Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-08

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In the governor letter YOU WilI
see that there are certain matters
which he has discussed with me upon
which he wishes me to elaborate some
what He was not able in the short
, time gwen him to prepare his com
. munication to the convention, to go 50
fully into certain of the problems now
before the people of the territory as
he would have liked
You will note that the governor
refers to the proposed importation into
Hawaii of certain investigators or .eX-
peTts and he takes the position that
the people of the territory are better
equipped to make their own investi-
cations than are any individuals who
might come here from abroad for the
purpose of advising us as to our wants.
This matter was brought home to the
governor recently when it was suggest
ed that the territory establish an en-
ployment bureau as separate depart
ment, and that to that end an, investi-
gator be brought here from the states
to look carefully into our labor prob
lens and to prepare statistics and then
to establish or recommend the estah-
lishment of such an employment agen-
cy.
There is probably no part of the
United States where il Is easier to OBJ
tain from the large employers Of labor
exact statistics in regard to their en-
ployes, the amount Of wages paid and
the conditions of their living than here
in these islands, for there are only
two industries in the islands of great
magnitude. AS the governor in his
report to the secretary OF the interior
has stated, this is practically two
crop community.
THE statistics of the Sugar Plant
ers' Association are complete and &C
curate In regard to labor mattersj so
will be the, statistics of the pineapple
/ planters and Gamers in comparative
| 1y short time. These facts and fig
ures are always accessible to the Off
Gals Of the government, and it SEEM
ed to the governor that It would be
a waste of public money to send to
the United States to secure so-called
expert advice on the matter OF arrang-
ing plans for an employment bureau.
"As substitute for this plan of pro-
cedure. the governor has suggested
that a separate department be created
under the control of the. bureau of i'm
migration, labor and statistics, where
| applicants for positions could report
and register, and employers Of labor
could at all times leave acquisitions or
/ requests for laborers, and that in this
manner the whole matter could be bet
ter handled than to indulge first in an
expensive Investigations and later to
establish upon the inaccurate statistics
of a person not fully acquainted with
our conditions in these islands, a labor
or employment bureaus - i
| Another point which THE governor
i has deeply at heart Is the possibility
] of the increase of our claim to the
/ tourist business of the United States.
There is no need to elaborate on the
] wonders of our climate, nor the beau
ties of our scenery. The last few years
have brought this clearly home to the
people of the United States, and our
/ tourist business has been increasing
by leaps and bounds each year. Bet
| ter facilities for reaching the islands
have been secured, communication
with the mainland is now greatly IA
cilitated by two wireless systems and
cable, and through the efforts of the
Hawaii Promotion Committee, and the
, constant advertising giSen to the is
lands by its own residents travelling
abroad, the people of the United States
are learning that they have at their
doors playground which is unexcell-
ed in its attractions in the world.
The European war, which has as
tonished and shocked the world, has
closed that great area to tourists and
the man about to go on a vacation will
naturally turn westward this winter
and following years. and we have ev-
cry reason to expect a great increase
in the number of our tourist visitors.
The Panama-Pacific International Ex-
position in San Francisco will draw |
thousands to San Francisco and the
Pacific coast this winter Hawaii will |
be adequately represented at the fair !
by a beautiful building containing ex-
hibits. typical of the islands, and I'm, 7
.doubtedly many of the people who |
visit the building will become inter !
ested In the islands and will come here /
to see the real thing afterwards.
The island of Maui has two prin-
cipal attractions for the touriss visitor !
LAO valley and the great crater of /
Haleakala. Up to the present time, |
very little effort has been made by the !
people of Maui to make either one of +
these beautiful spots accessible to Wis
itors. In the great plateau in the
heart of lao valley, there certainly |
should be some place to which the
tourist can be taken. where he may
rest at least for short time and get
an adequate idea of the valley and its
beauties. No rest house, no structure
of any kind, has ever been built in the
valley which would be point to visit
Most people go only as far as the lao
Needle, and then turn back. And Ha-
leakala is even more inaccessible.
Oniy nv the greatest exertion and on