The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-02
mills. which last year had an output

WhlCh SOLD Tor an average OF SSO.OO
per ton. and Hawaii u.s. today, the most
advanced sugar.producinG country in
the world
Most of the plantations have com.
plctc systems of railway tracks which
connect tn" mills with thc fields and
landings. Whore water is plentiful as
on the windward side Of Hawaii, the
cane Ia humed to the mill. When the
mountain slope is abrupt. gravity
roads and overhead trolley cables are
used
Rice comes next TO sugar in the
area of production and value. It is
grown in the valleys and on the fiat
lands near the sea. and Is an industry
almost entirely in the hands OF the
| Cinnamon
Coffee grows well in sheltered parts
Of the group, yielding a berry equal to
the best Java or Mocha and some tea
OF good quality Is also raised. Rub
Der producing is growing to be an i'm.
portant industry. as is also the pro
| duCtion OF tobacco. The CoCoanut is
OF some Importance TO commerce, and
/ while hemp and ramic have not
/ been produced very extensively, 1t Is
/ thought that in time they will also. add
/ to the value of the islands output
Next to sugar and rice in import.
/ ance. however, are the fruits of the
| islands which include many that II
| would be useless for me TO name, but
| those Of the greatest commercial
| value are pneapplcs and bananas.
There are miles and miles of piucap-
pie ranches and banana plantations In
the islands. and want TO say In pass
ing that I never knew how luscious n
pineapple Is until pluckcd one from
the patch. II was so sweet, juicy and
delicious that didn't wonder that the
canning factories ran day and night
And cocoanuts you'll never know how
good one Is until you knock it from
the tree yourself
Bananas. which have for long time
been more or less "tabu" with me
because. when a hoy | had been sur
felted with them one day in my
brothers store when he was away,
tasted much better to me when taken
from the stalk In tn" laps planta-
ton. than they ever had tasted be-
fore. There are several varieties Of
them. so prrishablc that they
will not stand shipping and are
therefore, consumed in the islands.
These are the most delicious. of
course. There is another variety,
which looks very much like our river
bottom paw.paw This kind the island
ors bake like a potato and It is very
palatable. The thing that worried me
was that the bananas were growing
upside down-that is to say. just the
reverse from the way they hang in the
grocery store. and when ] show to my
friends a photograph have Of a grow
ing bunch. they invariably turn the
picture upside down.
Hawaiian Women
now come to a subject that will
interest the voters OF the district
namely, the women of Hawaii whose
EraCcs and charms are equal to. and
In some respects greater than thos"
Of the women OF other natiunalities.
Most Of them are large and In many
instances quite Hcshy, which Is said
10 be due TO the nutritious value of
poi The dress of the modern Ha-
waian woman is that of the European
and American woman, but the dress
Of her older sister, which il IN" ma
tiunal feminine costume. is a sort of
mothcr.hubbard. usually made OF white
goods 1t is a hoary joke on the
islands. enjoyed by the natives AS well
as by visitors. that the first women
missionaries who landed at the islands
were so shocked upon seeing the ma.
tive women clad only in little grass
skirts, reaching from the waist to the
knees. that they threw their night
robes overheard to them. and those
were donned by the native women
thus forming the national costume
which has been handed down to the
present day.
A large number of Hawaiian women
attended the reception given to IN"
Congressional party by Governor Frear
Of the islands. for natives and whites
fraternize in society there At this /
reception the EX.Qucen, Liliuokalani. |
was a noted guest, and 1t was inter.
esting to see the Hawaiian women |
dressed in the costume described pay. |
ing their obeisance to her and bowling |
themselves backwards out Of her pres.
encc. for you must know that in the |
oldcn times It was tabu to turn ones |
back upon the sovereign. The charm |
OF these costumes was increased by |
the addition of lei of yellow feathers |
on the nocks of those who were dc |
scendants of chiefs and the lcis in i'm |
itation of the same, which were worn |
by women OF the different Hawaiian |
patriotic societies. The lei proper is |
a wreath or garland of flowers and n |
pretty custom which is INDUCED in in |
the islands and in no other part of the |
world that | have ever heard of is |