Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-09

HonoluIH, October 2. 1914. s
! Gentlemen OF the Civic convention:
/ My weIiknowp ditfidenee and mod
esty makes the response to the toast
Of Oahu most difficult. IN.
/ The island of Oahu cannot claim
natural attractions equal to- those OF
her sister eonaties.I She has not the
highest mountain or the largest crater.
f0ahu las no Ha!aSkala. no Lao Vaiiey
nor mas she Hanalei Valley or q
miniature Grand Canyon, but though
without these natJlras assets yet Oahu
has developed her resources beyond
that os her sisters. ~ <.+--9 t@<T' ;Es9it
The impression prevails In some
quarters that Oahu is q little too
graspipg and exsects more than she is
rightfiilly entitled to. r, 49,: = -
ThiE must be due to ignorance Of
OahuA physical ana mental position.
Physical Status. - o. ~ ~
Oahu in area is the smallest county
l.She has only 59S square miles, some
40 less than the county of Kauai,
about half the size OF the county OF
Maui and less than one-sixth the area
Of Hawaii. Therefore, please remem-
Der that OAHU composes less than 10
per cent of the area Of the group. She
has no scenec attractions equal to
those of Kauai, Hawaii or Maui. But
she has the best bunch of boosters
that can be found anywhere. -.
Oahu produced last year 124, 220 tons
OF sugar, almost as much as from the
whole island OF Maui, about % per
cent Of, the entire crop; and as for
pineapples,. why our little island OF
Oahu is furnishing this year 50 per
cent Of the entire output. -, >s@'
Our population in 1910 was ~ per
cent of that in the whole territory,
about! lone and a haif times that OF
Hawaii, two and a halt times that OF
Maui and three and a. half times that
Of Kauai. During the previous ten
years. the census shows that we In
creased our populapon on Oahu 40 per
cent as against q similar increase for
Hawaii OF Is per cent, for Kauai of
is per, cent and Of Maui 10 per cent.
Therefore, it is only question Of a
very short time before Oahu will car
ry more than half the population OF
the whole territory. In 1910 we lived
on Oahu in 9047 dwellings, % per cent
Of the total number of the territory.
This shows we are congenial and ac-
customed to being crowded.
Our daily use OF water last year in
Honolulu alone was fifteen and q half
million gallons which was delivered
through ia milessof pipeSto 6496 priv.
leges. To be- sure, sw-saIlpwed artesian
water to run to waste last year, which
figured iass low as t&5G per million gal
Ions would have brought $50, 900, and
more than half our daily supply of
water ran into nyT Esniies of sewers
and was pumped at much expense out
to sea- All of which does to show how
extravaSanfly clean re, are
We OF Oahu can talk some, for we
have 1904 telephones iii daily use Civ
ing us q SERVICES We 5R4ink SECOND to
none in; the word -
That we afsShea.bli Sdea is demon.
i e s5s 5 81 s sssns fs .S e
Uncle Sans soldiers assist MS some
what But that we oare het-stuff is
shown because It takes $4,000 pounds
of ice each day. tn keep us cool
To be sure, ourdeatd rate illustrates
that four of nssdie every day, probably
three from diseases Tthat could be
Heradicdtedi and by proper prevention
we undoubtedly could save the lives
OF 700 Of our fellow citizens each year,
and still not be as ileAlthy a, communis
ty as those which ocaapyi the Panama
canal zOnes 10 a.tssssss
That we are not isedentary In our
habits is proven. by the fact that our
street cars carry daily average OF
$4,000 passengerssa and the car mileage
each day equals thet distance to San
Francisco and return with half way
back again to San Francisco, or in q
year equal to four return trips to the
moon
Our city and county government last
year cost us 1894, 1904 or about $3.50
for every. man, woman and child; lit
tie iess than what itecost you OF Maui
and quite little more than It cost
you of Hawaii and Kauai.
The value of Oahu real estate on
which we pay taxes is double that OF
Hawaii twoan q half times that of
Maui and five. times that Of Kauai.
And we will say nothing about our
personal property because the stock.
holders of our corporations are scat
tered all over the group and contain
q few non-reSidentss - -
Hence, we ask that when judging
Oahu please remember that she. con-
tributes one half the tar revenue on
realty alone, and has nearly As per
cent of the population Of the Terri
tory, and remember too that she is
exposed to the first ravages of in
trcduced disease and is too often the
Mecca Of those Of your citizens who
want to make 4 living without work.
Again, we want to remind you that
the members Of the last legislature,
Notwithstanding their solemn oaths
given to carry out the law of the Unit
ed States. deliberately killed reap
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