The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-01
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| four persons in the islands are con-
! gregationalists, the islands being foul
| in the list. Connecticut is first WITH
! one in fourteen, and Hawaii's name is
/ emblazoned on the church rostrum in
! letters two feet high as leader in con-
! gregationalism
| Mr.. Jones has been the recipient OF
a good deaf of newspaper attention
| the interviews with him:
WHAT P. c. JONES SAID OF HOMO
| LULU.
From the Des Moines Register.
! One of the interesting persons in
| attendance upon the great Congrega-
7! tional Council is Peter c. Jones multi
millionaire, of Honolulu. For forty
seven years Mr. Jones has been a
| continuous resident of the Sandwich
Islands. 1t is long period to have
spent far from ones native hearth, Blu,
then Mr.. Jones has become an ardent
citizen of Honolulu. If he did not re-
| turn to his native Massachusetts,. his
.
He was but twenty years of age when
he took Horace Greeley's advice and
went west, and just about as far as
possible.
Mr. Jones looks enough like the late
Robert G. IngersolI to be his twin
brother, but he's a red hot congrega-
/ tionalist," said a friend in speaking of
him.
may be inferred from the fact that he
has come all this distance, first, as a
delegate to the American board, or
which he is a corporate member, and
second, to attend the missionary coun-
ell in this city.
Mr.. Jones who is an active business
man, talks in an interesting way OF
the development of the Sandwich Is
lands. He himself has been engaged
in the sugar agency of c. Brewer &
Co.. the oldest house &c the kind in the
Pacific, established in 1926 For many
years Mr.. Jones was it's president and
manager. He is still director. He
also established the Bank of Hawaii
serving at times as it's president and
vice-president. This has come to be a
strong financial institution with a cap
ital of 100000: a reserve of 100000 and
undivided profits of 100000.
THE DAY OF SMALL THINGS.
When Mr. Jones went to Honolulu
there were few foreigners there. It wao
the day of small things. There was
scarcely man in the islands worth
$4,000 Now there are several million
aires in Honolulu.
Until 1893, the government was a
monarchy. Those were troublous times
preceding the overthrow of the mon
archy. Matters reached such a degree
OF corruption that there was nothing
to do but to overthrow the monarchy.
Mr. Jones was, at the time Of the
struggle for annexation, one of the four
members of the executive council and
very active in securing a satisfactory
settlement
The religious conditions" said Mr.,
Jones. ARE now on a much more sat
isfactory basis than they were for
years. This is largely due to the work
of DR.. Doremus Scudder, formerly a
missionary to Japan. He was invited
by the Hawaiian association to come
and take an active part in the japanese
work in the islands. He was so sue
cessful that he was made correspond
ing secretary and general manager OF
the Hawaiian board. He has succeeded
remarkably well IN bringing about the
coordination of the EvangeIlcal
churches of all ms tfona -fties-Hawaiian,