The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-03-11

there will BE- much progress made the present
year in cotton culture, unless the foreigners re-
siding in each district take pains to show to the
natives how it is to be raised. If cotton Is plant
ed aud cultivated in wide rows like corn or
suglr-clne, it Will probably be found to yield
better than when grown more thickly a. is often
seen. We observed some small patches, in which
the plants stood - close that a person could not
walk among the cotton without breaking the
limbs. When 50 planted, the staple will degene-
rate in quality very fast, and the product will be
less. The p-Oper distance for the plants TO stand
apart, can only be found by actual experiment.
Sheltered localities are tie best, and sandy
soil, as near the sea shore a. possible, should be-
chosen for the SEA Island variety. The cotton
raised at Laie and Kahuku. OIL this island. has a
very long and silky staple, and some from Aiolo-
kai l. fully equal, both being grown on low
sandy soil near the sea. The upland or Georgia
cotton, Of course, can be raised any where.
wherever there i sufficient moisture; and in
some places, the Egyptian and Peruvian varieties
will grow into q tree three inches in thickness
and fifteen feet high, and viii bear for years,
almost without interruption.
Some eight years have passed since our last
previous tour around Oahu, but during that in
teryaI u considerable chang. is noticeable in the
dwellings Of the natives, particularly through
Koolau. More frame houses are seen. some Of
th-m very neat and pleasant, and greater atten-
zion l. paid 10 the cultivation Of the syill The
more the natives receive for their labor, the more
they spend ON their premises. albeit they run
into debt very easily. Not until they are pro-
vided with good, healthy tenenents, either thatch
OF frame, though the latter are preferable, will the
decreas. IN their numbers be stayed.
And here ne have a word for our planters,
who complain Of scarcity of laborers, although
we have not found any such Oh Oahu. IF plant
ers viii put up good dry dwellings for their Ia
borcrs, there need lie no scarcity-not budding
families Of them together in long, low buildings,
where they are liable to frequent s%trifcs, leading
to discomfort. but providing a separate though
small cottage for each family. where the motier
can feel she i ut home, and take some little pride
in making her home. poor as it may bc, attractive
to her children and husband. Hawaiians have
the same domestic feelings as We have. They ap-
preciate "a home, and will cling 70 IL. even though
obtaining very small wages. and they feel at
tached to thoss who provide it for them. Half
the trouble encountered by those who complain
OF want 81 help may be overcome III tins way,
for discomfort always breeds a desire for change.
And the best investment i planter can make in
starting busine>s-not even second to q vacuum
pan-is the erection Of suitable tencments for his
Llborers, where the mother can rear her offspring,
and thus supply tie places Of those dying off.
On Captain Nakee's estate are laborcrs, l. score or
more, who were born OK fhc place, who have al
ways had good homes, have never thought Of
changing. ami who will probably live there all
their days. if they find the same kind oyerseers
they now have. We repeat what We have before
said, we do not lack Iaborers so much rs the
proper management of laborers.
But with this depression, we will drop onr pen
for this week.