The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-24

An advance copy of Governor Carriers
annual report to the Secretary of the
interior reached Honolulu yesterday
on the steamer Siberia. The re-
port, which is of itself a state
paper of more than average ability in
preparation. and likely to be Of marked
value in it's results because of the va
riety and accuracy of the information
that is contained in it relative to the
islands. opens with this paragraph;
"The Territory of Hawaii is among
the most isolated of the political sub
divisions of the United States. but by
no means the smallest or least impor-
tant. for has it not upset the claim of
the famous Bay State to be the Hub"
In that circle drawn with the Is
land of Hawaii as center shows the
Philippines on the circumference to the
west and the city of Boston just on the
edge to the east. and there are those
who ascribe certain opposition to ex-
pansion to this fact.
Hawaii is not an insular possession,
but an integral part of the Union, or
ganfzed as Territory, with as large
measure of f-government as has ever
been granted by Congress. and 1t is
destined to play an important part in
American supremacy of the Pacific"
PUBLIC HEALTH
The Governor, touching upon the To-
cation of the Islands, their resources
1af Y
tensively into the matter of public
health. foreseeing that the approach
ing construction of the Panama canal
is bound to have its effect upon Ha-
waii in more ways than one. In this
connection Governor Carter says:
e.By reference to the article on the
health conditions in the Territory of
Hawaii it will be seen how peculiarly
important our relations are to the ques-
tfon of Health. and how seriously they
AFFECT the. commerce of the Pacific. The
Panama canal is now a certainty and
it is therefore none too soon to pre-
pare Honolulu for the increased COM
merce it win bring. Tropical diseases
prevalent at the isthmus are now un-
known in Hawaii, and our experience
with Oriental disease shows they find
climatic conditions. That the port of
Honolulu should be clean concerns not
only the Territory of Hawaii, but the
entire Pacific coast of the United states
and to keep it so there should be every
assistance from the Federal Govern
ment. In order that this problem may
be approached satisfactorily it has been
very properly suggested by the Clam
Der of Commerce that Congress author
ize the President to appoint commits
sion to consist of the surgeon in charge
of the Marine Hospital Service,
United states engineer connected with
the War Department, and the local
president of the Board of Health, to
study the situation on the ground here
and report TO Congress whatever
changes in quarantine regulations or
regulations and methods of local ou-
thority or public works they may deem
advisable for bettering the health con-
ditions Of this port. Such a plen could
not but be beneficial 10 American inter-
ests."
GOVERNMENT.
Touching then lightly upon the popu-
Iation and history of the Territory,
matters with which all the people here
are familiar. because most of them
helped actively to make the history
that is related the Governor looks at
the present governmental organization
and says:
while the present system of govern
ment is both economical and simple II
appears to offer more advantages to the