The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-08-31
OPPOSITION TO IMMIGRATION.

Recurring to Frank 6. Carpenter ;
statement that this country is ABOUT
as well taken up as any part Oh the
limited states it must be rerneill-
rered that statistical comparisons are
often misleading, because OF dllLer-
ences in conditions, which the hgures
themselves do not reveal. In order 10
estimate correctly the agricultural anu
t,,rtic,,lt,1raI resources of any State or
Territory, the population OF cities anu
+oryns would necessarily be eliminated
and the relative proportions of waste
land or land incapable of cultivation
or reclamation, would have to De oe-
ternfned Such a minute analysis Is
obviously impraeticable In an editorial.
Tne Advertiser illustrated its position
nv the Island of Hawaii. Not only in
that island, however, but taking the
Territory as a whole, it is certainly
untrue that the Hawaiian Islands are
..as well taken up as any part Of the
United States or that, in them, the
opportunities OF new anu ioP'oAS
developing country are lacking
Tt is to be borne in mind that ten
or twenty acres of cultivable land 1ll
the Hawaiian Islands in productive
capacity are equal to hundred or
more on the mainland, and that, on
every one of the islands. as an actual
fact. capable Of ocular demonstration,
hundreds, in the aggregate thousands
of such vacant places exist This
alone would answer the interested OBJ
5ections to immigration. But, with al
possible qualifications and reservations,
generalized figures are even more con-
vincing.
TIE United States includes S.501, 404
square miles and the population in
1904 may be roughly estimated at
eighty millions. Taking the entire
country, therefore, together, there Is a
fraction over twenty-five persons to
the square mile. The more densely
greatly exceed these figures. Massa-
chusetts for example, in round num-
bers has go and New York 121 inhab-
itants to the square mile, and this
includes Greater. New York and Bos-
ton and numerous other large cities.
Ohio has a fraction over II to the
square mile. Minnesota and California
has respectively about 10 and IL TO the
square mile
The Island of Hawaii, Including Hilo
and all its towns, possesses popuia-
ton of eleven or Whereabouts to the
square mile, while it's area is 4015
square miles or an acreage of 100000
Oahu, with only 5ss square miles and
containing Honolulu, with a population
OF 10000 or whereabouts, greatly ex-
ceeds this proportion, but, with Homo
lulu deducted, possesses a fraction
over thirty-two to the square mile.
The entire territory, covering 6.649
square miles. with an aggregate popu-
lation of over 1000 and including an
its cities and towns, which will ac-
count for more than half the inhab-
ftants, has twenty-three or there
abouts to the square mile.
These figures do not merely confirm
but demonstrate the accuracy of the
Advertiser When the other elements
referred to have been considered, the
urban population deducted, the rela-
tive fertility recognized, and in short
all the factors in the problem duly
weighed. it is simply preposterous to
G:seourag e the right kind of immigra-
ton or to palliate, much less justify,
any policy of exclusion. There are no
better opportunities for small farming
in the world than in Hawaii. The only
real obstacle is the. lack of proper
facilities for transportation and COM
municatfon between the islands them
selves. This obstacle would be speedi-
1y overcome, if the available land were
opened up to settlement The time has
gone by for discussion and the right
kind Of action is imperatively needed.
We have said and We repeat that
Americanism and not paternalism is
the crying want of this Territory.
NO HARMONY WITH RASCAES.