The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-08-10
TOR TRANS MISSISSIPPI
FOR THE HAWAIIAN
EXHIBIT.
What Advantage viii BE Gained by
Hawaii Making Good Snowflake
Time 10y the Forelocll.

cOHlHrlllg lfanSlnlSSlppl international
Exposition have been received from
j. r. Lowe, the special agent. The sub
ject has been advertised in these col
umns, but Mr.. loves own arguments
should be appreciated. He says:
81 have the honor. as the authorized
agent of the Trans-Missssipp and In
ternational Exposition, to be held in
Omaha, Neb., in 1898, to represent the
said Exposition to the Republic Of
Hawaii and the British Colony of New
Zealand, to the end that it is possihl
that beside the Governments the indi-
vidual and commercial interests of a
cosmopolitan people to furnish suit
able exhibits to their own
ultimate advantage. Also to induce
some private corporation to organize
for the purpose of furnishing "A rep
resentative Hawaiian village, setting
forth the past and the present civiiiza-
ton in their various industrial meth
DDS of workmanship, and social con
ditions by a combination of talent
that it will be possible to select from
the Hawaiian native population, now
in their advanced educated condition.
"The inhabitants of the village will
have the privilege of disposing of
their purely native productions which
they may manufacture on the
grounds, they fetching supply of
raw materials with them, partially
prepared, by which means they will
occupy much of their spare time Such
lions N,-i1l l,a inf tn ~
public visitors of the Exposition. be-
side what exhibitions they may give
representing their former condition
and also their present status of civil
zation, giving the visitors an oppor-
tunity to behold the aboriginal people
living in countries so far distant from
the United States, showing the eau
casian races in their march of pro-
gress in the various spheres of me-
chanics and crude arts. The above,
of course, would be classed as a con-
cession, like the Samoan village at the
Chicago Worlds Fair.
1T is highly desirable that the
fauna and fora be well represented,
and all the important articles that en-
ter into the exports of the islands,
especially their woods in variety, in
manufactured and polished condi-
tions, as well as in the rough, setting
forth their adaptability for general
and specific purposes.
st is desirable also that the woods
have an important place in the eN-
hibit. Also coffee, fruits and spices
should be well to the front in ship
shape fashion.
"The principal article of agricul-
ture and export ought to be well to
the front in its various conditions.
viz: sugar, from your very numerous
plantations, representing, as it does,
great wealth. and the representation
of which at the Mississippi and
international Exposition in an eff
cient and creditable manner cannot
fail to augment the demand for the
staple article, which, as all know, is
in great demand. There is no reason
why Hawaii should not take an i'm
portant part in the sugar industries
of the world. To this end let Hawaii,
if possible, make an exhibit setting
forth the various stages of the condi-
tions, from the cane to the highest
degree of refinement.
Having addressed ourselves to the
foregoing, we have yet a most import
ant feature of our subject to develop.
Hawaii is a series of eight islands,
and presents many charming and in
structive features of interest to the
tourist. The tourist travel. in our
judgment, is a very important matter
to be considered by Hawaii. Hawaii
has attractive features in her domain,
second to none in the world, in her
ethnology, her ornithology, her geo.
logical and botanical conditions. Also
the fora and fauna are unique in
themselves. Hitherto the great pre-
ponderance of tourists have hoclIed to
Europe, and no doubt vast numbers
have had surfeit of European seem
cry. Now Hawaii should attract the
tourists attention to the island of
the Pacific ocean, where scenery of a
charming nature is abundant. Tour
lists have a penchant for new sights
and incompatible wonders, which
they can have an opportunity to adj
mire in Hawaii. Then. when having
Toasted to their fullest desire, they
may pass on to New Zealand by the
next mail boat to look upon other
sights, fresh and charming. Thence
via Australia to Europe, so that a
large portion of the tourists should
at least one way take that route.
"Your volcanoes, Mount Loa and
Kilauea, are a host in themselves TO
interest the curios and admiring tour
lists. The great boiling caldron of the
latter, a sight which is worth the
time and money necessary to inspect
it. Dante's Inferno vanishes into the
shade at such an immense boiling,
seething, glowing, heterogeneous mass
Nov, in order that Hawaii may
derive a substantial benefit from such
an extensive tourists travel it is neces-
sary that Hawaii should put its best
foot forward by a handsome exhibit
at the Trans-NIississipp and Interna-
tional Exposition, which is authorized
by the United States Government by
Act of Congress.
1T seems to us that the position of
the Hawaiians in this matter is in
making "A general genuine exhibit,
and to accompany such with a good
supply of advertising matter, such as
tourists guide books, photos of sights
to be seen and descriptive matter. Also
maps, setting forth in a specific and
general way the principal features to