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round Cape Horn, and the balance has,
necessarily. been sent via San Francisco
1t viii readily be understood that under
such conditions the Hawaiian sugnr In
dustry must enjoy the advantage OF
cheap labor in order to maintain It's ex-
istepce In competition with sugnr-produc-
Ing countries that nro not buTdenod with
such heavy expenses lD connection with
cultivation. The present wage scnle np-
DroXimatcs the maximum rate that the
average company can stand. Few OF the
pluutntions could have conceded the
cent demand of the japanese for an In
crease of nearly IL per cent In their
wages At this day they receive SIS n
month. with good quarters. fuel, water
and medical attendnDce free The Amcr-
can farm hand gets little more and the
japanese coolies who arc striking for tho
Increase could not possibly earn hnlf as
much In their own country. The Chinese
on the same pny md the Portuguese on
n slightly greater sum have contr1Veu 10
save enough money TO enable them to buy
land aud ret up as indepcndent cult.va-
tors They ore now practically all out OF
the cane fields and the resultant monopoly
OF the labor supply encourages the Jnpn-
nesc 10 hope TINT they can force higher
wages from the plnpters. They are or
gonized under leaders who have studied
tho methods OF labor unions In the States
and especially those which favor violence
ns a means OF carrying their point Some
OF these leaders advocate arson and as.
susslnntioD, and their organ Ia undis-
gutsedly anarchistic In its editorial utter
aDccs.
Previous 10 tho annexation of Hawaii
It's government had co-opcrutcd with the
Planters Association OF the islands in Sc
curing foreign lnborers, who were brought
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case Of President Taft's tour.
The second Of the presidents to get In
touch with the people by means of OK
tended tfnvel was james Monroe md
bis most notable Journey was made In the
year 1917 The ostcnsiblo object OF Mon
roes tour was the inspection of the fortld-
cations on the Atlantic Coast, but the
real purpose was the removal OF hostility
TO the new government which was being
fostcred by one OF the political parties OF
the period. This latter ambition. It mny
be added, was fully realized, Monroe
left Washington on May 81, 1917. less
thnn three months after his first inaugu-
ration as president and successfully vis
lted Baltimore, Philadelphia. Trenton.
New York, Hartford md Boston. Monroe
on this Journey set the example OF travel
Ing by steamboats, tan invention OF q few
years previousl whenever possible, md
bis voyages on the Delaware and Hudson
Rivers and Long Island Sound were, in
point of the enthusiasm nrouscd, worthy
predecessors of President Taft's current
1,2o0-mlle cruise on the Mississippi River
The first stage of MonToc's Journey, ms
has been explained, ended mt Hartford
aud Boston, where the opposition To the
existing government Ind been strongest,
but where the visiting president made so
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his departure, President Tyler mnde a
tour Of the Eastern States in 1S49, Incl
dontnlly attending the dedication OF tho
Bunker Hlll Monument at Boston. Prcsl-
dent Polk, in 1917, toword the close of
the Mexican War, made a tour OF the
South and followed II by journey
through the New England and Middle
States, going as far north ms Augusta,
Maine
Andrew Johnson's trip In 1886. wns
not only n record breaker In length, but
It wns In many OF the circumstances at
tending IL the most remarkable journey
ever made by m American prcsldcnt- At
tho time President Johnson and Congress
later resulted 10 the well-nlgh successful
attempt 10 lmpcnch the Chief Executive,
and In many Of his speeches on tour John
son bitterly attacked the national leglsln-
turc, with tho result TINT there was dis
order that At times came near the verge
Of roting. The objective Of thS journey
on which President Johnson set out on
August "A, 1856. was Chicago, where he
laid the cornerstone of the monumcot to
stephen A Douglas. He went vim New
York and Cleveland o.. continued on
turned To Washington by n different route
the circuit giving risc To the phrase
swinging around the circle" which has
stuck To- this dav. He got back 10 WnShs
lneton September lS, having been fouT
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and extended over seven weeks, began
on April 20. 1901. and wus to have ended
ct Buffalo on juno H. However, Mra.
