The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-30

ASK CONFORMATION
Eastern People Would In.
! vest in Coffee Lands.
Some Pointed Notes on the
Land Question About
Taxes

The Bulletin of the Bureau of Agri-
culture for this week contains some
noints on the coffee industry and shows
among other things, what interest is
being taken in the United States in the .
new field:
The following letters are fair sam
ples of the numerous ones received by
the Bureau of Agriculture:
New York, October Z. 1897.
Commissioner of Agriculture, Hawai-
ian Islands,
Dear sir:-You would confer favor
on me if you would send transcript OF
the estimate of cost tpage 81 OF youl
pamphIet on the coffee industry OF the
Hawaiian Islands) accompanied oy
personal letter from yourself, voucn-
| ing for the accuracy and authenucity
| of your estimate.
| It is probable that | shall De auIe
| to interest capital sufficient to estao,
| lish a plantation of some SIZE anu
such a transcript and letter would auu
| greatly to the strength of such pre-
| sentation of the advantages or the IN
| yestment as | shall be able to make.
prompt reply would greatly OBJ
lige. yours very respectfully,
| II is TO he regretted that no origin
al practical or able article has been
written or published in the numerous
namphlets about coffee culture here,
except the worthy article on page 81,
!. referred to in the above letter; nor
have proper analyses of the fertile SOIL
been made or published, except one,
written by that able chemist ana
scientist. Mr.. Ayerdam, Director OF Pa
cific Fertilizer Works at Kalihl.
Most of the coffee items as published
have been taken from CeylOn, or Qua
temala reports The conditions and
circumstances there are such that we
). cannot be absolutely guided by the re-
suits obtained in those places.
It is hoped the day is not far distant
when Hawaii will be able to give to
her coffee and other agricultural enter
nrises such scientific help as is neces'
sarv to successfully conduct such IN
dustries. 80.
/ Following is another letter written
Z from the States and inquiring into the
coffee industry:
Duluth October 5, 1897.
Joseph Marsden, Esq, Secretary Blu
reau of Agriculture, Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands,
Dear sir:-I have been somewhat IN
terested of late in the agricultural de
yelopment of your country and II m.
ARRANGEMENTS can be perfected, ma.
. get to your Island country. What an
most interested in is the coffee culture
and write this letter to obtain lnfOrma
ton from you on that subject.
At what price and on what term
can good Government lands be secur
ed and how far distant are they iron
cultivated areas? What can improve
coffee lands or plantations be pur
& chased for? 1t is my intention to sc
cure say half dozen families or NOR
to accompany ne, and open up neN
farms, or purchase some PARTIAL
opened and planted, provided it can b
reasonably done. Could you forwar
me a map of the Islands, that porto
YOU would recommend, for the pun
poses mentioned, and where advar
tage of society and school can be hat
NY capital is limited, but have plent
n of energy and perseverance.
Shall be pleased to receive such ste
l. tistics from you that you may hav
convenient.
Can labor be secured for agricultur;
and horticultural pursuits? And VIII;
q are the wages ordinarily paid?
z Could you favor me with curre1
market sales, for the products OF tt
Islands?
l am afraid of trespassing too niue
Fl on your time, in my quest for inform;
ton, and shall hence delegate you.
n use your best Judgment in supplylr
me with information. What we wal
So cIiD
y ductive lands, where labor if energet
"a cally applied and wisely directed,
competence can be made for the fu
"a ure, and some advantages of civiliz'
society. if not continually, at freQue
intervals.
Hoping to hear from you at yo
earliest convenience.
l am, yours very respectfully,
HERMAN E. LONG.
We have on our memorandum boz
the names of three practical agricl
turalists from Southern Californ
who came here to settle. One OF the
came here with his wife and thr
children. as we'll as his furniture.
says, that he left his sugar beet far
rs with the mill owners as he could n
make it pay. These men are all an
ious to purchase or lease land.
After looking into the matter
available land for practical men Ii
the late arrivals, the writer finds til
our large estates go on the policy
not selling the lands and only lea
these for a short period ten years,
understand. This is great drawba
to the small farmers. We find tt
the agricultural land, on Oahu par
cularly, is in the hands OF these Lar
estates and other large and compal
re lively few land owners. The prodl
tive land is overstocked with an
re ferior breed of horses and cattle.
These large estates and indivldl
holdings should be taxed to their t
value or, according to their prod1
tiveness 1t would then result Il
the burden of taxation would fall
the monopoly and make it absolute
necessary for the land to be used
such a manner as to make it yield
amount of the taxes Or to improve a
lease it in order that the owners mis-
be saved from loss. A golden harry
is now made by keeping the land
idleness