The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-06-14

% --~erN- ~ fnn on tho fourth rqre
lrblnC The Commissioner and Consul General
an easy matter 10 maze cotton out dimruh 8" P'cN
il in. Europeans can easily be had Ia prepare the
ground and plant the crop. but ChIneSe or some
other intelligent laburer must be got 70 cultivate
and pick in the crop tree negroes are utterly nm
reliable and worthless would be willing 10 hlre
myself anywhere and engage to produce = bag OF
500 pounds cotton lint to toe acre with European
and Chinese labor"
As this communication Is already becoming too
lengthy for a newspaper article l shall Only add =
few remarks. | shall most cbeer'ullv give any IN
formation in regard % cultivation TO those Who
will address me by letter.
ON the Fills the profit Of an acre of sea island
cotton Is estimated Al 500 per acre, IN south
Carolina more. The proaI depends upon the care
in picking, - one and the same crop ca good land
aud by good cultivation contains cotton u every
grade Of value, from common ~ S5 cents to best
mIddiing at s. cents per pound. Samples OF oar
cotton were much admired in Germany aud France.
in London and Liverpool and the United States
for their superiority Of strength 81 h6re. though
deficient in length and somewhat in color. The
last deficiency Is entirely caused by premature
picking. In short our cotton has detrriorAtvd. /
therefore extirpated the old plants from my held.
and through the r~NeFtianS OF MT. r. y. SChaeisr
received from the Fiji Islands direct new seed.
Thus has been opened i way IN the right direction
for progress. Il our merchants will tend their help
and assistance 10 further agriculture. the handmald
Of mmcr there i 4 brighJ future in prospect,
and II l should be 50 fortunate a. TO enlist the in
terests Of intelligent and entrrpTlsjng foreigners 10
undertake practical experiments. the time may be
not far distant, when our sea island cotton crop
equals the sugar IN value. One word more IN re-
gard To Fiji cotton. This kind Of cotton Is IN the
London and Liverpool market much valued on &C
count Of length of dbrr, but cotton spinners com
plain OF the great weakness. which makes the
mandatory difficult il the imported Fiji seed
will give US a better length of hbre. orr soil Will
add the great deSideratum OF strength. The iron
IN the fibre produces strength, and iron Is a con-
sti.uent wanting in the soil of low islands Of the
sea, but prominent in our volcanic soil, and thus l
hone IA GaA the time when aEF cotton Will be- NIGH
est priced in the European markets.
Furthermore | perceive that Fiji seed IL more
prolific aad earlier. | have planted seed IN March
last after a good rain and no rain since then, and
although the growth Is much >tIutcd in conse-
qUence OF the drought, / can count upon plants OF
less than two feet in height from - TO - boIls.
To those who desire 10 make an experiment. | offer
the genuine Fiji seed at tae merely nominal cost
Of transportation. Any letters directed 10 me per
steamer HGaUeu to Palawea. Mukena. Maui, and
lett ON board the steamer outside the mail bag (as
| am IA long distance from the post chice) will be
welcome and receive my best attention.
II. HoLSTEIN.