Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-16
CENSUS OF HAWAII
Preparations for the Work Detailed
by Mr., Atkinson.
INFORMATION 70 Be COLLECTED
Islands Want Their Status Fixed
by Congress.
FARM LABOR IN DEMAND

Mr. Alatau T. Atkinson OF Honolulu. who
! has been placed I'm charge 81 IN, ransis
work for The Hawaiian Islands. vii. leave
for his home next Wednesday, having been
In conference with Director Merriam of IN,
census bureau during The past three weeks.
All questions concerning The taking gf th..
census OF the Hawaiian Islands have been
settled and the necessary blanks WI D,
Printed at once.
Mr. Atkinson when seen hy "a S.a~ re-
porter today. expressed his rr.H.a,srfau
over the manner I'm which he HAS na.l re-
ceivod here and the assistance which Dc
has been given I'm making arrsru.in,et. for
the work that will lr done under his .Er..-
ton He WAS superintendent, of III. H3-
walian census in 1856. so that h. is fully
prepared by experience for the duties " hIgh
he is to perform.
Preparation for the Census
The preparation for tho Hawaiian CEN
sus. Mr.. Atkinson said today. us almost
complete. The officials OF the census hui
reau have devoted great deal of atten-
non 10 the subject Of my work ana have
facilitated it as much as possible in view
of the thorough Investigation they have
given 1t. Director Merriam. Or Wine dep
uty director: Mr. Hunt chief sr3f5Sti,i9,
and Mr.. McCaulay have been extremely
courteous and have given me every oppor-
tunity To make satisfactory arrangements
fer the work to be done
The Hawaiian census will b. fal,.,, nm,
der SIX schedules population schools
churches, fisheries. agriculture ana the
sugar Industry. I'm a general way these
schedules conform to those that will be
used IN the states. In enumerating the
population there will be no classification
OF 'colored' people but the people of the
islands will be claSSed as of tn, various
a " hoy h.1,,
tural and sugar industry schedules are
varied TO suit conditions in the Hawaiian
Islands. All the blank forms and circulars
10 be used in this work will be In the En-
glish language, so that the persons employ
ed on the work must understand English
and the language Of the people among
whom they are to work About loo speeial
agents will be employed. and I hop, the re-
turns will reach this city by the end IF
next August. Those to be ernployed will
be chiefly Of the islands. and they win have
to understand at least two languages Port
uguese Chinese. Japanese and the Ha-
Wahan languages are the chief ones of the
islands,
Mr.. Atkinson. in speaking Of the tendency
toward a mixture Of the races on the Ha-
waiian Islands. said that 13I2 Americans
1.l2l Englishmen and }27 Germans had
married native Hawaiian women. according
L" the census Of 1886. The intermarriage
Of the Chinese and Hawaians had also been
great, LBS Cinnamon having natives as
wives 1t occasionally happens that an
native but that is rare. The mixture If
the races is progressing rapidly.
Want Their status Defined.
The feeling of all people on the island
toward Americans is friendly all other
sentiment having been swept away by an
nexation.
The people there" he said. "are only
DESTROYS that Congress should put an end
TO the period of waiting before We get our
organic law Whatever Congress gives us
VIII be satisfactory to the people. The
clearer minds in Hawaii do not expect nor
wish for any special privileges. If the
United States viii give us a territorial
form of government We will be perfectly
satisfied. OF course. we believe in the
home-rule principle in the matter of our
appointments. but have no apprehen-
sion on that subject. understand
President Mckinley to be in favor of such
appointments. We governed ourselves un-
der very trying conditions. and have be-
come accustomed to managing our af-
fairs"
The sentiment in the islands Mr. Akin
son said. is strongly republican. as a result
of q friendliness toward President McKin-
ley and the administration. 4 mai 1r.ty uf
the people in the islands believe in the prin-
cipleS OF the republican party.
Gen. A. 5. HartWeU Will shortly come 70
this city from the Hawaiian Islands as the
representative Of the islands 20 give any
Information concerning conditions there
that may be desired by Congress or the adj
ministration during the coming winter.
Farm Labor Needed.
The need for more agricultural labor in
the islands is shown by the fact ILat :.
NJ. Damon. the minister of finance. is now
in Italy for the purpose Of securing italian
immigrants. He will obtain Italians of TIE
peasant class from the northern part Of
Italy.
Mr.. Atkinson said that eX-Mnister Thurs
ton, who Is well known here. has recently
been very successful in sugar speculation.
He is now having "A fine residence built IN
Nuuanu valley. He has also bought the
Advertiser newspaper which will prob
ably shortly take strong political stand
on questions concerning the development OF
the islands.
Consul General Haywood Of II nolulu.
also well known here, is now travelling in
China and Japan
President Dole is well and his services in
the past have caused him to be highly es-
teemed by all classes.
Mr.. Atkinson will go to San Francisco
Wednesday, sailing thence on the Gaelic
for Honolulu, which he will reach on the
3lst instant.