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Show I IS PLEASED WITH HAWAII I V UVvV Secretary Straus, of tho department of com- " WMWWC merce and labor, who Iiur Just returned from an ATOUW uJii 'aWotWA extended tilp to Hawaii, Is much pleased with mmW&tft VwuVuv WDat nc saw 1,11(1 heard 'II the Island and believes nWwiir'' vVVVVVra v'8" '"-''' 10 'oa'l lo Practical results. WE Secretary Straus Ih n firm believer In the Idea ilftWVW SlliHuu tl,nl "u Vilat ,ntores'a Intrusted to Ills Bafekeep' Mv rVl '"K C,UI "ot ',0 en"ro'v admlnlHtered from mVW'y23l!' Imyyv n'8 ,'C8' '" Wnshlngton, an,l thlB conviction led IWv"' ltfMVVYY t0 tne detutmluntlon to make a personal Inspcc-x.W.e1 Inspcc-x.W.e1 "on of 'lu wl)1'k!nK8 of the department away from ! vr "ItmWlx the capital, and to become personally acquainted -V P?Jww w'"1 t'10 vnrlous olllcials having supervision. Ac-. Ac-. nJiNVS cordlngly lie planned a trip along tlio Canadian v vf SV border 10 Vancouver, and thenco south through H N V Senttle und Portland to San Francisco, wllh Hono lulu ns the ultimate destination, and It Is from this trip that he has Just returned. While In Hawaii Secretary Straus was waited upon by a delegation of Japanese editors, representing the four Jnpaneso newspapers of Honolulu, who cnllud to ascertain his views regarding Japanese matters In tho territory ter-ritory and as to his policy with reference to Japanese Immigration, particularly particu-larly If ho believed that tho preponderance of Japanese In Hawaii was Inimical In-imical to the future welfare of the Islands. In reply the secretary said: "An Ideal condition for the lutiiro welfare of theso Islands would bo that there should not bo too great a preponderance of nny ono race, but that an equilibrium be maintained. I would Impress upon you, and upon each of the several races here, to have a care not to exploit theso Islands and their resources for the benefit of tho country from which they came, but to act In tho spirit of tho government under which they live; of loyalty to , v the interests of the islands which afford such happy and Ideal homes foi them and their children." ' Thoro Is an apparent need of greater shipping facilities for tho islands a deputation of merchants' and planters, who waited on Secretary Straus showing how the couhI wise shipping laws worked n hardship to the island! In that they penalized tho carrying of passengers nnd freight between the territory nnd the mainland of the United States la other than American bottoms, nnd owing to tho Infrequency with whlchvessels of that description descrip-tion stop at Honolulu, large quantities of fruit rotted on tho wharves while awaiting shipment. Tho same lack of transportation facilities acted as a peculiar hardship upon residents of tho territory, who were often obliged, as a result of Illness or pressing financial matters, to leavo for tho United States on n vessel of foreign registry and thereby Incur tho fine of $20G which our nnvlgntion lnws Impose, i Secretnry Straus promised to do all he could to remedy this Injustice and this will be ono of the matters which ho will endeavor to bring to tho attention of congress this winter and obtain relief for the Islands. 1 |
