The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-08-16
ABOUT IMMIGRATION.

go to many places, and to many per-
sons in the States, who may be look
ing to these Islands as a nursery of
business opportunities. The Islands
ton than now lives upon them, after
there is a better adjustment Of the
land, the labor, and the transportation
questions. We invite rather than dis
courage any one who proposes to emf
crate. At the same time, in order to
prevent misery, and perhaps suffering.
we desire to represent accurately the
conditions here.
The great and profitable industry
here is the production of sugar. 1t
involves q large outlay of capital, and
can be handled only by large capital
lists. The rice industry is entirely in
the hands of the Chinese.
| The coffee industry Is still in its ex-
perimental stage, but may be regarded
as extremely well adapted to farmers
with some means, who do their own
work. Its profits have not yet been
determined. AS the product comes in
cal countries, 1t is only safe to state
that its profits will be regulated by that
competition. These Islands have no
monopoly in the coffee business, but
the article is Of superior quality.
All of the tropical fruits readily grow
here The banana and the pine apple,
the guavas do well. Whether the pro-
fits from their cultivation will yield
any more than the profits of good hor-
ticultural work in the States has not
yet been determined. Brains and in
dustry and skill are just as necessary
in the tropics for successful work as
they are in the temperate zones. The
best work produces the best results.
Nature here has the trick of appear
ing lavish and generous, but in the end
she is as exacting as she is elsewhere.
The fruits that are raised here are
in competition with the fruits of Mexi-
co, the Central American States, and
the British West Indies. The bananas
Of Honduras and Bluefields compete in
the markets OF California with the pu.
nanas from these Islands. At present,
owing to the high rates of transpor-
tation, there Is no profit In the cultiva-
ton Of the banana on several of the
Islands. In the course OF time, the
freight rates will be adjusted. When
1t is done, there will be an outlet for
large quantities Of early vegetables, and
the Pacific Coast will consume them.
Only industrious and skilled workers
will make profits out OF 1t. The mar
kets here are now largely supplied with
apples, grapes, oranges and lemons, and |
even with vegetables from California, |
owing to the neglect of residents here
to produce them. The Chinese are the |
chief market gardeners.
The population of the Islands is
hS supply VI VI
merchants, OF bookkeepers, of profess
sional men Is greater than the demand. |
The rule Of the survival OF the fit
test" applies here. as it does elsewhere.
1t would not be right or just to say
that there are better opportunities here
than there are on the vast Main
land. with its immense extent OF terri
tory. and its undeveloped resources.
IL the advertisements and induce
ments" offered all over the States to
persons proposing to emigrate, are
true, there will be no lack of business
opportunities on the Continent for a
hundred years to come.
These who desire, above all things,
tropical climate will find it here in
perfection.
We earnestly desire immigration
from the Continent. We as earnestly
desire that no one shall charge any one
here with making incorrect statements.
Misrepresentation regarding great
opportunities" have caused infinite
suffering In the States. during the last
twenty years. 1t would be a crime to
encourage people to strand themselves
In this Paradise.