The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-07-03

Frank P, Sargent Commissioner Cen
eral of immigration of Washington, n
c., whose very welcome visit to the
Territory will be at an end tomorrow
will leave the islands with an added
idea of the opportunities offered here
for settlement by a large number of
thrifty people both from Europe and
from the mainland of the United States
THE trouble isl he said this morn
ing $50 few people on the mainland
know anything about the islands and
the advantages that they have to Of
fer. Oh I know that the people here
are doing great deal towards enlight-
ening the mainlanders but after all
one has to see the. country in order to
appreciate it. Why, in my own case
l knew nothing about any island except
Oahu until this time when 1 visited
Maui and Hawaii and was able to APP
preciate in a small measure at all
events the vast possibilities of those
Islands, l was here two years ago as
you know and my present trip has
served to intensity the idea 1 gathered
then as to the extreme value of the
territory both to itself and to the
Union.
81 should like to say that I have en-
joyed my visit extremely" continued
! the Commissioner General. The uni
form courtesy with which have been
treated has been thoroughly appreciat-
ed and 1 hope that I will be able in
| however small way to aid the islands
upon my return to the capital. There
| is a splendid future before Hawaii and
I shall give my views along that line
| to those back east who 1 think will
take the greatest interest in promoting
the territory's welfare"
Speaking on the subject of immigra-
| ton to Hawaii the Commissioner Gem
eral reiterated the view which he had
previously expressed as to the desirable
! ity and the possibility of obtaining i'm
migrants from the north of Italy.
'These northern Italians are not a
| lot of pauppers as some people seem to
! think" he said "they are sturdy, in
dustrious and thrifty and many of
them have considerable means. The
italian government is taking great in
terest in the emigration of its people
and two commissioners came over last
year to study conditions. Signor Rossi
spent some time with me in Washing
ton and told me that it was the desire
of his government as far as possible to
get the Italians to go out into the agri-
cultural districts and not herd in the
cities as they have been wont to do.
The northern Italians are great grape
growers and there is land here i'm Ha-
wall which 1 have seen myself which
can be beaten nowhere for the success
full raising of grapes. 1 am sure that
if the new immigration Commission Of
Hawaii should send a man to Italy
the government of that country would
take the matter up and give him every
assistance. l speak heartily of these
northern Italians because 1 know what
they are. They do not work to save
money enough to get back to italy but
they want to get homes for themselves,
educate their children as Americans
and soon become merged with the COM
munity in which they are placed.
"Now as to bringing American set
tiers from the mainland, 1 am sure
that good deal might be done 1t
has come before me officially that large
numbers of people, farmers of the very
best class, are going north from the
west and middle west to take up lands
in the Dominion of Canada along the
line of the new Crank Trunk Pacific