The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-01-30
Notes on the Snnd~ irt' -inpd--In nnenf.
Tor NeIIIcnIenI.

for settlement.
Tine return Di Can't. Walter VI. Gibson to lis old
home. aud th" special objects Of hi. political mis-
sion from the sandwich Islands 20 Washington. and
Ia the East Indies. suggest many matters Of interest
To or readers oceanica, like China. looks to
American diplomacy iUr the expression If her
wants and the yindicati1n Of her rights abroad.
The sandwich Islands crave an American asslmila-
ton through American instrunIentaliiies. The
eight beautiful island, ruled by Ming ka~mchamcLa.
aud taught aud refined by Queen Emma. invite the
State maker, II America % come and plant and or
glniIe. Aud what an imduc-mcnt and what a
prOuiS. J. there Contrast the rich suii>. the flow
crs. fruit- aud sugars Of Hawaii. Oahu. Mani. Kauai.
aud Lanai with The brown. treelcSs. voiccless. des-
1iatc sage bush plains Of Nevada. Colorado. Dakota.
Idaho. Montana, and Wyoming. What II the sage
bush hides gold aud silver y sugdr-can- field of
thr Islands j. worth many gold mines. The cane j.
sure 90 grow. and Gll yOur boilers with the best al juice
and make the best 81 sugar IN the world For your
tolls and pains in the mines. you may get at best.
many = time, nothing but a " color and a promise.
and a faded. worn out body.
We are we'll informed that three-fourths OF the
fine lands % the sandwich Islands, the richest soils
IN the world. are Ia bc disposed Of 90 cnierpriSing
settlers. These lands are rapidly advancing in val
ue. one acre in uiro will support thirty or forty
kIuukI- IN food for one year. One acre wil pro-
ducr more than twO hundred barrels Of the most
delicious Of sweet potatoes. This root has attained
TO such weights a. sixteen. eighteen. and even
twenty-five pound a single one. in the sand Sich
Islands aud vet the monster vegetable was soft.
mclly. sweet. md delicious. far beyond the best Of
our CarOiinI- or Spanish yins. one acre. the av-
FraG" 81 tue tdil- Aa~ ~ f4NE'l Wv hN-ufl7 "N'At.
80 i1 100 bushels corn. 1000 pounds coffee. aud
three tons (abOut C.OUJ poundSl Of sugar. the most
profitable 81 products. This costs three cents per
pound. or SI-J per acre. 20 produce il, and the
planter receives Boo Honolulu Xix cents per pound.
or -i-O profit. upon "a single acre 81 ground. This
would 10 considered q good prOst out 0i all the la
Dor upon many q farm ia the state 81 New York.
\ certain whiir-hip captain bought q piece nf land
ON the Island % Mani eight years ago Tor Sl.sob.
lie has made thi- yeAr, planted. produced. and
shipped o. market. 300 tons 81 sugar. which J.
worth o. him at his home market Slii.OUJ. 0ue-half
80 which J. clear pr'at. Why. thi- beats some Of
Our city speculative figures. while this i not spec
ulati,n. but plain. straightforward American agri-
cultural enterprise.
Tt. Sandwich Islands have the best sugar lands
in the world. Some choice spots have been known
20 produce dVr tonSupou one acre 81 land. Now
these lands want NOR. cUltivatUr-. Oycr~',-fs. sugar
boiler. mrchiuic-. and laburcr~. The culOTcd
men % America are Invited by Oh" cplotrd Ming al
~" Sandwich Island tp 20 and work. wbeTc ~ -
summer and 1utuniu al 10. year round. with win
Tor i"it ont. fer rur wages. or Il" earn i"r thrm- elves
q clear profit 81 -lup upon ever, 'rr'" 90 -ugIr-'-inr
sizes viii cultivate. The ,"l'rcd u7n. tired 81