The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02

The present population is in the neigh
 borhood of 1e0,000, of whom 5S per cent
 are Orentals, 2 per cent Hawaiians of pure or mixed blood, and the other 20 per cent white men of different nation | alities. It is evident from these figures
 that the natives are going. Kindly. gen.
 ial, with many good qualities, they lack
 the stamina necessary to make them i competitors of stronger peoples. Strong
 drink, of which they are passionately 1 fond, and the things that accompany 1t, have been their chief bane. Noble efforts are being made in many directions for
 their protection, and 1t may be possible to arrest their decay for some decades; but 1t seems certain that they are on their way to extinction. The newer gem
 eration, particularly those of mixed blood, are by no means so Christian in their disposition as their fathers of 50 years ago were. In those days they | thronged the churches. Now their faces are set in other directions. The story Is a pathetic, not to say tragic, one. Yet 1t Is just what has happened in
 many cases and in many parts of the | world.
 The climate of Hawaii is almost ideal. Owing to the cold ocean currents. the | temperature is at least 10 degrees lower than at any other place of the same lat 1 itude In the world At Honolulu the l thermometer ranges from 90 degrees to
 s5 degrees, rarely ranging beyond !5 de grees. Very naturally the residents speak of it as "The Paradise of the Pa cific-" Summer and winter it is possi- ble to live nearly all the time out or doors. St. Patrick must have passed | this way, for there are no snakes and no noxious insects except imported cen tipedes which appear to lose their poi sonous capacities here. and mosquitoes, which likewise came in foreign ships within the memory of living men. Near | ly all the mountains were once densely wooded. A variety of causes has led to | the wholesale destruction of the forests The first commerce was in sandalwood, | the trees being cut down in the most reckless fashion. Only two of mature age are known to be now standing. but many young shoots found springfng up here and /there in different places. | Something is being done by individual | and governmental enterprise In the way | of re-forestration. The new growths are largely brought from foreign coun- tries I say a great many eucalyptus trees and Norfolk pines. The Algeroba fourishes everywhere. It is first cousin, | if not full sister, to the Texas Mos quite, having the same foliage, and pod that differs in nothing from the American species except in it's much greater thickness and freshness. These pods are industriously gathered by the | Chinamen as food for horses and cows. | The trees themselves will grow to di- arneter of three feet in 20 years The East India banyan fiourishes grandly. Of the native growths there Is a wonder | full variety.
 From pamphlet published by MT.
 Eb. Wilcox of the Hawaiian Experi- nent station l clip the following very | remarkable paragraph:
 "Various kinds of hay. alfalfa, mating | plants, tobacco, corn, cotton. wheat and cnrUh n Sansevieria, and other field crops, are | found in thriving condition in various parts of the islands. In the production of fruits, there is practically no limit, either in the fruits of temperate cli- | mates at higher attitudes, or of tropical | fruits at lower attitudes. The fruits and nuts actually grown at the present time | include pineapple, banana mango, or ange, ctron, lemon, mandarin. pomelo. l shaddock lime, grape, avocado, fig. CO., l coanut, vanilla, strawberry, roselle. pap ala. mangosteen, kumquat, loquat, mon stera, sour sop, sweet sop, custard ap- | pie, cherimoya. macadamia nut. betel | nut, dates, mountain apple, rose apple, water apple, cayenne cherry bush cher ry. iambolan plum, watermelon, guava, grenadila, tamarind. cacao, caster bean. l annatto, ginger, cashew nut. mammee | apple, star apple oil palm seeds, tuna' chelo berry, carambola, bread fruit, du- rian, pomegranate, otaheite gooseberry, peach, apple, cherry. apricot. kukui nut. bhel fruit, indigo. sapodilla, longan. leit chee, vii. poha, wampii, cinnamon. cin-
 ohona, vegetable ivory palm. and nearly | all of the known palms. In the line of garden vegetables. we can successfully raise almost the entire list of such crops. | including sweet potato. Irish potato, ta- | TO. pic or cassava pepper. cabbage, on-
 ion. beet. radish lettuce. asparagus,
 beans, peas. turnip, carrot, melons, squash, pumpkin. egg plant. celery, eau ' lt1ower, spinach; and long list or
 Oriental vegetables used chiefly by the
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