The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-05-02

Ilreiy 10 their euortS and the Efforts
of those .sho followed them. Honolu-
lu itself contains more churches in
proportion to its population than many
/ a community of the Urited States, most
OF them being organized by the mis-
! sionaries, as We're also the Young
Mems Christian Association and other
| important religious societies.
Perhaps the most significant indica-
ton of their influence is the fact that
today the American flag flies from the
public buildings Of the islands. Over
80 years ago the Hawaiian government
began negotiating with the United
/ States to act as a protector to this
kingdom of the Pacific, and from that
time until it was annexed its relations
to this country have gradually become
| more friendly by reason OF the infiu-
ence OF the American colony founded
Iby the New Eaglanders.
YANKEES LEAD IN BUSINESS.
| As already stated, the Yankee has
been conspicuous as manufactures, a
merchant. a capitalist and planter, as
| well as in other fields of activity. He
has outstripped the people of other ma
tons who have settled in the islands,
although some of the other nations are
far more nunerously represented. For
instance, of the 10000 population fully
10 per cent, or 1900, are Portuguese.
The people of the Orient were among
the first foreigners TO locate there the
Chinese element now comprising FL 900
and the Japanese $4,000 OF the popula-
ton. Germans, French, Spaniards and
British have also been attracted by the
advantages.
Only a few years elapsed after Capt.
Cooks discovery before his country1nen
began to settle in Hawaii, and they
/ gained a foothoId 20 years before the
American missionaries began their la
bors; but, although the English are now
nearly equal to the Americans in num-
bers. they are far behind them in
wealth and position. It is an interest
ing fact that more cargoes are sent
i from the United States in vessels flying
the American flag to the Hawaiian Is
lands than to any other country. No
less than so per cent. of the commerce
is carried in our ships, although the an
nual imports and exports now amount
to s25, 100000 in round numbers, most of
which are received at and shipped from
Honolulu OF this trade no less than
80 per cent. is with the United States.
Nearly all OF the products of the su-
gar plantations, which now aggregate
coo tons a year, come to the United
States. as well as large proportion of
the rice. and most of the coffee and
sisal, from which rope and Irvine are
manufactured. Statistics compiled by
the government show that fully $780,,
100000 is invested in sugar lands and
mills, and that more than 1000 men are.
given employment by these alone. 4
conservative estimate of the mills and
plantations owned by Americans places
it at fully 20 per cent.
NEW ENGLAND NAMES NUMER-
Gus.
1t seems odd to the traveller TO go
| back into the country and see names
familiar in New England on the signs
OF business concerns, side by side with
the unpronounceable titles in the Ka-
naka dialect. In Honolulu, however.
Smith, Brown and Jones can be met
with in nearly every business street.
Two of the most notable Yankee names
to be seen are Bishop and Young, for
these families have been prominently
| identified with the country for the last
/ so years.
The pioneers in the peaceful conquest
OF these islands have passed away, with
lone or two exceptions, bat their children
took up the work which the fathers
| laid down. While sorne entered the
pulpit, others engaged in business and
the professions, and are continuing the
1 development which was begun IN an
effort TO extend the teachings of Chris
tianity to this division of the Malay
race.
AS already stated, any one who has
never visited the Sandwich islands may
get the idea that Hawaii is a sort of
i dreamland. This is partly due to the
/ writings of a New Englander, at least
lone by adoption, for after" Mark Twain
had visited Hawaii this is what he
| wrote about it: No alien land in all the
| world has any deep, strong charm for
me but that ones no other land could so
longins;ly and beseechingly haunt me
sleeping and waking through more
than half lifetime, as that one has
done. Other things leave me, but it
| abides; other things change, but it re-
mains the same. For me it's balmy airs
are always blowing, its summer seas
flashing on the sun; the pulsing of the
surf beat is in my ear
Undoubtedly nature has endowed it
with many of her choicest gifts, but IL
lis anything but land of dreams and
laziness, as one realizes when he has
spent a day in its metropolis. 1t is
perhaps the best illustration of what
the Yankee can accomplish, even in
the tropics.