The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-08-23

tr,vi.us to the south, 10 whom De "''s 90.
- -r,~ 81. = ever hsd of erst ni'"g i"e go
- American politics and American I'",'-
- .,,;,m meet now "a days. SpoutHs anu -
- and offices. appear 10 be the great am ""1
.1 .,I ,sa often in cur larger cities the 'H'.''
ana hyrv seem TO be indi>solubiy eonHe''s-' ""-
.or anl yiltiuv 10 20 hand in hand. II" W
49,. e. The INDEPENDENT yeomen Of the ru'a'
n... r whom are ,elligent<hinNng men, oN'
would soon be AZ the mercy u these "'P'"
.-,raI jemagosues and their satellites.
H.. son, seen The Enterprise. a jINen"e month";
- r,,sr issued in Charles,oWn, Mass at - - 80
-r,,I, # uhich Master Jas. 4 thompson a
Of Honolulu. OF fourteen summers l. Ed''o''
rsbsr Proprietor and Printer: Ills Aneh'eN ''"'
,be me n,nu,ar Auc;ioueer Of Honolulu whose Ee"''
temper ami mirth- provoking powers w'Ne
,srlr,l f,vorite, will be well remembered by most d
yaur readers. and his son seems to have 'hheI'''"
,ooi share Of his fathers talents The paper Is a very
e-,if,,h-, ore. and YOUR own juveniles most worthy
would be the gamers, were you 10
-rsr o, .Ex,banre' The Industrious young eiit'r
3,s. himself great credit. and aiIuces another a'su-
u,,t in support or mv theory Of the superiority Of
Hawaiian born youths
Tn. <gsityru increment. Of which / have spoken III
4 previous letter, has resulted IN a national N''
tion which IS now being held i'll Boston, for the pu'-
pose Of discussing this important subject. ia" Inete
-, ,frs should have suggested to my friend HIS
E~zee,Iency the Minister Of Foreign Relations oil ia
waii. whose interest III that subject has been o'en
manifested, that your humble correspondent be cloth
81 with full powers rs a delegate from the hA"a''a"
Islands. The proceedings Of the convention VIII
doubtless be published, and will contain some VaIu-
able information on that great topic.
The ships R1du-a and siam, which saiied recent
49, -.-, I,,rl tho machinery for the
new sugar plantation Of the Haiku Sugar Company
This Is the most complete steam apparatus for sugar
manufacturing ever sent to the islands, combining
several valuable improvements. The grinding, c'arI-
fvin, and boiling. &c. Is all TO be done by steam,
and the machinery was pronounced by some machln-
lists who saw it on the wharf, to be the most perfect
that had ever left Boston. I trust It may fuihII all
the expectations of the . enterprising proprietors'
and thus prove a brilliant exception TO the tate OF all
other "enterprisjng propriet0rs' who have initiated
smear plantations at the Sandwich Islands | trust
and believe in the complete success Of the Haiku SUI
car Plantation, which l believe Will be a great benefit
n the Islands, Notwithstanding the prayer offered by
our reverend and estimable friend, the pastor OF Ma
kavao. through the medium Of the X. II. A :. ke-
ports, =. God all gracious and long suferlng-send
us-uot sugar planters" &c. &c, (yIde Vol /, No /,
Page 1919 Sugar growing Is a business that cannot
be oyerjone, like wheat raising, and had some Of
those natives who raised so much more wheat last
wear than could find a market, been engaged in rails
Ing cane for the Haiku Sugar Cos Mill (suPposing
it to have been in op~eration) they would have had
better reward for their labor.
The Hawaiian group can no longer depend upon
the business Of the whaling feet for its prosperity;
the back bone Of that business is broken; AMI every
one interested L. the solid welfare Of the group should
encourage in every possible way, the developement Of
its agricultural resources. There is no other avenue
TO prosperity-uo other source Of wealth; and though
the numerous failures and obstacles to success which
have hitherto met such Ell ~terprises may naturally
discourage the repetition Ct such risks, yet il l. u fact
patent to all conveisant with the agricultural history
Of the islands, that though the OrjsiaGtOrs Of nearly
all large agricultural enterprises there have failed,
yet their successors by p~rofting by their experience,
and avoiding their errors, have generally renped
satisfactory results. The error in the case Of the
Lihue Plantation. 50 well appointed in other respects,
was Of location. Had the soil Of Lihue been As well
adapted to raising cane as that Of Makawao, and
other cane growing regions, that enterprise would
have been crowned with success. anu ITS euter-
prising proprietors' have found rs a reward for their
efforts to develope the resources Of Hawaiian soil, a
more satisfactory result than the less Of their sntire
capital. Nc, there Is nothing in the history of agrI-
cultural enterprises az Hawaii, which, rightly read,
should discourage future efforts. 1t teaches the les
son Of caution, economy and prudence. 1t tells you
TO . look before you leap and not 10 plant without
ascerrainiuE that the sol i adapted 10 the thing
planted to lay out your plans on a scale commen-
surate with your means, and to avail yourselves of
the knowledge and experience Of others. By heeiing
these lessons, and using common skill and industry,
success may be achieved by the majority of those who
engage in agricultural enterprises at the islands, and
prosperity again smile upon your shores.
With this homjly l close, you will not be bored by
me again till after q haying.' and may thank my
lane hand for this infection; the weeds grow 9 pace
while l write, and only necessity drives me to the pen.
Aloha. MAfKFLA.