Mckinley was tnkcn seriously III In San
francisco, and after sbe recovered an
entire change OF program bad to be made
and the party returned to Washington
direct from the Golden Gate On this
trip an effort was made to arrange O
meeting at FL Pnso, Texas, between Pres
ldent Mckinley and President Dtaz, of
Me1icc-Just such q meeting as is to
form the crowning spectacular feature of
President Tnft's present tour. At that
time the project fell through. but Nc
Kinley during the Sunday he spent at
the frontier town did wnlk to the center
OF the international bridge spanning the
Rio Grhnde and stood there for sometime
surveying the people and the picturesque
scenes In Mexico. He was urged to visit
Ciudod Jnures, the quaint Mexican town
opposite Ell Paso, and where President
Taft Is to cnli upon Diaz, but Mckinley.
with his well-known conservatism, re-
fused to break the tradition that a prcsi-
dent OF the United States cannot Journey
beyond the borders of the country. In
addition to his trnnsooDtnental tour.
President McRinley's more Dotnble jour
neys included q tour OF the South In De-
cember. 1898; a trip TO the Omaha EI-
position and a journey tbroueh the North
west In 1889.
AS President Mckinley bnd surpassed
oil his predecessors as O tr1veler, so his
successor. President Roosevelt, In turn
outdid Mckinlcy's achievements Tho
Roosevelt tours nre OF such recent date
as to he yet fresh in the memories OF
newspaper readers. Suffice 1t to say
that the strenuous president. 10 search
OF sport or opportunities for speech
mGklng. visited every nook and corner
of the country and established a prece-
dent by voyoging TO Panama. Prosidept
Hooscvelts longest tour was the trans
continental one, which lasted siIty-six
days and embraced nearly as many miles
or travel as the present record breaking
Taft tour, President Roosevelt also mnde
voyage on the Mississippi which was In
scnse n counterpart Of Tnft's present 200
mile boat trip on the Father of Waters.
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favorable an impression that It inuugu-
rated what was known ns m 'ern of
good feeling" that continued for years
Indeed. In Its accomplishment In this
respect Monroe 3 tour OF the North was
quite as influential as was the late Presi-
dent McKinleys memorable tour of the
South some years ago. From Boston
Monroe went eastward b. cnsy stages TO
Portland, Nc. aud then passed through
New Hampshire. Vermont and New York
state en- route westward. He went rs
Inr West as Detroit and then returning
by way OF GAINESVILLE. o, PlttsburG and
Fredcricktown, Md, reached the capital
on September II. three and a half months
after his departure.
Andrew Jackson was tho next pres-
Dental traveller to make Journey OF
notable length aud II was he who institute
cd the custom so universally followed by
our three most recent presidents, of hay
ing the leading members of the Cabinet
accompany the chief magistrate on his
wnndcrings Jackson left Washington In
June, 1873, soon after tho beginning of
his second term. and traycrsed much the
snmo route as Monroe, up the Atlantic
scaboard. visiting Baltimore, Philadelphia
New York and Boston. lie bad intended
To continue as far north ns Maine but
MT Concord y. H. he became quite IN
and was forced TO rctrace his steps ar
rivlne In Washington on the Fourth OF
July, or just one month after the dnte OF
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weeks on the tour.
President Grant was confirmed e1.
curslonist While In oGlco and was AWAY
from Washington 30 much of the time
that the Democratic House OF Representa-
tiyes In April. 1873. poseed a resolution
which Indirectly twlttcd him with his
prolonged absences. However Grant
came back at them with message in
which he Incorporated a lengthy Detailed
list OF the number of times each previous
president had been absent from the scat
of government and demonstrating TINT his
record did not sur1cr severely by compnrl-
son. President Garfield was setting out
for tour OF New England when be was
shot on April L. 1851, and bis successor
President Arthur, mnde several visits TO
various sections of the country. Presi-
dent Cleveland mode several tours, In
Guiding a rnther important one of tho
South and West. which began September
81. 1887, and extended over several weeks
Setting ont on April II. 1891, President
Harrison devoted a month TO a tour of
the Western and Southern States.
