The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-14
AROUND THE WORLD WITH
 WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

 I llargest having an area of 4.200 square miles and population of nearly 5o,- 600. Hilo. its chief city, situated on-the | east shore, is the second Hawaiian | city of importance ana contains some l 1000 inhabitants The Island of Oahu,
 upon which Honolulu is situated, is | third in size but contains the largest population, almost 60.000, of which 40. ' 900 dwell in or near the capital The islands are so small and surrounded | by such an area of water as to remind one of a toy land, and yet there are great mountains there, one piercing the clouds at d height of 14,00o feet, Immense cane fields stretch as far as the eye can reach. and busy people of different colors and races makes a large annual addition to our country's wealth. On one of the islands is an active volcano which furnishes a thrill ling experience to those who are hardy enough to ascend it's sides and cross the lava lake. now grown cold, which surrounds the present crater. Each island has one or more extinct volca- nos. one of these, called the punch bowl, being within the city limits of Honolulu. On one of the islands is a | leper colony, containing at times as many as thousand of the afflicted. During campaigns the spellbinders ad- dress the voters from boats anchored
 
 As the Manchuria lay at anchor in the harbor all day the passengers went ashore and, dividing into groups, in | spected the various places of interest. | By the aid of a reception committed, composed of Democrats, Republicans and brother ElkS, we were able to crowd great deal of instruction and enjoyment into the ten hours which we | spent in Honolulu. We were greeted at the wharf with the usual salutation. Aloha. native word which means "a loving welcome" and were decorated with garlands of flowers for the hat | and neck. While these garlands or leis (pronounced lays) are of all colors, orange is the favorite hue, being the color of the feather cloak worn by the Hawaiian kings and queens in olden l times. The natives are a very kindly and hospitable people, and we had an opportunity to meet some excellent specimens of the race at the public re- ception and at the country residence | of MT. Damon, one of the leading | bankers of the island.
 | When the islands were discovered in | TITS by Captain Cook, the natives lived | in matched huts and were scantily clothed, after the manner of the tropi cal races. They were not savages or cannibals, but maintained a degree of civil order and had made considerable progress in the primitive arts. In their religious rites they offered human sac | rifices but they welcomed the white
 man and quickly embraced Christian | ity American influence in the islands | reaches back some seventy-five years, beginning with New England mission aries, many of whose descendants have | made permanent homes here. Some of | these, mingling their blood with the
 blood of the natives, form connecting | link between the old and the new civil | ization. Foreign ways and customs | soon began to manifest themselves and l long before annexation the native rul-
 CTS built public buildings after the style
 of our own architecture. The Capitol l building, erected twenty years ago for | the kings palace, is an imposing struc-
 ture, and the judiciary building is al- most equal to It. The parks and public
 grounds are beautiful and we'll kept.
 and the business blocks commodious
 and substantial. In short, Honolulu presents the appearance of a we'll
 built, cleanly and prosperous American city, with it's residences nestling l among palm trees and tropical plants. Good hotels are abundant; the Alexan- der Young Hotel is built of stone im- ported from .le States and would do credit to a city of half million. The
 Royal Hawaiian Hotel, even more pie |
 Moana Hotel, at the beach, vie with
 the Young in popularity.
 The program for our days stay be- | gan with a seven-mile automobile ride to the Pa1i, the pass over which the natives crossed to the farther side of the island. The road is of macadam and winding along a picturesque valley rises to a height of about 1,200 feet. | At this point the eye falls upon pie 1 ture of bewitching beauty. Just be- low is a precipitous cliff over which | conquering king, Kamehameha the | First about IA years ago, drove an opposing army when he established | himself as ruler of the islands To the | east from the foot of the cliff, thous-
 and feet down, stretches a beautiful
 valley with an endless variety of verd-
 ure; and beyond, a coast line broken | by 8 rocky promontory around whose | base the waters reflect from their vary
 ing depths myriad hues of blue and | green. There are ocean views of | greater expanse, mountain views more | sublime and agricultural landscapes l more interesting to a dweller upon the prairies, but it is doubtful whether | there is anywhere upon earth a com bination of mountain, valley and ocean II "a commingling of the colors of sky
 and sea and rock and foliage-more
 entrancing. Twice on the way to the PaIl we passed lHIOuSn mountain
 showers. and were almost ready to
 turn back, but the members of the
 committee, knowing of the rare treat ahead, assured us that Hawaiian show
 CTS were of short duration and extra
 dry" When we at last beheld the view
 we felt that a drenching might gladly have been endured, so great was the reward.
 The committee next took us by spe-
 cial train on the Oahu Railroad to one
 of the great sugar plantations of the
 island. a plantation outside of the trust owned and operated by a San
 Francisco company. This company
 has built an immense refinery upon the plantation and the manager showed us the process of sugar making from the crushing of the cane to the refined product, sacked ready for shipment. The stalks. after passing through the mill are dried and carried to the fur mace, thus saving some 65 per cent of the cost of fuel-an important economy when it is remembered that all the
 fuel for manufacturing is brought from abroad. Until recently several
 hundred thousand dollars worth of coal was brought from Australia, but
 California oil is now being substituted
 for coal. The refuse which remains
 when the sugar making process is com
 plete is returned to the land as ferti-
 lizer The economies effected in fuel
 and in fertilizer. together with the
 freight saved on impurities carried in