The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1888-10-23
left here full OF bitterness and with VOWS
of vengeance against the country.

ONCg more we return 10 the MINOR IN
justries of the country. \ few weeks
ago we were speaking of the small
farmers who are really doing very good
work in raising corn and potatoes, and
showed that there was an unjust discrim-
ination against these products. Our
article called forth some correspondence
and an article from the Bulletin. The
correspondence showed that what we had
said was correct and We know that 1t was
written by someone who had q good
knowledge OF this subject. The Bull
letin article retailed the very prejudices
we were combating and showed thor
ouSh lack OF knowledge of the subject
in question.
The question is often asked why some
thing should not be done in the way of
preparing guava Jelly for market on
far larger scale than has vet been at
tempted, and again how was it that the
curing OF pineapples was failure? We
think we can answer both questions.
Guava jelly, to become profitable, must
De put on the market, not rs an extreme
rarity, for which people pay fancy
price mere " rs curiosity, but will have
TO go on to market to compete with
the iellies and jams of California, and
the manufacture be brought down to the
lowest price possible. The trouble with
the guava jelly put upon the market
here, is that the manufacturers ask too
high price for their article. As long as
they keep the price of their article up,
50 long will the demand for the product
De small. But put the price down, come
into competition with the California
made iellies and they will find that the
clear, well made, home product will
soon displace the muddy looking article
which comes down from the Coast.
Guaya jelly could be produced at very
cheap rate here. The fruit can be had
Tor the picking. Sugar is no dearer here
than in California Fuel for the purpose
OF manufacture is not expensive in the
places where this article can be made at
8 profit. Put the article down, then, to
proper figure and there is no reason in
the world why home market may not
De created. And not only a home
market, but . market abroad. West
Indian guava Jelly finds ready sale in
London, wt,s should not Hawaiian Jelly
find as ready sale in ali the principal
cities OF the Union.
What is true OF the guava Jelly is
equally true of the canning industry.
Quantities of pineapples are grown here,
which merely rot on the ground. The
consumption OF fresh fruit is limited in
so small population as ours. But if
the curing industry were to be started
on q sound basis, not only would all the
fruit De saved, but very large area OF
what IS now comparatively worthless
land would De available for the cultiva-
ton OF this fruit. To make it profitable,
however, this also must come into COM
petition with the California canned fruits.
No one is going to give more for canned
pineapples than they are going to pay for
canned peaches or canned pears.
It Is quite possible to bring the cost of
manufacture to reasonable limits. but
those who enter the business should
have sufficient capital to back them.
Every man with few thousand dol
lars Is anxious to get into cane. How
many Of those who have, with compare
lively small means, gone into cane as
planters, have succeeded? You can
,ou1t their names On the fingers of one
hand and yet find margin over. If the
same men had devoted as much energy
and Is much money to some of these
minor businesses, they would have been
veil of to-day No one in this country.
&c rule, touches one Of the minor in
iuztries until he has fully and squarely
wrecked himself in cane. On the other
hand, the man who tackles a minor in
i1stry Il one who has nothing to lose
-14 every Lhlng 70 gain, 30 he must fail
md frighten Of every man who comes
.fter hin.
It should Be the aim Of our capitalists
0 develop tie minor industries. This
not Z goEernment affair. We have no
'usiness 70 SEE every little enterprise
'2.rning, cap in hand. to the legislature
skiing for Assistance. 1t is the eaoital-
. who ought to assist, he it il who baa
made his money out Ok the country and
e It L who ought to do his best n de
'slop II. Even If ne throws = fev
ao1sznds away what of it? He il bound
reoo0p himself in the Iong run. n.
an zii'rd 70 make experiments; by the
ery sEeeezs that has crowned bison
forts, Il ishis duty 70 make exuerimen,.
We would Ike to zee a more Iibe,.i
Piflt among car moneyed men in spr-
1f'inZ ard originating minor fud1styies