The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-06-08

get the very cream from the nations
that contributed to our popuIa ton.
We used to get people from Gerna ny,
Ireland the British Isles and the
Scandinavian states, but our immi-
grants do not come from these re-
gions now. They come largely from the
southern and eastern states of Europe
Italy and Russia, and the smaller
states like Poland and Bohemia, and
they are not always desirable classes
of people. They lodge in the cities and
they don't amalgamate readily with
our people. In old times the son of a
, German, or Irishman, or Englishman,
| or scandinavian, could not be told
from the most of Americans. Now you
can find plenty of Poles. Russians
Italians, where the third generation
| still speak the home language. You
can go to some parts of New York and
Chicago, spend days there and never
hear the English language spoken.
L can say there are a great many
| reasons why Congress should limit i'm
migration, but there are so many
| people opposed and there is always
: such a powerful organization opposing
any diminution of immigration, on the
part of the steamship companies. and
whether we will be able to retard i'm
migration or not, 1 don't know.
CHINESE EXCLUSION LAW.
Il know of no reason why we should
expect to see a change in the policy of
the government as to the exclusion of
the Chinese.
THE matter of japanese immigra-
ton has not taken any definite shape
to my knowledge
PANAMA CANAL PROSPECT.
: Col. Hepburn sees great possibilities
ahead in the completion of the Panama
Canal. 1t will be boon to the Gulf
States, which will be in the line of
trade that is coming from the Orient.
And by the same token, Hawaii will be
greatly benefited. The completion of
the canal will also give great impetus
to the export of coal from Pennsyi-
vania and West Virginia. The Panama
Canal will be the means of increasing
Oriental trade. and Hawaii will benefit
from both the Occidental and the ORR
entail shores. AS to maintaining trade
relations in the Far East, Col Hep
burn is in favor of the open door.
That's what we have a big navy for"
said he, Ito keep the doors OPEN
NO COFFEE TARIFF.
The congressman did not think there
would be any tariff imposed on coffee.
His reason for this belief was that
Porto Rico and Hawaii are the only
two portions of the United States
where coffee is grown and which would
be benefited and it would hardly call
for a change. He also expressed the
opinion that he did not believe Con-
gress would undertake any general re-
vision of the tariff laws.
THE MORMON QUESTION.
Col Hepburn incidentally referred to
Utah and regretted that the Mormon
question had been so prominent be-
fore the nation. He was of the opin-
ion, however that the church author
tiles in Utah had been guilty of bad
faith in keeping a promise made many
years ago, that polygamy should no
longer be practiced. Col. Hepburn adj
mired the younger element of the
church, which had combated the
church authorities on this crucial is
sue and for which many had been eX-
communicated He named among 9TH
ers, eX-United States Senator Frank
Cannon, now editor of the Salt Lake
Tribune, which is waging a fierce war
on the polygamous Mormons, as one
he had known in Congress and for
whom he had a good deal of admira-
ton.
Col. Hepburn said he came from
Clarinda, Iowa, near which was the
home of the Reformed Mormon church,
a church which believes in the doc
trines of Joseph Smith, but has never
believed in polygamy. This is the sect
of which G. j. Waller is the head in
Honolulu.
The son of Joseph Smith lives near
me- said Col. Hepburn, land 1 have
great admiration for him too. He is
pie are thrifty and make good citi-
zens.''
PLEASED WITH TRANSPORT.
The voyage from San Francisco to
Honolulu in the transport Sheridan
was an enjoyable one to Col. and Mrs.
Hepburn. Il must say that L am we'll
pleased with the transport service
what 1 have seen of it, for this is my
first trip away from the mainland, that
is out into the Pacific. The soldiers
were well behaved. They had COM
Portable quarters good food, we'll
cooked, and plenty of space to eat it
in. L attended inspections and
L must say that the trans /
port service, as exampled by the
Sheridan, showed to excellent advan-
tage."
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