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THE GARDEN ISLAND, TUESDAY, FEB. 26. 1918
THE GARDEN ISLAND
Issued Erery Tuesday Morning
II. K. IIOOTIIUY . .
KKNNHTH C. UOPPKU
TUESDAY
OPPORTUNITY L1NGERETH STILL
Island people haven't lived up to
their opportunities. Itoi-aiiHe the cli
mate and the Boil are eminently
milted to tho growth of sugar enne,
that has become tho principal Indus
try, while with a climate like this,
and soil like this, and rainfall greater
by far than the average In any state
on the mainland, the list of products
could and should Include nearly every
thing produced In the United States.
For some products, tho market Is
naturally limited. For pineapples a
ready market is offered, as there are
canned pineapples Is today far greater
than the supply. Once In tho can, the
fruit is Imperishable. Again, tho area
upon which pineapples can be sucess
fully grown Is limited to tropical cli
mates. And both soil and climate are
suitable on Kauai.
Coil (Tee Is grown so extensively and
produced so cheaply in South America,
that Hawaii cannot successfully com
pete on a commercial scale. Hut con
sidering that the conditions for Its cul
ture are so favorable, and the flavor of
island cofioe so delightful, there Is no
reason why every farmer on Kauai
should not plant an acre or two.
At this time, tho awa root la com
manding a big price, and Its culture Is
quite profitable.
Kice is now selling at seven dollars
a bag, and at that rate, there are very
few crops indeed, which can be grown
more profitably.
As a rule, the pioneers in an Indus
try to which a land Is peculiarly suited
have a chance to reap a big profit be
fore the business becomes overdone.
And on Kauai, beyond a doubt, new In
dustries will be introduced.
There is no business connected with
fanning life which at this time offers
more profit than the raising of the
larger breeds of hogs.
The production of eggs can hardly
bo overdone, and the price is always
higher than on the mainland, year in
and year out. The large foreign pop
ulation makes the demand for ducks
quite constant.
Lobsters, esteemed a great delicacy
in the Eastern States, do not seem to
thrive on the Pacific Coast, where they
were transplanted some years 'ago.
This is probably because the food to
which they are accustomed is not plen
tiful. Whether they would thrive in
the warmer waters which sm round the
islands, remains to be seen. But their
introduction should at least be attempt
ed. The eastern oyster was many years
ago introduced on the Pacific Coast,
and thrives there. With so many riv
ers emptying into the sea the waters
of which are so heavily freighted with
with animal and vegetable life from
mountain and moor, it would seem that
oysters planted along the mouths of
the rivers, should laugh and grow fat.
The Oregon quahog clam would thrive,
beyond a doubt.
There would seem to be no good rea
son why raspberries and blackberries
should not be introduced. They should
grow on any part of the island, though
the higher mountain altitudes, where
rainfall is especially plentiful, would
seem to be the ideal location for them.
Conditions on the mainland have for
years been such that the man who did
not complain that the railroad compan
ies were thieves and robbers, was not
considered loyal. Then the govern
ment took over the railroads but didn't
reilie the rates for either fare or
freight. In fact, price fixing along
nearly all lines of trade taken over by
the government have shown an in
crease, rather than a decrease. The
government has been prosecuting the
railroads for years because they do
sired and attempted to centralize pow
er and management by combinations.
Yet one of the first things the govern
ment did was to form combinations
and pools looking to greater economy
and greater etliciency. As a whole,
the commercial world has been bene
fited, instead of injured, by govern
ment control. Every railroad, every
steamship line, every manufacturer of
any kind of goods which has been
taken over, has profited largely. One
does not have to look very far to see
illustrations of this fact. The Amor!
can-Hawaiian Steamship Company is
among the incorporations the income
of which has been materially in
creased. The steamers which have
been lost by the government will be
by the government replaced. The Mat
son Company has also benefited large
ly.
Some of the food conservationists
are so particular that if a man has
a sweet tooth, they want him to pull It
They would even deny a man the priv
ilege of having a sweetheart. And Sis
ter Susie is sewing so many silken
shirts for Sammies that a man will
have to go to the front pretty soon
to get a decent shirt, or wear one of
the sport shirts which had such a
short spurt.
