Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-03-13
ASKS FOR FAIR Play
CONCLUSION OF KUHIO'S
PLEA BEFORE CONGRESS
HE SHOWS WHAT HAWAII HAS
DONE TO DESERVE REco0Nl.
TioN-LoYAL AND A MON
EY MAKER.


own resources to the limit Of self.help.
Now we ask for reasonable and ur.
gently needed appropriation, and we
rely upon the sense Of fairness Of the
Congress to support your committee
in what they agree is justly our due.
I think there is tendency In the
minds Of many Members OF the House
10 class hawaii win forto RICO ana
tne fhihppihes' ana as FORMING part
OF what Is regarded as poth foreign
ana ourdensome possessions. But
great inJustice IL zone 10 hawaii ny
THIS thoughtiess attitude OF members.
mat we are not foreign Is proven
ny the iact 'hat ior over haii cen
Jury american ciNiiizatioh mas peeh
the nominating innuehce IN hawaii.
Under the guidance Of American in.
fiuences. the old absolute monarchy vo.
UNFAIRLY established constitutional
| government A larger percentage OF
Hawaii's wealth has been expended for
education than has been done In almost
any State In the Union. and so wide'
spread Is the desire for learning among
Hawaiians, and SO generally have both
rich and poor availed themselves Of
our educational privileges, that today
the percentage Of illiteracy among our
Hawaiian and Anglo.Saxon population
Is fraction Of per cent less than Is
found today In the great Common.
wealth Of Massachusetts,.
The American flag in Hawaii floats
over schools that have been essentially
American for seyenty.fiye wears and in
which only the English Language is
taught. II floats over courts of ius.
tice conducted under the American sys.
TEN of Jurisprudence. presided over by
Judges and impleaded nv LAWYERS train.
ed in the law schools of America. And
from our well.eouipped fitting schools
our young men and young women come
over to American colleges and uniyer.
stiles, and in Yale, Harvard, Stanford.
Wellesley. Georgetown. and n score of
other institutions they compete with
] other American students and wrest
from them honors. both in classical
studies and in athletics.
But we are not American only in
institutions and education but also in
the scientific DEVELOPMENT of our arri
culture. the extent of our shipping
and, most of ALL in our heavy nav
ments to the National Treasury.
That we are not asking funds fol
our harbor without ample reason Il
proven by the showing of our com
merce.
During the fiscal year ending June
80, 1904, the shipping entered in tn,
port of Honolulu amounted to 1896, 2S,
tens, as shown by the custom.houss
records. This total is made up b,
six regular trans. Pacific steamship
lines. the two inter.island steamship
companies, United States army trans
ports. naval vessels, tramp steamers
and the various lines of sailing vessels
Honolulu harbor is located I'm tn,
very crossroads of the Pacific, and fol
that reason shipping from the United
States, Canada, Mexico, the Cape Horr
route, New Zealand, and Australia, tn,
Philippines, and the entire Orient al
converges at this point.
And the volume OF our shipping I,
destined to a further rapid increase al
the trade of the Orient is deyeloped.
That this is not a mere local PROPOSE
ton and interest is proven by the fac
that the commercial bodies intereste,
in the export trade of San Francisco
Portland, and Puget Sound have peti
toned that Federal Improvement worl
be- done In Honolulu Harbor. Tn
spectacle OF great export cities unitin
in asking for harbor improvements II
an outside port Is so unusual as to b
worthy OF your particular considers
ton.
Another substantial reason VIII
Honolulu Harbor is entitled to a plac
in this bill is shown in the large cui
toms revenues from this port
For the four years ending June 81