The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-10-04
sTRAUs IN LOVE
WITH HAWAII
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WASHINGTON, D. C., September 10
SECRETARY of Commerce and Labor
Straus is keeping in mind the Hawai-
ian matters that he discussed ON nj:
last summers visit to the Territory
He has had talk with the Commits
sioner of Navigation, Mr.. Chamber
lain, about the steamship service be-
tween San Francisco and Honolulu and
about ways of securing some modifica-
ton regarding the coastwise provision.
He proposes to talk on the subject fur
ther at an early date both with Mr..
Chamberlain and with the solicitor for
the department.
Just what the Secretary will deter
mine that he can do is not yet clear.
1t is too early vet to say whether
he will recommend to Congress some
amendment to the existing eoastwise
law.
The Secretary has heard from Gov.
Frear that there has been an agree
ment between the territorial officials
and lighthouse authorities regarding
the rear range light at Honolulu, which
encourages him to believe that that
matter will be satisfactorily adjusted
soon.
ENCHANTED WITH HAWAII.
All the way across the continent, on
his trip home, the Secretary reiterated
the views about Hawaiian affairs
which he expressed in Honolulu and,
since he arrived here, he has been
telling callers that his trip to the Ter
ritory was one of the most enjoyable
of all his life and that he intends go
ing out there again, when he is free
from official cares. lie was one IF
the first members OF the cabinet to
return to Washington for the autumn
and has been busy at his office every
day since he was back in town.
The Department of the Interior,
where business of the Territory eenters
largely now, has heard almost nothing
from Governor Frear since he was in
Quoted into Office. Retiring Governor
Carter's report was received at the
Interior Department today but the con-
tents will not be made public for many
weeks When Secretary of the In
terror Garfield returns and finds the
time he will 60 over the report. 1t
will eventually be put into type at
the Government Printing Office and
probably be given out to the news
papers in November or December.
Mr.. George B. Mcclellan called at
the Interior Department recently for
the purpose of urging Secretary Gar
field to ask Congress to give attention
to the improvement of Pearl Harbor.
but was told that Mr.. Garfield would
not be in town for several days.
HAWAIIAN AGRICULTURE.
The annual report of the Hawaiian
A Agricultural Experiment Station has
been made public here in printed form.
1t was transmitted by special agent /
Jared G. Smith April l last and its
publication was recommended bvt
Director A. c. True. The printing of
numerous illustrations, including grapes
growing at Honolulu, grove of seven
rear-old eeara rubber trees, abandoned
,offee at Olaa, the Samoan cacao, yege-
alton on virgin soil, 1000 feet eleva-
ion in Hawaii, pieolin carboxylic acid
rom Pohakea soil, and many orn.r
photographs, caused much of the DELAY
n bringing out the report. A paper.
untitled 'tThe Economic Seaweeds of
Hawaii and Their Food Value'' bv
Minnie Reed, II. S, science teacher.
Aamehameha Manual Training schools.
occupies nearly half the space Of the
eport. 1t sets forth in a very inter
sting manner her observations and ex-
'eriments with those seaweeds and is
Illustrated by several plates.
ERNEST G. WALKER.