The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-07


right men in or islands. Nevertheless. it
| must be remembered that the country
there is about as well taken UP az I'm any
| part Of the United States. The Islands
have been settled for many years. and the
| Opportunities of new and rapidly le
VeloDjrE country are lacking. VIC prefer
| to have p few high-priccd good men
rather than many poor men to do our
Work, ana tn" wages arc, ] think. higher
than I'm the United States Oversecrs and
forsDen .lr" now receiving SijN and mp
ward each month. Sugar boilers and en-
gircers Slo1 and upward while the plan
I tation carpenters and blaCksIni'ts arc
paid from 80 TO SlGo. All the high-pric.d
men on the sugar plantations have their
good demand for mechanics in HSnolulu.
but even there the japanese and Chinese
compete. As ia clerks and bookkeepers.
they are easily gotten and the wages al.
not. much higher than in the United
States"
MEN WITH MONEY
How about men with money? Are there
many opportunities for good investnents?"
Yes. bu' the conditions are not far df-
ferent frcm those OF other parts of the
United States. II takes large capital TO
operate "A sugar plantation and theibcst OF
the sugar lands are taken up and IN cult
vation. There are some opportunities In
coffee growing and in raising pireapples
{ and other fruits for sn!p1Icnt to the Uni
ted States. The available lands are COM
paratIveiy few. The Islands all told have
nn area about onc-iourth az large as the
state OF West Virginia ana very large
proportion is mountainous and unculu-
vatable. Such OF the soil AS can be used
Is. in many places. exceedingly rich; but.
as have saId. the bert Ialos are aireaoy
owned and have been so Ior many years.
Are there not some Government lanJs?'
efs. there are. all together. about y.dp0.-
CO. acres. but much vi IL is sterile or mac
cessihle or covered with lava. There are
perhaps 5o.mS acres that have some value.
and half that amount is good land. The
Government Is anxious that its lands
should be taken up by small planters. but.
at 100 acres 10 the man. they could accom-
mooate comparatively few people"
UNCLE SANS LEPERS
What arc YOU doing with your lepcr
colony. Governor
we have our lepers on the Island of Mo |
lokhi. situated north Of Lanai Island. on
the other side OF the PaiIolo enamel. Mo-
Iokai is a narrow strip of land about seven
miles wide and thirty-n!ne miles long. II !
is OF volcanic origin the eastern part of /,
II rising more than half a mile above the |
sea. Tne leper settlement is on a low |
peninsula on the south eide Of the island |
II has some fertile lands connected with 1t. |
including few thousand acres upon |
which sugar might he grown. The 1epers |
are supported and carcd for by the people |
Of the islands. We think that they should |
b. in charge Of the United States Govern |
iEeUt and directly under the Marine Hos
pital Service our leper colony should be |
made an Xp'rimental station for the |
study OF Ieprosy and its cure. There Is a |
Government lepcr colony on an island of
the coast of Porto Rico and other lcpers |
are supported by the Government In the
Philippine Islands The disease Is a ter |
iibie one and Congress could not do bet
Ter than make an appropriation for a lepeT |
hospital on Molokai. and for a lsbora Tory
here at Washington. where the disease
might be studied: 1t Is. you know. a bac-
tcrial disease and cure might possibly be
discovered. II would not need large ap-
preparation ! should think S25 90 a year
might be:sufiicient to carry on the investi-
cations: they might result In vast good not |
only TO Hawaii but to the whole world |
You rave lepers In almost every city of |
the United States. and there Is leper COL |
ony not far from New Orleans We do NOT |
absolutely know that ieprosy IL hereditary. |
Indeed. the doctors now say that consump-
tion Is not hereditary. and very likely lep-
Are there many children born on the
Island of MoIokai?'
No" said Governor Carter. "the iepers
have but few children. and the number Of
grown-ups is decreasing. All together,
there are $50 there now
AND NATIVE HA-
WAIIANS.
DO you have consumption in the Ha-
To some extent. but chiefly among the
native Hawalians, who are decreasing
very rapidly. In 1893 there were more thar
iN.Wo natives on the islands; sixty years
tHeIe "eT" less tnAn and
day we have only about 10000. The Ha-
waiian Islands generally are very health
ful. Our temperature Is about as eoua BILE |
as that of any part of the world We call
our country the 'Paradise of the Pacific
AID everyone who visits us saws the
islands rightly named"
Is your tourist travel increasing?"
Very rapidly. The Pacific Ocean is be-
coming one Of the pleasure resorts Of the
nations. and with the big steamers which
have been recently added to the Pacific
fleets the travel will be greater than ever |
There are good hotels In all parts Of the
far East. and Honolulu has one of the
finest hotels Of the Pacific. II cost g, 800
900. II Ls a modern six story fircproof
structure. with great roof garden Of one
third Of an acre. capable OF seating 25C0
people. We have other good hotels in Hon.
oluu and at Waikiki, our seaside resort
close by and also in other parts Of the
island There are now good facilities Of |
travel from leland to island. and there is
no place where one can see so much grand
Under such pleasant conditions"
1s Honolulu growing?'
Yes: we have many new buildings. and. |
all together about 5000 inhabit ITS. The
city has twenty miles of electric car
tracks 1000 telephones. four public PARKS.
two opera-houses three boat and yacht
clubs and social clubs Of various kinds.
In business way we have chamber Of
commence. a merchants association. sew
en- barks and stores Of all kinds. The as
zessed valuation Of our property Is sN.oC.-
20. and the rate Of taxation is per cent.
We have morning and afternoon newspa-
peTs. and since the cable has been COM