The late President Mckinley did more
than twice as much travelling as any pre-
NtNiuU 'ihNih' uuu hpuf WHO
the duties of chief magistrate, having
made more than forty trips ont OF Wash.
ineton during the four and a hnlf years
of his incumbcncy OF the high Office To
President Mckinley belongs the credit
for having originated tho trnnscontinent-
nl presidential trip as we know 1t to-
doy-that is, the form OF prolonged coun-
try-wide tour made popular by Mckinley,
Roosevelt md Toft. Another innovation
introduced by Mckinley on his most i'm
portant tour was that OF having the per-
sonncl Of the presidential party inc.ude
all Of the members OF the cabinet and
their wives aud by means of cabinet
meetings held on the train and routine
carried out by clerical workers detailed
from the departments at Washington the
affuirs OF the nation were literally nd
mInistercd from a portable seat of gov
ernmcnt on wheels.
President McKlnlcy's memorable jour
ncy To the Pacific Coast. which as origi.
nnlly mapped out, covered 1000 miles
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n HE report thnt Turkeys new Sui
A tan. Mehemet ". has decided to try
~ and destroy the hundred thousand OF
dogs which for generations have acted
ns the sole scavcngers Of Constantinopic
recalls the fact thot Mohemet H., Just
about one hundred years ngo. actually
did transport out or the city the auces'
tors OF tho present hcrdes OF dogs In
habiting the capital Of the sultans.
Moreover. while this attempt TO rid
Constantinoplc OF Its most picturesque
fenture may appear at frst glance as
modern aud up-to.dste ,dcn. 1t ia apt TO
produce terrible disaster In the way of
epidemic plague In the grcnt city OF the
Turks, For these dogs have for centuries
taken the place of the garbage man and
cart and OF tho disposal plants for the
vust debris and refuse which accumulatcs
every twenty-four hours In any city OF
over n million In population.
Moreover, In Constantinoplc, where oil
orfal and refuse ls carelessly thrown In
front OF cnch house ana in n hot climate
where putrcfNoton is almost instnutane-
Gus, the absence OF the 10000 dog scav-
cogcrs could within weeks time cause
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for oil the travelling he may wish to do
while occupying the highest office 10 the
Gift OF the nation. The man who set the
fashion 10 this respect wns none other
than George Washington. the frst prcsi-
dent OF the Republic, He was even more
prompt than Taft 10 setting out upon
Swing nrOund the circle, for It was
very shortly after the close OF the first
session OF the First Congress that Presl.
dent Washington set out upon n tour of
New England and the Middle States
Always fond OF travel Washington was
impcllcd TO make this journey by several
different considerations. chief among
which were his need for a brief rest and
vacation and q desire TO arouse sentiment
In fnyoe OF the new government by show
Ing a sincere desire to ascertain and meet
the needs OF tho people
Washington, who wns Mt this tlmc 81
years or age, or flVc years older thnn Is
President Taft Mt the present time, set
out from New York city, which was then
the capital Of the nation, on October ID.
lIS0. and rode 10y easy stnGes In his own
carriage. He tf0VcrScd Connecticut. but
did not enter Rhode Island. which had
not yet come Into the Union He spent n
week In Boston and then went on To New
Hampshire, whence he returned to New
York 10y n different route. arriving on
November 10, Just four weeks after the
date OF his departure, WoSbinSt toms
progress was continuous ovation and
the governors OF the various states
through which he passed met the presi-
dent and each In turn extended the vel
come OF his commonwcalth-a precedent
which has endured to the present period
and is being conspicnously followed In the
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Even though these efforts to free tho
sugar industry from Its dependence upon
the sons OF Nippon should be eventually
successful. many years must elnpse before
the change can be completely. carried out.
The task OF securing 10000 lneorers is
a tremendous one when the selection ls
restricted 20 n comparatively small aren
Mt grent distance and the cost OF I'm
porting them to Hawaii Will be not lees
than S10.oOO.0O0.
10 the meanwhile 1t would seem that
the future prosperity OF the Islands con
bo best assured by the development OF
the many other resources at the command
of the Hawailans- Their almost exclusive
dependence upon sugar places. them In
the somewhat precarious position of dad
ing their sole support in n protective
tariff II that prop should be removed,
as II conceivably may at no very distant
day. Hawaiis business and commerce
would fall to pieces like a house built on
sand. for her sugar industry could never
survive free and open competition. Tho
situation has caused serious concern to
those who are interested 10 tho welfare
OF the territory md nave an understand
Ing OF the conditions.
