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CSTAfeUSHEO JUL ?. 185&.
VOL." XLIV., NO. 7477
HONOLULU, HAWAII TERRITORY, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1906.
W NPI 1 I L
. . . a. A. v A h-T
WANT AMERICAN
POSSESSIONS IN
ROPICS TO
The Washington Administration Is Begining to
Ask Leading Questions About Productions
1 and Possibilities in Hawaii.
i
The administration at Washington
is beginning to sit up and take no
tice. Not a doubt of it. Island con
ditions are being studied by trained
minds, and those matters which are
not in altogether satisfactory trim will
be asked about in ways and by people
that will not be denied. And so it he
hooves the people of these islands to
get busy and prepare to be looked at
"with close scrutiny. ,
Land Commissioner Pratt has re
ceived a letter from the Chief of the
Bureau of Statistics in the Department
of Commerce and Labor which in
dicates that there is a deep and well
settled purpose in the minds of the
head men at Washington to make the
tropical and sub-tropical possessions of
the United States pay to make them
produce those things that should be
produced in the sub-tropics, and, if
they do not, to know the reason why.
Now, the Hawaiian Islands can pro
duce a lot of things that they do not
produce now. Everybody hera knows
that. Most people have a pretty
shrewd notion as to why these things
liave not heretofore been . produced.
The Chief of the Bureau of Statistics
in the Department of Commerce and
Labor thinks that very much money
that now goe3 abroad can be saved by
promoting the production in the trop
ical and subtropical possessions of
those things produced in like regions
under other flags, and - he wants to
know about what the possibilities of
Hawaii are in this line. Here is his
letter.:
AX EPOCH-MAKING LETTER.
"Department ,of- Commerce and
Labor, Bureau of statistics,
Washington, July 5, 1906.
' Commissioner of Public Lauds,
Honolulu, Hawaii.
"Sir: This Bureau receives
many requests for information re
garding conditions in Hawaii, and
I desire to publish at some con
venient time in the-near f uture a
monograph on commercial condi
tions and possibilities in the islands.
This should include, of course,
statements of the available agri
cultural and pastoral lands, the
classes of articles which can be
produced on the lands available,
the method by which such lands
can be obtained, and any other
information of this character.- .
:"I am strongly impresseU witji
the belief that the tropical - is
lands of the United States should,
in combination with (American
capital, be able to - .pro
duce a large part of the five hun
dred million dollars worth of trop
ical and sub-tropical products
now brought into the United States
t .nrfr; an'l if T
am right in thi3 view, 1 want to
Taring the facts to the attention of
the American public with the hope
of rendering it possible to divert
to our own islands and the peo-
' pie much of the money now neces
sarily sent to other countries for
these tropical products for which
there is such a large and growing
demand in the United States.
"Our imports, as you doubtless
know, now include about fifty mil
lion dollars worth of india rubber,,
annually, over fifty million dollars
worth raw silk, about forty mil
lion dollars worth of fibres, in
cluding .hemp, jute and sisal,
seventy million dollars "worth of
coffee about ten million dollars
GAMBLERS ARE RAISING A
POLICE CAMPAIGN FUND
-The respectable Japanese residents
too. nnmv,i;nT lir and some of
. r 0 o
yesterday and made the following statement:
"A large number of Japanese gamblers have returned to town from the
plantations and resumed business. Some of them say that permission has
Loon rri c n t ri otti t n nlv their evil trade in return for which they must con-
l -a v.: n
inutile j'ciccuvagc " - i
arrangement has been made at Iwilei and with the Chinamen. Each protected
person must pay from $5 to $10 into the fund.
"In one of the cottages in the rear of the Saikaiya hotel, on Lilihn street,
just makai of the Chinese theater a game was running merrily all day yes
terday and a starter on the campaign fund is said to have been made there,
-l Af t stffiovr Dsoietoil Viv Xacramori. a former
iUQ I, VH 1. HUll 1'" " " X
PAY
worth of cocoa, fifteen million dol
lars worth of tea, and twenty mil
lion dollars worth of tobacco, to
say nothing of one hundred mil
lion dollars worth of sugar in ex
cess of that which wre now obtain
from the islands.
"I should be glad to receive
from you any information which
you can conveniently supply which
may prove of service in the prep
aration of a monograph siuh as
that which I have in mind, and
should appreciate any co-operation
which you may be able to give me.
"Yours very trulv.
(Sd.) "O. P. AUSTLV,
"Chief of Bureau."
LAXD COMMISSIONER WANTS
HELP. .
That reads like the letter of a man
who meant business, and who knew how
to go about the doing of it.
"I acknowledge that this letter has
rather put- me up against it," said
j Land Commissioner Pratt yesterday.
