The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-04-30
HOME MANUFACTURES.


We of Hawaii OF late years have
placed too much dependence in the
sugar industry for our own good.
With the prospect of the greater
part, il not all, of the duty on sugar
being taken off, by the American
Congress, il behoovcs us to look the
matter square in the face and ask
ourselves, "What next" Too much
has been invested in this one indus
try alone, to the absolute neglect of
all others. We do not intend ut
this time to enlarge on other availa-
BILE agricultural industries, but on
the almost entire want Of manufaC-
turing interests.
Nowhere in the civilized world is
there such absolute waste of water
power az on these islands. And cs
pccally is this true of our district
of liilo. With the Wailuku stream
running right through the middle of
our town, but with one small en-
ception is any of ills power used in
manufacturing. From thc lower
edge of the woods to the beach. u
distance of four miles, that stream
falls 1000 feet. jus, below the
woods is Il fine site Tor taking out
the water in this stream, which could
be used over and over again, during
the descent 10 the sea. Along its
banks large number Of factories
might be put up to supply MS with 4
home product where now we send
out our hard-earned dollars to Il for
eign land, for those very same arti-
cles we ought to and could manu-
facture here.
Our woods Immediately back Of
the town, forest extending from
10 to IA miles up the slopes OF
Mauna Kes, ought to supply us with
all the koa and ohia and other fine
cabinet woods, that we need TO make
all our own furniture. We are i'm
porting yearly thousands OF dollars
worth Of furniture, only because We
are not energetic enough TO erect Il
good saw mill above the Pecpec
falls. and saw out all the lumber we
need. a ilume would cheaply trans
por. il to market or to n furniture
! fartory, in the near vicinity. OF Onr
town. The machinery needed tc
put into operation such n factory is
not yc"v costly. Why then doe.
not some one. who has the capital
put up It small mill here and in con-
nection with il n tirs,-class furniture
factory. For cheap furniture oul
ncneleau offers good substitute
for oak or ash. For fine work koa
ohia, opiko, ahakea, kolea and Other
| pretty woods abound.
Office furniture, stair rails, ant
such articles rs are generally made
of black walnut, can lac made o
ohia, which so closely resembles til,
black walnut, as hardly 10 be dislin
guishcd from IT.. For wainscottin:
and trimmings nothing looks fine
than the bright red of the opik'
contrasted with the rich amber colo
of the ahakca. For small table
and other various small articles use
abou, our homes, nothing wonld h
more beautiful than the slgangel
mot,led koica. What we want is
saw mill and furniture factory rigl
: here in ililo. The power for rur
/ ming such concerns is cheap an
sure. We import al! our door:
windows, sashcs, blinds, etc. VIII
. not make them here?
1t seems TO ns that we can nal;
all these articles here, cheaper tha
, we can import them, and save
ourselves all The money now ser
; out for the same. What would "
do without the Honolulu lro
, Works; And what that is now d'
, ing for the Islands, in the line ,
t supplying machinery, other fact
, ries ought to do in other line
t Again, we export our raw wool, an
:. import woolen goods, our woolc
{, shirts, blankets, etc., etc. VIII:
( / for; We have the cheapest powe
water. in the world, in unlimitc
5 supplies, which can be had for rs
, without the building Of eypcnsi,
; dams to take it from the stream
| Why not use ii and start 4 woole
mill right back Of our town an
; manufacture orr own Woolcn--;
, least enough to supply our ow
wants.
1 What we wish is TO draw the II
| tention of capitalists to this ,hinI
1t is bound to come sooner or late
Why not some of YOU Honolulu mel
who have few thousand dollars
+ spare, take up the matter. Look
our table of imports, and say wi
we should not stop that leak! Nov
as sugar is not in the near futur
so We believe, to be the controllin
I interest on these islands, why will
not pay MS to look into this matt,
Of our manufactures? - TIIilo X,
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