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ern Europe where he Is now directing
the recruiting agencies which have been
established there. In his opinion. the only
solution to the labor difficulty lies In get
ting rid of tho unruly Jap, and he be-
lIcvcs that no price will he too great TO
pny for the ottniument of that object. He
declares that the designs of the japanese
contemplate the ultimate possession OF
the plantations and that they will con-
tlnuc aggressive md troublesome os long
az they remain. There Is no doubt about
the Jap being a good worker, and II
fresh supply could be had every two or
three years TO take the places Of those
preceding them things might run smooth
ly on the plantations But the trouble Ia
that as soon as the japanese begin TO feel
Mt home and learn something Of American
why's they want 10 become bosses and
run things TO suit themselves"
Mr.. Campbell is by no means alone 10
these views. They are quite generally
entertained In the Islands,
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half Of the land under cultivation can
be harvested ench year
Sugar cane Is cultivated in Hawaii uu-
der conditions quite dissimiar from those
that prevail In other sugGr-growine re-
GIons of the world Each OF the Islands la
divided Into two distinct climatic zones
separated by the mountains, which occu-
nv the center OF every member OF the
group On the eastern, or "windward"
side the effect of the trade winds is
felt mud the rainfall Is copious The lee
wnrd'' side Is arid. but the more fertile.
Tho western lands yield the largest
crops hut they can only bo secured by
irrigation. Perhaps tho net profits are
about equnl from the cultivation OF cane
on the rainy side and the arid. The
plautcrs, however, appear to give the
preference TO the hitter and the principal
sugar companies are TO be found In the
irrigated districts. Tho total nrco under
cnne is o13OOO ncres, Of which about one
balf Is irrigated.
The process Of irrigation In Hawaii Is,
necessarily, exceptionally expensive Inc
islands are eutiroly OF volcanic formation
md their surfaces formed OF successive
Inycra OF lava flow, AS n natural coDSc-
otIcucc, the ground IS greatly broken and
extremely porous There are few surface
streams mucn OF tue ""'c' oi"e'"e 49,
the earth and following subterraneon
channels. Tunnels. dltches. pumps. res
crvolrs. pipes, etc. are necessary parts
Of the equipment OF plantations on tho
lceward side. and represent an outlay OF
SIS ooo, 900. or at the rate of $40 per
i mere under cultivation. Some of the
pumping plants nrc very extensive. Those
on tho Eva estate cost S1,150O0. They
have lift OF 100 feet and daily en-
pacity OF 100000 gallons
water over rayincs nud Gulchcs- Whilst
some plantations hnve extensive rail-
roods. such as the Ewo. with ~ miles
az track, others On more broken ground
| md IL most economical and expeditions
| 70 shoot the coOc from the neld TO the
mill In fumes 1lled with water. The
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n HE northern portion OF Indiana es'
III pecially Stcubcn county. is net
~ work of lakes Though they are OF
local fame only, yet IL Is ono Of the odd
est physical dispensatlons OF nature In
the entire country. There are more than
1000 hikes huddlcd together in Stcuben,
DeKnib. Lagrange. Noble and Kosciusko
counties. despite the fact that In looking
over the map a person would not think
there is a lake In Indiana The lakes are
entirely separate from tho river system.
There are 312 lakes in Noble county alono.
and with tho exception OF Sylvan Lake
none OF them cover m area OF $50 acres.
These hikes arO the home of the small
mouth black bass. The largest Ash OF
this kind was caught at Rome City. Ind.
some tlme ago. II weighing almost ten
pounds
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from various parts OF the world under
contracts and at great expense. some OF
the Portuguese shipments costing as
much ns 800 head After the Territory
became Incorporated In the United States
and anenable TO It's contract labor laws,
II seemed to be impossible to continue
this movement. md II ccnsed Lately
however the Territorial authorities reach
cd the conclusion that, whilst they might
not employ my special fund for the put
pose OF promoting Immigration. they
could. without coming Into conflict with
the federal statutes. devote the proceeds
of general taxation to that object. 10 nc
cordnuce with this idea. On income tax
bns been imposed upon the people OF Ha-
wall and tho revenue derived from II 10
to be applied to the stimulation of cmi'
grafton from Southern Europe TO the Ha-
waiinn Islands
Mr.. A. j Campbell. the treasurer of the
Territorial Government, recently passed
through New York on his way TO South
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% He cultivation and manufacture oil
n sugar form practically the sole lu-
"a dustry OF the Hawaiian lslnhds'
Ssfz Upwards OF 10000 men arc directly
employed in It and almost every
one is moro or less Interested In H.
