The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-05-16
nAwAl'S EXHIBIT SHOULD
HAVE THE WIDEST SCOPE
Commissioner General Barrett Tells OF His
impressions as TO What Would
Be Fitting.

rla1ly make the Journey here fot the
purpose - enjoying o. D. would be- a
great thirr 10 DO we're possible 90 have
panoramic view ~ Honolulu and a.
surroundings prepared fur the visitors
too The Hawaiian building There could
boz such n space given that the Nis-
itprs might stand on a platform above
tha view and look down upon a pictured
prrseutment OF the charms OF the coun-
try az ] saw them. This might be
supplemented, too, with similar views.
~ Hilp and other points Of Interest in
the Islands Il would be Of the great
est interest " these could be- put be-
fore the people simply to- educate them
In The views which can be had here.
1T has been found at previous expo
sitions that the people themselves are
greatly interested In agriculture the
development of land and the possibili-
ties OF the soil Sugar is the princi-
pal crop here and the people should be
educated as to the Importance Of the
industry and its future. and how much
Of the life and development Of the
country depends upon the sugar inter-
ests. / am Of opinion that there could
not be found any feature of greater
interest than a miniature representa-
ton of "A sugar plantation. The rail-
road lines running through the lands,
the irrigation ard pumping plants, the
mill In its place and the ploughs work
ing the land. perhaps with some cane
growing I'm its various stages of devel-
Opment, would be full Of interest The
miniature plantation perhaps might be
built to scale so that there would be
some comprehension of it's size and the
great product. With photographs and
statistics this woJild show to visitors
just how much depends upon the de-
velopment of the industry, in the mat
ter of the wealth and prosperity OF the
Islands
I'm the matter OF the coffee industry
there should be followed the same gen
eral course. There might be shown
coffee trees and the conditions under
which they are grown. These should
be in actual sizes and alive, If possible,
supplemented. of course, by photo
graphs of the plantations and the meth
DDS of handling the product.
"There would be great interest. too.
in the sisal industry, which seems to
be developing here and which may in
the future be of the greatest service
in the event of any trouble with the
staple crop of the country. The plants,
with the methods of developing the
fiber and the final manufacture, should
be fully shown. and am sure such an
exhibit will be found to be of the first
| interest to visitors. These three crops
seem to comprise the principal indus
| tries OF the Islands, and they should
be we'll represented i'm any display that
Is made. There should be no half way
exhibit. The Territory should so show
a npnnlp
drawn to visit it and to remember and
talk about II. 1t should be so full OF
| interest that II will attract the atten-
| tion of the writer's who will be on
| hand for the purpose of writing about
what is shown and OF telling the mil
| lions OF people at home about the
sights which are there. There will be
n thousand and one exhibits OF one and
the same size. but that OF such a
country as this should stand out and
compel admiration and remembrance.
In this way only can the full reward of
| effort be obtained.
Then there should be n first class
exhibit of native woods. Such a dis
| play always attracts attention. There
! are beautiful woods here such as those
| from which the calabashes are made,
| for instance and these should be shown
so as to attract the attention Of all who
! admire beautiful finish.
"As to the museum, l recognize that
! II Is very difficult to arrange for the
sending away of articles from such
a museum as you have here. 1t must
be remembered that the greatest art
galleries of Europe contributed to the
displays at Chicago, and without doubt
there could be arranged space for a
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