The Hawaiian gazette., 1875-02-10
AnInnuirer Answered.
Irnp..r. O.rAaIo. oAsADA, Dec. SD. 1874

LINDSAY, oxrARIo. CANADA, Dec Esd, 18Th
To ne Editor ofJzs Haraiiaa Gassttf:
| DEAR sn:-I take the liberty Of addressing you
| with regard to business In your Islands Ii you
would be kind enough to give me the Information
desire, may at some future time be able TO repay
you for so doing IN the first place wish to know
If there are any parties engaged in wool growing
and sheep raising on large scale, and II so, no"
many sheep have they, and what they are worth per
head, and what Is wool worth per pound Could
get plenty Of pasturage for nothing, on any Of the
Islands, aud could land sheep easilys Is there
any trouble to sheep from any kind Of wild animals
Has any one ever tried the business and do sheep do
wells l suppose you. being an Editor, can mud all
this out in some way. lift seems like great task
to a newspaper man, would say | always md they
are the BEST to get information from, and
hope to be successful this time.
Is the whaling fleet In operation again, or Is It
played out? How would arst-class Hotel or Bill
lard saloon pay, or livery stable? Is there any
one thing you could recommend as a sfre hingf
tell you would be ready to start in the Spring
for your little world. l have lived in Sacramento
for some years. and cannot stand this cold Canads
weather with the thermometer about Is degrees be
low zero every day. Besides times are pretty dull
and money scarce. No chance for speculation Of
any kind There has been what they term fine
fall had large crops last year and plenty of snow
now to bring IL to market. Wheat is Scots per
bushe peas 60cts per bushel oats Scots, beef $500
per cwt. pork $500 per cwt. sheep prime $500 per
head butter s6cts, eggs cts, cheese l6cts &C, &C.
They sgitating annexation to the United States
at present, but some would be better suited with
reciprocity The question is liable to end in poll
In Int
getting weak cannot give you any Information
OF any importance; but when the election comes of
will send you some papers ifyou wish them. There
might be something in the way OF little foreign
news to clip for your paper. Hoping have not ex-
hansted your patience, will conclude by signing
Yours very respectfully and obedienily,
PSI enclose aOcts u S. Currency, the only
thing in the way of return postage that can be sent
RENARKs.-The above is fair sample of the
letters which we receive by every mail, which
we answer, when the correspondents are civil
enough to provide the cost of return postage
We can only refer briefly to the queries of our
Canadian correspondent: Wool growing is an
business here, and graziers get |
from eight to twenty cents per pound for their |
wool, according to quality. No pasturage can |
be had for nothing" and most of them pay /
pretty dearly for what they have. There .
lre plenty of wild dogs, which are the only /
lnimals that trouble sheep. The whaling feet
IS pretty much "played out" As for starting
4 first-class hotel, we can only refer to Mr..
Allan Herbert, the proprietor of our only first
lass hotel. He would probably reply that
With heavy outlay of hundred thousand
dollars, more or less, a. frst-class hotel" may
succeed, not otherwise.
Our correspondent asks if we can recon-
mend anything as ga sure thing" Here we
ire stuck. Everything that we have seen
AIKEN up as a" "a sure thing" has had leak in
t somewhere. 1t is here, as it is everywhere
lse-a pushing, energetic man will force his
way along and succeed, if he uses ordinary
.ood Judgment. Our correspondent is a farm
T, we opine Now, if he wishes TO settle
own, and by hard work earn living, there
plenty Of land and room on Hawaii for hun
reds of immigrants, in growing coffee, or
aising goats. But the mode Of life here is so
ifferent from what it is in America or Europe
hat many who come out are soon Disguised
nd leave, while others who perseyere are
retty sure to earn fair competency, and
ONE become well of. We do not advise our
to migrate unless he has some
leans, sufficient to buy or lease land, to pro-
ide for retired country home, and live on a
nall income for two or three years at least !
II such are sure TO succeed