New geographies . hereare two volcanoes that are still active. Such islands, so far away, mightseem to be of little value. Yet we havemany vessels that make the long voyagefrom our Western seaports to China,Japan, Australia, and the now and then suffer serious acci-dents on the way, and run the dangerof getting out of coal and other islands lie on the route that someof these vessels take, and about a thirdof the way between the United Statesand Asia. For these reasons the Ha-waiian Islands are of great importanceto us; they serve as a stopping place,where repair
New geographies . hereare two volcanoes that are still active. Such islands, so far away, mightseem to be of little value. Yet we havemany vessels that make the long voyagefrom our Western seaports to China,Japan, Australia, and the now and then suffer serious acci-dents on the way, and run the dangerof getting out of coal and other islands lie on the route that someof these vessels take, and about a thirdof the way between the United Statesand Asia. For these reasons the Ha-waiian Islands are of great importanceto us; they serve as a stopping place,where repairs can be made, and wherecoal and supplies can be obtained. You can, perhaps, name the principalproducts of the Hawaiian Islands, since DEPENDENCIES OF THE UNITED STATES 163 they lie in the tropical zone. SugarTheir products raising is. the chief industry,and principal Other products are rice, cof-?^^y - fee, wool, and tropical fruits. Honolulu is the chief city, and itsport is deep enough for the Fig. 203. — Five native Hawaiian girls. 5. Other Territory Between the Hawaiian and Philippineislands are the Wake Islands (Fig. 106), andthe island of Ouam, both of whichSmall islands T^^^ong to the United States. Tarto the southwest of Hawaii, in the southernhemisphere, are the Samoa Islarids, one ofwhich, called Tutuila, belongs to us (Fig. 301). The United States owns several other smallislands in the Pacific Ocean. All of theseislands are too small to have products of muchvalue, but some of them are important as stop-ping points and coaling stations. The small Kepublic of Panama () owns the narrow strip of land, orThe Panama istJimus, that connects NorthCanal Zone and South America. Acrossthis Isthmus of Panama the UnitedStates government is now digging the Panama Canal, through which even thelargest ocean vessels will be able to an agreement with the Republicof Panama, and by the payment of110,000,000, our government has ob-tained control of the
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