The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-05-12
AN AOMIRER
Of HAWAII
Minneapolis Man Gives
the Isiands High
Praise.

The following report of an interview
with a recent visitor to Hawaii APP
pears IN the Minneapolis Times. c. S.
Desky received clipping of the ar
tiele in a letter, which he kindly
places at the disposal of the Adver-
tiser. Evidently the reporter or the
printer gave an excess of from one to
three ciphers in places. such as where
the tonnage of sugar and area of plan
tations are mentioned.
Therefore it may be stated here that
last year s Hawaiian sugar crop, which
fell considerably below that of 1908,
amounted to 367, 475 tons; that 5000
to 10000 acres would fairly approx
mate the holdings-not the paintings
of the largest plantations, and that
the maximum capacity of the largest
sugar mill in the Territory which is
also the largest in the worlds 500
tons in "a hours.
Corrected on behalf of the author
according to the figures just given, the
interview will be highly appreciated
by the many friends Mr.. De Lait-
ire made here. Visitors who give such
kindly mention to Hawaii on their re-
turn home are worthy of a great deal
of effort to bring to the Territory.
The article from the Minneapolis
Times is as follows:
John L. De Laittre, former Mayor
of Minneapolis, has returned with his
daughter, Miss Corinne, from Hawaii,
where they spent the winter. Mr.. De
Laittre found the Islands a most de-
ightful resort. Great progress is be-
ing made in the development of the
Islands resources and the people are
making the most of their opporuunI-
ties.
"Honolulu is very pretty city, :"
said Mr. De Laittre to a Times re-
porter yesterday. cit has about So
900 inhabitants. OF these, twenty-five
or thirty are millionaires. Many of
their houses are so palatial that they
rival those on Fifth avenue, New
York.
''The climate of the Islands is de-
lightful all the year round. Ocean
breezes constantly freshen the air. The
south winds make the weather uncom-
fortably warm, but when the wind
blows from any other direction it is
cooling. Royal palm trees and other
tropical foliage make the scenery
splendid. Mountains and volcanoes af-
ford many wonderful views.
''The bathing along the beach is un-
excelled. 1t is possible to wade out
into the ocean for a quarter Of a mile.
With all these attractions, Honolulu
has naturally been chosen as a home
by many wealthy people. But the
Islands are something more than beau
ty spots.
every year about 4,25O,0O0 tons of
sugar are exported. This brings into
the Islands 100000 annually There
are many sugar plantations of from
100000 to 100000 acres. There is
one sugar mill, made entirely from
steel, and located about twenty miles
from Honolulu. which has a capacity
of 100000 tons annually.
"Only about Is per cent of the peo-
pie of the Islands are native Hawaii
ans. The Islands are dotted with
schools. There was one I visited which
was attended by ninety-three children.
Among these eight nationalities were
represented. The labor of the Islands
is done by Koreans, Chinese, Japanese
and Portuguese. The native Hawaii
ans are rapidly dying out. Men of
English and American stock are the
principal capitalists