The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-09
STRAUS PLEDGES
HELPING HAND

necessary part Of the household furnl-
ture Of every home. Now the country
IS as peaceable as Florida or New
York: more peaceable. in fact. There
is no local trouble. No one fears any
trouble OF any kind. have heard peo-
pie talking about the japanese trouble.
The papers from the mainland tell Us
Of rice that has been stored here for
military purposes and OF regiments OF
Japanese hiding in the cane fields and
drilling. Personally believe nothing
OF the kind. I have Travelled all over
the country and have never seen any
thing in the least approaching any
thing of the kind. What We want here
are more japanese. Any attempts 10
bar out these immigrants viii not
solve any of our problems. We need
labor in the sugar industry and in our
other industries Labor and capital is
needed to develop the islands. we
have the capital. labor We must get
somewhere. China IS barred 10 US
Europe is open. but the bringing Of i'm
migrants from there. if il is allowed, Is
accompanied with tremendous expense
There is no other place where we can
get labor in sufficient quantities but
japan
But we must develop along other
lines than sugar. We must hold TO
sugar while We must Without the SUI
gar industry there would not be
enough boats in the whole Of the trans
port service to carry away the poor
devils who would have TO be assisted
out OF the country. But it stands al
in hand 10 work for the developing OF
something else. so that if the sugar in
dnstry should fail from any cause
there would be something to fall back
upon
ITO introduce small industries 70
take the place Of sugar we must nave
a foreign market. The local demand
is so small for agricultural products
that if a farmer brought ten carloads
of cabbages into the city he would
gIut the market. And the market IL
comparatively limited along the Pacific
Coast Fresh fruit is our best chance
The trade has developed wonderfully
along the Atlantic Coast because the
growers there have quick and sure
transportation. Here, through the re-
zrrictiou Of the shipping laws, we are
limited 10 TWO OF AAA SANN~AAAN'A--k@-
month. Now, bananas refuse 70 rlpen
according to steamer schedule, the
being that they rlpen on
the trees, and when the time comes Tor
shipping much Of them are too rotten
TO even feed TO the pigs. The shippers
find themselves face TO face with the
laws of Congress. This is one of our
grievances. Il is just to call this state
of affairs a grievance. It IS one OF
The things upon which We may justly
appeal to Congress for relief Some
thing must be done. What, we viii
leave to you.
THE development of the tourist
business here is another of the things
/ wish to touch upon. We have every
every Willingness to do all |
we can, but the tourists must have
steamship accommodations Last year |
half Of the steamships flying the Amer |
lean flag were withdrawn from this |
run. three by the suspenion of the |
Oceanic Company and one by ship |
wreck We have direct statistics 70 ]
show that many tourists have been |
prevented from coming here through |
the lack of steamships. At any OF /
the steamship offices the vessels have /
from thirty to one hundred passengers |
booked more than they can take. Time |
and time again the Pacific Mail boats /
have been able to take but ten or /
twelve passengers from here when /
from fifty TO one hundred wanted TO /
go. II is not q fair deal 10 put US /
in the position Of people who can /
take a train when steamships are not /
available. If I could take a railroad |
train from here TO San Francisco L /
would not be here talking to you about /
the difficulties Of steamship travel. But /
IN this matter we are not getting the /
square deal that the present admin |
calls for. We do not ask to /
be treated better than the rest Of the /
people Of the United States but We do /
ask to be treated as well
lone question more. that of the agri-
lands Apparently represen-
ations have been made TO Washington
o secure some amendments Of our
and laws. Some of US believe that
should assume control OF
he public lands Of the Territory and
administer them under the Federal
homestead laws Some believe that |
Washington should not. I am one OF
!
hould not. I do not have 70 mention |
he tremendous frauds that have been
under these laws. where
y INSCRIPTIONS spectators and cor
l0rations secured control Of thousands
Z acres Of the public lands which
hould have been reserved for the pub
.c. evidence that these laws were
ither loosely drawn or poorly admin
stored I believe that the present land
7w, slightly amended, is better adapt
d 70 our local conditions than any
Their that we can get. With all due
aspect to Governor Carter and TO our
and Commissioner, whom I believe
0 be as thoroughly upright and hon
81 as any official in any country Of
ne world, I think that there has been
ne fault in the handling Of our lands.
think that in constituting the land |
aw the official and the Executive have
cen too strict in observing the better
Z the law rather than the spirit of it !
Z II is administered with the object
{ getting the people on the land 1t |
iii accomplish all that re may de- :
ire. II a somewhat more liberal spiT-
IS shown in the future than there
as been in the past II viii do what |
wanted OF Il and the settlers VIII !