Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-01-15
AMERICAN|zEH HAWAII
IS FORD'S MISSION
HAS FORMED CONNECTION TO
ESTABLISH FARMERS BANK
lie Tells San Francisco Some Details
OF Plans He Has on Foot-Says
Governor Frear Favors Plan and
II All Looks Good.

San Francisco. Jan. 22.-To further
the project Of Americanizing Uncle
Sans island territory, especially
Hawaii. Alexander Hume Ford, who
has been at work fOr the last
year on series of immigration ar
ticlcs for a magazine, will sail today
for Honolulu on the Alameda. lie
will represent a combination of in.
terests which has for its object the
settlement OF the Hawaiian islands
with farmers from the mainland. Not
only American but Australasian OIL
be behind the movement.
"The whole work grew out of a
chat with u Texan, DR. C. c. Higgins
of Dallas now Mexican BONANZA king"
Ford said yesterday. I'VE were In
Italy three years ago ana discussing
the migration to America from South
ern Europe. We talked of the pos.
| sibilitics of giving the tourist and
traveller fair deal and honest in.
formation. the idea being to have diff.
ferent governments establish head
offices in American cities to take
charge of tourists from start to finish.
We resolved to begin such a move.
ment at once. with Higgins taking the
Atlantic and myself the Pacific"
Ford first visited Hawaii and later
Australasian countries. He Interested
Governor Frear of Hawaii in the mat.
| ter Of cooperating with other Pacific
governments in the establishment of
tourist bureaus In New York, San
| Francisco, Chicago and other import.
ant cities of the United States. A con.
ycntion was held In Honolulu. follow.
ing which Federated Australia an.
nounced its intention Of joining In
the work and now New Zealand and
other Australasian countries are con.
, sidering the matter.
"In the meantime" said Ford yes.
terday in discussing his mission.
| Higgins had been very successful Il.
! nanclally. He wanted Texas and
Mexico In the deal and at the opening
of the Houston.Galveston ship canal
he declared that he wanted to extend
| his own ship service via Tehuantepec
| TO Japan by way of Honolulu, and
| that he had the cotton growers he.
I hind him. ! succeeded in interesting
| Texans in Hawaii, calling special at.
tention to the banana raising posi-.
bilitios. The Higgins steamship line
/ offered to put on tcn.day steamers
! from San Francisco II enough fruit
could be secured for cargOcs. The
Southern Banana Company offered to
buy on the plantations for spot ca =
all bananas grown, and give longtime
| contracts.
"The directors of Chicago bank
have offered to start Farmers Bank
In Honolulu to finance American fruit
growers. The Home Seekers Associa.
ton, organized twenty years ago by
/ Edward Everett Hale Is cooperating
with the movement to Americani2e
Hawaii. Governor Frear of the island
territory favors the plan of dividing
the surplus insular land into small
tracts for fruit rasers.
1T all looks good to me-" Ford con.
cluded. 1T is great scheme for
farmers of small means In the South
and Middle West to become independ.
! dent in Hawaii, We will offer them
all the assistance necessary and he.
lieve that before many years the
movement will grow to enormous pro
portions"
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