small
! lnS, On the east shore of the locIs. We
embarked on a small steamer which bad
a forward deck, with chairs to sea. ne Ill
Litter en- awning Running a mile across
IRE east icch. mostly over deep water. we
passed between the end of Pearl civ na
HlhSula, with its pleasant cottages on ~
ii$ht and Ford's Island of 300 acres on tfa
MT Here We ran short distance up the
atn-uIJ loch 10 wharf, where We took
Itoard our railroad king. the genial II. r
bIHinSham- North lay the broa1 sho,I
waters Of the upper loch Heading sout,,
We ran through the four miles of deem
"a'tr between us and the Ocean, This is
practically Il river about 600 wards wide
with banks of coral bluff crowned with
sIONtS OF verdant algaroba- At some
points IdrSe ships might lie up In tho
blGns-at others shoals project.
Along the bluffs were some scores of
hags, sciGiy planted by the surveying
Larry larry Oh me u s. s. bennington. These
faEs are all very precisely located as 10
position by the help OF the accurate pre-
Nious work of our government SURVEYORS
. ne next step VIII be to make some 2oooo
souhcinSs about fifty feet apart in every
part OF the h&rbor. In each boat two oh
servers with sextants. at the moment the
IeaG Is cropped. simultaneously take an
giles bttSeen three of the flags This err
aLIes the cfrce workers subsequently, 70
locate on large map the precise position
OF each sounding. and so TO draw contour
INES CT the bottom. For the expense Of
this survey $1,000 was appropriated nv
your extra session The greater part OF
this Will be expended in office work much
OF the boat work being done by paid off,
GERS and men of the navy
Among our party were President Dole
the chief justice. two cabinet ministers.
Prof. Alexander. Admiral Miller, Captains
Dyer and Nichols of the United States
ships, and some eastern correspondents
Mr.. Morgan held the place Of honor He
was already familiar with the geography
from previous study of maps. Some sur
prise was expressed by the visitors at the
uniform level of the shores ard pen,nsulas
They had supposed them to be hilly, where
as they are ancient low coral reefs, emery
ed from the sea by a recent elevation of
the island most important feature of
inc harbor Is Its division into locks by the
pen.nsulas. Unlike such harbors as the
spacious one Of San Francisco, where, in a