The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-20

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yond the experimental stage; you must
make cotton and tobacco growing es
tablished industries.
More White Men Needed.
"But how are you to accomplish this
end3 The first necessity is more white
| men here. You must increase your
| white populations; you must bring in
| the agriculturist; you must have the
cotton-grower Of the South. You viii
say that you are trying. But how are
| you tryingl You are advertising the
| advantages Of Hawaii, to be sure, but
| advertising alone won t do it.
| F'Do yon think that any man with
an established business is going to
| throw that business up and come here
| to settle. just because he reads of the
! wonderful climate, and hears that cot
| ton can be grown7 Most certainly he
| viii not; he will want some particulars
The first question that he will ask is:
Can / get land? How are you going
| to answer that question:
Divide the Land.
''lf You want to increase your white
population, set aside So much land on
every island. When that land has been
set aside, advertise it for sale. Let the
man that you want to bring here know
that land can be bought; let him know
the price and the terms. He will want
to know how much he must paw down
and what arrangements can be made
for the payment of the balance of the
purchase price.
When this has all been settled,
pitch in and help sell that land. Don t
let jealousy stand in the way. Give
the other fellow a hand at selling his
land. What you want is the settler, |
and one great, common effort will bring |
him.
More NationaIities.
" You have recently had a japanese |
strike. That strike has taught one great |
lesson-it has taught that you have too
great population of one nationality. |
a nationality that is at the present time
suffering from bad case of the swelled |
head. Don't bring any more here. If |
you need laborers, bring in other ma
tionalities
Build Good Roads.
Gentlemen, since coming here I /
have Travelled about considerably over
your roads, and | can see that YOU have
long heads. Your roadwork has been
IN the right direction. Good roads are
one OF the best assets any territory ever
Boosted. The coming of the railroad
opened up vast stretches of new coun-
try, but the motor car is opening I'D
the districts between the railroad lines.
When the motor ear first made its
appearance, it was looked upon as
for the rich, something to
amuse the man with abundant money
and too much time on his hands. In
the early days of the motor car, that
was probably correct, but
the motor ear has long since grown out
of the plaything stage.
The motor car today is necessity
of everyday life. The professional man
needs it, the merchant needs it. Men
have found that, with the motor car AT
their disposal, they can carry on their
business in the city and live in the
The trip back and forth can
be. made IN the minimum of time. So
say to you, keep up with your good
roadwork; make your highways suit
able for the use of the man with the
motor car.
Hoy can You make a good roada
Bear with me a few minutes and I will
tell you. I have had considerable ex-
perienee with road building in Cali
fornia, as president of the Automobile
Club, and [ believe that know how
a good road should be built
Macadamized roads have been the
general rule in times past, but ma
cadamlzed road is no stronger than its
weakest spot You spread the crushed
rock on the road; in one spot there is
a mud hole into which the rock sinks.
becomes ehurned up. and you have
hole IN the road. You may patch it
but the road will be bumpy.
What you must have is road that
will remain in good condition, even
should part of the foundation be
washed. I believe that we have dis
covered such a road We are max
ing it.
Reinforced Concrete Roads.
"We spread layer of concrete. four
inches thick, over the road, and that
we reinforce with steel wire
mesh. Thus we have reinforced con-
crete road, built after the plan of rein
forced concrete buildings This road
viii Withstand pressure of 900 pounds
to the square inch. On top of the con-
crete we lay a cover of oil, and over
that we put gravel and sand. The re-
suit is, road that lasts and does not
grow bumpy.
snow what is the expense of build
ng such a road you will ask. Not
cent more than the cost of building a
nacadamized road eight inches in thick
ness.
81 want to say that 7 have enjoyed
myself so much in Honolulu that I
rave not been able to tear myself away
wen to see the volcano. The FIVE days
hat ii would take to visit that wonder
spot do not feel that I can spare from
Honolulu. Good day."
Mr.. de Young was heartily applaud
ID as he took his seat.
In thanking Mr.. de Young for his