The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-07-22
THREE WEEKS SPENT IN IS
LANDS.

The three weeks sojourn in the is
lands was arranged in furtherance of
this long standing program to keep as
many members of Congress as possible
acquainted with what Hawaii is do
ing. A paragraph in the army appro-
priation law last winter made it pos
sible to utilize a government transport
for carrying the party from San Fran
cisco to Honolulu and return The
The railroad fares of all were paid
from their respective homes to the Cal
ifornia city and back again. Their ex-
| penses We're paid from the same ter
ritorial fund while they tarried in Ha-
wall. Practically all the official popu-
lation and all the leading citizens We're
| constituted a committee of arrange
ments to give the visitors a good time.
They arrived in Honolulu on the
transport Buford May and left for
the mainland on the transport Sher-
man May 80. The interval was spent
in "enlightening sightseeing There
| was no particular mention of the con-
gressional projects in which the Terri
tory is interested. The Hawaiians are
too experienced in hospitality to COM
NIT that error. But no occasion was
lost for informing the Congressman
about conditions.
The labor problem was thoroughly
explained. The status of the Japanese,
Chinese. Portuguese and other foreign
populations was made clear. The great
sugar plantations were visited. as were
the pineapple and coffee plantations.
A point was made to show what had
been done in introducing small farm
ing.
HAWAIIAN FEDERAL PROJECTS. |
The Congressman were likewise |
made familiar with the local situation |
regarding new public building, for |
which the government has purchased /
site. The harbor of Honolulu and |
Hilo for which Congress in the last
two years has appropriated 81 200 900
We're inspected. The invitations had
been issued chiefly to members of the
territorial appropriations. public build
ings, and other committees of the
House and Senate that have to deal
With Hawaiian affairs. While many
were unable to accept, those who did
were likely to be interested in these
Hawaiian federal projects and federal
questions.
There was one splendid round of
visiting and entertaining from the .
morning the Congressman landed TIL :
hey departed. A band struck up stir
ing tunes and pretty girls placed leis :
a native wreath) on every member of :
he party. Seventeen big guns doomed
| salute in their honor. The visitors :
we're expected to rest the first day. but :,
hey did not care to rest and spent the
tours in surf bathing at Waikiki :
'each. a popular resort near HonoIu-
u, and in an Informal dance on the y
anais (pOrches) of the Hawaiian =
Hotel, stepping TO the music of a ma =
i've glee club. =
AMONG THE ISLANDS. Nv
After brief stay in Honolulu the
arty was taken aboard an inter-fsland Ia
teamer to Kauai, known as the gar s
en- isle. One day was spent there r
midst magnificent scenery. viewing Vi
ne mysterious barking sands. driving OF
yer big sugar plantations. eating an G.
aborate luau (dinner) of native Ha- Is
allan dishes and attending a recep- d
on in the town hall at Lihue. n
Having returned to Honolulu to re- Fl
ain over Sunday the party again L
ent aboard an inter-isIand steamer VI
r a ten days visit to the islands Of OF
aui and Hawaii. They were under 10
g escort of Acting Governor Atkin- ne
n and a distinguished committee on w
and were greeted by So
b-committees on arrangements in -.
cry important town they visited ~
All the automobiles on the island Of
lui We're pressed into the service for
e convenience of the visitors, who
" the schools the Puunene mill.
lich is the largest sugar manufac-
" in the world,s and every other
jet of interest. They were couduc-
into the lao Valley known as the
semitic Of the Hawaiian group, and Be
Halea.kala. the largest extinct era
in the world. Before embarking
the island OF Hawaii many of the
velers tried their hands at shark ~ ~,
hing in the harbor of Kahului. STR