The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-07-26
VI. A. KINNEY
VISITS IN ZION
Tells Salt Lakers How Very
Much Of a Fine Place Is the
Pacific Paradise.

"The Hawaiian Islands are in a pros.
porous condition" is the statement
made Monday by Attorney W. A. Kin.
ney, former well known attorney of
Salt Lake, now of Honolulu, who is at
the Knutsford Hotel accompanied by
his wife and son, ANGEL, says the Salt
Lake Tribune of July 12. Attorney Kin.
ney was formerly a resident Of Salt
Lake, making his home here from 1890
to 1898. Mr.. Kinney was Judge advo.
cate for the United States in the trial
of Queen Liliuokalani and as he says,
~ tried her, prosecuted her and con,
victed her and am now her attorney.
Of course, there was never anything
personal in the matter"
Returning to consideration of con.
ditions in the Islands, Mr.. Kinney said:
HThe crop of sugar cane this year is a
little short, but prices have been high
and more than offsets the shortage. The
sugar production of the Hawaiian Is.
lands is over 100000 tons annually and
the value is about $40,0o0,0O0." Mr.
Kinney is Interested in both sugar and
pineapple plantations.
Homestead Corporation Land
AS there has always been considerable
agitation over the land commission
work in the Islands, Mr.. Kinney was
asked what was being done in this con.
nection and in reply said: HCongress
has legislated so that any citizen can
compel homesteading Of any govern
ment land heretofore leased to corpora.
tions for sugar cane raising. Homo.
stealing, of course, has been going on
in a desultory way, but this new legis.
lation win give a great impetus to it. "
Mr.. Kinney explained that in the
Territory of Hawaii there is no coal or
oil except what they import, but much
electricity is generated by water power.
The iurist did not know how many
plants were scattered about the Islands,
but said that the largst producing 1000
horsepower net, is on the island Of
Kauai
The Russian Invasion.
about four months ago" continued
Mr.. Kinney, "some 1000 or 5000 Rus
slams entered the Islands, coming from
Vladivostok. The idea was the settling
of the farming lands. Among them were
some agitators--some of the Nihilistic
order-and the claim was made that
misrepresentation had been made to
them regarding the rate of wages paid,
the cost Of living and other things to
induce them to come to the Islands, This
matter was investigated by federal
grand jury, and it determined that no
misrepresentation had been made Tt is
believed, that the agitation originated
through some secret work on the Paci-
fc Coast to get the Russians to come
to this country. San Francisco steals
our laborers right along; they have
agents in the Islands all the time"
Asiatic immigration over.
Speaking about immigration Mr.. Kin
ney said that can Asiatic immigration
to the Territory is practically over, and
most of the immigration that comes in
now is stimulated by the action of the
territorial government itself-like these
Russians and Portuguese The idea is
decrease the Asiatic population and
to make it all American. Mostly all the
Russians who came in were good citi-
zens, although they were not educated
The Portuguese make good citizens;
they are patriotic, law-abiding and pro-
life and all their children go through
public schools. There are now some
Portuguese in the legislature, in the
Judiciary and, in fact, in all the walks
of life"
Mr.. Kinney has not been in Salt Lake
for two years and notes many great
changes here and has a firm belief in
Salt Lakes abundant future. The judge
is one of the most prominent attorneys
of the Hawaiian Islands. He will leave
Zion Tuesday morning for the East, ac-
companied by his family. He is in the
country both for business and pleasure.
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