The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-16
A WORD PICTURE OF HAWAII.

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. Hawaii. June 500 tell the truth an
4 nothing but the truth about Hawaii, a
have been instructed to 90 BY the editor ,
, The Post, Ia certainly unidue undertahin,
For years the press Of the United states ha
been printing letters that purported to ds
! scribe things as they were on these islandi
but / have found that much Of the matte
mas srianAted from the pens Of subsidized cor
RESPONDENTS or from writcrs who relied to
much upon their imarinstlon FOR their fact,
b The plain unvarnished truth nbout HAWAI-
has been told 80 seldom as to have been over
looked, buried as Il were beneath such mas
OF Misrepresentation.
Tht Hawaii lie beautiful no one can deny
That these islands are amons the choices
Of our possessions there can be no question
out that they constitute en earthly parads,
Tor man out OF fob is n statement tina,
Ia not true 20 fact. For some time the oniuior
has prevailed that all one had TO do was "a
10 to Hawaii and that wealth would follow
as necessity. On the contrary Hawaii Is tbs
very last OF all our possessions to which !
shotic advise . man TO 30 urless he has
sufficient eApital TO mako him INDEPENDENT OF
circumstances for a long time as we'll as
enough surpius to allow him to take advAn-
tags OF his opportunity when Il presents it.
self. Even then question Il he would not
be lust as we'll OF In the end II he turned
similar energies and tho same amount OF
money 10 some line of business somewhere In
the United states.
have many rood friends In Hawaii. mon
ana women who have received me kindly and
have enabled me to study the situation lust
as It is. and I would be the last person 70
discourage the settlement OF a good class Of
citizens In the country. but II is only Just
to tho intending settler as we'll rs TO those
who will have 10 feed him and nay his pas
sass back to the States after he sets there
that lie should know Just what he will have
to contend with when he reaches this far
swnv island.
First. II must be remembered that Hawaii
Is not new country. Honolulu was a city
before San Francisco was established and the
people OF California sent their children here
to be educated before 1850. new and un-
developed country has Inducements to ofYer
the settler. hut there are no such oppor-
tunitics here. The POPULATION OF the islands
is limited and the mercantile field Is filled
There are Just us many physicians. dentists
and lawyers In Honolulu AZ there are IN any
city OF the same size In the United States
and Almost without execution they are men
who have been educated In the best colleges or
America. This leaves nothing omen but agri-
culture and there certainly nre opportunities
Il ono has the capital to go into this husi-
ness To dc this REQUIRES from $4,000 to 5000
at tho least and It must be admitted that the |
returns WI not be much Rreater than they |
would be from similar investments In the
States. In other words. Hawaii is getting |
long very well as It Is and under the present /
circumstances an, great influx of cyrlonists is /
he thing least TO be desired.
~
Erht isandu compose the Hawaiian group,
he largest OF which Ia Hawaii II has an t
rea 81 over 1000 square miles and while II I
, very mountainous its fertile valleys are
He'd with sugar coffee and rice plautntions I
iaui is more generally cultivated. however
or the Hn vail Commercial company han Its
endGunrters here. II is also thu location Of 7
dozen other plantations and its sugar In 4
erests alone represent \ capital Of nearly
40, 900 600. There are some sugar plan
atiors on Mo'okai but as the leper settla- II
1ent to which all the afflicted are banished.
) located there. II 10 not REGARDED as such
desirable nlace OF abode as tho other islands.
Tho PRINCIPAL island Of tina Eroup Is Oahu.
n which the capital. Honolulu. ia situnted. Il
early all the wealth and population of the I,
hawaiian islands make their home on Oahu.
nd moro cosmopolitan nonglomeratIon Of
II would be difficult TO imagine. I
According to the last census that bns been q
ken the population OF Hawaii was 100. 900. +,
which 1886 were Kanakas. as the natives 4
III themselves: 81 GOO wero Chinese: $1,000
ortuguese: A.loo Japanese; $500 Americans:
90 English and Scotch while the remainder n
ere divided In nationality among the French. n
utch. Ecandinavans. Poruyians Spaniards 8
ID several other peoples. s
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That Hawaii Is a land OF beauty Is evident IL
ON the mrs. glimpse tina: one has Of the a
untry. You NAV 20 from one end OF tho Il
ODE to the other and rot flnd q bit OF ii
emery one-half as charming as this en- CT
ance to the hnibor Of Honolulu. The water m
deco blue deeper blue than Mt any ri
her place in the world. while the great II
bay 10 frlnged by rolling hills u
AT rise In terraces one above the Other, m
ON this green backsl ound to the blue hny fe
, breeze blows softly. q breeze that is rich m
ID the pungent odor OF TIE tropical yor- n,
re. Broken clouds. m white and. as fluffy nj
cotton float lazily above the water and are or
iefted in the blue sLrfac. bepeath. soms- rr
10 tho sky may DO overcast BY tho rain nj
nds. tgt tie downfall Is OF short duration a,
II followed Nv = rainbow Of Sorseous bri. ~,
nre that sEsns the tuy. ono end rslins
m tbs TOP ~ the lava mountains. sey.ra.
'usnni feet stove the lea and the other
speinr out and out farther than tho eye
! reach. 1t matters not what tho condl. ..
% NAV be, tina harbor Of Honolulu Is al ~
20 beautiful. always charming. ~
When beat arrives At Honolulu II is mat -
crowd NJ curious. lazy people. ali ~
efooted. and all dressed In the loose. dow ~ ~
garments that HAYS taken tho place Of tho ~
ii-nudity that was the custom up to a
1T time aso. In fact the nrst Impressions
ths stranger receives OF the city are It's .,
efoot peoDle. its smooth. hard wide roads ln '
Its attractive doorways. M
hen Honolulu was laid out land must have WI
q extremely cheap. for today every villa 81
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