It is likely, therefore, that the future population of the Islands will consist largely, as it does now, of Hawaiians and Chinese, and a mixture of these two races; and, no doubt, these will live very happily there.
[Illustration: NATIVE HAY PEDDLER.] For farming, in the American sense of the word, the Islands are, as these facts show, entirely unfit.

I asked again and again of residents this question: "Would you advise your friend in Massachusetts or Illinois, a farmer with two or three thousand dollars in money, to settle out here ?" and received invariably the answer, "No; it would be wrong to do so." Transportation of farm products from island to island is too costly; there is no local market except Honolulu, and that is very rapidly and easily overstocked; Oregon or California potatoes are sold in the Islands at a price which would leave the local farmer without a profit.

In short, farming is not a pursuit in the Islands.

A farmer would not starve, for beef is cheap, and he could always raise vegetables enough for himself; but he would not get ahead.

Moreover, perishable fruits, like the banana, have but a limited chance for export.