The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-02-28

derstand such little matters. Wages
are fairly good in Japan compared
with the cost of living, and no one is
very poor, and not many are rich, and
the distinction in classes is not clear
ly drawn, and to occidentals the cOun
try or the people seem to be more
like the settlers in our new western
| states; more dependent upon each 9th,
er, and therefore more friendly.
America is Japan's best market for
many of her staple products and
should Americas friendship be alien
ated from Japan for two years many
of the people of Japan would be bank
rupt, and the direct calamity would
fall upon the people there. The PEG
pie of no other country than America
use green tea, and our people are the
greatest purchasers of silk in all the
world These are two of Japan's
greatest industries and they are not
foolish enough to make war upon their
best customer on whom their very ex-
istance depends.
The dignity, politeness, skill and
energy of the Japanese is real and sin,
cere and springs from intelligence and
a sincere desire to live up to their
ideal, which is love for all mankind,
even to include their enemy, and to
make the best of everything in life
and complain not.
So long as we allow the Pole, the
Slav and the Arabian, the Hindu and
other nationalitieS much less worthy
than either the Chinese or the Japan
csc, to enter our country and find
homes among us, we should IN all
fairness and justice allow these other
people the same rights and privileges,
Notwithstanding the selfish sentiments
of some of our people living on the
Pacific coast.
OF the Sandwich Islands, Maui is
the one you will take most interest
in, as Honolulu is there, and it is the
head of government and the largest
city in the islands, having mixed
population of over 10000 people OF
Chinese, japanese, Portuguese, English
and Americans, together with the
natives in pure and mixed blood. 1t
is here that Mckinley college is To-
Gated, and one of the late princesses
left large amount of money to en-
dow 4 college and this college is DO
ing great work. | had the pleas
ure of being shown through all the
departments by the head of this great
school, who is an American, and saw,
and heard many things which were
very interesting about the character
of these young people and about their
fidelity and ability as students.
Our government is making what is
to be the largest and best fortified
naval base in the world at Pearl har'
Dor, seven miles west of Honululu.
This will require Is years and much
money, but it will be worth much to-
us. We have the little harbor at Hon
1lulu we'll fortified, and some of our
boats of the Pacific fleet are always
hanging around the harbor so as to
be ready in case of trouble with any
country in that part Of the globe.
Only very small per cent of the
land is tillable, and the balance being
mountainous. The available land is
under cultivation, and owned by
wealthy natives or wealthy syndicates
and nearly all is operated on large
scale under stock companies, so that
an individual would have little place
to conduct an estate of his own. The
climate is ideal and the soil the rich
est, and millions of dollars worth OF
sugar and cisel for making rope and
binding Irvine are annually raised,
and of late millions OF dollars worth
OF the finest pineapples are being pro-
duced, together with almost every
fruit which will grow in such trop-
ical climate are being raised.
The people are more intelligent and
not so lazy as the Filipinos and they
have taken kindly to our civilization
and make good citizens, and rejoice
that they are Americans. 1t is said
that the people of the Sandwich Isl.
ands as a people have more wealth
per capita than any other people on
earth. OF this l cannot be sure.
One thing which is talked much OF
is our money and its value in other
countries. l can only say that wei
found no place where any denomina-
ton of it was not instantly recog-
nized and accepted at face value. This
seemed good enough for me, and who
could ask more?
In conclusion would say that after
seeing so many countries and having
such experiences as we passed through
it is utterly impossible to do any just