The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1873-02-26
ThS Industrial Prospects OF the
Hawaiian Islands


whzt there l. eneouragi1- ahead, 10
note Improvements, and suggest rev
ideas. f any Sgch can Be presented Peo-
PIE arg - apt TO look only At the shady
side In business matters. and 10 croak
When everything dos not appear bright
znd cheerful that when the rainbow Of
hope spans the heavens, promising bright
er sizes. uoue should fa1 70 Eose L.
With the low prices ruling st present
ab-oad for sugar. rloe, pull, and indeed
al cur staple exports. L Is natural that
p-oiuce-s should De Respondent. But
they ought not 10 forget that most AZ
ric-es In the long catalogue Of products
n every country zre subject 70 occasional
fluctuations. and thus we hsve high or
Io~ p-ise< prevailing every few years for
such staples = sre uQs5 II demand Mer-
chants and producers IN every country
look for these changes.
The American civil var disturbed the
p-oductiou o. co5tou, and tbzt article IN
consequence rose 20 IN extraordinary
p-iee. - too tie French and German
vzr disturbed the wool market, and the
prise Of wool aivanced to double is
fsrusr rate The failure OF the wheat
crop II E1glsnd, n IS72, created de-
u1nd for some ninety millions bushels
more than she produces, and her people
pay fauline p-ices for their bread - with
irou- coal and other staples. On the other
hand. sugar and rice n CslIforuia have,
BIZ the natural kws Of commerce. fallen
. very low fzures. The extraordinary
dsuzad tor shipping TO carry her grain
to En-Iznd. hzS a-1racced an extraor-
dIu4rv fest Of vessels trou Asa, many Of
whieb we're Induced TO bay sugar and
me- f1r ballast. II the belief that II would
prove cheaper 70 trim with than stone or
o,ber uz-eriaL Hence the importation
into San FranciSeo Of some ninety nil
EouS pounis Of sugar and ffty mIlious
ponds Of nee has completely demoraL
ned. f1- tie tire being. cur best market.
and We have difficulty n obtaining even
the first oost Of pro,iueing these articIes.
In teE months the excess VII work Of,
and Turner prices Be restored
But this i 10 reason why We should
be whouy discouraged trou producing
these articles. Like the mariner when the
ssoru Sets IN re should take II sal. keep
) el5=er wzteb below and abotf, see thu;
every Ieak Is closed ami every sal kept
TIN. and that every nan on the vessel Is
i1iug his fun service 70 keep everything
lzbt. TIL the storm Is Eeathered Curta1
expenses. exact the most fafthfuI and eco
,ouicaI service. zud let al. from the pro
1-ietor and overSeers to the most humble
aborer. feel an Interest m keeping sz-
,euses low, and the yield 4 large a pos
5bIe-
VITA this view. ve should encourage
zone Industry IN every available way.
Here l. 81 item IN which ten thousand.
rs. perhaps forty thousand, dollars can
e saved aaHzaIly. We refer to sugar
outziaers. Every keg required for sugar
Al b made here. II We encourage domes-
ie Manufacturers TO supply them Then,
%. there / the article Of nat bags, Of
rhich we need. especially tor the Aus-
raIian market, at least 100000 during the
resent year Messrs. C. Brewer 4 Co.
ave lately imported some Isl 900 sugar
ags from MaHritiHs va Sydney, Ehich
erraiuly are the uearess sugar contain
= wc have ever seen These bag are
lzde Of a rash about the wilth OF con- I
ron lead pencil. say ouequGrtero OF An inch,
I'd the bags are almost A. struug and
omplcs as If made Of sal duck In size
hey vary frOm ssHls TO 9sxls inches,
nj hold from 80 to 80 lbs each And
Zen they are 80 handy TO Iitt about, that
unpare'i With heavy kegs, il i ehHd's .
lAv to load and unlodl 4 cart. The cost 4
these mat bags i stated to be fifteen I
auts each, or about oae-fourth that Of '
egs In other words, the saving on every
On packed IN bags costing fifteen cents
ich. vii Be four and half dollars. or on
" crop Of ten thousand tous, an annual
living Of s45,e00I Bat the cost Of these
az. if they can Be made here Of the sane
uAiEtE, VII probably not be over ten to :
Fslve cents each, thus making the saving ?
/ least Fly thousand dollars i year. ;
ny one who doubts that they are jjuss
hat / wanted can examine the packages
OF ready for shipueut a Brewer 4 Co.'S
ID satisfy himself
An application has recently Ieen made 4
} thH Government By parties residing IN :
an Francisco. for N exclusive patent z
ghs for new method Of curing tobacco
at to Be used IN the manufacture either Z