St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-06-26

the future, by the United States, the
following short sketches Of the two
countries will prove of interest to our
readers:
Hawaii.
If Hawaii becomes part and parcel of
the United States, which seems proba-
BILE, we will have novel experiment on
our hands. The islands have about the
area Of Massachusetts, and more popu-
lation than certain Of our new Western
States have yet acquired. so in two 7e-
spects it is competent to be territory
or even State; but the quality
Of the population is more mixed
and less easy Of assimilation than that
of any territory we ever acquired by
annexation, purchase or conquest. OF
the less than one hundred thousand in
habitants, only about three thousand
are Americans; the English and Ger
mans together number about three
thousand more, while the Portuguese
far out number all other whites
combined. There are also fully twenty
thousand Chinese and rs many Japanese,
and all these foreigners except the
Chinese have certain treaty rights of
which we cannot deprive them without
getting ourselves into trouble. As to
the natives their blood, is mixed with
that Of every race that has reached the
islands. II all these people except the
Asiatics are allowed to vote, there will
be some queer doings by the Territorial
or State legislature Of Hawaii. Per-
haps Congress may make the country
district, like Alaska, and withhold
votes or representation, but this will
not suit country which has for years
been indulging in more officers to
given number of Intelligent citizens
than any portion Of our. own continent.
Fortunately the national debt of Hawaii
is small and the country is too far away
to be disturbing element to our own
people-except Us it may distract the
attention Of Congress from matters of
greater importance, Of course the islands
will send delegates to all Of our p0liti-
cal conventions and have undue in
fiuence in the nomination of candidates
for the Presidency. Doubt as to whether
Hawaii Is really worth having has been
freely expressed because no grea. Euro
pean power has yet seized it; but this
is not conclusive, for England the most
voracious Of the iand-grabbing nations,
once owned Cuba yet had not the sense
to retain it, although Cuba now would
be worth more than all Of India to
England.
Hawaii enjoys fairly temperate eli
mate. In the hot season the tempera-
ture rarely rises above 80 degrees Fah.,
while in the cool season it seldom falls
below 81 degrees Fab, the average
temperature being "A degrees minutes
F. Rains brought by the northeast
trade winds are frequent on the side of
the mountains which face that quarter.
but on the other parts Of the Island lit
tie rain falls, and the sky is generally
cloudless; the yearly rainfall at Homo
lulu, being on the leeward side of Oahu,
is under 40 inches, that of the islands
generally about 81 inches. The dis
lance from San Francisco is 2lOJ miles.
The crops are sugar and rice; the other
principal exports are molasses, tall0w
and bananas. There are twelve islands;
eight principle ones, viz: Hawaii,
Maui, Oahu, Kauai, Molokai, (the Leper
Island), Lauai, kaluilaui, Nillau; the
four others are merely barren rocks
The distance to Japan is $40 miles.
Cuba.
The Island Of Cuba is one of the finesa
countries in the world, and from its
products Spain has very largely sub
sisted for many years.
Its length is 10 miles, and its width
varies from thirty to l6O miles, and its
productive soil, mineral wealth and eli
matte conditions place it at once in the
front rank of the foremost countries.
What she lacks is stable government
to render its inhabitants the most pros
porous and happy on the face of the
globe.
1t was founded and settled more than
fifty years before the United States, yet
the island has between twelve and fif-
teen million acres OF virgin forest of
mahogany, logwood, cedar, redwood,
lignum-vitae, and other valuable woods,
one Of which is caiguaran, which out
lasts iron or steel.
1t is said that il all of the land in Cubs
adapted to sugar growing were planted
in cane, the product would supply the
western hemisphere. It has already pro-
duced for export eleven million tons of
sugar in one year, and the industry was
then only in its infancy. Its iron and
copper mines are inexhaustible.. and its
coffee, and endless variety Of fruits, to-
gether with other products, too numer-
GUS to mention, form an aggregation of
which no other country can boast.
Governor Black has sealed the
doom of the ticket scalper in the
State Of New.York by signing the
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