The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-11-17
E. P. DOLE'S IDEAS
The Deputy Att0rley-Geleral to
a I. s. Senator.
GENUINE AMERICANlSM HERE
Manifest In All Things-Situation OF
Islands-Varied Products-Cli-
mate and Natives.
GENUINE AMERIcANIsM HERE

from Deputy Attorney General Dole to
Senator Chandler, not written for pub
hcation, but given in the Sprinfield
Republican:
lDear Sir:-I know you will vote and
use your influence for annexation; l
only want to stir you up little, that's
alA l wish you could visit these beau
tifAl islands, situated at the cross
roaAs of the north Pacific, command
fng. AS they will, the commerce OF the
future\between America, Asia and the
British Colonies, and being, as they are,
the strategic point for naval power in
this part of the world. / wish you
could sail with me in Pearl harbOr in
the presidents little yacht, the Bonnie
Dundee. l would not object if you
could be aground there all night, as /
was last summer, and contemplate how
this harbor gives the naval power
which holds it command of the great
Pacific ocean. wish you could see
how intensely American the Americans
are here; what interest they take and
have always taken in all that pertains
to the great republic. l do not know
that it is a polite thing to say, but
/ wish you could see how intelligent
they are as class, for then you would
know they are the kind of stuff the
G. o. P. is made of. / wish you could
see how enthusiastically American ho-
| lidays are kept here. / wish you could
| understand how much we want the
long, strong arm of Uncle Sam in our
struggle for free, good government.
| The civilization here is American,
the laws are American, the schools are
American, the institutions are Ameri-
can. The people who have shaped the
destinies of this country for the past
60 years have been Americans by birth
or parentage, and of an exceptionally
high class. The capital invested here
is chiefly American. Our business in
trests are mainly with America. There
is no reason why these islands should
not be represented one of these days
by as bright star as there is in the
American flag, with a history to be as
proud of as that of New Hampshire or
Massachusetts. The truth is we have
it already. The spirit of 1776 has burn
ed as brightly here as ever it did at
Concord or Lexington or Bunker Hill
Our interest in annexation is the SEN
timent which child has for parent
America is our mother in everything
here that makes for civilization. We
want, too, the stable government which
as you know, is difficult thing tc
maintain permanently in a very small
country, isolated from other countries
with a mixed population and liability
to foreign entanglements and the greed
of greater nations for increased terri.
tory and power. That is the chief rea-
son we want annexation.
If the intelligent, thinking, unpre-
JUDGED men of the United States could
see things as they are here and could
look into the future little way, / dc
not believe there is one in hundred
of them who would not vote for an
. nexation from an American standpoint
We buy American goods. Our pro
ducts do not interfere with American
; industries. We do not raise more thar
10 or II per cent of the sugar con
sumed in the United States The suga
crop of Louisiana is only small frac
tion of the sugar consumed in tn
United States The beet sugar indus
try Of the United States cannot suppl,
the demand for many years to come
and as it increases, the population an
consumption will increase. Our suga
does not interfere with the sugar in
{ terests of the United States. and fc
q many purposes beet sugar and can
s sugar are not rivals.
r Our coffee industry is prosperou
: rapidly growing, and promises to equ,
v the sugar industry in course Of tim
4 1t does not come into competition wit
d anything in the United States. 1t
+ an occupation in which small farmer
can engage. 1t would do some of IL
men good who are freezing their hid,
OF on New Hampshire hill farms I
come out here and keep warm all II
n year round, and make little none
% at the same time
The fruits which we raise and whic
with regular and fast steamship line
Is could be exported in the United State
le are tropical in character and would n
q come into competition with the frui
Is raised there.
IS There is no finer climate on eart
e. than this, S5 degrees extreme sur
mer heat: so degrees extreme wint
cold. 1t is not bad place for son
/; of the American millionaires to ha,
country homes in everlasting Jun
lh and at the same time enjoy the bles
Id ing, which too many of them do n
le appreciate, of being under the sta
j. and stripes.
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