The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-03-12
SARGENT'S ADVICE
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"Adverting to our conversation OF
recent date which took place at Ellis
Island, concerning the different races
of people who might possibly be di.
rected to the Islands as settlers, have
to state that in my opinion the Spani-
ard, Northern Italian, and Italians
from Messina would make the best set
tiers for your climate. Spaniards dc
not, as a rule, come in very large num-
bers to this country, and when they dc
it is rarely the case that they are ac-
companied by their families. The
Basques from the mountainous regions
of Spain predominant, and these al
most invariably proceed to the big
sheep ranches of our western states
as sheep herders and like occupations
"The Northern and other agricultur-
ally inclined Italians are more numer-
Gus, and / believe that with proper
representations of the advantages and
proper assurances as to the possibili-
ties, many such families now located
in various parts of the States could
be directed to the Islands.
Another class of immigrant that is
very thrifty is the Russian-German
These travel, as a rule, in large fami-
lies. have known as many as ten
children to accompany the parents in
one groul. They are farmers and
stock raisers and make a success of al
agricultural pursuits whenever they
locate. The difficulty in handling them
is that they invariably wish to go tt
some section where others of their OWL
race are already located and no mat
ter what inducement may be offered
they prefer to go to the relative OIL
friend. To establish a colony of these
people, it would therefore be necessary
to first do some missionary work IN
one of their many colonies in the
States, and once you had convinced
two or three families of the advantage
to be derived from migrating to the
Islands others would follow suit rap
idly, as this desire to be with theil
friends would attract them to the Isl
ands as it now attracts them to GER
tain locations in the States.
81 do not think that the races from
Northern Europe, such as Scandina.
vians, Danes, Poles, and others, would
be so beneficial to you as those that
have mentioned.
'Mr. Powderly, the Chief of this Di
vision, is at the present time in com
municatfon with one or more home
steader companies in the Territory o.
Hawaii, and l believe that should the
inducement be great enough, it will b.
possible to direct quite a number o
aliens to the Territory, provided al
ways suitable arrangements can b.
made for their transportation.
Respectfully,
&C. L. GREEN,
Inspector in Charge"
Those present at the meeting wer,
President James F. Morgan, T. Civ,
Davies, L. Tenney Peck, w. M. Giffard
F. J. .Lowrey, 3. I. Spalding, E. D. Ten
ney, A. n. T. Bottomley and secretar!
H. P. wood.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES:
men in the throng took it upon them
selves to aid in fighting back thu
crowd while the others helped the fire
men and the police. Among these latte
was Walter Upton, who reached thu
building shortly after the front doc
had caved in and disclosed to the hor
ror-stricken crowd the scenes that hat
been enacted here. Just in front o
Upton's eyes was his own ten-year-olC
daughter, helpless in the crowd, badl!
burned and trampled upon, but still
alive. The fire was close upon her ant
if she could not be saved at once sh,
could not be saved at all
Upton sprang to help her, and witt
all his strength sought to tear her from
the weight that was pressing her dow
and from the flames, which were creep
ing close. Although he worked with
desperation of despair, his strength
| was unequal to the task. He Tough
on until his, clothing was partly burne
from him and the skin of his face an
hands were scorched black. Other me
attempted to induce him to move, bu
he refused until he saw that his cir
was dead and that he could not saw
her life by sacrificing his own. H
then withdrew from the schoolhusG
and, although so seriously injured tina
he may die, fingered about the plac
for several hours, refusing to go to