The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-06
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Of the Nauuus islands, ~ thai par ]
ticular tine ~ conflict was ringing be-
tween hawaii and Maui which, The
year before. had brought about the IN
Naslon 81 the smaller island by nine
hrigades Of natives led by kalnniopuu
and including. among their warrior
chiefs. the young All who was 90 be
come Kamehnmcha ]. a battle which
cost many lives was fought among the
sand hhs near Walluku and the war
was stln dragging on when In LIS.
Captain Cook redscovered this archi-
pelago.
- one hundred years ago to-day most
Of the islands had been united and their
political government was slowly con-
solidating under the Napoleon OF the
> Pacific. At that time and for two years
subsequently Kamehameha lived in Ha-
wau. during which period the King
with the assistance OF Mr.. James BOYD
built a feet OF war canoes and small
sailing vessels for the invasion OF hau-
al. Honolulu, during the decade begin
ming with the year 1900, was visited by
Alexander Campbell, Scotch sailor
who wrote OF 1t as follows:
The village Of Honolulu, which consist
ed OF several hundred huts, was then
well shaded with cocoanut trees. The
and surrc M ded by palisAde, was as
tinguished by the British colors and
battery Of sixteen carriage Euds belong
ing TO his ship, the ella Byrd "lIch
lay unriggcd N the harbor. ~ snort
distance were two large storehouses huut
~ stone which conta ned the European
articles belonging to the King. The KING =
fleet OF small vessels was hauled up on
shore around Waikiki bay, win sheuh
built over them. one small tloop "as
IL. 1a..NaH "a
Hawaii. Captain Harbottle' an OLD resi-
dent, generally acted as pilot
Turning from the condition OF Ha-
wall to that of the United States cen
turv ago to-day, we find that the
Republic consisted of the thirteen orig
inal States and their unorganized Ter
ritorles as recognized by Great Britain
in 1883. These were or are Maine, Ne"
Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New YORK,
New Jersey. Pennsylvania, Delaware,
Virginia. North Carolina, South caro-
lima. Georgia. Alabama, Mississippi
Tennessee, Kentucky, OHIO INDIANA
Illinois, Michigan and WISCONSIN,
Everything west Of the Mississippi nv
er. comprising nearly two-thirds or the
present area OF the United states, was
then in alien hands
Nothing so testihes TO the force ana
vitality of the American idea as the
changes for the better which have been
made In the course OF one hundred
years. Hawaii became ciVilized at Am
erican hands before California did and
tho first pioneers of the Golden State
sent their children here TO school. In
deed the first California newspaper
was printed on a press which came
from Honolulu. All that time, however
the Americans had been pushing FOR
ward until, generation ago theli
conterminous possessions were greater
in area than was the Roman empire
To-day the flag Of the Republic catches
the sunshine in the Eastern SKY JUST
as its stars and stripes are Blstenlng
with the fading splendors of the distant
west While other nations have De-
come empires by the process OF cen
turtles twelve decades have suihced 70
make the United States, both in area
I'm the number of its inhabitants, In po-
tential might and developed resources
one of the three great powers OF the
world. the British and Russian empires
being the other two. In wealth It's po'
sition is surprisingly strong. Professor
Francois a French economist, in tht
course OF a recent Review article de-
clared that the wealth and power OF tbs
United States was one-fourth mat o.
the world, that the wealth in 1890 was
s62, 500 600 600, while that of the entire
world was s29l $50 100000. The wealth
of the United States exceeds that Of
Great Britain by 80 per cent. In com
mercial. agricultural, mining ana man
ufacturing industries the United state'
held. by the census Of 1890 a rank be
tween one-fOurth and one-third. Ih'
10 m
than half as much as that OF the world
likewise the tons Of freight carried by
these lines and the receipts of railway
business. According to Mulhall, thu
English statistician, the carrying pow
er OF vessels used in American lake an'
river traffic is 100000 tons, which u
one-6fth of the carrying power OF TN
world on the high seas. The carryini
coastwise trade of the United state
viii probably show by the present cen
sus that II employs a larger tonnas
than the foreign carrying trade o
Great Britain. The products Of Amer
can manufacturing according 10 Mul
hall, are one-half as much as those q
the remainder Of the world. speahn
of our educational statistics In the cen
sus of 1890 Mulhall says ~ may y
fearlessly asserted that IN the histor
OF The human race no nation ever be
fore Possessed Al 900 900 instructed cit
EMS The annual school eXpenditul
IN this country Is $40 per inhabltan
Great Britain comes next With an GU
lay a little more than half as niue
France spends only so cents German
80 cents. Austria 30 cents ana Italy
cents,
The list Of achievements mlght
extended very far but We have clls
enough 10 show that in rapidly Of CIV
lization the American idea yields
none other, that Il advances not
does the European idea al tortoise pa
but with the leap ~ steam and Gle
trielty 4 century ana a quarter ~