The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-07-24

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| Band, appears in the Salt Lake Tri
/ bune
1.-The Hawaiian Islands are the onl,
territory the United States ever Sc
war or of direct purchase. More thar
that. the islands have never been {
burden financially to the Federal Gov
/ eminent Such is the enthusiastic
1 way in which ]. G. Cohen, manager
of the Royal Hawaiian Band, present
ed the relations of that recently-ac-
quired empire to the United States.
Mr.. Cohen has lived in Honolulu
some ten years, and IN ADDITION &c
| managing the band, which is sent out
by the permission of the local Hawai-
ian Government, he is manager of two
| theaters and does a general merchan-
| disc business in Honolulu. His de
scriptions of the climate, inhabitants,
resources and business conditions in
that far away country are especially
1 interesting to all Americans by reason
| of it's being a part of the Union.
When annexation was accomplished
the Hawaiians came in under the pro-
lection of "Old Glory keeping step to
the quick time of Yankee Doodle
Dandy" and have ever since kept up
with the march of progress in this in
tensively progressive age.
ABOUT THE ISLANDS.
/ The country is located almost in the
land of perpetual equinox. but the eli
matte conditions are such that the
temperature seldom gets above Sc de-
grees or below so degrees, SO that in
effect it is almost continuous spring
time. The mean temperature is about
70 degrees.
The staple products are sugar, coffee
: and rice, and of the former commodity
some 100000 tons are annually pro-
duced Pineapples and bananas grow
luxuriantly and of the finest quality,
and are exported in increasing quanti-
ties to San Francisco and other Pa
cific points every year. Rubber plants,
sisa1 for Irvine, and high-priced to-
] bacco for cigar wrappers are being
! grown with success and promise each
to develop into important industries.
| While the annual rainfall is suffi-
| cient to grow good crops on the fertile
lands, by irrigation, which method is
! extensively used, the yield is greatly
increased. Water is obtained from
mountain streams and from artesian
wells.
PRACTICAL FARMERS NEEDED.
The local government owns vast
tracts of land that have been leased
for a long term of years at low
rental to large operators. These leases
are now expiring and the great need
of the islands is practical farmers to
| buy and operate moderate sized tracts.
The crops are sure and the profits are
| large. The entire region is a health
{ resort, and amusa,1ents are probably a
! more pronounced feature there than
y any other place on the globe.
Z Farm labor is mostly performed by
| Mongolians, Chinese and japanese, but
( the United States exclusion laws pre-
vent a further influx of Chinese. The
result is that the price of farm or plan
| tation labor is greatly enhanced. The
native HawailanS are an ambitious
/ race and Industrious in some respects,
] but they do not take kindly to
| drudgery. They are excellent &C
countants and write plain and sym
metrical hands. They are expert boat
men, especially where the element of
| daring. in which they delight. enters
They are also fair artisans and me-
chanfcs and are making great advance
ment in scientific farming and the
trades which are taught in the schools
a university for natives is in opera
ton which has q heavier endownen;
than the Leland Stanford University
The Hawaiians take readily to educa-
ton and are mostly natural-born pol
iticians. They are aggressive and
readily accumulate means. While moi
a race of giants, they are above the
! average size in height and weight anG
are pictures of health. They are pleas
ant and polite characteristics that are
particularly marked in the band OF
musicians at Saltair.
METROPOLIS OF ISLANDS.
Honolulu is the metropolis of the is
lands and Mr.. Cohen says that it i:
| one of the most metropolitan cities o.
the world. Mr.. Cohen conducted to
| hacco brokerage business in Salt Lake
for several months thirteen years ago
He states that one hotel in Honolulu
| cost 81, 900. Concerts are giyer
daily for the benefit of tourists during
our winter season in three differen
places in the city. For this reason th'
| band will be obliged To return home
by November 1. Honolulu has les:
than 10000 inhabitants, while the pop
| ulation of the seven islands is less thar
15o 900. 1t is considered one of tbs
coming countries of the world. Trave
to it increases every year ana th'
travel brings the needed capital ant
population to hasten its greatness.
The country imports large amount:
of manufactured articles. including
. farm implements, from the United
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