OXOL.UL.U. May 3. (Special Cor
respondense of The Sunday Ore
sronian.) The Hawaiian Islands
are Just getting: over a bad case of
blade-eye. After annexation they had a
real : Western boom out here. They
tried, In true clty-madc-whlle-you-ivalt
style, to make a Chicago out of
Honolulu; and, as is usual In such
cases; -strained themselves In the at
tempt. It is the same old story of rid-'
ing the wave too high, with the usual
long "Tfcalt for. the sails to All. Many
of thedlsconsolatc ones are still wail
ing and waiting, lor wind, but. the
plucky ojzcs have sot out their oars
end are using X eir-muscle. "- -
It seems a pity that people will never
learn the way of the boom and the les
son of the bursted bubble. It is too bad
that the fair faco of development
should so frequently be disfigured by
the ugly scars that result from these
disruptions of over-confidence. There
is really nothing unusual about sthe sit
uation here. It Is easily diagnosed as
a commercial convulsion of the regula
tion order. Our "Western towns have
had them, one after the other, just like
children ' take the measles or the
whooping cough.
Sugar the Patron Saint.
It b&eras that the root of all t&e evil
has been too much sugar. The sweet
staple is to Hawaii what. coal is to
Pennsylvania or lumber is to Wash
ington. After annexation, prices were
good and the islanders went sugar
mad. Inside of IS months they raised
$40,000,000 for plantation investment
$40000,000 from a community where
there are less than fiOOO white people.
Where is the town in the United States,
or In- the world for that matter, that
can equal such a record. Men, women
and children took stock to tho limit
of their means and credit. The game
was played by all hands to a stand
still. Sugar was tho patron saint of
the whole population. Then prices fell
and Honolulu went into mourning.
If; there is anything which is mor
ally certain, it Is that the price -of
sugar will, fluctuate Its rise and fall
is as' sure us the coming of the wet
and dry .seasons, but for all this tne
speculators went at it blind, and the"
limb "broke under hundreds of them.
Six of 'the big companies failed and
their stocks went by the board- with a
crash. The rest have weathered the
storm and the tardy advance in prices
Is bringing them slowly back to the
dividend-paying basis. Although Hon
olulu has been hard hit I do not know
of another place In the world tnat,
under similar circumstances, would
have met the decline so bravely, or got
off so easily.
Hotels at Sheriff's Sale.
In addition to the low price of sugar
several other things have occurred
to make the situation worse. The
tourist trade wae just arriving at good
proportions when the plague broke
out, nd the easy-going, free-spending
American rover checked his bag
gage through and took his coveted
dollars elsewhere. For a time the
through liners to the Orient would not
even send a small boat ashore in Hon
olulu. This, of course, deprived the
place of much revenue. The beauti
ful Mbana Hotel, where Mrs. Stanford
died recently, was opened in the face
of all this, and it had to run with
empty rooms so long that it is now in
tho hands of a receiver. The rare old
Royal Hawaiian Hotel, which was so
prosperous In the days of the mon
archy, has just been sold at Shcriffe
sale for the same reason. The Alex
ander Toung Hotel, which Is doubtless
the most remarkable structure ever
built in an. out-of-the-way locality like
this, is "having a lively tussle with the
Inevitable.
Mr. Alexander Toung is one of the
Island's richest sugar planters. At a cost
of over $1,000,000 he has constructed in
the heart of Honolulu a modern, six-story.
flre.-proof hotel. Between the two slx
atory ends of this splendid building Is a
roof-garden capable of seatlngg 3609 peo
ple. The floor apace of this garden is
one-third of an acre In extent. It has
banquet halls, ballrooms, and all the fur
nishings and equipment of our most
modern American establishments. He
evea has his own farm in the suburbs
to provide prevtefcn; for the hostelry.
This enterprise ts certainly a mewumest
to Jtr. Tewas's fatyh is the future of his
island home, but in all likelihood he will
have to wait a long time before he real
izes upon his unusual investment.
Ideal llesort for Tourists.
In this connection it Is only fair to
say that the Hawaiian Islands are an
ideal resort for tourists. If tho hotels
do not prosper eventually it won't be be
cause they are not - deserving. An out
break of the plague which occurred years
ago should not scare the wits out of the
people for a generation. Havana was a
pest-holo of yellow fever for centuries,
but people can go there now with per
fect safety. And Hawaii la safer than
Cuba, Jamaica, or any of the West Indian
Inlands. The steamers running to It are
as large as those in any tourist service
In the world. The hotel accommodations
are certainly not surpassed anywhere.
