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Hawaii the Crossroads of Trade
INDEX
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Paradise and Its Prosperity. 1-2
On Guard Against Disease... 3
Mißiir Output of Islands 4
Japanese Children no Menace
In Islands 9
Labor on the Islands M»es in
Comfort S
Health In the Islands 9
Paradise ot Pacific Has Ideal
Climate "*
XKrtcultiiral Industries 8
Raw the Psraania Canal Will
Affect llatvalt 9-10
Hawaii Always Pays lis-Debts 11
Promotion Work in Islands. . 12
Imn-ifci :ition to the Islands.. IS
To Kilauea In Satin Slippers. 14
Dreadnouabts to Lie In A\ ar
( iinorV Wake In Pearl
Harbor IS
Education in Hawaii 10
Continued From First Pc*,
And where the routes cross there will
be a station, and where ocean travelers
can find a resting place there they will
tarry. •
With the Pacific in the dawn of its
importance as a world ocean, the
Hawaiian group has found a remark
able prosperity. When the sun of the
Pacific's commercial glory has risea
over the continent that divides its
waters from the Atlantic, the historic
sea of supremacy, then will Honolulu,
the capital city of the group, and all of
the several islands, gain an importance
that can not be disturbed. The Pan
ama canal will hasten the full day of
Hawaii's prosperity—the awakening
of the orient and development of the
Pacific coast, the advertising impetus
of the Panama-Pacific interlational
fxpositior\. to be held in San Fran
cisco in 1915, all of those closely
related epoch making episodes of
world's history will add to the fruition
of Hawaii's eminence as a crossroads
of commerce.
The insular territory of Hawaii lies
iust below the northern boundary
of the tropic of Cancer, and is most
northern of the Facinc Islands. In
the group are eight larger islands and 1
many small ones, the total area of the
larger being less than 7,000 square
miles, an extent of territory about the
size of that of the state of Massachu
setts. But there is a variety on the is
lands, plains, mountains and much roll
ing land. The largest, that of Hawaii,
from which the group takes Its name,
contains about 4.000 square miles. The
other Islands and their areas are Maul,
about tOO square miles; Kauai and
Oahu, on the latter is located Honolulu,
about 800 square miles, and Molokai,
Nihau, Lanal and Kahoolawe, of small
extent.
These islands and their satellites rise
out of the Pacific, Where the bottom of
the sea is 80,000 feet below the sur
face. No oasis in a sandy desert could
be as charming and entrancing, as
delightful and es advantageous to man
as this group of islands in the desert
of the Pacific. Travelers from the east,
travelers, from the west, travelers from
the cold north and travelers from the
far south sight ovej; the rails of the
vessels on which they cross the ocean
the splendid rocky edifice of Diamond
head, the beckoning palms, the flash
ing surf line, and they know they are
in the Hawaiian islands, most fascinat
ing place on earth.
These islands have had ah interest
ing history, and in fact are a record of
governmental progress from tribal
times to the present, when they are a
territory of the American union—a spot
which indeed is ready to play a noble
rart In the defense shore
should occasion detuar.-i *!<;>;. of it. In
Pear! : arbor the I'nlted States gov
ernment is constructing a great naval
base, protected by tremendous fortifi
cations, which is to guard the Pacific.
For !n the event of a Pacific war, with
the strategic location of the Hawaiian
Islands, situated as th» of
the Pacific," an American fleet would
mike the Pearl harbor rai a the
place of departure for any extended
expedition—a place at which the final
stores of fuel, munitions of war and
reinforcements of men would be as
sembled and ir i M the fighting
crafts. There, too. the cor.unerce of the
American Rag would find shelter; there,
too, would !*•* a port from which the
commerce i * ,! " the American
fleet would strike from; there, too, or
from any of the Islands, those new war
crafts, the army ami nary aeroplanes,
would fly forth to sweep an enlarged
horizon with I rucftvj eye of
their engines r 'f war.
