The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-29

we possess an advantage In position for
all Pacific trade which cannot be equa.-
led. The trade of China and Japan is
immense in these articles. and the
amount exported to those countries
from the United States and Europe, IL
enormous. There is no reason why q
portion of that trade should not come
TO Hawaii.
Mr.. Henry Hill, who has been visiting
Honolulu Tor lew montns past Ni,.l
the intention of establishing a She
factory if conditions should be found
favorable, has decided after very care
full and critical examination that such
favorable conditions do exist, and that
there is every reason to believe that n /.
business will be paying one In short
time. He Is hlmS0iI "a p4..cei6a
facturer of many years experience, and
possesses the qualifications which are
necessary in establishing such bust
ness to both its establishment a1->. -
secure success afterward.
One of the immediate requirements is
laboring population that possess s
qualifications for this industry. Mr..
Hill believes that he has found just the
people required in the Hawaiians, part
Hawaiians and Portuguese, and it wi
take but a very short time to get them
in good training under the sup srinten-
dence Of expert shoe manufacturers,
who will be brought to Hawaii by him.
A field will be opened fer the employ
ment of young women which in the
United States and Europe is of very
great value, and affords respectful. e
and reliable means of obtaining a re-
spectacle livelihood on the part of this
class in the community, whose employ
ment is sometimes quite difficult
1t is proposed to incorporate with a
capital of 100000. $4,000 paid up. Mr..
Hill to become manager. The remain
der of the stock will be called in from
time to time as required. Probably it
WI. not all be needed to establish a
factory capable Of turning out 500 pairs
of shoes per day.
Attention is called to the figures ap.
pended below, and the public are ask
ed to subscribe to establish this first
shoe factory on the Hawaiian Islands,
which will not be q benevolent concern,
| but it is believed will pay we'll uoor
the investment.
! Among the many reasons why it i.
not only practical but very desirabl,
/ tnat O. mandatory of mems shoe.
should be established in Honolulu, ar,
the following:
| The utilization of the cattle, sheer
and goat hides now exported, for which
purpose tannery could in very rea
| sonable time be established, using tn,
cattle hides for sole leather in tn
|
skins for Innings and trimmings. Al
expert tanner of Lynn, Mass, writes
that canaigre root can be used in tn,
! light tannage. and extracts for the 9th
err tannages.
The value of hides exported in 1Ss
decreased in round numbers $4,000, a
amount sufficient to establish a first
class tanning plant. The imports c
. leather such as we would use amounte
in 1899 to $28,302, an increase of $685.. 2
: over the previous year.
The imports of such shoes as woul
be manufactured at the start, wer
, 81, 1913 pairs. value $114,030 an In
, crease of 8,S05 pairs. and $22. 203 sc. owe
the year previous.
, The question of labor from careft
inquiry could be easily regulated, re
. quiring a few experts to teach in tn
: different departments. the cost of whic
would be but q slight increase owe
8 eastern factories. the labor to be use
: here would make the average about til
l. same.