The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06
HAWAIIAN PAPERS IN
MANY LANGUAGES
japanese, Portuguese, Eng
lish, Chinese and Native
A BUSY INDIVIDUAL
No Linotype Machine Can Reproduce
Japanese Characters and the
Typesetter Has Long
Walk

Honolulu, July 5.-(SpeciaL)-If the
newsboys of Honolulu carried under their
arms copies of each newspaper published
In the city, besides those in the English
language, they would be pretty well load
ed down and' their calls would include the
following journals, popular with the thou
sands OF readers to whom they cater
o Lusa, Nupopa Kuokoa Ke Alona Alma
Ia Momi Hawaii, Hawaii Shinpo. Jap
anese Daily Chronicle, Nippu jill. Hawaii
Hochi, Wah Hing Bo Chee Vow Shin Bo,
United Korean News, Korean Times and
many others that rlay an important part
in their particular fields of activity.
When 1t Is remembered that Hawaii is
peopled with majority of other than
English speaking races, it may be more
readily understood why journalism in
many tongues shot Id be so largely es-
tablished. According to the last census,
the population included o6,0o0 Hawaiians.
22.tOo Portuguese, 600 Chinese, 79.Ooo jap
anese and thousands of Koreans
All of these people are as insstent upon
receiving the iews CT the community and
the world as are the readers of she
United States. Copies of the largest Eng
lish papers are 5aily spread upon the
desks of editors in the city to be trans
lated into the Korean Hawaiian, Portu-
guese, Japanese and Chinese languages
While this preparation of the more
solid news Is going on within the office,
alert reporters of all natonalities are cut
securing the particular community which
their paper represents for the latest minor
happenings that SO to make up an inter-
esting paper.
Ir the Hawaiian language the Nupepa
Kuokoa has for more than so years oc-
cupied prominent position in local jour
nalism Its Influence has always been Tor
the advancement Of the Hawaiian race.
and It is today enjoying even greater pop
ularity than ever before.
Daniel X. Hoolopa presdes over the edi-
torlal sanctum of two Hawaiian newspa-
pers, being editor, manager publisher and
owner of Ka Momi Hawaii--"The Pearl
OF Hawaii'-and editor of Ke Aloha Alma
Both of these papers are widely read.
There ara also numerous other publica-
tlons in the Hawaiian language that are
not strictly newspapers. but are filled with
stories and miscellaneous reading matter
for which rhere is good demand.
Many Portuguese Readers
AS there are over 10000 Portuguese in
the islands, the Luso, the leading news
paper published in that language has a
wide and influential field to cover. 1t WAS
established Is years ago and has large
circulation not only. in the city, but in
every town and hamlet in the islands.
In 1910 the two Portuguese newspapers
then published In the city the Luso
and A Liberdade. were consolidated under
the name )f the former and Mr.. Silva
became Its editor and general manager.
In the japanese community there are
four enterprising dailies-the Hawaii Shin
pc, chronicls, Nipu Jill and Hochi. The
competition is kesn and each newspaper
is as alert and eager as any American
journal to get there first and scoop tn ,
others.
The mechanical department of a Jana
nese newspaper is an interesting place to
visit Side by side with the modern presses
operated by electricity are to be found
the long cases of Telegraph characters
that no linotype can produce In the daily
issue of the Japanese papers of Homo
lulu 5000 characters are used In each of
flee. The compositor works in a long
alley, on each side of which are the
cases. In the setting of a stickful of
type 1t is necessary for him to walk back
and forth the length of the alley now
standing on tiptoes that he may reach a
character near the top of the case, and
now down on his knees to reach another
near the floor The Japanese typesetter is,
therefore, busy individual and has no
time to watch the clock.
From Japan special cablegrams come
from their correspondents when some i'm
portant occurrence has taken place The
news from the United States and other
parts of the world is CLEANED by close
scrutiny of the American dalies in this
city
The pictures of Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft
Bryan and othed important persons ap-
pear In the Japanese dailies almost as
frequently as they do in the American
daiies. What Congress is doing is also
of absorbing interest. The probability of
a reduction in the sugar tariff is viewed
this way and that by the Japanese edi-
tors. No item of worlds news is neglect
ed and every thing that especially affects
Hawaii is ''played up in true journal
istic fashioned