"1 am more than willing to give the
Department of Commerce and Labor
all the information in my power, and
to aid Mr. Austin in any way that 1
ou.ti Vnt T tf net. lrnnw TrTiorA T nni
, - -
; to get as full and complete informa
tion as he evidently wants. I would
be more than glad to receive any help
that I can get in the matter. If any
body has information of the kind de
sired, on any of the heads spoken of,
I will appreciate it if he will bring or
send the information to me.
"Of course, in the matter of land
acreages it will be all right. I have
that in ray office. But as to the other
points, I am not in possession of as
much knowledge as is asked for, and
as I would -like to give. I therefore
ask the help and co-operation of all
those interested in the matter."
The Land Commissioner should not
ask in vain, either. This is a thing
in which the people of the entire Ter
ritory are interested. Jared Smith
should be able to give points, and
the pineapple people, and those -men
like Bruner who have experimented
with coffee. The Washington govern
ment is evidently interested in the
diversification of industries in the trop
ical and sub-tropical possessions, and
will help the people who help them
selves. PAUL ISEHBERG IS .
HOT A CANDIDATE
"It is due my friends," said Senator
Paul Isenberg to a reporter for the
Advertiser yesterday, "that I declare
myself at this time. I am not a can
didate for the Senate and will not be.
My friends are calling upon me and
asking me to be a candidate, but I
have declined and will continue to de
cline the honor. I do this now so they
may have the time and opportunity to
secure someone to succeed me."
The Senator has been in rather poor
health lately and he feels that he can
not afford to go through another cam
paign, nor will he take upon himself
the responsibilities of the position.
"I am too nervous." he said, "to go
through another session, much less a
campaign. The baseball controversy
has upset me and I have notified the
other trustees that the report must
be made at once and the thing got off
our hands; I hav already spent sev
eral sleepless nights over the matter
and do not want any more of it. hay
to my friends through the Advertiser
that I will not be a candidate for any
office, but that I will continue to feel
a deep interest in the affairs of the
Territory."
are indignant over a sudden revival
their number called on the Advertiser
o tw-Hpa nnmnaini fund. The same
7
NOW SIR ROBERT HART
LEAVES THE CUSTOMS
(Associated Press Cablegram.)
PEKING, July 26. Sir Robert Hart has announced his retire
ment from the Chinese customs service. He will make his home in
England. .
....... ......
Sir Eobert Hart entered the Chinese customs service in 1854 and filled a
number of important offices in Hongkong, Ningpo and Canton. In 1859 he
resigned to accept a position in the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs, re
ceiving special permission from his home government to do so. Since 1863 he
has been Inspector Genera of Customs and since 1S96 of Posts. While offi
cially he has never been prominent in Chinese affairs, atthe same time his
work in that country has been the greatest of all. The revenue of the kingdom
passed through his hands, the government of thirty or forty great ports and
of 4000 miles- of coast line depended upon Mm, with its gunboats, lighthouses
and shipping. Under his control was a staff of 500 Europeans and 2000 natives,
systematized into a model civil service. ,
Quite recently it Was announced that the Chinese government proposed
superceding him by a Chinese official, an announcement which met with a
storm of protest from the European powers, who looked to Hart for the proper
collection of the revenues and the surety of the payment of the various claims
for indemnity held against China.
LIBOR; PLENTY
Hawaii Can Get All It
Wants From the
Islands.
"The opportunity for labor in Ha
waii at this moment lies in Australia,'
said Leybourne Davidson on the deck
of the Mahene yesterday. "The peo
ple over there are calling for a 'white
Australia' without thinking of the
consequences for the result will be
disastrous to that country."
, The gentleman has been living in
Ceylon for several years and for two
years past has been interested in rub
ber in both Ceylon and Malay. He is
from Inverness, Scotland, and a mem
ber of the Oriental Club of London
and one time connected with the
Standard. He is a large holder of
shares in several of the big rubber
estates in Malay and is familiar with
the soil and labor conditions of that
place. He was one of the early buy
ers of shares in the Selingor Commpany
at a dollar a share and sold a few
months ago at four' pounds sterling.
The same shares are now on the mar
ket at double that price. The Sandy
croft Rutfcer Company, adjoining the
Selingor has just made its first tap
r,his. From a few trees more than
9200 the company secured 8S02 pounds
of rubber. This company paid ten
per cent on its capital of $?5,000 last
year and has paid fifteen per cent this
year. Next year it expects to pay
fifty per cent for at this time only!
about one-sixth of the trees are in
(Continued on Page 7.)
IN SOUTH
SEAS
SERVICE OF CHINESE
'
WILL CR ABBE
Political Gossips Say
That Will Be the
Next Move.
