The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-01-13

The Sugar Crue ia Vsrr Ia.
T-"Ftant iaasssFY -.lshsr T>rS-~aaxs.
Language Rather M4srsi-tsasa.
oas ffss---''uE orv@i >Asai saa
Commercial In tho raeins.
Honolulu. Hawagiah Islands
/ lamar Z isaa
Correspondence ot Tae CAsxzsg.n.
Enterprise,
oSia' TO the Christmas halsiAys
an the long jump uesvssary 20 each
these islands. failed TO rcaeA rsa
In time for your IRE; iaeuc ln Iaau.
AIRY. To make matters warse. A~x
bin quite unweli fer few aavs hat
am now feelin' better
The Hawaiian lslants natab~r
eight. not TO speak os several sa.An
patches In the naburhood that air
hardly worth couutlh Hawai-. the
larges, In the bunch. bes AH arsa or
4.2oo miles and population ov
about o.90O. Hilo. The svyora tawa
In size. la located on tAls lalaAd aud
hex population ov ahou, 600
Honolulu. the Capital city. Is nlaagea
on the island ov ohAhu. Witch he's
a population ov abou, $4,000 Tho
city oy Honolulu hex about go coo
people.
These islands air So Ear from tEc
4
any other islands that they appear
TO be mere sperk upon tle vast
ocean. Yet they hey great noun
taIns upon them. one be!ng 1000
feet high. Most or these mountains
are. or hey bin yolcAnus moun-
tain called the Punch tpRl.@ aEd
located in the suburbs ov HlHojaia.
wuz once an active volcano. bat hit
liz not active nov Worse stlu. a
: leper colony IL located on one os the
islands an awl persons v ho become
: afflicted air carried there To fud
f, livin' tomb az long az they last.
which iz not for long
The Hawaiian islands were dlscov-
cred by Capt. Cook In l7Is The
natives did not wear much In tha
way oy clnihin' Ia them Ga1a. La
they were not ru~ages. nsitaeT 8eIs
they cannibals. They were orderly
an seemed ter welcome tae presence
ov the Americans and Europeans
= who visited them American inhH-
ence soon became dominant fra tho
islands and We finally became Own
ers oy them, they bein' especially
| valuable TO our country owtn 60
their location midway between GH
an Japan, China an other eastern
territory. Now that Ve oWn the
Philippines the Hawaiian Islands AIR
even more important The Islands
air represented in the Lower House
ov Congress In recent years lie ".
or wuz known in the Islands az
o Prince Cupid. But In Washington
e he liz Just a plain. hard workin' Con
Is gresham, such az North Carolina an
IL other States send there, or at any
y rate. she thinks they air that sort.
g The sugar crop liz by far the most
n important product oy IN" lslabas.
y But rice IL raised. aslso coffee. ba-
e, nanas, pineapples and cocoanut&- The
e. landowners on the islands do not
al work much. The heavy work IL done
ID by japanese. Chinese and Koreans.
rs In late years a large number oF for-
D. tuguese people hev located On the
islands an hey proven very Eatiaiae-
81 tory az farmers.
ly Honolulu hez several good hotels
ly an, good food liz plentiful here. The
lie population ov the Islands IL 80 NOR
lg oughly mixed, practically aSi eouh-
n tries helm represented with actual
o. residents. that awl foods air known
ne and In use. and with a good mixture
lg oy Japanese and Chinese residents
ne they IN no scarcity ov good eookin
IL something one cannot say In tAF"f o'
81 some countries
he The language in use on the Isl
ands iz very mach like the natlF!',
be nv the population--rather mixed
Iis put the natives hey a language.
ed learned the meanin' ov one w0Td
n "aIoba" which stands fer vel
at come" In English,
vel Some good scnooIS "e' S'N
Ial l.sbed on the islands. come oy hAti''
rulers. Others By foreigners. IN TINS
they win accomplish g-aAt 'sssss~
. Tbe fish found In the ~ases
the islands air euriosisg . vsssSsI :
re- Tbey hev awl the eoiorr p - 80
In bow. and some oy them - ssss' -
shaped. hardly Iookin' I!<s -
Th@re Iz one railroad on sha -
.,ss Hit IL seventy miles in isngth
a. Hit masses near Pearl HarboT. SnieI
.re IL the place the United States Cos
toI Iernment iz preparin' fer great Ia.
i'm al an commercial base The isa1ho
~ air on a direct line between the is.l
AZ mus of Panama and the ofleil1
ne countries and that makes h1t Ia
lee portant that our government Oe =
the lookout fer the future. TFoao'
IN NAV never come from this aaaf's'
hut hit iz well ter be prepared
Durfn' the administration of 90
,sen, Harrison he sent a message
Congress In which he advised ina
= steps be taken to annex the HaFai
an Islands. A bin wuz intfooase
TO that effect. but failed 10 pass if0'
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