The times., 1898-08-11
THE HAWAIIAN coLoNIsr.
Climate and sePoiv Make Him a Son
Anal

4fs of Anak.
Those who have visited the Hawaiian
Islands say that the Hawaiian whether
of English, Scotch, Irish or American pa
rentage is essentially American in his
ideas. He is a sort of incarnation of the
old-time Western pioneer type. He has
pushed westward till he has dropped off
the west coast of his own country, or he
has come eastward, if European, till he
has come within the outermost circle of
American life
The climate of Hawaii has somewhat
the same influence on these sons of Eng
lish and American parents that the eli
mate of Southern California had on the
sons of the Fasteners who settled there
They are bigger. brawnIer, taller than
their fathers. The boys of Hawaii have
held high place in rowing clubs and base
ball teams In American colleges 1t may
be the climate, and it may be the diet of
poi but something or other makes the
white Hawaiian a son of Anak.
Another thing which is noticeable in the
white Hawaiian is his cosmopolitan atti-
tude of mind. Threads from all over the
| world are knotted into the mesh of Ha-
waiian life and the citizen of Honolulu
is forever meeting some one whom he
knew, or his father knew, in the States y
On the other hand, his daily intercourse
| is with natives of almost every country
under the sun. This breeds an imperturb-
| able serenity combined with alertness and
| adaptability, which is always the birth
| right of the true American, and seems
to be especially well developed in the ex-
otic American of Hawaii. Hawaii is a
! place with a future. and the traits of the
Western boomer are to be found in the
| Hawaiian. Guy Stuart Comley says of
him and his surroundings:
The Hawaiian observer habitually takes
| a telescope view of the world at large
| from his small point of observation and
| perceiveS the large limos of things. He is
! trained TO look forward to great COM
| mercial world circling the waters OF the
| Western ocean and the Hawaiian group,
! and particularly of the sugar planters,
! practically all of whom have a Honolulu
house, besides the plantation home. The
| great commercial houses in Honolulu do
a commission business in supplies for the
plantations. and also as factors for the
| sale of the sugar product. These houses.
of course. own plantations, and shipping
! in some cases. and nearly all of them dc
| a banking business. Not only American
| but German and British firms are In this
| business on a large scale Since the re-
| ciproeity treaty with the United states
| has been In force practically all the cap
| ital In the islands has been diverted in
| to the sugar industry. and important I'M
proyements in culture and production. IN
| troduced principally through American
| enterprise. Next in Importance comes the
/ rice industry largely in the hands or the
| Cinnamon. The grain of the Hawaiian
rice is particularly large and translucent
! SO as easily to distinguish it from chi
nesa or Indian rice. Coffee is indigenous
| to the islands and "Kona' coffee from
| Hawaiian plantations has won encomiums
i from connoisseuTs. Olives have been sue
] cessfulIy cultivated and the quality of all
| the tropical fruits is particularly fine. IN
| c!uding oranges, bananas. pineapples,
| guavas, mangoes, figs. etc. The lines are
/ of fine quality and favor. 1t is curious
| fact that lemon trees, after bearing lem
| ons for few years. run into lines, OF
| something very like them. The ample
| slopes of the numerous hills and noun
| tains offer great variety of climate and
| of soil, the possibilities OF whlch uhoei
cuItiva ton and irrigation have never been
| adequately tested.
mo mention of the Hawaiian Islands
would be complete without a tribute 10
the boundless hospitality of the island
ers The stranger is not only welcomed
| to A full share IL all that the host pos
sesses, but he is followed ever atterWaro
through the world with a cordial ana Win
ming interest and sympathy NO man ever
| touched their shores without forming u'es
| that grow out of a frank welcome and
| soiicItnus and unstinted hospitality