. . . Editor
.Managing Editor
FEB. 20
LIRE OF THE ISLANDS
Mrs. E. V. Swing, of Cleveland, Ohio,
doesn't seem to believe that there are
just as good fish In the sea as ever
have been caught. She has written to
Governor Plnkham, stating that her
husband has disappeared, and that she
believes he is In Hawaii. She says
that If the Governor can And him, she
w ill gladly send the money to pay his
fare home. She says ho has been
reading literature about the islands,
and has often expressed a desire to see
thorn. He left Akron, Ohio, last May,
and forgot to mention where he was
going. And ho has neglected to write
to his own llttlo wife. Some say the
mail is more reliable than the female,
when It comes to corresponding. But
here is a man who is so entranced
by tho scenery that he forgets to write.
She says she fears her husband has
found a neater, sweeter maiden, In a
cleaner, greener land.
It would bo quite interesting to
learn who was the author of the at
tractive literature he has been read
ing. Surely it was not the old red and
blue and green pamphlet, which the
Promotion Committee used to send
out. The little paragraph by Mark
Twain about the lure of the islands
Is good, and will never lose its charm.
The stuff Mark Twain wrote in his
book "Roughing It," about the islands,
are so unreasonable that if a man has
was libelous to the last degree.
The printing and publishing of the
little Daily Wireless has been from the
first an unprofitable venture, upon our
part, and it will, therefore, be discon
tinued at the end of the present
month.
In the first place, the cost of send
ing the messages from Honolulu are
necessarily high, and the government
has already forbidden the further
sending of commercial messages from
the coast. The gathering and wording
of the messages by our agent in Hono
lulu naturally adding something to the
cost. The delivery of the paper along
the route, which, counting the side
detours, amounted to eighty miles a
day, called for the employment of a
chauffeur. The wear and tear on the
auto was an item of no Bmall import
ance. The setting of the type con
sumed considerable time and Involved
no inconsiderable expense, and taken
altogether, the expenses were far In
advance of the income.
A few have patronized the little daly
very liberally, and all have paid
promptly. To them we feel grateful,
and regret that we could not see our
way clear to countinue It.
The suspension of the little daily
will enable us to concentrate our atten
tion upon the Garden Island, and we
hope to thereby make the paper much
more valuable, not only to subscribers,
but to our advertisers, as well.
Professor Vaughton McCarthy has
published In the American Journal of
Botany, of New York, a detailed state
ment of the plant life, forests, and
mountain vegetation of the Manoa
Valley, and ridges surrounding. He
concludes from his studies that the
Hawaiian Islands were at some time
in the past all connected by strips of
land. This conclusion. It will be
noted, does not coincide with that
reached by geologists, who, with one
accord, declare that Kauai is much
older than any other island of the
group. Perhaps thousands of years
older. The latter theory seems very
reasonable, inasmuch as the lava on
Kauai has been very largely reduced
to its constituent elements, while the
lava on other islands in man' instan
ces still remains practically in its
primitive condition.
"There shall be earthquakes in di
verse places. There shall be wars
and rumors of wars. Men shall have
Itching palms. Knowledge shall be
increased and men shall seek out
many inventions. Chariots shall jostle
together in the streets; they shall ryn
like lightning. There shall be distress
of nations such as the world has never
seen. No man knoweth of the day nor
the hour; but even as when the fig
tree putteth forth her buds ye know
that spring is nigh, so the wise shall
understand. As in the days of Noah,
when he was building the ark. and
men were marrying and giving in
marriage, so shall it be in the latter
days." Are we all blind? Is this the
beginning of the end? There are none
so blind as those who will not see.
Kussia doesn't seem to know wheth
er she wants to fight with Germany or
Allies. The fact seems to be that the
majority of the Russians are in favor
of peace and want the rich to divide
their wealth with the poor. But liber
ty is more than so-called socialism,
and Russia must learn that before her
people can be either happy or prosperous.
