The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-22

fruits the year around. Particularly
can this be done with grapes. BY care /
| full irrigation a vine can be made to
bear at any time the gardener desires, /
and the POI tuguese gardeners have
fresh grapes in the Honolulu markets !
every day In the year.
! There are in the islands now two or
three settlements of American farm
lers, Professor Stubs continued ''who
are trying to cultivate vegetables for
the home markets But the attempt
will probably be abandoned, as pre-
vious attempts have been. When the
farmer has prepared his land for any
other crop IL dawns upon him that |
there is more money To be made in /
raising sugar cane. 1t Is extremely |
improbable that there will ever be any
diversity in farming in Hawaii, for the |
cultivation of sugar eats up everything !
else. The price of sugar will have to
fan below the present price before 9TH |
ler crops can be raised on suitable lands |
in the islands. AT present the China |
men raise vegetables in small way, !
but not enough to supply the home
markets.
The islands are surrounded by coral
reefs. Boats cannot approach the
shore. Sugar and other articles of eX
port have to- be- transported to ships
en- "ire cables stretched from the
shore. Traffic between the islands is
carried on crudely. and as the business
IL a monopoly, the tar1m OF rates is al
most prohibitiye."
$ First-ciass sugar lands I'm the islands
= are very valuable. They lease at high
figures. Professor Stubs attempted
to buy lands near Honolulu for the
Z Government experiment station, but he
] found that lands within five miles of
the city We're held at from 81, 500 to
$500 an acre.
The native islanders have little or
y nothing to do with the cultivation of
. the soil. They are principally engag
ed in loading ships. Being fine boat
men, they do most of the handling of
= small boats. They are also very fond
of horses. and are engaged in the class
: of work in which horses are used. The
: native is lazy. fond of music and flow
: ers, and is an exceptionally harmless
/ and peaceful person. Reared on an is
= land in which there has never been
e any game remote from any people
who might be hostile, the Hawaiian
y has never in all his history known the
= use of weapons. He is consequently
u rarely. If ever, guilty of crimes against
" the person. His love of flowers amounts
,: to a passion. He habitually wears a
d lei or garland of flowers about his neck
= or arouDd his hat, and these garlands
re are sold on stands on the street just
= as boutonnieres are sold in the cities OF
a. this country
- Chinese labor is esteemed the best OF
AHt lSid'li ADlHdtIldH Is unlNeT-
m sally employed for domestic service
a. and i'm the cultivation of the soil
L. when his services can be had. He il
n regarded as being honest and trust
o,. worthy in all respects, and is almost
as peaceable and tractable as the ma
40 tive. 1t is noteworthy fact that
~ Honolulu banker will lend money t,
-, a Chinaman his simple note o
- hand. where an American will be re
r. fused The irrigation of sugar lands
IA is done by the ''Chinks" at so much pc
NJ ton of cane produced.
al The Japanese are not so much il
m, favor as laborers or employees. nor s.
o. neat az Cinnamon; are disposed to e
~, on strike and are belligerent and self
he assertive. and are principally engage
!, in the cultivation of coffee. The Por
81 tuguese. who intermarry with the ma
h. tives, are usually engaged in the cult
"a walton ofFErapes and small fruits. A
h. a 'gener-h' proposition" the natives d
-, nothing.
81 The native is gradually becoming ex
80 tinct as a result of civilization bein
~, peculiarly susceptible to the disease
that foreigners have introduced An tn
o. islands. Rssides. the birth rate is yer
~ low No KING ur Queen of the island
20 has had child in 100 years. TIL
~. throne has gone to collateral branche
m. of the royal family. which is now Re
~ duced to the late Queen, Prince Dayi
ma and the niece Of the Queen, who wa
- To- have succeeded to the throne. ha
"a the throDs not ceased to exist.
Iar One of the most interesting feature
as of the island to the visitor is the Ia
re mehameha Training School, establishe
,ck and endowed by a native. One of tn
m native princesses married an America
ul- named Charles X. Bishop. She was
3D. woman Of great wealth. and having n
To children, established the school for tn
ese children of native. or partially nativ
art blood, and at her death endowed
,ad with sum that produces an income
about 100000. Mr.. Bishop. followin
Ia his wife's beneficence. afterward ded
by Gated "A large sum to the establishmeI
,se Of the Polynesian Museum, which
Of one of .he most interesting institution
ter OF the kind in the world. In it's way
hi is the equal of the Smithsonian Inst
,oil tuition at Washington
nat Being unable to secure any land
the purchase for what he considered a re;
nd sonable sum, Professor Stubs final
IN located n piece of Government lar
- which had been set aside for the vi
NC OF the station. The land is unimpro'
rst ed. and the station will have TO
&c constructed from the ground up.
director OF the station will soon be al
md pointed. and by January l, will arri'
IN on the ground and begin the erectiC
OK Of the necessary buildings, secure Il
,st machinery, etc. AS the sugar plante
I have already a well equipped sugar e.
gar pertinent station in operation, the ne
les. station will not have to do with sug
ter culture, but will experiment with 9th
ing crops. AS soon as the buildings a
re- completed the director will secure Il
The services of chemist, a bacteriologis
ar a horticultural, a farm manager and
dairyman. and the station should be
nds full blast by next April.
81 Mr.. Maxwell. who left this city
emf take charge of the Hawaiian Sug
av- Planters Experiment Station whi'
and has been of material aid in bringiI
ems the production of sugar in the islam
yes to a state of perfection, having resig
lice ed to accept a position in Queenslan
ich Mr.. Blouin, one of Professor Subj
,ro assistants. has been selected to success
ood him at n salary of $4,000 a year. I
will leave In a few days for the /
asi- lands.
tor Mr.. Blouin graduated at Louisian
ven State University and since his gradu
,ds tion has been with Professor Stubs
% the louisiana Experiment Station. Pr
act fessor Stubs regards him as being o.
nm of the best posted men in the cultiv