As i part of ■ ' erfcaa national
c, the Hawaiian islands have the
strength of thousands of ships and
hundreds of thousands of men.
But the warlike aspect of Hawaii is
a myior one. As international prophy
latio, to keep the Pacific clean of the
disease of war, and al a factor for
that duty, nothing is more formidable
than the impregnable fortresses that
guard Pearl harbor and Honolulu.
The greater aspects of Hawaiian Im
portance from the national American
standpoint are its commercial, marl
time and productive values.
Mariners of the Pacific knew the
importance and value of the Hawaiian
islands from tiie first. Taptain George
Vancouver in 1792-3-4 visited the isl
ands, and in the latter year raised
the union Jack of Great Britain, claim
ing the islands for his king. But the
king did not appreciate the enormous
gift, and the cession was never rati
fied.
In ISO 9 the Russian? fettled at Hono
lulu, but on the advice of John Young,
an American sailor who had become
prime minister of the islands, the king
of the Hawaiian group built a fort at
Honolulu, equipped it with cannon and
ordered the Russians to depart They
did.
Ten years later American mission
aries began the work of winning the
Islanders to the Christian religion, with
wonderful success. The influence of
the missionaries on Hawaii has al
ways been felt as a civilizing influ
ence. In 1820 the United States es
tablished Its first diplomatic relations
with the Hawaiian people.
To indicate the rapid development of
tbe native Hawaiians after they had
come under the Influence of Ameri
cans and other white people, we may
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1912.
quote from a petition sent in 1843 by
the court of King Kamehameha the
Third to Daniel Webster, then Secre
tary of state, asking that the king
dom of Hawaii be recognized as -an
independent civilized power. The ap
peal said:
"Twenty-three years ago the Ha
waiian nation had no written language
and no characters in which to write it
The language had never been system
atized nor reduced to any kind of form.
The people had no acquaintance with
Christianity, nor with the valuable in
stitutions or usages of civilized life.
The nation had no fixed form or regu
lation of government, except as they
were dictated by those in authority or
who might by any means acquire
power. The right of property was not
acknowledged and was therefore but
partially enjoyed. There were no
courts of Justice and the will of the
chieftains was absolute. The property
of foreigners had n6 protection save In
the kind disposition of Individuals. But
under the fostering influence, patronage
and care of his majesty and of his
predecessors, the language has been re
duced to visible and systematized form
and is now written by a large and re
spectable portion of the people. Schools
have been established t)#oughout his
dominions and are supported princi
pally by the government; and there are
but few among the younger people who
are unable to read. They have now in
their own language a library embracing
a considerable variety of books on a
variety of subjects, including the Holy
Scriptures, works on natural history,
civil history, church history, geography,
political economy, mathematics and
statute law, beside a number of ele
mentary books. A regular monarchical
government has been organized of a
limited and representative character."
That tells succinctly of the change
that came over the natives of Hawaii
In the brief period of less than one
generation. These Islands, after 101 -
Ing for centuries l n the gentle climate
which waa their gift, their blessing
and their means for prosperity, sud
denly awoke from the lethargy ot bar
baric indolence and assumed a place
before the world, the incentive having
come from a handful of missionaries
and a few sailors and well meaning
adventurers, who found on the islands
a congenial, receptive, gentle, tract
able people.
In the succeeding years the British
and French attempted to secure Ha
waii, but the islands were destined for
the United States and the movements
of the European powers were impo
tent. The first intimate relations be
tween the governments of the United
States and the Hawaiian islands was
during the reign of King Kalakaua.
Then this country entered into a reci
procity treaty with the islands,
whereby sugar was admitted free of
duty Into the American states, and in
compliment of that tariff concession,
the king ceded to the United States
Pear! harbor, the splendid station
which has now become such an im
portant factor in the American Pacific
defense.
