Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-25
ANGELEyO Tells
Of VACATION IN
HAWAIIAN ISLES

change, who has been on q vacation Of
several weeks in the Hawaiian Islands,
returned home Thursday, after most
delightful time in the islands and on
the voyage to and from there. Talking
about his trip and the islands Mr.. Cole
said: @z-:' -.
The steamer upon which arrived
at San Francisco carried full cargo
i OF sugar and canned pineapples How
would you like to be the consignee Of
1000 tons of sugar which increased in
value three and a half cents per pound
during transportation. mere baga-
telle of $3.50, 900 in addition to the reg.
ular profit? Who gets this profit and
who gets the regular profit? The
small grower of sugar cane in the Ter
ritory of Hawaii barely makes living
and yet the large manufacturers Of
raw sugar seem to do we'll, otherwise
why do they continue to take over at
a low price the holdings of the little
men? ~. ..s.-
ION my way to Hilo / met a credit
man who twice year visits the isl
ands to investigate the financial stand.
ing of various plantation owners. He
told me with a sigh q do not know
how genuine it wasl OF the gradual alb
sorption of the small but rich planta-
tions by the larger concerns. BY far
the most valuable produces of the isl
ands is raw sugar and canned pineap-
pies. OF the income from their sales
very little remains at the place Of pro-
duction except laborers' cheap wages,
which are again cut down by the plan
tation commissary stores. 1t would
be practically impossible for any out.
side person to successfully operate a
general store expecting to obtain any
support from laborers or employees
"A mill situated upon the west side
Of the island of Oahu produced $50
tons OF sugar the day I arrived, APP
proximately value of $4,000 at
cents per pound. This Is only one
mill and there are many Of the same
or greater capacity. 1t stands to rea-
son that this industry WOMB not oper-
no question but that the moneys real
lied in the nature of profits do not
again see the islands. except as it
goes into the pockets of a very limited
number of wealthy people who reside
there, the balance going to interests in
the United States. ii
After once having visited pine,
apple cannery no one wou:d hesitate
to purchase this fruit. The greatest
courtesy is shown to all visitors The
methods are very simple. The pine
apples are not picked until they are
fully ripe. They are then pared, cored
and cut by machinery. The slices are
graded according to form, but it makes
no difference of which grade you pur-
chase, 1t is all the same delicious pine
apple. They are packed IN, their, own
juice. The can is then sealed and
brought up to boiling point. after which
they are ready for shipping. The same
character of interests control this in. !
dustry as in the sugar industry. The
only factory to which general admis.
sion is refused is In the manufacture
of pineapple juice. could not learn
the reason why. 1t may be that more
juice comes out of the factory than
there is In the pineapple.
"Of the voting populaiibns fully n |
per cent are the original knhabitants !
of the islands. or mixed descendants.
The Kanaka of the present day Is easy
going, good natured and lazy as dis
tinguished from the Kanaka who lived
under the reign of Kamehameha /. He
has no fight in him and cares little
what happens tomorrow as long as he
has three meals today. The climate
and the great productiveness of the |
soil have made it easy for him to live, |
his principal article of food being poi, |
which is made from the root of the |
taro plant. This is grown in great |
quantities upon the islands and is con-
sumed there.
The Kanaka's chief ambition in life
is to have luau, or NATIVES feast In !
order to satisfy his desire in this di. |
rection he has always been willing to |
mortgage any of his land holdings. |
The native soon forgets that he has |
borrowed any money upon his land |
until he is dispossessed of 1t. No small |
portion of the finest holdings upon the |
islands have been obtained by outside |
people through their knowledge of the |
fondness of the Kanaka for his luau, |
Such weak enmity toward the present |
possessors of the land Is shown by the |
Kanaka and half breed vote as well |
as in jury practice Puerile, il not |
densely ignorant. he is father OF some
of the strangest laws which could be |
imagined, as instanced by certain arch
ives in the local legislature, one of the !
native statesmen making motion, that |
low tides be abolished as he could |
never see any use for them anyway |
motion was made that the lati-l
tude of the islands be changed to num-
Der one, as it was too hard for the
natives to remember the exact number /
Of degrees and minutes from Green
wich. Asking for an appropriation to
protect the islands from epidemic the
local statesmen did nor believe that |
such thing could be caused by bac.
terra unless they could see them,
one of the members of the |
board of health obtained cockroach /
and after decorating il with various |
designs, including a skull and cross
bones, it was shown to the statesmen,
who having seen this awful monster /
rushed from the room and passed q
law authorizing public funds to be ex-