Private effort has not been wanting either.

But nature does not respond.

Sugar and rice are and must it seems continue to be the staples of the Islands; and the culture of these products will in time be considerably increased.
This, it appears to me, decides the future of the Islands and the character of their population.

A sugar or rice plantation needs at most three or four American workmen aside from the manager.

The laboring force will be Hawaiians or Chinese; for they alone work cheaply, and will content themselves in the situation of plantation laborers.