The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-06-17
WALLACE r. HARRINGTON. EDIT.
OR OF THE HONOLULU Bull.
LETIN

WALLACE r. HARRINGTON. EDIT
OR OF THE HONOLULU Bull
LETIN.
= l think that the Hawaiians have ac
5 cepted the changed conditions follow
ing annexation with most commend
! able good grace. Occasionally on,
might have encountered bitter expires
sions but I believe that the feeling
among Hawaiians to-day over the
loss % their country" is not as bitter
as much of the sentiment one could
encounter in the south over the civil
war.
There is no doubt that conditions
in the islands have improved as re-
+. suit of annexation. The spirit of the
people has improved. The financial
and industrial ability is guaranteed.
| 90 not mean that we have reached
| perfection. We have much room for
! Improvement and many details of in
| dustry and public finance that are not
/ fully adjusted TO new conditions but
/ on the whole the islands have made
| tremendous strides since. for instance.
| ten years ago when you and l first
met here.
One Of the readiustments necessary
is that of the islands securing the ex-
penditure of three-fourths of the
federal revenue collected in the islands.
1t is not only necessary that this
should be done in a spirit of fairness
to Hawaii. but it is mandatory as a
matter of wise national policy.
Hawaii is an OUTPOST of the Ameri-
can nation. 1t is on the border line
of a scene of future activity which
future hostilities Every effort should
then be made to strengthen Hawaii.
This strength must be developed from
every standpoint. We must build forts
and fortify our harbors.
We must also keep our educational
institutions up to the highest standard
of excellence in order to mold these |
youth of alien parentage whose adapt |
ability or natural leaning toward Amer |
lean principles is entirely an untried |
quantity. The expenditure of three |
fourths this federal revenue means |
the expenditure for Matchmaking pur-
poses proportion of the federal taxes
paid by the people of these islands.
remeber that Hawaii before
had this income for its
own use. Hawaii had a tariff for
revenue only. Its governmental opera
tons were based on this income. An
took away million or more
a year And we are expected and are
anxious to carry on the same broad
or broader policies of development
Hawaii has been a profitable financial
bargain for the United States. Our
cannot afford to play the part
Of leech in a territory of the union
where there is much to be done
A territory. mind you, that contributes
the money and asks only that a stated
portion be expended locally on work
that is intensely national in it's scope.
Yes l think there is an opening in
Hawaii for agricultural industries
other than sugar. Given slight pro-
-ective duty. and the coffee industry
would create opportunity for hundreds
Of Americans who could establish
homes and profitab BILE industry on COM
oarativeIy small homestead areas, and
10 the agricultural work themselves.
are developing into one of
he most profitable and congenial of I
industries There is a wealth of OBJ
in Hawaii in certain lines
but may the Lord have mercy on the
Door farmer who thinks he can make
L living in truck farming or what is
generally termed small farming" II
[ had an enemy 1 doubt if l could
commend him to a more unkindiy fate
I have never been believer in the {
and laws of the. territory as they
stand to-day They are intricate and I
ponderous and as far as I have been
able to make out. even Mr.. Dole. the
author of the law. is unable to give ;
clear exposition of what the law really
beyond a blockade and
an immense amount of difficulty with
enough exceptions to prove the rule
confess to prejudice in favor OF
the American land laws that have
opened up a great mainland empire to
homes and agriculture. I am told by
those born and bred in Hawaii that L
am wrong. But / yet fail to see
wherein the present law has made
good as a means to the advancement
Of Americans in the territory OF
Hawaii / think a fair compromise
would be for the federal government
to take over the administration OF say
q half of the public lands leaving the
other half to the territory. Then we
would have fair test. Should such a
thing be done l would put my money
were / a betting man. on the nan
handled by the federal government
believe in the American land pollcy
for the advancement of Americans in
Hawaii.
The kindness of the japanese
toward American ideas is an unsolVed
problem. The answer means great
deal to Hawaii and the American peo-
pie If it be in the negative then
Hawaii is nurturing a viper in it's
bosom that will one day turn to give
ronSCih9p The admit
Japanese takes kindly to an imitation
of American ideas of all kinds and
descriptions. His loyalty, however, is
still to Japan. The problem is. What
are these children we are educating
in our public schools going to do?
They are born here and are certainly
eligible as American citizens. If they
will become indeed Americans, well
and good If their patriotic fervor and
pride is still with Japan. Ha-
wall as an American outpost viii face