| Show The AFTERMATH OF THE BOOM IN HA HAWAII W All i BY FREDERIC J HASKIN I Ho May 1 THE Hawaiian islands are just get Iet I THE I tin tang over OEr a bid bad of black back eye After annexation they had kd a real al estern boom out here They tried In true style to tomake tomake make a Chicago Chicalo out or of Honolulu and andas andas as is asual in such Buch cases in the attempt Jt it i s the same old story of riding the wave ae too with the usual long watt for the BaiTs taiTs to fill 1111 Many of the d Irl waiting and stid waith for v iud but the plucky OUtS once have got out oars and nd are re Ut ing theIr muscle It a pity that will never If a n the way a of Ute the boom and the of the bubble It is too tool l that the WI fair fate face of fh SO frequently be by ugly wars ars that result from theor of overconfidence There i rally unusual about the sit It is e lIy as s a or of the retula regula I 1 11 i order Our towns lown have them one after the other j just st like f take lake the or the whoop j I i pugh h Sugar the Patron Saint I senis ms that the TOOl root of all the evil I M en too ts HUtch su sugar r TIle The sweet pie i is to Haw HawaIi It what cuI jg t or hUMber is to WasI i 1011 annexation were slid and the went 11 In Inside i or of eighteen they tiey l fl t 4 IM MIt for plantation t 1 Tn lit W runs rom a th are less than S white j i 1 lf Whre h N is the town in the I 1 J Ii i ud d St S 01 ae t or r in t the he world for that i t f fr that can equal such h Ii at record t I II an took k 1 t hf lImit or of t their ir meant means and nd c it itH H game ame was wat plaYed by all lI hands to tot t 1 st standstill iII Sugar was the patron J of the w whole Ole population Then ri fell and honolulu went into LI ruing I 1 t I heN bore is which is morally 1 till it l the pelee of sugar ugar V iI Its lis rise and fall is S Si 1 i as the or of wet and dry dO I i uis hut but for aU all this the speculators eil at it b blind ltd and Ute the limb brok r hundreds or of them Six of the 1 i failed and their stocks nl lit by bv t the board with wilh a crash The TheT T h have weathered the storm torm and andu u 1 t advance in prices Is hs bringing I th 11 In back to the dik I has basis h Honolulu has ii T hard lilt I do 10 not know of an and anU d U IT tIace aee in tilt the world that tha t under would have net iet ietI I I Iodine so bravely bravI or got ot 0 so Hotels at Sheriffs Sale SaleY Y I addition to the 10 low price of sugar r ral ra I Other things have concurred to Tak riak the situation worm or T The tourist was just arriving at good pro when the plague broke out outU U the easygoing ng w rover checked his b baggage through and took bi his coveted dollars cl re Jo For or a time the through hlf rs to the Orient would not even een lId a small boat ashore in Honolulu Tiit of course the or of Ilmi The beautiful Moana where hel Mrs Irs Stanford d died ed re reI I wa a opened tl in the fae afe of aU II k and it had to run with ith t I rOm so Ion long that it Is now in the I 1 antIs of a the rare old Royal hotel which was so prosper cu S in ill the days dag of the monarchy ha haju has ju just t been sold at sheriffs sale for the same ame n The Alexander Young 1 td which is doubtless the most re ever built in an out of the wa way locality like this th is laving a Uel lively tussle with the merit abic 1 Mr Ir Alexander Young is on of the thet t j lands sugar planters At a af f er of f over oer a million dollars i b he h hn baa baat t n in Uw hart harl of Honolulu i fireproof hotel Be L 1 The Prince of the Tropics Na Native Church i in n Honolulu High School I In Honolulu t I Ik k ti 4 3 I z f fY I Y I IJ t c 1 3 i LI LII t I j i c l I 1 4 L tr ee V n nf ie f T 0 C Ct r t I 4 J 1 t tween tie the two ends of this id building is a roof garden ca capable pable or of seating iIlO people The floor space of this garden is of an acre in extent It has banquet halls ban ball rooms and all t the furnIsh furnIshings ings and equipment of our most mod modera era frn American establishments He even has bas his own on farm in the suburbs to provide provision for or the hostelry Th This s enterprise is certainly a monument ment to Mr Ir Youngs faith in the fu future future ture of his hus island home but in all 11 he will have to