The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-20
GOVERNOR AS
A BOOMER
Some OF the Good Things He
Said of Hawaii in
Chicago.

STATES.
that 1t IS self-governing in degree
equal to Arizona and New Mexico, that
1t has land open for homesteading and
that 1t offers some of the choicest agri.
cultural opportunities Of any spot in
the word has been slow in reaching
the eentra! and eastern states.
Land in Hawaii has been mostly nm
der long-term leases which are now ex.
piring and the big plantations are be-
ing broken up. AS a result, both the
territorial and federal governments are
making efforts to settle the islands with
capable, thrifty Americans. Every one
connected with the work is careful,
however, to warn newcomers that they
must have money-more, even, than is
required on a farm in the older states.
The islands are evidently poor place
for the man entirely without means.
The reasons for this were explained by
Governor Walter F. Frear of Hawaii,
who passed through Chicago recently
on his way to Washington, where he
hopes to gain some needed legislation.
Governor Frear said:
Life in NAVAL possesses charm
that can be felt but not described. Few
go there without soon feeling a long.
ing to remain or leave there without a
longing to return. The climate is per-
fect-neither hot nor Geld, and yet with
an appreciate difference between sum.
mer and winter, with any desired tenn
perature from s. degrees to freezing
point obtainable at any time within
short distances between shore and lofty
mountain top. The bright, azure skies
by day and brilliant starlight or moon
light nights; the opalescent, transparent
waters of the ocean,; likened by one to
wrecked rainbow; the richly variegat-
ed coloring of mountain and valley, clad
in tropical verdure, combine to make
life ideal.
Has Hold on Twain.
"The effect can not be better ex-
pressed than in the following words of
Mark Twain, spoken twenty years aft.
er his residence there and while Ha.
wall was still a foreign land:
% No alien land in all the world
has any deep, strong charm for me but
that one; no other land could so long
ingly and beseechingly haunt me, Sleep
ing and waking, through half life
time, as that has done. Other things
leave me, but it abides; other things
change, but it remains the same. For
me its baImy airs are always blowing,
it's summer seas are flashing in the
sun, the pulsing of it's surf-beat is in
my ear, can see it's garlanded craigs,
its leapino cascades, its .plumy palms
..drowsi2g by the shore, its remote sum.
Y mSfs floating like islands above the
cloud-raek. / can~feel the spirit of It's
woodland solitudes, / can hear the
splash of it's brooks, in my nostrlls stlll
lives the breath of flowers that perish
ed twenty years ago.
cHawaii must not be thought of as
country of primitive people, con
tinued Governor Frear, ''or as for
eign country, or as mere possession
of the United States, or as an isolated
country 1t is now a full-fedged ter
ritorv of the United States, with 6
government more highly organized thar
that of any other territory thus far
1t is only six DAYS by steamer from
San Francisco, with which it is con
nected by both cables and wireless
The islands are connected with eacf
other by wireless, and each island ha:
a good telephone service. Good roads
usually macadamized, encircle the prln
cipal islands and there are half dozeI
railroads. Fifteen steamers ply be
tween the different islands. There Il
an excellent judicial system with Amer
lean Judges and public school system
now eighty years old. There are abou
thirty daily weekly and monthly pub
LEGATIONS. Press cable dispatches CIV
ing the world s news are published II
i
Civilization Quite Old.
s.The civilization is older than tina
of the Pacific Coast. a strong American
colony from New England having beer
planted there long before California
was ACQUIRED by the United States. Tn
leading policy of the territorial gov
ernment. which is encouraged by tn
Federal government, is the settlemen
of the public lands of the tarritor,
with proprietors of holdings of slz
sufficient to support family. A goo
beginning has already been made. TIL
desire is to people the islands wit
people who are, or who Will become
= American citizens, and to such alon
will the lands be allotted.
'sThe public lands of the territor
are in many respects more like thos
which have been reclaimed on the man
land than like those that have usual
been opened for settlement on the COZ
tinent. They yield heavily and con
mand high prices.
s.The conditions of farming diffe
from those on the mainland. In ger
eral. crops are of subtropical natur
and must be such as can be transplan
ed, without deterioration, long dl;
tances In addition they require
longer period for growth, in general
wear and half or more, burt the yiel
is more than proportionately create
Science has long been applied in a
unusual degree to agricultural Indu'
tries there. more particularly to tn
sugar industry, which Is conducted 0
a large scale. More recent attentlo
has been directed to the application
science to industries more suitable Il
small holdings and now the productlo
of pineapples, most of which al
canned. rubber. tobacco, sisal, cotto1
coffee and other crops is well und'
way.
"sThere are several ways of acqui
ing land. The following is perhaps IL
best adapted to the needs and purpose