The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-02-27

seems to constitute a large portion
of their stock in trade. and they do
boom things with a will Not only
so, but the booming is effectual.
The results are apparent In every
direction. Wildernesses are converted
into fruitful fields, industries that
were supposed to be the vested
rights of older and more favored
lands are springing up and thriving
to the establishment Of the world.
Almost every product of every
climate on the earth's surface seems
to be finding a place west of the
Rocky Mountains. About the only
things we miss from the constantly
lengthening list are sugar cane and
the spices. But California threatens
to get ahead even of the demand for
sweetening. Although sugar cane
has not been reported, there is
nevertheless a promising substitute
in the sugar beet. The beet sugar
industry, if half that is said about it
is true, seems destined to make Cali
fornia a large sugar producing
country.
Some of the statements that APP
pear in the newspapers on the Pa
cifc Coast, of giant enterprise in
the production of staple commodities
as we'll as in the establishment of
new ones, partake of the marvellous.
The popularity of the whole business,
however, is that results, facts and
statistics seem to cOrrC5orate these
booming and otherwise incredible
descriptions. Agriculture, orchard
culture and small fruit culture are
prominent among the sources from
which honest labor may derive its
most satisfactory returns. Other
industries closely allied to these are
also enlisting the activities of the
increasing population, and the re-
suits seem to be the same in every
department.
There are certain conditions fund
amental and indispensable to the
prosperous state of affairs crudely
outlined above. In view of the very
sparse population of the Hawaiian
Islands, their exceptionally fine
climate, the fertility of their soil
and the meagre list of industrial
pursuits there is to show for two
generations of white immigration, il
would seem as if there must be
something radically wrong In Ou1
sy stem, or, at all events, if not quite
wrong, it cannot be altogether right
He is wise that takes good care of
himself" may be a selfish theory,
but it is eminently practical
and profitable. Now if the Ha-
waiian Islands have been tax
ing good care of themselves, they
ought by this time to bear inspec
ton. So far as nature is concerned
they are certainly quite presentable
Radiant sunshine nearly every day
in the year, an atmosphere so pure
and healthful that as an enthusiastic
"haole" of our acquaintance re
marked, man can almost live or
the air of the Sandwich Islands y
these are attractions that the mos
fair and fertile regions of Californi;
can scarcely rival There are, be
sides, many other natural attraction
too numerous to mention. But sun
shine and air are not enough; if the.
were, this would be indeed verita
BILE Paradise.
When we come to look at the small
number of people in proportion t,
our area, the lack of industrial anC
agricultural development outside tn
production of sugar and rice, tn
badness of our roads in many of tn
country districts, the high rate of on
steamer fares, the fact that there i
not a single wharf outside of Homo
lulu where steamers can lie for tn
shipment of freight or passengers
the lack of close mail connections, t.
which we have already alluded, a
e we'll as other facts Of similar kind
we begin to feel as If we had not S
much to crow about after all. If W
Q are wise. we will aDDly ourselves dill
igently to considering why we ar
so far behind the Pacific coast of tn
United States, what are the causes o
our deficiencies, and how far TIA
same may be removable. We pun
pose hereafter offering some sugges
tions on this subject, which we trus
will be found neither unreasonabl
nor impracticable.
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