The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-19

70, pev Dorenus Scudder, d. ID
Our new territory in the mid-Pacliie
boasts a perfect climate. the fertiil'y
~ rho isles Of the gods, the largest
,.o10a,o on the globe. scenery as unique
os j. &c picturesque, and unrivaled mis-
sionary history, and last but not least
the double staples of sugar and sociai
-ohIa,ns One has only to visit the
rs,anos casually and glance Deneath
.ba surface to see that our new terri
-, ia about as rich in difficult and
delicate questions as it rs IN the pr
duction OF that sweetness "hoSe
capita consumption has Deeh
some political scientists as an iliueN
economic condition. And strangely
so,,orb tho two are singulariy related
Co.. ~ 10 Hayaii's sugar that has Great
"a most of her vexed problems. Ger
to;n II Ia that she has more or the ial-
ter To the acre than any other equai
oraa on the earth's surface. "A not
over-large community, isolated lroiii
tho everyday life of the world Dy
eva 70 seven days sea voyage anu 9.
very mixed population consisting VI
dominant Americans; a slowly deciln-
mo native race, simple hearted YET
,,,.ordIv sensitiye: a sprinkling or ad-
rentrrers from any and everywhere, d
small regiment of indolent Porto ~
cans: 1900 bright, active proIiliSliie
Portuguese; $4,000 industrious. resoiuIe
cinnamon, ready TO intermarry Win
the Hawaiians, and giving birth TO
fine mixed progeny that lnherits eiie
,,irt,,as of both parents; and $1,000 Jap
"a
cent Of the entire inhabitants; add 10
ali This the economic situation which
makes against small property holdings
and aggregates agricultural landS III
great estates owned or controlled oy
very few capitalists in the interests OF
a single industry; and at once even
tvro may detect the rarest possible sou
for a rank crop Of social problems
Fortunately for Hawaii and the
world. the Islands came into the Union
and that not a day too late. For TINS
territory needs nothing so much az
community touch with the great Chris
tan republic which gave it its religion
1t has already felt the corrective pene-
fit of the life of the nation, and every
day the vital force Of contact with the
public opinion of the american peopie
IS helpine 70 modify and change much
] that DTONOSeS CrIllcISiiir NiiliC tAiS LIN
ing ocean cable must draw the band
of sympathy all the tighter. Through
one of those rare provisions of Divine
Wisdom so marked in our national his
tory, the vantage ground is held by
determined. aggressive company 81
educated Christian men and womer
bearing the stamp of the Puritan, hold
ing no small share of the Islands
wealth. and sensitive to every demand
of Christian progress, wl1o are solidly
united in the many movements on ZOO
for the solution Of the vexed insulal
problems. The agencies maintained BY
these good people and the persona
work in which they engage deserve the
highest praise.
Prominent among these movement
is the japanese Mission, which has beer
sustained by the Hawaiian Evangelical
! Association in connection with TIT
| American Board for many years. Their
! is no time for historical retrospect. /
is worthy of note that Mr.. Taro Ando
| once Japanese consul at Honolulu, an'
converted there, now one of the fore
most Christian leaders in this empire
and at present candidate in Tokyo 70
the Imperial Diet, puts the work don
| in Hawaii for his countrynen anon;
| the chief agencies for the evangelical
| ton of Japan. The situation there Ger
tainly affords a rare opportunity. Flo
the Japanese who goes to Hawaii is