The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-06-23

my arrival as stood on the bridge
! OF the steamer with the captain j can
assure you that / was very much sur
prised at what / saw ashore. When /
got into town and ran UP against cleo
trio cars and the people. / began to
realize / was In a metropolitan city.
1 There was little difference between II
and many cities on the mainland, ex-
cept in population. Then 1 came In
contact with the business men and
| laboring men. In these islands / saw
, that Uncle Sam had one Of his choicest
possessions and ! do not hesitate 10
say so but when l got back east, In
New England, an old lady asked me:
Aren't they all savages down thereT
and I said. No, not any more than you
find here In Boston,
TT is only by coming here and see
ing for yourself that you can begin
to realize the splendid opportunities
here.
u "Tt was my pleasure to be one OF
party with Col. Hepburn OF Iowa, in
trip around the island the other day
We were looking down at that big dam
(Wahiawa) out here, and across that
plateau. Hepburn said: This is a most
beautiful spot and this entire stretch of
country will be developed by as sturdy
and as thrifty class of people as there
is in Iowa where ! come FROM 1t Is
little prophecy.
There are lots of people In the Unit
ed States who would like to come here
and locate on that beautiful plateau
and make their homes there-people
who have money and who will take an
interest in your economical and social
life and tend to promote the welfare of
your country. How can you do 1t? BY
making the people of the mainland
know what you have got here and
what your needs and interests are.
Hepburn said:
81 HAVE BEEN IN CONGRESS
FOR MANY YEARS AND GENERAL
LY HEAR ABOUT ALL THAT is
SAID BUT I HAVE YET TO HEAR
UPON THE FLOOR OF CONGRESS
THE FIRST WORD SAID IN RE-
GARD TO THE OPPORTUNITIES
AND THE NEEDS OF THESE IS-
.. LANDS
Just stop and think moment. A
> man as prominent as Col. Hepburn is
in the United States, sitting in Con-
.
: of the splendid opportunities and the
needs of these islands, and yet our
government is spending thousands up
on thousands of dollars In the develop
ment of the arid lands in Arizona, New
Mexico and Indian Territory and where
not blade of grass grows except by
artificial means. In Arizona there is
no such climate as you have here. Why
should not the government of the Unit
ed States devote some OF this money
:, to the storing away in yonder mountain
. peaks a few gallons of water. to be
afterwards distributed by fumes along
where 1t Is most needed. Then reach
, out here to get people to come here and
settle down They may not always
raise cane but something else of ad-
vantage. They will raise big families,
however-Qaughter- swell your pop
ulation.
!, Let the interests of the islands be
fully understood by the mainlanders
and some men may come from Iowa.
One may be Col Hepburn. because he
:, has said he Wanted TO come down here
and live, and he would not be a dis
9 credit to the ty-Qaughter)-
even If he is an old man. Suppose he
did come here and locate. He would be
writing letters back to the mainland
: and some one else will come along and
;, bye and bye you viii find lot of good
: people coming in. You are desirous of
\ getting good citizens. 1t would be bet
:, ter If you fill up the islands with good
sturdy Germans from Illinois, and Nor
:, wegians from Dakota. who will bring a
= few thousands of dollars to develop the
country. How much better they are
:, than the Asiatics. The latter are good
people, yet If you can get into your
!. communities hundred families of good
= Germans, hundred of Swedes and
: Swiss. who will make your canyons and
y defiles blossom like Eden, how much
better 1t will be.
!, I'm talking with business men here
!, find their ambition seems to be to get
:, labor for the sugar plantations. don't
: blame them. because they realize good
f. returns, but you want to populate your
= cities more and get nice families here,
You have a Promotion Committee
: which spends money to advertise the
I, islands. Don't look upon that as a
useless expenditure.
go INTO THE HALLS OF CON-
!, GRESS WITH SOME ONE WHO HAS
' HIS HEART AND SOUL IN THE
u WELFARE OF THE ISLANDS AND
= TELL CONGRESS WHAT YOU'VE
? GOT. Attract Congresses attention.
Ask the government to get interested
: in the development of your harbors and
get good people here"
Mr., Sargent then made a prophecy
=, He said that the Almighty in creating