Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-10

have increased since we took possession.
There are now sixteen steamers when go
regularly from island to island. and they
carry several hundred thousand tons of
freight every year. There Is a big trafhc
between the United States. Australia and
Mexico and there are many vessels when
call at Hawaii on their way to and from
Japan and China. This is so of our trans
ports en- route to the Philippines and also
of the Canadian vessels bound for New
Zealand and the Fijs.
The American-Hawaiian Steamship
Company has now a freight line from
Honolulu to New York. This is by the
way of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in
southern Mexico. the. freight being car
ried across that fsthmuS by railroad Inc
company has some steamers OF l-t"1l tons
each. and it is now carrying 30o,0,n tons
of sugar year.
There are $4,000 and 1900 ton vessels
which ply regularly between San Fran
cisco and Honolulu, and some of the big
gest greyhounds of the Pacific. the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company and the Togo
Eisen Eaisha stop at Honolulu on their
way to and from Japan There are also
a number of sailing vessels which go
from Hawaii down around South America
and thence to New York and Europe. and
there are many tramp steamers which
call at the islands.
The government has done much to i'm
prove the health OF the islands. They
now have a bureau of health, which spent
last year more than Sl3,Hs, and there Is
a sanitary commission which will reor-
ganiZe Honolulu as to its sewerage ana
drainage. There are district physicians,
who make house toulouse inspection to
keen track of the sick. During the past
wear they have made 1,c00 visits ana
filled $1,000 prescriptions. They received
mi n6 IN
children.
A campaign is being made against tu-
berculcsis, and the United States Is car
rying on a leprosy investigation which
NAV result in the finding OF a cure for
this dread disease. They have discover
ed the bacillus which produces leprosy
and have inocuated monkeys, rabbits,
guinea pigs, white rats and horses with
it, So far only the monkeys have taken
it. and this is said to be the first time
that it has been developed in any other
animal than man. They are now expert
menting with horse serum as an anti
toxin
In addition to the leper colony on the
Island of Mookai the government has
now a receiving hospital for lelers at
Honolulu. and on the Island ltseH IL Is
adopting a new policy as TO the treat
ment of lepers. In the past II mas peeh
customary to regard them as outcasts.
They are now considered as patients and
trea ted like other human beings. There
are $50 lepers in the hospital. of whom
tive-sixths are Hawaiians and the most
of the remainder Portuguese and Chi
neSe.
i y
The leper settlement is on tongue OF
land comprising several square miles on
the Island of MolOkai The lepers have
a colony of their own, and this is COM
plete community of itself. 1t is much
like the leper colony o. the Philippine
Islands, in that it has its own magistrate
and police and it's social and business
life. 1t has churches. debating clubs.
base ball grounds and race track. There
are two bands and a moving Picture
theater.
In the colony are four large institu-
tionaI homes One is for males. another
for females. a third for hopeless cases
and a fourth is nursery for the chill