HAWAIIAN COAST SCENE AT LOW TIDE 
From Painting by E. W. Christmas, 
Revolution, Sons of American Revolution, 
Daughters of Hawaii, Daughters and Sons of Ha¬ 
waiian Warriors, Grand Army of the Republic, 
American Red Cross, Boy Scouts of America, 
Girl Scouts of America, Hale o na Alii o 
Hawaii (Hawaiian chiefs and chiefesses), Sons 
of Veterans, and H. S. W. V. are some of 
the patriotic organizations prominent in Ha¬ 
waii. Geo. W. De Long Post, G. A. R., was 
the first body of the kind instituted outside the 
bounds of the United States. 
The Hawaiian Historical Society was founded 
in 1892. Its valuable library, in the public library 
building near the capitol in Honolulu, contains 
hundreds of volumes relating to Polynesia in gen¬ 
eral and to the Hawaiian Islands in particular, 
and also a great collection of island papers and 
periodicals. There is also the Kauai Historical 
Society. 
Lodge le Progres de I’Oceanie, the pioneer in¬ 
stitution of Freemasonry in the Hawaiian Islands, 
and the oldest Masonic lodge west of the Rocky 
mountains, was organized in 1843. Hext year, in 
June, there is to be a great pilgrimage of Shrin- 
ers to Honolulu, following the conclave in San 
Urancisco. 
Another venerable fraternal institution in Hono¬ 
lulu is the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. 
The Knights of Pythias have been long established 
here, and Foresters, Red Men, Elks and other 
fraternal societies are flourishing. 
Honolulu’s Chamber of Commerce, reorganized 
in 1914, was granted a charter by King Kalakaua 
in 1883. Maui and Kauai islands have their 
chambers, and the city of Hilo, Hawaii Island, 
has its board of trade. The Honolulu Stock and 
Bond Exchange was organized in 1898. 
Of banking houses, the First Rational Bank of 
Hawaii, at Honolulu, is the active depositary of 
the United States government for the Territory. 
It was established in 1900, following the annexa¬ 
tion of Hawaii. The banking house of Bishop 
& Company was established in 1858. The Bank 
of Hawaii was organized in 1897. The Yokohama 
Specie Bank is the leading Japanese banking con¬ 
cern in the Islands. There are other Japanese 
banks, and Chinese banks. Branches of Honolulu 
banks are established on other islands, where also 
are separate banking institutions. 
AGRICULTURAL TRIUMPHS 
Captain Cook found sugar cane growing in 
Hawaii when he discovered the Islands in 1778. 
When or how it was introduced is not known. 
Pioneers early placed the sugar industry on a 
substantial footing. In 1803 a Chinese is said to 
have brought a stone mill to the little island of 
Lanai. In 1817 a Spaniard made molasses. Two 
years later he made sugar. In 1823 an Italian 
made sugar by pounding the cane with stone beat¬ 
ers on poi boards and boiling the juice. In 1828 
a sugar mill was operated in Uuuanu valley; a 
