The Daily bulletin., 1889-10-29


eide bv individual votes, with the
election Of board of nine trustces,
and the following named gentlemen
receiving a majority of votes were
/ declared el7cteG; !. u. Athcrton
\. Young, ii. 7. Baldwin, ii. f.
Glade, +. A. Schaefer, =. c. jones,
+. NJ. Swanzy, w @. Smith and Il.
/ Halstend. These trustees are to
/ elect officers and report at earliest
convenience.
FRUIT CULTURE.
Mr.. w. w. Hall read the report
of the committee on fruit culture.
1t stated that the export of bananas
in 1888 was 1885 punches, and the
first nine months of 1889, rs, l29
punches. This fruit was confined
in growth for export to the island of
Oahu, owing to the absence of steam
communication between the other
islands and foreign markets. The
product of bananas ought to be
doubled during the ensuing year.
With the opening of the Oahu Rail
way large area of land suitable for
bananas would be opened upS our
banana industry is only in It's IN
fancy and the committee predict 8
wonderful growth during the next
ten years. There ought TO be more
attention paid to the growing of
lines. 1t is a beautiful tree and
very productive, while the truit is
often scarce and high The orange
is fruit that should be 80 common
and cheap here that even the poor
est eau have it in abundance. They
are often scarce in Honolulu not be
cause out of season, bat because go
few make business Of cultiyating
and bringing them to market. 1t
was hoped with The increase of
transportation facilities that the cul-
tivation of ORANGES would be deyel-
oped until the price should come
down to 81 per hundred. They
were of opinion that our oranges
might even be sold in San Francisco
before the beginning of their season
there. The same might be said of
grapes, which can be raised here to
perfection. They should at all
events be raised in greater Qnanti
ties for the home market. Grapes
should sell in Honolulu in season for
five cents, certainly not more Than
ten cents per pound, and with water
put on the hill slopes west Of Homo
lulu, these ought to be dotted all
over with vineyards. Several other
fruits were mentioned rs capable Of
much increase. MIR. kidwell's sue
cess in raising pineapples in Manoa
Valley was referred to.
"What this country needs" the
report says, sin order to develop
our fruit resources, is q number of
intelligent small farmers, who Can
put in variety Of crops and plant
n number of fruit trees OF various
kinds, the fruit of which would be
ripening at different times and would
not require to be harvested all at
the same time"
The report took up the matter of
coffee and" spoke encouragingly of
the prospect of its profitable cultl-
walton in these islands. The COM
mittee considered it was "agreat mis-
take that the last Legislature did
not pass the law to help the estab-
fishing of coffee plantation on q
large scale, and with all modern
improvements and machinery for
economizing labor"
After few words in favor OF
! promoting an increased growth
of the Cocoanut, the report con-
cludes with these words: "We con-
slider this subject of fruit culture a
very important one for the Islands,
and we hope to live to see the day
when, with the aid of railroads and
more frequent steam communica-
ton with other lands, this will be q
t great fruit-producing country, like
v some Of the islands of the Mediter-
, ranean."
Messrs. Castle, Schaefer, Bishop
q Swanzy and the President spoke on
the subject of the report. Mr..
Bishop was in favor of Government
aid in developing varied industries
. He now regretted that the Legisla-
y ture had not passed the coffee bill
. Mr.. Swanzy told of the favorable
> report made by experts in England
upon samples of Hawaiian tobacco
shown by him in that country. HI
= believed tobacco could be made 6
y large instead of small new indus
, try in this country.
:, Messrs. Castle, Schaefer anC
: Bishop were appointed committe,
= to present q resolution on the sub
+ ject,
LABOR.
e Mr.. Macie read the report OF th'
: committee on labor. 1t spoke o.
Y sugar as the basis of all the king
i dom'e prosperity, and the success
c of that industry depending more OF
IT the cost and quality of the available
II labor supply than on any othe
IT factor The large projected planta
n ton on Kauai and other new ones
the extensions of existing planta
l. tions, and liberal outlays on roads
r railways and irrigation works, al