The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-12-09

Taking into view the small capital required,
we would urge both natives and foreigners of
limited means to engage in cultivating cotton,
or, if they have both wet and dry land, raise
rice and cotton. Both will pay we'll for the
labor expended, and both will grow anywhere
on the Islands. If cotton is raised in large
quantities, a gin should be purchased, and the
cotton ginned and haled before being sent TO
market. Any merchant will ten buy it and
pay I fair price for it. We recommend planting
the Sea Island variety, because it is more val
liable, and the price in England and America
is more likely to remain steady, for four or five
years ut least, while that of the short staple, OF
upland cotton, may decline. We understand
that Mr.. Titcomb, of Kauai, intends to plant
one hundred acres this season, and to follow
it up as a business, confident that it will pay
better than cane. Foreigners on Hawaii pro-
pose to engage extensively in the cultivation
of cotton, as it has been sufficiently proved to
be a paying crop, on a large scale. Should the
cultivation of ii increase, as now appears likely,
it Will not be long before 4 cotton factory and
II paper mill will be needed here, to supply our
local demand.
Besides its fibre, cotton is valuable for 1t
seeds, from which oil can be made, good for va
rious purposes. Previous 10 and during the rebel
lion, almost the only oil used by the farmers and
~country-people at the South was cotton-secd oil,
which serves equally well for burning, for machin-
cry and for Il table oil, though for the latter pur-
pose the seeds require to be pressed without the
hu!ls. When strained or refined, it is not sur
passed for burning in lamps by the ve-y best
sperm.
We will supply the Sea Island cotton-seed
of ndtire groacfh. to any one applying for it,
free of charge. Imported secd. in small guam
titles, (from Beaufort, South Carolina,) can
also be had, at five cents per pound. the actual
cost. Twenty pounds will plant an acre.
Persons engaged in the culture of it should
obtain the " Cotton Planters Manual to be
had at the bookstore, SO as to be well posted
on the best mode of cultivating.
Cotton Premiums.
Our readers may not be aware that the cost
of printing and writing papers, as well as the
cost of cotton rags, from which they are made, de-
ponds very much on the price Of cotton. We
are therefore directly interested in seeking to
increase the cultivation and supply of cotton,
we'll knowing that every bale raised of any
kind will tend to reduce the cost of printing.
Owing to the increasing cOnsumptiLn of pa
per in our printing establishment, amounting
to Il thousand reams more or less, and from 4
desire to furnish the best material for the man
u%facture of our supplies, (rags and shoddy not
being good enough for our patrons,) the pub
Usher Of this paper proposes to take the initia-
tive in the matter of premiums, and, with a
view of increasing the cultivation Of cotton and
reducing expenses, offers the following premiums
to native Hawaiians for the coming year
Commercial Advertiser
Premiums for Cotton for 1896.
Ito any natire who will plant ten or more acres
OF Sea Island cotton, and produce, between
Jan. l and Dec. 81. 1866, ten thousand or
more pounds of good cotton, a gold premium
Will be awarded of $500 90
Should there be more than one claimant for
this premium, it will be awarded to him whose
Skill and industry have produced the largest
amount of cotton, in the period named.
2-For the second laI gest amount raised by one
person, 500 90
3-For the third largest amount raised by one
person. $50 90
4-For the fourth largest amount raised by one
person, $40 90
5.-For the fifth largest amount raised by one
person, $50 90
G.-For the sixth largest amount raised by one
person, $50 90
For the seventh largest amount raised by one
person, COTTON GIN
s.-For the eighth largest amount raised by one
person, COTTON GIN
9.-For the ninth largest amount raised by one
person, 4 bound vols. KUOkOA
IO.-For the tenth largest amount raised by one
person, 4 bound vols. kUOkOA
These premiums will be awarded in January,
1867, and amount to
In gold $40 90
Eight Volumes Kuohoa,- bound, 50 each, "a 90
\ total of : s54 90