The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-05-15

BicEs dc msr aud soap have been exported for the
FIRST time in 1861, as articles Of Hawaiian produce.
The export Of fungus has risen from 1855 lbs in
1852 70 21S, $3.50 lbs. in 1861, thus scattering among
the poorest Of the community $4,000, derived from
what has hitherto been considered q worthless excre-
sence-
The article Of Pull belongs to our export trade,
and the demand for it. a. the settlement on the Pa
cihc coast expand. is likely to be increased. The ex-
pOrtatOn-
In 1871. from moaoiaia: 55o,ss5 he,
@~ 5sa,sss lbs.
sh5siag a falling Of fum IsGO of.....--.--.---. $3.50 lbs
Within the last " II rice has been added 10 the list
Of our productions, and il has been demonstrated that
in this climate two full crops annually may be pro-
duced. l anticipate that it will figure prominently
in the list of domestic exports as shown by the Gus
tom House statistics Of 1864.
The impulse given TO the manufacture Of sugar is
visible in the increase Of 1|,1lS,227 lbs. in the pro-
ductiOn last year-a gain Of nearly 100 per cent.
\ plantation on Maui. whose crop it is estimated
will yield about go tons, equal 10 o0O,OOO lbs- OF
sugar per annum, has lately gone into operation, and
others are soon TO he established there and On the
islands Of Hawaii, Kauai and Oahu. During the
last year the drought has considerably damaged the
crop-especially on Maui-thus preventing a much
further increase Of production.
There are abundant lands in the kingdom suitable
for the growth of cane. From a competent source,
il IS sscertained that there is on the island of Hawaii,
in the HilO district. a tract six miles in width and
twenty three miles in length one in the Hamakua
district four miles in width and twenty miles in
length, and one in the Kchala district three miles in
width and twelve miles in length-all the best de-
~scriptiOn Of sugar lands.
There is also n urge amount Of cane land in Maui,
but 1t has been impossible to obtain sufficient informa-
ton to justify a specific statement.
IS yet no cotton has been produced, though scarce
~ n doubt can exist as TO the adaptation Of large
portions Of our soil to the growth Of this important
staple Of commerce.
With all these ABILITIES Of production. what is there
but the want Of capital and labor to hinder their de-
yeloPment! How to attract these necessary appli-
ances Of wealth and prosperity should be the aim Of
our legislation and public policy. As l observed in
my last report, it is to the agricultural and planting
interests that We must look for future prosperity.
submit to the Legislature whether il would not be
wise to remove the duties on all agricultural imple-
ments imported for sale, as well as those imported by
the owner for specific use, thus enabling the poorer
husbandman, not able to spare the money TO send
abroad, TO compete with the wealthier planter, who
can order from the extensive workshops Of foreign
countries the implements best adapted 10 the success
full prosecution of his enterprises. As the law now
stands he is apparently in a position Of some disad-
vantage
As will be seen by the table OF imports, it is appa-
rent that our inward trade has largely decreased.
The excess Of imports ia 1859, as shown by the table,
run up from $780,, 57S 80 in 1858, TO S624,2 27 AZ
in that year. With the decrease Of the whaling feet,
which no human foresight could have prevented, and
also of tie indirect trade which attended its annual
advent, IL was apparent TO the shrewd business man
that he Inst curtail his importations in the face Of
the heavy stocks then on hand. Orders for goods.
consequently, TO n great extent, fell off; owners or
agents Of whalers at home ceased shipping, and with
what motives can be seen from the tables, for while
the whole decrease Of the imports
For the biennial term 1s6O-I 639 IS
The decrease Of those from the s, Allan. side, is s56,O-S IS
Leaving only % per cent, r............sl26,5s l Is
to the account Of the commerce Of all other nations.
The advantage derived BY the Pacific coast Of the United
crease OF imports from that quarter IN the last biennial term,
Of sS33s3 II, notwithstanding the paraiyzahon Of former sour
o,ber nations % tIe world with the free Germanje cite Of Ham.
burg ahd Bremen there has been a considerable proportional in
crease Az these cities are the receivers Of much Of our Island
The decline in cur trade can therefore be traced TO its true
causes That tire abrogation, or reduction Of Custom duties can
restore Il to its pristine yigOr, is a chimerical idea, wholly with
out any reasonable foundation. A revenue for the support OF
xo1id - resnIt Inns burien,ny suil beayier tn sprirnit1r;s,
no ~ rl, ~ ~ he n oSDsrs 81 rssI s@n pnr u ME u reg.rd !,
transit duties and goods exported from bond, are far more lb-
erai thar those of most other nations. Our wage-housing cha
yes are also considerably lighter.
