The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-01-16
COMMERCIAL
THURsDAY, JASUIRY 1G, Is62.

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THx s1eeaIreH arrived on Mopiay morning, after a long and
? b7isterous passage, much to the reiiefOf those who had been wait
ing goods on board q her. Is well as those Of the friends Of pas
sens.s by her. Her unusual passage i one Of the fortuities
incident To sailing vessels, and will furnish an argument in
favor of steam, ~hsnever the day arrives for its introduction
The recent scarcity in some descriptions of produce and d the
nseessar=s Of life, which has prevailed here FIR the past two
weeks, shows how depetlent the metrOpohs is on other phacrs
for its supplies This scarcity has heen caused mainly by the
weather, cutting cn COR usual communication VIII 'hr PHa"s,
not simply with San Francisco, hut with the other Islands 81 our
group Among the articles which have been unusually scarce
are butter, potatoes, -four. hard brad. many kinds of groceries,
Re, &C. VI f0ar We have had 10 s.Hd for supplies to Calfor-
MA, when there exists 10 earthly reason Why We should import
Last week, we are informed. that His Majesty the King sent all
over the city, and vas unable to buy any far his own use for
the simple reason that none vas to be hal. Aud this, too, in
the capital Of these stands, which are capable d producing
100000 basheis for export, IL our agneuItnn-ts ~CuId but take
bold Of the raising Of grain in earnest
some eroakers say that We can't protuer anything bere-and
they will always say SO. Only this week. We hear abHut town
that the experiment Of eotton-grosing is dished for all future
time. 90 FAR As these islands are Concerned, because one or two
espedsnsaters, whose plants had come up finely, found tfs m one
morning an blasted by the hot south wind. which f-h on the
plants like a dose of yitrioI. Another had some fine plants,
which be Was watching With all the pride q a creole cotton lord,
when one nigh, the worms sprung NJ with the noon, marched
over his fell, AMI left only the bare ground for brm TO look at
in the morning. These gentlemen only found that they had
selected The wrong season 90 plant
These experiences are annoying, we admit, bat they sirapy go
u show that the cultivation cf cotton can only he male successful,
a. " e have always eoniended, after years % experimenting
tsery new prDtact can only De successfully pruduc-i aitrr
repeated experiments AID heavy ios-es- Because one sugar
smpany aher another has been suamIed by debts, and ruia=a
BY losses sustained in starting sugar mills, it is no sign that
sugar viii not become a most profitable crop in time, and a
soasce Of immense wealth to our islands
The fact that the arst aDur-company closed up its affairs with
n debt of 10000. and the second mill company followed its
track With a debt q nearly half that sum. furnish no reasons
" y -four may not be manufactured here at a profit The ex-
periinents made BY others and their losses open the way for "a
oessfaI enterprises
Why, seventy-fye years after these islands were discovered,
il was stoutiy maintained that corn wouIl not grow here The
large crops raised 1t Eva and waialaa last year, and the beau
tfal green Geds now waving there and elsewhere all over the
islands. tell Us that no country in the woii can produce larger
or better corn IL took years of experimenting to teach us All
that neeGsd To be learned regarding how and when to plant and
grow Il, but these are lessons that have to be slowly learned in
every country.
Who does not remember when II was a common remark That
roses would nos-bosson heref Yet time has dsPrOyed this too,
and we are prepared to sag that nowhere do roses grow better
than in these islands, or than even here in Honolulu, a 8 our
beautiful gardens, hned with every variety and color, attest
The main thing We wish To impress on our readers Is, that
there Is No need Of our giving mp because n few first experiments
in any new industry nal- Keep trying-pereverance has con
Gaered many things here, and the old saying Is, IL will conquer
al things
The weather has been foul till yesterday, and business has
been dull I'm consequence A number of vessels will leave for
hreizn Destinations or cruises with The return Of fair winds.
The RadM2s Ia loaded and ready TO sail. The PsfroHiIa Is
repaired, and also about ready. The Josephine IL laid on for a
cruise to the 6uano fsiands-,o sail Saturday or Monday. The
Constitution also sails Saturday for Victoria
The bark Early Bird, 60 days from Sydney, touched on the
l3th, simply 10 procure supplies, and sailed again on the Isih.
She reports the Zoe as having arrived a. Sydney, 10 days frpm
HOnoluiu, including her stoppage at M'Kean's Island.