The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-26

their species. Yet it is also true that
the race is industrious, law-ablding.
and, on the whole. desirable. because
It is building anew upon substantial
foundations. The schOOled Portuguese
is a gentleman, good citizen. a pleas
ant neighbor. The Hawaiianized Por-
tuguese will be a worthy member Of
the new American community.
The change from Portugal. MADEIRA
or the Azores is not so great climatic
ally, but in other respects II is a change
to better surroundings, better living.
better pecu1iary rewarGs-an unmis-
taxable Improvement. Would the poor
American find it so? l believe not.
At home he may not be making any
thing on his investment; he may even
be boarding up for a day OF financial
ruin, but he is intelligent; he knows
how the world wags; he Is comfor-
table, and possesses in his house what
would be considered luxuries by the
Portuguese. And he has more or less
leisure. He may remain indoors on a
rainy day, or tinker about the wood
house. To settle on a Hawaiian farm
Is another story. quite as much so as
any Of Kipling's.
If the farmer need to go to Hawaii
he will find land enough, an unparal-
leled climate, and a freedom from COM
petition which will delight him for
few years at least. With some money
and considerable leisure, with a change
of labor, he need not fear the climate.
He can go right along at a slow trot,
and will discover that he is getting
more of the substantial, necessary ben
efits of life for much less labor than
he could at home He will find that
the responsive old earth, as if gratified
at being shown some little intelligent
attention by a blue-eyed white man,
will yield him all her fruits with a
lavish breast. Indeed, have often been
surprised TO see what a little agricul-
tural care will bring forth. Union with
the continent TO the east will help mat
ters. too. Duties on goods exchanged
between us will be removed. Markets
for various products will be establish
ed, and, If the population increases rap
idly, there will be a local demand call
ing for many small but profitable home
industries.
1t is said that small patches OF sugar
cane, cultivated by the farmer, do not
pay. There is no doubt about that, but
the lack is not in the soil, nor in the
climate, nor in the planter, nor in the
cane. but in the man who buys II. No
industry pitted against a capitalized
control can succeed. The large plan
tation owner may desire to help the
small planter. but he practically
squelches him by using. in a strictly
business way. the power he holds in the
market. The small planter must have
his cane ground but he has no mill.
The owner has a mill. but he paid for
it., and when the planter comes to set
tie for his land, and his water, and his
grinding, he finds there isn't much but
the trash left. This is why small plan
tations do not pay. But large ones
pay, after all the tremendous expense
connected with them, and pay extIava-
gantly we'll
Dairy farms could be started. Butter
sells for fifty cents a pound-and such
butter! There are several large dairies.
but they are controlled by individuals
who leave them to the management of
Portuguese. The latter make the but
ter. You have to wait a week for
supply. which comes in tin buckets. all
soft and white. l am sure that good
dairymen, making nice. "gilt-edge"
butter in rolls, kept on ice, would do
WELL
The milk, too, and the want of
cream are other matters requiring at
tention. You pay eight to ten cents a
quart for milk almost as blue as the
boy who brings IL early in the morn
ing. Yet It is easy to have good mich
cows. OF the cattle a local writer says:
They are as fat II not as sleek as STALL
fed steers. They are Of various breeds,
though the Polled Angus seem to be
the variety best adapted to Molokal
pastures. The wide horns of some of
the cattle show n strain Of the undo
mesticated Mexican COW, and the diff
ficulty in milking them is another mark
of hereditary wildness. The cows of
highly developed milking breeds are
naturally quiet and content" There
are several extensive stock ranches in
the islands.
What OF canning and evaporating
factories, restaurants, stores, and the
various little trades of the towns?
Shall the Chinese continue to control
these? Would there not be a demand
for a larger number and better quality
of all OF them? Mr.. Cooper, formerly
Minister of Foreign Affairs, and a man
whose judgment can be depended up
on, says: Young men with small
families and some money have the best
chances to succeed. The soil is rich,
and many put a portion of their hold
ings into coffee plants at first, and
while these are growing support them
selves and families by raising vege-
tables and fowls on the remaining por-
ton. A constant succession Of crops is
possible"
There is the rub. Let a man go 10
Hawaii with one or two sons. He
takes out some agricultural and some
pastoral land, builds a cheap house flor
lumber is very expensive). plants a
vegetable garden. buys a few head OF
cattle, sheep, hogs, and establishes
chicken-coop. He must prepare taro
patch on his wet" acre, and this will
supply his table with one OF Its most
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