Evening star., 1935-08-04
Star Rising in
the West
By Frederic ]. Haskin.

nearly 40 years under American dom1n-
ion, now claims admission to the sister,
hood Of States.
There is no fixed rule by which
State is admitted to the Union. The
will of Congress alone decides. The rule
Of population does not govern. Ten Ter
ritories have been admitted to the Union
as States when they had less population
than the Territory of Hawaii now has
and, on an average, when they had only
about one-fifth of her population. Hawaii
now shows a census Of 100000. When
Wyoming was admitted to Statehood she
had but 10000, Nebraska had $4,000,
Arkansas, 10000; Colorado, 10000; Ne
vada. $4,000; Missouri, $1,000: California,
10000; Montana, $4,000; Idaho, 1000,
and Arizona, 100000.
Even in her status as q Territory
Hawaii has a greater population than
Nevada, Wyoming, Delaware or Vermont
and is close to the figures for Arizona,
Idaho, New Mexico or New Hampshire.
Yet each of these States has two Sen
ators and Representatives in Congress
in accordance with their populations,
while Hawaii must content herself with
a delegate who has no vote.
There seems to be no marked oppoSi-
ton to admission of Hawaii as a State.
True, it would be the first State detached
from continental America by stretch
of thousands of miles of ocean, but dis
tance is being SC rapidly annihilated that
this argument is held lightly. Just re-
Gently the clipper airliners have inaugu-
rated regular speedy service from the
mainland to the islands. Rather, there
has been apathy and the Hawaiians now
fa and
see the door opened to them.
1t is true that there are about 100000
American citizens in the islands Of ORR
entail antecedents and in some quarters
objection has been made on that score.
Comparatively few are still of Oriental
citizenship, only the survivors of those
who came over prior to 1903 before the
Oriental exclusion was applied to the
islands. They are old men now. There
are, however, some 100000 Of their
descendants who, of course, are Ameri-
can citizens by birth. 1t is claimed that
these have assimilated American ideals
far more rapidly than second and even
third generations of some of the Euro
pean immigrant stock. Indeed, 1t is
said of the native born HawaiianS of
Oriental antecedents that they are more
lIdll IlldIl
in their steadfastness to the ideals Of the
United States.
Intelligent Government Administration.
The territorial government of Hawaii
is declared to exhibit far greater pro-
| greSsiveneSs than many of the conti-
mental States. There are political par
ties and political feelings in the islands
as matter of course. but politics are
declared to interfere less with enlight-
ened government than in many other
places. For example. a non-partisan
commission selects the chief of police.
No political tests are applied; the best
available talent anywhere available is
employed
Honolulu. as well as other Hawaiian
. cities, are furnished with modern schools
and other public institutions. Indeed,
Honolulu has more endowed institutions
than any city Of equal size in the United
States. Bermuda makes a boast, eff
| fective with most tourists, that 1t has
not an automobile to disturb the tran
qulllity of the place. Hawaii has plenty
OF automobiles. but not a roadside bill
board. Nor was the countryside cleaned
Of these diSf1gurements by ordinance
| The trick was done by action of the
people in boycotting any article which
was so advertised.
The Territory of Hawaii has an en-
viable record from the fiscal point of
| view. Since the islands were annexed,
! in 1898. and organized as a Territory, in
1900, they have paid into the Federal
| Treasury five times as much as has been
| spent in administration.
The Territory of Alaska has produced
| far greater riches than Hawaii because
Of the great gold strikes of the Klondike
and the Yukon, but this wealth did not
accrue to the Federal Treasury. 1t went
into the pokeS and pockets of the pros
pectors and Adventures who faced the
hardShipS of the Arctic to challenge for
tune. Without any such bonanza to
draw from, Hawaii has paid the United
States net profit of S150,0 900 over
| and above the cost of her administra-
| ton.
In the last fiscal year, for example.
| citizens Of Hawaii paid into the Treas
ury in the form of internal revenue SIS
| 10000. This was a larger volume of
| internal revenue than was contributed
by Arizona, Idaho Nevada, New Mexico,
North Dakota, Wyoming, Arkansas, Mis-
sissippi, Utah. Alabama, Oregon, Mon
tana, New Hampshire, South Carolina or
Vermont.
Value Of Islands Trade.
Figuring another way, Hawaii's con-
| tributions of internal revenue in the last
fiscal year were $500, 900 more than the
combined contributions of Idaho, New
Mexico, North Dakota and South Da-
kota. Although Alabama has seven
times Hawaii's population, Hawaii paid
more internal revenue. and the Territory
paid more than Oregon, which has three
times her population. In addition to
the internal revenue taxes, Hawaii COL
lects at her ports of entry some $1,000
900 year which goes into the Federal
Golfers at Washington and turns over
about $500000 year in post office re-
ceipts.
The Territory of Hawaii dislikes being
regarded as detached from the United
! States, but the value of her trade with
continental United States can, perhaps.
be more graphically shown If it is stated
in terms of foreign trade as imports and
exports. Exports from continental
United States to Hawaii amount to
about $75,000,000 a year. OF this some
S6O,OOO,000 moves from the Pacific Coast
the remainder of the country supplying
the rest. Imports from Hawaii amount
to $100,000,000 year. These figures
snow Hawaii although but small group
OF Islands, to be the seventh best Gus
toner Of the United States. Only six
nations-the United Kingdom, Canada.
Japan. Germany, France and Italy-buy
more from the United States than the
Territory of Hawaii does. Moreover,
only three countries in the world-Can.