The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-10-03
GALBRAITFi ON
HAWAII AFFAIRS

Says the Kansas City Journal: Asso
ciate Justice c. A. Galbraith. of tn
supreme court of the Hawaiian Islands
is in Guthrie spending his annual vaca
: ton. Judge Galbraith was attorne,
i. general of Oklahoma during the Rem
frow administration. and lived in tn,
territory until he removed to Hawai-
; and made that island his home Judg
7 Galbrafth is enthusiastic about the isl
; ands, and regards them as the mos
valuable of the recent acquisitions o
the United States, not only from com
Inercial reasons, but for their grea
/ strategic value, as they give practiea
control of the great ocean trade of the
Pacific ocean, being the half way
house" on the trip to the Orient
, The fertility of the soil is great. the
sugar interests leading. Tropical fruits
Eof all kinds grow in vast quantities. and
the scenery is grand and delightful.
Fortunes await the enterprising in
vestors who can grasp the possibilities
iof the islands, said Judge Galbraith
Conditions are rapidly changing FOR
the better. and the natives take kindly
to the new order of things. It will take
i time to eradicate the old ideas and inn
age, but the transformation is going on
rapidly, and with the hustling immigra-
ton from the states, and the adoption
of modern methods. the islands will be
the grandest acquisitions that Uncle
Sam ever added to his possessions.
Sugar raising is immensely profit
able. | have in mind one field of $50
acres that was in cane last year. and
the yield was fifteen tons of raw sugar
to the acre, worth $40 ton OF course
this is an exceptional yield, the average
being about five tons to the acre; but
as the Louisiana planter thinks he has
large crop when he makes two tons
, to the acre, the above will give some
idea of the value of the islands in the
production of this staple article alone
The sugar exported during the year
1901 amounted to nearly 700 600. 900
pounds, valued at $27, 100000. The total
exports for the year 49, amounted to
nearly S29,000000 so with a population
of $4,000, this amounts to nearly s1S2
per capita.
Life in the territory of Hawaii is
dreamy and fascinating to those who
are not absorbed in the rush for the
almighty dollar. The climate is re-
freshing, the trade winds tempering the
heat of the tropical sun, giving a
climate that is rarely oppressive. and in
fact, no serious results have ever been
recorded from climatic causes, and
there is a noticeable absence of those
destructive storms that occasionally
devastate many other tropical coun-
tries.
The native Hawaiian is a fun loving
creature, and boating, fishing, hunting,
surf riding, story telling and singing
come natural to him in this land of
strange beauty and majestic scenery,
and forests of strange trees, and flow
ers cf brilliant colorings. The tired
wanderer can drop down IN the trunk
Of fallen tree SO thickly covered with
moss as to resemble an easy chair and
feast on bananas, oranges and noun
tain apples that grow in abundance. In
the mountain forests waterfalls
abound, and the wonderful and profuse
vegetation and strange birds and in
sects all go to give the islands an in
describable charm to tbs sight seeing
and curio hunting visitor from other
lands not SO favored from the store
house of nature.
There is no disposition manifested
on the part of the natives to return to
the cid order of. things. OF course there
is lingering regret at the abolition of
old customs and Methods, but the idea
is general that the new order of things
has come to- stay, and that the islands
are to be g. part of the United States
for all time. Public interests are; be-
ing fostered ard churches established
and the island resident is gradually
~
ton, and realizes it is for the general
good.
In politics the Home Rule party is
in the ascendency, their motto being
Hawaii for Hawaiians.' At the last
general election the Home Rule party
cast about 1000 votes; the Republicans
cast about $500, and the Democrats
about 1900 The Home Rule party is
not against the present order of things,
but insists that the native element
should rule the territory of Hawaii.
and that native citizens should have
the places of honor and the salaries ap-
pertaining thereto.
'0f course there are drawbacks, such
as the high price of good land, variable
soil, and insect pests, but taken as a
whole, the territory of Hawaii is de-
sired spot for business or residence
purposes, and life there is free from
many of the perplexing cares that an
noy in countries less favored
Judge Galbralth starts on the return
trip to the islands September 25. His
wife accompanied him on his vacation,
and will return with him. The trip
from San Francisco to Honolulu will
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