Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1852-10-27
OCTOBER 27, 1852.

our large anu im'hehse'y VaA''oie whaling in
'ersss in the Pacific; w'thoaf already large
and rapidly increasing iaercnah' marinein that
ocean; with the asrienituraa P'odnets and ca.
Paoil't'es of the AsiahGsi up the possible
event Of war with any iores,s1 power. and es
Peciaiiy with ureas brHai slh tfe future
successful prosecution y ,st illimyabls
commercial entefprisesi tot rnia aud with
oh'ha' MAMMA 'ne East sastrslia,the
racine Isiahus anu '~Fa occupy apo
s'tion IN the racine y. that. il
possessed BY naval command
Inc entire North >kisnt Of
terrltory' the gR9 AHit
t'voo square w klu
s4s ~
grees
degrees la.
are blessed wlIl |khe
Globe. and possesS "a and
a luxuriance of soil they are
capable of producing, ] i the sta
pie products and the fine the tropics.
The sugar case of the Is go!d to be the
richest and most productis. grows, while
the sugar, molasses and syf manufactured
from it, is counted the best commands the
highest price, of any that reaches the Califor-
MIA market. The coffee raised there is consid
cred the equal to the best Java The best of
tobacco, rice, cotton and arrowroot is easily
cultivated, and could be greatly extended.
Several large and valuable sugar and coffee es-
ta,es, upon which large sums of money have
been expended, are now in successful cultiva-
ton; and principally owned by American citi-
zens residing there. One of the "solid men of
Boston" is interested in susar estate. ON one
of these Islands, upon which nearly 500 900
has been expended in pe,,ing |, fairly into ON.
Grafton. The va,uc Of imnor,s into these Isl.
ands, for the wear 1850 amounted to over
81 600 900, and these iuports were princpailv
American merchandise, and were all for home
consumption. The value Of exports and sun
plies furnished vessels. Of dom, site produc,s
amounted to near v 5000 600. during the sam.
pcriod. OF this excess If ,unor,s over sxpor,s
and supplies n large amou,, was in suy,r mills
and agricultural imnlemen,s connected ,hero.
with. admitted dptv free Inv that cover,mert
another portion introduced bv Consuls oud
Missionaries. for consumntion and not for sale
while the balance was maid for in mar, NV the
direct iutrcduction Of can;,,l invested i, n,a,-
t,tiops. in mart nv nro6ts ,ler;vad fro,, shin.
mcnts abroad on island account and in n great
degree by money nut in circulat,o, bv str,n.
gers, returned Hawaiiaps from California cam
tains. officers and crews Of shi,s which do ,o,
come into The calculation of "sunni;.s - Tboro
NAV have been still n small debt AGAINST tho
| Islands, on account of imports. but ft is proba
bic it did not exceed the amount of goods un
sold remaining in the hands Of the importers.
The receipts at their Custom House. during
the same period, on imported goods actually
consumed, amounted to nearly l25, 900. All
this. with California and Oregon in their in
fancy, and with population upon the Island.
including foreigners of about 10. 600 We have
constantly cruising in the Pacific ocean, some
five hundred whale ships. named by some
900 noble, generous, hardy, industrious and
enterprsng seamen, with an American capital
invested in such enterprises OF over Sl5 900 900
| All these vessels must. almost from necessity.
T ! ]. ] 7 e. : !. u. !:
recruiting their men, and reflting their vessels
after being six or eight months on their hunt
sometimes five years, in "get''ng voyage" !"
and must recruit, at some port,as often As once
IN SIX or eight months.
BESIDES these whale ships, almost the entire
merchant-marihev vovaging from the Atlantic to
San francisco, stop at these Islands, in the
prosecution OF TIER commercial enterprises
from California to Manila, China asS the East
Indies. During the year 1850 over 400 mcr-
chant vessels entered the ports of the Islands,
the largest proportion of which were American.
Inc position OF the Groupe is such, geogra-
phiealiy and IN connection with the prevailing
winds OF that ocean, that vessels bound to Ma
hiiia, the East Indies, China and Japan. from
any part OF the fac'hc coas North or South
America must almost necet sy pass in their
Immediate vicinity. This ecially the case
win vessels bound I'D tiI Esson from ali
the American racine cog pf the Equa
tor.
There Is no other ific where
our whale ships cav Qiently
SO certainly and at
these Isis
donesl
seas, along
west coast Of ~ hgs
Straits, into the Az
What they most ~ bear their
"hunting grounds" WI be suppl.