The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-07-19
Valuable and UliQls Exhibit to
Be Forwarded.
PREPARED BY Or. MAXWELL
Under Instruction. From the Sc
cretary of Agriculture
-; Washington

la response to a question: pat To
him by a representative 81 ;htS pzpcr
yesterday af,crnosa az the Hawaiian
Experiment S;a;soa Dr. Walter Max
Wcll said:
Yes. I am preparing an exhibit for
the Paris Exposition ot 1900. re-
ccived a communication from the
Secretary of Agriculture as Washing
ton some tao works since. asking me
to prepare a statement concerning ths
Hawaiian Experiment Station and
scientific agricultural work In The ISL
ands: also asking me Go forward any
small collections of specimens rep
rcscnting the soils and products Of the
Islands. ID being thc purpose Of the
Agricultural Department 20 inclnde
such q Hawaiian collection IN an cx-
hibition of agricultural prodncis 10 be
sent by the United States Department
OF Agriculture 10 the Paris Exposition
next year.
Are you permitted 60 make public
any of the detailsg-- was asked.
the first place ] am making n short
but Succinct statement of the objects
of the Experiment Station and the line
OF work which is bciaE carried olIt un-
der its auspices. For example. the
thorough study of the dincrcnt soils
of the Hawaiian Islands and the rciz-
tion of fertilization 60 the soils: also
the study of varieties of cane. and.
finally. an exhaustive study OF the
great question 81 economic irrigation.
which is really the foundation OF our
agriculture
Would il bc GOO much Co ask you
to give the ADVERTISE an idea OF
AHA; you are going To- say on she mat
Ger uf soilsg-
Well. I will Jus; show you what Z
am doing IL the wzy OF a small cx-
hibit and that wili probably be the
best way of telling you what I am
going To say. In the first place I am
sending samples of Hawaiian izvas of
different kinds. then specimens show
ing the ways In which the lavzs b.-
come decomposed and resolved into
chemical bodies and the residual pro-
ducts. which are the soils
Here Dr. Maxwell kindly showed the
reporter specimens Of solid. normal
lavas. specimens of tufa lavsE. spcci-
mems showing the manner in whici
the lavas in the first place were de-
composed by chemical action and re-
solved into many different products.
Among these several products we're:
Cp Fine samples of alum. ca pure
gypsum. 80 bauXite. TD llSolin. (sD
iaicritc. 60 silica. T7D sample of crys-
tslIine sulphur. the chief a-ent !n the
resolution of the Iavas into their
many products.
In addition TO- the above Dr. Max
well u also sending samples represent
ing ihe formation of iron ores found
~ him on the Islands of Kauai and
oahu only: these samples contain SO
Ter cent oSid. of iron. Again. remark
able specimen samples showing the
process by which ksoiin becomes sep
aTated from the lava and iE found N
considerable deposits. The specimens
are both unique and valuable One. in
particular. shows - ksoiin much more
pure and white than the kaoiins and
clsys that are nov being used in the
manufacture of Royal Worcester and
other ehinaE- DR.. Maxwell thinks
that the kaolins OF these Islands may
have considerable commercial impor-
tance in the near future when they be-
come better known and appreciated
The bauXite deposits. whicn are
chiefly composed Of alumina and which
have been discovered here By Dr. Max
well, are in several instances richer
ia aluminium than the same class of