Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-09
GEORGE R. CARRIERS ADDRESS
BEFORE CIVIC CONVENTION
Iionoluiu. octoaer 3. 1914.

Honolulu, October 2, 1914.
Gentlemen OF the Civic Convention:
Ny well-known diffidence and mod
esty makes the response TO the toast
of Oahu most difficult
The island OF Oahu cannot claim
natural attractions equal TO those oil
her. sister colaties. She has not the
highest mountain or the largest crater
Oahu has no Haleakala, no lao Valley
nor has she a Hanalei Valley or a
miniature Grand Canyon, but though
without these natprss assets yet Oahu
has developed her resources beyond
that Of her sisters. - t.sE...'
The impression prevails in some
quarters that Oahu is a little toe
grasping and expects more than she is
rightfully entitled to, -
This must be due to ignorance OF
Oahu's physical ana mental position,
Physical Status. .-es... = :, g.
Oahu In area is the smallest county
She has only sos square miles, some
40 less than the county of Kauai
about haf the size OF the county OF
Maui and lets than one-sixth the area
o. Hawaii. Therefore. please remem.
Der that Oahu coinposes less than 10
per cent of the area OF the group. She
has no seenec 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 SO per
cent of the entire output.
Our population In 1910 was AZ per
cent of that in the whole territory,
about one and a half times that OF
Hawaii, two and half times that OF
Maui and three and half times that
of Kauai. During the previous ten
years the census shows that We in
creased onr population on Oahu 40 per
cent as against a similar increase for
Hawaii OF Is per cent, for Kauai of
Is per cent and of Maui 10 per cent.
Therefore, 1t 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 dwellingk 20 per cent
OF the total number OF the territory.
This shows we are congenial and &C.
customed to being crowded.
I Our daily use of water last year in
Honolulu alone was fifteen and a half
million gallons which was delivered
through ia miles OF pipe to 1896 priyi-
leges. To- be sure, We allowed aTtesian
water to run to waste last year, which
figured as low as $50 per million gal
Ions would have brought $50. 900, AMI
more than half our daily supply of
water ran into our rs miles of sewers
and was pumped at much expense out
to sea. All Of which goes to show how
extravagantly clean we are.
We of Oahu can talk some, for we
have 1904 telephones in-daily use Civ
ing us q sservice we THINK second to
none In the world = g
That welfare fhAblbodlt1 d sds1aon.
strated by our daily cohsumption of
1890 pounds 81 raw beet. In this
Uncle Sans soldiers assist ms some
what. But that We are hot-stuff is
shown because it takes 224,Oo9 pounds
of Ice each day to keep us cool.
To be sure, our; death rate illustrates
that four Of rs die every day. probably
three from diseases that could be
eradicated and by proper prevention
We undoubtedly could save the lives
of 700 of our fellow citizens each year,
and still not be as healthy q communi.
" as those which occupy the Panama
canal zone. ~ ,s<.s .ssS
That We are not sedentary in our
habits Is proven lly the fact that our
street cars carry a daily average of
81, 1000 passengers and the car mileage
each day equals the distance to San
Francisco and return with half way
back again to San Francisco, or In a
year equal to four return trips to the
moon.
Our city ana county government last
year cost as 1884, 4f6.e4 or about $3.50
for every man, woman and child lit.
tie less than what It cost you OF Maui
and quite 9 little more than 1t cost
you Of Hawaii and Kauai. ~
The value Of Oahu real estate on
which we pay taxes Is double that Of
Hawaii. two and a 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-residents.
Hence, we ask that when judging
Oahu please remember that she con-
tributes one half the tax revenue on
realty alone and has nearly 45 per
cent Of the population of the Terri
tory. and remember too that she is
exposed to the first rayages Of In
troduced disease and Is too often the
Mecca Of those Of your citizens who
want to make q living without work.
Again, We want to remind you that
the members OF the last legislature,
notwithstanding their solemn oaths
given to carry ont the Law of the Unit
ed States. deliberately killed reap
\ FOR