The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-05-07
HAWAII DELIGHTS
CHICAGO BANKER
EDWIN LoBDELL HIS IMPRESSIONS OF VISIT TO HA-
IsLANDs-IDEAL ISLES OF REST FOR THE BUSY MAN
FINE WEATHER FOR VISITOR FINDS LINKS IN
FINE CONDITION.

and crevices of unknown depth, and
the wonder is that the professor did
not fall into one and lose his life
About II O'clock however, as the
last of the party had returned a
searching party, under the lead OF
Alec the guide, went out and, as the
professor has good lungs, they found
him and brought him back, more dead
than alive.
HAWAIIAN PRODUCTS.
The principal crop of the islands is
sugar, but coffee and pineapples are
receiving considerable attention. COT
fee, raised in the Kona district of Ha-
wall, is exceedingly fine and it might
be a profitable crop, but for the COM
petition of the cheaper Brazilian COT
fee, on which, am told, the govern
ment of Brazil pays an export bounty.
We admit coffee free of duty
Pineapples raised here are the most
delicious / have ever tasted and are
said to be the finest in the word. The
markets in Honolulu offer nearly ev-
cry variety of fruit and vegetable one
ever heard of and are most interesting
places to visit
RACE MIXTURE.
The population of the Hawaiian Is
lands-census of 19OO-is $4,000, of
which the Japanese are the most nu-
merous, with 61,000; second, native or
part native, $4,000; third Chinese, 70,
900; fourth, Portuguese, 10000; fifth,
American and American parentage, u
900; sixth, other European, 5000.
These races mix well and apparently
live together in perfect harmony. They
have married and intermarried so that
today one will find at a ball or socia
function most of these nationalities
represented, with all shades of color.
LABOR CONDITIONS.
Labor conditions here deserve the
most careful consideration by Con
gress, and unless wise laws are passeC
in the interest of the islands, their fu
ture is in grave doubt. Under the pres
ent laws no new Chinese are admitted
The plantations have always Deel
worked by Chinese and Japanese labo
and are absolutely dependent on thi
labor today.
COASTWISE LAWS.
Under our coasting laws foreign yes
? sells are not allowed to carry passen
gers or freight between two American
, ports. Consequently a passenger VIII,
might wish to come on the Japanes,
, line, for instance, is compelled to wal
|, for the next steamer flying the Ameri
can flag which would, perhaps, mean ;
delay of one to two weeks. This is ap
to cause loss and certainly much an
. noyance to the people of the Islands
, The only exception is in the case o
through traffic. We were allowed It
stop here because we held tickets t
, Japan, otherwise we would have beel
obliged to wait a week before starting
This law should be modified at once.
PARADOXICAL CONCLUSIONS.
| 1t looks very much as though tn
islands had not benefited in the leas
l from annexation to the United States
2 Money which was formerly kept a
r home is now paid in taxes and takel
1 away by the United States govern
4 ment, while our labor and shippin
;, laws, as l have before stated, are
2 serious drawback to the prosperity c
the islands. There are no evidences c
e poverty here, however and | have nc
V seen a beggar anywhere.
t There are probably as many ric
y men in Honolulu as in any city of il
t size in the world; one does not find
Il palace with hovel next door, or wei
: kept grounds on any street and thos
= adjoining utterly neglected, as is ofte
e the case in Chicago and most othC
y American cities. Every place here al
: pears well kept and looks like luXl
RANT tropical garden.
Il We are staying at The Pleasanton
y a new family hotel surrounded by SCI
/ eral acres of ground containing man
u varieties of tropical trees and shrub
1t was formerly the home of a wealth
Il merchant who died abroad two yea
i ago, and is one of We most beautif
II places in all Honolulu-and that
a saying great deal
- MOST ATTRACTIVE PLACE.
n Mosquitoes are not as numerous
20 formerly. They have a day'and a mig
G mosquito-two varieties-but the
Ie sting does not seem to be poisonou
,e Inc day mosquito is of the yello
\ fever variety.
ly Honolulu has many churches, MAJ
a schools, and the finest public scho
buildings | have seen anywhere,
lie has a fine native band, which has be,
IN trained by a German leader for thir
he years or more. 1t has one of the be
hit street railway and lighting systems