The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-12-14
THE AMERICAN LAsoRER
AKp HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

since coming 20 Hawaii. that the self
respecting American laborer win. In
my opinion. never be seen ankle-deep
in Hawaiian mud cultivating sugar OF
rice
Hftls meant that the selfrezpeet-
ing American viii never be seen an
kle-deep in Hawaiian mud cultivating
sugar and rice in thessme manner as
Asistic coolies cultivate these crops
then the statement is correct The
American is possessed OF such super
lor brains and ability TO the cooIie Of
the Orient, that he viii devise ways
and means Tor the cultivation Of these
crops in Hawaii that win be some
what Of an improvement upon the
AriatIc methods which have been fol
lowed for untold centuries. The Amer
lean has found better means OF cul-
tivating sugar and rice in Texas and
Louisiana than b. wading ankle
deep in mud to do his work. He has
und that he can use his brains and
intelligence along with improved
machinery. and by so doing can pro
duce these crops cheaper than they
can be produced in Hawaii or even in
Asia with the very cheapest Of cheap
ooolle labor.
In making these improvements the
American laborer has but followed out
a line Of improvement which has been
made in every branch Of farming by
the American. Formerly wheat was
all harvested with the sickle and
later came the cradle. American in
genuity brought about the construc-
ton of the m9wing machine, followed
by the reaper. and that in turn follow
ed By the self-binder. and that in turn
followed bv the combined reaper and
thresher. The American farmer with
his improved machinery can raise
wheat at less than one-half the cost
the peasant farmer Of Russia can
raise it with his primitive implements.
The greatest trade of Russia with the
United States today IS in her demand
for improved farm machinery.
Every man and woman OF middle
age and over can remember the day
when not a pound of raisins were
produced in the United States. The
entire supply came from Spain and
Southern France. There were the
fine grade of layer raisins and the
cheaper muscatels. Less than thirty
years ago it was found that rsisins
could be grown in California The
great objection to all raisins and es-
pecially to the cheaper grades was on
account OF the seeds. The American
had only been growing rsisins long
enough TO demonstrate that he could
grow them successfully In marketable
quantities when he began to try to
devise means to get rid of the seeds.
Experiments were made until seed
less grape was produced. but the
raisins from It were small and of
rather inferior quality. Then expert
ments were made in trying TO elimin-
ate the seeds from the finer grades,
resulting in the invention of the seed
ing machine. and today one can buy
the very finest raisins grown in the
world with all the seeds eliminated.
The raisin grower of Spain and Of
France grew raisins exactly as his
father and his fathers father had
done before him. For centuries the
growers in those countries went on in
the beaten path. never advancing.
never improving. jast rs the coolle
laborer goes on. The American took
up his occupation. devoted brains. and
energy. and industry to IL. and revo-
lutionized the industry. The best
markets Of Europe as well as the
United States have been captured by
the American raisin grower. and the
Spaniard is bemoahing his fate. Nor
did, the American wade ankle-deep in
mud 10 accomplish this result He.
made raisiu cultivation easier than
the Spaniard had made Il, and at the
same time improved ii until 1t has
become almost q science. With labor
costing from three To four times as
much as ii costs in Spain. the Ameri
can raisin grower with American Ia
Dor now controls the cream of the
raisin market.
So it is with the cultivation OF or
anges and olives. Oranges are one OF
the oldest fruits known to man. For
untold centuries they had been cnl-
tivatsd in Western Asia. Northern
Africa. and In Southern Europe But
the orange OF thirty years ago was
the same as the orange OF thirty hun
dred years ago Net until the Ameri-
can began 70 grow oranges was there
any improvement; In this golden apple.
Down in Brazil. In 1871. freak
orange tree brought forth fruit with
out seeds. The United States secured
the tree and brought it up to Wash
lngton where il was placed in the
Smithsonian Inst tuition. Cuttsngs