Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-27

SNU1DdtHleS lie WIN tHt hth'
Here am tthis seventeenth day
of May In Honolulu, Hawaii. have
been seventeen days closing the gap
between Clinton. N. Y, and this'town
And now. like the old hen, 1t Is up
to me to spread myself. For must
cover the business end of this trip
for myself and the literary end OF II
for La Follette's. Some spread, Ell?
II don't smash some OF the eggs
either the business kind, or the
literary kind. or both-before ] get
back II won't be because I'm used to
overiIg such a nest-full, but be
cause they are all sound enough to
withstand some knocking about.
My ship tied up at the dock at ten
this morning. She sails for japan
this afternoon at Ave, and sail with
her. Only seven hours to spread my
self here!
What the Poet Said.
I was the first man down the gang
plank this morning and went rang
Ing through Honolulu. No old hen
with forty-seven eggs to cover. tenn
porarily OFF hor nest to All her crop.
was ever buster than myself. but
tonholed everyone I met who looked
intelligent, for information about
these Islands. I've got data enough
for any Literary Teller" to make good
with II he could only get II out OF his
system, as the natives poured 1t into
me.
The first fellow clucked up to
looked like poet, and guess he was
right. He had long hair and dreamy
eyes, and as near as ! can call his
words to mind he said:
when the world was In the maxi
ing, the Creator kissed these fair isles
and flung them into the shimmering
sea. the very Eden spot Of earth. Here
biting cold and blighting heat ne'er
come. The Islands shores are bath
ed I'm warm and limpid seas of emer-
aid. turquoise and chalcedony hues,
the while their mountains brows are
cooled with soft and soothing SHOWS.
Etednal summer zephyrs fan their
meadows. dales and hills, while DER
them all In moods OF bursting love
the heavens weep In sweet refreshing
showers"
q butted In right there to ask:
Ibid they do II nights and Sundays
so the hired man could rest?")
mo deadly serpents here, In all
these favored isles: no snake or wild.
ferocious boast. Here noxious insects
are unknown; nor poisoned herb. nor
plant, nor vine have ever taken root.
and the natives OF these isles are gen
/ tie, kind and hospitable to a fault.
Jimmy! II sounded good to me.
and I'm sun .dazed II the islands don't
1 look the part. learn that my poet
friend wasn't joshing but telling the
truth.
I could have listened to his talk
all day, but with forty-seven eggs
a -cooling I had to cluek along.
Meets a laxative Gent.
The next to fall afoul my path was
a different stamp of man. Compared
with my gentle poet he was kind
of sordid sort. Shouldn't wonder II
he dealt In real estate. Or he may
have been a politician.
Say! my friend" he said, as he
caught nd by wing SO couldn't
get away. these islands are the only
place on earth In which to live IL
you really want to know.
From the States, Ell? Want your
Information right of the bat. at first
hand? Not what you read In books?
Say. you're In luck In striking me.
know these islands from Kauai u
Hawaii When twelve years age
come next July the United States
reached out and picked us for her
own. as one would pick ripe and
juicy piece OF fruit. without drop
of bloodshed--just looked at us and
said you're ours'-she didn't pick a
/ lemon! Not much-however you may
feel back there In the States about
Nsome of the other fruit on Uncle
Sans outhanging branches.
We're not so big In territory
about the size of the State of New
Jersey--but do you know that for
tne fiscal year of 1908 the Honolulu
+ Custom House collected over $1,000,
00t2 And that the revenue from ouI
Post Office was over $4,000? That
a total OF sl,7OO.OOO went into tn,
Federal Treasury from Hawaii? That
all we cost the government for thai
period was $3.50. 1000?
"All the available appropriations
I you have given us for new light
houses and harbor improvements
which are OF international rather
than OF local Importance, amount tt
a little over st.000.000 There II
another appropriation of sS50.00t
for Federal building for Homo
lulu. but all the appropriations vel
made or provided for by Congress
are more than equaled by two
years revenue from the Territory
or course. these figures don't In