The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-02
and flowers grow made them forget

and flowers grow made them forget
their affliction.
me Advertiser some time ago said
eaitorially: Mr.. Allan. Herbert, as one
VI the Commissioners of Agriculture,
snould be encouraged to preach the
sospei or reform in our land system
anu the care of our forests. Like all
apostles, he cannot expect much sup
port from a community that is pros
.rdte before the sugar god, and does not
.iniie upon any industry that may in
lsriere With Its worship. The pastor
vi church on the dangerous coast of
Ne" Jersey fervently implored his con-
,sreeation, which was composed entire
~ OF people engaged in the "wrecking'
BUSINESS, to establish a theological SEM
mary IN the town A committee report
ca on the matter and declared that the
wrecking business was good enough for
Tue people and the introduction of
Theological students might lead the
peopie aseray and make them dIssatis-
heu. MI. Herbert must understand that
"hile individual sentiments are in
,litlny cases in favor of small farms and
improvements, the prevailing public
enIiihent is against introducing any
industries which may lead people
astray. 10 sacrifice all otner interests
u one large profitable industry is nat
urai and in accordance with ali expert
ence.
Mr. Cook in letter to President Dole
SAID some time ago:
Alan Herbert in his report TO the
Forestry Bureau saws:
cooperation in England.-Lord Gray
opened Hover show at the Crystal
| a,ace IN connection with the Industri-
ID restlVai. He SAID that the fact that
purely working class organization
should nave been able, wionIn the pres
ent reign, to establish and conduct a
business which enables it's members to
oiVlde among themselves last year the
magnincent profit q 96,617 900, WELD
age. "oio0' LUZ
Looking over the whole field ot Ha-
Waiis marvellous and varied industries
feel an mistaken faith in the furure
prospects OF our horticultural industry.
IN the next report will call your atten-
oion 10 the SILK, rubber and other I'M
portant industries.
IL Is or Importance to this Island that
the truth should be told regarding the
actual conditions here, a I'd the oppo .tu-
nilies Ior a white immigration. A
large number of japanese are coming
20 tnese Islands, mostly as contract "a
oorers, for the nominal purpose OF
tering on the plantations in the sugar
industry, but who subsequently find
tneir way to the towns of our seaports
ana enter into serious competition with
the American and European artisans
and small tradespeople. This is clearly
undesirable. The Japanese, unlike me
Cninese and Portuguese, are not agri-
cnlturally inclined.
Flowers and Health.
In Bulgaria and in Sweden, where
mowers are planted for their perfume.
pulmonary diseases are unknown.
rant the roots OF cannas in a basket
filled with soil, sinking it to the rim III
vessel holding water. The roots plant
ed pass through the sides of the baske;
and originate an extraordinary luxuri-
ant growth of leaves and flowers. We
desire all the papers in these Islands tc
copy our feeble scribbling, the native
papers In particular. as they all love
fruits and flowers. All our friends. and
ourselves in particular, know we can
not write, and when we see our scrib-
bling in print, revised. etc.. we feel
somewhat surprised. But we have beer
in successful cultivation of the soil the
past twenty-eight years in the=e Islands
and shall recommend nothing but VIVA
we know will be of value The only
object we have Is to do what little good
we can In our way.
Tie destruction of our native forests
has become serious problem with us
have for the past twenty ycars called
the attention or our government to the
fact In travelling about the forests
in the interest of the Forestry Bureau
have frequently been impressed with
the idea that planting forms an es-
sential part of forestry. In Sweden and
Germany the forests are regenerate6
alr1cst entirely by artificial means. and
natural production is nearly always
supplemented by planting or sowing.
ALLAN HERBERT