Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-03-23
nAQAllAN Returns
PLANNING nv AbplIleNS
10 IHl HAWAIIAN n0Itl
i Accompanied by English Capitalists
Who Want 10 Get Into
Beet Sugar IN
California.

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tHs arrivals in ths MaiIpusi hls mofn.
iGe Win him gsre D. " roWlsf and
az rurnu ~ ihs arm ui John roNlo
4 CO. Of London ~ Maclarlanc CO..
some time has been with thos, semitic
men n California H,cstlgatng the
bees sugar resources oi hat state. With
,loa of enlisting Enelish capital in
ths snterpriss upon . iarge scale Az.
other uhlo,i in this connection 10 the
introductiou into California Of the
Fovlrr steam plovf which are in gen
cral use un the sugar plantations u
these lslauds and which Sith accom-.
panylng scientific fertilization have
been the main ageucy To- producing biz
crops.
Mr. Mhcfarlan, says thai thu steam
pillow has been successfully usod IN the
cultivation Of sugar bcrts IN Germany
and haf added from ~ to 50 per cent
TO the value Of the crops This fact
led him TO look into the California
field. as the sugar beet industry has
taken such firm hold there. lie be-
lieyes that State will afford as large .
market for the Fowler plows a. the
Hawaiian Islands have.
Mr. Turner. who IL with the party
has spent all his life In beet as-r
factories aud on beet farms in Ger
many. II was through his foresight,
that steam cultivation was introduces
into German fields ana he has done
much to Improve and perfect, the me
Chanism Of the plows.
Mr. Fowler is accompanied by hii
wife. child and maid. lie Is making
tour Of the world and looking into al
countries for investment opportuni
ties. lie was here twenty years ago OF
trip TO Introduce the steam plowI
made boy his firm and since then, viii
other London capitalists has been
loyal investor In Hawaiian securities
and stocks. when Col. Macfarlan'
took the option on the Maksweli land
20 London. for the purpose Of organic
ing q sugar company. Mr. Fowler AM
p Sir Kenny Watson subscribed for $500
, 600 worth OF stock. They have als'
\ been large subscribers In various othe
, Hawaiian stocks.
, Mr. Macfarlane said that he enioye'
/. his trip to Paris In tn highest degre
r and that for ave weeks ne was absorbe
,. every moment In the study Of the Pari
/. Exposition which he characterized a
r the modern wonder of the world.
Il I'm London" said Mr.. Macfarlan'
r 81 found old financial friends ready
: NJ they have ever been, TO 10 into lila
= wailan enterprises when brought IA
a vorably 10 their notice. However, the
feel now, rs a rule, that since the Isl
4 ands have been annexed, II would per
= haps be better for them to look to Ne'
York for their Hawaiian investment
!. as they now buy railroad stocks on tn
g New York exchange.
d My trip home has Teen very hun
ried and will be short as | return o
d the China. A note to the effect that m
5, mother was quite i'll brought me hon
o In haste. also wanted to confer wit
o my brother regarding ,he proposed In
Is provements to the Hawaiian hotel. II
r plans for improving the hotel provi'
Is for the addition OF two stories to q
d main building and the construction
p 0 forty room annex, facing Alak'
a. street. We desire to complete the al
n mex in time to go ahead with the ma
building improvements this summer
Speaking OF the Buffalo Pan-Ame
lean Exposition, | would say thu
since we are now Americans, ] THU
D. we should be In evidence at the sho
he Il would be OF greater advantage by I
OF than an exhibit at Paris. ] am som
ed what surprised that the business m
n OF Honolulu have not taken hold
OF the proposition before this. II may
es. q little late now, but | noticed
so Paris that half the foreign exhib
were not completed until three mont
OF after the opening
of