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1062 HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
sugar producing country in the world, as it may be seen from the fact
that the average product of sugar in other countries is two tons to the
acre, while in the islands it is four, and often eight tons in exceptional
cases. Heretofore the annual exports of the islands for several years
have been of the value of about $115 per each man, woman, and child
in the whole country—a larger percentage to population than enjoyed
by any other country in the world. This year the first six mouths'
customs statement shows that the average for the year in sugar exports
alone will reach about $110 per head for each inhabitant—a large increase.
Cane sugar is not raised here above the 1,500-foot level of the
sea. Experiments that"promise success are now being made in raising
the red Australian cane above the 1,500-foot level. If the effort is
successful the sugar crop will be vastly increased. Above that level
is now raised as fine coffee as is produced in any country in the world.
But coffee cultivation has not been pushed, sugar raising being more
profitable.
" But with the advent of Yankee methods both the coffee, rice, and
other products of the soil will be enormously increased. Hawaii is
truly an exceedingly fertile land abounding in rich products. It only
has to be "tickled with a hoe to laugh with a harvest." Do we waut
it? Well, the Americans ought to know enough to take a good thing
when it is offered for nothing, and is needed for the purposes of commerce
and protection. To reject annexation now, and to crush out by
bayonets an American government over what is really only an outlying
American colony, only to restore it to heathendom and the rule of the
Kahunas, would be the greatest political crime and blunder that the
Americans have committed in this century, only excepting the efforts
of the rebels to destroy the Union. In this case the instrument of the
crime employed by the administration is one who endeavored to pull
down our flag and to put in its place that of the confederacy, —and one
who has already pulled down the stars and stripes in Honolulu, and is
now engaged in the anti-American effort to run up the Britishized flag of
the heathen Queen in its place.
"COMMISSIONER BLOUNT'S REPORT.
" While I write Commissioner Blount's report has just been brought
in. It seems to have fallen lifeless, limp, and dead upon the public as
being anything like a true and living witness against annexation. As
the late American minister, Mr. Stevens, promises to dissect Blount's
cadaver, it is only fair that his scalpel shall have the first slash at it.
I only say here that I do know that Blount's report is a wicked perversion
of the facts, as I had the opportunity of gathering them in Honolulu
before his arrival there and after. The story of a Stevens conspiracy is
utterly absurd. The plain facts, briefly, are these: There was great
excitement over the passage of the opium and lottery bills at the close of
the legislative session, and the whole civilized and Christianized part
of the community was up in arms against these measures, which had
been bribed through the Legislature and mothered by the Queen.
"The Christian ladies of the city called on the Queen in the interests
of morality, asking her not to sign these bills. The Queen promised
not to do so, and asked the ladies to unite with her in prayer that God
would give her strength to resist the temptation. They did so, and the
whole city knew of it. Next morning the city was shocked to learn
that she had played the hypocrite and signed the odious bills. A popular
ferment ensued. On that day, when the session had closed finally,
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 10(13
the community was still farther shocked when the Queen, on her own
volition, without the consent of her cabinet, proclaimed a new constitution,
cutting off the franchise of a large portion of the whites and
practically handing over their liberties and properties to the tender
mercies of the native Kanakas.
" This last straw broke the camel's back. The revolution instantly
broke out, which resulted in the establishment of the Provisional Government.
Mr. Steveus was absent, and had been for days previous, on
board a United States war vessel, the Boston, I think, which had gone
on a cruise in the outer islands for target practice. Neither Stevens
nor the United States cruiser arrived back in Honolulu until after the
revolution had been under full head for fully forty-eight hours, and he
and the officers of the vessel were in utter ignorance of what had
happened until they landed. Then he and they acted promptly. That
does not look much like a Stevens conspiracy. It was the fact that
the Queen's party took advantage of his absence to establish a new
constitution and to make a revolution of their own, and she lost her
throne in the attempt."
The CHAIRMAN. When you were in Hawaii did you know Paul
Neuman?
Mr. MAOARTHUR. Yes.
The CHAIRMAN. What relation did he hold to Liliuokalani?
Mr. MAOARTHUR. He was her attorney—held the power of attorney
that he had here when he originally came.
The CHAIRMAN. The same as is printed in Mr. Blount's report?
Mr. MAOARTHUR. Yes.
The CHAIRMAN. Were you personally acquainted with the Queen?
Mr. MACARTHUR. I met her in California. She was at the same
house that I was. I knew her husband in California, and I should not
have been able to see her but for a previous acquaintance. She was
not receiving anybody.
The CHAIRMAN. What year was it that you first met the Queen?
Mr. MAOARTHUR. I think it must have been in 1887. I was in California
three or four times. I am not quite sure of the year; I think it
was in 1887. The Queen's husband was over there trying to float some
Government bonds.
The CHAIRMAN. That was before the Queen's accession to the throne?
Mr. MAOARTHUR. Before her accession. She was Mrs. Dominis
then?
The CHAIRMAN. Did you have with Mr. and Mrs. Dominis a personal
acquaintance?
Mr. MAOARTHUR. Yes; to a limited extent. I spoke to them frequently
at the hotel in California.
The CHAIRMAN. Did you have frequent conversations with her ?
Mr. MAOARTHUR. Yes; some.
The CHAIRMAN. When you returned to Hawaii after this revolution
had been inaugurated, did you see her again?
