PROSPEROUS AMERICA.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 301, 20 December 1926, Page 4

PROSPEROUS AMERICA.

PLENTY TO DO AND SPEND. THE HONOLULU MELTING POT. ONE NATION FROM TWELVE. liuriii-' the m\- mouths and more In* has been away. Mr. Charles Rhodes, who returned t" Auckland this morning by tin- Nin_iira. had a im>-t interest in™ tour, which included visits t« Honolulu. Los AiiL-eies. Denver. Toronto. New York. London, the Continent and Australia. He sj„ t:i a fortnight at Honolulu, and wa* intiiii iiiipicso-il with the work of turning "in Americans from th<' strangely hetero- :■!■;! collection of people to be f>*-nd at that important pivot-point in the "-ooakin-- to a "Star" reporter this im-riiing. MY. lihodcs said (hat it was •li-jhly intere-ting to witness this Mending of-the nations into one people. He •aw twelve nationalities ill process of lieiii** c.ssimilated under one t!a_. At a public school he witnessed an inspiring ■ \.-i,-i>p or ceremony, the saluting of the Stars ami Stripes by the children of the various nationalities, the lin-: being run up after patriotic orations by a boy an.l a -ill. It was a most wholesome mid excellent function, and could not fail to have it- effect on the eit-ht hundred children who took part. The children -a hi the Lord's Prayer together, and i "-ii*- also had tin impressive effect on t'no-v who witnessed the ceremony. *•• >h\ iously." said Mr. Rhodes. "Honolulu i- a melting pot where a cosmopolitan crowd is bein2 blended into a harmonious people."' America was found to be enjoying creat prosperity: prices were high, and work plentiful, the impressions made on 11n* \ isitor being that everyone had plenty. '"Since my last visit to the States, hotels everywhere had increased in size and luxury. The biggest I saw was a new hotel in Chicago, with 3000 bedrooms and batlirooms, most of which would command eight dollars and upwards for a night's accommodation without taking into account the food which would, of course, be extra. Chicago is spending the sum of £30,000,----00<l in the improvement and beautifieation of the city, which works out at £10 per head of its population. .Small wonder that the cities lure the population from the country!" Big Mines and Mills. From his long connection with the Waihi mine, it was only natural that Mr. Rhodes should have a look at a mine wherever possible. In Northern Ontario he saw* some huge operations, the minerals won being gold, silver and copper with nickel, each possibly the largest concern on earth. The Hollinger gold mine at Timmins, Sor instance, was treating about 7000 tons a day, the ore being practically of the. same value as that of the Waihi. When it is remembered that it was considered the Waihi was "going some" when it reached a daily output of 1000 and then 1200 tons, it will give some idea of these great Canadian mines. The Hollinger, in treating its ore, uses almost precisely the same procedure as the Waihi Company, the exception being in the grinding, which is different. Mr. Rhodes said the Hollinger was a splendidly run enterprise, the mining engineering being the best he had ever seen. As a gold mine it ranked with the best in existence. Another mine he visited was the nickel-copper mine at Sudbury, which was the greatest known, and had ore reserves in sight sufficient to last for the next fifty years, unless new uses were found for this "mond-metal," the name of the natural blend of copper and nickel that the treatment yielded. In the same region he saw the Abitibi paper mills, which produced from woodpulp 700 tons per day of newsprint. That company provided work for a whole town. The place was well laid out and equipped with community amenities, one in particular being a very excellentlyequipped hospital. Mr. Rhodes and his party also had an interesting time in the Old Country and on the Continent. "I have seen much to admire, and approve elsewhere," he wound up, "but am thoroughly glad to return to New Zealand as a wholly desirable country to live in."