Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-10-29

there was no attempt made, as far
us we could see, TO conceal the ac-
tual truth about anything. Hence 4
feel entirely safe in challenging any
man to contradict, II he can, the
statements am about to make.
Well, what did we expect to find?
( Certainly an uncomfortably hot tro-
] pical climate. with the land Guilt
waited only along the edges of the
I several islands and with the major
ity of the natives. IL not semi-bar.
barians. at least in low state OF
civilization. and believe this to cor
respond with the conception of most
of our people. even of the educated
! classes but how far from the mark!
! None of us will hesitate to describe
the climate as really delightful. In
| summer the temperature is between
' so and 90, and in winter between
/ 20 and so degrees, and a st. Louis
an, more. perhaps, than any other, at
once notices not only the agreeable
absence of that humidity which
J UDdhts uhN HlbH temperature ~ VI
/ pressive, but also cool and almost
constantly blowing breeze. As a
consequence you can walk In the
sun without any great discomfort,
and the northeastern breeze. or
trade winds" as they are popular
ly called. tend to materially increase
your well being. Not a single night
during our stay was warm enough
to dispense with the blanket, and
we are told this is true even in July
and August. Rains. lasting always
but few minutes, are very properly
called Liquid sunshine
At every turn we were met with
surprises, and every day was an edu-
cation and a revelation to us. We
found the soil on all the four prin'
cipal Islands oahu, Kauai, Maui
and HawaiD in a high state of cul-
tivation. There are still large areas
of course. resembling the great Ame-
rican Desert. especially on the lee
ward sides of the islands, where II
rarely ever rains and where produc.
tion is possible only by means of irri-
Cation, but the extent to which the
soil has been cultivated is astound-
ing. The roads are better through.
out than those even in our Eastern
amounts OF money have been ex-
pended upon them.
) Cane Sugar the Main Staple.
: The main staple is cane sugar
: which up to a few years ago con.
) stituted 9S per cent of the exports
Today 1t is still 90 per cent, the
balance being made up of pineap.
= pies, rice, coffee, bananas, tobacco
etc. The total exports amount tc
si2,OO0,OO0. and imports more thar
three-fourths of which come from
: the United States, is not quite $50,
5 100000, so that the territory ha,
: an annual trade balance of $4,000,
4 000,or s2.0O0,00O more than the to
= tai value of the imports In its ia
I vor. mo wonder" your humble ser
$ wants remarked at one Of the man.
feasts in commenting on this re
t markable fact, 1--WE see none bu
smiling faces here"
e The people do seem to be happy
r planters, and, on the other hand
Q the very poor Kanakas, namely
r those of them who do not like t,
e work, but the disposition of the ma
I tives generally is to be contente,
e and jolly and to take life as easy q
4 possible. They are a decided must
2 cal people and after eleven years o
: American rule, their music still pre-
e dominates to such an extent as 4
e make all foreign airs appear like
/ rivulet in an ocean of sound.
: You can not help but like the Ka
n naka because of his amiable dispo
g sition and his melancholy, OF whicl
/ his songs are so eloquently expires
Il sive, and sometimes you are tempt
= ed to ask whether our civilization
i has really been the blessing to hin
2, which, with our air Of superiority
: we imagine. Unquestionably he wa
happier before the white man cam
to him. but what of It? Our civil
cation Is bound to dominate wher
ever its banner is planted, and whe
Their 1t Is boon or a curse to othe
h races, we force them to submit, an
n that settles It.
J. Native Hawaiian Doomed.
, The native Hawaiian, as such,
: | doomed Nv constant intprmarrin pe