The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-02-19
AS Carpenter SEES US
VIEWS OF A KEEN OBSERVER
AND TRAVELLER.
Has Much to Say in Praise of Homo
lulu-Believes Justice Requires a
Territorial Government

Frank G. Carpenter who is touring
the Pacific and the Orient in the inter
est of a large number of influential
American papers writes thus among
other things, about Hawaii:
/ have already seen some striking evil
dence of the wonderful increase which
is taking place in our trade with the
far east. All the steamers which are
now going between Hawaii, China, ia
pan and Australia are loaded to their
fullest capacity. l came to Honolulu
on the China, the largest of the Pacific
Mail steamships. 1t is packed with
freight for China, japan and the PHI
lippines to such an extent that a part
of its coal space is filled with goods,
and 1t has to steam much slower i'll
consequence. 1t was day late on this
account in coming to Honolulu, and will
probably be still later in reaching Yo-
kohama. 1t left on the docks at San
Francisco a lot of freight which it was
not able to carry and this 1 am told,
was the case with nearly every ship
which leaves that port. The passenger
accommodations are strained to their
utmost. l found the ship full when
arrived at San Francisco and was only
able to secure my passasge by a berth
being given up at the last moment. 1
was told that six other passengers were
!
safe way now is to engage your cabins
weeks in advance.
The increase trade of the Pacific is in
! evidence here in Honolulu. 1 have
never been in a town of this size which
showed so many signs of prosperity It
is town of rich men and no beggers.
| The streets are full of business, and the
stores are as fine as those of city of
four times it's size in the United States.
| Everything has an American air. The
names over the chief stores are more
American than those of our American
cities, where there are so many Ger"
man and Jewish names and the faces
you see on the streets are chiefly OF
the American type. 1 refer, of course
to the whites and not to the large Asia
tic and native element.
Honolulu. in fact, is so rich and so
lively that it makes me think of a cross
between new rich mining camp and a
wealthy seaside resort.
l had a good chance to see something
of the crowd while 1 waited at the post
office for the mail to be distributed.
The islands have, you know, their only
communication with the outside world
by steamer and the China had brought
in the latest intelligence. There were
n great number of men at the post Of
flee, making up as cosmopolitan a
crowd as you can find anywhere. There
were whites of every nation of Europe
mahogany browns from the islands. sal
low-faced Portuguese and yellows of all
shades from China and Japan. Among
the whites the American predominated,
although the whites were apparently Of
the better classes and well off, Good
looking men they were, and nearly all
young. Many wore Panama hats and
suits of white duck. Many were with
out vests, their pantaloons upheld by
wide silk sashes of gorgeous hues, and
not a few wore Indian puggaries or
sashes about their hats. The Language
used in most cases was English, al
though the signs over the post office
windows were in five languages Ha.
waiian, Chinese Japanese, Portuguese
and English.
At present the great question with tho
reople of the Hawaiian Islands is what
The United States is going to give their
in the way of a government They
don't went to be under any colonial
bureau, but think they should at once
be admitted as one of the territories OF
the Union and should be given terrific.
rial officers. | have met during nv
stay in Honolulu the chief officials OF
the present regime and have somewhat
looked into their governmental esta
better organization than most of oul
better organization than NOSE of oul
territories, and it would, I think, be al
outrage to put them under any otheI
form of government than that awarded
to the best American citizens unde
similar conditions. They are not to b.
, elassed for a moment with such peopl
as those of Porto Rico and the Philip
pines. They have high grade of civil
. lization, and in intelligence. wealth ar
good order will rank with the people O
any part of the United States.