Mr. MAOARTHUR. Yes.
The CHAIRMAN. Did you have any conversation with her?
Mr. MAOARTHUR. Yes.
The CHAIRMAN. On political topics ?
Mr. MAOARTHUR. Not very much; I did to a small extent.
The CHAIRMAN. I would like to know what you know in respect to
Paul Neuman's authority to represent Liliuokalani, and of any overtures
that were made by him, with her consent, or, as he asserted, with
her consent, to surrender her crown to the Provisional Government,

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 {{p|1062}}
 sugar producing country in the world, as it may be
 seen from the fact that
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 the value of about $115 per each man, woman, and child
 in the whole
-country---- a larger percentage to population than enjoyed
+country-a larger percentage to population than enjoyed
 by any other country
 in the world. This year the first six months customs
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 the average for the year in sugar exports alone will
 reach about $110 per
-head for each inhabitant---- a large increase.   Cane
+head for each inhabitant-a large increase.   Cane
 sugar is not raised here
 above the 1,500-foot level of the sea. Experiments
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 is one who endeavored
 to pull down our flag and to put in its place that of
-the confederacy, ----and
+the confederacy,-and
 one who has already pulled down the stars and stripes
 in Honolulu, and is
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 the heathen Queen in its place.
-"COMMISSIONER BLOUNT'S REPORT.
+==="COMMISSIONER BLOUNT'S REPORT.===
 "While I write Commissioner Blount's report has
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 against these measures, which had been bribed through
 the Legislature and
-mothered by the Queen. "The Christian ladies of the
+mothered by the Queen.
 city called on the Queen
 in the interests of morality, asking her not to sign
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 {{p|1063}}
 the community was still farther shocked when the
 Queen, on her own volition,
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 the attempt."
-The CHAIRMAN:   When you were in Hawaii did you know
+The {{sc|Chairman.}} When you were in Hawaii did you know
 Paul Neuman?
-Mr. MACARTHUR:   Yes.
+Mr. {{sc|MacArthur.}} Yes.
-The CHAIRMAN:   What relation did he hold to
+The {{sc|Chairman.}} What relation did he hold to
 Liliuokalani?
-Mr. MACARTHUR:   He was her attorney---- held the power of
+Mr. {{sc|MacArthur.}} He was her attorney-held the power of
 attorney that he had
 here when he originally came.
-The CHAIRMAN:   The same as is printed in Mr. Blount's
+The {{sc|Chairman.}} The same as is printed in Mr. Blount's
 report?
-Mr. MACARTHUR:   Yes.
+Mr. {{sc|MacArthur.}} Yes.
-The CHAIRMAN:   Were you personally acquainted with
+The {{sc|Chairman.}} Were you personally acquainted with
 the Queen?
-Mr. MACARTHUR:   I met her in California. She was at
+Mr. {{sc|MacArthur.}} I met her in California. She was at
 the same house that I
 was.  I knew her husband in California, and I should
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 receiving anybody.
-The CHAIRMAN:   What year was it that you first met
+The {{sc|Chairman.}} What year was it that you first met
 the Queen?
-Mr. MACARTHUR.  I think it must have been in 1887. I
+Mr. {{sc|MacArthur.}} I think it must have been in 1887. I
 was in California three
 or four times. I am not quite sure of the year;   I
@@ Line 178: / Line 178: @@
 some Government bonds.
-The CHAIRMAN:   That was before the Queen's accession
+The {{sc|Chairman.}} That was before the Queen's accession
 to the throne?
-Mr. MACARTHUR:   Before her accession. She was Mrs.
+Mr. {{sc|MacArthur.}} Before her accession. She was Mrs.
 Dominis then?
-The CHAIRMAN:   Did you have with Mr. and Mrs. Dominis
+The {{sc|Chairman.}} Did you have with Mr. and Mrs. Dominis
 a personal
 acquaintance?
-Mr. MACARTHUR:   Yes; to a limited extent. I spoke to
+Mr. {{sc|MacArthur.}} Yes; to a limited extent. I spoke to
 them frequently at the
 hotel in California.
-The CHAIRMAN:   Did you have frequent conversations
+The {{sc|Chairman.}} Did you have frequent conversations
 with her?
-Mr. MACARTHUR:   Yes; some.
+Mr. {{sc|MacArthur.}} Yes; some.
-The CHAIRMAN:   When you returned to Hawaii after this
+The {{sc|Chairman.}} When you returned to Hawaii after this
 revolution had been
 inaugurated, did you see her again?
-Mr. MACARTHUR:   Yes.
+Mr. {{sc|MacArthur.}} Yes.
-The CHAIRMAN:   Did you have any conversation with
+The {{sc|Chairman.}} Did you have any conversation with
 her?
-Mr. MACARTHUR:   Yes.
+Mr. {{sc|MacArthur.}} Yes.
-The CHAIRMAN:   On political topics?
+The {{sc|Chairman.}} On political topics?
-Mr. MACARTHUR:   Not very much; I did to a small
+Mr. {{sc|MacArthur.}} Not very much; I did to a small
 extent.
-The CHAIRMAN:   I would like to know what you know in
+The {{sc|Chairman.}} I would like to know what you know in
 respect to Paul
 Neuman's authority to represent Liliuokalani, and of