Moral, if not political, relations be
tween the mainland of America and
the Hawaiian islands strengthened dur
ing the regime of Kalakaua and his
successor, Queen Llliuokalani. The
movement was toward a more liberal
government and ultimately toward a
republic and annexation by the United
States. In January, 1893, the republic
was established. After some political
turmoil, the country settled into a re
publican form of government and en-
Joyed unprecedented prosperity.
During the Spanish-American war,
when the atrategetlc value of the Ha
waiian islands was impressed upon
the minds of Americans, President Mc-
Kinley brought about the annexation
of the islands by the United States,
and this country raised the stars and
stripes In the "Paradise at the Cross
roads of the Pacific"
With that event came the American
ization of the Islands in spirit as well
as in politics.
American capital—California capital
—had been the chief fiscal agency in
the development of the islands, and
when they were under the American
flag, that development could come the
more speedily. With the newer life
that had developed in the west, with
the Americanization of the Pacific
ocean, with the occupation and devel
opment of the Philippines by American
manhood and American energy, has
come a wider importance to the
"crossroads of the Pacific."
The sugar industry has progressed.
Markets have been found. The plant-
ers have unified their interests so that
there is the greater economy of pro
duction, transportation and marketing
of the crops. Trade with the Pacific
coast points of America has increased
in immense proportions. The Hawaiian
sugar trade has been chiefly respon
sible for the establishment of a line
plying between Honolulu, Tehuantepec,
Mexico, and San Francisco, although
the general increase in trade relations
between the mainland and the islands
in mid Pacific has created a demand
for additional shipping facilities, and
even now. with the greatly improved
service, the transportation facilities
do not meet the demands. Other
trades are increasing. The banana
business could be developed to greater
proportions if there were improved
shipping, fast fruit boats that could
speedily bring the fruit to San Fran
cisco and other Pacific coast ports. As
It is, San Francisco and Oakland con
sume nearly all of the banana export
of the islands.
The Hawaiian promotion committee,
filled with energy, brimming with en
f iiisiasm, is promoting the Industry of
he islands, and the Honolulu Chamber
of Commerce and the Merchants' asso
ciation and other bodies are active In
furthering the Interests of the Island
country. These bodies work for the
best that is in the Hawaiian islands.
They have both pride and patriotism—
pride for their island homes and a
p/triotic feeling that the United States
Is so fortunate as to have in its
diadem such a Jewel as the islands.
One important activity to which these
commercial and civic bodies have de
voted themselves Is In preserving the
health of the people on the islands.
The federal government and island
officials have joined in the sanitation
campaign which Is always alert In
Hawaii to prevent the Ingress of epi
demic disease, and their work has been
signally successful. The Hawaiian
Islands are considered uniformly
healthful In all parts of the world.
Another important feature of Ha
waiian development, of which more will
be heard during the next decade, is
the tourist travel to the Islands. No
more delightful place of travel can
be imagined than is the "Paradise of
the Pacific." There the word always
is •aloha" (welcome). There Is the
most serene, mildest climate under the
sun—under a sun whose heat is tem
pered by trade winds blowing nearly
all the, year.
Now will Hawaii come into Its pros
perity. Now will the old time "Sand
wich islands" of fairy tale adventure
of a half century gone by become a
center of the world, a crossroads be
tween the east and the west, between
the Occident and the orient. There,
under the sunniest sky, will Industry
flourish and the people prosper. There,
in mid Pacific, will commerce pause
and feed its engines and refill Its
larders and test its power before con
tinuing on Its travels. There will the
tirsd tourist go to recuperate. There
will the buffer of American power in
the Pacific staad, as a menace to all
foemetv as a guard to all that Is
American.
Hawaii, under her sunlit skies, over
her verdant fields of sugar and pine
apple, on the slopes of her tremendous
mountains and In the surf of her won
derful beaches, Hawaii is to become a
power for beauty and tor strength to
its American parent, and prosperity
will hasten across the Pacific to dock
J in her magnificent harbors.
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