The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-05-31


I may he fairly inscribed NJ one who
has suffered sufficiently on your islands
TO love them aud sympathike with them
PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN.
The children Of all nationalities in
the public schools OF Honolulu CORE.
spond with other school children the
world over-childrcn they have never
seen, probably never will see, but II
helps the children here In composition.
and spreads abroad the fame of these
islands and a knowledge Of their prod.
ucts. The little children tell their
correspondents how pineapples are
grown. When the Congressman return
home the ladies of the party will tell
their friends that the flavor of the
pineapples canned in Hawaii is the
most perfect ever tasted. Some of the
Congressman will advise certain fami-
lies to take up homesteads on these
islands and plant pines. Mr.. James
Castle, understand, will aid intending
settlers to locate in colonies and when
they plant pines he will put up can
neries and purchase their output.
have seen some of our Congressman
dig hour after hour for the simplest
facts, this perhaps among others. Now
what an example the children of the
Hawaiian public schools set us. They
tell all they know of these islands to
the whole world and ask for outside
information in return. They have
started an embryo Hawaiian Friendship
Society. What will We children of .
larger growth do about iti
Sar;oualu cpaaGiuu I bora yarsnpa I
need of the aid of Hawaiian Friend
ly Society. 1t is my privilege, too,
to place before the American public the
truth concerning these islands. My
motive may be selfish ,in wishing such
a society organized I'd tighten my eff
forts, but it is selfshness 1 know is
shared in by each member of the Con-
gressional party. i have promised as
/ gather new facts to place them be-
fore certain members of Congress and
they in turn will keep me informed as
to the hopes that may arise in Wash
ington. A littley friendly society in a
nutshell as it were. One and all of
us wish to teach our fellow citizens on
these islands that they can lean upon
us on the mainland. How can we help
you, how can you help us, and how can
you help yourselvesi
/ believe that constant individual
correspondence between those who sub
scribe themselves friends of Hawal
will bring about the means, and in such
belief l shall send to your Promotion
Committee as the name of one who
wishes to hear from any Hawaiian who
can give information, that of sincere
well-wisher.
ALEXANDER HUME FORD.
p. 81 spoke of the Hawaiian coffee
planter freeing himself from at least
one Of the middlemen, which would
thereby give him fifteen cents a pound
for his product instead of eleven as at
present. A South American plantation
sends its output to New York agents
direct, they parch and grind daily, send
to the hotels and customers in original
sacks, and reap rich profit for them
selves and for the planters. Such a
movement organized in behalf of Kona
coffee would have the influence of the
best men in Congress, and their wives,
behind it, powerful partisans who will
work as well as talk 1t therefore
behooves ljrothers Louisson and Bruner
w SSe thcii AciioW pldhtcio toSctucI
and a representative in New York and
American coffee for the
army and navy should be their watch
word in Washington, and there are able
statesmen who will cry with them.
And in New York, American coffee, the |
best in the world, for Americans, the |
best people in the world, who are just |
to learn the difference be-
tween real coffee and it's injurious sub
stitutes masquerading under the name
Of the real article. America will |
gladly help the Hawaiian coffee planter
the moment he shows a disposition to
help himself. Let him continue his
cry for protective tariff, but he is
more apt to get it if he makes his cof-
fee known to the American public be-
fore Congress gets to the consideration
If his case. New York city alone could
easily consume all the coffee at present
raised on these islands; give her the
invitation to do so. Other cities take
their fashions from the great metropo
is. Earnest work will bring success,
md perhaps a few thousand Americans
'currying to these islands to plant more
,offee, once there is real money in such
| patriotic undertaking. At least it is
worth trying.