KAUAI FOR BEAUTIFUL PICTURES
The Lanky Company, which took a
series of films at Kalapuna, on Hawaii
a few months ago, is coming to the
Islands again shortly to stage Beveral
of the Island productions, and to take
other moving pictures. The company
took some very fine views of the palm
strewn beaches of the Kalapana sect
ion, and of the volcano and adjacent
lava tubes. Hut be It known that Kauai
the Garden Island, has the most beau
tiful views of the group. The Lasky
Company could get tome very grand
views of the Olekcle canyon, the liana
pepo canyon, the cocoa groves at the
mouth of the Wailua, and the scenery
at Hanalei. We have on Kauai the
most beautiful groves of cocoas, the
grandest and most rugged canyons,
and the most beautiful scenery that
can be found anywhere. And the cloud
effects are unapproached for beauty.
Tho Lasky Company went to Hawaii
because the business men of that isl
and employ Do Vis Norton to repre
sent their Interests in Honolulu. He
naturally got hold of the Lasky Com
pany's manager and steered him over
to Hawaii. We all admit that Hawaii
has many charms, chief of which is the
volcano. And we must give them
credit for advertising their attract
ions and securing the tourist trafilc.
Hut what Is the matter with Kauai?
Are we going to sit Idly by and see
Hawaii get all the trade?
Major Harold M. Clark, the army
aviator, In charge of the aviation camp
on Oahu, announces that he will, with
in a few weeks, make flights to Maui,
Kauai, and poslbly Hawaii. He has al
ready flown to Molokal and return.
He Bays he is especially desirous of
flying ovev Kalaupapa, to give the
patients there an opportunity to see
an aeroplane. The seaplane which is
used by Major Clark, is one of the
best the army uses, and can easily
fly the channels, but it must alight
on water, and the Major baa been vis
iting Maui and Hawaii to see where
he will have to alight. He will prob
ably come to Kauai for a similar pur
pose shortly, as he has already an
nounced that he intends to make a
flight to this island.
The Advertiser's Washington corres
pondent wires that Secretary Baker
has decided to issue a war department
order placing Oahu on the dry list.
The Judge Advocate General has de
cided that the island of Oahu is prop
erly classifiable as a training camp.
That sounds pretty good, but nothing
works half so well as a government
order issued and in full operation.
Is the Secretary afraid of the liquor
element? Prohibition Is coming,
whether Hawaii wants it or not. Ex
perience has proven that it will benefit
the people as a whole, and the govern
ment Is planning to introduce it. One
and all, we may as well admit that pro
hibition is coming, and make up our
minds to accept it with a good grace.
Leather is so scarce in England, that
Great Britain is planning to limit the
height of women's shoes. Cotton and
a few other materials from which wo
men's dresses are manufactured are
now not only quite scarce, but the
government needs all the cotton
for the manufacture of munitions. It
is to be hoped, however, that Great
Britain will not cut any more material
from the bottom of women's skirts.
The cabinet spokesman announces
that 'It has been decided to issue an
order prohibiting the manufacture of
boots for women with uppers of more
than a specified height." A law lim
iting the use of the English language
to those who are skilled in the use of
it might be of service to some.
Hilo should naturally expect to be
struck by lightning, once In a while,
though such a thing has never hap
pened until the 16th of this month,
when the government oil warehouse,
situated opposite Cocoanut Island, was
struck. Its contents Included 450 cases
of kerosene, and 250 cases of gasoline.
The fire was unquenchable, and burned
all night, so that only the four walls
remained standing in the morning. In
asmuch as no other Hilo building has
been struck by lightning during the
past two hundred years or more, it
does not seem impossible that German
sympathizer was Involved. There are
other warehouses in Hilo, but only the
government property was burned.
The unexampled rise of the lava in
the Kilauea pit has reached a point
where the display is beyond descrip
tion. There are several thousand
acres of cold lava in the ancient
crater, and the surging lava has
started to overflow this large area.
New blow holes have developed in the
lava which has been cold for many
years, and no one can fortell what
developments may now take place.
But it is surely one of the grandest,
one of the most awe-inspiring sights
in the world, and really worth a trip
around the world to behold.
There is no good reason why elk
should not be introduced In the sum
mits of the mountains, as they would
have an abundance of food in that
locality, with no temptation to descend
to the valley.
