Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-10-16

rain, and 80 range of mountains
only few hundred feet high may
/ pretty effectually squeeze all the wa
! ter out of the clouds that rise from
| the sea And for the reason that
! the mountains run in every dircc-
! ton, with deep valleys between there
are astonishing differences OF elm
ate within very short distances. II
is frequently said that all one needs
to do in Hawaii to get out OF the
/ rain is to cross TO the other side or
| the street. or course this a testing
1 eNaggeratiOn. But one frequently
hears a resident of Nuuanu valley
declare in all seriousness that he
does not like the climate" at Wal
kiki-and Waikiki is three mites
away! In the Island of Kauai they
measure the rain fall ON one side or
mountain range BY the foot. Ten
miles away, on the other side, they
are happy If they get ten on twelve
inches In year. In the narrow
limits Of these little Islands. there.
fore, there IS pgactiyally every yarir-
ty Of agricultural problem that con-
ftCnis u here on the continent. The
big question, of course, is what
can be done Tor the small larm,r
II takes enormous capital to develop
and operate a sugar plantation. Up
to the present time. therefore, the
/ population Of Hawaii. outside the
few and small towns. H. made up al
most wholly of few very rich men
who own or lease great bodies OF
| land and of the laborefs who are en-
ployed on that land. There is prac-
tically no middle class-men in mo-
derate circumstances, owning and
working small farms, such as make
up the great bulk of our population
here on the main land. The efforts
of the Federal Experiment station
are therefore directed toward de.
veloping the possibilities of diversi-
he'd agriculture, TO show IL possible
that the owner of forty acres. say.
can make a living raising vegetables
| or fruit or some variety of field crop.
ht 'NIl'A mus lat HbNt bftH
highly encouraging - although /
should not advise any Kansas farm
crs to seek out ana 50 to Hawaii just
yet.
Politically there is no problem IN
Hawali-now. The native popula-
ton. most of whom bitterly oppos-
ed annexation through 4 very nat.
ural sentiment OF patriotic loyalty to
their Queen and country, have al
ready put away all feeling of resent
meat and take pride in the knowl-
edge that they are American citizens.
And nobody questions that condi-
lions in the Islands have been inn
! measurably enhanced by American
rule. Harbors have been improved,
light houses have been erected. in
ter-island freight and passenger trar-
iic has been made more frequent
and reliable, wireless telegraph has
placed all the Islands IN communl-
cation with one another. telephone
lines reach into every neighborhood.
hundreds of miles of country road
have been built, city streets have
been paved and water works. cleo
trio lights and sewer systems Install
ed, schools have been established up
on which attendance ia compulsory,
hospitals have been built and SAM
tary measures enforced, while the
people have all the civil and poll
teal rights that are enjoyed by the
citizens of any Territory upon the
Continent. Times have been good
on the Islands, also, good dividends
for investors, good profits for mer-
chants and rising wages for labor
ers. There Is not Il whisper. there
fore, against American rule, and not
4 murmur of political unrest--now.
But what of the time when the
Hawaiian born Asiatics, entitled to
all the privileges OF citizenship, shan
become numerous enough to be POI
litical factor? That Is The great big
empowering problem Of Hawaii. Is
IL IN the long run 10 be Occidental
or Oriental American or Asiatic?
l ne pOpuiutlOn nbW III lON'lu HuH-
bers is 10000. or these a beggar:y
1900 are Amerlcans--includi IN
that term English, Scotch, Germans,
and all other Teutons or Anglo-Sax-
.ons. There are 1900 japanese and
$4,000 Chinese. The rest are Ha-
wailan or part Hawaiian t35,00O
and Portuguese l27,00O) with u few
of nearly every other race under the
sun. There will never be any trou-
Die, of course, about the Hawaiian
or the Portuguese. They absorb
American sentiments readily and ut
themselves easily into American con
ditions. ] could not find anybody ~
Their who was uneasy about tho CHI
ncse. 1t was the universal testimony
that they are honest, industrious,
unobtruslve, not clannish, neaceah.e,
sober, that many of them intermnrry
with the natives and that the chill
dren of such unions are In. conduct
and sentiment, good Americans. The
th.N.FAra 20,