The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-14

tho contracts will not be worth the paper on
which they are written.
In 1870, but was abandoned for sugar. In tho
district of kona .on Hawaii the abandoned
making Excursions to gather the rin n Iba s !
much as the American Indian and his family
such general favor that attention was asain
called to its. cultivation and now it is rapidly
every year the acreage is increasing. TIL. hest
Information on the subject. and in fact the only
General Haywood made to tho Department Of
state and published. in tho daily Consular Re.
IRi G1s' at on the Sen de aa; EnaGa can This Rs r Ra@ on w sppl Dp..
course 9,iT Of; which , A tihs:lsrge plantations were
industry in the islands.
Stock ranches arc found on all the islands.
Both cattle and sheep, run at large over tho
largo ranches controlled by corporations. The
e other, and a = dfu the er eaters part paT fe Of M ohS aan rs com an.
shipped to tho local market, though tho demand
for tho latter Is limited as the natives will NOT
touch it.. All the meat for tho local market has
to pass through the hands of a hut or ring
butchers. There is no chance for competition
as the freight charges to outsiders are prohibit.
Lumber Is all brought from the coast and
until lately has been controlled by another hut
firm with white backing started In business
and has brought prices down.
and q safe deposit company. All branches Of
mercantile pursuits are well represented. There
s alG seS ssiabl tar sse h s5lca GsrIyi Kens Stacks st OF svs snG
many fine retail Establishments.
~ There nsom are 1S,r about sr, tiif r. ytbsS YER IN 1t the islands
rules Of practice, arc similar to those of tho
United states; There is some corporation work
natives. who as o GLASS arc absolutely devoid Of
business instincts, have decided their property
ali the native has to do is to draw lis money.
The English language Is used in all the courts,
but 2 I k;550 ~ saGo. Of the native t a dc,
obtained with difficulty through an Interpreter.
In all the islands there are sixty physioians,
the natives. and there are. twenty salariod
for this city of 80. 0 Inhabitants does not :
seem large, but, when it 10 taken into considera.
diSn that tho C CHI sSs and nad,J Japanese ne cha, haze I'll their cir
tho Government. It will DO seen that there is in
reality q population of only 5000 on whose
There g Is an cxcellens hospital In this c Ply.
sicians carry their own stocks Of drugs. They
the the B BosRs'o Of Y %e safiestil0Gf G 9a lnSS%m sfter a pIgi q
examination in the principal branches.
There are some fifteen bore. and one or two on
each Of the other islands, where as q rule they
travel from place to place.
one in Hiio.. There Is LITTLE ttH'G pre sc D trade.
as doctors furnish their own medicines. The
s sfsts! su ssIres osf TSdP ddi istan %sd from sh snS bs asSS e.
supplies conmpels the carrying of q large stock
the average. There is no drug law. but q bill
has been prepared and will be presented TO tho
Le HonaIuin f bss f IN ses daiIr and two weakly IA.
gers printed in English. and others in Japanese.
chinese, Portuguese. and Hawaiian. There
n r n fvn nnnARa In Ilf1N h Frtntara
have a union, but union prices do not prevail.
some receiving moro and some less than in The
Suites.
Teachers in tho public schools receive from
$500 to 81 900 q year, paid in monthly install.
hours are from 0 % 2. and there is sIa"T vacation
OF three months. Teachers must DO well in.
formed in Hawaiian history.
AL the large insurance companies are repre-
sented in Honolulu. The large general stores
acting as agents for the. various plantations arg
t"snfs eo Gn8 pffSp' So sRer ree Is l IieRfo csanc In for ans an
The various trades are in competition with
The Chinese workmen. White carpenters get
q q t Pss later ass: d Is noi as TeI soUS, f but they yh arc w 9T1:
ployed on tho best class of work. The est.
mates Of Chinese builders are generally about
they are kept busy: The white workmen are
lighting this competition as far as they are able,
Plumbers receive 81 per day. There Is an OK.
cellent system of water works. but no gas or
sewers, though plans for the latter have been
Day laoorers are of all nationalities and ro.
ceivo from ST to 81 per day. The men about
the docks and deck hands on the steamers ara
mostly Hawaiians, and they are the best in tho
world at this work. Continuous labor thcv 10
not like. but they are %hustlers for n Jr!ef
period. Tho steamer life with hard. work at tho
landinRs-there are no wharves outside of us
city-and the long intervals of rest between,
Just suits them. Tho ideal life OF the nat
along the shore is to go fishing. sell enough Of
the fish TO buy a quantity of pol, and then live
on this fish and moi while H. lnstg Then they
90 fishing again.
Don't come here without money to live on for
several months, a year perhaps, and when you
enough to pay your way back. Don't expect
to fall into n mercantile place for a ]potbollrr
until what you want turns up. There are more
applicants for these places now than there are
places, and don't forget that tho islands, taken
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