There are no fogs or hurricanes or ma
laria. The forests have no wild beasts
and there are no snakes or poisonous In
sects ia the jungles. There is a real live
volcano with a sort of natural safety
valve arrangement so that it can't blow
up. All tho earmarks of the old mon
archy remain, such as the homes of the
kings, tho hula-hula dancing girls, and
the picturesque flower maidens who put
garlands of posies around tho neck of
the stranger. That the climate is de
lightful may be known by the mere state
ment that sea bathing is comfortable one
day after another, and that one may have
strawberries for breakfast the entire year
round.
This is said purely from an appreciation
of the situation. It is not written as a
return for passes or any sort of favors.
Too many newspaper correspondents
travel around in a complimentary capac
ity and work their way by exploiting the
interests of those who entertain them. I
pay my way and say whatever I like,
aiming always to tell the truth and do
the square thing. I am glad of an oppor
tunity to say this so that my readers
may know my policy in this respect. The
Hawaiian Islands are a part of the Amer
ican Union and it pleases me to say a
good word in. their behalf, especially
when they are so deserving of it.
"Wc Arc Civilized."
Hawaii Is not generally appreciated In
other respects. Few visitors are pre
pared to find such an advanced civiliza
tion. It is a great mistake to suppos
that we have here merely a lot of naked
kanakas, the remnant of a monarchy, a
-volcano, and a few sugar plantations.
Honolulu has a gentleman's club which
has had its doors open for more than 50
years; It has a college which recently
held its Wth anniversary; in Its public
schools there are more than SJ teachers,
and the foundation of the system dates
hack to 1SU. It to a fact sot generally
knows that in the early days of the Pa
cific Coast chUaftea -were seat from Cali
fornia t Heaetulu t he educate a.
ThfcJi quke la. eoatraK te the pttatttea
THE SUKDAY-
' ijLto&kc5 nkc b'
In Porto Rico. Cuba and the Philippines
at the beginning of Yanke rule. Thcr.
the public school was unknown until we
introduced It, and we took over a popu
lation the bulk of which was as dirty as
it was ignorant. American Influence pre
dominated in the Hawaiian group for so
many years that it was In reality a
ready-made colony when the time came
to annex it. The fine residences, modern
store buildings, splendid roads, and clean,
well-mannered, people will prove a reve
lation to all who vls.lt the Islands for the
first time.
Statistics "Worth Knowing.
Some'vital statistics may not be out of
place here The distance between San
Francisco and Honolulu is 2CS3 miles. !
From Honolulu to Yokohama It is 3443
miles, from Manila to Honolulu it is 4700
miles. The total area of the seven prin
cipal islands of the Hawaiian group is
6449 miles, and their total population Is
154.000. The names of the Islands given in
the order of their size are: Hawaii, Maui.
Oahu. Kauai. Molokai. Lanal and Ntihau.
Honolulu has about 40.00) inhabitants. It
is located on the Island of Oahu.
The returns of the last census show
that of the entire population 63.221 were
native born and 90.780 foreign born. There
were 54,141 Hawailans, a third of whom
were of mixed blood; 12.743 white people.
23.767 Chinese, 61.111 Japanese and 233 ne
groes. It is estimated that since the cen
sus the arrivals and departures of Japan
ese have about "balanced, and that the
number of Chinese has decreased on ac
count of the Federal, exclusion law. Sev
eral thousands bf Porto Rlcaps have ar
rived In the meantime, and the number of
Americans has increased somewhat. The
number of white people in Honolulu Is
large, as .shown by comparison with those
residing In the City of Mexico. The last
named has a population of over 200,000. in
cluding 3000 -Americans, while Honolulu,
with its 40.000 Ycsldents, claims 000 whites.
ScIkxjI Children Arc 3IIxed.
An examination of the school report of
our island territory discloses some Inter
esting figures. Schools taught in Ha
waiian have long been abolished, all In
struction now being . In the English lan
guage. The nationalities of all pupils In
the schools are as follows: Hawaiian,
4903: part Hawaiian, 2S63; American. 12;
British 240; German, 337; Portuguese,
4124; Scandinavian. 35: Japanese. 1933; Chl
nesclSSS: Porto RIcans, 596; other for
eigners, 151; total. 17.518.
The national classification of teachers
necessary to Instruct such a motley crowd
of youngsters is as follows: Hawaiian;
79: part Hawaiian. 70: American, 329;
British, 56; German, 11; Portuguese. 23;
French, 10: Scandinavian, 15; Belgian, 3;
Japanese. 5; Chinese, 6; other foreigners
2; total, 603.
The main dependence of the Hawaiian
Islands is sugar. Kearlyall of the ex
isting wealth came from this source, and
It te about the esly hope e-f the Immedi
- ORBGOXM, POB0?EAOTK
ate future. Out of the total value of ex
port shipments for the last fiscal year,
amounting to $25,223,201. the Item of sugar
alone was $23,310,723. Thus It will be cen
that there was less than $1,000,000 worth
of all other domestic merchandise ex
ported to the United States and foreign
countries. There are about 120.000 cares
Planted in sugar on the Islands today.
