The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-10-05
THE PACIFIC
Commercial AOOrrtlsrr.
SATURDAY. OCTOBER 5
Our

The exhibit officially made by the Collector
General of Customs, Of the exports Of domestic
produce for the last nine months Of 1872, shows
that, while there has been an increase in the
quantity Of paddy, rice. poi, bananas. cotton,
hides, Pulu and peanuts, exported this year, over
the same nine months Of 1871, there has been 4
large falling off in sugar, molasses. coffee, salt,
fungus, beef, goat skins, tallOw, wool and oil, in
value amounting TO $296, 565.l7, or One-third Of
the entire income estimated for the year. Sugar,
our chief article Of domestic produce and export,
shows a decrease Of 3.4O5. 800 pounds; wool,
2Il ,653 pounds no oil at all, and 80 ,22O pounds
less Of coffee.
Our loss in sugar is the most apparent, and
from all that we can learn, we are Of the opinion
that the fourth quarter upon which we are enter
ing will show a still further reduction in the
quantity exported Of something like 1000, 900
pounds. The Queen Emma now loading, will
take away the balance on hand here, and none Of
the plantations on Hawaii or Kauai are now
grinding, and for the next sixty days there will
be but little sugar to come forward. In Decem-
Der the mills on Hawaii and Kauai will COM
mence grinding, with the prospect of n fair crop.
On Maui there Is some sugar coming forward,
but it is estimated that next years crop will fall
short again; but we hope and expect that on
Hawaii and Kauai the crop will be omewhat IN
creased, although not enough to bring the total
product up TO that of former years.
The product Of rice too, which has been very
good during the past nine months, 1t is estimated,
will show an increase in 1873. Cotton, which
makes . good showing in the table from which
we quote, is not raised now, except by a few ma
tives in a very limited amount. The amount
sent forward during the last nine months repre-
sents the whole crop for two years, and our past
experience shows us that we may as well strike
cotton out Of our list Of domestic productions.
No estimate can be made in regard to our future
shipments Of oil, as the experiment Of sending
tile whalesbips to San Francisco instead Of this
port is as yet to be tried, with what result it
would be hard to determine.
In view OF these facts we are convinced that
for some time 70 come, our resources will be at
the minimum, and every effort will have to be
made to sustain our credit abroad as we'll as at
home. In this respect the steps taken by our
merchants and planters must, to inspire conf
dence in the Development our resources, be char
acterized by wise provisions for the future as
well as prudent economy in the present. And
VIC cOhslueE IL sIS duty OI the ADMINISTRATORS OF
public affairs to cooperate heartily with those
whose experience and judgment in time past is a
fair criterion of their action for the future. The
statement has been made, and truthfully, that We
produce more per head on these islands than any
other nation, and still our land is by no means
fully occupied, or our resources developed.
An increase in the number of workers, labor
es on plantations and others, would materially
assist us, and we commend to our Chamber Of
Commerce the consideration of some feasible
scheme for not only obtaining labor, but at the
same time a population. A good deal of needless
apprehension has been expressed lest the native
Hawaiian should be displaced, and the opinion
has been advanced that we have moderated his
value as a laborer the truth is the native Ha-
waiians, especially the young men, have placed
their own estimate upon the value of their
services, and the result is that where they are
not extrayagant in their demands, they do not
choose to work at all.
We believe in our islands and their capacity
for q stable future, and with economy in the
administration of public afairs-an economy
that cannot be pr~acticed too soon. or too closely
we should be healthy, wealthy and wise.