The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-08-16
sur The ANALOGY DOES APPLY.

THOUGHT u the 4e4tssAo4 u A0c NJ
publican that the statement that grass
would grow IN Honolulu's streets. II
the sugar plantations should fall. Is ali
folly. Il attempts to reply to the as
sertIon by declaring that the analogy
between Hawaii and the South does
not apply. Among other claims il
makes is that the South was rehabin-
tated principally by the reviEihcation
OF its old industry Of cotton growing
This is far from the fact. For num-
Der OF years immediately following the
war cotton growing so fell of In the
South that the markets OF the world
had difficulty In securing a supply
Under the stress of short supply Eng
land introduced cotton culture into
India and Egypt in the hope Of meet
ing the deficit caused by the short
crops of the Southern States. The
real revival Of business in the South
Was brought about by the opening OF
her mines and the development of
other industries The South. imme-
diately following the civil war. began
to raise wheat and corn sufficient for
her own consumption She had not
the ready money to purchase those
cereals from the states of the North
and West. Notwithstanding Roswell
g. Horr's witty speech In Congress
in 1877 when he declared that "the
South should raise more hogs and ho-
miny and less hell" the South was
then raising more hogs and hominy
than she had ever before raised in all
her history
AS far back as 1871 Dr. Caldwell and
few others began the opening of the
iron and coal mines about Birming-
ham. Alabama. and about the same
time iron and coal mines were being
developed in Eastern Tennessee. East
ern Kentucky. and In Virginia and
West Virginia. It was not until the
New South had begun to make won
derful strides in other directions that
attention was again turned to the sta
pie production and the increase has
nearly all been within the last ten.
Years. To say that white labor would
not develop the lands Of Hawaii with
all their marvellous richness is as abb
surd as it would be to declare that
the great fertile plains of Texas had
not been developed by white labor.
1t is the history Of all countries that
those which conflne themselves to one
crop or one industry go on to ruin.
No better illustration of this is needed
than that afforded by the British West
indies to which reference was made
by our contemporary Several months
ago The Republican quoted extensive
" from an article in the Century Mag
azine for May by Robert t. Hill upon
the condition OF these sugar growing
Islands. Let US again quote from
Nr. Hills article and see what the
continuing OF one crop 10 the exclu-
sion Of everything else has done for
these Islands. Says Mr. Hill:
Notwithstanding the beauties OF
nature. the richness of the soil, the
accessibility to markets, the remark
able historical association, the pleas
ant impression OF these Islands dim
| nlsh when the traveller steps ashore
and comes in contact with the social
and economic conditions. The stran-
ger Is treated with hospitality by the
propgietors. or their agents. but the
outward semblances and graces do not
conceal the struggles against newt
able extinction. The laboring people
who outnumDer the proprietor class
thousand to one, at first interest one
With their peculiar habits and oddities
u dress. but a look into their lives
excites sorrow and pity Wages are
! lshnormaliy low. work is scarce. and
rice. notwithstanding the many
churches and schools. peeps out at
every corner.
Then the writer gosa On to describe
the condition Of the various Islands
constituting the chain Of the Lesser
Antilles The picture Is the same for
almost all Ruin and desolation and
poverty on every one. Sugar. the
sole dependence OF the people. and
with the decline Of the industry. IN
competition with the beet sugar OF
France and Germany. has come ruin
70 them all The description OF the
condition On one Island win answer
for an Read this Of ST. kits
sBeautiful ST. Christopher. once the
: metropolis of the Leeward Islands,
. Mount Misery is as fair as ever. bur
monkeys crawl over the haftiemenls
of the noble fortiacasions 1t the foot.
and the jungle Is creeping down its
summit year BY year, SLOWLY reclaim
ing tie fair fields that once saved
with cane
q There Is one fair picture IN all ne
group and that Is on Al Island that
has turnsd is aszsnfson 70 diversified
lndastries Read tails aescrlpticn a
ToaAso. as compared 10 the cher Isl
lands of TIE sroup:
In Tehago sinee the great collapse
IN anRa1 81 7REH The r,ennfa have n 4.