The sun., 1908-08-16

banking the Pacific. The next year ~. /,
traders and whaiers and missionaries o.,..t
almost simultaneously. From that tins
progress was swift. A record Of n ss-
events tells the story. The first Ensl,.h
newspaper west Of the Rocky Mountsi,.
appeared In Honolulu In 1884 Kamehamshs
III. granted bill Of rights in 1889. II q
called the Hawaiian Magma Charta. In isss
no less than 1900 natives were convertsd
to Christianity on one Sunday In July, Inn,
seventy years ago. In 1s4s the King oauseI
to be placed upon the seal and coins of ths
realm this sentiment
sTbe life Of the land 10 perpetuated IN
Righteousness.
u is the motto Of Hawan to-day.
INDUSTRIES OF THE TsnBIroRY.
Hawaii sent food supplies to Californi.
In the days Of 10. It establlshed postal
service in 1850 and banking system n
1858. In the later days Of Kameh ameha
the Greats rule the kingdom did mighty
trade in sandalwood. Now only a few
trees Of that species can be found In the
kingdom. The people deuuded the land
Of these trees and when the product VIVA
gone poverty ensued, an early and bitter
lesson In forestry. Later came the days of
sugar planting, the chief industry to-day
Of the islands, amounting TO nearly S27ooo.-
900 In 1907. Coffee raising and rice planting
became another great source Of wealth
To-day the people are going extensively Into
fruit growing, and one Of the sights Of tia
Islands Ii the presence of enormous groves
Of pineapples, said to be as fine in flavor
m anv grown elseWhere
There Ii said to be fine field for American
farmers here. The place is ideal as to
climate. The temperature almost never
goes above s5 or below 50 degrees, and
1t is said that one may sleep out Of doom
without blanket ten months In the year.
Surprisingly beautiful are all the eight
large islands Of tho group. The popula-
ton Of all the islands is about 100000. on
these the Caucasians number only about
1900. The Portuguese number nearly
10000. the Japanese number more than
1900. the Chinese about $4,000. The
Hawaiiaps, pure and mixed, humber about
10000 The rest Is a mixture Of South Sea
Islanders and negroes. The population
of Honolulu numbers about 5000, Of whom
only little more than 5000 are strictly
Americans.
Nevertheless the islands are completely
Amerioanized. This is due chiefly to the
long continued American influence here
In the early '2os the laws Of Massachusetts,
were selected as model for Hawaiian
law. An American school system was
established shortly afterward, and It q
curious to note that almost Immediately
a large part OF the sales Of public Lands
was set apart for the support Of the school
system, a plan adopted afterward in most
Of the American Commonwealths. Cos
mopolitan as Hawaii ID 1t is no more 80 than
parts Of New York Mty. and no part Of
the East Side Of the great metropolis d
more American than this American 60
QUESTION.
No one can doubt that there is tre-
mendous commercial future for Hawaii.
Politically the land is to hold the high
honor OF being the leading outpost Of
American national safety In the Pacific.
The keystone Of that position Of safety
is Pearl Harbor. An impressive sight Il
was to see this feet Of sixteen battleehips
lying OF that harbor and unable to enter
1t. A still moro impressive sight win
be in very few years the presence Of
perhaps dozens Of warships flying the
American flag inside that harbor. Even
more impressive will be the sight Of scores
OF merchantmen inside the same place en-
gagged in trade and commerce. many Of
them. let us hope. flying the American
flag. and all this made possible by the fun
awakening Of the people and the Govern
ment to the necessity Of establishing naval
base in that refuge
Here's to Pearl Harbor. the coming
foremost outpost in the Pacific Of American
peace and good viii to all other national