The men who are in the political
know say that Crabbe is about to
throw Achl overboard. The Brown
"Wolf of the Lantana is too wicked.
Now, what do you think of that?
Fancy Crabbe . throwing anybody
overboard because he is too wicked!
And fancy the feelings of Senator Achi
when he learns that his dear friend
seriously contemplates leaving him to
his own devices and making the rest of
his fight' on the basis of non-association
with Ach!!
This purpose on the part of Crabbe
is a direct outcome of the result of
the Republican Precinct Club elections,
wherein Achi says he was beaten by
fraud, and that Sam Johnson In par
ticular stole precinct from him.
Following those club elections, Brown
was, considerably strengthened, because
the Hawaiians like to flock to a win
ning side, and it Is said that Crabbe
lays the result at the door of his erst
while political mentor. If he does, and
there has been a row about it, of
course tne Crabbe-Achl partnersnip
will not last much longer.
JOHNSOX FOR SHERIFF.
A result of the withdrawal of Jack
Lucas from the race for Supervisor not
altogether unlooked for may be the
candidacy of Sam Johnson for Sheriff.
It is conceded that Sam would make
an energetic and efficient officer, and
(Continued on Page 3.)
THROW ACM
OVER?
CITY
OF
ABANDONE
THE TE
The Officials Resign and Bandits Levy Tribute
Upon the People Armenians and Tartars
Engage in Bloody War.
(Associated Press Cablegrams.)
TIFLIS, Russian Caucasia, July 26. In consequence of the
reign of the terrorists, the officers are resigning and a state of an
archy exists.
BANDITS EXACTING TRIBUTE.
Bandits are openly exacting tribute from the people of the town.
ARMENIANS AND TARTARS FIGHTING.
Armenians and Tartars in several districts have taken up arms
and are engaged in bloody fights. Many have been killed on both
sides.
STRIKE MAY BE POSTPONED.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 26. The indications are now that
the general strike called throughout the Empire will be postponed
until the workingmen are in a state of better preparedness.
LAWLESSNESS IS INCREASING.
WARSAW, July 26. Lawlessness is increasing hourly.
CZAR WILL CARRY OUT REFORMS.
NEW YORK, July 25. Premier Stolypin of Russia has inform
ed the Associated Press that the
proposed reforms in the Russian
NINE THOUSAND STRIKE.
RIGA, July 25. There are 9000 people on a strike here.
TROOPS MASSED
MOSCOW, July 25. Troops
suant to orders issued by the Emperor.
RUSSIAN COLONEL
WARSAW, July 25. Colonel
today.
REVOLUTIONISTS BURN CASTLE.
MITAU, July 25. Remplten Castle was burned here today by a
mob of revolutionists who are in
country.
Tiflis, where the officials are leaving
tribute upon the people, is a town of over one hundred thousand people, the
capital of Russian Caucasia. Like all of Russia, it is given over to the disorder
of the revolution. From Poland to the.
Sea, even in far away Siberia, all the dispatches that come out of the Czar's
empire now tell the same story. The only ray of hope in this morning's news
is in the statement of the probable postponement of the general strike and
that announcement may be contradicted tomorrow.
PEDRO M0NTT CHOSEN
PRESIDENT OF CHILE
SANTIAGO, Chile, July 26,
President.
Pedro Montt belongs to one of the six great families said to rule the
destinies of Chile, holding all the high posts and controlling the elections. The
six, in the order of their importance, are the families of Frrazuriz, Montt,
Vicuna, Walker, Aldunate and Solar. With his brother, Admiral Oeorge Montt,
Pedro Montt played an important part in the war against Balmaceda.
WILL NOT PAY LOSSES.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 26. It
and Royal Insurance Company of Vienna will not pay losses in this
city, amounting to $20o,cco, because cf the earthquake clause.
LEYTE PULAJANES MEET
( Associated. Pres3 Cablegrams Afternoon Service.)
MANILA, P. I., July 25. A force of Pnlajanes attacked the regulars and
constabulary at Lcyte and were repulsed with a loss of 150 killed and wounded.
The troops sustained no losses.
GROWING UNREST IN PERSIA.
TEHERAN, Persia, July 25. The political discontent here Is growing se
rious. INVESTIGATING SUGAR REBATES.
NEW YORK, July 25. The Federal Grand Jury is investigating the ragar
rebate abuses.
FL
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RORISTS
Emperor intends to carry out the
empire.
IN MOSCOW.
are being massed in the city pur
ASSASSINATED.
Samatoff was assassinated here
possession of the surrounding
their posts and bandits are levying
Caspian, from Finland to the Black
-Pedro Montt has been elected
is announced that the Phoenix
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