The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-08-14

JnOupn prices WCnJ GOWN, yet inc. |
profits were not decreased much. |
So it will bc with coffee, if stimu.
lus is given to its cultivation it will
develop into great industry. A
bounty will not stimulate such an
industry, for tide small coffee plant
ere will not import improved ma
chincrv. They will only continue
in the same old way, and draw
the bounty from the Government
without any equivalent to the
Government. 1t has been argued
that this bill was introduced to SUBJ
sidize Mr.. Forsyth. Such an idea
is perfectly absurd. 1t is to en-
courage the cultivation of coffee
and as Mr.. Forsyth is here and
comes highly recommended as a
specialist in the cultivation of coffee,
he has been selected to further the
enterprise. If they (the company
find that Mr.. Forsyth is not the per-
son he is represented, they can
easily get rid of him and employ
another who is q skilled cultivator.
He (NIr. Baldwin, said he was will
ling to take some stock If COM
pany should be started, for the sole
purpose of giving it fair trial. He
should not make a business of it, as
he believed his sugar business would
pay better. If the members of this
House think that they should have
nothing to do with this matter, then
drop the whole thing, as the Gov
eminent cannot afford to pay boun-
ties.
Noble Widemann said he was
sorry that names had been called in
this House, as he had not intended
to use any names. The Hon. Noble
said that this bill was not brought
for the benefit of Mr.. Forsyth. He
thought that it was brought in for
no other purpose. 1t has been said
that coffee had always been cult
waited in a slip shod manner. He
had been victim of systematic
coffee cultivation on Kauai. He had
the most improved machinery and
the plantation was most thoroughly
cultivated, but what came of it? The
blight came and all was lost. If
they were going to encourage the
cultivation of coffee, all should have
the benefit of such encouragement,
but this law will only benefit GER
tain few, and the large majority will
not be benefited in the slightest
1t had been argued that the Gov
eminent cannot afford to pay boun-
ties, that the sum will be so great
that it will be impossible to raise it.
When the bounty amounts to such
formidable proportions as that, they
could very easily stop it. If this
law has to pass, then let the title be
changed-"to encourage certain
company to cultivate coffee"
Noble Smith was in favor of the
bill. He had implicit faith in the
future of this country, and thought
that the country should encourage
all such enterprises. He referred
TO the future Commerce of the Paci-
fc, when the Panama Canal shall be
opened, and spoke of the rapid
strides of California, and attributed
it to its agricultural development.
IL is so in all countries, when agri-
culture is gone extensively into and
developed. He would like to see a
similar bill to encourage the growth
of tobacco. He should always sup
port any measure that had for its
object, the development of the re-
sources of the country.
Minister Thurston said that, as
the introducer of the bill, he woult
say that he should favor it. Now
is the time to commence. Because
some old moss grown shell bach
says that he tried coffee 40 year!
ago, and it would not grow, that il
no reason that it will not grow now
perhaps 40 years hence some one o
the same class may say, oh, w
tried coffee 40 years ago, and it wa
failure. If it was failure AZ
years ago, that is no reason that i
should be so now, and if these OLE
gray headed members were not sue
, cessful in the cultivating of coffee
let them step down and out so tina
3 some of the younger ones may tr,
and see if it won't grow now. FL
t said that INSCRIPTIONS attacks hat
f been made on Mr., Forsyth by tn
4 Hon. Noble WIdemann. Now
e anybody wants to know anythin
8 about Mr.. Forsyth or his conpecto
: with coffee and cinchonaAin othe
Y countries, they can see his creder
{ tials and correspondence with til
: Governments which he has represen
{ ed in the Interior Office. TO So
A that this bill is in the interest of Nj
v Forsyth is not true. He (the Mil
G ister) had supported the bill fro
), the first, not because he was int
n ested, as he did not contempla
IS investing one dollar, as he had l
O money TO invest. There were mea
e insinuations and inuendoes circula
1t ed about Mr.. Forsyth, but not
IS single open accusation has bee
T. made. These remarks he though
IS were not against Mr.. Forsyth b
,e were directed against himself by u
. Hon NohIn hnnouSo hn was n su