The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-17
AN EDITOR IN HONOLULU
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The population Of Honolulu has ben
rapidly Increasing and mus. aoK. M.
i nurs10n estimates. exceed 40 09e
Every thing rez1a5le Is rented znt ths
1sZzaa1ld "a D0L satisfied Several nun
0red ls~ buildings, intending bushes.
gaOEks nave been erected SINCE T5zs1-
"a mere TWO y3ars ago Suburban sub
DIVISIONS are climbing high mp Ehs hi
z4G4s- Real estate values hare va=rHv
increased Enlargement OF population
! Is indicated By the extraordinary de-
Dz1d for lst1sr boxes Al the Dos. Office
AO-Ez ThEtaEd31g 4he large number O.
/ additional boxes Ehaea have BEEN fur-
liE1e9 there are stall Over z hundred
Sd
/ o s1t Is shown By zae ewowd5ug Of
the azTbOr With ships, and By the fat
zAaE E5e island government has aeeu-
n1EzlA1ss1 nearly two millions OF surplus.
| largely CUSTOMS dut5es up02 the ex-
E.a1aaed volume Of imports.
Notwithstanding annexation old
conditions largely prevail The Local
laws. speaking generally, and The per
sonnet OF Lae former g0TsynEeaE have
| been continued So far has this poliey
| been carried that The election o. 2 new
legislature has been suspended bF Pres
ldslr Mckinley. and The present body.
| whose Esrn expires nsEz February Ezs
been retained The constitution Of tne
Island republic pars the legislature
ont o. Office Al ttz1 Gate. and there IL
SOME doubt whether z presidential
proclamation tan eontiaus Il As Z valid
legislature beyond that time The
dosl5I would be happily settled By the
passage o. the Cullom bin by Congress
anu the election Of q legislature under
Il before the Isl OF next February
The decision Of Attorney General
GrIggE that AZ the time OF annexation
title 10 the public lands passed 10 the
United States, and could not be divert
ed by any act Of the local government
upon which decision the order Of Pres
/ ldelt Mckinley concerning transfers
Of the public land is based. is criticised
| not so mueh On its merits As on the
ground that il ignores ths previous ap-
prevail By the StzIe Department Of the
intention I'd cozstEue the local land
laws az continued in force, and disre
yards equities created in good faith in
respect TO the public lands in favor OF
| hoEestsadels and Others. uuon the
| basis Of the State Departments replies
20 the questions formally asked Of il
by the Hawaiian government
A long drive through Honolulu new
| and old, TO Punchbowl and 10 Waikiki
1 gave visible coTTo5oretsc OF o. what had
| been said concerning Honoluiu's boom
1 Here and there were semi-tropicaI sug-
| gestions, as, for example. growing taro.
| Chinese men, women and tiny children
| Gathering rice. canal-fuTrowed banana
| orchards, lofty eOeosnut palms and 2
4 wonderful luxuriaDee OF vegetation and
| tolIage. But peryadFng and dominating
| inc scene was a distinctly American
| city. vigorous. busting. springing M
ard pushing outward IN every direc-
ton.
HawaiI's Problem Comparatively
Easy C Solution.
We can deal the more promptly and
confidently with the first Of orr recen.
Island acquisitions because II Is already
Americanized. and the natives. educat-
I'd, Christianized and civilized through
the laboTs of American missionaries
are ready, under the wise Limitations
which were applied in the reeent re-
public, 20 participate II a territorial
form Of self-goyernment They have
not been mastered or oppressed by
the whites. They have not bean rend-
cred sullen and uistr1stfrE by centuries
of Spanish miErule. They are prosper
Tus and content The dominant white:
have learned how 10 cooperate with
| them and 10 influence them. and have
not abused their control. The difficult
problem which Is 10 oe solved By Us il
cur other island possessions has beer
| worked ont for uE in advance By Amer
leans IN Hawaii The easiest. ouickesi
and wisest way 20 govern satisfactorily
n the Islands & 70 adapt existing con
ditions 10 American forms. 10 continu1
Is far as possible The methods which
have commended themselves BIZ theil
results, and 70 utilize 10 a large DEGREES
IN public service the men who have 81
well learned the lesson OF sustaining
the white mans rule in the tropie.
without degrading OF ill-treecing TIT
natives
Hawaii Is entitled TO prompt con
slderation and TO first consfdera. ion b
Congress. Not even Puerto Rico shouI
share this p-imacy. The easier an
wiser Is also the justsr course. As
station On The way 10 Asia. : naval an
coahng outpost. Hawaii was necesszr
20 Us for trade and strategic reasons {
the Philippines had never been scquir
: ed The argument for its annexation
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