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

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In the governors letter Won vii
see that there ara certain matters
which he has discussed With me u.or
which he wishes me tu elaborate sUme
what. he Was not able in the Shrr'
time given him 10 prepare his com
muniCatiOn to the convention. t. 20 80
fully into certain Of the problems now
before the people If the ttrritorl as
he would have liked
/ You will note that the governor
refers to the proposed importation into
Hawaii Of certain investiga ;0rs Or eX
perts and he takes the position that
the people of the territory are better
equipped to make their own invosti
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
Ilment. 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 it 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
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| magnitude. AS the governor in his
report to the secretary of the interior
has stated, this is practically a two
crop community.
| The statistics Of the Sugar Plant
ers Association are complete and ac-
! Curate in regard to labor matters; so
will be the statistics of the pineapple
| planters and Gamers in comparative
! " 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 II 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-
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 investigation, and later to
esta blish upon the inaccurate statistics
of a person not fully acquainted with
our conditions in these islands, a labor
or employment bureau = ..@
Another point which the governor
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 reaehtng. the islands
have been secured, communication
with the mainland is now greatly fa-
eilitated by two wireless systems and
cable, and through the efforts of the
Hawaii Promotion Committee. and the
constant advertising given to the is
lands by its own residents travelling
abroad, the people OF the United States
are learning that thew 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 Pananla-Pacifc International Elk. !
position in San Francisco will draw
thousands to San Francisco and the |!
Pacific coast this winter Hawaii will |
be adequately represented at the fair |
bv a beautiful building containing ex- !
hibits typical of the islands, and un-
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 Drin- !
cipal attractions for the tourist 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 a 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.
Only by the greatest exertion and en-