There are 71 plantations' In all. which are
scattered over the four islands of Hawaii,
Maui. Oahu and Kauai. These planta
tions produced last year 437.S91 tons of raw
sugar, as against 166.432 tons ten years ago
a gain of 271,053 tons since the fall of the
monarchy.
It Is said that the cane grown In Hawaii
Opinions of John. L. Sullivan
Ex-Champion Says Tilings "Uncomplimentary About James J- Jeffries.
JEM MACE, champion of En&.and,
wanted to flght me four rounds.. He
tried to get Al Smith, my manager,
to agree to have me make It a draw
Mace said to Smith:
"It I fight with John L. and he knocks
me h'out It would break me ''art."
The rest of Jem's offer was that If I
would agree to make It a four-round
draw he'd announce from the ring that
I was the best man he ever met. Smith
proposed that he make the match on the
level, that It could be pulled off in Madi
son Square Garden. New York, and there
would surely be a $20,000 house, and di
vide the receipts equally.
"For that price, you can afford to get
knocked out," Smith argued.
-cBut Mace insisted that It must be bis
way. To humor Mace, Smith came to me,
told the story and asked me, "What do
you say?" Cy answer was this: "If I
tackle Mace III do my best, and let him
do the same. All the fighting I have ever
done lias beep on the level, and I won't
quit to oblige Mace or anybody- else."
Al went back, told Mace what I said
and pressed him to fight me under those
conditions. Jem's reply was cute and to
the point. It was, "Not for the bloody
Bank of England."
"Mace fired a number of challenges at
me from long range afterward, " but he
sent this message to my manager: "Don't
mind what I say. I have to make some
money, and this way is the best way to
do it. It benefits mc and It doesn't do
you any harm."
When I was at the height of my career
the story was teW in all the papers that
I was to retire from the ring, and, as a
wind-up I would give an exhibition In a
theater m Boston, during which I was to
knock dewn an ox with my naked list.
Nothing e-f -the kind was pi&aaed, for It
would have bee brutal to nee aa 'ex
that way and I sever was brutal.
I evr kabeked dewa as ex, hut. I did
Mii"2 21, 1905;
Is much richer than the product of Cuba
and the United States. It takes about ten
tons of Cuban cane to produce a ton of
sugar, while, eight tons of the Hawaiian
stalks will easily yield that amount. It
tho price remains fair, it Is. expected that
the total yield of thee Islands will
eventually reach 600.000 tons annually.
j rion. van-on xj. ngni, unueu cnaies
Hawaii, declared that it ought to afford
homes for half a million people. How
ever, If sugar remains the one staple, the
island will have no great stability, but
will suffer numerous ups and down3 ac
cording to the variations of the market.
What is needed is a diversification of
do up a calf on two legs. Once in Mount
Clemens a fellow who had made himself
a terror, looking for flght, all the time,
attempted to jostle me oft the sldewalk
He didn't know who I was, and when
I started to give him some advice he
called me a name that meant fight, and
he made a lunge at me. I put him down
and out In about two minutes, and for
once he had his fill of fight, and enough
to last him till the cows came home.
When the people In the place found
that his joblots had got the walloping he
had beert working for so long, they
got together a purse of $230 and presented
It to me in a corner drug store. I didn't
take the money, but It was explained that
I'd done the town a great service, and
they'd feel mean if they didn't show their
appreciation In some solid manner. I hope
the bully behaved, himself afterward, for
although I refused the 'money the action
of the citizens in raising the present
showed that they were ready to pay high
for peace so far as that particular bully
was concerned.
Ballplayers as Scrappers.
I just missed being a baseball star. My
stamping ground In Boston produced more
good ballplayers to the, square foot of mud
than any place in the country, unless it's
the little town of Avoca, Pa,, which I
guess has the record. When I first got
tho fever it was some time before I was
good enough to play on even one of our
scrub teams, but I came along fast. Lew
Brown was a great pal of mine a ad he
showed me a few. and I was offered" $1300
a year for 1579-S9 by the Cincinnati club.
In those days a ballplayer was expected
to know something about scrapping, so as
to be able to stand off a crowd of rooters
ia an emergency. I would have' been
bandy on and off the SeW,- hut I didn't
cooaecc A hail player today is better
equipped for the game it he can haadfe
Ms flits, as. for metance the-mix-up 'Jim
my Cotttoe, captain' o the Bottom. Ameri
crops. Successful experiments have been
made with, the Yucatan fiber plant, a
variety of cactus called sisal, which can
be grown on semi-arid landv This fiber is
used In making rope and binder twine, as
well as several kinds of brushes. Over
100,000 pounds of this fiber has . already"
been produced in a year. It sold in San
Francisco . for about 8 cents per pound,
netting the growers about $75 per acre.
