The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-03-12

IONS OF IftISnI
every year. There is Il big traffic
between the United States. Australia
ana Mexico. and there are many YES
sells which call at Hawaii on their
way TO and from Japan and China.
his IS 50 Of the transports en- route
TO the Philippines and also Of the
'anaolan vessels bound for New Zea-
land and the Fills.
The Observation-Disclosures Steamship
Company has nov 4 freight line from
Honolulu TO New York. This is by
the way of the Isthmus of Tehuante-
pee in southern Mexico. the freight
being carried across that isthmus by
railroad. The company has some
steamers of 1000 tons each and it is
now CARRYING 800, coo tons Of sugar
q wear.
There are 10000 and 1900 ton
vessels which ply regularly betveen
some of the biggest Greyhounds of
the Pacific, the Pacific Mail Steam
ship Company and the Togo kisen
kaisha stop at Honolulu III their way
TO and from Japan. There are also
a nunhe of sailing vessels which go
from Hawaii down around South
America and hence to New DIRK and
Europe. and there are many tramp
steamers which call at the islands.
Health and the LeperS.
The government has done much tc
improve the health Of the islands
They now ave a bureau of health
which spent last Year more than $13,-
000. and there is d 4nitafy commits
sion which will r~eorganize H%onolul,
: as TO its sewerage and drainage
r There are district physicians. WIZ
f make hOuSe-tO-nOuse inspection Il
+ keep track Of the sick. During tn,
ma ST wear they Ia Ip mada = 600 visit
and filled 10000 prescriptions. The.
g received 5000 calls and examine
$4,000 school children.
! A campaign is beng made agains
4 tuberculosis and the United States i
carrying on a leprosy investigation
: which may result in the finding Of
Il cure for this dread disease. The
u have discovered the bacillus whicI
produces leprosy and have ~inoculate'
: monkeys. rabbits, guinea pigs, whit
rats and horses with it. SO far onl
: the monkeys have taken ii. and thi
is said to be the first time that it ha
been developed in any other anima
than man. They are now expert
e menting with a horse serum as d
a~ntitOXin.
p On Molokai.
e In addition to the 1eper colony o
q the Island of Moloka the governmer
: has now ii receiving hospital &c
lepers at Honolulu, and on the islam
itself it is adopting a new policy {
to the treatment Of lepers. In til
y past it has been customary TO regaT
le them as outcasts. They are 0 COZ
IL sidered as patients and treated liz
G other human beings. There are +.
= leperS in the hospital, of whom five
IS siNths are Hawaiians and the mo
: of the remainder Portuguese an
Chinese.
I'd The leper settlement is on a tongl
&c Of land comprising several squal
I'd miles IN the Island Of Molokai. tt
lepers have q colony Of their oW
IN and this is q complete community
so itself. 1t is much like theleper co
ony of the Philippine Islands. in tn;
er it has its own magistrate II pOli'
ay and its social and business life.
&c. has churches. debating clubs. has
a ball grounds and a race rack. The
n are two bands and q moving plctu
ne theatre.
re In the colony are Tour large inst
ri tutional homes. One is for male
III another for females. a third for hop
- less cases and a fourth IS a nurse
- for the children. There are Al
=, about two hundred other buildin
consisting of machine shops, stor
y roons and detached cottages occupi
nc by lepers. Among the schools
", Honolulu are some for noH-lepro
children whose parents are leperS.
W Sugar and Labor.
VI Some Of the big questions Of I
or future in the Hawaiian Islands h.
ne to do with the labor question:. tt
a.. is based on the sugar plantation
aC which are enormously rich. but viii
0C require cheap labor to handle the
ely There are few spots upon earth til
sugar like the lowlands q.
valleys Of this Sandwich group. 7
US. area is not large, but the crop IL
wear amounted to more than a bill
Ii pounds, or enough 10 give every ma
IS woman and child in the United Sta,
en- a pound of sugar a month all t
I'M wear through and cave some to spa
v The sugar plantations Of Hawaii