The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-03-05
MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT HERE AND
ELSEWHERE.

LlISE " EiEhE,
Readers of papers published IN
! San Francisco and other cities on
the Pacific Coast cannot fail, if they
believe what they read, to be i'm
pressed with the idea that of all
parts Of the known world, those
regions are the most desirable Ioca-
tions for persons seeking to make
homes for themselves, and where
such commendable aspirations are
likely to be realized with the least
trouble and in the shortest period Of
time. This is evidently the purpose
Of the writers for the press in that
portion of America. Booming the
country and booming its industries
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 astonishment 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 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 large sugar producing
country.
Some of the statements that APP
pear in the newspapers on the Pa
,ifc Coast, Of giant enterprise in
he production of staple commodities
Is well as in the establishment Of
lew ones, partake of the marvellous.
nhe peculiarly ofthe whole business,
is that results, facts and
tatistics seem to corroborate these
and otherwise incredible
descriptions. Agriculture, orchard
ulture and small fruit culture are
rominent among the sources from
'hich honest labor may derive its
lost satisfactory returns. Other
Industries closely allied to these are
lso enlisting the activities of the {
population, and the re- $
llts seem to be the same in every t
apartment. 1
There are certain conditions fund
mental and indispensable to the .
rosperous state of affairs crudely
ltlined above. In view of the very
parse population of the Hawaiian q
stands, their exceptionally fine
innate, the fertility of their soil
Id the meagre list of industrial
1rsuits there is to show for two 1
enerations of white immigration. 1T ,
ould seem as if there must be Z
radically wrong in our
stem, or, at all events, if not quite C
rong, it cannot be altogether right. a
He is wise that takes good care of t
mself may be a selfish theory, tt
1t it is eminently practical ei
ID profitable. Now if the Ha- Ia
allan Islands have been tax tt
g good care of themselves, they IL
ght by this time to bear inspec- "
IN. So far as nature is concerned, hi
ey are certainly quite presentable. IL
ldiant sunshine nearly every day vt
the year, an atmosphere so pure W
d healthful that as an enthusiastic a'
aole" of our acquaintance re- nj
.rked, a man can almost live on h;
) air Of the Sandwich Islands p
9se are attractions that the most L
r and fertile regions of California ee
/ scarcely rival. There are, be- pc