Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-06
HAWAIIAN TERRITORY
Annual Report of Governor
Dole Submitted.
s UBJECTS TREATED
POPULATION MADE UP OF MANY
NATIoNALITIEs.
Increase in Commerce - Recommends
ton That Limited immigration Of
Chinese Laborers Be Allowed.

The annual report of the governor of the
territory Of Hawaii, Mr.. Sanford B. Dole.
has been submitted to the Secretary Of the
Interior. Gov. Dole has made his report
as complete a statement of the conditions
Of the territory under his control as is
possible. He discusses all phases Of the
island life, its improvement and decadence.
He invites attention to a number or inter-
esting features. The report, in b 4, fol-
lows:
Social Conditions.
The statistics Of our schools and courts
show that the population of the territory
is made up Of the following races: Ha-
waiian, Portuguese. Japanese, Chinese,
Scandinavian, Spanish and Teuton. which
includes British. German and American.
The school children of the Hawaiian.
Portuguese, Japanese and Chinese races
number 1920, being an increase Of 945
over the previous year. Almost all of the
boys will be voting citizens when they
reach voting age.
The school children Of European de-
scent other than Portuguese, and Of Ameri-
can descent other than Porto Rican, num-
Der 1905, an increase Of IS over the pre-
vious year.
At this rate, unless there should be a
larger immigration of American settlers
than now seems probable, the present nu
merical inferiority Of those which may be
classed as belonging to the Teutontc race
as compared with the Hawaiians. will, in
few years, become still greater inferior
ity compared with the then American
citizens of the Hawaiian. Portuguese. jap
anese and Chinese races.
This prospect emphasizes the import
ance Of giving to all children who are
American citizens good common school
education. The association of pupils OF
the different races with each other in
school work and the recreations OF the
playground go far toward breaking down
race prejudices and tends to prepare them
for intelligent political action In the future.
There are many marriages between Ha-
waiian women and white men and few
between Hawaiian women and Cinnamon.
The offspring Of both classes Of marriages
are an improvement. rule, on the pure
Hawaiian, in thrift and business enterprise.
The Portuguese generally 1ntermarry
among themselves. The same is true with
the Japanese.
Part Hawaiians as a class are increas-
ing, and the rate of decrease OF the pure
Hawaiian appears to be diminishing one.
Out Of 1857 arrests made dusing the past
year I, 4S0 were from among Japanese, Chi
neSe and Hawaiians.
Commerce.
There has been an increase in the value Of
shipments out Of the territory, not includ-
ing specie, over last yearsof 81, 4S1, 7O3. The
item of sugar, it's increase in value over
the shipments CT the last period being
s1,39O,5n. This is decided improvement
over the comparative statistics of the years
ending June 80, 1901. and June 80, 1902,
which show a falling off in the value of
sugar shipped in the latter as compared
with the former of 1918, s1O.41, although
the weight of sugar shipped in the latter
year was greater than that shipped in the
former by 29,674, 123 pounds.
c{ot{ for 1n 10 CT fhrnn
show a steady increase in the production Of
sugar, the increase in the year ending June
30, 1903 of sugar shipped being 54,272, O63
pounds over that of the previous year and
So, 931 1856 pounds over that of the year end
ing June 80, 1901.
The shipments Of coffee show an Increase
Of 100, 456 pounds over the shipments Of the
previous period and falling off Of 6S9, 615
pounds from the shipments Of the year end
ing June 80, 1901. The shipments of coffee
the past year were worth $11O,216 more
than the shipments of the year before and
s75O37.27 less than the shipments of the
year ending June 80, 1901, all OF which
would indicate a partial recovery in this
product from the depression of the year to
June 80, 1902.
Rice is inevitably a diminishing product,
both from the competition Of the new rice
fields of Texas and Louisiana and the di-
minishing numbers of Chinese in the terri
tory.
Public Lands.
The report of Mr.. Edward 8. Boyd, COM
missioner Of public lands. gives the work OF
the department for the year ending June So
1903. From this it appears that the major
ity Of settlers during the year are white
men.
It is evident that the settlement Of the
available lands of the territory by farmers
owning and cultivating their holdings must
be of gradual growth. The large area Of
public lands held under unexpired leases
Is one reason for this. Other reasons are
want of markets, cheap transportation and
sufficient good roads. Road making in the
territory, especially in those portions that
have an abundant railfall and occasional
gulches, is very expensive, and constant
and expensive repairs are required to keep
roads in such localities in order With al
most every new area reserved for settle
ment new roads have to be laid out and
constructed, as far as possible, though COM
pletion Of such roads Is often delayed to
nd HicnOnra Qament of the