The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-01-28
WILCOX AND LAND LAWS SCHOOL STREET BRIDGE OUR VIRGIN RESOURCES
DEVELOPMENT SCARCELY UH-
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Interesting Data Supplied BY Go,'.a1r
Dole boz llis Report Co. th, s,cr,uIY
OF the Interior.

Some very Naluabl, Information zoe
garding the und,yeloptd resource cot
the Islands BIS given iu the last f,Hurt
of Governor Dole 10 tho SCcrctai of
the Interior In tins document COVER
nor Dole says.
1T may be said that with the eK-
Ceptiun Of the production OF sugar, rice.
hreWood, fertilizers, and live SOCK. and
the promotion of irrigationl the devel-
opment Of the natural Resources of the
hawaiian Islands ts scarcely begun. In
irrigation good beginning has been.
made, but a great extension of d. IS.
very practicable. The same may be
said about the production ~ fertilizers.
Several of the small uninhabited ISL
ands In the northwestern part of the
group have considerable quantities Of
phosphate guano. one of these, Lay.
san Island, has been worked for sav-
eral years by "A local company undeU q.
lease nom the hawaiian governme ut
The production of fruit, vegetab. So
and farm products rs capable GA a
large Increase. This viii be promoted
both by a growing local demand due
To an increasing population, and by an
improved market for some of these pro-
ducts on the mainland under the in
iluence of free trade.
The canning industry and the pro-
duction of jellies and jams Will be
stimulated by the same new conditions.
The climate and soil of the Territory
are most favorable for the growing Of
fiber plants, in which enterprise some
experiments have already been made.
There is reason to believe that fac
tories for the manufacture of cordage
and dress fabrics, supplied with raw
material from local production, may
be profitable.
There seems to be no good reason
why wooden factories for manufaCtur-
ing the local product might not be pro-
fitably carried on.
"A shoe manufacturing enterprise. to
| consume the local production of hides,
is now being organized in Honolulu.
There is an exotic plant, the Acacia
Farnesiana (Kalu), which for many
years has grown wild in our arid lands.
the flowers Of which are valuable for
the manufacture of perfumeTy. If such
an enterprise should be established it
could be supplied with flowers to an
almost unlimited extent.
1T is highly probable that Il Guilt
walton of tobacco can be male very
profitable. The plant 5, oms to be
greatly favored by both g } and clim-
ate, as it grows wild in 5 ,eral locali-
ties.
There is quite a large yIriety of in
digenous trees III the Hawaiian for
ests which furnish timber of great
beauty and most suitable for the MANU-
facture of furniture. The growth of
such trees may be greatly promoted
by protection and cultivation.
There is large variety of fish Z
good quality in the Wa Nashil :
the coasts of the Hawaiian l.. rds. It
present fishing is carried on by Iue2. 8
of boats and native canoes, and in the
shallow waters of the coral reefs with
out such means, for the supply of the
local demand alone A considerable
portion of the fish caught is salted and
dried for home consumption, also.
| Prices of fish in the larger towns are
! absurdly high. There seems to be a
| good opportunity for a considerable
development of the Hawaiian fisheries,
especially if an outside market could be
found for a part of the product"