rise or fall In the price of sugar anects
the cutirc community. Ninety per cent
OF tho exports. which last year repre-.
scntcd value OF S42.0oo,Ooo. consists OF
raw or refined sugar Thus the territory
is in the unfortunate situation oil oeius
dependent upon single source Oh pros
perity. Any serious setback to the IN
dustry wonld sink Hawaii In similar
depression to that In which Jamaica hos
lain for a number OF years.
Tho decade which has elapsed slnec
the annexation Of Hawoii aud the pro'ee
tion OF Its chief product has witneseeu
a grent expansion OF the Industry Inc
output OF Inst year. which was up"hroS
OF 800, Oo0 tons. almost doubled the pro
duXiop of 1859 The business Is In the
hands OF 6J corporations. whose to'a,
capital amounts to $15O.oO0,OOO. Some OIL
these concerns have returned ns much hs
eJ per cent. yeorly dividends, Whilst otn
ers have not paid expenses. The most
profitable plantations nre those with @ hln
pie cnpital and complete equipment. BUY
log aud selling sugar stocks constitute
the favoritc form OF speculation oil 'ne
Slnuders
The grcnt increase 10 production nas
beon secured mainly by the adoption oi
improved methods OF cultivation and mau-
ufncture Twenty yenrs ago the avcr"so
Yield OF sugIr wns no more toeh ~
pounds per hundred pounds OF capo anu
the average yield OF cane was . tons
per acre. At tho present timc 'he ave- !
age yield of marketable sugar IA iuIly
pounds per 100 pounds of cane ana .ns
average yield Of cane per acre Is aoou'
4o tons. These figures nre apt TO oc n,s,
leading unless IL is understood that the
Hawaiian crop requires from ~ 10 =
months 10 MATURE 20 that less than one
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with tho historic and decidedly effective
garbage collection system maintained by
tho 10000 hungry dogs that roam the
streets of tho capital OF the Turkish En-
pirc by day and night.
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@N RESIDENT TAFT'S great trans,
~ continental tour ia of especial In
m tcrest as the latcat excursion OF our
W mcst-trnreled President. When Taft
entered the White House he was
most cmphntlcally the champion globe
trotter among the nations two dozen
chief magistrates, From his boyhood days
q Grcnt traveller. William III Tnft hns
steadily developed nomadic tendency. TO
which he has been enabled to give free
rein since he entered national official life
Indeed, In the 10 years Intervening be.
tween his appointment ns Philippine com.
missioner and bis Inauguration as prcsi
dent he Travelled more than 900, 600 miles,
Incidentally encircline the globe several
times
Now, though be Is burdened with the
cares of state, President Taft hns no In.
tontion to allow his official Responsible
ties TO Interfere with his pcncbant for
roaming up md down the earth. Indeed
be is practically certain. II he kceps hie
health Ia distance nil rivals ms presl.
dental traveller, although In this respect
he had formidable competitors In President
Mckinley md President Roosevelt both OF
whom Travelled extensively However
Taft is the first president to set ont on
a j0unt TINT Will carry him entirely
across tho contireut In less than seven
months after assuming the presidency
Furthermore, this Is mile tour, that
viii carry him from the Eastern to the
Western scaboar0, and from the northern
border of the country to Old Mexico, Is
likely 10 rank az the longest In point Of
time consumed and number of miles trI-
ycrscd Of any presidential Junket Final
ly. President Toft has let 1t be known
thnt this is TO be only n beginning He
has virtually promised to visit ALASKA
next year, md while he may not be able
to carry out his ambition to visit the
Isthmus of Panama every year during
bis administration rs president there "a
no doubt that he Will manage Ia sail
down and inspect the big waterway In
the making several times during his
tenancy OF the White House
President Taft has plenty OF precedent