The Spell of tho Tropics.
The people of Hawaii have their prob
lems to solve, but they will doubtless be
able to work them out. It is a place
where a home Is worth striving for. He
who sojourns here a while la ever loth-j
cans, had last year with Pat Dougherty,
at that time left fielder of tho Bostons.
I didn't see the battle, but the story Is
that Pat tackled his captain and soaked
him good,' and Jlmmic was helped out by
another player Dlneen, I believe. This
happened off the field, and the papers
didn't say much about it, but Pat was
soon exiled to New York, where he ha3
bad considerable to do with making Bos
ton sorry he left that town.
There's more real ilghtlng on the ball
field today, anyway, than, there-is In the
ring, and if the players don't get good
they'll make baseball as roughhouse as
football.
"Why Jeffries Is Kctiring.
In the article printed by me In a num
ber of papers on April 30, I gave the tip
that I'd make Jeffries meet me before
many months or I'd drive him from the
ring. A couple of days after this was
printed Jeffries came out with the procla
mation that he was going to retire from
the ring right away, because "fighting
don't pay." Put what I said, and what
Jeffries has done together' and what do
you make of It? Don't it mean that he
had a particular reason for suddenly get
ting wise to the news that fighting don't
pay. He could easily put some thousands
In his jeans by lighting me, but he passes
them up and ducks. And so Jeffries, who
began his career by fighting a negro,
closes it by sidestepping a better white
msn than he ever proved himself.
Yes, indeed, Jeff began his career by
fighting a negro. The negro was Hank
Griffln,, and the place Los Angeles In '92.
The boiler-pounder has given It out that
he fought the negro because he was a
terror to the community and somebody
had to give him a walloping to keep he
peace. Nothing to It. Jeff trained for the
gght, and It was regular in every way.
If he had the right kind of sand in his
craw he'd have given rae a chance to
get under bis crouch with a clout or two
that would make him know that for once
he was fighting. His statement that
fighting don't pay1 4s too thin, for It Is a
reflection on the American people, who
have" always stood ready to- pay big for
any heavyweight who would really .fight.
If it hasn't paid Jeff it's because the peo
ple dB.'t tafee Bitten stock is hiw, He's
to leave. The fair skies and bright flow
ers and brilliant shrubs offer a charm
that grows the while, and inakes other
less-favored climes dull In comparison.
Only those who know the spell of the
drowsy tropics can understand the hold
they have upon the fancy. No pictured
palm can wave and drone Its evening an
them like the one that has its roots in
the sand and Its crest In tho wind; no
painter's brush can catch the majesty of
the mountain peak at the sunset hour;
and no juggler of words can Impart the
zest that rides with the spray of the
Southern sea. To know It for a day is to
know It forever. Its' pleasing memory
never fades. FREDERIC' J. HASKIN.
an actor, not a fighter and a bad actor
at that. It's the bad acting that didn't
pay.
I am not anxious to pluck any medals
from Jeff. Wear them early and often,
say I. Of courso I am soro that he put
me aside and made a suro thing of it by
hopping out of the game. But no man
who ever saw me fight will say he was
ever in my class. I always put my body
where" an opponent could reach it. if he
got that far, and I never invented any
serpentine dances and couchee houchio
crouches to make it so the other fellow
couldn't get a run for the money. Every
man I ever fought found me erect In
front of him, man fashion, and I've met
men who- could make a monkey oi Jeff
the best, day he ever saw. Jake Kilrain.
Charley Mitchell and a dozen others I
could name were better boxers and better
fighters than Jeffries.
It happened well for Jeff that he came
at a time when there were only selling
platers claiming to bo able to stand the
gaff in the heavyweight class. Fitz, who
didn't belong in the heavyweight division,
has done up everybody there was, which
shows how shy the country was of the
real thing In the fighting line. Those who
remember the times when there was fight
ing that was fighting will not go daffy
ever the record of Jeff from the time he
fought with a coon to the time he refused
to meet a white man, able and willing.
It's pretty tough that a country as big and
sporty as ours can't at this stage produce
a champion with zlpp enough to give all
white claimants a chance at him. That
Is where I think a champion should be
at, arid I proved It for 12 years to the
world, and as Jeff takes his place as a
has-been he Is welcome to my opinion of
his performances. Yours truly.
JOHN Ia. SULLTVAN.
Not Bothered for a Hhyme.
Japan Mail.
Your true poet is never bothered fer
a rhyme. Addressing a stanza te .his
inamorata, a young writer was for a
moment puzzled about a rhyme for
'nightingale,",but got out of it thw;
"ACy love to a c&rysaBtiteattMR
And I aR Hke th (xMtBgaIe.
I Maz Her verses alt tb Bigs.