The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-29
WONDERFUL LITTLE JAPAN
AS SEEN BY MR.. H. p. SMART

in this country The Japs are
tricky, however. Mr.. Smart says that
they are always smiling and bowling,
and the Alphonse-Gaston game must
have originally come from Japan. The
Chinese on the other hand are digni-
fed and certainly more sincere. The
Chinaman is serious at all times while
the Jap is just the reverse. Mr.. Smart
says that 1t is said in the Orient that
the Japs are so crooked that they can
not lay in bed. In the banks in Japan
the Chinese are used and the men from
China are employed in most positions
of trust. They are not as thrifty as
the Japs but they are honest.
Honolulu was another interesting
place visited by the Savannah party
1t was the first place touched after
this country Mr.. Smart met
DIR Robert p. Myers, formerly of Savan-
nah. who said that Mr.. Smart and his
family were the first persons he had
seen from Savannah i'm fifteen years.
The former SaVannahian has a good
practice on the island and until re-
Gently was health officer. Mr.. Smart
met Senators Foster, Mitchell and
Benton, the commission to put
a price on crown land to be confiscat-
ed by this government On the first
night of their arrival the Smart party
and princesses that were, occupied the
lower boxes, while the Senators and
their families witnessed the perform
ance from the upper boxes. Mr..
Smart says the audience resembled a
checker board; one white and the next
black.
Mr. Dillingham;. who went to
the island as the mate of a vessel
and who now owns the largest part of
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dent of several of the largest sugar es-
tates, was very attentive to Mr. Smart
and his family. In a special car the
Savannahians were taken to new no
tel sixty miles from Honolulu. There
they were served by a Kanaka, former
ly chamberlain to Queen Lii. He was
educated. pleasant and in ever% way
agreeable to the visitors. The railroad
passed through sugar and rice lands of
unusual fertility. The blowing is done
by steam and the cane is much finer
than that raised in Cuba. Mr.. Smart
learned that fifteen tons of sugar are
gotten from each acre, while in Cuba
five tons make a good showing.
The most improved apparatus is used
on the island and Japanese labor is
utilized. The plantation owners are
anxious to introduce Chinese labor, but
there is little prospect of it being al
SavannahiaE was informed that If the
Chinese were permitted to work, the
products of the island could be doubled.
Mr.. Smart spent a most enjoyable time
in Honolulu and sailed from there
to Yokohama. The fine harbor and the
fact that every nation except the Unit
ed States was represented in the ship
ping attracted the attention of Mr..
Smart.
The party was getting near the
equator when Mr.. Smart determined to
return home with his wife and permit
his three children to make a part of
the trip alone. His son and daugh-
ters were in Mandalay on Christmas,
and he received a cablegram that they
are enjoying good health. Early in
February Mr.. and Mrs. Smart expect
to leave for India and take the trip
up again. Among other places they
will visit Madris and Ceylon. will go
through the Red sea and into Egypt,
returning to Savannah about October
next. Not only has Mr.. Smart visited
many interesting places on the other
side of the globe, but he has explored
Yellowstone Park, Seattle and the
great Northwest during his trip around
the world.