The United States has for many
years been negligent concerning her
merchant marine, and has persistently
refused to subsidize steamers running
to foreign ports. Other governments,
more particularly Japan, have encour
aged in every way their steamers
which were developing trade with oth
er lands. As a result, the Toyo Klscn
Kalsen built up a profitable business
between the Orient and the Occident.
American ship owners were thereby
placed at a distinct disadvantage. It
required a world war toforce upon the
minds of our congresmen the necessity
for the upbuilding of our merchant
marine. With a view of protecting
ter to engage in coastwise business,
coastwise shipping, laws were passed
forbidding vesels under foreign regis
Now it becomes necesary for the Uni
ted States to suspend the coastwise
laws in order to secure sufficient ac
commodation for the ordinary travel.
Residents of the islands will welcome
the recent arangement with the Japan
ese company whereby passengers will
be permitted to patronize that line be
tween Honolulu and the Coast with
out being penalized therefor.
Mayor Dahlmann, of Omaha, was
formerly an ardent lecturer against
prohibition. He argued that if the sa
loons were closed, many people would
be thrown out of employment, and
there would be many empty houses.
Billy Sunday preached in Omaha eight
weeks, and he is the most successful
booze fighter that ever happened. As
a result of his campaign, the people
voted for prohibition. But the city
didn't go into bankruptcy, and the
mayor admits that prohibition has not
resulted as he expected it to, at all.
On the other hand, he says, there are
now no unemployed people, that every
body Is happier and more prosperous
and that the bank deposits have in
creased, while crime has decreased,
and the jails are almost empty. Mayor
Dahlmann is now heartily in favor of
prohibition. He ought to come down
to Honolulu, and tell them what he
thinks of prohibition.
Honolulu dealers are already adver
tising grape juice for sale in antici
pation of the coming of prohibition.
California wine growers will probably
be enabled to manufacture grape juice
instead of wine, after prohibition shall
have come into force in that state.
Judging by the amount of liquor which
has been consumed in Honolulu, the
California vineyardlsts will be enabled
(o sell their entire crop of grape juice
in that place.
King George has assured the women
of Great Britain that woman suffrage
one of the government's well defined
policies, and will be one of the first
measures, to be taken up "after the
war. If either King George or the
government were desperately In earn
est, about that thing, they wouldn't
talk about waiting until after the war.
They would do it now. They all admit
that the women deserve recognition,
but they are too cowardly to act In
accordance with their principles.
Lieutenant George T. Armltage, who
was a member of the Honolulu Star
Bulletin's staff until last July, when he
left to join the army, received his com
mission as an officer at the Presidio
in November. He was recently mar
ried to Miss Louise Webber, of Bill
ings, Montana. All married men know
what war Is, and we expect Armltage
to hold his own, wherever he Is.
A land which has been conquered
unjustly, is unconquered still. Alsace-
Lorraine has been a thorn in the side
of Germany since the day when it was
wrested from France. Germany is now
demanding as the price of peace with
Russia, Poland, Courland, Lithuania,
Esthonia, and Livonia. She has cap
tured several of these already.1 and if
she secures the remainder of them,
she will have another thorn to contend
with.
The Canadian government announ
ces that the extension of the franchise
to women is now a part of the govern
ment's well established policy, and
that suffrage will be favored at the
coming elections. That the women
will uphold better men and better poli
cies than the men have. Is a foregone
conclusion.
If sweets for the sweet, why not
fairs for the fair? Kauai has them, all
right, but it would be necessary for
the superintendent of public Instruc
tion to declare a vacation, so that
these pretty schoolma'ams could at
tend. Paper trousers are now being used j
in Berlin. That may work all right
unter den linden, but it wouldn't be j
just the proper caper on Kauai, where
the clouds weep and are never weary.
Well. Charley McCarthy might make
a pretty good governor. But did you
ever see an Irishman who didn't be
lieve In home rule?
Pictures of the Kaiser and Von
Hindenburg still occupy places of
honor in the homes of some people
on Kauai.
Honolulu is looking up. since Major
Clark has been using his aeroplane. 1
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