New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-11

States. wages paid IN various employments. and
prices Of provisions and other necessaries OF
life
part Of this information Is In the form or
statistical statements OF the commerce OF the
Stands during long period Of years, portion
from The Hawaii Year Book and other publ
cations Of that character, and a part from
ate report 10 the State Department by Consul
General Haywood, which. taken together. pres
sent the latest and most complete statement OF
he conditions and business prospects in the new
territory.
Hawaii IL is shown by this statement, at
present imports almost everything she uses,
aside Of course. from sugar. coffee and fruits.
attention having been almost exclusively given
to the raising OF sugar. all OF which, apart from
that consumed in the islands, is exported TO the
United States Indeed the United States in
1896 took 1894 per cent of the entire exports
Of the islands AID supplied 1871 per cent OF all
the imports. and sul-General Haywood In
his report expresses the opinion that in case OF
annexation over 90 per cent Of the imports INTO
the island would be the growth. product or
manufacture Of the United States. and adds
that IL the American tariff were in force In the
Islands imports worth 100000 which now enter
free Of duty and bought in countries other
than the United States. would be bought from
this country the free importation Of fertilizers
and coal alone in 1896 amounting TO S4663l0.
TRAVEL TO HAWAII
The opportunities for travel between the
United States and HAWAII described by Con-
sul-General Haywood. who says that the bulk
of the steam passenger and freight traffic be-
tween San Francisco and Honolulu is controlled
ov the Oceanic Steamship Company, the rates be-
ing SIS for cabin passage and SD for Storage.
though a number Of fine sailing vessels which
make regular trips between Port Townsend and
San Francisco and Honolulu. with limited pas
senger accommodations. charge $40 for cabin
massage The time for passage between San
Francisco and Honolulu by steamer is from six
TO seven days. Freight rates from San Francis
CO are: BY steamer. 50 per ton and per cent
pr!mage; by sailing vessels, So per ton and .
Der cent prinage, while the rates to Atlantic
norris are from IS to s. per ton with per cent
primage and the duration of the voyage be-
tween Honolulu and New-York from eighty-nine
~ 134 DAVIS on the islands there are three rail-
roads which however, are used principally In
carving the products Of the plantations 10 the
various points Of shipment and aggregate ABOUT
seventy miles In length.
The currency OF the Islands is Of the same unit
OF value as that Of the United States. Inc gold
is all OF American mintage. and United States
silver and paper money Is In circulauoh anu
passes at par. The Hawaiian money ID paper
the paper being secured by silver heio IN reserve
Banks keep two accounts with their oeposi'oi''
silver and gold and checks are so Woroeo t'a'
the depositor may specify the account 'roi"
which the check is TO be paid. though in case
the check does not state In what currency
to be paid the Law provides that the hoioer may
demand gold If the amount is over 9lo. ine
Hawaiian silver money amounts to sl'ooo'ooo.
OF which 100000 is held by the Government "
secure a like amount Of paper. The totai ione'
in circulation is estimated at S3JOo,VoO.
The rate OF exchange is IA per cent on Eas'
ern cities Of the United states ana l pei ~ ~
on the Pacific coast. Gold is at premium VI
per cent. The annual internal taxes a.ei ,
So IS per capita, the total revenue from GO
sources $2,2s3070 lin 1886, expend'tt99tes, 80
137 1913. and the public debt is S4lol, III, 49,
jnr Interest al : and G per cent. Commercial
travellers under the laws now in force arc
quired to take out licenses. costing at St1n
for the island upon which II Is locateo S''"
and on each OF the other ISLANDS GOO
LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT TO LABOR.
The statement Is not such as TO encourage
those desiring TO seek employment IN h"""''
The market for all kinds Of labor. 1t says Is
overs,ocked and 1t would beunwise. in the opih-
ION Of the Consul General. fpr any one 10 VEIL
the Islands with no capital. % the mere cha"ce
o. obtaining employment. many OF those WIZ
have so arrived being compelled TO return disap-
pointed. Wages the plantations. Including
house and firewood or room and board, range
from $40 10 S115 month for engineers ana
sugar boilers; $50 to 500 q month for black
smiths and carpenters: $40 to ;75 a month for
locomotive drivers; 500 TO $40 month FOR
bookkeepers; $50 to $40 a mont, for teamsters
In Honolulu the rates are So . So day for
Dricklayers and masOns. 81 30 D So day for
carpenters and painters. and SO % s. a day for
inachirists. Cooks receive from 3 TO SO a week:
nurses, house servants and gardeners So TO 81
a month.
Retail prices Of provisions arr as follows:
ham. ~ 10 30 cents pound; bscon. 1C TO ~
cents; flour 81 30 to So a hundred pounds rice,
60 - to 30 a hundred pounds: butter. % TO %
cents pound; eggs. % 10 80 centsa dozen. ana
ice. ~ cents pound
CuriOusly the productions of The islands arc
almost entirely articles for which he people or
.ne Chited states have IN the pa4 been COM
beneu 10 send money outside Of their bor-
, sugar coffee. tropical fruits and rice, for
s @nach lhe United States sends abroad more than
SSSvoV"oVVo annually are the chief productions
S .Ie isIahds and while the quantity so pro-
60 amounts to less than one-teDth OF this
uii. ~ Is believed that II may be materially in
i;eaSeu: ana TO this extent expenditures for this
c",, VI articles be Ia future kept within THIS
~ urIy borders. OF sugar. OF which II Is said
a. tne hawaiian Islands are much more productive
IN given area than the West Ind.s the
Po1o,,-aion increased from 294 7S4 $40 pounds In
I'D 10 '-uI'S232 pounds In 1897 ard for 1898
VIII IL Is expected. be considerably il excess OF
last years. or coffee the exnorfation increased