wait a Ion long time before he realizes upon his unusual in investment Ideal Resort For Tourists In this connection it is only fair to say sav that the Hawaiian islands are an anid id ideal al resort for tourists If the hotels do not prosper ev eventually it wont be because they are not d deserving An outbreak of the plague which occurred years yean ago should hould not scare the wits out of the people for a generation Havana was ws a pesthole of yellow fever for centuries but bet people can go there thele now flow with perfect safety And Hawaii is safer than Cuba Jamaica or an of the Yest Fest Indian islands The running to it are as large as those in any tourist service in the world orld The hotel accommodations are certainly not surpassed anywhere There are no fogs or or Jp laria The forests have no wild b and there are arf no snakes or poisonous Insects in the jungles There Is a real live Jive volcano with a sort ort of natural safety valve aTTan arrangement ement so that it cant blow up AU All the ear earmarks earmarks marks of the old monarchy remain such as the hom homes or of the kinas the dancing girls sirls and the pie pic picturesque flower maidens who put gar garlands lands of posies around the neck of the stranger That the climate is de delightful may be known knon hy by the mere statement that sea bathing Is comfort comfortable comfortable able one day aft after r another and that one may mav have hav for break breakfast breakfast fast th the entire year ar round This is sa said d purely from an i 1 I f 7 1 y T 1 J Ph 0 A Kanaka Bell Bello dation of the situation It i ia not HOt writ written written ten se HS a return for or a sort of favors Too m newspaper cor correspondents respondents travel around in a tom capacity and work their way ay by exploiting the of those who entertain n them I pay m my way and say whatever I like aiming always to tell the truth and do the square thing I am glad of an opportunity I to say this so that my read readers en may Jimy know my policy polk in this re respect The Hawaiian are a part of the American Unk Union n and it pleases me to 1 say Oa a good word in their behalf es especially when the they are so de deserving of it We are Civilized Hawaii Is not generally appreciated appreciate in other respects Few visitors are prepared to find such an advanced ci civilization It is a great mistake to suppose that we have here merely a alot alot lot of naked and a few su sugar gar plantations Honolulu has a gen club which has had its doors open for more than fifty years ears it has hasa a college which recently held its six sixtieth sixtieth anniversary in its publiC s schools there are more than teachers and the foundation of the system dates baik to l U It is a fait fact not generally known that in the early da days s of the Pacific coast children hildren were sent seSt from California to Honolulu to be educated This Thin Is quite quitt in contrast to the situ situation situation in Porto Rico Cuba and the Philippines at the be beginning inning ot of Yankee rule There the public school was un ui known until we introduced it ane we e took over a population the bulk of which was as as dirty as it wa was ignorant American influence predominated in inthe the Hawaiian group for so man many years that it was in reality a readymade colony when hen the time came to annex it The fine residences modern store splendid roads and clean people will wiH prove proe a aI aI I revelation to aU all who visit the tIte islands for Ute the first time Statistics Worth Knowing Some vital statistics may not be out of place here The distance between San Francisco and Honolulu is 2089 miles From Honolulu to Yokohama it its is miles from Manila to Hone Hono Honolulu lulu it is miles The TIfe total area of the S seven yen prIncipal Islands of the Hawaiian group is miles and theIr total population I Is The names of the islands given in the or order order der o of their size are Hawaii Maui Kauai Molokai Lanai and Honolulu has about in inhabitants habitants It is ie located on the island a aThe The returns of the last census show that of the entire population were ere nat native e born and foreign born There were Hawaiians a third of whom were ere of mixed blood I 1274 white people 2767 76 Chinese