The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1876-11-22
mawnll.. opportuulty.-No. ..


eign lands, and to strangers coming here, that
Honolulu is in many respects, at least twenty
i've years behind the age. There has not been
any such exhibition Of enterprise and public
/ spirit here in past years as is found in most
American towns Of equal rank and advantages.
One reason for this may perhaps be found in
the fact that many Of the business men of the
place have regarded it merely IS transient
abode, where only the hope Of making for
tune could induce them TO remain, and from
whence they expected to depart as soon as
their hopes were realized. But the class Of
those who expect 10 make Honolulu their per-
Z manent home has been constantly increasing,
and will increase more rapidly in the future.
Hence there will not be as large proportion
Of the accumulated capital of the country sent
abroad as heretofore, but more will seek in
( vestment at home, and the consequence will
naturally be tie origination of many new en-
terprises now deemed impracticable and
I guixotic.
/ The Treaty Of Reciprocity, which has not
iuappropriately been styled e Hawaii's big
bonanza, gives US a vantage ground of i'm
mense importance from which to set out in
our onward march Of Progress in compliance
with the demands Of the age. But great care
must be taken lest it become curse TO the
country by disproportiouately promoting the
| aggrandizement Of the few, and by tending
ever to increase the class Of dependent and
sersile poor An influx of independent farmers
who viii occupy by lease, OF purchase, the
large tracts how devoted to pasturage, and
who viii by their industry and economy I'LL
the land with thousands of fourishing farms,
each the support and nucleus Of happy home,
is what is needed. Special efforts should be
made to induce the immigration of such men
from Europe and America as far as possible,
and if sufficient supply cannot be persuaded
to come and settle from those lands, then let
Us look for the remainder in China, in Japan,
anywhere where industry and frugality and
q love Of independence can be found. 1t can
not be argued that there is no chance here for
Auglo-Saxon farmers. The cooperative
plan os conducting the sugar business, which
has in every instance proved so profitable and
satisfactory 10 both cultivators and manu-
facturers, is, we both hope and believe, des
tined to be he method Of the future on these
Islands Let the lands suitable for sugar
(and the area not yet utilized is much larger
than that now under cultivation be divided
up into farms of one or two hundred acres
each, and planted with sugar-eane, and we
guarantee that there viii be no trouble in find
ing parties who will erect mills to manu-
facture the sugar In this way only will it
be possible TO prevent all the good sugar
lands Of the kingdom from being absorbed by
few bloated monopolists.' And there is
rice, and coffee, and bananas, and other things
which may be cultivated in a small way, but
with such profit as to secure competency to
the farmer, and without the necessity of such
hard labor as farming down east 5" requires.
An agent should be sent abroad without delay
to make known the wonderful advantages
which are offered by our climate and soil
The fact should be impressed upon the world
that in HIr1ii Hsi alone, of all the sugar
growing countries, Is 8 yield of four t0as Of
sEg1r to the acre the regular thing, while II is
not uncommon for fields of one or two
hundred acres to produce an average of SIR
toas pr acre, and in exceptionally fertile
spots screen tons to the acre is by no means IN
heard Of These and all our other well-known
peculiar advantages ought to be diligently in
culcated upon the popular mind abroad, and
there Is no doubt but that the result would
be a steady increase of most desirable class
Of population.
Had we a government determined to
promote the good of the country, we should
most earnestly recommend the adoption of a
system Of premiums in behalf of agriculturists
which would, in connection with the benefits
derived from the Treaty, stimulate their branch
of industry to Its utmost capacity. The ex-
penditure Of say $4,000 in premiums on the
following scale, or an approximation to it,
would. without doubt, rebound to the good of
the country by producing an immediate in
crease in agricultural activity.
70 the bess egGes estrss q nos les than 10000
H. "a eil'nE $780, eS9
70 he rsrssa EroiaciHs best quay Of vol q aoi
70 - he I 5 ~ 1s Sa Iaes ia any .s-ai. pro '
d1riag the largest a saElr---.--.... 500
= 90 O. 6 s s.s a. a. - i i9SS
To the person rzsaz ard exporting the largest nzn-
70 "a u. $50 ss' ssn Si s. 5ast Il 500 500
70 g. g s9d q -. f 10
- tA. la-s,.. -in,ya-5.-. - 100
70 the szEar pIantEfou Hhieh shall exhibit the faest
s-r1uimoisfious flr llsorsrH. ineIuling h0astnE.
meff=AI trsatmezt ani i,ztrzrti5a; the greatest
nuu1ber q married couples; and the gre4tess
Der a chn1rsa boru within giEen period
--.-------...-- a god medal
tire. Wiki shal1 provide f5r tiea1fi air at Hoo
i1lg. - Vki-h ti-e prs1iuus shall bs sv1rte1 for
best exhibited stock both iaportst ard h0ule-brsd
and fJr ueher Tauabis pr1ducfons and wsieh shall
othe-Eise p-o1l5t- and eno11razz the Agricultural
and other q the eo1urry 1890 1000
We have faith in the future Of the country. |
Great things are in store FOX Hawaii Croak- |
ers may croak, and triaers may sheer, but we
viii remain fast IN our belief that prosperity |
and not ruin is awaiting Us ;-but as we have
already minated, its advent might be more
speedily brought about were the country
blessed with an earnest, enthusiastic, deter |
mined administration, thoroughly in sympathy /
with the spirit Of the times. How much long
er are We to be compelled to witness the hu-
initiating spectacle Of the best talent Of the
country spurned and neglected through petty
jealo1sies, when it might 50 easily be render
cd available, and enabled to lead IN the march