The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-08-09
GOLDEN RULE IN
FORCE IN HAWAII

The Oregonian, July Ex-Governor
George r. Carter, the rotund. ioyiaI
and. as must be admitted, handsome
chief executive of the Hawaiian Terri
tory. whisked in and out of Portland
Yesterday afternoon. giving the Rose
City but breezy two and half hours
of his interesting time. Governor Car
ter or. as most of his friends in Homo
lulu call him, Governor George is a
man after President Roosevelt's heart
and during his term of office has fire.
quently welded the big stick about
the heads of grafters and corruption
lists in public life. He comes from one
of the oldest families of the Territory,
is a fearless man, and many an evil
doer has found that George meant
what he said and never made any
bluffs
Before he was appointed Governor of
the Territory, Carter was the Tom
Richardson of the islands. He was the
greatest exploitation conversationalist
between San Francisco and Shanghai
He was a wealthy sugar planter and
later made pile of money as the heat
of fertilizer establishment. He ac-
cepted the Governorship from a sense
of public duty.
And here is one of the stories they
tell on Governor George The aris-
tocracy of Honolulu would once. or
twice year pitch in and give all sorts
of amateur performances for charity
usually, and on one occasion the busi-
ness men gave an advertising show. 1t
was just like the barkers at a side
show, the one that could make the
most noise and tell the funniest stories
about his particular line of goods was
the best fellow. Carter had raised sng-
ar, and he was then selling a patent
fertilizer. He got an 1S-foot cane
stalk. had it hidden under the stage
and when it was his turn to get in the
spotlight, he sprinkled some bone dust
on the stage and at once a cane stalk
about two inches high appeared, an
other spoonful of dust and the cane
was foot high, and so on, the more
the Governor talked the faster the
stalk grew until the top disappeared
in the flies. That was the hit of the
evening and then he was dubbed "Sug-
arcane George"
Governor Carter arrived in America.
May 10. and he has spent most of his
time in Washington discussing with
the various departments of the govern
ment, the needs of the islands in the
way of commerce and trade, as we'll
as to speak in behalf OF the great in
dustries of the territory. Mrs. Carter
with her charming little japanese maid
is travelling with the Governor. Dur
ing most of the stay in America, Gov
ernor Carter has been the guest of H.
A. Strong, president of the Eastman
Kodak Company, of Rochester, N. Y.
Mr.. Strong bade the party goodbye
at Tacoma.
I'VE don't like 10 find fault with
ourselves, said Governor Carter Just
before leaving for San Francisco last
night, "but the American people them
selves are responsible for all this lingo
war talk. We whites don't know how
to treat the Oriental people decently.
over in Hawaii, we observe the Golden
Rule, in our dealings with the little
brown men.
They are indsturious, thrifty. peace
loving and are in every way desirable
citizens. I regard the war talk as all
nonsense and If the people Of San
Francisco had treated the japanese
right, there would have been no oc-
casion for all this bellicose language.
We have no trouble with the japanese
in Hawaii and they constitute a very
large percentage of our whole popu-
| lation."
Governor Carter Is an athlete and a
fine tennis player He challenged Pres
ident Roosevelt for a series OF games
IN Washington and really doesn't know
whether the President was afraid to
meet him or was too busy to match
powers and skill with him.
Governor and Mrs. Carter left for
San Francisco at 7:45 o'clock last nigh
on the train with Secretary Straus OF
the Department of Commerce and La.