The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-07-01
TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT.

In favor Oh reliance upon tpullStS, inc
Kona District may be cited. In that
district, which is not alone, 1t is GER
tain that the soil and the climate are
admirably fitted for small farms and
for the comfortable support of large
population The experiment there has
been fully tried, and, even under adj
verse conditions, its manifest success
has demonstrated the proposition.
The village or town of Kailua sleeps
by the margin of the ocean. Its long,
struggling thoroughfare, and the
vacant spaces by the side of and in
the rear of the houses, are chiefly oc-
cupied by donkeys, sometimes called
Kailua nightingales, who have vital
ity enough to bray their steady dis
content with present conditions. En-
ergetic and ambitious American citi-
zens, embracing a few contributions
from the mainland and some educated
and restless natives, chafe under the
torpidity of business and the duh mon
otony of killing time and soliciting ac-
tivity. There is no hotel, not even
stage line, and the listless apathy IS
nourished by the music of the waves
and of the breeze, and only varied by
fishing canoes in the ripping water,
and by the occasional and brief inroad
of wagons and buggies, when the local
steamer arrives or departs.
Kailua should be and ultimately will
be a centre of enterprise and prosper
ity 1t already has been scene OF
life and the absence of some essential
conditions. perhaps the application of
political opium, has induced temporary
stupefaction. a drive through the sur
rounding country, towards the hiGher
ridges, even to casual observer, soon
explains the apparent enigma. On all
hands, in the rocky lava formation,
crumbling into fertile soil, the lantana
flourishes. AS cleared spaces are near
ed and cottages and scattered resi-
dences begin to meet the eye, the pos
sibilities of Kona are revealed. Small
coffee farms, chiefly leased and occu-
pied by Japanese and Portuguese ana
cultivated in the most primitive meth
DDS, line the upper road. Banana ana
papaia trees, loaded with fruit, are
frequent. There are few vineyards
or rather patches used for the cultiVa-
ton of the grape, the healthy appear
ance of which proves that the hulsldes
are nearly as well adapted to TINS
lucrative industry as the banks of the
Rhine or the picturesque vine produce
ing regions of France, Italy. SPAIN
Portugal and California. The kona
Sugar Company's lands, in their viz
tual abandonment, invite the substitu-
ton of capital, labor and thrift for llti-
cation and controversy. An expert
mental sisal plantation, fairly started,
is another evidence of productive cap
acity. Jacob l.. Coerper on his place,
has shown that the moist soil and the
temperate climate are suited to the
growth of the apple and other northern
fruits.
Everywhere rocks are abundant, but
the soil is luxurious. The clearing Ia
Dor has been and can be utilized In
the construction of stone fences, I'M
peryious alike to weather anu to the
abrasions of time. On the American
continent or in Europe, in correspond
ing localities, fine residences, as sohd
and durable as feudal castles, nave
been erected, principally out or the
materials lying on the ground Inc
oldest church in the territory is at hal-
lua, In the neighborhood are several
unpretentious but commodious schools
houses, in which the general thirst FOR
education is assuaged. on the noun
tain slope. a consecrated woman has
established and maintains an excel
lent home for orphans. Civilization Is
not merely beginning, but Is consld-
erably advanced, through the energy
of a very limited number of individuals,
in some degree backed by the govern
ment. Roads have been built and are
being improved. High up on the sleepy
range an engine on n short narrow
gauge railroad once in n while snorts
a demand for industrial revolution.
With all these proofs of adaptability,
with all these opportunities for growth,
what is it that isolates the kona Dis
trict and holds ii back? The answer
is apparent to those who study the
situation. 1t needs a change and an
increase OF inhabitants of the right
sort. 1t is said that the Japanese In
the entire Kona district number two
thousand, and they are probably the
most conspicuous element In produe-
ton. American immigration, an in
fiux OF men from the mainland, who
nave Ehllt liihlANaf H'4fAft'N 'ff'.' o. $500
actual experience In the settlement of
new regions, which is equally service
able m backward communities, would
exert an immediate ana 70 magnetic iu.
hucnre There is mo- more dur.whN
citizen than thr intelligent American
farmer Hut he win mott uriiuIrA
seula uu lsassi land WHOM ur .I,Hu
and Improves uom rrlF tn "a huHdr.
and shly aerps. Unl Iu.aIIf hlH HW
rs. hp wants au WI.I"H.n." uI.
IAndIafalaW aHHHat lH...I llaINUl
Viii nal ~ WHH N.u NJ tu. HHlUn.
mlal lWil ~ ll... IW IlHl ~.
lsm ~ 49, IHlI a.t.s MH u.H
80 ne WHHIUWH.H. lH M.
Aas HMt HH Nl mn. WI .HUI#
HHla ~ HH
IaIH.Hf laHIH .tU..I I|H
nH.h I II ..
~ HHN |