The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-31
Big DONCS OUT IN HAWAII
cor. StM PtRkER TELLS ~
THE fRRIG PLANS.
WIN ADD ono square wiiss To the area
sf T,iiahir ssii M japanese Scare
In the ISLANDS ftn~ Reads amt Great
AuiomsisliinE To Ne uad There.

NuiosnsbiiinE 10 Ne had There.
A big man. whose white musiache
showed sfrikingiy against his sun Drowned
face. and who wore wide br,mmed
black hat. strobe into the Holland House
yesterday morning and asked TO see +.
T. Thompson Of Honolulu.
Your name. pleased suggested the
clerk
Just say a man from Honolulu. He
viii understand. The name doesn Z mat
ter He il one Of the fellows that have
the brains. furnish the money
The stranger then walked into the bar
and dema nded some OF the finest cigars
the hotel had in stock and lamented that
he hadn't been able tn buy really good
cigar in New York,
Mr. Thompson Is the president OF two
irrigation companies in the Hawaiian
Islands and il developed when he came
downstairs that his caller was Col. Sam
Parker Of Honolulu. who also h president
Of an irrigation company. Col. Parker
used To he Minister Of Foreign Affairs
when HAWAII was a kingdom ard Liliuo-
kalani was Queen and before that under
King Kalakaua he was a member OF the
on kalakaiias personal STAN.
Col. Parker said yesterday he didn't
want To Teminis.e. Commissioner
Blount when he was sent out there by
President Cleveland he said. got enough
to Ill library and what know has all
been told. Yes. 1t IL true that keeping
up a diplomatic corps under the monarchy
used to be a big expense. But the pros
perity Of Hawaii dates away back OF the
changes in government. going back to the
reciprocity treaty Of 1875 or 1919. Look
here. I'm too old To talk about the past
I'm for the present and the future.
There is a large party Of US come on
to urge Congress to modify the organic
act. so that we can irrigate a lot OF land
with a surety that our title will not he
questioned. As the law stands now any
twenty five homesteaders may petition
the Government to withdraw any OF its
land from lease which would be n serious
question II We had gone ahead and con-
structed our works.
We have Just nshed on the east side
Of IN. island ol iawaii twenty eight
miles Of ditch which includes nine miles
Of runnelIing through mountains. the
tunnel being five and a hall feet wide nv
the base and six feet nigh. We intend To
have on the south and west sides a cana
ninety -four miles long. with lateral
bitches Of an equal mileage. and Ia cut
another tunnel 5. III feet long through a
mountain. Al present the land IN Hawaii
which has enough water Tor sugar grow
ing IL all under cultivation. Our irriGa-
ton works will add .sS square miles TO
tbs. tillablp area on the island oil hawah
and greatly increase the sugar area.
Last years sugar crop was the hest we
have ever had in Hawaii and Il brought
good prices.
There Is no Japanese scare in Hawai-.
"a I'd me Colonel III answer TO a question:
1t exists only among people who rave
never visited the territory. The laps
are too shr.wd 20 think Of Hawaii. TIL. re
are "A few Iapane-e Americans and "A f-w
Chinese Americans and even few
Cor-an Americans in the island. but az 4
rul.. AsiatiC~ leave Hawaii after they have
acquired a competence You would think
the Cor.ans would feel they had no home
To GO hack to. hut back they 60.
We HawalIan- are the greatest traH-
eller~ in the world. observed Col. Parker.
1t would surprise you too to ses how
many automobiles We have CAT there.
Why. IN the city OF HonOlI al lone We have
over sasI. and mind YOU. thew are of the
finest makes We have $50 miles OF
perfect roads. which are kept well oiled.
and we have a speed - gulation Of fifteen
miles an hour in the city and none out
side. have Just bought big car which
am taking back with me. and my plan -
20 travel in n from here to Washington
and New Orleans. and then ship across
country TO the coast