The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-22

the islands would undoubtedly give it
their support financially and otherwise.
He stated, however, that the matter
was one that would require the outlay of
a great deal of money, and that the peo-
pie of Seattle would have to assume the
greater share of the burden in securing
the necessary capital. He intimated that
a million dollars would not be too much
for the proper Inauguration of the en-
terprise. OF the success of the refinery,
# established, he said there could be no
doubt.
He spoke with enthusiasm of the great
market the islands offer for the products
of the State of Washington, and of the
great commerce that could be built up
with them from Seattle. The establish
ment of a reliable steamship line from
this port to Honolulu, he said, was ne
cessity if Seattle and Puget Sound in
tended to continue in the trade with the
islands, and would surely follow the
opening of a large refinery here that
would give return cargoes of raw sugar
to the vessels which would otherwise be
forced to return to this port in ballast.
! After a general discussion of the REIN
cry project, in which a majority of the
members present and Judge Melville c.
Brown, of Alaska, who was a visitor,
participated the president of the cham
Der was instructed to appoint commit
tee of nine to further investigate the
subject.
-. Mr.. Moore Speaks.
]. A Moore, who first suggested to the
chamber the ACCESSIBILITY of attempting
to secure the refinery, was the first
speaker today. He dwelt upon the neces-
sity of providing return cargoes for YES
sells, now and in the future, to be en-
gagged in carrying the products OF the
State of Washington to Hawaii. The
commerce with the islands, he said, was
capable of almost unlimited expansion
and aside from gain in that respect Sc
attic would reap a large direct benefit IN
the employment of labor in the refinery
oil ND in q
come here in consequence of the estab-
lishment of the refinery. He mentioned
specifically box and barrel factories.
He pointed out that while the islands
now obtain nearly all their lumber from
Puget Sound that was practically the
only product of Washington that did sc
to them in any quantity. Coal, he SAID
the islands obtained from New South
Wales. and hay, grain, feed, flour, fresh
and sailed meats and food products from
san Francisco, Notwithstanding the fact
That all these articles could be obtained
more cheaply in this market
This he explained was because the Goa
was brought to the islands in sailing
ships on their way from Europe to Cali
fornia for wheat cargoes, and the other
articles in sailing ships and steamers re-
turning to the islands for raw sugar in
tended for the San Francisco retineries
He also called the attention of the
chamber to the fact that for severa
years a sugar refinery had been estab
lished and in operation in Vancouver, y
c. to the benefit of both the city anC
the stockholders in the company. Mr.
/ BaIlentyne had suggested, he continued
| that Seattle send representative bust
ness man to the islands to interest the
sugar planters in the refinery scheme
| He thought this should be done.
| In conclusion Mr. Moore said that il
was matter of vital Importance thai
| Seattle should at once secure more fac
/ tories and build up a monthly payroll. L
was well enough to sit back and be con
| tent with the Alaska business and the
lumber industry, but the former would
! not last forever, and the latter was no
! in itself sufficient co build up a city
Eastern cities of smaller size than Seat
tie. he said subsidized and otherwise en-
I Couraged factories to come to them, bu
Seattle seemed to think that such steps
were unnecessary. Some of the old-timt
Seattle spirit was needed.