The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-07-16

Z ht may WtStIl lHdI nc .uOes NOT want 10
60 back, He $ run so long he doesn't
know how to stop. ~''' '+NH .
/ tt'Kuhio does NOT represent the Ter
ritory, He cant. He does the best
be can, but he has painful limitations.
The sugar planters long since reeoe-
nized these Limitations. That is why
they pay Ballau 100000 and George
Mcclellan $4,000, a year to lobby for
them This lobbying by paid, lobbyists
chchpensH the Tertftdry in the eyes OF
the people who count in Washington,
and makes it hard for us to get what
is good for us here and what the Is
lands really deserve from congress. -
sugar Most Vital .-.. =. 1. y
Here Me-. Cohen stopped to point out
that sugar, being the most impbftaIt
product, of the Islands, whatever con.
cerned sugar, and the increase of the
output of sugar, and its further de-
velopment along commercial lines, con.
eerned, of necessity, the whole Terri
tory. .... : 81. g."
'"I believe in homeste ding" said
! Mr.. Cohen. 81 want to see these Isl
lands covered with good American
homes, but at the same time this does
not blind me TO the fact that il Is to,
the sugar planters that we owe much
Of our present prosperity, TAnd there's
/ no doubt in the mind Of any sane, per-
son that whatever is to the interest
Of the sugar planters is to the interest
+ of the entire Territory, g.. '.hgt 'ery.
! "In spite OF this fact, and while m
wholly in favor while this war lasts
Of having the plantations keep in cul-
tiyation every acre of sugar cane they
now have planted, l see neither right
nor justice in allowing large areas of
land TO lie idle on the off chance of its
being required by the PLANTERS for
sugar Such lands should be opened
uL to the people. ..".'! &
, ~ am going into this campaign
more to see If We can not get change
at Washington than anything else. /
an opposed to Prince Cupid simply be-.
cause he has done nothing. All that has
been done for the Territory at'Wash.
lington has been an absolute necessity
from military standpoint. Even that
hasn't gone anything like as Far as
it would have gone had the matter
been properly presented to congress.
I'll Island Of Oahu should by this
time have been circled and criss,
crossed by military roads. Oahu ought
| to have the best roads in the world,
Ian" cometime or other, if we ever be-
! go to handle our public affairs prop
| erly, il will have.
ultimately, continued Mr.. Cohen,
"the federal government will find that
the best solution Of its economic and
political problems throughout tho states
and territories will be the taking over
IF the control Of all the public roads.
| When this is done, prrt of the cost and
maintenance Of such roads will be
borne by the federal government and
! part by the localN governments. This
| will mean that the whole country will
have good roads. That time may come
sooner than is anticipated, and when
it does come this Territory wants to
get in on, the ground floor.
Tourists Are Coming
"NOne of these needs of the Islands
has been properly presented in Wash.
ington. We have on the Big Island the
| greatest assets for d National Park any
country ever had. Kilauea, and the
region around the volcano, far outstrip
in wondet and interest anything
Yellowstone Park can offer in the way
of ATTRACTIONS, and look what has been
! done by the government for the
Yellowstone And to this is added the
Incompatible HaleakaiaE of Maui.
"When the war is over people are
going to pour into these Islands. If
we can take care of the crowds, and
/ have the roads they need and want to
travel over to see what the Islands
, have to show, their numbers will be
10 oh
them. And there will be enough ton
mage when the war is over to give
the Islands ship daily from San
Francisco, not to mention her boats
from San Pedro, San Diego and from
northern ports. If we are ready, or
even getting ready to take care of our
visitors providing comfortable trans,
portation for them to and over the
various islands, we shall have such n
food Of people here as has never been
enjoyed by any other tourist resort.
World Sick Of Pain
People are not going to Europe for
some time after this war is over. OF
course there will be many of the
morbid minded who will want to 90
over and gloat or moan over the ruin
and desol3tiOn of France, Belgium and
other lands laid waste by the Hun,
but sane minded, wholesome people
will not 20 to Europe for a while after
the war. The world is sick of pain
and suffering and Americans. when we
have won the war, WIN turn eagerly
to scenes that will bring them Joy and
happiness. They will come to Hawaii.
and from all over the world people will
come to Hawaii. We shall have so
many ships that rates can be made
nttractiv"ly low to catch the rank and
file, while onimodations can be made
luxurious enough. to. please the most
fastidions of the ridh. And we want
to begin now to have our roads in con
ditiOn to take care of our travelling
public
Only One Party
u awe have in America now only one
big party the Win the War Party. We
can not be rahid Republicans without,
in measure, working against the Ad,
mimStraticn, and whether we are Rep
uhliranS or Dem crafts, what we need
mt this time is to inject into our policy
the pun toge' her-spTit which must
eventually win the war, and ut the
same time help US as territory of