We are centrally situated in the Pacific, and the reason y by
our ports are not chosen as the dePots Of goods held for export.
ton, must be sought in other causes than the 10 per cent tariff.
be held Tor speculative purposes those VINO nave heretofore ac-
CURED fortunes hayeEto some extent retired from our shores,
iook Tor the ACQUISITION of wealth and PROSPERITY. ' ''
In addition To the tables contained in the foregoing pages,
chiefly relating to the commercial Statistics OF the last biennial
penod, 1 append 4 comparative statement Of commercial and
marine transactions from 1s45 to 1861, inclusive. This table
will show the condition Of the commerce Of the Islands from the
date Of the entry Of the Hawaiian Islands into the family Of ma
tons down to the present time. IL was in lSi5 that the Gov
eminent, IN its present fOrm, was really organized, and II Is
from that date that our reliable statistics can best be dated. Be-
fore that period, and perhaps for some years subsequent. it may
condition Of things was bat incidental to the growth Of a nascent
kingdom, depending upon 's own energies and the Iavor OF the
shrewd and accomplished diplomacy Of the time which d to
the establishment Of this Island Empire. ond gained its re.ogni-
ton "a an equal with European and American powers. This
fact, in distributing the awards Of historical merit, should not
1 do not agree with many others in giving a high degree OF i'm
subject Of Reference. The circumstances Of the COUNTRY have
been dependent on so many fluctuations in regard to the whal-
trade, that it wouH be unfair to hold that our Custom House
past has been peculiar; our former condition was anomalous,
but 1t Z ay be hoped that hereafter trade viii settle down into
pulses Of external interests, always heretofore tending to check
The Development Of domestic resources, by diverting labor and
capital from the cultivation Of the soil.
IL Is to the soil and its development-to the industry Of the
rice, and eouon-our chief stapies-tiat we are to look for the
suresi basis Of national Prosperity While We want the aPpli-
ford TO commerce the broades; grOrsrds Of advantage, it should
not be forgotten that the highest duty Of the state is to make is
policy and action subservient to the welfare Of the -greatmasses Of
The population Of the country to the Encouragement Of habits Of
industry and prudence 20 the existence Of a spirltoi confidence
The interests Of commerce. are collateral. AMI should he depen-
dent in n great degree upon the Internal prosperity o. the king
dom Commerce and agriculture ever go hand in hand they
Perousthey will never bea lack ofnaiional advancement or midi
me whaling feet. heretofore the chief dependence Of trade.
has, TO a large extent, LEFT the North Pacific, and consequently
er this resuI, is 20 be attributed to the decreased productiyeness
Of the hshsries: the want Of profits on oil and bone. CT other
icy % this kingicm in regard 10 the interests Of the whale hsh-
ert-- A Dee most hDeraL- - ahuudanty shown by the
laws and treaties which have been and are now in existence.
This liberal policy no well wisher Of the country would desire to
have discontinued. IL il fair to presume, from the ordinary
Laws Of commerce. that whenever the unfortunate domestic
strife II the United states, nov pending. shall be happily COM
Posed-as IL soon must be-and the pruiucts Of the fisheries
shall be in active demand, there will in some degree be a new
impulse given IN the declining fisheries in the Japan, the
ochotsk and the Arctic seas, which must for reasons well under
stool. restore, at least partially, to these islands the advantages
% a rendezvous for the supply Of the general wants Of the whal-
ing trade The whaling interest has always hitherto been a
great, n paramount and a controlling interest. IL deserved en-
+ smes II may "a aixnTs ssd he fns,s siD1'D eSer - ef 10 n. .S Saysr y.
msnt eNerted in its behalf; but at the same time l do not
hesitate 20 declare that the internal wants Of the country are
first TO be regarded. and that IL il the province Of the admins
tration 10 look primarily 20 the deyelopement % the domestic
resources % the kingdom. such a. spring from the cultivation Of