The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-02-06
NEWS OF H|LO.
Extracts From Local
Journals.
Sanitary Precautions - Home Indus
tries Hlo Harbor - Various
Notes and Comments.


The multitudinous burnings OF the io-
nolulu Board Of Health, and the natur-
ally favorable conditions Of the cli-
mate together, must have a wonderful
ly depressing effect upon the plague
microbe. otherwise II would not have
failed to take advantage OF the many
leakages in quarantine regulations
caused by the continuous shifting and
yacillation at this end of the line, and
the free and easy methods of dealing
with ingress and egress at the other
end.
1t is certainly nothing less than
amusing to learn that when the Kinau
on her last trip returned to Honolulu,
with her load of freight rejected here,
n great roar went up from the authori-
ties there against allowing this same
freight to be landed at the place from
which it originally came, on the
ground that it was dangerous stuff and
never should have been handled and
shipped at all. The chickens that came
home to roost looked much sicker than
the tIlChtHS lldl ltlI at va W II. Wv uhiN
say the whole system of quarantine
and of intercourse between the Islands,
as looked after at Honolulu, has been
of the slipshod fashion, that would
have caused the hands of Honolulu to
be raised in horror had the plague ex-
listed at some other point and that city
been the objective point of vessels sent
out with goods and passengers from
such infected point.
As far as we in Hilo are concerned,
we wake up every morning with diff
ferent idea of what is and what is not
required in the way of quarantine. This
is probably caused by the revolution
of the earth upon it's axis. One day
we consider 1t dangerous to even allow
a vessel from Honolulu to appear above
the horizon. The next day we are
willing to receive almost anything, ex-
cept letters sealed with sputum, first
class passengers and George Beckley
The third morning we arise with the
idea that rice and cast-iron is all right
but blue denims and cement are the
certain lurking-places of evil. Proba-
bly, so many changes of front tangle up
the microbe so that he flops around
helplessly in space, and his right hand
knoweth not what his left hand is up
to. Now if the Honoluluites don't look
upon Mr.. Loebenstein as a source of
danger, political and microbic, and
cast him into durance vile on quaran-
tine island, we may expect that he will
straighten out all these knots and ar
range matters satisfactorily for us, for
Honolulu, and for the bacillus, SO that
each may go his way with mems sana
in corpore sano.
Home Industries.
The Herald says: The absence of es-
Establishments in Hawaii for utilizing
wild-growing marketable articles Is
the wonder of strangers. This ISL
and, better than any other, perhaps, Of
fers inducements to capitalists who
would start a cannery for putting up
fruits; guavas, pineapples, oranges
and lines grow in abundance and
without unusual care, and the guavas
go almost entirely to waste. 1t Is ad-
mitted that guava jelly made here is
superior in every way to the Italian
article and yet no organized effort has
been made to produce it in quantities
for the market. Pineapples grow in
abundance and of flavor that Is I'M
excelled; Puma and Kona grow oranges
and lines that will find market at
any time, but the local demand does
not warrant marketing them. Any of
these fruits may be canned to adyan-
tage and shipped to the Mainland at
a profit--once cannery is established.
Hawaiian-made castor OIL from castor
beans which grow wild, is now on the
market. c. H. Koelling, who adver-
tises for castor oil beans, has establish
ed a plant on Oahu that is destined to
utilize all the beans grown on the
group, at the same time putting 1t in
the way of persons to make money
gathering the beans. Mr.. Koelling is
the starter in one of the many new
industries that will be developed with
in the next few years.
The Pathfnder's Trip.
The Herald says: 1t is stated that
the trip of the Pathfinder to Hilo is
by direction of President Mckinley
upon the advice of Senator Clarence |
Clark of Wyoming. 1t will be remem-
bered that Senator Clark made two
visits to the Islands last year and on |
both occasions came to Hawaii. While |
having interests in Honolulu, the |
strong card In his interests in the ISL |
ands is centered In his relations with |
Col. Sam Parker. The combination on |
Hawaii OF which Senator Clark Is a |
member expects to do great business |
in Hilo, and he realizes the necessity |
for better shipping facilities, so that |
vessels may go alongside the dock. |
The influence of Senator in this re-
spect is more weighty than that of a |
dozen Representatives, and the genial
Senator from the cattle ranges of wy
oming may be using his for Hilo and |
this Island. The logical exhorter for
Hawaii in Congress would be from
California or Oregon. but the people |
here will not object in the least to one
from the sage brush country, particu-
larly II he be as close to the Admins
tration as is Senator Clark.
Advantages of Hilo.
The Herald saws. The oDinlons of |