The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-11-01
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| that these islands or at least Oahu
which means Honolulu and Pearl Har-
Dor, would be heavily fortified and
there is much significant action to this
end. There is a great deal doing, but
of this | am not at liberty to speak
further The idea is that if this strate-
gic position is thoroughly fortified the
necessity Of heavily fortifying the Pa
cifc coast is to a very large extent
done away with, Once an enemy
should take these islands the Pacific
coast would have to forufy to protect
against the operations of toC who
would undoubtedly make of Oahu an
alien Gibraltar.
THE East will no longer be led by
the Pacific coast in matters of immi-
grafton and in Washington Japanese
exclusion is not considered a practical
question
THE East is clamoring for labor
They have a great labor problem to
solve. In New York State labor is
wanted on the farms and domestic
labor is most difficult to secure lmmi-
grants from Europe swarm to the fac
tories and manufacturing interests are
increasing so rapidly that the factories
swallow mp those who might otherwise
look for employment in households as
domestic servants. AS factory hands
they are little higher in the social
scale and they get better pay On the
farms Americans will not work The
Irish are looking for better employ
ment ana the Italians flock to the
cities
Il was talking to a member of the
Supreme Bench of New York State and
e informed me, discussing the labor
question, that New York State alone
was ready to take a million domestic
field workers such as they in New
York believe the Japanese to be. New
York City is tremendous. 1t is figured
that in 1920, without including any
townships on the Jersey side, that city
will exceed London in population At
the same time New York city is year
by year becoming less Of a residence
city. Last year but $50 permits for
residence buildings were issued. Homes
are spreading up country and New
York is becoming a place where some
day very few people will live, except in
hotels.
The East is well supplied with Ha-
wall promotion literature. This work
has been handled well and thoroughly.
At hotels and railroad and steamship
offices | always found literature con
corning Hawaii and | was much sur
prised that 80 much was known con
corning these islands. Among or
dinarily well-informed people there
seemed to be a very fair general knowl-
edge of Hawaii and of matters in which
Hawaii is figuring as an important fac
tor.
when was interviewed in San Fran
cisco it was stated that / was making
a trip for small farmers. This was not
so, but as a result | was flooded with
letters from men who wished to know
concerning agricultural possibilities
here. Some of the letters / answered
personally and many referred to the
Promotion Committee, J. B. Castle and
the Land Commissioner for informa-
ton that will doubtless be of value to
applicants There is much interest in
the possibilities here other than in the
sugar industry.
I'm New York | met Manager White
of the Bartholdi Hotel who was out
here in 1887 He used to conduct the
Copley Square house in Boston, a re-
sort that was very popular with Ha-
waiians. He asked concerning num-
erous people here and declared that
when he got old and was ready to re-
tire from business he wanted to come
to Hawaii to end his days. There are
probably great many people in Ha-
wall who have good cause to remember
White as an ideal host
Il met a painter, Cooke, who is an
Xious to come to the islands to paint
our scenery. He was travelling with
an Italian, the Prince Del Sarge. Del
Sarge was here when Kalakaua was
king and he remarked that he would
be delighted to come to Hawaii again
if it had only had the good sense to
remain monarchical He had met the
Mott-Smiths and asked concerning
them. received letters from a couple
of Massachusetts young men who are
scientific agricultuTists and are think
ing of coming to Hawaii Chief Sta
tistician Austin, Department of Com
merce and Labor, who wrote here ex-
pressing his belief in the agricultural
progress of Hawaii, spoke very encOur-
agingly of Hawaii's prospects, being
impressed with the fact that for a
country like this, with the soil climate
and rain we have, there are wonderful
agricultural possibilities do not
believe there would be much difficulty
| in getting farmers for Hawaii from