The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-09-01
IN KANSAS CITY
w. G. Weldon Tells
About Hawaii,
Also Candidates for the Governor
ship and the History Of Y. N. c.
A. Work Hers.

route home from Cleveland, where he
has been on a visit. Mr.. Weldon was
for years resident OF Kansas City,
and at the solicitation of friends
stopped over here a couple Of days for
the purpose of delivering an address at
the Y. NJ. c. A. on the occasion of the
opening Of the new auditorium yester-
day.
When living in Kansas City Mr..
Weldon was located at the stock
yards, where he represented the Bur-
ton Stock Car Company. In Honolulu
he is in the real estate and insurance
business and was one of the most act
i've of the revolutionists who trans
formed the Kingdom of Hawaii into a
republic and made possible its annexa-
ton by the United States. For dis
tinguished services, covering period
Of five years, from January, 1898, when
the Queen was deposed, up to the an
nexation Of the Islands by this Gov
eminent. Mr.. Weldon Is one of the for
ty who are privileged to wear bronze
cross as a badge of honor for services
rendered the Republic of Hawaii.
when l located at Honolulu" said
Mr.. Weldon, II adopted that country
as my country and did not again ex-
pect to become a citizen of the United
States, but the latter has reached out
and taken us in and never did this
Government do better act. 1t is al
ways a matter of concern when we
take a new member into the family as
we were taken in, and we hope to be a
credit to it. When you know more
about us you will be just as glad as
we are that Hawaii is part of the
United States. l have lived in Homo
lulu for the past eight years cOntinu-
ally and have been there on and off
for the past sixteen, and the more see
Of it the more do realize what a
wonderful land it is. The mistaken
impression prevails that the climate Is
hot, tropical in its nature. ! suffered
more with the heat In Cleveland than
l ever did in the Hawaiian Islands.
The highest the thermometer ever
gets Is SO and that is at noon. The
lowest point 1t reaches Is Sc, early in
the morning, and have yet to see the
night when a quilt was uncomfortable
on the bed In Cleveland sheet was
often too much. In the fifty years that
a record has been kept Of the temper
AZURE in Honolulu the thermometer has
only once reached 81.
THE scenery Is grand and Impress
i've and the people are hospitable and
intelligent. In Honolulu you will find
keen, wideawake business men and
there Is not drawer, truer band OF
men in the world than the American
colony in that city. Honolulu Is cos
mopolitan city with all the modern
convenience the world affords. The
hotel accommodations are unexcelled,
but are somewhat crowded just at pres
ent, owing to the heavy influx of visit
ors from the United States, many OF
whom have come to stay. The tele-
phone is more common there than in
Kansas City, for there is not we'll
paid mechanic in the city who hasn't
one in the house.
1.-The chief industry is the raising of
sugar and this has been reduced to
science. We have an agricultural as
ISOLATION that has analysed the soil
of every acre Of sugar land, and 1t is
known to a pound almost how much
the land will produce and what Is
necessary to make 1t more productive.
The average yield Is six tons to the
acre, but frequently it runs as high as
ten and thirteen. This can be raised
and loaded on ship board at cost OF
$50 ton and will sell for $50 In the
United States. You will see that our
sugar plantations are far ahead of any
thing similar on the Mainland. AS a
matter of fact there is no spot on
earth where capital and labor can Sc
cure better returns than in the Hawaii
an Islands. Take the city itself. There
are more millionaires in Honolulu
than any city of its size in the world
it is really the richest in the world.
And yet there were people who didn't
want the United States to take those
Islands. Had we not been annexed II
was only a question Of time when some
other power would have secured the
rich prize.
THE people of Hawaii are we'll ed
ucated as there is law that compels
children between the ages of and IA
to attend school. You will find less
illiteracy there than in any country on
the globe. 1t Is almost impossible tc
find person, native or otherwise, be-
tween the ages of 7 and 20 who cannot
read. The native population Is very
religious, but most of the people lear
TO the Catholic faith, as the workers
of that denomination go right into Tho
villages and live the same life as thu
natives, gaining their confidence an'
doing a good work
"The commercial future before Ia
wall IL one that IL almost beyond be
lief Even with its spacious harbor
shipping from all over the globe GROVE
the bay and tax It's capacity to the ut
most, especially Ii this 30 since III
annexation, The opening Of the Me
araguan canal viii be the greatest booi
these Island could have, II Will NOR
Than irebl. the amount ~ business
carried on, ms II viii give a complel,
waterway 10 the Atlantic coast withOu
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