Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1924-11-27
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of the world
The growing of sugar cane Is the
principal industry of the islands,
however the raising of pineapples is
fast replacing the growing of sugar,
and the finest pineapples in the
world are grown in Hawaii The
crops are cultivated by japanese,
Fflipinos, and Chinese women,
working oftentimes in the same
fields. Their dress presents a very
unique appearance, and most of
them have adopted the American
idea of smoking-big black cigars
and Bull Durham cigarettes being
most in evidence
The soil is of volcanic formation
and well adapted to the growing of
pineapples and sugar The exports
of the islands amount to about $10,-
100000 yearly. While much sugar
cane is raised, there is but one re-
finery mill on the island 1t does
not produce enough to supply the
home consumption. The raw sugar
is sent out of the country to be re-
fined. The speaker went into de-
tail, telling how the sugar cane is
raised. The first joint of the plant
is set out, and it takes Is months
for the crop TO mature. Then it is
cut and carried to the mill, much Of
it being fumed. Mr.. Dearth stated
that within a SO mile radius of Hilo
for six months, the average amount
of raw sugar shipped out of the ter
ritory Is 625 tons daily.
Hilo is the second largest city of
the island, with a population of
about 10000. Thirty miles from
this city is Mt. Kilauea, having
height of 4,400 feet. The drive to
this place is up hill, and over i'm
proved roads much of the way. The
speaker first visited it last Febru-
airy, when it appeared that the
crater would overflow, which it does
every three years. He saw the lava
within 200 feet of the brim, then in
10 days it went back 500 feet-like
as If the bottom had dropped out.
AS this took place he was watching
it, and the heat from it was so in
tense that at the distance he was
away-6O0 feet, 1t was necessary to
hold newspaper before his face to
keep the heat from burning him.
1t then remained quiet until late in
April. Then came the earthquake,
and an expected eruption, but for
two weeks nothing happened, and
then it began to erupt. first sending
up straight great columns of black
smoke similar to smoke from a
great burning oil we'll, the smoke
later becoming gray and "curly."
The eruption continued for about a
week. Tourists up in the vicinity
became covered with the dust, and
the tops Of their machines were
covered with mud Mr.. Dearth said
that the newspaper reports were
that the Inhabitants fed when the
eruption started, which was true
but not in the way the papers in
tended it-that of fleeing from the
volcano, but quite the reverse-fee-
ing towards it. During the eruption
electrical storms played about the
volcano, and it was stated that Of
ten the lightning would seem to
come up out of the crater as we'll as
descend into it,
Many other interesting places
were described - his trip down
through the lava beds to the sea,
where he saw his first grass house,
and early missionary churches, etc.
The Hawaiian people he found to
be of likable disposition, having
no thought of tomorrow" He was
invited to real Hawaiian feast.
He being the guest was given their
only eating utensils, but he laid
them aside and ate as did the ma
tives-with his fingers. The meal
was good one, and included roast
pig, cocoanut pudding-made from
the fresh cocoanuts, and poi. The
latter is fermented food from the
root of the taro, and is sort of a
paste. This paste is made of differ
ent consistency-each named a cer-
can be eaten with one finger, it is so
named; if two fingers are required,
1t is called two finger poi, etc.
The relationship Of the people he
found particularly interesting and
the subject of much study. OF the
500 are white. The
balance is made up of Japanese,
Chinese, Portuguese, etc., as noted
above. What will be the future OF
the inhabitants and what sort of
race will predominate. Is prob
since they all intermarry.
The speaker stated that white girls
are much more likely to marry or
lental men, than are oriental girls
to marry white men.
The climate is delightful, and as
already stated the inhabitants are
carefree. The speaker told of driv-
Ing out OF Honolulu up into the
country one night, to- enjoy the
scenery, and when they stopped,
they noticed Hawaiian, his wife