Japanese and negroes It is esti estimated estimated mated that since the census the ar arrivals arrivals rivals and departures of Japanese have about balanced and that the number of Chinese has decreased on account or of the federal exclusion law I Several thousand of Porto Ricans have arrived in th the meantime and the number of AmerIcans has increased ed I somewhat The number numbe of white peo pIp pie in Honolulu is large Jarge as shown by I comparison with those residing in the ot iCo The last named has a population of over in includIng eluding Americans while lowe lulu with Its residents claimS claim whItes School Children are Mixed An examination of the school hool of our Island territory discloses S some me Interesting figures Schools taught In Hawaiian have long Jong been an all instructions now being In the Eng Bag lish language The nationalities or of oran an all pupils in the are as follo Hawaiian part Hawaiian 2800 American 82 British German 31 Portuguese 41 4 ScandInavian 98 Japanese Chinese Porto other foreigners litI igi Total The national of teach teachers ers era necessary to sueha a motley crowd of youngsters Is az 88 fel fellows lowS Hawaiian 9 part 78 70 American 31 British U Ger German man inch 11 Portuguese 23 3 French 1 ii Sc Scandinavian 15 1 Be z Japan Japanese J Jese ese 5 Chinese I other foreigners Total The main dependence of the Hawa lien lIan Islands is sugar Nearly all 11 i ithe the existing wealth caine trues uis source And it is bout about the only hope ope of the Ule immediAte future Out of tile Ibe total value of export shipments r rot r tile the thelast last fi fiscal l year amounting to IS the item of sugar u r done alone wa was 1 Thus Thu it will m be seen that the was l lees than n worth orth i CB other domestic merchandise export exported to the United States and ftH n trl There are about 1 acores arr planted in sugar on the todaY There are plantations In x aft which are scattered over the islands or of Hawaii Maui hul Oahu a aM Kauai These pia ion produced I last t year tons of r raw nigar r as X tune ten years sa gain of tons since the fa fall sf t tim the monarchy Ieh 0 Hawaiian Cane is Rich It is ilS Slid said that the cane grown ia 1 HawaIi is hs much richer than the pre pee duct or of Cuba and ami the United SCat States It 11 takes about ten tons of Cuban esna to a 1 ton of sugar while tons of the Hawaiian stalks will eaRly jId that tha t If the price re remains remains mains fair it is exported that the total yield of these islands wilt ill eventual reach tons ton annually Hess Hen Carrel Carrol D Wright United States cogs missioner of labor in a 4 report tat Oft Hawaii declared that It ou ought bt to af afford afford ford homes for a half a million people OPIe However if su sugar r remaIns the one staple the i land island will have no great stability but will suffer sillIer numerous ups and downs according to the variations of the market What is needed is a of crops Successful experiments have haye been made with the YucatAn plant n a variety or of cactus called calle siss which can an be grown on semiarid laisi This fibre is used il i making ro rope and binder twIne as well as several of brushes Over pounds of tAts thia fibre has already been produced in It a year ear It sold in San Francisco tor r about S cents cent petS pound netting tile the growers about Th ij per acre The Spell of the Tropics The people uC of have aYe t problems to solve but they will deat pt less les be able to work them out It i is I a place where a home is iJ worth for lie He who sojourns here a 8 while Is i ever loth to leave The fair skies ansi ami bright flowers and brilliant shrubs shrIft of offer fer a charm that grows the while and makes other less favored climes dull dullin dullIn in Only those who know the spell of the drowsy tropics can understand the hold they have upon the fancy Xo No pictured palm c usia A wave and drone its evening anthem like the one that has its roots in the sand and its crest in the wind no painters brush can catch the majesty of the mountaIn peak at the sunset hour and no juggler of words caR can impart the zt zest St that rides with the spray of the southern sea To know it idt for a day is to know it forever Its pleasing memory never neer fades |
