The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-06-22
WALTER CLIFFORD SMITH, EDITOR
PACIFIC COMMERCIAL ADvER-
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classes of Hawaiians are well-enough
| satisfied with our American system
which gives them more chances to get
office than the monarchy or the repub-
lie did. These people, especially since
counties were created, have ceased to
| express regret for the old order. A
majority of Hawaiians are nom
! English speaking conservatives and
would be glad to return to the royalst
mode of things. Their newspapers are
often seditious and it is conceded that
hint from the eX-Queen would go
much further with them than a request
from the president of the United
States. These people will never be
Americans at heart although their
children educated in the public schools.
may in time be proud to call them
selves such.
2.-Very much. Annexation has
given Honolulu fine business blocks,
modern hotels, a better port, rapid
transit, larger trade, greater popu-
lation and a bigger volume of invest
ments. While there was danger of
and while japan was filling the islands
with people for whom she was about
to ask special rights OF suffrage such
as the old governments gave to Amer
icaps and Europeans, capital was
timid and retiring. Annexation and
stable government brought 1t into ac-
ton. Previously much of the surplus
plantation earnings were invested
abroad. Now they seek securities at
home. In the field of sugar invest
ment alone the increase of prosperity
since 1893, the year of the Queens
dethronement, has been marvellous.
The manufactured sugar crop of 1898
weighed 330,S22,S79 pounds. Ten years
later, 1903 it weighed 774,s25, 42O pounds.
But for stable government this vast
expansion of sugar property would not
have taken place.
3.-Congress, in taking Hawaii over
also took large part of our public
revenues, customs, internal taxes and
postal receipts. What money we ex-
pend for public purposes we get chiefly
from taxes and loans. The Territory.
meanwhile, is undefended, save by the
navy, has no public buildings except
those inherited from the monarchy mad
is generally neglected by Washington.
We feel that some equivalent of a part
of our contributions to the national !
treasury should come back to us from
year to year.
4.-There is room here for spe-
tropical industries aside from
sugar, such as pineapples-of which |
we are now raising enough on a frac-
ton OF the susceptible land of the is
lands to supply the existing American
demand for the canned article; sisal |
which we are beginning to export; |
bananas, for which we have a con-
siderable coast trade; rubber, vanilla,
cassava and tobacco. We have lately
produced wrapper tobacco on an ex-
perimental farm which has been APP
praised at 81 per pound. Cattle do
we'll. poultry fairly well, honey-raising
IS successful and general produce can
De raised at different elevations. Grapes
md tropical fruits thrive. Coffee only
needs tariff protection to become our
'econd agricultural asset.
b.-Yes. The American system OF
irving everybody a chance To locate
public land I'm sections and quarter
Iections would soon vest the public
lomain IN a few hands from which II
night soon be transferred 10 million
Ilro sugar and grazing corporations
Hawaii controls It's own lands and
ees that they get into proper private
wnershp. Plantations are Justly
erved ana the bona fide small farmer
an get location az a low price, A
olony ~ Russians has lately received
large tract ~ firSl-olass land Rt g. an
ore on terms which protect Il from
he corporate man, our land laws ~
ar special conditions very well,
s-'fhey are a progressive people
al remain Iapanese, What lhoy take
Z Amerloanlsm they hope 90 mako
~ ~ for the good ~ Iapan, not for
he good ~ the United states, Tho
'orld Ii their oyster Japan 4 their
oms, haye never known bat 9ne
aiurallssd Japanese ana he has an
nice N ihe immigration bureau Ills
hildfen, ! hesf, afe bslng educated ln
apan 4