Evening star., 1934-07-29


fehrd q great deal about their Presi.
dents since they became part o
tlae United States. but they had nevel
seen a real. live President until Mr.
Roosevelt decided 70 pay his relatives
a visit. They are not just neighbors
they are a part Of Uncle Sans bis
family. and q very responsible part
according to Mfr. Castle, sometime
undersecretary Of State. who know
q lot about the islands.
When the head Of family Is away
for a much-needed vacation the chill
dren are always adnonished 10 bf
eood--or a. good as they can be, sc
that paterfamilias viii not worry
about things back home Eotwith-
standing the strikes. the drought and
a few other calamities which might
at any time arise In great Republic
of some i25. 1000 people, affair
back home have been quite satisfac-
tory since the President left. Col
Howe and Mr.. McIntyre--sorry Col
McIntyre-were doubtless admon-
ished 10 be good and keep the home
fires burning.
But that's another story from what
was meant at the beginning. Mr.. Dun
and Bradstreet. Inc, gentlemen well
known 10 the business world, praised
in prosperity and adiured In ad-
yersity. sail into the picture-this Is
the yachting season. when everything
gails--and in a recent report say;
even though trade winds during the
I'M ~ n
the sails of the ship Of business TO a
point where reefng was necessary
and while In some cases 1t has been
necessary 10 set studdLng-sails aux
iliary sails) to catch the seasonal mt
full breeze. the ship stu moves on
definite course Of general pickup"
The average tourist TO the Hawaiian
Islands comes back with small accu-
rate information as TO the real Situ-
alton and progress made since they
became a part OF the United States.
He goes there to amuse himself. enjoy
the wonderful climate and the very
bizarre entertainments offered to the
stranger.
Mr.. Castles article in last Sundays
Star is very Illuminating and the in
formation given is quite the reverse
of what the average American be-
lieved to be true. For instance. he
saws the Islands are under the Inte-
rior Department and not the War
Department, as generally believed. A
Secretary of War or so and some
Senators have visited the islands, be-
ing the highest officials TO go there.
He tells us that the islands are a
Territory and not possession. That
missionaries in the past we're not gold
diggers, but had the highest ethical
principles. They neither stole nor
accepted land-exceTIt for public pur-
poses.
No sugar plantations are owned by
individuals or families, because the
stock of all the plantations is widely
distributed and is held permanent
investment by all sorts and conditions
of people.
Mr.. Castle emphasizes that the
much-discussed Oriental scale of
wages is entirely mythical. Agricul-
tural labor there is better paid than
In the States and that In addition to
excellent wages the plantations pro-
vide comfortable houses, gardens for
raising vegetables, good sanitary
conditions and medical attention.
And last but not least, he says
Hawaii pays more taxes into the
Federal Treasury than are paid by is
States, and that the islands have
turned over to the Federal Govern
ment since its annexation some $780,
100000 more than the Government
has spent on the Territory.
Thank you, Mr.. Castle, If quota
ton marks have been lacking now
and then 1t was because interest in
the subject ran away with the type
writer.
The trek to Hawaii increases daily
since President Roosevelt set out on
his long voyage.
Last Friday--no superstition there
the Attorney General and Mrs.
Cummings, with a goodly company
made up Of congenial spirits. sailed
for Honolulu. The Assistant Attorney
General and Mrs. Harry Blair, Mr..
and Mrs. Stanley Reed and Mr.. Ugo
Carusi, assistant to the Attorney Gen
eral, were of the party.
Speaking of plantations, crops and
wages, Premier Mussolini some time
ago announced that he would make a
determined effort to have Italy feed
and supply its 42.667 900 people, and
in this campaign of production it will
not be everybody works but father,
for II Duce mounted tractor himself
and piloted the first army Of Italian
tractors into the once deSolate Pom
tine Marshes after they had been
drained and made to produce.
Italian farmers who own tractors
get their gasoline at cost and there
are l2,666-or were sometime ago
of the machines in Italy.
Il Duce has made the desert blossom
as the rose, almost unbelievable when
one thinks of the centuries the
miasmatic condition of the Pontine
Marshes were a menace to health
This condition was attributed chiefly
to number of small streams which
instead of finding the way into the
sea, spread over the plain.
Earlier historians, however, relate
that there were originally % towns in
the plain and in 3l2 BIC. the greater
part of II must have been free of
marshes since Appius Claudius con-
s5stnfaI ha to- -,