The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-24
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| opening OF the Isthmian Canal, con-
Meeting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans,
will render the port of Honolulu of
vastly more Importance to the Federal
! Government than it is today, and that
| it is now none too early to begin prep
arations for enlarging and deepening
| this harbor, in order that the vast
amount of shipping which will make
Honolulu port of call may be accom-
lnodated just as soon as the Canal is
open We anticipate that, with the
| opening of the Canal, the shipping at
this port will be largely increased and
| that vessels of all nationalities will
touch here on their way to and from
| the Orient
HAWAIIAN SILVER,
! In the judgment of this Chamber the
recommendation of the Bankers as to
the redemption of Hawaiion Silver can
not be put into effect at too early
date. We urge the prompt passage Of
Senate Bill 221O.
FIRE CLAIMS.
| We unqualifedIy endorse the state
ments made by the Merchants Associa-
| ton of Honolulu regarding the Fire
! Claims This indebtedness on the part
| of the Territory was incurred in an at
| tempt to suppress the Bubonic Plague
| in the quickest and most effective man
| ner, and the greatest care has been eX-
| ercised in adjudicating the above
claims, which could not be paid by this
Territory except by largely increasing
the Territorial taxes. The earning pow
er of the people has been so seriously
/ affected by the present conditions of
| trade consequent on the difficulties of
the sugar industry, and considering also
that the Organic Act has since prohibit
ed the issuing of bonds of the Territory
for such a purpose, that to now pay the
Fire Claims would be an unsupportable
burden.
COFFEE.
AS your Commission has expressed a
desire to be supplied with further in
formation regarding the coffee trade
and it's possibilities we beg to furnish
the following facts:
The exports of coffee from Hawaii to
the United States in the last two fiscal
years have been as follows:
Year ending
June 80. Pounds. Value.
1901 ............2,11 9543 $239, 31S
1902 1,0S2994 114,340
These figures show decrease in ex-
ports of one-half within year, owing
to low price of coffee on the Mainland
and the difficulty of securing reasona-
BILE labor for our coffee plantations.
Brazil supplies the bulk of the coffee
(viz. 1000, 900 lbs.) used in the United
States, and, in proportion to the benefit
derived by Brazil from this trade, the
return made by that country is very
small, her total purchases in the States
last year amounting to only about S10,-
900, 900. The character of Hawaiian cof-
fee is dissimilar to Brazilian. 1t is of
a milder, but, to the connoisseur, more
acceptable flavor and although, on this
account, it cannot be expected alto
gether to take the place of the stronger
coffees, it's fine character and the fact
that it is grown on American soil
should entitle it's cultivation to that en-
enlargement which a duty or a bounty
would afford.
The extent to which the coffee indus
try on these islands can grow under
such fostering care is difficult to ar
rive at, as no proper estimate can be
made of the amount of capital obtain
able for the establishment of coffee es-
tates, nor the amount of labor which
even under a partial suspension of
the Chinese Exclusion Actor their
cultivation, but it is certainly safe to
say that the area under coffee would
be largely increased and as rapidly as
the conditions admitted Of and, as this
industry is one in which the small far
mer can engage, with it's revival an
increase of this most desirable class of
agriculturalists may be expected
We submit these facts to show that
some aid is necessary in order to slim
ulate the production of coffee on Ha-
wall, either in the form of protection or
of a bounty, as well as by a provision
for a sufficient labor supply.
HAWAIIAN TRADE.
1t has already been stated by the Ha-
1 waiian Sugar Planters Association that
the trade between the United States
| Mainland and this Territory is the larg-
est done with any country of the size
and population of Hawaii, fact which
is statistically proved beyond question
ana, as the prosperity of this Territory
I increases, so must OF necessity us ITdut
| with the Mainland manufacturers and
merchants. 1t follows, therefore, that
apart from the benefits to be gained by
our local population from the prosper
ity of our staple industries, the advan-
tages derived by the Mainland from
| such prosperity are considerable anC
i not to be overlooked.
| No record exists of the imports from
the Mainland since June, 1900, but fol
the five months and fourteen days t
June "A, 1900, the importations from the
| Mainland were valued at $S,609, $50, be
ing at the rate of about S,7S5, 600 pei
| annum, and these figures convey some
| idea of what our trade with the Main
/ land can be brought to under favorabl,
] conditions.
The value of the exports from Hawai-
for twelve months to June 80, 1902, wa
$24,754.922, all of which went to tn
Mainland, excepting $54, 365 which wa
exported to foreign countries