The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-09-08
THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
A Journalist Tells About the Trade
of that Country.

Norman Logan OF the sandwich
Islands is a gu st at the Fife hotel.
He has been for seven years in the
Sandwich Islands, for about half of
which time he was in Honolulu and |
the remainder at Kealakelua Bay, |
Kealakekua meaning "the road of |
the god" Nearly all the time he has
been in newspaper work, a part of
the time with his brother. who is
still editor of the Honolulu BuLLE-
TIN.
In conversation last evening Mr.
Logan told much of the resources of
the islands.
Sugar, he says, is the staple pro-
duct of the islands. The export
trade will average about Sl0,000OOO
yearly, being entirely with San Fran
cisco. This nearly all goes through
Honolulu. Shipments are now made
also through Hilo, Mahukona and
Kahului. "There is no use shipping
anywhere else said Mr.. Logan.
"Why? Well, previous to the Me
Kinley bill, treaty existed with the
United States by which all the sugars
of the Hawaiian Islands were add
mitted free, thus giving us an adj
vantage. There are two refineries
there-Spreckels' and the American.
Now, the people of the islands have
trouble, because they have lost
their advantages, and about 2 cents
pound is lost to the sugar men.
Up to the time the Mckinley bill
came into operation, the Hawaiian
sugars were shipped at Honolulu for
San Francisco at about $50 per ton.
Now, however, they must sell their
sugars at about $50 per ton, and this
causes the whole people to suffer, for
the sugar industry is the very fiber
of their commercial life.
"If the people Of Honolulu could
ship here it would be better all
round. The lumber ships to the
Sound very often come in ballast.
If they ballast in sugar instead of
stones it would certainly be more
profitable. / have always thought
there should be more business wit h
this country, San Francisco is the
nearest port and has that advantage
over you. If you had refinery you
would have to cut into Spreckels to
get the business.
NEARLY every foot of the lumber
we use is from the Sound. The
house lived in grew somewhere on
the Sound. The lumber shipped is
principally of building materials
chiefly boards. Heavy houses are
not needed. Just enough scantlings
are used tC keep them together
The coal We use is chiefly from Aus
tralia, though some of it comes from
the Sound.
'The value of the exports from
the Hawaiian islands for ten years
past (19S2-1S92), amounted to $l02,
475,652.O4, while the imports show {
valuation of $53, 269, 75O.22, a tota
business of Sl55, 745,4O2,76. In 1881
ten years back, the Hawaiian fas
foated over only 1888 tons of ship
ping; the returns of Collector Cleg
horn show that December 81, 1891
the Hawaiian ensign covered owe
1929 tons, without an addition, il
the near future, of nearly 1000 ton
more in newly-built vessels, ano
which will be added during 1892
The number of steamers in 1881 wa
but nine; in 1891 the number i
twenty-four, and of this latte
twenty-five ply in Hawaiian waters
During the past year 224 American
thirty-four British, eleven German
five japanese and eleven from vari
Gus countries, vessels representing
total of 296,078 tons, have bee
entered at the various customs dis
tricts in the kingdom. This, asid
from the twenty-five vessels repre-
senting 28O77 tons tonnage whic
sailed under Hawaiian colors an,
register.
"The passenger traffic reported fo
the year shows that 1884 peopl
passed in transit, in vessels calm!
at this port, and that total of DAB
travellers and 1889 immigrants,
grand total of 1912 souls, arrived
OF this latter number 1865 remain
added to the population.
"The report of Collector Cleghorr
collector-general of customs of tn
Hawaiian Kingdom, shows that TIA
United States received 1924, 287. 3
of our trade, or ZIG percent of on
entire business abroad. This shout
show that we are not ungrateful fo
past kindness and that we do "A littl
purchasing in the course of yea
The total value of the imports 70
the year amounted to S7,439, 1926.