The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-04-08


,1 E9iToR GAZETTE s-It IS re.y healthy SLOW, &,
aesu 70 n1ece nsw eagerly our pon1la1;o- :
)r1nglnR all It's attention to ben, n az =
-, nAs.s ss ~ agflcutural or Industrial snbsti
@ uIes III Lns staple which has so imnrndsr,I
leen allowed to become the ~, @ pluus,ntly
lslanusi Even II the sugar growers he dasf;,sI ~
see tneir now gloomy looking fntnre t,r1 -
i. go neVertneiess something usefnl will
Ies9'. tloln tne new things which viii have or.,,
pied the public mind for cerfs;ni .. na'e ooeu- ~
MANY ploPose1, some will really remain s,,i -
stute new nelds of wealth for our orovins, s,
h.;,, q, sh = tne duty of everyone, who knows
70 nIlng ~ tnelr share of information. tbns ,b
object OF the present article is To cali .e
very prontaoe, but very little known sor;crI,
raj industry, that of cutivatinc sweet s.,SS;
i NV eIs " p.anLs Tor the purpose of mauufactnr
With perfumery. ' a-''oies connected
outside OF the Altar of Roses, which il world
Known produce OF the East and Of tbe sTshs a,,5
OUTSIDE OF mint and some other plants cultivated
IN some parts Of Europe, Germany and FnsIanJ
among Others there is to nv knovIeSI ~. l
place IN the world where odoriferuns nlsnts ore
systematically grown on large scale ana 49,
Whoie Iistnct Is nearly absolutely tledicsted 70
sucl cuitnres Tor supplying the denlandq ~ la-s
local manufactures This is the, 49, ol iatge
Nnicn nature, by sheltering it with I,iyb ,n,-a9
tains from the neighbornc zioorons cii,,, IN,
reserveo IN the extreme southeastern mar, 81
the blue Mediterranean This jis,;a sle suoses OF
longing 70 the departmental the Var and now slil
the Aipes Marltimes is properly named tbs
oisSement q Grasse, though art Of the district
OF Nice Is also included in it. ''e N's'i io'
Now. Il Is an avered fact that Grass. fr,,;,,,.
scents 70 the whole world, all labelled paris Iei,,
there produced. Even the Auerican
ers art tributary TO the distllers" of this district
.oi .ne Rnoe amount of their "D,afie,es pre-
m'eres ior making odorous water oils and s,,!,s
~ Is inoeeu singular thing that Grasse has Esnt
tns InOnopoiy yearly increasing for the last half
ehIa -, &c. sis special industry has not yet been
~ ses Lootlng, even in parts of Italy where
cnihate ana soil are similar, or in mild ALGERIA
wnere speculators from Grasse district have led
70 inplant u However this unique Agricultural
INDUSTRY Is the source of an immense wealth. as
nm. ..s small region, several millions of dollars
"ewoelherous materials are exported every year
Inc plants specially cultivated in the AISon-
ulssement OF Grasse are the rose the tuberose the
orange tree for its flowers and not lis frnit1 the
mltnosa a, which grows abundantly wild in Hawaii !
tive OF all, the iessamine.
All tnese are scientifically cultivated and the
mowers OF some, the leaves Of the others are
picked and carried TO gigantic "distiller.es''-
some OF them occupying hundreds of Iahors-s
where the odors are extracted some Inv ist;yiet;o,
with water others by soaking into oil or oreases
NOW all these plants, with the exception of mint
Sno perhaps the violet, would certainly thrive
mere IL not everywhere, at least in all the valleys
and sheltered irrigated districts of tbese Tsian5
Otner fragrant plants flowers might also he
ound to increase the list of those ADAPTED Ia onr
SOIL ana climate, and what is more remarkable
still tine nature OF culture they require precisely
answers to our economical situation, What ,Ee
need here, on account of the long complained of
scarcity, and relative high price of laborers are
agricultural Industries demanding as little labour
as possible; many industries or cultures which
might eventually thrive here will not prove a sue
cess, IN our present condition. until abundant i'm
migration has supplied us with sufficient and
cheap enough hands for working them But the flo-
raj cultures above mentioned, appear TO me to he
exactly what would suit our planters The minIosa
would require no culture at all. Jessamine and
roses need very little labour, no more than do
geranlums and the bitter orange tree.
On the other hand, an immediate lucrative and
sure market would be opened to proper manufac-
tured perfumeries both In California aud in the Ans
trallan Colonies which now are supplied with arti-
ces originally produced in the Grasse district. or
whose materials are grown in that district Its se
less to recall here how profitable has always been.
through the history of mankind, the commerce of
spices and scents"
This would further create a new use and de-
mand for our fats and the only article NECESSARY
TO import would be oil. But as the olive culture Is
rapidly extending in both California and Australia
there would be very little difficulty in procuring al
once what would be needed in that line.
All that ls therefore necessary, is someone with
little capital to encourage the growth in bulk of
sucn plants, either indigenous or exotic and to
start the dlstlllng factory from which will sprinp
out the new industry which would very soon repre-
sent ""Hiohs OF dollars, payable in gold.
A. MARQUES